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  27th Apr 2024, 9:06 AM#1  REPORT  
Mike Wilson1

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I have to admit that prior to attempting to record every release from The Missing Charts 1940-1952 I had never heard of Reggie Goff....As an artist he somehow never registered on my radar at all.....I have now begun to put that right although there are still 4 titles that have escaped me from his prolific output in the early fifties....

"Love Like Ours" Decca F 9493
"So Long It's Been Good To Know Yuh" Decca F 9614
"Two Loving Eyes" Decca F 9614
"Oh Marry Marry Me" Decca F 9755

So who out there is the Number 1 authority on all things Reggie Goff ?
Why are these titles so hard to find ?
Do you have any of these or know of any compilation that they appear on ?


  27th Apr 2024, 9:16 AM#2  REPORT  
carryonsidney

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There is a compilation CD listed here


  27th Apr 2024, 9:58 AM#3  REPORT  
Mike Wilson1

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Yes I see but none of the 4 songs I want are on it


  27th Apr 2024, 12:38 PM#4  REPORT  
mister_tmg

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I have a couple of Reggie Goff CDs. I think he was a favourite of the late Colin Brown, who compiled The Missing Charts, and was behind CDs like those on the Empress label.

I believe I was first aware of Reggie Goff from the 100 Fifties Favourites V/A CD box set of Polygon/Pye/Nixa recordings. Reggie recorded for Polygon. I can’t say his voice is entirely to my taste.

You can find out more about him and other contemporary British artists in The Ballad Years. I would recommend it to you, Mike.


  27th Apr 2024, 6:20 PM#5  REPORT  
Mike Wilson1

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mister_tmg wrote:
I have a couple of Reggie Goff CDs. I think he was a favourite of the late Colin Brown, who compiled The Missing Charts, and was behind CDs like those on the Empress label.

I believe I was first aware of Reggie Goff from the 100 Fifties Favourites V/A CD box set of Polygon/Pye/Nixa recordings. Reggie recorded for Polygon. I can’t say his voice is entirely to my taste.

You can find out more about him and other contemporary British artists in The Ballad Years. I would recommend it to you, Mike.


Did you discover any contact details for Kings College so I can negotiate some impossible to find downloads from records they have ?


  27th Apr 2024, 6:45 PM#6  REPORT  
mister_tmg

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Just sent you the email address.


  29th Apr 2024, 11:11 PM#7  REPORT  
mister_tmg

Also on 78rpm
Member since Apr 2012
1117 Points
Love Like Ours label

Two users here have “So Long” / "Two Loving Eyes", you could try messaging them:
Link

"Oh Marry Marry Me" is available for purchase from a German site, but you may need to translate the text to order!
Link


  30th Apr 2024, 8:50 AM#8  REPORT  
Mike Wilson1

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Member since Dec 2019
26 Points
mister_tmg wrote:
Love Like Ours label

Two users here have “So Long” / "Two Loving Eyes", you could try messaging them:
Link

"Oh Marry Marry Me" is available for purchase from a German site, but you may need to translate the text to order!
Link[/quote

Tried to buy the Oh Marry Me......The German site is closed till the middle of May



  30th Apr 2024, 1:51 PM#9  REPORT  
mister_tmg

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Member since Apr 2012
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Not too long to wait. Your reply has appeared within the quoted text again. You seem to have removed the closing bracket of the [/quote] section.


  3rd Jun 2024, 3:36 PM#10  REPORT  
mister_tmg

Also on 78rpm
Member since Apr 2012
1117 Points
Have you ordered the 78 yet, Mike?


  3rd Jun 2024, 4:28 PM#11  REPORT  
Mike Wilson1

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Yes I've done that now......Thanks for reminding me.......
mister_tmg wrote:
Have you ordered the 78 yet, Mike?



  3rd Jun 2024, 4:39 PM#12  REPORT  
Mike Wilson1

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Member since Dec 2019
26 Points
Will have to look for two other 78's for the library as the two I had were the wrong versions !!!.......I need to get "Faithful Forever" by Dolly Elsie with Charles Smart playing the organ as the version I had was with a full orchestra and my copy of "The Last Time I Saw Paris" had Anne Shelton singing but the one I want has Sam Browne as the vocalist............
Mike Wilson1 wrote:
Yes I've done that now......Thanks for reminding me.......
mister_tmg wrote:
Have you ordered the 78 yet, Mike?



  3rd Jun 2024, 5:38 PM#13  REPORT  
Mike Wilson1

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Member since Dec 2019
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With the addition of the Turner Layton sides to come, I am down to 6 sides needed for the library of 1940 - 1949, I am doing a check through, that is how I discovered the Dolly Elsie and Ambrose errors.............
Mike Wilson1 wrote:
Will have to look for two other 78's for the library as the two I had were the wrong versions !!!.......I need to get "Faithful Forever" by Dolly Elsie with Charles Smart playing the organ as the version I had was with a full orchestra and my copy of "The Last Time I Saw Paris" had Anne Shelton singing but the one I want has Sam Browne as the vocalist............
Mike Wilson1 wrote:
Yes I've done that now......Thanks for reminding me.......
mister_tmg wrote:
Have you ordered the 78 yet, Mike?



  3rd Jun 2024, 5:42 PM#14  REPORT  
mister_tmg

Also on 78rpm
Member since Apr 2012
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Mike Wilson1 wrote:
Yes I've done that now......Thanks for reminding me.......
mister_tmg wrote:
Have you ordered the 78 yet, Mike?

Good!


  11th Jun 2024, 9:27 AM#15  REPORT  
Pridesale

Member since Mar 2013
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Are all Reggie Goff on Decca with Robert Farnon and his Orchestra ? If so that would explain the light orchestral output and style of voice


  11th Jun 2024, 8:08 PM#16  REPORT  
Pridesale

Member since Mar 2013
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F 9493 (needs dating)
Added but no B Side Image nor any audio that I can find

Added F 9147 inc images and audio links

Edited by Pridesale on 11th Jun 2024, 8:20 PM

  13th Jun 2024, 10:10 PM#17  REPORT  
Pridesale

Member since Mar 2013
789 Points
Added Further Reggie Goff Images with audio links inc one pressed in Australia


  13th Jun 2024, 11:52 PM#18  REPORT  
Pridesale

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Born : September 19, 1915 in Gosport, Hampshire, England.
Died : September 16, 1956 in Middlesex, England.
Given 40 was a young age to live to that might explain why Mike had not really heard of him (me too).


  14th Jun 2024, 2:34 PM#19  REPORT  
mister_tmg

Also on 78rpm
Member since Apr 2012
1117 Points
Pridesale wrote:
Born : September 19, 1915 in Gosport, Hampshire, England.
Died : September 16, 1956 in Middlesex, England.
Given 40 was a young age to live to that might explain why Mike had not really heard of him (me too).

Depends on your knowledge of the era. Generally, the stars of the pre-rock era have been forgotten. The fact there were no published charts doesn’t help their reputations. Steve Conway has lots of hits in that book and died at a young age a few months before the NME chart started.

Colin Brown, who compiled the data for the book, often seemed to put Reggie Goff tracks on compilations he produced. Colin also compiled a few reissues of Reggie’s recordings. Colin had a huge collection with tens of thousands of 78s, so I’m surprised he didn’t put everything in the book on his CDs, although I think he was planning to do CDs based on those charts.


  14th Jun 2024, 4:10 PM#20  REPORT  
Pridesale

Member since Mar 2013
789 Points
Its more that I dont remember him being mentioned say on "Looks Familiar" on ITV TV Afternoons in the 1970s or similar shows , having said that I only got to know the Story of Josef Locke after the film of his life was made in the 1990s and Louis Jordan from the Five Guys Named Moe stage show which got a trail on a Radio 2 program I heard at work


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