NORTHERN SOUL MOD 60s RARE UK JIMMY JIMMY & THE VAGABONDS THIS HEART OF MINE
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NORTHERN SOUL MOD 60s RARE UK JIMMY JIMMY & THE VAGABONDS THIS HEART OF MINE VG+ has minor scuffs plays EX
see photo some light staining to lable
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A record produced by Guy Stephens
Scene Club was a small club in Ham Yard, 41 Great Windmill Street, Soho. Its R&B nights started in 1963 fronted by Guy Stevens who also sold R&B imports at the club. Stevens was a revolutionary player in UK R&B. At the Scene Club, he played obscure Stax, Chess and Motown records and attracted a growing number of Mods and musicians, including members of The Who, The Small Faces, The Yardbirds, The Rolling Stones and The Beatles. Richard Barnes in his book ‘Mods’ states
“It was exciting at The Scene there were lots of interesting people. The DJ Guy Stephens, the man with the best R&B collection in the country was playing some of his precious rare records. He had the best records before anyone else. I used to go along with [Pete] Townshend to his flat in Regents Park to hear records that the High Numbers [later The Who] might want to play on stage or record. He had hundreds of albums and piles of singles from unknown and remote small record companies. For a fee he would tape the ones you wanted”.
In 1964 Stephens was employed by the Sue record label in the UK. During his tenure there he was responsible for releasing by agreement a string of successful singles on the Sue label, by obscure American artists. The Sue label was owned in the USA by Juggy Murray. Murray terminated the agreement when Stephens started issuing additional releases by other USA independent record companies on the label. Stephens also advised on the UK releases of Pye International who had access to the Chess/Checker recordings. It was Stevens who brought Chuck Berry to the UK for his first tour after paying his bail to get him out of jail.5 In 1966 Guy was imprisoned for being caught in possession of drugs, and later when released from prison suffered depression on learning, that his entire record collection had been stolen. Tragically he died in 1981 from a mistaken intake of prescribed drugs and alcohol. A sad and tragic end to a important pioneer of R&B in the UK.
From the book 6 Whitworth Street, The birthplace of Northern Soul
On 03-Nov-20 at 22:31:54 GMT, seller added the following information:
Jimmy james and vagabonds this heart Of mine
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