60s NEW YORK NORTHERN SOUL VICKIE BAINES LOSING YOU + GOT TO RUN PARKWAY DJ ORIG

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	$		29

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SOME OF MY LISTINGS CARRY 'BORROWED' SOUND CLIPS BENEATH THE TITLE

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SOME FROM AS LITTLE AS 30p

60s NEW YORK NORTHERN SOUL

ORIGINAL U.S. PROMO

POLISHED MID-TEMPO FEMME BEATER

FROM THE "COUNTRY GIRL" HERSELF

THE OFFICIAL PLUG-SIDE IS A GREAT DANCER TOO

VICKIE BAINES

IN EARLY 1964, THE STATES WERE STILL REELING AFTER THE NOVEMBER 22nd ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY; NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS QUICKLY RETITLED JOHN F. KENNEDY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AS A TRIBUTE; THE AIR WAS VERY SOMBRE AND NEEDED BRIGHTENING UP; WITHIN WEEKS, A JET CARRYING FOUR BRITISH TEENS NAMED JOHN, PAUL, GEORGE AND RINGO LANDED AT THE NEWLY-NAMED AIRPORT; THEIR SOUND - AND THAT OF MANY OTHER BRITISH ACTS - QUICKLY DOMINTATED RADIO'S AIRWAVES, AND THE CHARTS WERE AWASH WITH GROUPS FROM U.K. CITIES LIKE LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, LONDON, NEWCASTLE AND BIRMINGHAM; APART FROM MOTOWN (WHICH DEFIANTLY BUCKED THE TREND), ALMOST  OVERNIGHT ESTABLISHED AMERICAN SINGERS SUDDENLY FOUND THEMSELVES VITUALLY WASHED AWAY; PARKWAY RECORDS FELT THE BRITISH FLOOD MORE THEN MOST; TAKE CHUBBY CHECKER, FOR EXAMPLE; PTIOR TO THE END OF 1963, CHECKER HAD ENJOYED TWENTY BILLBOARD TOP FORTY POP HITS, INCLUDING THREE WHICH ROSE TO THE  NUMBER ONE SPOT; BUT AFTER THE BRITISH INVASION HE ONLY HAD ONE - AND EVEN THAT WAS A TRIBUTE SONG TO FREDDIE GARRITY OF FREDDIE AND THE DREAMERS ("LET'S DO THE FREDDIE")

"GOT TO RUN"

A. SO WHAT CHANCE DID PARKWAY HAVE WITH A COMPLETELY UNKNOWN NEW SINGER?; OUTSIDE OF NORTHERN SOUL CIRCLES, THE NAME OF VICKIE BAINES WILL DRAW BLANK EXPRESSIONS; SO IT'S HARDLY SURPRISING THAT HER CAREER SHOULD ONLY LAST FOR THREE SINGLES; THE FIRST AND THIRD OF THEM ARE STILL RELATIVELY UNKNOWN BY MANY, EVEN THOUGH HER THIRD WAS PICKED UP FROM SYMBOL FOR NATIONAL RELEASE BY WARNER BROS. LOMA SUBSIDIARY; IT'S THE SECOND THAT SHOULD NEED NO INTRODUCTION, BECAUSE THE THROBBING FIRST FEW BARS OF "COUNTRY GIRL" MADE RICHARD SEARLING'S SPOTS AT THE CASINO SO VITAL; NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS COULD "GOT TO RUN" BE DESCRIBED IN SUCH GLOWING TERMS, YET IT STILL DESERVES MORE WIDESPREAD EXPOSURE (AT LEAST TO THE POINT OF GAININA A YOUTUBE POSTING); AFTER A SHORT SPOKEN INTRO, THE SONG DEVELOPS INTO AN UPTEMPO BOSSA NOVA BEATER WITH LOTSA DEAD-STOP BREAKS, ALONG THE LINES OF A FASTER "ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME"

b/w

"LOSING YOU"

HEAR HERE!!

Vickie Baines - LOSING YOU (1965) - YouTube

B. AS IS OFTEN THE CASE, THE OFFICIAL B-SIDE DELIVERS THE REAL GOODIE HERE; THE SEDUCTIVE NATURE OF VICKIE'S VOCAL DELIVERY MAKES YOU WONDER WHY ANY MAN COULD BE SO INSANE AS TO LET ANOTHER WOMAN COME BETWEEN HIMSELF AND HER; THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL RECORD, WHICH DELIVERS AS MUCH PASSION IN A MID-TEMPO DANCER AS THE SINGER MANAGED IN THE FAST AND FURIOUS "COUNTRY GIRL"; TO MY EARS, IT'S BOTH WICKED AND WONDERFUL

BOOKS AT £75 FOR A DEMO IN THE NEW MANSHIP GUIDE

(SO WHY IS IT  £100 FOR A DEMO IF YOU GO TO HIS SITE?)

LISTEN TOTHE B-SIDE IN FULL VIA THE YOUTUBE POSTING ABOVE

(NOT TAKEN FROM THE SALE COPY)

(US: Parkway P-957, 1965; D.J. Copy)

Record condition (A-side): Excellent +++ (plays Excellent ++++)
Record condition (B-side): Excellent +++ (plays Excellent ++++)

Label condition (A-side): Excellent ('X' in pen; extremely light ring-wear)

Label condition (B-side): Excellent +++ (extremely light ring-wear)

Deletion hole: No

This record has been played on both sides to verify condition, but there's a full money-back guarantee on all my sales, and I'll refund anyone who isn't totally captivated. Most are sent by 'signed for' delivery.

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