By MEL&THEN SOME (195.219.7.76 - 195.219.7.76) on Monday, August 05, 2002 - 09:40 pm:

CAN SOMEBODY PUT ME STRAIGHT REGARDS THE FOLLOWING TRACK.I HAVE JUST FOUND AN OLD TAPE FROM A MATE OF MINE.STATED ON HIS LIST IS THAT THE MILTON WRIGHT TRACK,LIKE A ROLLIN STONE,WHICH IS ANOTHER VOCAL VERSION TO THE GALLOP/I BELONG TO YOU/IS(OR BY NOW,WAS)ONE OUT OF ONLY 10 KNOWN COPIES MADE.ALSO STATES THAT ON EACH COPY,THEY ARE ALL COLOURED DIFFERENTLY.THIS COULD WELL BE HISTORY BY NOW,AS THE TAPE IS FROM 1992.OTHER INTERESTING ITEMS:CARL CARLTON/YOU CANT STOP A MAN IN LOVE/ACETATE L.P./A 9INCH ACETATE TEST PRESSING BY THE CHARLESIV,TITLED DOCTOR LOVE/ANOTHER 9INCH TEST PRESSING BY CHUCK JACKSON/THE DAY MY WORLD STOOD STILL.ALSO A MOTOWN TRACK/THE ONES-HAPPY DAYS(A)/(B)YOU HAVENT SEEN MY LOVE,NUMBER M-1117,DATED 1967.APPRECIATE ANY UPDATES REGARDS ALL ITEMS IF POSSIBLE,CHEERS.MEL(ANDTHENSOME).

By MEL&THEN SOME (195.219.7.41 - 195.219.7.41) on Tuesday, August 06, 2002 - 02:49 pm:

RALPH,CAN YOU ENLIGHTEN ME IN ANYWAY,REGARDS THE ABOVE MENTIONED TERRA-SHIRMA ONE/OFFS.IM SORRY IF THIS IS GOING OVER OLD GROUND FOR YOU,BUT ID LIKE TO KNOW IF THERES ANY TRUTH IN WHATS STATED.MANY THANKS,MEL(&THEN SOME).

By benji (217.233.71.222 - 217.233.71.222) on Tuesday, August 06, 2002 - 03:16 pm:

hi mel,

"i belong to you" is the flipside of the carla release of "the gallop". it also came out as the flipside of the (illegal?) pressing of "i belong to you" on satiron which was done by john anderson in the 70s to promote "i belong to you" before he did put it out on grapevine.
the satiron release is yellow label with black vinyl. definitely more than 30 copies made.

hope this helps.....

benji
munich, germany

By MEL&THEN SOME (195.219.7.71 - 195.219.7.71) on Tuesday, August 06, 2002 - 06:22 pm:

BENJI,THE DISC IM REFERRING TO IS TITLED LIKE A ROLLIN STONE,SUPPOSDELY AN ORIGINAL COPY ON TERRA/SHIRMA RECORDS.EVERYTHING AS ON THE ORIGINAL BUT WITH DIFFERENT LYRICS.SO INSTEAD OF LABEL STATING I BELONG TO YOU,IT SAYS,LIKE A ROLLIN STONE.CHEERS,ANYWAY.MEL(ANDTHENSOME).P.S.THIS ISNT A JOHN BENJI,FROM BEESTON,NOTTINGHAM IS IT?.

By Ralph (209.240.222.130 - 209.240.222.130) on Tuesday, August 06, 2002 - 07:15 pm:

Mel,
I don't remember this on the TS label. Maybe someone else can enlighten both of us.

By MEL&THENSOME (195.219.7.61 - 195.219.7.61) on Tuesday, August 06, 2002 - 07:56 pm:

HI RALPH,IF YOU DONT RECALL THIS,THEN THE PLOT THICKENS.ON THE LETTER IVE GOT,WITH THE TAPE,THIS IS SUPPOSEDLY THE RARE VERSION.NOW THEN RALPH GET THIS,ALSO MENTIONED IS THAT OF ONLY THE SO CALLED,10 EVER CUT COPIES,THIS GUY SAYS THAT HE HAS ACTUALLY SEEN 4 OF THEM IN HIS AREA.EACH LABEL WITH DIFFERENT COLOURING.THIS GUY,HAS BEEN AN AVID COLLECTOR ON THE SCENE A LONG TIME.AND I BELIEVE WHAT HES SAID.HOPEFULLY SOMEBODY MAY INDEED,ENLIGHTEN US FURTHER,CHEERS RALPH.MEL.

By Ralph (209.240.222.130 - 209.240.222.130) on Tuesday, August 06, 2002 - 08:07 pm:

Mel,
Is this guy saying that there are four different Tera Shirma labels for this record???

By benji (194.127.2.70 - 194.127.2.70) on Wednesday, August 07, 2002 - 10:42 am:

mel,

it was my mistake, of course i didnt mean "i belong to you" but "like a rolling stone", i.e. "like a rolling stone" came out as the flip to "the gallop" on carla and to "i belong to you" on satiron. as the released song"like a rolling stone" isnt another vocal of "the gallop", are you saying that your version has "the gallop" as backing track?

BTW, i think there's a picture of the satiron release on my labelscan site:
http://labelscans.anorakrecords.de/

benji
munich, germany

By MEL&THEN SOME (195.219.7.44 - 195.219.7.44) on Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 12:59 pm:

RALPH,BENJI,IT LOOKS LIKE THIS GUY HAS GOT HIS LABELS SERIOUSLY MIXED UP,SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE.IVE DUG OUT THE TAPE,AND ITS MOST DEFINATLY NOT THE GALLOP ON THE BACKING TRACK.SO I ASSUME HE IS REFERRING TO THE OTHER,AS YOU MENTIONED,BENJI.SO,HOPEFULLY,SOMEBODY OUT THERE KNOWS A BIT MORE.SO RALPH,I ASSUME WERE LOOKING AT THE SATIRON LABEL,AND NOT T.S.APOLOGIES TO YOU RALPH,AND THANKS TI YOU,BENJI.MEL.

By Ralph (209.240.222.130 - 209.240.222.130) on Thursday, August 08, 2002 - 01:49 pm:

No problem Mel. I can now breathe a sigh of relief. I have learned so many things on this forum about me that have been a surprise. I thought it was happening again.

By recordboyusa (208.61.5.193 - 208.61.5.193) on Friday, August 09, 2002 - 03:41 am:

I've heard Milton Wright is a judge now!

Isn't "I Belong To You" a GREAT song?? A Recordboy fave!

By damo (217.34.239.25 - 217.34.239.25) on Thursday, August 15, 2002 - 03:08 pm:

Is this the same Milton Wright who gave us the sublime "Keep It Up"? If so, where is the judge now presiding??

By Davie G (213.251.162.249 - 213.251.162.249) on Thursday, August 15, 2002 - 05:14 pm:

Have a look at Benji's site - over 2000 label
scans - even an oldie like me found things I'd
never seen before. Be prepared to forget about
doing anything else for a couple of hours, You
have been warned.


There's a link on this topic - scroll back a few
posts and you'll find it

By benji (217.233.68.212 - 217.233.68.212) on Thursday, August 15, 2002 - 09:14 pm:

davie,

thanks for your kind words. i have another 300+ new scans lined up for next update which will take place in a couple of days.

re. milton wright:
yes it's the "keep it up" bloke, brother of betty wright and i was told that he had been bettys lawyer back in the 70s so it might be true that he's a judge nowadays.

By Davie G (213.251.162.249 - 213.251.162.249) on Friday, August 16, 2002 - 11:36 am:

Benji,

My pleasure - it's a great site

By David Meikle (62.6.96.79 - 62.6.96.79) on Friday, August 16, 2002 - 11:47 am:

http://www.labelscans.anorakrecords.de/

By recordboyusa (208.61.5.193 - 208.61.5.193) on Sunday, August 18, 2002 - 06:16 pm:

I've heard Milton Wright is a judge somewhere in New England (Massachusetts, I believe). As Benji said, he is indeed the one who recorded "Keep It Up" for Alston (same label as his sister Betty). Milton Wright also gets an arranger's credit on "Man From The Sky" by Carlos Wright with Purple Mundi.

Jeff Lemlich
http://www.limestonerecords.com