By Chancellor of Soul (64.12.97.7) on Saturday, January 11, 2003 - 01:39 pm:

Another talented underated singer that I took
pleasure into groovin last night was my man,
Jimmy Delphs ! Man what a soulful voice !!!
3 of my favorite cuts from this artist are;
"Mrs. Percy"
"Don't Sign The Papers"
Am I Losing You and oh !......how can forget
" Almost"
Absolute smokers !!!!!

Peace,
(Chancellor of Soul)
Mike Boone

By Nish (66.119.33.135) on Saturday, January 11, 2003 - 01:41 pm:

Hi Chancellor, it's great that you joined SD! "Mrs. Percy," is a true JAM!

By MEL&THEN SOME (195.219.7.37) on Saturday, January 11, 2003 - 01:55 pm:

Mike,
totally agree with you there,
Jimmy Delphs and his Almost track,say no more.
Do you know his record called
Dancing a Hole in the World on Carla (no.1904)
This is priced at around the 1,000 pounds mark.
But
''ooh,the saddest word that I ever heard is almost.
'cos it means what ever you tried to do,you did'nt make it,.
oh no,
but baby you almost,
honey you almost.
Now take a man whos saved and plans his whole life through the years,
only to find he ran out of time,
he didnt live to see his dreams come true,
oh baby but he almost,
he almost, he almost(etc,etc)
WOW,LYRICS LIKE THAT MAN,
100%PURE CLASS(andthensome).
mel.

By Yan (62.30.112.1) on Thursday, February 06, 2003 - 06:16 pm:

...I know that this thread is dead, but I just (as in today) got the "Detroit-Northern Soul Years" CD (Goldmine) with Jimmy Delphs- "I've Been Fooled Before"; and having just played it seven times in a row; I thought I should spread a little love! Absolute perfect Northern soul; great rhythm, ace guitar, really good lyrics- and totally brilliant arrangment. (check those stabbing/surging strings)

Ollie McGlaughlin's name on production really does always guarantee something special; all the Deon Jackson stuff, Soul Twins- "Quick Change Artist" (one of my favourite old school Northern soul stompers), Betty Lavette's beautiful "You'll Wake Up Wiser" (I actually haven't heard the Deon Jackson original yet; what's it like??), that ace Barbara Lewis Enterprise LP......and yeah, Mel, "Dancing A Hole In The World" was my favourite cut on the second Millionaires CD. (with Dennis Edwards- "Johnny On The Spot" in close second place)

So can some soul collector tell me what the Verble Domino version of "I've Been Fooled Before" is like. Is it as good??

Well anyway if they are reading this thank you Jimmy, Ollie, and Verble/Sherm!!

Yan

P.S Any other Palace fans out there?? I'm still on such a high from last night!! Anyone here a Liverpool man?? Keep yourself away from sharp objects and open windows.

By MEL&THEN SOME (195.219.7.117) on Friday, February 07, 2003 - 12:19 am:

Yan,
Im an Evertonian and what a great day at work it was for me.
Many thnks to Palace.
mel(The Soulful Evertonian).

By acooolcat (210.201.192.198) on Friday, February 07, 2003 - 03:56 am:

Yan
"I've Been Fooled Before" is a great record. I don't think it's an expensive 45 and you should be able to find one quite cheaply... buy one, you won't regret it. The flip side is "Almost."
Graham

By David Meikle (80.5.115.23) on Monday, February 10, 2003 - 01:19 pm:

A couple of scans from graham reference to Jimmy Delphs...

By acooolcat (61.222.95.58) on Monday, February 10, 2003 - 09:00 pm:

Yan - You can see that Dale Warren arranged the Carla side - and the flip too.
Paul Riser was involved in the DSSI disc. I wonder who lives on Maxwell?
Graham

By Yan (80.194.105.141) on Monday, February 10, 2003 - 10:10 pm:

...how do I know Dale Warren's name?? Did he work at Shrine, or is that another Dale? Sorry- I'm sure it is much more obvious than that; my brain isn't working.

Well, whoever he is- Dale; those string arrangments on "I've Been Fooled Before" are still knocking me out. You done good.

By RD (63.188.33.176) on Monday, February 10, 2003 - 10:26 pm:

Dale Warren indeed worked at Shrine he was kin to Raynoma Gordy-Singleton.

By David Meikle (213.122.38.74) on Tuesday, February 11, 2003 - 03:36 am:

Yan

You can find a pic of Dale on the Tera Shrima story.Ollie McLaughlin page.

He was involved in a lot of great material over the years.

David

By Dave Gordon (193.122.21.26) on Tuesday, February 11, 2003 - 02:37 pm:

The "G Mallory" in the writer credits is probably
Gerald Mallory who was later lead singer for a
Michael Stokes' produced group called Active
Force. Their "Give Me Your Love" on A&M is great
track.