Record Finds of 2025

The last album by Ray Brown & The Whispers is a mixed affair. It seems Ray sacked the band half way through the recording and The Whispers get no acknowledgement on the cover. But the best songs are the ones where they provide the backing.

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The standout song is '(Aint It) Strange', but that's easily found on youtube and been comped a few times, I think.

The song that got my attention is 'Talking 'Bout Our Love'. It's credited to A. Castillo. I could find no mention of him or the song anywhere. If anyone has any info, let us know. It's a great song

Talkin 'Bout Our Love

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Rythmn Boy said:
The song that got my attention is 'Talking 'Bout Our Love'. It's credited to A. Castillo. I could find no mention of him or the song anywhere. If anyone has any info, let us know. It's a great song
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It's Adrian Castillo from UK bands Force West, Oscar Bicycle and Shakane. The original was released as the B-side to Force West's "Gotta Find Another Baby".

 
Well, looking back through my Instagram account...these were some 2025 finds for me.

The Blox "Hanging Out"
The Bryds "Your Lies"
The Changing Times "Cry"
The Chevelle V "Come Back Bird" Askel version
The Dirty Wurds "Why"
The Lyrics "So What"
Peter & The Wolves "Hey Mama"
The Reasons Why "Don't Be That Way" (upgrade)
The Saxons "Things Have Been Bad"
 
KipBrown said:
Well, looking back through my Instagram account...these were some 2025 finds for me.

The Blox "Hanging Out"
The Bryds "Your Lies"
The Changing Times "Cry"
The Chevelle V "Come Back Bird" Askel version
The Dirty Wurds "Why"
The Lyrics "So What"
Peter & The Wolves "Hey Mama"
The Reasons Why "Don't Be That Way" (upgrade)
The Saxons "Things Have Been Bad"
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Fantastic sides - congratulations !
 
KipBrown said:
Well, looking back through my Instagram account...these were some 2025 finds for me.

The Blox "Hanging Out"
The Bryds "Your Lies"
The Changing Times "Cry"
The Chevelle V "Come Back Bird" Askel version
The Dirty Wurds "Why"
The Lyrics "So What"
Peter & The Wolves "Hey Mama"
The Reasons Why "Don't Be That Way" (upgrade)
The Saxons "Things Have Been Bad"
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That Saxons 45 was always a tough score...even back in the 80s.
 
KipBrown said:
Whatever happened to him?

He was kind of a strange guy and very hard to deal with, from my recollection.
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He stilll has master tapes, tons of photos & scrapbooks from groups, and of course records. No longer actively collecting....Tim Warren wanted to form a S.W.A.T. team to storm Crocker's place and take back all of the stuff he stole or never returned and return the stuff to the people Crocker had contacted.
 
MopTopMike said:
He stilll has master tapes, tons of photos & scrapbooks from groups, and of course records. No longer actively collecting....Tim Warren wanted to form a S.W.A.T. team to storm Crocker's place and take back all of the stuff he stole or never returned and return the stuff to the people Crocker had contacted.
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I've heard that Gary Lee Yoder finally got his Oxford Circle acetate back at some point...
 
Rythmn Boy said:
The last album by Ray Brown & The Whispers is a mixed affair. It seems Ray sacked the band half way through the recording and The Whispers get no acknowledgement on the cover. But the best songs are the ones where they provide the backing.

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The standout song is '(Aint It) Strange', but that's easily found on youtube and been comped a few times, I think.

The song that got my attention is 'Talking 'Bout Our Love'. It's credited to A. Castillo. I could find no mention of him or the song anywhere. If anyone has any info, let us know. It's a great song

Talkin 'Bout Our Love

https://app.box.com/s/ke83oi5w5hg7y88duhisw26m0mpk5hs2
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I rejoined the forums after many years specifically to comment on this post (but there's so much more to dig into).

I recently picked up this LP after a few years of searching, even though I too didn't know what to expect (a lot of these tracks failed to make it onto the Ray Brown the Whispers anthology double CD of many years ago). There are some iffy tracks (Duke of Earl for example) but a few nice unearthed nuggets to make it worthwhile alongside the "hits" (Ain't It) Strange, Too Late To Come Home and Same Old Song. The background behind Ray parting ways with the Whispers is that he launched legal action against his managers to get out of a dodgy management deal that the rest of the Whispers weren't involved in. Refer https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/107887625?searchTerm=ray brown john harrigan

Backing on the newer tracks is by Max Merrit and the Meteors (that's Max doing the intro to Same Old Song).

I'm still keeping an eye out for a copy of Dance Dance Dance in reasonable condition (and affordable price)
 
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