Prince Buster - Everybody Ska - Stateside Records
Stateside Records released a catalogue of great R&B and Soul tracks in the 1960’s including many of Tamla Motown’s earlier releases. An example EP shown here is from an RnB collection: CHART MAKERS, with some very rare tracks (especially Eddie Holland).
STATESIDE RECORDS U.K. – One of the most prolific Soul Labels in the 1960s.
A label owned by EMI that released lots and lots of Soul records into the U.K. in the 1960’s. Many Tamla Motown 45’s were on this label long before Motown had its own UK label.
Chuck Jackson’s: Any Day Now, The Tams: Untie Me, The Chiffons: He’s So Fine, Roscoe Gordon: Just A Little Bit, Lee Dorsey: Ride Your Pony – just a sample of the various USA label artists that were released in England on the great Stateside label.
Dean Parish’s Determination was just one HUGE soul track at Manchester’s Twisted Wheel the birth of Northern Soul owes much to Stateside Records.
A UK Hit for the Invitations
What’s Wrong With Me Baby by The Invitations was such a huge hit on the early Northern Soul scene in Manchester that, when they were touring the U.K., amazingly calling themselves ‘The Drifters’ – after making their recording and releasing it (originally on the Dyno-Voice label USA) Stateside – SS 478 UK, they had to switch back to being The Invitations.
Motown – on Stateside
Stateside released TAMLA MOTOWN recordings before it linked up with EMI UK to release on the TAMLA MOTOWN Label in the UK
I Feel Good (All Over) Betty Lavette
Simply a M A S S I V E hit at the Twisted Wheel in Manchester in 67′.
The club had moved across town to Whitworth Street. This 45 rocked the walls and shook the floors and they were concrete!
That’s What I Want To Know James Carr
Before Betty Lavette had us shakin’ it was this brilliant piece of black vinyl that made its incessant beat force our tapping feet and we had to dance. This was the ‘B’ side of the Stateside release Baby You Got My Mind Messed Up the DJ Roger Eagle at The Twisted Wheel turned it over to keep the dancing hot.
Bunker Hill
Named after the Civil War Battle of Bunker Hill! this crazy record was popular for a time at the first Twisted Wheel club in Manchester. It just goes to show how switched on to the black American R&B scene that the ‘Wheel’ DJ was.
Hide & Go Seek had some great lyrics easily keeping up with the tongue twisters of Shirley Ellis.
Long After The Allnighter was over – we were still singing this!
Jimmy Radcliffe’s great Soul song Long After Tonight Is All Over – this was most always the last record to be played at the Saturday Allnighters at the Twisted Wheel.
Tired Of Being Lonely – The Sharpees
Never could you be tired of this. In fact, this record was first played at the ‘Wheel’ on an imported piece of vinyl – On the One-Derful USA label; a stablemate to the records we had from Alvin Cash.
It became so popular that the song was re-released in England on the President label.
STATESIDE Records – Singles Released – Complete Listing
Stateside Records – Ska Soul.net