RPM’s Mark Stratford chooses his favourite tracks from the label’s 29 year history as he prepares for its final release, Super Sonics, a box set of Junkshop Britpop.
- Iron Cross – Little Bit O’ Soul (Single A-side, Spark, 1972) (Boobs: The Junkshop Glam Discotheque, 2005)
- The McKinleys – Sweet & Tender Romance (Single A-side, Parlophone, 1964) (Dream Babes, Vol. 3: Backcomb ‘n’ Beat, 2001)
- Sylvie Vartan – Cette Lettre La (EP, RCA Victor (Fr), 1965) (Irrésistiblement: Sylvie Vartan 1965 – 1968, 2009)
- Les Reed – Girl On A Motorcyle (Eliott Swanson edit, rec 1968) (Girl On A Motorcycle (The Original Soundtrack), 1996)
- Duffy Power – I Saw Her Standing There (original version, rec February 1963) (Leapers And Sleepers, 2002)
- Samantha Jones – TC Theme 1 (Promo single, Not on label – Ford (Fr), 1970) (Surrounded By A Ray Of Sunshine: The United Artists Recordings, 2000)
- Elmer Hockett – Love Is Happening To Me (rec 1968) (The Fantastic Story Of Mark Wirtz And The Teenage Opera, 2001)
- Bobby Wood – Break My Mind (Single A-side, MGM, 1967) (If I’m A Fool For Loving You: The Complete 1960’s Recordings, 2019)
- Roy Hamilton – Angelica (Single A-side, AGP Records (US), 2009) (Tore Up RCA And AGP Singles, Shout, 2009)
- Roger Pace – The Minute My Back Was Turned (Single B-side to Hey Hey My Baby’s Gone, Select (US), 1965) (New York Graffiti – 1619-1750 Broadway: An Independent American Pop Story 1958-1968, 2019)
- Mortimer – You Do Too (On Our Way Home, RPM, 2017 rec 1969)
- Dave Edmunds – Again (Again, RPM, 2014)
See the Cherry Red website for details of the RPM releases.
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Many, many thanks Mark for the top two. All the best John (Carter)
So sad!…luvd the label!
hey Mark,
if you read this, your RPM label was exquisite (truly, for collectors and made by top collectors). Meeting and interviewing Duffy Power for the notes of Duffy’s ‘Leapers and Sleeper’ double CD was a rare pleasure. Through Mark I could also interview amazing talents like John Carter, Mac MacLeod, Roger St. Pierre and others.
many thanks for widening my knowledge and my love of rock music,
Wim van Cleef, The Netherlans