Keith mansfield "soul thing"

[Mr Divine]

Firstly, I'm come clean. I'm a "Soul Thing" nerd. I thought I had all the versions, but whilst DJing last night my co-DJ spun the track off Keith Mansfield's "All You Need Is..." LP - has anyone else noticed that the versions on the mono and stereo LPs are quite different? The stereo version features totally different Hawkshaw piano - it's like 2 piano parts played together instead of the single note version????

Anyway, can anyone add anything to this Soul Thing discography:

Keith Mansfield - All You Need Is LP.... (feat. mono version)
Keith Mansfield - All You Need Is LP.... (feat. stereo version)
Keith Mansfield - Soul Thing (7" - same as mono LP)
KPM - Flamboyant Themes 2 LP (as Funky Fanfare)
KPM - Beat Incidental LP (as Funky Fanfare - different take)
Paul Raven (aka Gary Glitter) - Soul Thing (2 x 7" pressings)
James Royal - Call My Name LP (as House Of Jack)
James Royal - House Of Jack 7" (?)
Tony Newman - Soul Thing (2 x 7" Decca pressings)
Tony Newman - Soul Thing (7" US Parrot - shorter than UK issue)
Arzachel - same (as Queen Street Gang)

Then there's that Carnaby Street Pop Orchestra thing (which I presume is the FlamboyantThemes version). Are there any other versions I don't know of???

I think I need help...

[Col Wolfe]

THE ESTABLISHMENT - House Of Jack [stereo] / Same [mono]
on US King

[Nick Cope]

You are suffering from a classic case of Soulthingitis. There is no cure, but covering yourself with silver foil to stop the Stereo Gold LPs from talking to you can help...

[Mr Divine]

Silver foil, eh? I'm going one step further and using the covers of Hammond Gold - which are strangely bronze, but then Hammond Bronze doesn't have quite the same ring.

Thanks for the tip!

[llmod1]

I've got a version on a US high school LP, I'll dig it out.

[mundayschild]

Sorry to add to your confusion but the Carnaby St pop orchestra and choir version is different on the cd re-release (courtesy of Recurr records) to that of the original vinyl lp, by way of a longer middle section. I guess this may have something to do with the session master tapes rather than any editing. But then you seem to have it quite bad already! .

[Rich Hero]

Jeez, I thought I had it bad. Now I'll have to buy 'All You Need Is...' and the Parrot 45. I *think* there's also a nineties cover by a west coast retro-psyche group, inspired by the Queen Street Gang, but I'll have to do some googling and find it again.

Which version of Keith's is the Pronit?

[Rich Hero]

Nope, can't find it. It was a while ago and I no longer have the emails either, so I may have been confusing it with Arzachel but there's a nagging doubt that my memory is right...

X5 'I must make proper notes.'
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'I must make proper notes...'

[Mr Divine]

Almost forgot, Beck used to play this live so that could explain the nineties version...

Thanks for your help chaps, one day I will be cured!

[dimondt]

Quote[/b] (Col Wolfe @ May 08 2004,17:04)]THE ESTABLISHMENT - House Of Jack [stereo] / Same [mono]
on US King

There is also an LP by THE ESTABLISHMENT with the stereo version on

[Lord Thames]

Quote[/b] (mundayschild @ May 10 2004,00:09)]Sorry to add to your confusion but the Carnaby St pop orchestra and choir version is different on the cd re-release (courtesy of Recurr records) to that of the original vinyl lp, by way of a longer middle section. I guess this may have something to do with the session master tapes rather than any editing.

Quite probably - the original Carnaby issue used a sub-master, with a little bit of distortion on the brass. Recur went to the original masters where possible, though they had to use the sub-master for a couple of tracks - I think 'Dr Jekyll and Hyde Park' is one, as the KPM mono version has a proper ending rather than a fade.