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Ernie K. Doe gets the UK excited

Danno3000Danno3000 2,850 Posts
edited December 2007 in Strut Central
Apparently it's a huge seller for Soul Jazz as a result of this ridiculous ad:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xgw0Lb0hXmA
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  • funky16cornersfunky16corners 7,175 Posts
    No kidding. I had the MP3 up for months, and all of a sudden I started to get 500 to 700 hits a day just on that post. I eventually got a takedown request from Souljazz. I still get 100's of hits a day via Ernie K Doe searches from the UK.
  • DigginDiggin 319 Posts
    add a Pilooski edit and you get a new Top40 hit.
  • The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts
    has the LP that this is on gone up because of this...cause I got one to get rid of and this might be the right time....
  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts
    Nice to at least know Antoinette must be getting some $$$
    out of this. Such a great track. I hope SJ is paying the
    right people, especially if they're strong-arming F16C!
  • funky16cornersfunky16corners 7,175 Posts
    Nice to at least know Antoinette must be getting some $$$
    out of this. Such a great track. I hope SJ is paying the
    right people, especially if they're strong-arming F16C!

    On that note, I inquired of the folks at SoulJazz how they licensed the track (and the other Toussaint-related stuff) and after a "we'll check into that" I never got an answer.
  • ariel_calmerariel_calmer 3,762 Posts
    He should change his named to Ernie K. Dough.
  • funky16cornersfunky16corners 7,175 Posts
    He should change his named to Ernie K. Dough.


    He might if he wasn't already Ernie K. Dead...
  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts
    Nice to at least know Antoinette must be getting some $$$
    out of this. Such a great track. I hope SJ is paying the
    right people, especially if they're strong-arming F16C!

    On that note, I inquired of the folks at SoulJazz how they licensed the track (and the other Toussaint-related stuff) and after a "we'll check into that" I never got an answer.

    You should have told them "yeah, I'll take down my soundfile
    when you show me somebody besides you is getting paid for it."
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    add a Pilooski edit and you get a new Top40 hit.

    That track is tuff as is - last thing we need is a remix/edit.

    I'd never heard this song, or the album it came from, before. I was familiar with his earlier records from the fifties and sixties on various labels, but I'd never heard him sing with that much gusto before. If this is making the rounds on a legit reissue, all the better.
  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts

    I'd never heard this song, or the album it came from, before. I was familiar with his earlier records from the fifties and sixties on various labels, but I'd never heard him sing with that much gusto before. If this is making the rounds on a legit reissue, all the better.

    Get the LP. "Here Comes the Girls" is the best track, but
    the LP is definitely worth having. Not sure what it's going for
    these days, but I got mine for under $20 and found another around
    that price not long afterwards. People pay good $$$ for the 45, but
    the LP still seems a little under the radar.
  • hugh_lucerohugh_lucero 485 Posts
    great tune - I trying to find out stuff about it earlier this year & found larry's write up at funky 16 corners as well !!

    originally re-issued a few years back on the soul jazz 'new orleans' comp, not sure if they've repackaged it now but


    and as for the ad, something like that would never get a guernsey in conservative ol australia, the land of cornflakes & white bread ..
  • funky16cornersfunky16corners 7,175 Posts
    Nice to at least know Antoinette must be getting some $$$
    out of this. Such a great track. I hope SJ is paying the
    right people, especially if they're strong-arming F16C!

    On that note, I inquired of the folks at SoulJazz how they licensed the track (and the other Toussaint-related stuff) and after a "we'll check into that" I never got an answer.

    You should have told them "yeah, I'll take down my soundfile
    when you show me somebody besides you is getting paid for it."


    I didn't want to risk any legal problems. I've heard both good and bad things about the way they do business. Now if it was Aaron Fuchs....


    BTW,the LP is excellent. A really fine mix of funk, soul and R&B, with - if memory serves - all but one track written by Allen Toussaint.
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts

    I'd never heard this song, or the album it came from, before. I was familiar with his earlier records from the fifties and sixties on various labels, but I'd never heard him sing with that much gusto before. If this is making the rounds on a legit reissue, all the better.

    Get the LP. "Here Comes the Girls" is the best track, but
    the LP is definitely worth having. Not sure what it's going for
    these days, but I got mine for under $20 and found another around
    that price not long afterwards. People pay good $$$ for the 45, but
    the LP still seems a little under the radar.

    That one track smokes anything from that Jessie Hill LP on Blue Thumb that was out around the same time.
  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts

    That one track smokes anything from that Jessie Hill LP on Blue Thumb that was out around the same time.

    There's at least one other killer song on there, "Fly Away With Me,"
    which has an incredibly unique New Orleans/Toussaint sound to it,
    with off-beat (literally) singing and playing, varied-tempo vocals,
    and some dreamy lyrics. Really fantastic track. Find the LP, it's worth
    paying out a little $$$ for.
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts

    That one track smokes anything from that Jessie Hill LP on Blue Thumb that was out around the same time.

    There's at least one other killer song on there, "Fly Away With Me,"
    which has an incredibly unique New Orleans/Toussaint sound to it,
    with off-beat (literally) singing and playing, varied-tempo vocals,
    and some dreamy lyrics. Really fantastic track. Find the LP, it's worth
    paying out a little $$$ for.

    That K-Doe sounds like it's right up there with the Meters, the Unemployed and Tami Lynn's version of "Love Is Here & Now You're Gone" as far as classic 1970's NOLA music.

    EDIT: originally I thought you meant that "Fly Away..." was a track on the Jessie Hill record instead of K-Doe's...that's why I redid this post.[/b]
  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts

    EDIT: originally I thought you meant that "Fly Away..." was a track on the Jessie Hill record instead of K-Doe's[/b]

    Yeah, I can see why you would, sorry about that ...
  • DJFerrariDJFerrari 2,411 Posts
    Nice! I love that track. The LP has always been pretty cheap around the $20 mark... the 45 is a bit pricier.
  • funky16cornersfunky16corners 7,175 Posts
    Here it is if anyone hasn't heard it...
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    That man could sing his ass off! He kills me when he hits that falsetto! He sure didn't bitch about his mother-in-law with that kind of fervor, Lord have mercy!



    "HERE COMES THE GIRLS...OOOOOOOOOOH"[/b]
  • pcmrpcmr 5,591 Posts

    thanks a lot appreciate it, hows the health?
  • funky16cornersfunky16corners 7,175 Posts

    thanks a lot appreciate it, hows the health?

    Who, me? Other than a shitstack of stress, the health is OK.
  • mylatencymylatency 10,475 Posts
    such a great song! Norm Hopper called another album of his "doo wop" and old timey. Dude is sleepin!
  • The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts
    thank you to the starter of this thread...from the bottom of my heart:
    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=350005342506&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=022
  • funky16cornersfunky16corners 7,175 Posts
    thank you to the starter of this thread...from the bottom of my heart:
    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=350005342506&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=022


    Holy flarking schnitt!
  • The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts
    thank you to the starter of this thread...from the bottom of my heart:
    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...E:IT&ih=022


    Holy flarking schnitt!

    I know! Insane!
  • mylatencymylatency 10,475 Posts
    Damn I wanted to win it at $150, haha
  • The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts
    Damn I wanted to win it at $150, haha

    a few months ago, this was a $20 record...proof that the record market is fuggin nuts
  • mylatencymylatency 10,475 Posts
    Damn I wanted to win it at $150, haha

    a few months ago, this was a $20 record...proof that the record market is fuggin nuts




    ^^^I RIDES FOR THIS YO
  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts
    Damn I wanted to win it at $150, haha

    a few months ago, this was a $20 record...proof that the record market is fuggin nuts

    Hold on, hold on - this has not been a $20 record on eBay for years, if ever -
    when I was trying to get one years ago, it was going for $40-$70, usually
    around $50 ... I did eventually find one in the real world for $20, but
    it has been an eBay money record for some time ... just not for this kind of
    crazy money. However, you are not the first to benefit from the UK ad hype:

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...eName=WDVW&rd=1
  • The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts
    Damn I wanted to win it at $150, haha

    a few months ago, this was a $20 record...proof that the record market is fuggin nuts

    Hold on, hold on - this has not been a $20 record on eBay for years, if ever -
    when I was trying to get one years ago, it was going for $40-$70, usually
    around $50 ... I did eventually find one in the real world for $20, but
    it has been an eBay money record for some time ... just not for this kind of
    crazy money. However, you are not the first to benefit from the UK ad hype:

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...eName=WDVW&rd=1

    even so...I got over twice what the other one went for just 2 weeks ago...that in itself is insane
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