Chuck Cockerham [1969] - Have I Got A Right / Hey There [Mala #12,036]

After abandoning a six part series after the first episode we went looking for something else to watch last night and settled on a 2022 film starring Mel Gibson called "Bandit". It is based on a true story of a Canadian bank robber Gilbert Galvan Jr (aka The Flying Bandit) in the 80s.

All well and good, you say, but I nearly fell out of my seat when an extremely rare and highly regarded and sought after soul record by Chuck Cockerham "Have I Got A Right" was played around the twenty minute mark.

The song has been posted on the blog previously and featured in Richard Searling's Crossover Hot 100  at #3 recently. When last posted in Apr 2020 the going rate was around £2k but, having just checked Popsike, the last one listed for sale in Mar '22 went for $6k (£5,565). Not surprisingly, none have ever sold on Discogs. There are only around ten originals listed but there are also many same-sided 'carvers' listed and even these are beginning to fetch three figures now.

What surprised me further is that it 'Shazamed', as I needed to double check that I wasn't imagining it. As far as I can discover, it has featured on only one compilation, a UK 4 CD comp. "Keeping The Faith: 40 Years Of Northern Soul Memories & Souvenirs" released by Castle in 2007. So it's quite bemusing how this was featured in a movie in 2022 and was identified by Shazam.

Not long later in the film a previously unreleased song "With My Love" by Jimmy Radcliffe was also played. It was released in Oct '22 along with two other tracks.

We don't need any excuse to repost this classic and fortunately, since posting it several years ago, the flip side has now also been posted on YouTube (only a month ago). Which, having never heard it before, is also pretty good.

Details

Rating:	9
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Crossover
Format:	Single
Media:	7" Vinyl
Label:	Mala
Cat No:	12,036
Date:	1969
Key/BPM:	N/A
Price:	c. £5k

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