Here's a list of 50 of the scenes most popular records taken from Dave McCadden's " Soul time " fanzine in Jan 1977 .Would be interested in folks views on the sides listed , some have remained classic plays , others have fallen by the wayside .An interesting list anyway , I think .Best Wishes ,Eddie

  Eddie Hubbard said:

Here's a list of 50 of the scenes most popular records taken from Dave McCadden's " Soul time " fanzine in Jan 1977 .Would be interested in folks views on the sides listed , some have remained classic plays , others have fallen by the wayside .An interesting list anyway , I think .Best Wishes ,Eddie

The golden age of Northern soul- What a list

Wouldnt play it now though- scene is very different

That's a definite Wigan list for me. From the best ever period as well.

Only 4 of that entire 50 never got pressed, reissued or bootlegged!!!

Anyone spot them?

  Pete-S said:

That's a definite Wigan list for me. From the best ever period as well.

Only 4 of that entire 50 never got pressed, reissued or bootlegged!!!

Anyone spot them?

Pointer sisters is one?

Rotations?

Edited August 8, 200618 yr by Baz

Nancy Wilson

  Baz said:

Pointer sisters is one?

Rotations?

no that was booted red label soul sounds or something

  mischief said:

no that was booted red label soul sounds or something

What one pointer sisters

  Baz said:

What one pointer sisters

yeh send him back...

Pointer Sisters and Nancy Wilson both counterfeited.

  Baz said:

Pointer sisters is one?

Rotations?

Rotations is one.

  Pete-S said:

That's a definite Wigan list for me. From the best ever period as well.

Only 4 of that entire 50 never got pressed, reissued or bootlegged!!!

Anyone spot them?

I'll have a shot at..................

Jewells

Rain

August & Deneen

Rotations

french fries?

Johhny Williams

rotations

wayne cochran

black and ward

Johhny Williams

  Pete-S said:

Rotations is one.

Oh do i get a gold star now

  rupert said:

rotations

wayne cochran

black and ward

Johhny Williams

Johnny Williams I didn't include because it was being played as a new release.

You are spot on with the other three though.

One more - never pressed or booted - sells for between 75 and 125 today

  Pete-S said:

One more - never pressed or booted - sells for between 75 and 125 today

Shane Martin?

Edited August 8, 200618 yr by Baz

lynn varnado?

  mischief said:

lynn varnado?

Nope on grapevine or goldsoul

lost then.. am guessing anyway...

Danny Wagner...

  Baz said:

Nope on grapevine or goldsoul

was also booted on Gator wasnt it?

  grant said:

was also booted on Gator wasnt it?

Yes, before it had taken off at Wigan - I think it was more of an East Coast sound. Terrible racket.

just started to go to wigan then, only one I cant remember is Black & Ward

I've still got numbers, 1,4,6,38,40 and 44, had many of the others too over the years, the wonders of collecting and DJ'ing i guess, funnny how your taste changes and matures over the years, still quality never dates or changes does it?????

Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Just out of interest what do you think the reaction would be if Johnny Williams got played out again?

I've just dug it out and been giving it a few spins.

I have to be honest and say I'd forgoten how good this is.

Just realised how sad i am

Got 39 still, on originals

and had all but 4

rarest not to have

got to be The inspirations

  Tabs said:

Just out of interest what do you think the reaction would be if Johnny Williams got played out again?

I've just dug it out and been giving it a few spins.

I have to be honest and say I'd forgoten how good this is.

Always thought the sound quality on the Polydor re-issue was far superior

Rotations vocal was booted on Frantic - can't rmember if the instrumental was on the flip though....

  Stereotype said:

rarest not to have

got to be The inspirations

That surprised me - I'd have said Jimmy Raye or Lynn Vernando.

Any advances?

  Tabs said:

That surprised me - I'd have said Jimmy Raye or Lynn Vernando.

Any advances?

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one you've all missed on there

i belong to you didnt come out on carla!!1

the instrumental did the gallop but not the vocal

the vocal came later on satiron a record i spun at the marrs bar all niter last weekend..

sorry just thought id mention that,,ive been on the diamond white again...

  wiganer1 said:

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one you've all missed on there

i belong to you didnt come out on carla!!1

the instrumental did the gallop but not the vocal

the vocal came later on satiron a record i spun at the marrs bar all niter last weekend..

sorry just thought id mention that,,ive been on the diamond white again...

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DERRRRRRRRRRRRR

just read at the bottom of the list exactly what ive just said

err best go to bed,,,lol

  wiganer1 said:

sorry just thought id mention that,,ive been on the diamond white again...

Well I'm on JD so between us we will probaly talk a load of sphericals.

No change there for me

  pikeys dog said:

Rotations vocal was booted on Frantic - can't rmember if the instrumental was on the flip though....

I think you mean " I'm a changed man " not " D- 9 " ? Best ,Eddie

  Pete-S said:

That's a definite Wigan list for me. From the best ever period as well.

Only 4 of that entire 50 never got pressed, reissued or bootlegged!!!

Anyone spot them?

Rotations

Black and Ward

Wayne Cochrane

Danny Wagner

[ However there is piece in a later issue of the mag that suggests Danny Wagner had been pressed in small quantitys though very hard to spot the difference between a real one or not ? ] Best ,Eddie

  Tabs said:

That surprised me - I'd have said Jimmy Raye or Lynn Vernando.

Any advances?

Inspirations is still mega rare on original Tabs , 2 or 3 known copies ? You right about Johnny Williams , was thinking myself that this could go again . Yvonne Daniels must still be very rare ? Love to hear this out again .......Great memories tho ' Best ,Eddie

  grant said:

just started to go to wigan then, only one I cant remember is Black & Ward

That was one of Russ's , pretty modern for the time period . Best ,Eddie

  Eddie Hubbard said:

I think you mean " I'm a changed man " not " D- 9 " ? Best ,Eddie

Think you might be right Eddie as remember buying the boot blind...awful record IMO. It actually surprised me that D-9 was spun at wigan as remember hearing it for the first time in the mid 80's being spun by Roger Banks I think

Grant

Edited August 9, 200618 yr by grant

  grant said:

Think you might be right Eddie as remember buying the boot blind...awful record IMO. It actually surprised me that D-9 was spun at wigan as remember hearing it for the first time in the mid 80's being spun by Roger Banks I think

Grant

I don't remember " D- 9 " at Wigan either Grant , even though I was going regularly at the time .Don't think it took off , or I'm sure it would've got booted .I've got one now , and it's a real fave of mine , think it's Mike " God " Terry burping his Baritone sax to great effect .Best Wishes ,Eddie

  Eddie Hubbard said:

Rotations

Black and Ward

Wayne Cochrane

Danny Wagner

[ However there is piece in a later issue of the mag that suggests Danny Wagner had been pressed in small quantitys though very hard to spot the difference between a real one or not ? ] Best ,Eddie

That was just a rumour Eddie, you know what DM was like...

  Eddie Hubbard said:

I don't remember " D- 9 " at Wigan either Grant , even though I was going regularly at the time .Don't think it took off , or I'm sure it would've got booted .I've got one now , and it's a real fave of mine , think it's Mike " God " Terry burping his Baritone sax to great effect .Best Wishes ,Eddie

I never heard it at Wigan either Eddie, and I used to bump into you most weeks

Black & Ward lasted quite a long time, I've got it on tapes from january through to May and then it vanished off the face of the earth.

As for The Inspirations - I actually had one in my hands last week. It's a one sided disc on an orange Breakthrough label.

Van Dykes Save my love for a rainy day........still awesome...whatcha think?

  dancingcollector said:

Van Dykes Save my love for a rainy day........still awesome...whatcha think?

Fantastic. Actually I think there's only about 8 records in that top 50 that I don't have in my mottley personal collection of pressings and reissues

  Pete-S said:

Johnny Williams I didn't include because it was being played as a new release.

Seem to remember Searling got some stick in Blues & Soul letters pages over this. He was accused of deliberately waiting until the record had been deleted before starting to play it.

Godz

  Godzilla said:

Seem to remember Searling got some stick in Blues & Soul letters pages over this. He was accused of deliberately waiting until the record had been deleted before starting to play it.

Godz

Don't remember that - it was certainly easy to come by (actually easier now) - though not on US, pretty hard to find on babylon label

  Pete-S said:

Don't remember that - it was certainly easy to come by (actually easier now) - though not on US, pretty hard to find on babylon label

Yeah, I think people were moaning because they couldn't go into their local shop and order it for a quid - they would have had to pay £1.25 from a dealer instead

Agree about Babylon copies being tougher so it must have shifted a fair few copies here in the UK. Mind you, whoever said Babylon sound qaulty was spot on. I've had a couple lately and they were both noisy styrene.

Godz

  Eddie Hubbard said:

Here's a list of 50 of the scenes most popular records taken from Dave McCadden's " Soul time " fanzine in Jan 1977 .Would be interested in folks views on the sides listed , some have remained classic plays , others have fallen by the wayside .An interesting list anyway , I think .Best Wishes ,Eddie

Hi Eddie,

that top 50 of 1977 has been up on 'martinsbox' website for quite a number of years with Dave's o.k.

Best Martin

  martinsbox said:

Hi Eddie,

that top 50 of 1977 has been up on 'martinsbox' website for quite a number of years with Dave's o.k.

Best Martin

Haven't seen your web site Martin , will check it out ,Best Wishes ,Eddie

  Godzilla said:

Seem to remember Searling got some stick in Blues & Soul letters pages over this. He was accused of deliberately waiting until the record had been deleted before starting to play it.

Godz

I remember it being hard to find for a short while before Polydor repressed some copies , I remeber that story in B & S as well . Best Wishes ,Eddie

  Pete-S said:

That was just a rumour Eddie, you know what DM was like...

Yeah Dave was a bit of a wag wasn't he ? Remember his story about the supposed vocal to Guys from Uncle " The Spy " that he made up ? Read a report years later from someone who claimed to have actually heard it !! .In recent years Joe Boy did have it made of course .All great fun eh ? Best Wishes ,Eddie

  wiganer1 said:

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one you've all missed on there

i belong to you didnt come out on carla!!1

the instrumental did the gallop but not the vocal

the vocal came later on satiron a record i spun at the marrs bar all niter last weekend..

I have always thought of the satiron vocals to be a bit on the dodgy side?

they all appeared at the same time brand new

any advances

  garethx said:

Nancy Wilson counterfeited.

How do you spot a Nancy Wilson counterfeit? I've always been suspicious about my copy...