Smudger

I don't know why you did a sterling job and I was very grateful !!!!

Just bought this for £30:- Exceptional three Unlucky girl Way out 7149 but the other side has just blown me away can't stop listening to it FABULOUS!!!!

In the sixties i looked everywhere for a copy of Gene Chandler Such a pretty thing imports where really hard to get at the time,eventually picked one up on a market stall in Leeds,it's got correct labels on both sides run out groove reads AM-1290 1A still got it.Got home and put it on deck and this is what it plays https://www.divshare.com/direct/20925293-31e.mp3 Bloody gutted at the time,but have thought about passing it to a DJ and asking them to play it,but that would be cruel

Jeffree All my loving album track https://youtu.be/fif3704y74g

sorry

yeah. and i still had to pay to get in!!!!!! Probably around this time when you went away for weekend and left me to look after your house !!! I remember you played the Kittens Ain't no more room to much dance floor action and loads came away with it on a wants list. Think we got it in a Blues and Soul soul pack £5 for 100 records

I went to see Junior Walker at the Attic (late 60's/early 70's ) and there was a huge presence there. I was too busy listening to rare soul stuff new to my ears to take notice of quantity of reggae played. Yeah ! i was there ,next to stage on left hand side with a speaker right next to me,my ears were buzzing for a couple of days,he fell down on his entry and kept playing saxophone which we all thought was brilliant not realising it was all part of the act.Saw quite a few acts there J J Jackson twice Arthur Conley Edwin Starr , supposedly James and Bobby Purify ( which i doubt because in those days anybody who was black and could sing was passed off as real artists) The Original Drifters ,Fabulous Platters etc but best of all Billy Stewart who i loved and still do! .Remember there were large pillars with a shelf around to put drinks on which were covered in people trying to get a better view.No alcohol was served just a food bar that sold soft drinks tea coffee so we would get a pass out and go to the pub over the road .I remember coming home from school on a Friday night going to Attic all nighter coming out early morning walking to Askern ( about 7 miles) where a mates mum and dad were away on holiday dossing down and then having a party Saturday night and Sunday . Arriving home on Sunday afternoon where i walked in to Mum demanding where's my tea ,getting a swift clout across the earhole and a chastising "where the bloody hell have you been all weekend" Then doing the same thing all over again without a second thought.

hi smudger , bet your on about les genders , still see him knocking about today , he still lives in bentley , got a big reggae collection he's trying to get rid of , or he was last time i saw him , he's got bigger to. i was a bit young for the attic , but went to the drum when they had the northern soul nights , bet we no a lot of the same people. all the best john Yep it was Mr Genders ain't seen him for years always remember him being really tall ,and also remember broken wheel at Retford (some lasses from Retford used to come through to Donny every weekend),Mick Gaskill ang Adj are a couple of other names we used to knock around with,.saw Adj at the attic re-union in 90's ran by Al Taylor at Motel at Balby A1 roundabout. Great memories

At our local Doncaster soul nighter The Attic in the old co-op emporium ballroom over the top of the shop up about 5 flights of stairs, first it was mainly mods and kids into soul,Bluebeat and ska records used to get played but not that many.Mainly soul and as i remember about 69 that's when we started taking more of an interest in reggae.We used to go to the Drum back room in Bentley (Friday night) and that was mainly reggae Upsetters {Clint Eastwood) Hippie Boys {Reggae Pressure) and loads of other obscure label items.Pete Smiths site really brought some memories back looking at some old reggae labels i'd forgotten about .Ben Sherman's , jeans with sewn up turn ups at half mast or stay press red braces and Docs. were the order of the day.Always remember one night walking into back room of drum and looking around to see if any of mates were in ,not seeing anyone went to bar when i was accosted by the biggest skinhead who accused me of looking at him and wanted to sort me out.That was my first encounter with Big Les from Bentley.We used to go to jumbo's at Leeds looking for records always remember them selling loads of reggae. We still used to listen to soul as well ,a massive record in Doncaster when it first came out was Honk Kong Flu (Ethiopians I think ?),can't remember the racism being a factor at all though all mates together. You know how it is when the charts were full of reggae it all seemed to die a death for us,plus people started pairing up and drifting off never to be seen again so we all got back into soul,although still love to hear a long lost reggae tune.

R.I.P. and thanks for all the great music over the years. R&B Singer Major Harris Passed Away RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – Major Harris, a former member of the ‘‘Philadelphia sound’’ soul group the Delfonics and singer of the 1975 hit ‘‘Love Won’t Let Me Wait,’’ has died in Richmond. He was 65. His sister, Catherine Thomas, told The Associated Press that Harris passed away Friday morning from congestive heart and lung failure after being rushed to a hospital. The Richmond native was born Feb. 9, 1947, and grew up in a musical family. His father was a guitarist and his mother led the church choir, Thomas said. In his teens, Harris was tall for his age and was able to get into clubs to watch musicians perform, she said. ‘‘He always appeared to be older, which gave him a lot of ins to a lot of older places,’’ Thomas joked. She said he didn’t drink in the clubs back then, but he was pursuing his career. Music, she said, ‘‘was his life.’’ Harris made the rounds with several music groups in the 1960s, including the Charmers, Frankie Lymon’s Teenagers and Nat Turner’s Rebellion. He then joined the Delfonics in the early 1970s, replacing Randy Cain in the group known for their hits ‘‘La-La (Means I Love You)’’ and ‘‘Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time).’’ Harris left the group in 1974 to pursue a solo career. He recorded a string of R&B singles, including ‘‘Love Won’t Let Me Wait,’’ which peaked at No. 5 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart and was certified as a gold record by the Recording Industry Association of America. The song was covered by Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams in 1994 and again by Luther Vandross on his 1988 album ‘‘Any Love.’’ Harris last performed in 2011 at a reunion show with some of the members of the Delfonics, Thomas said. this is also on on a Brazilian 7" E.P. with Its got to be magic/Ruby Lee/I got over love

I'd rather watch paint dry than listen to M.H.

Just got back from Spain and gutted to read this R.I.P. Mr. Callier one of my favourites written by him and sung by some Chicago group Sublime and still send shivers up my spine to this day

Great read and don't we all owe a debt of gratitude to everyone at 2648 W. Grand Blvd., Detroit for inspiring so many other artists that it could be done!!

It was put out on a 45 but probably not legally https://collectorsfrenzy.com/details/200513566721

Mavis Staples - Trippin On Your Love Yep top tune . Written by Phillip Mitchell who didn't know it had been used by Stax on the Staple Singers LP (he was not credited) or that it had been recorded by Arthur Miles and Way of Life .One reason why artists get p##sed off regards payments and royalties.

Leave it like it is ,really good!!!!!

No apologies but one out of the modern box Karen Clark Sheard featuring Yolanda Adams Brand New Day available on 12" promo only vinyl and very hard to find indeed. https://www.discogs.com/Karen-Clark-Sheard-Featuring-Yolanda-Adams-Brand-New-Day/release/2909474

Most if not all Discotron's were made here in the West Midlands...Birmingham I think Yep your right Pete a little research online Aston to be precise,always thought they were French for some reason https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/discatron_discatron_de_luxe.html

Roburt So, many (most) didn't collect records and were more than happy having all their sounds on tape / cassette (the 60's equiv of CD's / mp3's). And those of us did Yep those were the days,used to carry a box of records round (still got the box) and a Discatron(portable french record player,now long gone) and go to local park Cussy Hill and laze around in the sun on a sunny weekend playing sounds to anyone who gathered around.The Discatron you slot record into top and press right hand button which clamped record and started it spinning then needle was forced onto record at beggining at a pressure of about 2 tons.still got Washed ashore by platters on musicor that was played thousands of times on this and is now totally F'd. But great memories. O.V.O. only of course!!!! tapes PAH!!!!

The Jones Brothers Thats all over baby Seel 10 & Bell 831 Just got a bell demo for $20 incl. postage

John Roberts to be my girl duke 429 Not expensive

Great record and one that i bought in the sixties from Violet Mays in Sheffield and kept, also bought Omar Khyam Rubiats and Justine on Buffalo at same time in the sale.Sold loads in the seventies when i was skint but always kept the ones i couldn't bear to get rid of.Used to love "Save it" in sixties but "This love" does it for me everytime nowadays.In fact melvin has done some fantastic records over the years,and is a lovely man to talk to (thanks to Rob Wigley Prestatyn).Some of his 100% proof tracks are brilliant.

On GWP thing at the moment Debbie Taylor Never gonna let him go cheap https://www.ebay.com/itm/DEBBIE-TAYLOR-Never-Gonna-Let-Him-Know-Lets-Prove-Them-Wrong-soul-45-/300770724349?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item46075509fd

What do you mean by big 12" ??????? Spent ages looking for a black atlantic copy of this back in the sixties then our kid pops to Wakefield and finds several copies in an old record shop. He bought one for himself!!!!! Hey Ho