Dave Abbott

What he also said is that to his ears it sounds slightly different. Mind you its lucky he remember who it was and the title and he is not the best at remembering records at the best of times and he is lsightly mad... Go to soulclub and take a listen to Willie & West and see if you notice a difference between that and the one you've posted Col. Le tme know, please!

I can't believe that the person who has cheated his way, oops sorry won, more watches, cameras and bootleg records at the Snug (so much that i am surprised he hasn't opened his own market stall) could ever say that to you and your bingo Andy

may have shane, probably cos some people didnt read the opening question/post.

No, it wasn't a cd/vinyl debate. Dukester is asking a different, though related question. My own policy is vinyl only, and when i ran soulnites down here we only booked guests that we knew would only play off original vinyl. However, I also occaisionaly guest DJ at the 'local' type nites that play off re-issues/boots (and imo if they are boots etc they may as well be off CD) and that is the perogative of those promoters (it used to piss me off but doesnt any more; without these local events the soul scene would not be where it is today). Becasue my own policy is vinyl only. it does not make me a hypocrite DJing at these events as long as I stick to my policy and only play off original vinyl. So do, what you want to do, DJ where you want - as long as you remain faithful to your personal beliefs you can not be accused of being a hypocrite. All IMO, which is right of course

David Flynn has a very good listing of cover-ups on his site https://www.capitolsoulclub.homestead.com/key.html

and in the time it took me to type that david replied sorry

correct, its called "Hey Girl" and it is the first release of it therefore ok to play - but not ok to play the other side which is a re-issue (my heart cries for you)

Sure this was first released on Kent CD from tapes - then issued on philly groove. i.e. no origianl 45 of it.

Agree with all, was a brilliant Cleethorpes. Cheers Ady and everyone else

None Martin, afraid to say they'd cost you more than that.

sure its LP only Craig

And Ben will be at Cleethorpes this weekend; available to speak to the punters (quickly please), sign a few autographs and pass on a few of his cherished 45's D Abbott Commercial Director Ben Summers Records Inc.

Sometimes you just can't blame the seller!! I am privy to what Janine tried to pull early (in the above post) and I would've dont the same and dont really blame the seller not wanting to pull it at that point. But really! Mr Bigshot! Hardly a rarity - and if it has been ended because the seller has been made an offer he cant refuse - well more fool the buyer IMO, stick at it, it will come up again.

I had a full floor all through my set... well i thought i did untill i realised that it was my reflection in the glass infront of the dj booth and where the galss curved there were multiples of me moving around

I agree Christian - it is better than El Anthony

Christian, if every one thought like this - then none of the records would be sold! Agree though, i prefer email lists - alot easier and quicker for all involved. Though i do like Lew Stanleys mail list - i like looking at the pictures

about £25ish Ken got a spare but its on the gold reissue - so you wont want that.

Sure the forum rules do allow talking about on-going e-bay auctions; no matter what they are categorised as. If you are worried at all, just PM me the ones you come across and i'll give you a second opinion ;-)

Steve think there are 2 maybe 3 known copies of William Powell. Mick H has one and there's one or is it 2 others (maybe Carl Fortnum?). Has this helped LOL

bought this on 12" when it officaily came out - 1986. and was the B side to world is rated x.

on Sue, about £20. God that woman can scream! enough to wake anyone up!

Sorry if any of my following points have been covered already, I am replying to Ian's first post and havent read all the replies. Firstly, has anyone decided where north ends and south starts? I live in Portsmouth and everything is north from me (fcuk off Isle of Wight) so when I saw Sean Chapman had a do called 'talk of the south' I was a bit miffed!! (Hi Sean) Any way I have been traveling north (I'm talking north of London) for many months now and there is a difference. Firstly the dos north are far better attended - obviously due to greater number of people into NS than down south. Is there different music to be heard north or south? Yes, but as with most nites now the music is as good as the guesting DJ's. Darn sarf there is a venue called Bisley, probably the best attended venue south of the M4 with a regular 300-400 people attending. If I go its cos nothing else is on, its very oldies orientated (not a bad thing please understand, just not my cup of tea) and it is as good as the guest DJ's on. And no one has to travel that far these days to hear a favorite DJ, why travel miles and hours to hear someone who will be in your area the following week? As for upfront - it does depend on the venue. I went to the Brighouse Ritz to see Ginger sometime late last year. An oldies orientated venue (and it was brilliant and packed) and Carl W came on and played out and out oldies e.g. wade in the water - Carl obviously done his homework and knew the crowds expectations. Heard Carl a month or so later at Bury and a completely different set. Both up north one oldies one 'upfront' (and a sign of a good DJ IMO). And to move that on...on the same night as going to Gingers do I went afterwards to the allniter at Wilton. A few miles up the road and another packed(ish) venue! Ok so the music policy between the two is different but that could not happen down south. I used to co-promote a soul nite in Portsmouth, quite 'upfront' compared to the other dos down here - no one in this area and I am talking Brighton to Bournemouth and up to London will clash, to maximize people through the door - and we used to wonder why people wouldn't travel down to our nites. Think it was Russ Vickers who said to me that we could have an all-niter down here with Butch, Fenn, Sam, Smith, Dyson etc DJing and still we wouldn't get the numbers. Well after going up north its quite clear - they don't have to!! There is so much going on up north they don't have to travel down south, no point especially as the good DJ's can be caught almost any where. For consistency my favorite venue has to be the 100 club and then niter wise Keele - the best venues musically (and I mean I have heard better sets elsewhere, but for the whole nite) I've attended recently have been Scenesville in London and Drunken Monkey in North Wales. All IMO of course and literally miles apart. I really don't think that I've answered Ian's question at all have I? LOL

Deffo "I wanna be" originally done by the Manhattans. Is this the Manahattans? I would be very surprised if this is the Pretenders doing an alternate take. This is far superior. Reall like this