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When researching weight and anti-skate for my technics 1200's i settled on balance then add 1.5 gms but some advice seemed to say up to 3gms! - any experts on this ?

thanks for advice - i guess i was wary of missing the start of new record but probably only a few tracks where it might matter. Would you wait to fade in until you have stopped the talk or would you fade in whilst still talking. cheers

rec'd Stuart Cosgrove's 'young soul rebels' and looking forward to reading it. A different kind of book was Tony Ellis ' how to do northern soul properly' - really funny take on the northern scene = well worth getting a copy.

I have been cueing up the next record turn it back half a turn and then it is ready to press play as the previous one is fading out or press play once i have stopped talking on the mic. However I am pretty sure I have damaged a couple of records doing this (now have hiss... both styrene). When i am at home I can pretty well see/judge the start of the record but not in the dark at an event. I dont want silences between the dics but dont want to just talk for the sake of it between every record then suddenly stop when the next one kicks in- sometimes i want to use the mike and sometimes just transition straight to the next one. any thoughts & advice please!

I keep thinking i should play 'loves just begun' but cant resist 'you've got to be willing' - maybe i should play both next time i get a chance !

Marvin gaye 'at last i found a love' - great cheap dancer

Hats off to Alfie for organising such a top night, venue was perfect & we had such a fun evening..... so privileged to be asked to do a set which was as follows (looks a bit disjointed in the cold light of day, but hopefully some bits for everyone) all OVO. 11:00 to 11;45 pm NO Artist Track Label 1 Ivorys Please stay Despenza 2 Passions If you see my baby Elvitrue & Satelite 3 Yvonne baker You didn't say a word Parkway 4 Edward hamilton & arabians Baby don't you weep Maryjane 5 Chaumonts Love is the thing Bay sound 6 Servicemen Are you angry Wind hit 7 O'jays I'll never forget you Imperial 8 Patti & emblems I'm gonna love you a long long time Kapp 9 Cairos Don’t fight it Shrine 10 Cautions No other way Shrine 11 Kim weston I'm still loving you Tamla 12 Choice of colour Your love Apt 13 Charlene & soul serenaders Can you win Volt 14 Calvin grayson You've got to be willing In 15 Fantastic epics Lets get together Kelton 16 Specials I cant find another pt1 Satch 17 Marvin gaye Love starved heart Tamla 18 Roger hatcher Sweetest girl in the world Excello

Now you tell me !! seriously though you cant sit out in 40 degrees of sun for a week. a 'Quaking Aspen' - I think it was me & my pal that were the 'quaking' ones... my neighbour (a tree surgeon) reckoned it was a Lime - either way we will have to avoid trees in future!

The force of nature ! The morning after a tree came down whilst fishing in france earlier this year. My bivvy is underneath just left of the trunk, my mates to the right. We had vacated them less than 2 mins before when a rather scary storm arrived. Lost a lot of gear but lucky to escape unhurt.

Surely there are plenty of cheap oldies (incl some in the 'top500') that would be familiar to most people attending a 'local' pub type do - so i cant see any reason to play boots or re-issues even if a 'dj' cant afford any biggies. If a so called 'dj' cant do that why are they bothering? there doesn't appear to be any shortage of people prepared to stand behind the decks. Also am i the only one who attends venues where a right mixture of of oldies and upfront gets played and it is not as defined as oldies only or upfront only ?

Good to see the person in the picture is eyeing up a tamla motown album!

todays choice would be; Sam williams- love slipped through my fingers Servicemen - are you angry Charlene & soul serenaders - can you win Choice of colour - you(R) love Calvin grayson - you;ve got to be willing

Hi Steve, yes a french carp, personal best just over 60Ib.

Love looking at this thread - some great photographers in the soul world. So I thought I better contribute something, not a great picture but if you like fish this was a good looking beast;

bootlegs are stealing whether it be from some potentially poor artist or a big corporate music company. They are also potentially diverting money away from legitimate re-issues - I am sure a lot of work goes into sorting out the licensing rights etc.. etc... . i.e.. there is a big difference between bootlegs and legitimate re-issues. The playing out of ovo versus non ovo debate (which would include legitimate re-issues & bootlegs by definition) is a different issue. Unless of course I pay to go to an ovo event and are given non-ovo records by the dj - which could also be classed as 'deception'...

Totally agree & explained perfectly , better than just doing the same moves irrespective of the music. I sort of think the music goes into your ears and comes out of your feet {unfortunately for me at least this can involve a bit of a time delay & not all the message gets through.......}

Less records but I've spent more. No particular plan just that i managed to get a few of the bigger wants.

Just arrived and looks great, is a birthday present from my mum & dad which I had asked for, so definately worth the price. It will get hours of use so compared to some of the surprise presents I have had in the past that were of no use to me, then yes great value! There are lovely scans, although I would prefer the scan of the boot next to the scan of the original not seperate sections. Also would be better if any other ways to identify the original from the boot was also in the same place. re; the prices (JM knows a lot more than i do) and they are a 'guide' based on a true M- with faultless labels etc... so really a 'top starting price' to be negotiated down for most records.. Having said that most records on his auction seem to go for more than the listed price...

Lots of very valid and interesting views on this thread, but i have a slightly different take as I do see a fair few people say in their late40's onwards (kids moved on etc..) looking for a night out, a bit of a dance and maybe a couple of drinks. Someone suggests a local motown nite, maybe a northern track gets played, they buy a few cd's etc... etc... some of them progress to a local northern nite, some get more into the music start collecting, looking for rarer sounds , more upfront soul nites etc.. weekenders sound fun etc.. So as the 65+ start to fall away there is a gradual feed of 50'ish people to takover... (I am not talking here about people returning to the scene but those who most of the music is new to) after all unless they want to sit watching tv all night what else is there ? they could well have been into say house music/hip hop etc... but they probably not going to go to the local high street club with the 20 yr olds. Equally I cant see many 20 year olds who want to spend their weekends with a load of 50+ folk so if anything they will create an alternative scene even if it is with the same music (my daughter has recognised a few of 'our sounds' at club nights she goes to although they never call it 'northern'). How many of us when in our teens/twentys would have gone to a nite with people old enough to be our grandparents!

i can tell much difference except the slightly earlier vocals . (my 3 is a demo).

mine is a '3' and i vaguely remember the vocal kicks in earlier but i am far from sure on that.

I dont know where it came from but i have a copy of Evelyn Thomas-Doomsday. I tried to give it away on here before for free to anyone prepared to pay the postage but no takers. So now i'm prepared to give it away to anyone on here for free and I will pay the postage - any takers?

please pm with condition & price. Thks.

Please pm with price & condition - thanks Rich

actually most of the girls i know especially the missus definately wouldn't agree that you can eat too much chocolate !!!