Daved

Sorry I have nothing to add regarding the intro or different releases, but does anyone else think this record is absolute rubbish. It's got to be up there with the worst 10 played on the scene ever

It was even a big tune in Gillingham. It was probably 1984 by the time it reached Kent lol

Very sad news. I met Sean when I went to the first Morecambe Soul Festival about 7 years ago, that he helped to organize. The first night involved a coach trip to the Orwell at Wigan and he sat in front of me talking about music, football and cricket. I made a very long journey up from Chatham that day and he told me he once attended a Morecambe away match in Margate and made the return journey in one day. A lovely fella, who was very chatty and welcoming. We exchanged pm's a couple of months ago, when I found out he was ill, and it's so sad to hear about this so soon after. RIP my friend.

It wasn't bootlegged. it was a legal reissue from Soul Brother.

Good luck. I'm sure you'll have a great night. I'd enjoy seeing them.

Thanks. I saw them on Friday at Hyde Park supporting The Who on one of the smaller stages in the afternoon. They were great!

Daptone is mentioned

The jazz funk scene had a lot more black faces but it was still predominantly white, with no racism there either.

What about on July 18th when Crystal Palace are playing there?

It's not quite as bad as the vocal to "You Better Wake Up Girl"

Peggi Blu appeared at the Fleetwood weekender in 2002 to promote her excellent Livin' On Love CD which Expansion released. I would've thought that if she was Carl Hall's sister, it would've come out then. I could've asked her husband and manager, Ted Perlman, in early 2003 had I known of the possibility then. After I listed her CD in my top 10 of 2002 in an article on this site, he got in touch with Mike and offered an interview with her, which Mike passed on to me. I started to do some research and prepared some questions on working with Jerry Ragovoy amongst other subjects but, regrettably, never followed it through. Dave M, I presume it's Ted that you're going to ask?

No idea but it sounds like they spent a lot of time listening to Cloud Nine.

​Yes, that CD set is one of the best of its kind for many years imo

A lot of those tracks were big in the late 90s when I was out and about a lot so maybe 1997/8?

The Rare Groove Selection, but the price is way over the top on Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/Original-Groove-Selection-Various-Artists/dp/B0009YVCRM/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1432581671&sr=1-1&keywords=rare+groove+selection

Calvin Richardson appear on the Essential Modern Soul forum to defend himself from a lot of unwarranted criticism for daring to release a CD of Bobby Womack covers. Cue some red faces. It was very funny.

I remember Pat Brady dj'ing early doors at Bretby in July the year after the Chris King 40th birthday bash. You were there too Dave. There was a wedding reception on, so the allnighter didn't start until a bit later.

"You're like a royal flush, next to a pair of threes" Lots of great lines in that song.

Did Whiskey Talkin' ever appear on a CD?

It was a cover of Sweet Dreams. A recent one I think, did in a retro 60s stylie. Don't know who did it though.

It first appeared legitimately on the Esther Phillips Anthology CD on Soul Brother, I think.

The original CD and on the Village Soul CD compo too.

I've got mine at long last too, with a bonus 45.

I'm sure it can be bought for £2 if you look hard enough

This is quite interesting https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2015/may/06/why-errol-brown-hot-chocolate-died-strange-group