Dave Rimmer

Hi Tony The Galen Gart & Roy C Ames Duke Peacock Discography book has this to say regarding the producers used on Carl Carlton releases " These included Andre Williams from Detroit, Duke/Peacock regular Jay Wellington, Philadelphian Bunny Sigler, the mysterious 'Mr Woo', and ex-Motown baritone saxman, Mike Terry" Unfortunately the book doesn't say who produced what, but by a process of elimination it may give you some more names to chase down. HTH

Very naive. If you buy a second hand car, how much of that money goes to Ford or Vauxhall ? If you repair that car with counterfeit parts, how much of that money goes to Ford or Vauxhall ?

I don't think you have a chance of getting 800 people for an all dayer on a weekend when there are at least two niters in the two nights before. Think 300 and it's probably more reaistic

Ian Sorry to edit your post so harshly, but it was the above sentence that grabbed my eye. Why did you buy them all on original vinyl in the first place ? I suspect it was because you could, and didn't want bootlegs. So does that make you any different from the original vinyl collector of today ? I think not. I don't think the issue is about collecting OV or bootlegs, it's about the playing of bootlegs by DJs. It's an easy one to solve. If you are a DJ, don't put any bootlegs or second issues in your DJ box. Problem solved

I agree Mick, it's definitely Pep's handwriting on the label

All reduced

Need to raise a few quid at Prestatyn, so I'll have these three for sale International GTOs - I Love My Baby - Rojac Bell Sound stamped original, near mint condition. Book price is £400, my price is £300 £275 Edward Hamilton - I'm Gonna Love You - Carrie Orange label original, Excellent condition, a few surface marks none of which affect the sound Book Price is £350. My price is £275 £250 Eddie Hill - Nothing Sweeter - MS Near mint condition Book Price is £200. My price is £150 £125 PM to reserve, pay me at Prestatyn. Cash only I'm afraid.

Sold mine for £50 when I had bought all the second edition

I think the initial premise is right. Soul music, on the whole is dead in today's commercial terms. Current 'Soul singers' are referred to as Duffy, and Amy Winehouse. So the public perception of 'Soul music' differs greatly from the view held by the majority of members here. Of course the argument becomes flawed as soon as the writer starts having a go at the Northern scene. Especially when it comes to the live acts. I've seen more live acts in the last ten years then I did in the whole of the Seventies, Eighties, and Nineties. Where ? On the Northern Soul scene, at Cleethorpes and Prestatyn. The argument is also flawed regarding it being a Northern Dance scene. That held true back in the Seventies when yes, quite clearly, the emphasis was on the right beat to dance to. Now, nearly thirty years later the Northern Soul scene is a greatly changed animal from those days. But hey ! What do you think those Soul singers made the uptempo records for in the first place ? Guess what ? They were made for people to dance to ! Trotting out the old one about the DJs being more important than the artists is also a flawed argument. In the environment where the records were being heard, a dance hall, of course the DJs were the most important pivitol figure involved. It wasn't a group of black guys from 5000 miles away standing on the stage singing was it ? If the artists had been available to perform the songs live, they would have been the most important factor, but quite simply they weren't, so the person playing the records became the focus. To be honest, having re-read the article again, it's a pretty mediocre piece of work, starts well, and then loses it's way completely in a morass of biased and miscomprehended assertions. 4 out of 10

Has anyone other than Woody descended the stairs at the 100 Club face first ?

Hmm, except if they had read this thread they might have had a better idea of how many know copies there were.

I know Andy Murfin turned a dozen up back in the days of Bretby when Chris Anderton ran it that had reversed labels

I'm sorry but this is completely untrue. She was a TV producer who had the first Motown tour of the UK on the show she produced, but she had absolutely nothing at all to do with them coming to England. That was down to Dave Godin and Berry Gordy. I presume you have heard of Dave Godin ?

and as I now own that same copy of The Vondells, I've often started with it !

Frank bleedin Wilson No I love it really. Top example has to be Ghost In My House

No, it was a joke !

That's because they kept posting the same old messages, time after time, after time.....

102 - Curly Money - White Lightin' / Little Things You Do - 1964 104 - Comer Money - Now You're Gone / Stop - 1964

CLEVELAND ROBINSON - COME CHANGE YOUR NAME TO MINE - CLEVELAND ROBINSON SINGS - 2-63 Funnily enough I've just added this to the discography this morning, but then again, the info came from Bosko, who like yourself is a Canadian resident, so I guess you may have been in contact with either him or Martin Koppell about it (Who I know he sees regularly).

The Doni Burdick is definitely known. Mike Bolderson wrote an article about Doni Burdick for SKM. Here's what he had to say " "Doni met up with Ernie Stratton who owned a recording studio in Detroit. Stratton had enjoyed success with Patti Young's 'Head And Shoulders' which he had released on his Ernstrat label. After listening to Doni's recordings Stratton said that he would get him a song written by one of the Ruffin brothers. Although this song never materialised other tracks did. Brian 'Funk' Dombrowski set up a late evening recording session and two further tracks were recorded 'Faith' and 'New Rochelle'. Which were subsequently released back to back as Doni Burdick and the Fabulous Thunders on Danny Dallas' SIR label. Largely unheard of on the Northern scene' Faith' was written by Doni's friend Melvin Davies who also had the song released on the Mala label. As for the Fabulous Thunders, well, they didn't actually appear on either track but as Doni said 'a promise is a promise' and he arranged for them to appear on the credits even though they were splitting up."

Winsford is a simple one to answer. The Civic Hall is being demolished. Some of the others have closed because the management of the venue has changed, and some have closed because there were simply too many venues in that particular area for the number of people who were likely to attend.

ALL MY RECORDS ARE SENT RECORDED DELIVERY,IN RECORD MAILERS!!! Of course everyone else sends records out in pink fluffy slippers

No that was a deliberate wind up by the two guys

I find that quite funny, John puts a link up in the wrong place, Mike removes it, so John thinks it's failed, and puts it up again, so Mike removes it, so John thinks it's failed, and puts it up again, so Mike removes it, so John thinks it's failed, and puts it up again, so Mike removes it, so John thinks it's failed, and puts it up again, so Mike removes it, so John thinks it's failed, and puts it up again, so Mike removes it. Groundhog day all over again

The link is wrong