Dave Rimmer

Well after a break of six months I've finally got Issue 71 finished. I've produced a mag every three months for the last eighteen years or thereabouts, so needed a rest. This issue has articles on The Delcos, Patti Drew, venue reports, CD, Book, and Vinyl reviews, Discographies, and all sorts of other things So if anyone would like a copy, PM me and we'll sort payment out (Paypal accepted). I've had to put the price up to £4 this time, (First price increase in eight years) and postage works out at 70p now. Alternately, pick a copy up at one of the venues I'm at over the next couple of months. Cheers

Is it just me, or does anyone else think this is the messiest recording ever to have been played on the scene

Don't know why this particular single is rare, everything else on the label seems to be around in quantity. But I do know it got rarer after John Weston bought a copy !!!!!!

I've got one of these in my sales box for £20. It's an Inferno single - Dobie Gray - Out On The Floor / Cindy Soul - Nine Times Out Of Ten / Fury's Band - I'm Satisfied With You (Inst)

Couldn't agree more Ken. Last time I called in there were already two other Soulies there, and another turned up whilst we were chatting. Max made everyone a coffee, and then we all stood outside for a smoke and a chat. You don't get that sort of service in any other type of shop.

I think you may need to reconsider your pricing. Soul fans are a notoriously tight fisted lot, and probably wouldn't consider paying anywhere near £15 to listen to a band they don't know.

I agree with most of what you say, but the converse side of it is, without the Northern scene, none of the artists would have benefitted anyway from the reissues and live performances that they have benefitted from over the last twenty years. Certainly I have seen many more live acts because of the Northern scene than I would have if it didn't exist, so those artists all benefitted. I've bought hundreds of CDs, so the artists benefitted from those (assuming the company paid what was owed, and assuming of course that the artists actually still own any of the track, bearing in mind that many of the records that were made were sold at the time as one offs to less than reputable record company owners) So, whilst I happily pay lots of money for a single which doesn't benefit the artist at all, I also like to think that without people like me, a lot of artists would be unrecognised and unknown. I know that the artists I've spoken to are a lot more impressed with the recognition they receive now, in this country, than the cash they received when their records were made !

https://www.jibjab.com/sendables/preview/KE...zVBkggWpxZvN7Lv Blame Ganche for this one as well

When you say you 'own' all the tunes on the site is that what you really mean ? Or do you mean you 'own' the records ? I couldn't say for sure, but I think Neil Rushton might wish to challenge you on the Driza Bone tune ownership.

Well it's over ten years since he was caught thieving

You were overcharged

Cheers, Tony

I see you didn't mention the football

Who's Paul Weller ? Should I have heard of him

Which weekenders are down on numbers ? Hamburg was rammed in October, Nuremburg was the busiest I've ever been to last weekend, Cleethorpes sells out every year, and Prestatyn gets 3,500 people. I wouldn't disagree with you about niters and soul nights being down on numbers, but you must be going to the wrong weekenders

What's a Tony and Guy haircut

It was no more anonymous than your post

It would almost certainly have been 'The Old Barrio Guide To Low Rider Music 1950 to 1975' by Ruben Molina

I'll pass it on, but I know what the answer will be

Just bringing this back into view because you have until midnight tonight to pm your bid to me. I have to say I've been absolutly shocked because there have been NO bids at all so far

Has it ever crossed your mind that some people might like that sort of kitchen ?

Apparently it comes in on the 1st January 2008

There's a whole series of them on the Duke label, and they play at 33rpm from memory.

Oh I agree Dave, I'm not knocking it at all, if you include Dublin and Belfast (and I'm going to because there is a lot of water between here and there and no bridge ), Nuremberg will be my seventh trip abroad this year to listen (and play) Soul music.

They'll have smoking bans over there next year. So your last chance to attend a weekender and smoke will be Nuremberg in 8 days time.