John May

Driving home from Birmingham a couple of weeks ago, @ about 11:30 pm, Radio 1 was playing some ska / rocksteady stuff, sounded great in the car, Jimmy Cliff, Desmond Decker........did you hear it pete?

Next question....... Which side do you prefer ? I prefer " Girl your my kind of wonderful"

Just been told that extra wood has been ordered for the coal fire, cause tomorrow gonna be a cold day......

Great memories of that venue, did my apprenticeship there, Gary Rushbrooke, John Poole, Soul Sam, Clive Jones ( what ever happened to him). I used to take a tape recorder along with me, still got some old tapes even today, great tunes, then the long walk to the railway station for the train home to Derby, I remember buying Toni basil ..Breakaway £25, Jimmy McFarland..Lonely lover..£8 !, Kelly St.Claire...Hear that beat..£20, Joannie Summers..Don't Pity me..£10. Wish I still had them.

Amazing stuff, I resisted buying them for along while, which I now consider to be a slightly foolish decision, so many quality tracks. Think I will be actively picking them up from now on. Recent release......Dottie Pearson...Bring it over baby....#152 is one of the best tracks I've heard for ages

I had 2, Don Ray ....Born a loser, & Yvonne vernee..just like you did me ( slightly fast ). Good quality sound. Seem to remember some guy from Leicester who used to advertise in " Black Echo's" that he could put most big sounds on EMI, Not sure of his name, think the quality of them was a bit "Shakey".

Far prefer the Detroit spinners version on Atlantic, much more soulful IMO........

R.I.P Ray, Thanks for all the great tunes, You'll never be forgotten...........

Good Info Godz, ................

And a portable DVD player for me please..............

Once again, good luck Stevie, I really must try and get to one of these in the future........

So many records to play, how can I fit 100 records into 1 hour.......

What is that smilie supposed to be doing.......

Mmm but once your at The Greatstone you never want to leave, wonderful hospitality, great music, free food.....why bother moving on

I have always loathed Tony Clark " Wrong Man ", all of a sudden it's grown on me strange isn't it.

What a great track, one of my fav's too............Good track for blasting out in the car on the way to venues Was Tony any relation to Frances...... I'll get me coat

Ella's " I Can't afford to lose him " SS7.......is also V.Good.....

Yes there are quiet a few, But I agree, Baby "justine"Washington is the best... Other versions off the top of my head are..... Sonji Clay on Songee Monticello's.......Forgot the label Aretha Franklin.....Columbia Great Version Think there are a few more, can't think right now.........

Here's a few more...........Soulful " NORTHERN SOUL " J.J Barnes.....Please let me in Darrell Banks....Open the door too your heart Herb Ward ( again ) ...Honest to goodness

I understand where you are coming from Billy, For me though Roy Hamilton could sing "teddy bears picnic" and make it soulful...........He's was the man

AWESOME record.........

Let's try and think of some soulful group tracks..... Most tracks by the Volumes are very soulful, Falcons, Magnetics, Fabulous Peps etc...

some good soulful tunes coming out here, very refreshing.......

Actually think I might play that at Greatstone on the 19th, I havn't played that out for a while, It could do with a spin......