Paul R

Manys the Slip was definately a Levine Play. At first when he brought it back from the states he was claiming it was the vocal to Bok To Back

That was one when played at Wigan that I hated as much as Gay Lewis & the Playboys. For some strange reason though I didn't mind Tommy Sands "The Statue". I wonder if it was because Statue is just a dance tune and the others are Love songs with a dance beat

Didn't they do a version of "My Sugar Baby" Paul

Also, wasn't he lead singer with the High Keyes of "Livin' a lie" fame

Sorry I was a bit slow with a reply there Paul

Wakefield sun "trypt on love" or some such thing. Talking of crap, wasn't the nightwatch "lips to your heart" a Yate sound? I only went once and wasn't particularly impressed. Paul

When we find the winner with the best suggestion can we sing "Freeze a Jolly Good Fellow"

I don't know why because I was always led to believe that ALL sounds were discovered by Russ Winstanleys uncle.

Dean Parish Determniation possibly. Reminds me of Mr Ms

Next we'll be playing Elvis Parsley.

If presley has a place in the "modern" soul scene then I don't think I'll bother. I have heard all the crap abouth the sounds played now are more soulful than in the Wigan era. I think there is such a lot of selective "right on soulfulness" that it can make a mockerey of enjoyment of a scene that consists of a love of predominantly soulful dance sounds. Paul

I remember some of the "Top" DJs of the time also used the same studios to have EMIs cut of the current top sounds. The owner used to keep them on tape to add to Petes sales list. Pete was certainly a character and is sorely missed.

Wasn't that Mike Post Coalition?. The other Watts band track was Brown Sugar

Older sister was into it in 70/71, St Maries youth club in Southport in 71 listening to the Snake, Breakout, Little Piece of leather etc. Moved to Burscough in early 73 and sat next to a guy called John Orritt at school(anyone know him?) Fellow poster John Parker lived down the road. Soul Spinners 4 discos at the football club. Whitchurch alldayer August 73, Va Vas a few weeks later then Wigan opened. Now I can't get it out of my head(oops sorry that was Kylie slipping in!) Paul

Went up to Carnforth with him a couple of times to pick them up and to make the next order. Keith Bradley who also lived in Ormskirk also used to do them. I think Elsie Frankson in B&S was always threatening to report them.

Then she changed her name to Lara Croft and did some tomb raiding, and was last heard of as Ellen McArthur circumnavigating the globe! See, it did get more interesting

As an ex member of the Royal Navy(me hearties!), we were told that there was no such thing as 00.00 everything happenning at midnight actually happens at 23.59. The next time was 0001 the next day.

Could be a new thread, what was your first EMIdisc. Mine was Butch Baker Workin' at The Go Go B/W Promatics Sugar Pie Honey, I bought in 73. I did live near Ormskirk, which at one time was the emidisc capitol of the world, with Pete Lawson and Keith Bradley flogging them

I remember RW trying to break it in about mid 74 and he had originals for sale at £12 in his shop. But I believe as usual Levine originally played it.

With no label scan I'm not risking it. Is this the fast version or the later ballad?. Would hate to get the Beat ballad and not the stomper.

I know you said instrumental, but last night listening to a load of mp3s on came The Jewels, We got Togetherness. More boing, Boing than Ding Ding, but with a forgetable vocal and a few guitar things going on, could this be the mysterious sound?

Is It "With This Ring" By The Belles on Bell(with a Bellsound stamp) or does the Quasimodo Band ring any bells?

Was it ding, ding a dong, or was that a eurovision thing?

We've had the most soulful, and the greatest northern ever threads, but what about the sounds that made you try to wear out the maple sprung in 2 1/2 minutes. Forget about the acrobatics, it's the gritty stompers that I'm looking for. What are the best? To start off, I'm suggesting: Psychedelic Soul-Saxie Russell And for an instrumental The Champion-Willie Mitchell They do it for me

Top one in the romance stakes has got to be between Mr Bang Bang Man and The Ice Man. Straight from the heart.