Soulsmith

Cheers for that, its probabbly about 35 miles from me (same sort of distance as Eastleigh also on thatr night). Been to some real friendly dos in S.London (namely Tooting & Morden) but they both struggled with low attendances. Hope it works out at Plumstead. Col.

Different problem down south. I couldn't find a venue within 30 miles last night.

Good work.....it was Princess

Must have been a subsequent tour then. Capital Radio ran a sort of talent contest for the general public and the result was.....a bit fixed. Tell you tomorrow

That would have been a good choice, even inspired. Always thought Jake Graham could have done better with the right material.

Quality! Any one remember who Cherelle's replacement was for the UK tour? 5 points up for grabs.

By 1985 I'd already cut the string good & proper. I landed back in 1979 where luckily for me they still played with real instruments. Col. ps the vocal was sort of ok

Which dealers consistently offer records at the most reasonable prices ie prices to sell quickly? Assuming of course that service & record grading are good. Are you more likey to get a record cheaper on one dealers auction site than another? Most of the chat on here about auction prices often refers to John Manships. I was wondering if maybe people ignored others like for example Pat Bradys and you were more likely to pick uo a 'bargain' there? Col. As a foot note I was also wondering how many people make a full time (or at least its their primary source of income) from buying & selling rare soul / northern soul? 10-20?

It brightened up (for me anyway) a rather dull Monday night. Although looking at the poll results so far I expect to be sulking for the next couple of days at least. I've cheered myself up a little by playing Dustys motownesque 'Go ahead on' Its the B side to 'All I see is you' Its a cheap record but I'm told recently got a few spins covered up. Funny old game.

So will I

Some really good replies.......& the usual waffle from Moldie. To be honest, I haven't heard most of the Smokey tracks mentioned & would appreciate any sound files posted. Col ps I am taking comfort though from the fact that Dustys vote had DOUBLED overnight.

It looks a bit out of character for you. Cant believe results so far. The real soul fans have obviously gone to bed & will vote tomorrow.

I'm worried about your avitar.

Following on from the recent Smokey life time 'achievement' thread I would like to put forward an alternative point of view, that he really wasn't much of a soul singer. In fact I'd say he sings more like a 10 year old girl. If you had a soul scale with Bobby Womack at one end of the scale and a 10 year old girl at the other end, I would say that Smokey was closer to the girl than to Bobby Womack. I'm not saying that he is without talent. Bob Dylan described him as America's greatest living poet. But that probably says more about the poor state of American literature. I've never been overly enamored with Dusty's voice but she has a amazingly powerful delivery that at times can often sounds really soulful. Whats It Gonna Be? Col ps Vote Dusty

Many of todays Crossover/modern crowd come from a northern back-ground.

Heard Frank Wilson at a modern/crossover do saturday night. I danced my ass off! Col.

Why is better coverage of funk & latin a good thing?

I know all of the above to be true. Very few people dress like that down south though. But the few that do happen to be really nice guys, so I find it impossible to be critical. Col.

Yeah, yeah very witty. But these days I prefer to park up the car & get a plane somewhere.

Hi Wayne Haven't seen much of you & Anita lately. Trust you are both well. BTW I'm assured these venues do exist around the Midlands area I don't think you would like them (something that you would actually have in common with Baz) Col.

Truly awful vocals, its no real surprise to me that this has been stuck in the vaults since the 60's. The real question for me is why anybody would choose to listen to it now? Col.

Hey up Sue. Mrs Soulsmith says 3rd from left is Guy Warner from Woking Col.

Fair play to you Paul. I have trouble remembering where I was 2 weeks ago & only found out where I'm supposed to be next saturday when sitc01 prompted me on another thread earlier today.......

With silver bells & cockle shells.

Always was Martha for those powerful sixties vocals. Although live wise her vocals went cabaret from the 70s onward. Never lied Ross's solo vocals. Bot nowdays prefer listening to those early Supremes sounds that we totally overlooked in the early days.