Soulsmith

As mentioned above, will be using Mischiefs design for Rimini. But don't want any crappy KTF designs. Col.

Who rattled your cage? We are now using Mischiefs design for Rimini this year. Sad you're not going cos you could have had one

No. Never. Try & think of something original. Retro isn't what it was.

Cheers for comments Mark. Yes want to avoid - 'Keep The Faith' Black fist kinda design.......lads at work have seen it & constantly ask when I'm playing a bit of northern - "is the work of the black hand gang?" Mind you when I change it over to a bit of a modern they comment - "did Huggy Bear just walk in?" Happy to look at a few album covers, just need high res tiffs, pdfs etc.

Yes, and the great thing is that none of us care

25 years on, I aspire to getting back there. But will make do with Bisley on saturday night, off to iron my tank top & practice my swallow dives Col

Thinking about running off a few northern soul Ts. Looking for a few quirky ideas. Not too keen on the following design concepts Record labels - bit dull SSDCT - very dull Black power fist - bit embarrassing Anybody got something a bit different? Potential design attached - posted by Nick Hackett in a completely unrelated thread, is sort of the direction I'm heading.........what do you think? On an almost completely separate note I noticed a couple of people hankering after 'keep it vinyl stickers'. Its fairly easy for me to get stuff like that produced, so if there is a specific design you need recreating, send me the details. I'll run off a few, you send the money to your favourite charity. Lets be having it....

I thought the photo was excellent, obviously staged but still 'captured the moment'

Sounds a good read. Anybody read it or care to review it? A guy called Howard Priestly did some artwork for me in the early 90s. Soul music related illustrations. Never met him, but he was a really good guy to deal with. Wonder if its the same guy? Col.

These 2 may help, alternatively they may make you feel worse than you already do.... regards Col. 25_Solitaires___Fool_That_I_Am.mp3 Baby_Washington___Your_Fool.mp3

That in general is also my recollection. I have only 2 old B&S copies (which I have just re-read) & both columns were not at all controversial, just bland. Which is surprsing because in the 70s I found him annoying for other reasons.

Dave Godin's columns weren't always wordy & pretentious. Sometimes they were just plain dull. "Had a super time as guest of RCA at the Daryl Hall & John Oates concert.............After the show Daryl & John were full of life at their reception, and were highly complimentary about the article I'd written about them last summer, and had some highly complimentary things to say about B&S in general." Blues & Soul Feb '77 Quite frankly thats just not good journalism. Col.

Hi Paul, Sorry to hijack your thread, but I was wondering which artist was least well received at the Casino. Ann Peebles? Col.

Actually been thinking about one for 25+ years. Bunch of us used to hang around together and one saturday half of us made the usual trip to Wigan. The lot that never went all got stayed at home & all got Wigan tattoos. I wish I'd got one - ironic really.

One of the few occasions when having cloth ears might actually be beneficial.

No. Your comment is absolute rubbish. Along with several others you've made recently. I'd suggest you listen to it again. Its a live track recorded in a basement, produced by Jerry Wexler & Arif Mardin in '71. If that sounds too polished & not raw enough for you then frankly you must have cloth ears. On the sleeve notes Aretha Franklin comments "the baddest new sound on the scene" I think she's right, you're wrong. Col.

No please don't do it. That will be the death knell for this site.

Well I disagree entirely with you John.

No you can't. Rumbelows went bust years ago. I used to work for them and may have had a small part in their downfall.

Anyone a fan of 'Just A Minute' on Radio 4? Beep .........Repetition!

Demos or issues? Thanks to everybody for info.

Bit of help with prices pls.... The Cheers I Made My Mind Up/Take Me to Paradise Okeh WD......fair price £50? And is Reggie Garner 'Half A Cup' on an ABC WD really only worth a tenner? Cheers for looking Col.