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thanks. late 70s or 80s period?

Who first played/broke this tune please? My money's on Soul Sam...

No mate, not really. I was just kind of anticipating that kind of answer, thinking aloud etc...

Our local American base was RAF Alconbury near Huntingdon. A complete housing estate was built south of the river in Peterborough specifically for USAF personnel from this base. Our gardens actually backed onto theirs. This would have been 66-72. At the time I had a black buddy called Tyrone (often wonder where he is now). His mum and dad used to invite me and my brother over to their barbecues in summer. We'd cross from our side through a hole in the fence. The first time I ever tasted pizza was in that house. They also used to organise house parties with the music blasting out of the windows, James Brown, Motown, Stax stuff I imagine, and though they were servicemen, when in civvies they wore the colourful garb fashionable among US black folks of that time. What a time to be growing up in England...

Eeeerm... Why is it Pop? Because it sold shedloads? A flawed argument, if I may so so...

Superb bloody thread. It certainly beats that miserable old git Cromwell...

Though I wouldn't go in for this type of event myself, I have to say that these Italian chaps from Florence have made a nice little video of their visit, and in spite of hearing My Heart Symphony again, it looks like they've made the connection with the music. The retro clobber is another issue, but they're definitely onto the vibe. The beauty of Blackpool Tower also lends something to it all. Some pretty good spinning too. I was never able to pull some of that stuff off, for sure...

Cobblestone used to have me seeking sanctuary in the funk/oldies room. ALL of those Lou Roberts things. Loath isn't the word.

Is their website down after being crashed, hacked and generally stamped on? Brian Poulton of Scarborough cleary felt strongly enough to contest the matter officially. Christ, some people do get their knickers in a twist, do they not?

So perhaps Nev acquired it from Sam when he'd started to play 100% new releases. Nev's definitely associated with it in some circles.

who played this first? I'd have said Searling or perhaps Soul Sam, who I personally associate it with. Some people say Nev Wherry.

Will there be another minterish one out there, please?

So people were terribly polite only on the dancefloor, right? As soon as you left that particular sanctuary and swam the channel of deep water between the reefs, you'd expose yourself to the white death lurking in the kelp beds...

However, there's a whole bunch of peeps who'd actually fly to a venue to hear his stuff, which I did not so long ago. Long may he run...

If Soul Sam didn't twiddle about with the knobs I'd want my money back...

Can't understand how this tune failed commercially. Great record. What's it fetchin'?

A fabulous phrase Stevie! I'm going to use it in Spanish, though they'll wonder what the f*** I'm on about, evidently...

Sometimes they can hit you in the face and remind you of what a snob you can be, musically speaking. NYE last year in Edinburgh, dancefloor heaving to stuff played by Yogi like Tear Stained Face, sounds I'll never ever own, and then he hits you with Show & Tell by Al Wilson. It sounded glorious, so much so much I logged onto Ebay there and then (sad git) and bought one, a UK demo for a fiver. One of those priceless moments in one's Soul career...

You might get into trouble for that comment, Steve. We're all primates, after all.

That actually reads 'Bare Soul'. I've bared my soul on many occasions, I'll tell you .

The Spanish Inquisition has deftly stepped into the room.

Then shore up the defences and dig in for an almighty conflagration unseen in this green and pleasant land since Mafeking Night (Richard Starkey voice)...

Not wishing to put you right mate, it was just an observation on how things have changed on that front, evidenty for the better. Many of the tea-leaves that once frequented venues probably wouldn't consider a 21st allnighter worth the trouble. It was a great environment for the opportunist - had my beloved leather trenchcoat stolen - and of course records once or twice. Carelessness on my part, but irking all the same.

It hasn't always been like that though, has it? you used to have to bolt things down way back when...

Would you call You Know To Love Me Disco, Pedro? Searling played that at Wigan in 1979/80. More of a stepper, innit?