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looks like it already has then, long ago.

Fairly strong claims he's making there, the old boy. Can't say I'm overwhelmed by any of them, but I can see Irma Routen taking off...

Remember Nero said that as long as Rome burned there's a lesson in that we've all gotta learn, in the long run, talkin' 'bout the long run. I rather like it meself.

Going Going Gone is fantastic record. Maybe Kent could release all that stuff that never got out. It would a fitting tribute to the man and great for his family, I imagine. RIP Cody.

Wanting You is proof positive that Wigan didn't have the monopoly on dreadful white pop records.

This track was hammered by Soul Sam at St.Ives and Peterborough Wirrina allnighters around 1976 and became quite popular for a short time.

Lenny Curtis is one of my all time fave records. Mid tempo was mid tempo was frowned on. Why infamous though?

The Wirrina in Peterborough was big on roller skating a couple of years before the allnighters started up. used to go on saturday mornings. it was more see my baby jive and ballroom blitz than 6 by 6 though. I love that bit about gladys knight still skating in her mid 70s though.

I can remember a Wigan born engineer at the place I worked in the late 70s frowning contemptuously when I told him I'd been up there quite a few times. "You're one them buggers, are you? Bloody drug 'ole these days. I remember the big bands in the 40s when the Yanks were stationed here. They were fantastic times. I met me wife there.." said Harry Brown. I'd love top be transported to the place in the 20s too. Did they do the black bottom there I wonder. Northern Soul fans don't own exclusive rights to that building, no señor.

If you throw the net wider to include early R&B-R&R artists commercially aped (sic) by white, Tin Pan Alley clones, should they have been cap-in-hand grateful for the spotlight/royalty cheques too? Sir Antoine Fats Domino springs to mind. So does Sir Richard Penniman. It's only because we (some of us) love the Stones to death that we forgive their early transgressions. I f*** hate people like Pat Boone so can't forgive his.

Yeah. Seems like Mick was making a conscious effort to sing well too. They sound so 'kin tight. Mick Taylor was on form too.

Brilliant twofer in my opinion... Johnny Moore - Lonely Heart In The City/That's What You Said - Blue Rock

They kicked off with Jumpin' Jack Flash.

You presume right, Sir. His missus looks great on her last album cover, doesn't she? Very foxy. Saw her and EC live in Santiago de Compostela a couple of years back. The EC cousin bit came from my dear Nan in the late 70s. She'd read somewhere that he was Ross McManus's 'boy' and told me "Ross's daddy was a cousin of your Grandad's from Irvinestown, so he was". I saw him in the the early 80s with The Pogues and again at Glastonbury in 1989/90 I've since seen him twice over here but have always chickened out on approaching him with the long lost cousin story, in spite of being egged on by mates/girlfriends over the years. I do like to shout "primo mío, te quiero" (my cousin, I love you) during the gigs though.

Some of my photos were requested and I gave permission. I don't know if any of them were finally incorporated into the project, but I'll be most chuiffed if they were. The reason I put them on here and on Facebook is to share them with likeminded people. Regarding charity. People that write books, make films, record music etc do it because it's their job. Other people sell double glazing and install central heating. If I were in a position right now to donate a percentage of my wine tour profits to charitable causes, I probably would, via my annual tax return, but that's my bloody business, nobody else's. Looking forward to seeing the film.

Elvis Costello is a cousin of mine. I kid you not. Last went to Gladbury in 1990. Loved it.

In answer to the last question, yes I think he's soulful in a latin sort of way. the documentary is heartwarming. the sussex guy came over as a bit of an arse. yes we ripped him off, but who cares?

I'd have thought the northern tribes would be massing at the mouth of the glen, daubing their faces with wode, sharpening their chiltrons, offering a sacrifice to Lug for strength and courage in the great conflagration to come, but the thread died on June 14th. Where are James Trouble or Richard Chorley when you need 'em? They'd put the f***ers right.

Ain't Nothing You Do was the track that caused me to seek out more of his stuff. Fabulous singer. I shall be spinning his Touch Of The Blues LP today in memory of the man. RIP Bobby.

Top geezer. I had the honour of 'supporting' him one night in Peterborough in 1978. I was just happy to buy him a beer and watch him weave his magic. He even let me hold Yvonne Vernee for a few seconds. Never forget that. A zeitgeist man in every way. We just rode the wave...

Construction Hey Little Wayout Girl was being hammered by RS around this time I think. How I loathed that record. People even started to dance differently in 1978. The Polyveldt plod I called it. Three steps right, left leg kicked back, three steps left, right leg kicked back. Wtf was all that about?

The lyrics are a bit twee, but I never had a problem dancing to it. There are those tempo changes but Such Misery/WLF have 'em too... Crap is a bit harsh I think... :-)

I thought they were both different colours. The 1976-7 boot/repress green and yellow and the real one orange and blue?

Sits very nicely next to that Donna King you found for 25p!! I'm envious, hahaha...

Cor! I'd give my right torso for one of them. If you got it 74 must have been only a year old or so. tremendous tune, and amazing lungs.