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Search off. Thanks for the replies.

Looking for a mintish copy of this, either label will do. Cheers, M

I thought the main objection to these guides is down to the fact that for years many US sellers were simply unaware of the prices rare soul records could command over here. this has affected both the individual who's just after a bargain for his collection and the individual who buys records to sell on to other collectors. I think with the advent of internet in the late 90s, people were already placing wants lists online, some, foolishly, with prices that they were prepared to pay for certain sounds, right?

Did anyone see Dean Parrish I'm On My Way sell on Ebay for $255.00! Thirteen people bid for the record. I thought this booked for only 50 or 60 quid, and in M condition. On the other hand a nice looking copy of Gwen & Ray went for only $224.00 with 7 bids. Both records were in America.

Love Taj, he played in our local square as part of a Jazz festival a couple years back. Lots of calypso type stuff, loud hawaiin shirt, fedora, shades. I was in the second row shouting for A Lot Of Love and got it, though I guess he'd have played it anyway. I was chuffed.

True. I bought The Natchl Blues off Manship, and the 7" (hairline crack nap) at Notts Palais in 1978. Talk about obsessed.

It used to annoy me when djs cut out the horns at the end of manifesto and that guitar 'freak out' in the middle of 'a lot of love' by taj mahal. All or nothing!!

c'mon grant, typical SS? there's no other way the thread could go, is there? it would be pretty sterile if we all just mentioned our top 5 all-time turkeys with no corresponding discussion as to their merits or faults. nobody's attacking anybody for finding a particular record naff. neither is anybody donning the black cap. preferences are like colours, there's lots of different shades. I once heard a mate dismiss lenny curtis as midtempo crap. I reserve(d) the right to remain incredulous on that one, but think none the worse of him for his 'crime'...

Well I didn't have to know, but thanks anyway for taking the time to be a little more specific.

I don't get it. why proffer an opinion and then not be prepared to explain and/or justify it? I said I didn't like Patrinell Staten as I thought it was a below average performance both vocally and musically.I have listened to it several times (got it on a CD) and tried to get acquainted with it but have failed miserably. I could have said it's dog shite full stop, that's my opinion and I don't have to explain it or justify it to anyone on here, but what would be the point of that? Mr Soul for me too is an underwhelmer, but the other two are masterpieces of the genre for all the reason Gareth gave. There's no harm in being incredulous at someone else's opinion, as long as it doesn't descend into ridicule and such like.

Lee Fields - Take Me Back on Angle3 is one of the most brilliantly atmospheric records out there. Pity it's so dear today! :-(

Brilliant!

Cheers. So it was 1974 then, same tape as Footsee getting a couple of spins? That tape had the hairs on the back of me neck stand on end.

Just a little contentious, Joel!

really? could have sworn I'd heard keith & gary lewis on one of pete's wigan podcasts, played by russ and richard respectively...

You're 'avin' us on!!

But would one consider Dean's voice a white voice? He certainly fooled a lot of black audiences back in the mid 60s... I, along with many others, I'll wager, was convinced he was black till he surfaced...

That's ironic, isn't it? Just read that Le Freak is Atlantic's biggest selling single.

Even earlier, I think stuff like Keith Daylight Savin' Time, Gary Lewis & The Playboys My Heart Symphony, The Ventures Hawaii 5 O were 1974, PeteS will confirm this. I have great memories of 1975, ´cos it was when I started going up there. I don't think anyone's in denial. There were a quite a few awful records played throughout the venue's history, but also some quite a few fabulous tunes too. The good outstrips the bad in my opinion. We've been here before, ain't we?

Yeah, The Carstairs sounds just like Le Freak...

Indeed.

Which Dean Parrish? Determination is a fabulous record and predates the Casino by at least 5 years.

It's also the horns in ring of fire by johnny cash. kurt harris is a good example too...

Nay, nay and thrice nay! I've only just got into this record (didn't do Stafford etc)... Fabulous piece of Soul and I love singing along with it love walrus style. Toon!

Definitely not superior Tezza, Peggy, Gordon etc. I just saw the word salsa and thought I'd have me tuppence worth. To me those horns in The Majestics are reminiscent of those in Johnny Caswell, a definite Mexican feel to them (to these ears). My contribution to this thread is Patrinell Staten - Little Love Affair. I find that duff in every way, the arrangement, the vocal, everything. I'venever felt so underwhelmed by a record, especially after hearing so much about it on here. I bet you don't like it either Tezza, right?