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That's not what you said in your posting....

The "e" at the end depicting feminin is pronounced ....

As in Simone de Beauvoir? She was a rum 'un... 

The two syllable pronunciation was exactly what I was trying to get across… See-mon.

 

Simone is also two syllables, hence my point! 

Think he was on about stress but got waylaid by all the buckin' venom. In Spanish it's Simón, the stress falls on the second syllable as indicated by the accent absent from the French version. File under bollocks. 

Thing is, I get all you older guys want to have a reunion, love him or loathe him he was part of the scene back then. Understand. Maybe have a night out down the pub with him, do it in London, bring Ian out, share some memories, joke about the lost cheques, his nights at the Casino,The Sharonettes etc?….

 

And those too young to have known him (myself included in that group), who come on saying "I wanna know the truth about northern soul bla bla" "I am sure the man has some great stories bla bla" - sorry to tell you that this is one guy you are never going to get the truth from.   If he told you that "Afternoon of the rhino" was a tailor made, that he had Mike Post record especially for Russ, you'd believe him…..  

Religious 'rebirth' can have an astonishing effect on the individual involved. They tend to throw out the old in order to bring in the new. If he is now Orthodox as opposed to lapsed, I imagine he will have atoned for his former sins and will consider the old Simone another person, a broken vessel that was simply waiting on his God's divine countenance to fill him up. As a result he'd probably say that Russ and Mike Post were in league with Lucifer on AOTR.  Or probably not. 

One wouldn't associate that din with JBS and the Lovin' Spoonful either. I'm in shock. 

Sorry Simsy, replied to the wrong post. I meant to reply to post 92. 

Born again Christian and an Orthodox Jew?

 

Bootleg 

The lead singer of Los Canarios Teddy Bautista became the president of the Spanish SGAE (General Society of Authors & Editors) a few years back. This is the outfit responsible for enforcing intellectual propery rights, collection of royalties etc, He was forced to resign amid allegations of massive corruption. On his bloody knees now... 

Thanks, just looked at the other label design and it's on it! Doh! 

Which record company distributed Drew nationally? 

You never know what you're gonna wake up to, do you? Never got to meet Joe in person but his 'short shrift', don't mess with a yorkshire man humour had me laughing out loud many a time on here. RIP Joe and my thoughts to your family.

Amazing how people have been paying up to a 1000US for G, G+, VG copies (Popsike)...

That's a pretty shagged record, innit? How much for minter then? 

A mate of mine was pulled on the stairs up to the balcony and taken in. Winstanley just continually shoots holes in his feet. It's hilarious when you stop to think about it. Is he suggesting that the DS and Marshall-Walker had an unwritten rule not to bust anyone INSIDE the place? 

Could we really do without the shysters, gangsters, oddballs and generally frothing at the mouth, red eyes in the dark loons that populated the scene from the beginning? I don't think so. Anything else just smacks of revisionism. The name Simon Soussan was on the lips of so many people, clueful and clueless, in the 70s. Why would we have it any other way?  I've loved reading these stories. It's a shame he can't found, debts pardoned and given a rafter shaking welcome at next years Prestatyn that this year chose to honour JA. Forgiveness is next to godliness. What? 

I was surprised to see Freddy Chavez being played that early on. I thought I was hearing it as newie in 76! No feckin' idea, obviously! 

It's not absolutely compulsory to even venture onto the dance floor. Plenty of people out there who've attended allniters for years without so much as stepping onto the boards. The scene is much more than just a a heavin' floor. I'd say I spent most of my formative years in record rooms/lounges, alcoves, balconies, stage wings, loos and corridors. If you're moved to dance, just do your own thing while respecting people's space around you. Agree with SteveG about supposed pecking order at Wigan. Front, back, left, right, half way up/down, certainly never felt inhibited when answering " the call"...

Looks like you'll definitely get some takers then, mate! Good luck with that! 

Who are these nitwits forking out dosh like that? Had the Dushons for years and sold it about 5 years ago for £40. 

Not good news. Have to say he was the first artist associated with the Northern Soul Scene I saw perform live in my old home-town Peterborough, around 1975. The scene classics are part of our personal DNA, and The Right Track is right up there in the top ten as far as 'records that define the genre' are concerned. Other Billy Butler records I loved and still love are Help Yourself, Sweet Darling, I'll Bet You, Come On Over To My Side and the fabulous ballad I Don't Want To Lose You, which is total class. Hope he gets to read some of these tributes. 

These six for me pretty much summed up St. Ives in the summer of 1977 when it began to rival both Wigan and Cleethorpes. Fond memories and my favourite period on the scene 76-77.

YVONNE VERNEE JUST LIKE YOU DID ME

GENE WOODBURY EVER AGAIN

CHERYL ANN - I CAN'T LET HIM

SAM WILLIAMS LOVE SLIPPED THRU MY FINGERS

LENNY CURTIS NOTHING CAN HELP YOU NOW

LARRY CLINTON SHE'S WANTED IN THREE STATES

Graham Warr and the Handley Bros? Early periodsters? 

How does one go about obtaining said permission/rights to reisssue records? Perhaps a separate thread. Always something that fascinated me. The clearing process must be totally frought, I'd have thought.... 

Simon & Garfunkel - hazy shade of winter. a right stomper!! 

P.s. Have to add that that Barbara Redd record is marmite. She did much better stuff than that...

Barbara Redd - northern soul or soul at all ???  NO WAY. 

There was a time when it was known that "soul" came into existence in the early sixties after blues and rythm `n´ blues had come. Soul was no longer "race music" but adapted contemporary "white" 60s-pop/beat. Imagine a lot of great NS-tracks with a white instead of black singer(s), wouldn't many call them pop then ? And I'm not only talkin about Tamla Motown here.

These dusty rural RnB/blues-records are only for folks afraid to move forward into the 70s ff.. Instead they keep retreating. Last exit delta blues, eh ? 

There's nothing wrong with Parchman Farm, Angola State Penitentiary or the Dockery Plantation, I'll have you know. In 1963 when this scene was kicking off, nobody stopped to compartmentalise the music. That's why they played Help Me Rhonda alongside Garnett Mimms and John Lee Hooker. If it feels good, do it!