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the single "brown eyed devil" and "beggar of love" by little ben and the cheers on Rush are both the exact same recordings as the Norfleet Cousins on Gemini Star. does anyone know the story behind this? thanks!

same thing happened to me. i am waiting for three packages dating back to 11/22 (from england to california) - none of which have arrived and I cannot get any info from the royal mail tracking numbers. bummer!

wow! thanks for both of your comments. it blows my mind how fluid these processes were (recording, mixing, releasing) and how they could be tweaked along the way. so interesting! forces one to be an "active" listener. going out to DJ a party in a few hrs - and will put this freda payne in the box just to listen closely to the backing vocals on my copy. enjoy your weekends!

no way - i am an idiot! (just ask my wife) but i have recently been doing joint research with a theoretical economist which required me to dip into auction theory (because one can model all sorts of interesting things - such as wars - as "second price all-pay auctions"). its nice to read these debates on buying-selling records in an auction environment because it shows the mismatch between traditional, axiomatic models of actor behavior (ie. standard game theory) to more 'real' human behavior. BOBA's comments are correct because they lay out a strategy to capture extra 'profit' by exploiting one such common human failure in optimization. btw, i think this example helps to explain the rise of empirically induced theories of human choice (cognitive heuristic models, prospect theory, bounded rationality, etc) and behavioral economics in general.

i totally agree with you. the sniper program is a mechanical tool that punishes folks who are not bidding their dominant strategy (and, by extension, you are reaping what is essentially a "rent" by utilizing that technology).

Auction theory is a fairly well developed sub-field of economics. One of the most robust results across many auction designs is that it is a dominant strategy to bid your true valuation of an item, regardless of others' behavior. The key is to think hard about what your true cut-point is (what the item is worth to you), bid, and then walk away. For a non-technical introduction to formalized model of auction behavior, I recommend Paul Klemperer "Auctions: Theory and Practice" (Princeton University Press 2003). For example, I just won a copy of 'hotline' by Reggie Garner (5 minutes ago) with a bid of 8 pounds. for 99% of the auction time i was winning for 1 pound (and would have been psyched to get it for that), but i can buy another (same condition) copy from an ebay seller here in the states for $24.99 (plus shipping). i considered this my "outside option" (working in some bargaining theory lingo - see Abhinay Mithoo "Bargaining with Applications" Cambridge U Press 1999) and, with the exchange rate and 7 pounds shipping, i set my max bid at 11 pounds (which would equal the american item with shipping). so... the 8 pound result still saved me a couple of dollars off my USA equivalent (and i assume away the difference in shipping time). there you go! ps - i often get sniped and kick myself as well. when i feel regret, i realize i hadn't thought hard enough about my true valuation (or simply didn't have the funds to bid my true valuation)

i have the invictus 9080 single with 'unhooked generation' and 'deeper and deeper'. but today i saw a video on youtube of freda payne singing 'unhooked generation' and it seemed like a slightly different recording (much more prominent backing vocals). were there alternate versions? am i crazy? i know that song was also released on invictus 9073 (with 'easiest way to fall'), but i don't own it. maybe that was a different mix/recording? anyway... just bugging me. thanks for any info!

i agree that the verve stuff was a consistent higher quality than turntable (ain't nobody home, glad i knew better, etc) , but i love this t-table side! howard tate - plenty of love - turntable

wow! i would love to hear an alternate of that song (one of my faves as well).

i have been wondering about howard tate - because i hardly ever see his name mentioned on playlists or people's faves lists or anything. was he ever big among NS folks? i really like his work on turntable and verve (i even play out 'look at granny run run' - which my wife refers to as the 'viagra song'), but not the atlantic stuff so much. maybe his t-table stuff was too funky? his verve stuff too bluesy? maybe its just too common (you can get all of his great singles for about $10 each on ebay)? or maybe i am just getting the wrong impression (he is, in fact, a huge fave)? just wondering, because i love his stuff and think he has one of the best male voices in all of soul music. ok, cheers!

cool. thanks bob! ps - i love that you started your 10-31-10 show with "my love's a monster". i spun that night and played it as well!

I got a single "second hand love" by the Founders on Triode. Is this the same group that does the lowrider song 'don't you leave me baby' (on Bolivia, I believe). also, is the 'baby don't leave super rare? i can't seem to find a copy... thanks!

thanks for the heads up on the exotics! i listened to the b-side and it DOES rule (never stop loving you)! i am spinning this friday and that is gonna get played for sure!

all great suggestions! not heard a bunch of these and have been hammmering youtube/refosoul to find these. cool!

that is a great choice! nice vibe... ps - are you the person with the pink "soul girl" website? if so, i got turned on to LOTS of tunes through your site! thanks!

recent purchases seem (in retrospect) to be leaning on the funky side! tina britt - who was that (veep) exotics - boogaloo investigator (excello) loveables - just beyond my fingertips (toot) deniece chandler-lee sain - hey baby (toddlin town) calvin arnold -just a matter of time (venture)

so, you know in the movie Blues Brothers where - at the end of the Bob's Country Bunker scene - john belushi says "you don't have to go home, but you can't stay here!"? i love that winding-down feel. i know at certain venues they had a standard "last song(s)" to usher the night out (parrish, legend, radcliffe), but what do you do? i have been trying to find the right song that lyrically and musically finishes everything up. three that i have been bouncing around in the last few years are: butterflys - good night baby inez foxx - the time irma thomas - time is on my side any suggestions?

Inez Foxx - 'the time' (the old baby washington song) Volt 4093 my favorite tear-jerker of all time! one of the most emotional vocal performances ever.

ha ha ha ha ha.. welcome to my world!! i have DJ-ed about 50 times in the last five years (in northern california) and ONE time i had TWO people there who knew what northern soul was. here is my "formula": -DJ-ed in a college town and started to have a bunch of japanese exchange students show up - they only wanted to hear funky soul (margie hendrix, dee dee gartrell, brenda parker) -I DJ regularly now for older black people (40s-60s) at a retired military personnel club - they only want to hear '70s motown and stax (and they LOVE gwen mcCrae!) - if i play this stuff i can also sneak in obscure northern stuff and they don't mind -DJ at an artsy cafe/wine bar: they want cool "background" music - girly ballads work well (sonnettes, beverly mckay, shirelles, etc) its rough being in the hinterland!

awesome! thank you!

could someone identify this? thanks! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBNh1W6Hf44&feature=related

totally true that americans mistake "number of sales" with "quality". it sucks. even when i DJ for old black people, they only want to hear the motown/atlantic/stax hits. no one wants to be exposed to something rare or obscure (no matter how good it is). really depressing! why do british people value old, obscure music? (teddy boys, soulies, mods, etc etc) and americans value ephemeral garbage? why why why!!?

just an outsider listening in like a fly on the wall... i have you all beat for a 'dead' region. you know what area lacks soul almost altogether (let alone northern soul) - the United States of America! everyone you meet could name every contestent on 'dancing with the stars', or 'american idol' for the last five year, but you could drive for thousands of miles without meeting someone who would recognize names like Rose Batiste, or even Jackie Wilson. not kidding! and totally sad! i should know. i bought a PA system and travel up and down the California coast (mid-Cal) trying to put on nights at bars/cafes/pubs/social clubs, etc for free (spinning rare, northern, club soul, R&B, or whatever i think will go over best) and i can't even get nights playing for FREE in otherwise empty venues! i give them sample CDs of the records i'll be playing and they say "can't you just play 50 Cent, and M&M, and Shakira - like a normal person? no? then no thanks!" i wish i could have access to 1/10th of the venues/nights you guys discuss! it would be heaven!

the Intrigues great Yew single "in a moment" has the worst b-side ever "scotchman's rock". (but maybe it is big in scotland?)

i just picked up a copy of Betty Harris 'trouble with my lover' for 8 pounds from a british seller on ebay. i think i got it cheap because he listed it as "VG with deletion drill hole". i assumed he meant it was vg and just happened to have a drill hole. ...but when i got it i was (pleasantly) surprised that it was STONE MINT except for the drill hole! do sellers/buyers normally make such a big deal out of the BB hole? i never even notice!