Ady Croasdell

So you're not a London boozers virgin then Jerry. Green Man it is!

The Oct 9th Crossfire all nighter at the ISH Great Portland St in London will be all oldies, DJs Ginger, Neil Rushton, Hippo, Sue and Amanda, Ady Croasdell and more.

The one with OC Tolbert 'I'm Shooting High' on the flip I think. Yep SKM confirms Kent 111 that flip's brilliant too.

It'd probably be at least a year before its release was fitted in. The alternative is for somebody to bootleg it (which has already happened to this small degree) and the people who made it would get sod all.

Of course there was but it wasn't masterminded by the Dome, you make it sound like they were a bunch of Svengalis: it was a grassroots reaction by the regulars of London's main Northern Soul clubs. Let's not get into this again, you weren't involved and are just passing on what you've been told by one side of the contretemps. You can't go around making inaccurate statements like this or we'll end up wasting all our and everyone else's time.

Pete S your still full of poo on the Rocket, it failed because they couldn't sustain it. It wasn't "taken over" until much later and wasn't the same room, a much smaller one downstairs was used.

How about somebody putting a scan up or sending me any details on the recording's owners and then it can have a proper well documented release on CD and vinyl with the records history fully explained and some handy spin offs to the people who actually made the music. Just like the recent Salt and Pepper release?

Ditto. No way is it 1969, Canada's not that far behind! Could you put a scan of either or both sides up please Daz?

Actually if it came out it's mad anyone would pay that money for a boot of it and of course totally illegal for the seller to flog it.

Wow it sounds a lot earlier than 1969. I see Manships has the flip listed first, it can't be better than that can it?

love it but oo is it really?

Please Ta Ady

But the outer circle of it looks about right, so perhaps the machine took the whole darn thing out!

They sound OK to me, though a bit early for soul, more Coasters style R&B. The group are well thought of, i particularly like Baby You Can Bet Your boots. The small centre just looks like one got through without being dinked by the machine. Nice item though Ady

Just seen the scan; it seems I was mislead; shame, it's a great story!

There were two copies and I sold the 2nd to Saus on the understanding that it was for him alone. I heard later that he'd sold it on to a bloke whose missus had caught him at it and had destroyed his collection including that one. Perhaps I was mislead and this is the second copy or perhaps this is a dub of one of the originals.

Terrible terrible news. Glen was a brilliant bloke and a hell of a charachter, dry and then some. A regular 100 Club visitor (and one time DJ) he has been to every Cleethorpes and probably got every artists autograph. Deepest sympathy to Gill his family and all his great mates. Ady

In a way the new Spencer available at Cleethorpes tomorrow is the start of it, and there were the Jimmy Hughes CDs earlier and a Candi or two and others scheduled. But the big push will be next year for the 50th anniversary of Arthur Alexander's You'd Beeter Move On. But we won't get into any more details as I've got a Wiggins show to run and this thread is on XL/Sound Of Memphis' treasures.

Kev, I'm pretty sure it's gonna be deeper than deep, hell the Paul Anka'll probably make it onto summat! Ady

It sure will, but in a coupla months time Ady

I'm down for the Sunday night which is just as well as I've got the 100 Club on the Saturday. It's certainly ambitious and different so let's hope it goes well. Ady

There's one on the 6TS site Vince and it's out on CD in time for Cleggy Ady

Spencer Wiggins Breaking Point Fame recording Hear it live at Cleethorpes Vince!

ALL SORTED NOW, NO MORE NEEDED THANKS ss ADY could anyone send me a hi-res scan of either an RCA demo of It Didn't Take Much or issue or demo Abet That's Loving You original please? ady.croasdell@btinternet.com Cheers Ady

This is terribly sad; an unassuming man with more to shout about than most of us, but that wasn't his way. He had a huge influence on the scene in its earliest days but I didn't get to meet him until he came down to the 100 Club a few years ago. He absolutely loved the fact that so many great records had been discovered since his semi-retirement and couldn't wait to hear them and enjoy them all. With a name like Blue Max I was expecting a flash showman but he was down to earth, friendly, enthusiastic and a pleasure to be with. My heart goes out to his friends and family and the West Midlands Northern Soul fans who have had such a rough time of late. It's no consolation but I'm so happy that he got to get back into the scene and enjoyed and involved himself in something he helped shape in the first place.