Ady Croasdell

We certainly advanced it a fair bit at work once all the kind collectors started sending their rareties in. Peter Gibbon was typing away like a demented discographer. I'll try and get one together and post it in the box section tomorrow. Cheers Ady

I'm not a fan myself Ken, but I didn't notice too much of it, then again I was flitting around. The dancefloor seemed busy most of the night, but I'd be interseted in other people's thoughts. I can see what Butch is doing to an extent and as long as he mixes it in with his other great records I'm not too worried. I actually was more confused by Marco's set going down so well, I reckon most of his had a 10-40% funk element to them that was OK but a bit too much over what turned out to be a long set. However the dancefloor was always busy and Russ, James and others were loving it, perhaps it's the way the scene's going? I'm sure I need to get out more.

I'm with you Mike, it must be utterly tedious and a waste of time having to monitor and warn people. It's fair enough if it's a spur of the moment thing that gets out of hand and then stops (been in a few!) but when feuds continue for weeks or even months, it's gotta be a total pain, as it is for non involved parties trying to read a thread.

Ginger played Burning Bush, first bought it off me at St Ives and it cleared the floor but he stuck with it. Great record; what's not to like. The nearest to punk apart from Pushin Too hard by the Seeds was when Martyn Ellis started DJing punk and played the Jewels Togetherness for them to pogo to.

I don't think so.

Please tell him that Ace records own some of those boots he's selling and we'll be contacting Ebay about them. He's depriving the artists and songwriters of revenue too. Ady

That was Ace's mistake, not SKM's. Details and info on the label are very hard to come across and there was also a mistake saying the Johnnie Richardson Sprout releases were unissued. We corrected it all on J&S Harlem Soul CDKEND 306, but as it is such uncharted waters, I'm sure new gems will turn up on the label from time to time. It's a rare single and is a real beauty to my mind too. Quirky but captivating would be the mots juste!

Hi Bob, it's doubtful that it ever got issued so I'd just like to see a scan, someone else who I know would pay good money for it. Speaking of which Steve, get in touch before Leicester turn over the Palace or you might sulk on me for a while

So you'd get to the vocal at least?

Has anyone ever seen or heard of a copy? He's The Only Guy I'll Ever Love is the flip. Mr Guarnori?

Do you still have all your favourite oldies on original?

In London we were re-discovering the 60s club rhythm and soul sounds (and discovering new ones at the same time) along with the better end of Northern and the whole scene was buzzing; far from dead. This is a rare case of London being off the Northern musical radar at the time, though we had the likes of John Farrell, Richie Andrew, your very own Ian Popple and others travelling down to the nights even though they finished at 12 sometimes.

No, Wigan was.

Doh! No really major Petes though, and no Adrians at all!

That's the girl, Sonny's name dropping already.

And was Pete Cooke black or white? It's an interesting thing, which names are popular with Black Americans and which ain't and why.

I can't think of any. Not many Steve's either.

I just heard from Maxine Brown that her original guitarist died on Monday morning. He was still gigging and very active on the New York black music scene.Not Sam "The Man" Taylor apparently!

Time to change jobs

I agree but I'm not sure what the others look like.

As Gareth says both the 10" acetates came from the Hanway St Carlin/Jobete publishers deal. I'm not sure about the legitimacy of others unless a totally trustworthy source can verify they were made in the 60s not 80s or 90s when a few dodgy dealers were about.

Just sent you a score mark, how much are we short now? Or is JM in a charitable mood now LCFC are Number One?

good idea Sean, I'll chip in for one of the blagards. How much do I owe you Mark?

Hang on then, there's a slight possibility I'm talking out of my arse, I'll check. looks like they all might be like that!

Glad you like it Steve, the slow original version of Wear Your Natural will be on the Modern Masterpieces Vol 2 CD in late Jan. It's the same pace as the demo but the original 45 performance.