Mark B

we were all at als 50th, tony and my self dj'd early doors. still in touch with hilary mee she lives up near durham she has 2 daughters, phone her every couple of months, have met her a few times at prestwich, she has not changed much she can still talk the hind leg of a donkey. do you remember annette from shawe in oldham. tony has got quite a few of the old soul times good reading were'nt they. mark dont know if you are aware that myself and tony run the greatstone soul club,

hi peter do you not remember me Mark baildon, tony jackson, peter burgess (budgie) ,siz hutchie, steve cullen,john blackburn, hazel duncan, we were always there with hilary and wayne and the others. we all got to know each other at the blue rooms in sale. douglas now lives in london and works in brighton, have seen him at cleethorpes last two years, he has just had his 50th birthday party think al jackson went. remember the john grant badges, natty neil was mental , wayne and jackie are still married, saw sue several years ago she still lives bramhall way. mark

hi richie your wit astonishes me . should that not have been snuff said mark

what happened to the sophisticates on johns auction seems to have dissapeared thought it still had a few days to go also burning bush how bad is this and lena junof both attrocious burning bush seems a lot faster than i recall. mark

didnt this get spins as a new release mark isnt mer-lyn promise on abc ? mark

hi steve have had the jackie moore from new release and never played that side guess its gonna get a spin or two, thanks for brining it to my attention. also have spun the be happy track a few time at g/stone the deep side sounds almost like a slowed down backing of it the opening is extremely similar. mark

i am not a big gun but i always thought that it was yellow with red writing that were the originals. mark more of a saturday night special than a magnum

i know what you mean but sometimes hard to put into writing what you are trying to say. mark

hi sean Mark one half of the greatstone here, Tony is the other half. music policy is 60's, 70's, crossover, lesser played known oldies some unknowns some R&B i wont call it a rare soul night as there are records played that are £5.00 and some £500.00 it is not just rarity it is quality. I suppose we average about 70 through the door, july aug are usually quieter but last sat was a packer so cant say the holidays make a difference, We have a good crowd of regulars, and our music policy attracts a lot of people to travel to hear what we are playing, we also support other like minded venues like soul or nothing, the 3 greyhounds, the big lock, and i love the orwell when i can get there. We are lucky in that it is a small intimate club and holds probably 100 max we have had over 100 but it gets a bit uncomfortable. also we run till 3.00am so a bit extra compared to most venues. we never tell a guest dj what he has to play we just tell them to play what they want they are not tied to make the dancefloor bounce (might be hard that as it is concrete), we have well known guests who love to dj at the greatstone like sam, arthur & keith money and we also give local collectors and dj's a chance to play their unknowns and favourites. next month we have Andy dyson. anything else you want to know sean. mark

hi chris funny how these larger label things prove difficult i have had 3 copies mine then got 2 last year so tony and paul have one each and budgie got one last year so 4 copies at the greatstone, where it has been popular for the past 5 years i know where there is another copy that may be for sale, what would you be prepared to pay. mark

Hi chris one i have been playing for 5 years and now keith williams has a copy daddy maxfiled i've always been in love with you UA mark

have had this for years as well ken, mark

hi i'll take this if you still have it La familiar Inc - Finally (Includes the monster "Do you love me") US BSR - EX * This is an original 70s copy and not the japanese re release £30.00 mark

same here only went the once, myself, JB, tony jackson, siz, along with a few others john hilel, we went to sell siz's new soul time,m we sold out within the hour, and we all agreed we did not like the place so spent the night listening to tapes in the car, cant exlain why but we did not like the place, bloody long journey though all the way from manchester. mark

we all used to go to the john bull in spring gardens (think thats what it was called) john used to dj there we had many a good night there with plenty of lock ins, the landlord barry was a great character, last orders was not a bell he used to shout " right we've had your fuc*+#g money now give us your fuc*+#g glasses" john was a really nice bloke and a good dj. mark

hi dave will do mark

i'll give it a spin at the greatstone next week see how it goes. mark

took me twenty years to get a copy mark

hi dave not just me then mark

i am a collector and do not consider myself to be a dj, i seldom use the mike more because i think i sound crap on it and dont think i should subject the crowd to me telling them what the record is, also as i normally just do an hour a month i probably get an extra 1 or 2 records into my spot . some dj's are good on the mike and i have no problem with that but some do waffle on about nothing in particular, some are attrocious and you cant uderstand a word of what they are saying. rob thomas is the one for me i dont think i have ever understood a word he has said but he is great as he plays some awesome stuff. as for the talk or not talk i am with joan on this i would rather go and look at the record and ask the dj what it is. mark

no problem dave just gets to me sometimes as have sent pms to wantee's usually and no response. wasnt just you i was having a go at. good price would have been more than £50 of me mark

hi phil £100 or thereabouts even fetches £30 on uk right on ? mark

isnt that one of the guys from the hideaway in manchester, mark