Dave Moore

Mike I'd be interested in this if you have the actual copy. If not for sale, would you send me a scan at 300dpi Mate. Best, Dave www.hitsvillesoulclub.com

Yep, Sold me on all that Mate. Congratulations, you have just achieved what most of my friends and family thought was impossible! You have (their words, not mine), dragged me into the 21st Century (albeit kicking and screaming!) I shall be ordering my first ever CD shortly. I hope it will be first and last, but you never know........... thanks for taking the time to answer my questions. Regards, Dave www.hitsvillesoulclub.com

Hi Paul, Just a quick question.....are ALL the tracks on the CD from tapes/remastered or are some of them from 45s and then cleaned up? Also, are there any liner notes and if so who wrote them? Just wanna be sure as I don't currently own a single CD but am tempted by this. Was Marilyn Bond involved in this project? Regards, Dave www.hitsvillesoulclub.com

You'd be suprised how many people I meet in the States that think these forums are the "actual" "scene" itself!! I'm constantly trying to explain that 50 people posting on a forum is not "The Scene" and that the silent majority are actually more typical of UK soulfolks. Regards, Dave www.hitsvillesoulclub.com

ROD, I'm afraid I'm now left with no choice but to throw suspicion and aspersions on your claim to be a true Norvener. This is a public forum and in the above post you have used "words" to decribe the hues of said 45 sleeves as "Avoc*do" "Mag*nta" and of course the give a way was use of the work "P*nk". To use these words in connection with things vinyl related is Northern heracy, unless of course you are one of thoses strange "touchy feely types' that allow their female Mates access to their liccleblackplastikfingswotweluvs&treshures. This is of couse a dead givaway that your actual birthright must be further South than you claim as we all know that these colours are actually: Brown Green Pale Red As for organising record boxes it's simple: White Demos in box Rest on floor! Regards, Dave www.hitsvillesoulclub.com

Kinnel! My wife would have roasted by balls if I'd ever thought of doing something like that! Come to think of it......I wouldn't have ever thought of doing that to my kid! Im stunned! Unless of course this is a wind up. You married? Regards, Dave www.hitsvillesoulclub.com

John Rhys-Eddins currently lives in California and has recently been in the studio with his old friend Matt Lucas (Baby You Better Go Go - Karen) working on new material as well as a couple of Golden World unreleased things. He was certainly a little bit more than "hired help" for both Harry Balk (Impact/Big Top etc) and Ed Wingate. He was instrumental in the building of the recording studio/equipment at what was to become Studio B and amongst the more obvious garage/blues/pop artists he wrote and produced for, he is also co- credited with writers credits for Time Will Pass You By - Tobi Legend. (For which he assures me he recieved royalties from Russ Winstanley's RKO reissue in the 70s). John's main love is the Blues and he is very accomplished musician (guitar), in that genre. John has an abundance of stories and tales to tell of the music scene in sixties Detroit and some of them will hopefully appear in the new magazine "There's That Beat!" which sees it's first copy hit the US streets in August. For more info on John and his current Blues orientated projects check out: https://www.bluepower.com/ Tell him we setcha! Regards, Dave www.hitsvillesoulclub.com

Hi All, Here's few of my wants on 45. None are super rare and I'm hoping someone will have them lying around and do me a deal. So...please take a quick look in your boxes...here goes... Ric Tic (First Series) 103 - Barbara DeCosta - Now I know WHITE DEMO 106 - Terry Warren - I Don't Know WHITE DEMO Golden World (First Series) 105 - Rocky Hart - Someone stole my baby DEMO or ISSUE Carla 103 - The Excels - Say It Isn't So WHITE DEMO 715 - Popcorn Wylie - Move Ove Babe WHITE DEMO 2526 - Deon Jackson - Love Makes The World Go Round WHITE DEMO (Not the 803 - 2526 copy) Karen 16 - The Capitols Dog and Cat WHITE DEMO 100 - Jimmy Clark - Soul WHITE DEMO 313 - Barbara Lewis - My Heart Went Do Dat Da WHITE DEMO 320 - Grant Higgins - Shame Shame - WHITE DEMO 1531 - Soul Twins - Mr Pitiful DEMO OR ISSUE 1537 - Soul Twins - As Above 1546 - The Capitols - When You're In Trouble DEMO or ISSUE 1547 - Marvin Sims Sweet Thang WHITE DEMO Have stuff for trades for any of the above too. Regards, Dave www.hitsvillesoulclub.com hitsville2648@earthlink.net info@hitsvillesoulclub.com

Great record. Been around for years, but for some reason never really had it's five minutes of fame with the dancers. Clarence is a native Floridian and is still on the circuit as his rather risque alter ego - BLOWFLY. Regards, Dave www.hitsvillesoulclub.com

Is this picking up plays? I've just shifted 3 of these in the last week or so. Regards, Dave www.hitsvillesoulclub.com

Good Mod sounding 60s song, but too "Fourmost", "Jay and The Americans", "Tommy Good" sounding for Northern dancefloors I think. Mod dancefloors would lap it up though I reckon. Have to agree with Mr Rounce though.....Eddie and Ernie?!! You cheeky pup! Regards, Dave www.hitsvillesoulclub.com

Great double sider. "Tender Words" did the rounds over 20 years ago, however ...flip it over for the most powerful version of a classic you'll ever hear. Patti gives it all and the breaks are needed to give yer ears a rest before she assault's 'em again. Fantastic record! Regards, Dave www.hitsvillesoulclub.com

Is this the same Luther Davis Grp as the one on Inner I? STILL can't remember what I heard in that 45 that made me want it! Had a great Memorial Day weekend at Jason's, Styrene45 came home with blisters from too much dancin'! Regards, Dave www.hitsvillesoulclub.com

Hi Mike, Be careful.........Styrene reads this sometimes!! She's been there too! When my little "cherub' was growing up he used to hang around with me and the records so he's got an ear for it....sort of. I still find tapes in his car that disappeared from mine 10/15 years ago! As a nipper he used to ask...."Hey Dad, play: "Clock that fell off the wall" - (Chubby Checker - Everything's Wrong) "Funny Funny Feeling" - (Al Kent - Way You Been Acting Lately) "A Little Bit Stronger" - Chuck Jackson - I Only Get This Feeling) "That one with the 'squeaky voice'" - (Little Anthony - Gonna Fix You Good) As he went through his teenage years he liked all the Ric Tic/Golden World stuff and used to ring me up to ask what songs were called. He never caught the vinyl bug however, and now thinks his Dad is this rather strange wide eyed buffoon who should be sat in a dark corner to pore over the strange little black plastic things from the last century, that take up most of his life. When he has a beer he does a great impression of a Northern Soul dancer. A sort of finger clickin, hand clapping, air drum playing banshee!! Hey....that sounds like someone we know!! Regards, Dave www.hitsvillesoulclub.com

Too Right Matey.........FAR too many weirdos into in nowadays! Hope yer diddlin OK mate. Regards, Dave www.hitsvillesoulclub.com

Hi Baz, Just different opinions Mate. Nothing personal. That is after all, the point of a forum innit? You are advocating schill-bidding whilst claiming you would never "bid something up". The 2 actions are competely at odds! Ah well.......let's see how Rod does with the records this time round...... Regards, Dave www.hitsvillesoulclub.com

Correct Sir! Regards, Dave www.hitsvillesoulclub.com

Rod, Nothing "lilac" is allowed in the town where I live Mate! We simply don't recocgnise the word! Nor shall we EVER! Bidding on your own records is bollox. Whatever the reason. If Mr Manship was found bidding on his own records in his auctions people would be all over him like a rash. You've only to revisit the thread a few months ago in which John had to "put the record straight" about his auction procedures. I just find it strange that "etiquette" is all over the place. Maybe it's case of niaivete, but some collectors seem to adapt whichever "set of rules" suits their particular moment as a buyer or seller. Just put your records on a list, price 'em up, bang 'em up, sell 'em at what you ask and be done with it! No need for all the peripheral mind games bollox! Regards, Dave www.hitsvillesoulclub.com PS. And STOP calling me Shirley!

Exactly the reason a lot of people are starting to shun Ebay. All you're doing is falsely inflating the records on that particular medium. This is Shill Blidding, is unethical and I'm sure by ebay's rules (crappy though they are), illegal. You're reasoning makes no sense to me: In your sales box for 60 On lists up to 100 Sold for 42 You paid 50 You'd never have had these differentials amongst collectors before the advent of Ebay/guides. Shill bidding is just another sly miserably peevish way to extract a few more $$$ for from fellow soulies. (Unless of course you tell people that your "mate" has put in a false bid). It's strange that whenever someone asks for a price check for a 45 on here the answer is usually derived from one of the guides or Popspike. "Protecting an investment" mmm Nice one. Almost as cliche as "It's What's In The Grooves That Count" or "Keep The Faith". Regards, Dave www.hitsvillesoulclub.com

I said it when they did the Motown Mix a while back.............................Pearls before swine! Regards, Dave www.hitsvillesoulclub.com

I must be deaf then, cos it was records like this that stopped me going to a number of Venues back in the day. It was and always will be, to my ears at least, complete and utter shite! Only played I believe because it was cheap and available so anyone could get one. Sorry to be so forward, but I wouldn't be happy with someone walking down my street with this crap, never mind bringing it in mi house! ...... Rant over!... Regards, Dave www.hitsvillesoulclub.com PS. Bet Pete S likes it too!

Hi Rod, Rearrange the following: brushes they daft are because as Hey Presto!! The only real answer worth anything more than a pinch of salt. Regards, Dave www.hitsvillesoulclub.com

Berry Gordy's MOTOWN.............unfathomable if you try to work out each and every individual issue and why it was issued as it was. I've researched 100s of "mispresses', single sided Demos, Map/Block/Blue/White/Demo/Stock issues of same songs, with same Matrix #s. It really does become a quagmire! I gave up eventually! Example 1: There are 11 official pink Striped Motown issues yet there are at least 30 variants, that I know of. Example 2: Motown 1011 - Mary Wells...issued as: Pink Striped Stocker White Striped Demo Blue Map Stocker White Map Demo Blue Map Demo White Block Demo I think it boils down to the fact that Motown were a booming company back in the day, Berry wasn't averse to using another plant/printers if he owed money to a previous one, they also reacted when a song "took off" be producing more copies to hit the outlets asp. In the early days it wasn't unusual for Berry to change the take on the record, AFTER it's release, if he later thought it could sell better. Then of course there are the "mistakes" that invariably crop up in an operation as big as Motown became. It certainly makes the chase of collecting more interesting 40 yeras later on though eh? Regards, Dave www.hitsvillesoulclub.com

Hi Roger, Yep, Seen lots of multicolored over the year. (Nice Dean Parrish btw, don't see that one too often), But has anyone ever seen a W/Demo of ANYTHING on Laurie? Regards, Dave www.hitsvillesoulclub.com