Jason S

Odd, pulled this 12" out for my next pod thing. Quality and one where you NEED the 12".

Thought it was covered as the Charisma Band (?)

Can't seem to find 'Deep In My Soul' on iTunes Is that on iTunes or another directory?

Meaning it's very average. Certainly compared to the Tamboo version, and if you got it instead of the Tamboo issue and hoped it was the Tamboo version you'd be a little 'dissapointed'.

You're better off asking on the funk forum Neil - used to be easy to pick up (granted not as plentiful as the dodgy version on Age but still around) and it was funk collections it seemed to go into and come out of. At that time it was £25, demand kind of went up for a while and it seemed to peak at around £75. Not seen one for a while though.

Sure I played it at Joe's bar once - or weren't you paying attention

The guy's fine - sells on the funk forum: bought from him before. Did seem a little slow to respond but the record arrived in good time. Can he not just sign up on here Tommaso, make things easier surely?

You get more abstract by the day - stop talking Jackson Pollocks Might be right, though

Has it ever been off it's knees? Dunno really - the majority of the action in terms of busy clubs playing the hardcore stuff with the dancefloor in mind (not a chin stoking compare and contrast session) seems to be overseas at the moment. Mind you, some people might want you to believe that what you thought were funk records are actually northern...and vice versa

Don't think the Prof Lett or Fabulous Originals will come out in numbers again - well, that said the obvious 'box load' of Fab Originals is still being slowly dripped out but when they eventually stop coming (probably in about 2010) all 75/100+ or so stock copies that appear to have been available will be in collections. The question is by that point will anyone be bothered with it enough to send the price back to £1000 or anywhere near that. Doubt it. Same with the Prof Lett. An infinately better record but again, one of those who's price reflected a time when information and access (and access to information) was still ropey, coupled with the fact that it was a Keb spin (like the Fab Originals for that matter) You could argue that once all copies are gone the price creeps back up and in some cases that may be true (if you're talking finding 25 or less of an indemand title for instance) but for titles found in the 75's to 100's on a relatively small 'scene' like the imaginary funk one, people remember the last lowest price and tend to reference that when coming to buy it. The Mercy Men (owing to the fact that it's utter shite) was a product probably of two people thinking they'd hit the jackpot - the buyer for having a 'really rare, allegedly really good' funk record - and the seller for being able to name his price when said mug rolled up. Whether it's worth holding out for (hopefully) a price rise on those records in the future is unanswerable really. If there was a massive increase in the amount of kids into funk and into collecting funk and DJing funk and thus fuelling the market for funk (not just 'passively liking it a bit') then yeah, maybe, but there's been nothing to suggest that's going to really happen - not in the UK at least. Probably more reflective of the lifestyle choices the next generation are likely to opt for than anything else. I suppose it comes down to what you want from them, if you can afford to keep luxury items sitting on a shelf or if you see them as a 'cashpoint' to draw from now rather than an 'investment' for the future. The wendell Western's a funny one. One minute £30 and no-one's bothered, then soon as it's a 2K sam spin...all hell breaks loose. And anyway, I heard that no-one 'panic sold' it...it was more an elaborate wind up.

The Chosen Few and the Crown Four come to mind (Birth Of A Playboy) - not sure if they're the same bunch or not

Try https://www.recordmania.net Think they have one in stock. About £100. Can't recall if that's reasonable or not...they were around in quantity a few years back along with "Peter In Or Out" on the same label.

Bet Nev's got a right panic on at that Franklin - if you ask him nicely Shep he'll send you the soundclip that's been tormenting him for the past year

I had them both (the Angle 3 and A&T) but flogged the Angle 3 - still got the A&T issue. I supposed if you want both sides then the Angle 3 of Tyra's Song is the one to have (with Take Me back on it) and I guess it's the more indemand of the issues (what with it having both cuts on). I prefer 'Tyra's Song' personally so it didn't hurt to let the Angle 3 go. Man's still got the voice

It's on Estill. Flip side is 'The Hold Bag' by the B.G Soul Brothers (Benny Gordon)

Funnily enough, yes. About to hit the newly dug Veg patch for a few hours (it's all go up here ) so thought I'd better have something for the Ipod and the sanity. Been meaning to do this for a while and finally got round to it Also available to grab here in MP3 format >>> Soil Soul (Right Click, Save As...etc. 30mb in size) Huns Review - Don't Make Me Love You (Sorro) Syl Foreman - Before I Leave You (Big Star) Bogis Chymes - I Think You'll Find (Champ) Ernie & Ed - Indication (Jay Boy) The Volumes - I Just Can't Help Myself (American Arts) Irene & The Scotts - Stuck On My Baby (Smash) Lucille Mathis - I'm Not Your Regular Woman (Abet) Thee Midniters - Chicano Power (Whittier) The Moments - Hurts On Me Baby (Stang) The Perfomers - I can't Stop You (Mirwood) The Volumes - My Road Is The Right Road (Inferno) Embraceables - Let My Baby Go (Sidra) The Bronzettes - I'm Beggin (Double Soul) Felice Taylor - I Can Feel Your Love (Kent) The Jobettes - No Explaination (Kevin) The Steelers - Can't Take This Pain (Epic) Magictones - Happy Days (Westbound) Huns Review - Danger Zone (Sorro) The Combinations - While You Were Gone (Solid Rock) The Flairs - You Got To Steal It (Rap) Delacardos - She's The One I Love (Atlantic) The Channels - I've Got My Eyes On You (Groove) The Danderliers - All The Way (Midas) Fanstastic Epics - Let's Get Together Now (Kelton) The Attractions - You Don't Know Boy (June Bug) Ernie & Ed - Beautful world (Jay Boy) inovations - Stay On The Case (Hit Sound) James Bynum - Time Passes By (Philly City) Emanuel Taylor - You Really Got A Hold On Me (Bernard) Third Point - Spirit (Tide)

The album lists at between £20-£40. There is a 7" on Momissey - 70's funk one side, sweet the other. Not bad. About £50 tops (?)

£300 max for a minter, maybe £250 depending on who's wanting it at any given moment, and how badly. Not sure if the ressiue took the gloss off it a bit. Sold mine last year for $500

Lots of wisdom on this thread but one thing that I keep coming back to is the thing about 'upfront' playlists. Surely the responsibility for accepting/playing sets that aren't the same old same old rests as much on the shoulders of the punters as it does on the DJs/promoters - obvious statement maybe but true (sure this has been pointed out already but this is now 7 pages long...) It's fine saying (for example) 'reading such and such's playlist you can see they plumbed the depths of the obvious that night in order to rescue things' but away from theorising on an internet forum there is a point where, in the heat of the event, you kinda have to try everything to rescucitate a failing dancefloor and inject some kind of atmosphere into the night. Or just swear at them on the mic, I suppose Of course, the punter and the DJ's tastes have to meet somewhere on common ground if it's truly going to work: I suppose that's where the punter puts their trust in the DJ (and vice versa) I guess at the NESU we're trying to play stuff we think is good, solid, danceable black soul music first and foremost, that just happens to also have the traits of what might be classed a northern soul record (sometimes). Sometimes we just play Northern Soul records cos they're good and we like them and think other people should/will too. One thing we never do is become robo-dj, a living jukebox there to provide records simply for the purpose of going through the motions. Still the case that it's mainly the more known stuff that you throw in that gets the reaction (for us) - despite that fact that we give out Cds of mainly the 'lesser known' stuff so that folk can become familiar with them. As has been suggested somewhere on this thread (maybe a few times by now) you can play as many - what's the best word - 'unfamiliar' tunes as you like but if your crowd sits there looking at you gone out and then moans that you'd just 'played an hour of tunes for yourself' and destroyed their evening what can you do? Apologise for playing great records that sound like the sort of records you'd assume they'd like cos they're (apparently) into retro black soul music (sometimes also called Northern) but didn't like because they'd not heard them everytime they went out? It still amazes me the stuff you'd assume would be the kind of stuff folk would be up for but bomb. End of the day if you put yourself in the position of entertainer you're responsible for quite a few people's enjoyment, some of which may have conflicting views on what is enjoyable. Perhaps you have to work harder to convince people that they don't know they like something yet, but will do. Maybe if you have to try to convince people you're onto a loser already? Maybe veering off topic and waffling but thought I'd while away half an hour while I burn our coasters, I mean soul club CDs

Got that with the flip 'The Truth will Come out'...nice tune

Think he did a couple on City Lights and an album, Rich - Razzle Dazzle being one of them. Yours might be 'Lay Some Cash On The Line' (?) Prefer his 'Super Strong' on Bren over the others I've heard. Weird voice though...sort of sounds like they slowed down the tape a bit and told him to impersonate Barry White until you get used to it

sign of a good record, mate

Typically about £15 isn't it Nev? Cracking tune. Mines a demo on Sussex. Cleared the floor a few times at the Berkeley with it

It's not a version of Lonely Teardrops, it's called I'm So Lonely. Came out on Brunswick on a 45 backed with 'No pity'. One on manships for £15

Not got a spare but the other side's good too- Beautiful world. I'll probably clear the floor with it (or Indication...or both) at the next Whitley do, all being well.