Sebastian

For those of you interested in the development of DJ-ing culture and the music genres associated with it... there's a book called "Last Night A DJ Saved My Life - The History Of The Disc Jockey" written by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton that I highly recommend. It's not perfect, but it's a very good book spanning the years between the first turntable and right up until the early 2000s. Should be £7.99 in any good UK book store.

Perhaps: Leon Austin - Steal Away If so... released on King (#6291), produced by James Brown, and it's a cover of the Jimmy Hughes tune (although very different). It was booted a while ago on a King 45, with some Marva Whitney track on the flipside.

Yes it is: Cate Brothers - Where Can We Go / (same) - ASYLUM 45370 Have only seen white demo copies.

I really like the 20th Century version as well. An entirely different approach to the tune and more of a ballad. Plus it's got a nice Hi-ish mid-tempo tune on the b-side entitled "Just Your Fool". You need both 45s.

I have no problems with my International Music Bag copy. It plays perfect.

Here's a link to the copy I sold on eBay a while ago (where label scans and soundfiles can be found): https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...item=4736760899

Don't think I've ever seen a vinyl copy of the Innovation II release, only styrene copies. The International Music Bag copies are pressed on vinyl and sound fine to me. Nice record indeed!

Here's the original version by The O'Jays on Imperial. It's much better (understatement of the year).

I was wrong.

Just dug out both my Paula and Contempo 45s of this. The Contempo one is longer and also a slightly different mix.

A copy of this 45 sold for £121 on eBay on the 3rd of January 2005.

Oh dear bloody god!!! You sure jump to conclusions today. I'm not giving anyone a hard time. I AM trying to work out a trade deal with the "£50-guy". Seriously, isn't it YOU who are giving ME a hard time here? Do you think that every non-soul record that is advertised for sale here should be listed like... Liz Verdi - Think It Over - COLUMBIA - £200 * please note, this is not a soul record * Robert John - Raindrops Love And Sunshine - A&M - £40 * please note, this is not a soul record * ...to avoid letting people down? The person that has offered me £50 for Jack Hammer knows FULL WELL what it sounds like and probably couldn't care less whether you think it is a soul record or not. So does the people who are bidding on the current copy up on eBay (£26 now, more than 3 days to go). This is a record that sells because there is a demand for it. I'm not saying that it is a soul tune but whether it is or not is irrelevant. Have I offended you recently? Why the agressive tone of your messages? Was it my smilie that upset you? I didn't mean to.

Whoa! Easy. I've never said that it was a soul record. Where did I write that? Not that it matters considering about 50% of the records being sold as "soul" on the many different forums though... And further to that, why did you bring it to the 100 Club to sell if it wasn't a soul/r&b record? And why did someone buy it? Probably because they like one of the tunes on this particular 45. And it's very funky and rocks a club like hell. Not a northern soul floor perhaps, but that's not really relevant. It has also got a Motown connection having been released on US Soul and swedish Tamla Motown. Someone asked a while back if anyone had a copy of Jack Hammer "Swim" for sale. It did happen on this forum, so I thought I should offer my copy. I sold my last copy for £40, and this new one I found yesterday in a nearby shop here in my hometown of Malmoe, Sweden. I ofcourse want to make as big a profit as possible. I've already been offered £50 cash. Can anyone better that?

The latest copy on eBay went for £72...

Bloody hell you're right. Sorry for the confusion.

The penny just dropped. Bobby Adams is: James Gadson - Got To Find My Baby - CREAM On issue copies only I think. £8 from Manship. I guess he's got a bunch of them. Good tune IMO.

Inspired by Chalky's latest "underplayed and underappreciated" 6-pac of tunes in the sounds sections, I tried to think about 6 tunes I haven't seen much on playlists lately. So I came up with these: Ditalians - I Gotta Go - TRIP Cliff Nobles - Your Love Is All I Need - ATLANTIC Billy Keen - I Finally Got Wise - GALAXY Nate Holmes - You're Still On My Mind - ABC Bluesbusters - I've Gotta Get There - CAPTIOL Gloria Walker & The Chevelles - Need Of You - FLAMING ARROW I also threw them up as a 6-pac so you can hear them. Go here: /index.p...cmd=si&img=7128 Just some stuff I've been listening a lot to over the past couple of weeks.

The Inmates "This Is The Day" on Kopit Utterly hideous tune. The kind of stuff that makes it embarrasing to mention to anyone that you are in any way connected with the northern soul scene.

Blendells "You Need Love" Dontee.

Good for you. It's a classic pop LP which lots of people outside of the northern soul scene have loved since it was released. Lori Burton is a famous/legendary songwriter, the LP is very common and there are thousands of M- cut-out copies out there. A recent copy of the LP sold on eBay for $4.99. Another didn't sell with an opening bid of $19.99. It shouldn't cost you more than £10 (maybe £15 including postage) if you have a look around on the interent for just a moment or two.

I can't remember who it was or on which forum... but a while back someone posted a "want" for Jack Hammer "Swim" I've got a swedish Tamla Motown 7" copy here. It's in M- condition. Make me an offer if you're interested. PayPal accepted. Trades considered. PM or e-mail me (fonzeus@telia.com).

That's what I'm getting at. And as for being a "mix album", a totally pointless compilation. It would've been interesting if he actually HAD mixed the tunes together in a slightly more adventurous way. Nice to see the Lee Moses track comped though.

No, it's not worth it. A couple of good tunes on there but to say that he "cleverly mixes Northern Soul together" would be to go one step too damn far. He just splices the tunes into eachother. Anyone with some proper computer software, or minor turntable skills could've done that. The compilation would've been better if it hadn't been mixed. It was released by Ace/BGP so you should be able to get ahold of it from pretty much any major UK record store. I hope it sold well so Ace/BGP got some money, but I sure won't fork out for it. Check it out here: https://www.acerecords.co.uk/content.php?pa...59&release=4462

I love this 45! Probably prefer the flipside "Tremendo Cha-Cha" though. Nice latin jazz dancer indeed!

Bloody marvellous tune! One of my faves from that LP. Good album that first Magnificent Men LP, I'll have to go dig it out.