Steve L

Thats like looking in my first record box in 1976....

I agree, thats what you can see happening and the main problem with all this

Thats weird, that first link takes me to my ebay summary........

I wonder how many of the returnees of the last 15 years or so who are so entrenched in the mid 70s ever bother to read stuff like this?? Don't think Ive ever read threads along these lines where many people have commented about "realising how much good music they missed, it must have been great" etc

Would love to say I was there but didn't start going until about 6 months later...

We'll never know - no one ever admits to it on these threads

Thanks chaps

Anyone know off hand the cost of one 45 UK to Australia?

Page 1 here I come...

I've no doubt she's a lovely girl and I've no wish to slag her or anyone else off but to quote Kev Roberts in an advert for the cd, you can "Meet Levanna Mclean this Saturday at the Kings Hall. She'll be chatting about her new TV advertised album" A "personal appearance" no less - celebrity culture infiltrates the northern scene. I don't care if it attracts young uns in their thousands, thats not what i signed up for, so for that reason......... I'm out

"Rare shit" = I've never heard this before

I'll bring it round Sat night mate

Good write up mate, sums up the sad state of things nicely

Yeah I don't know either Who buys this sh!t??? Has anyone ever come out and try to justify it?

Simmo from Notts is on one of the smaller photos, known him for many years but didn't realise this until a few months ago

When this argument comes up people always talk about new collectors coming in to take up the slack as it were, sure some will but nowhere near the numbers disappearing as the older ones inevitably stop and/or die. The scene is on a high at the moment numbers wise but what is the average age of attendees now? It must be heading towards 60 - another 10 years and what will things be looking like? Less collectors = less demand = lower prices..................... absolutely inevitable. (Just realised my post is more or less exactly the same as Mellorfuls above )

Painful....

Turned up for school one Monday morning and a lad said to me "you're into that northern soul stuff aren't you? This was in yesterdays paper" He gave me the article which I still have, the large photo of which was used in the book to accompany Northern Soul the film...

Here's a good un https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/mvps-turning-my-heartbeat-up-/281830347719?hash=item419e65d3c7:g:yVEAAOSwAYtWIVMp

Kent select all M- condition, only been played a couple of times - £5 each or £20 for all 5 017 Spencer Wiggins - I'm At The Breaking Point SOLD 020 Candy Staton - One More hurt SOLD 025 Ortheia Barnes - Never Ever Leave me SOLD 029 Paul Clifton - She Wobble When She Walks SOLD 031 Nightchill - I Don't Play Games SOLD Lee Rogers - How Are You Fixed / Craked Up (Wheelsville) M- £25 Sam & Kitty - Your Money My Love (4 Brothers) M- £25 Little Rena Scott - I Just Cant Forget That Boy (Black Rock) M- £15 Joe Simon - The Girls Alright With Me (Sound Stage 7) M- £20 Joe Simon - No Sad Songs (Sound Stage 7) M- £10 Curtis Smith - I Like Everything (Doma) M- £15 Debanairs - Feel Alright (WB-S) M- £20 Bob Wilson - All Turned On (Ric-tic WD) M- £15 Verdelle Smith - A Piece Of The Sky (Australian Capitol) M- £10 Paypal Friends & Family, Postage £2.40 for recorded delivery or if anyone buys all 5 Kent Select I'll charge exactly what it costs

https://www.discogs.com/seller/steveliedown/profile

You been on holiday mate? Old news this, its been selling consistently @ a ton for a while - its now an established hundred quidder........

I was put off buying it when it first came out by all the negative reports. Sat watching a bit of it last night for the first time with a nice bottle and quite enjoyed it. The well documented cheesy effects and rehashed recordings do spoil it but at least the artists involved have been recorded on film for the scene's history which is important i reckon. Interesting to listen to scene regulars memories as well. I wonder how many of the artists involved have since died?

Martyn, as all the answers show - there is no answer to your question……...

Martyn, if I went to a typical East Midlands oldies night I would only expect to hear 4 or 5 records from your list. When I first went to Wigan in 78, oldies were what you would hear in M's or on the monthly oldies nighter plus a few were played in the main room by Dave Evison etc. These were records that had had their hey-day at then Wheel, Torch and the first few years of Wigan. Logically then an oldie at any point in time should be any record that was big/played/known say 3 or 4 years ago. Then you have to consider the mass of returnees to the scene over the last 15 years, most of these had stopped going before i started, so the records I mentioned as oldies earlier were, in the main, the only records these people knew. These were the familiar "oldies" that they wanted to hear again and this what that whole scene was built on. So the term "oldie" in my experience came to have its current meaning. If you played that set at the Grosvenor or Kingsway nights, you'd have an empty dance floor and people chucking their "nighter bags" over their shoulder and walking out -trust me I've seen it