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Lies - bobby freeman - loma 13256 refosoul More lightweight lovelyness, sounds like it was made for Sing A Long A Station Road!!Well I like it!

No Good - artie lewis - loma 13255 refosoul A bit more left field, too down and dirty for the Motown boys but too Namby Pamby for the R&B boys, how about a more expert opinion from Mr Dundee Davie??

Mon Petite Chow - romeos - loma 13254 refosoul Guy H Adrenaline Fuelled Northern Soul, one of the best instrumentals for me. see I do like good old fashioned stompers, roll back that rug!

Go For Yourself - larry laster - loma 13253 refosoul The best soul singer on the label, one of the great soul voices, listen to him screamm, and then he camly croons "Im picking up speed, everyday" My Hero, one of the many truly great Northern Soul records

Thats it for tonight, did have about 20 more to record but dont know if thats too many? Great label, if okay with bosses can put up more tomorrow, some great dancers and a couple of the classics that sound great now. Will leave the Belfast Gypsies on the shelfs though, promise. Cheers Jock

Wake Me Up Baby - paul days - loma 13209 refosoul T' other side, again not totally sure about it, blue eyed methinks but a Sam Cooke influenced !! What does the Northern Soul jury think!

Juvenile Jungle - paul days - loma 13208 refosoul Newest one on me, had heard about it but only recently got it, I think I like it, but it is very oddball for me!

Don't You Have Feelings - little joe cook - loma 13207 refosoul Good traditional Northern Soul, like so many on this great label!

Mean It Baby - carl hall - loma 13206 refosoul Another Dave Molloy tip, just as good as it gets on the dance floor this!

Bright Lights - delilah kennibrew - loma 13205 refosoul Or is this the best dancer on the label, one of the many Dave Molloy tips, and thats good enough for me. Another biggie (well relatively speaking anyway) at Allanton!

You Cant Outsmart A Woman - kell osbourne - loma 13204 refosoul One of the best dancers on this label, or any label, as good as the rarer one?? Great double sider but this just makes you smile loudly when you dance, what more can you ask for!

Man With The Golden Touch - charlie thomas - loma 13203 refosoul Been around the Allanton dance floor with this a couple of times, great atmospheric dancer.

Why Do You Want To Hurt The One Who Loves You - marvellos - loma 13202 refosoul Outstanding dancer, another Tranent stomper from back in the day!

I Cant Stand It - linda jones - loma 13201 refosoul Can you stand it, too fast for nowadays? Joan and I would dance to it!!

Cant Stop Loving My Baby - linda jones - loma 13200 refosoul The princess of soul, one of her greatest dancers, has it ever been played outside Tranent??

Never Want To Dream Again - billy storm - loma 13199 refosoul Hurrah think I have finally done it, although since I have no sound card cant check its working, here gos with my fave label An old cover up that Colin played via me, great at 3am in Allanton, although it did get uncovered fairly quickly

Now that I could buy into, getting a soul artist up there, I think its probably very difficult, but imo a far better idea than getting a random Northern record there, only thing is, and maybe Mr Millbrand could help, is making sure its a record the artist gets paid for and not one where the money goes into the pocket of some conglomerate since the artist sold the rights for 2 shillings!!

Can't help too much I am afraid, other than to say I kept the Delwands but sold the Earles Inc (for peanuts!), maybe a mistake, just listened to the Delwands again and Time side is a lot better than I remember, the flip is better dancer but as you say messy as hell, although I did favour that side for some reason. I definitely think that is the type of sound that was of the 80's, couldn't see it being playable now! Cheers Jock

Not sure I get your logic, surely all it would do would add a few more to local soul nights, of people wanting to hear the record off TOTP strangling further the ablity of these local soul nights to play anything other than the pop hits! I suppose it really depends on what you call the Northern Scene, from what I read on here it seems to be a whole lot of local soul nights vying for local people, and having to play safe to get them in, if thats the case then maybe this would help that scene, however if thats the future of the scene then my armchair is even more welcoming than before. I think, in danger of sounding arrogant again, that I find it strange that all this talk of how to get new blood seems to focus on commercialising it. to me the scene was at its healthiest and most fun when you had a couple of hundred hard core people travelling all over to hear the new sounds, soul nights were just there for a casual entertainment, you didnt need 1000;s to make it work, and that attracted lots of new blood, coincidentally many who have drifted away, like myself, as its got bigger again. I dont think that scene exists very much now, although since I am one of those who cant be bothered maybe I am not best person to quote. I think we just want different scenes, and the crux of the matter to me now is that is what seems to exist! Dont really want to get into a debate re this again, been done before too many times, just thought I should explain in more detail my thinking. And Davys comment about spending more time getting real soul people back attending is the one everyone seems to miss, I think its a very pertinent point. On that note of to bed for me! Cheers Jock

WTF is it a fantastic idea, sure what things need currently is even more daytrippers with no clue as I am sure this would attract!!! Sorry mate, interesting point in theory but in practice do you really want to go back to 1975???? I think we should just stick to this as an debate on here, or am I just being grumpy again. Cheers Jock

Thanks to the wonderful sales section on here, at reasonable (and realistic I would say!) prices thankfullyhave had dropping through the doors this week Jyve Five If I Had the Chance To Love You Decca (sounds even better than I remember) Ben Monroe Broken Home Dakar(Heard on recent Grapevine CD and thought needed this) Movers One Little Dance Brent - heard on the first tape I got from Gilly many moons ago and never got round to it, great group sound and decent b-side which is always an added bonus. Hopefully a few more to arrive via the sales on here, proving to be the place to get a bargain methinks at moment. Cheers Jock PS I also had about 20 new release 20 CD's arrive via the very good bargain list from Simply Soul, if you like your music of recent times then there are some bargains to be had there, but then if you do you probably know all about Fish's lists!!!.

Sorry guys think I have still 6 or so to send out, rest should have had them , Mr Plumb happy to do swap now, not sure you won't know it all though, if not let me know! Cheers Jock

Since Christian was successful with last appeal, may as well try, anyone got a Jesse Butler LP for sale, will pay reasonable price (tight jock remember) if so PM me and let me know. Many thanks Jock

John is that a value for an issue of JG, I was saying to Adam you dont see many issues but you are probably better placed for that. Said it before and say it again, issue or demo a seriously great record and a great memory of great time in our NS history! Cheers Jock

Okay guys, all done and should be in post on Monday, thanks to some help from the Soul Source Technical Help Desk!! May be a bit rough around the intros and outros as still getting used to the new turntable but hopefully okay. Apologies if I am last, no surprise to anyone who knows me. Hopefully okay, turned out a little crossovery, or at least my definition of anyway. Cheers Track List is David Ruffin - Pieces Of A Man (Tamla - My Whole World Ended) Inez Foxx - You're Saving Me For A Rainy Day (Volt - At Memphis) Kim Tolliver - Learn To Get Along Without You (Chess - Come And Get Me I'm Ready) Whispers - My Illusion (Janus - Life And Breath) Love Peace And Happiness - You've Chosen Me (RCA - Here Tis) Kim Weston - Love Dont Let Me Down (People - Big Brass Four Poster) Honey Cone - A Womens Prayer (Hot Wax- Love Peace And Soul) Townsend, Townsend, Townsend & Rogers - You Can (Chocolate City - Self Titled) Ascots - Color Me SOul (Crazy Cajun - Color Me Soul) Freddie Hughes - We Gotta Keep On (Wand - Send My Baby Back) Edwin Starr & Blinky - You've Made Me So Very Happy (Gordy - Just We Two) Archie Bell & The Drells - Mama Didnt Teach Me That Way (Atlantic - There's Gonna Be A Showdown) Main Ingredient - No Tears (RCA - Sweet) James & Bobby Purify - A Man Can't Be A Man Without A Woman (Casablanca - You And Me Together Forever) Patterson Singers - How Can YOu Say Than Aint Love (Atco - Self Titled) Mike Jemison - Satisfaction (Geneva - Self Titled) Don Gardner & Baby Washington - We're Gonna Make It Big (People - Lay A Little Loving On Me) Clarence Reid - Come On WIth It (Alston - On The Job) Clarence Reid - The Truth (Alston - Running Water) Jimmy Hughes - Lock Me Up (Volt - Something Special) Ozone (Our Hearts) Will Alwyays Shine (Motown - Glasses) David Ruffin - Everlasting Love (Tamla - My Whole World Ended) Eddie Simpson - Pinch Hitter (Demon - Eddie Simpson/Marcell Strong - Two Soul Chiefs) Bettye Swann - No Faith No Love (Capitol - The Soul View Now) Think I promised a couple of people copies at Wilton, PM me and remind me. And those who asked to be added, again happy to do so just PM me details. Cheers Jock