Mark Bicknell

They may have been from Detroit but the Mica release is from Chicago. Regards - Mark Bicknell.

The flip is 'Six Lonely Nights' tend to agree with you regarding it possibly being a foreign boot, there is no ident or numbers in the deadwax nothing, sound quality is spot on as Mica USA original, very odd this lol Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Makes me think the Grant 'Ray and Dave' is not from the same Grant as the 'Bobby Laurel' 45 you mentioned, must come from outside the USA? Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Got a white U/A promo sorry not for sale as it took me ages to locate a nice clean copy, fantastic tune that could do with some turntable action once again, hope you find a copy but it is a tuff one as I suspect that very few copies will want to leave collections. Regards - Mark Bicknell

The plot thickens here lol Mica Records release of Ray And Dave is Chicago based, now we have a possible Dutch and Detroit connection how odd this record collecting lark is lol Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Thought it may of been from Europe, cheers Pete and this one has no picture sleeve, must be pretty obscure then, you watch some smart arse on here will have the picture sleeve if there is one, let's hope so.....lol Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Trying to find out where this is from? has to be very hard to find on Grant Records, came out of course in the States on Mica, top tune and hard enough to find a clean copy on the well known lable but where is Grant records from? I suspect it's from Europe or maybe the Far East? any help or imformation on this one would be most helpful. Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Hard record to find, I have one need to raise some funds for a couple of records so make me a serious offer and I might let it go. Regards - Mark Bicknell.

The flip is also awesome 'Sometimes I Wonder' top tuneage brilliant double header, I also have 'Miss Heartbreaker' on Mir A Don without the artist ident which is quite hard to find I think. Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Might be able to help you out with this one, have a nice condition very clean spare copy, what's on offer here? Regards - Mark Bicknell.

No need the tuneage always......lol Regards - Mark Bicknell.

So Flanny is out of town (cheers Mr Plumb) so still calling Mr Steele, please get in touch as soon as possible please. Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Calling Flanny and Cliff Steele, can you please contact me urgently via PM, email bicknellmark@aol.com or Telephone 0161 330 6267, sent you PM's boy's but need to go to press on flyers for New Allnighter as soon as possible, so if you see this can you please get in contact. Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Thanks for all the help on this one folks, the first date of the new Droylsden, Manchester Allnighter will be on Saturday August 8th, DJ's and start time, full details to follow in the What's On section, flyers and memberships will be available soon, email bicknellmark@aol.com for further details and membership applications. Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Cheers Jayne, just got back from a meeting with the new venue...it's a beauty and subject to finding a date I have the full backing of the venue manager etc. full details are on the thread in events section, looks like it's going to be impossible not to clash with someone here so sorry in advance if I do but I can't let this perfect venue slip through my fingers, thanks Jayne. Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Cheers Dave looks like I'll have to go for a Tuesday night lol, nothing much free there then is there oh well I'll have to go with plan 'B' lol Regards - Mark Bicknell.

I'm trying to find some dates which are free this year in Aug/Sept/Oct to start 'The Soul Club' events now I know free dates are few and far between but I want to be seen to at least make the effort to avoid clashing if possible, so please any help with established venue dates would be good if you could post them here please, to join 'The Soul Club' please send a SAE with name, address (age if you want lol) to 'The Soul Club' C/O Mark Bicknell, 32 Bakewell Avenue, Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire, OL6 9BP, full details event flyer and memberships will be sent out as soon as everything is confirmed and in place, DJ's on board already are Cliffe Steele, Ted Massey and myself with three further top draw DJ's to be added, this will be a no nonsense quality 'SOUL EVENT' run in the spirit of the orginal Droylsden/Hyde/Bury Allnighter of the early 90's, I am having a final meeting tomorrow 2/6/09 with the venue to discuss dates and other venues/locations in the area so all very exciting........watch this space Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Glad you got home ok, pleasure mate it was fantastic to see you both, Jacqui says sorry for hitting the sack without saying good night, don't worry about the beers mate you can get them in when we come over...lol Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Forgot that one bugger now a three horse race...lol Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Just having a bit of a tidy up with the records and putting a couple of boxes together for a BBQ we are attending this weekend and playing a few as you do I pulled out both Steve Mancha - 'You're Still In My Heart' - Groovesville 1001 and the Melvin Davis version 'Still In My Heart' Groovesville 1003 the flip to the awesome 'I Must Love You' big difference in the price of these two but both awesome versions, Steve Mancha is a genius in my book and just has the edge but nothing much between them, stunning mid tempo Detroit of the highest order, would be interested to know what other people think here. Regards - Mark Bicknell.

You don't want much you do you lol Regards - Mark Bicknell.

One word sums up Dave Evison simply 'Integrity' and the mans got buckets of it. Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Jacqui horse whips me every Saturday night normally to tunes like George Freeman, Kenny Sheppard, George Smith, Freddie Houston, Jimmy Gilford, Willie Wade, Inverts etc. etc. bliss....lol Regards - Mark Bicknell.

I'd like to ask the question why has this been bootlegged? Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Just a thought why don't you put a 155.00 bid in on PB auction, you might just strike lucky and win it for a very reasonable price, two stunning sides well worth 200.00 any day of the week. Regards - Mark Bicknell.