Mark S

1000 volts of Holt on CD , cheesy poppy and utterly brilliant .

mmmmmmm Nice

Definately a record of its time and a good dance record albeit pop fits the northern soul template well as many white artists have . I used to look after his bass players cat he lived a few doors down from me in Portwood .

Brilliant song B side of Pamela

I allways thought it was a native american fable , Any dj,s on here should embrace thier inner divvy and play it out and watch the floor fill

Who,s second best ?

Is this what they call popcorn ? not to keen on it .

Are all your posts going to be self promoting ? just wondered

seems I know less about rare pottery than rare soul

Clarice Cliff pottery sells for vast amounts of money between private collectors she doesnt see a penny of it same with rare records OVO is for me about provenance and a tangible link with the artist its that simple . So the idea that OVO is in the artists interest is at best a misnomer

I want to kill someone now First post go back and have a rethink .

You,re right Pete I recall a coversation with Carl at the time about it , I,m sure they were considering useing his copy it was such a long time ago

If I recall correctly the Grapevine copy of Rosemary was recorded from Carl Willinghams copy

Hopefully its just a fad and they will all go away and we can continue stroking our chins in peace

Brilliant bit of film , whilst there Martha should have got the old vocal chords Waxoiled just to preserve them .

Jimmy Thomas at the Casino , Creative Source also at the Casino cant be certain but before 77 .

In the sleeve notes on the Junior Walker album Shotgun ( MFP ) " Music from the heart for the feet " sums it up nicely for me

Bootlegs have no place at all period . re-issues legit copies cd,s etc depends on circumstances/venue .

DaveNPete I am proud to announce that I am dead from the neck up thats 8 minutes and 16 seconds that I,ll never get back .

Judging by the examples offered I hope I am never grown up enough to understand it .

Frankie beverly would win because he,s got the butlers with him and they,re well hard

Bought quite a few water damaged albums in the early 70s from Robinsons records in Manchester ( Tamla, Gordy , Motown ) once you scraped the barnacles they played fine only the sleeves were knackered .

I much prefer to remember these great artists in their heyday dont wnt to see them as elderly and struggling , the music they were famous for was vibrant and young and thats how it should stay . I watched some youtube clips of Levi Stubbs recently and it was heartbreaking and painfull to watch someone that had given so much pleasure so obviosly suffering .

Back in the day I thought it was quite cool but now 40/50 odd year olds just look like Uncle Knobhead at a wedding .