Markw

"Call me" were the last words I remember, As the spring became December, And I still got no reply; Politely I would ask whoever knew you, What it was that I did to you, But they all knew less than I; If this letter doesn't make it clear, It's been a cold and lonely year, In my empty bed, in my head, I can feel you near................. Oh, I just can't get you out of my mind, Don't you have a heart, I've served my time, Their Motown records were timeless classics, but some of their best stuff was done with ABC-Dunhill.

Can this really be classed as "modern"?

Is this regarded as a "modern" tune?

Sonny Til - Tears and Misery Kenny Carter - I've Got To Find Her So many good tunes on RCA.

I like all sorts of music, have always loved the Who, was there when punk hit in 1976 (me and some school friends are on the Sex Pistols documentary film "the Filth and the Fury") and listen to all sorts at home depending on my mood and what I'm doing. Both my sons are musicians - check out www.spider-kitten.com ; superb doom metal - and try Googling Dirty Revolutions; top drawer ska-punk.

Limitations was a tenner in the early 80s. If I recall, it was mainly Tim Ashibende knocking them out back then. Dave Flynn reactivated this at Capitol Soul Club, the Dome a few years back. Great record, though maybe a bit fast for some these days. Good for you for getting behind it.

I'm not posting this to contribute to any Ian Levine slagfest but this Four Vandals recording puzzles me. I'm not saying it's good or bad - that's a matter of personal opinion (I happen not to like it, others do and that's their choice). What has puzzled me from day one is people thinking it sounds like it was recorded in the 60s. Frankly, they cannot be very discerning. Whilst it is done in a vaguely 60s style, how anyone with half an ear for a tune think it ever sounded like an actual 60s recording is beyond me. First time I heard it (at a do in Cheltenham, I think) I thought people were having a laugh and it was a wind-up. Then, when the penny dropped and it was clear these people actually believed it to be a 60s original...........................in all honesty, I felt embarrassed for them ...............

Chapter Five Frankie & Johnny

Carmarthenshire to the north side of Anglesey would take at least a 5 hour drive, mainly across tiny roads. South Wales/North Wales road and rail links are very difficult. Take it from me; I regularly have to travel from Cardiff to North Wales - 4 hours non-stop is good timing and that's using the main North-South link, the A470.

Eddie Hughes - Soul Searcher. When he belts that bit out as it starts to fade and the girlie voices in the background. Also, Bud Harper - Wherever You Were. Love the way it switches and starts to fade

You don't speak for me. I haven't found any of it tiresome or boring.

Group hug???

Dickie Wonder - £1.............D'OH!!

Very sad. Been coming a long time, but still sad. Of all the great artists that have been passing away these last few years, nobody I think has generated so much comment from Soul-Sourcers and that's testimony to just how important this artist and his fellow Tops were to us. There's a remarkable number of people who have said on here that part of the reason they got into the music was from hearing Levi's astounding voice and those great Four Tops harmonies. Certainly was the case with me, growing up during the 60s and 70s in a house full of Motown sounds and particularly the Four Tops who were my Mod brother's favourite singers. Really really sad he's gone. RIP.

Probably a fair assumption given that it was on Ian Levine's superb Pye compilation - a great introduction to the music for a lot of people.

Er........have you never heard of the Four Vandals my friend???

Mick Webb, known as Cockney Mick, from Slough used to do this. He also used to write stuff on the covers of his sales box items in an attempt to urge punters to buy. Things like "Is this brill or wot?" - old mate of mine took to collecting the covers.

Absolutely brilliant record. Beautiful tune.

How do you turn a duck into a soul singer?......................................put it in the oven until it's Bill Withers I'll get me coat

Absolutely Dave. You put me onto this some years back and I bought it blind off Tim Ashibende. Though when I got it onto the deck, I knew from an old sales tape. Definitely one that should have its day. MARK

Anyone remember Tony Gordon from Bournemouth. No acrobatics, totally superb on the spot footwork, no sliding around. Probably the coolest guy I ever met. He'd wear 50s style clothing. He could also hold conversations in rhyme. Finished up as sax player in Blue Rondo A La Turk in the early 80s with Mark Riley (a nifty jazz funk dancer himself), who went on to become Matt Bianco.

Sugar - Isonics With Another Guy - Del Counts

I think Mark Bicknell's comments summed up Ian's impact on a lot of people. But this one ads another dimension to describing what a great DJ Ian was and how much feeling he had for the music - totally unafraid to play common-or-garden cheapies alongside the big hitting stuff, simply because they were great records and fitted the set. For me, the cheapie in those early 80s 100 Club niters that exemplified Ian's impeccable taste was Deon Jackson's "I Can't Go On". Great DJ and, echoing other people's remarks on the collecting side, a total gentleman always willing to share his knowledge and experience.

Ha! I was there that night. It was mad. The club owners had varnished the dancefloor and the varnish was still sticky. It was a mess. Absolutely nuts. Hilarious. Not sure Leon saw it quite that way................

With you there Mike on the Johnnie Mae and Buddy Smith. Tough ones, very, very tough ones indeed in the circumstances. Hope you're keeping well Mate.