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I always go for sunday evening.

Ok, my degree in fashion from St Martins, must give me a rather limited insight. As does my 17 year's working in a secondary with kids 11-18. Or possibly the last 5years I've sent 3 nights a week at bmx tracks and parks with my son and loads or teenagers and youths in their early 20s. I'll give you the brand may have been cool in the late 60's and early 70s but its simply not a desirable brand and has sold any chance of credibility with countless ugly cash ins. Cheese and tacky. Sorry for the sarcasm and I may not be the target audience but I do have an credible veiw on this. They sell in places like Debenham, its not Thierry muglar for Christ's sake.

it just all looks like sale rail shite, cant imagine the designers have a clue about who buys this crap. they don't seems to have a any idea who the target audience is. apart from the original 60s gear (which was a cheap British alternative to brookes brothers shirts) the brand value is pretty low- think Falmers in the 8ts. This will do sweet FA to add value to the brand. the real deal

Probably the same as we do now, lol.

would 84 king st be the 2nd site for the paradise garage?

defect the 3rd, so there were 2 other defects before him? You'd have thought they'd got it right by then

you might be better on a breaks or disco site for that kind of track, sounds like something Larry Levan might have played at the garage

The Alex in Clapham, along with the bear in Stoke, defined what great soul night should be, at that time. The only place that's come close is different strokes.

Anyone got any old echoes? It was like a bible in terms of what was on at the time.

We're into Dave gorman territory here. O

I'm sure I have some bits somewhere chalky, when I see them again I'll pass them on.

Think I went to the met once or twice, Putney a few time but the Alex in Clapham was the best, a regular haunt, around 87/88.

Top stuff, love the photos.

Must say it does seem the DG was telling a few porkies about his stones connections. there is a real age gap between them that damages his credibility in terms of being at school with MJ. Nethertheless DG's reputation as a major influence to the introduction of black music to Europe stands firm

What years we talking here guys?

How about the underdogs version of love's gone bad, OK not a UK hit, did it get a UK release? but common enough on vip, and so must have done OK US. Thinking of records like the deadbeats and some of the currently popular garage influenced records its definitely left an impression.

never though it was more that a couple of hundred

al Wilson a grand!!

I had, nowhere to run in my head as soon as I heard the title of the thread. Good call it about sums it up for me in terms of a northern motown sound. I I think stevie's ''uptight' deserves a mention for its sheer ferocity, as does juniors 'Road runner' reminds me of a lot of the wheel stuff.

You're spot on youth. Tis hiwthi I'm talking about. I've loved Gil for years, and I saw him in the 90s when he played gillies rock world in Manchester. first time he didn't show and his band played alone, the midnight express were awesome. So I aoologise, a school boy error.the live version is wicked, not heard before, any idea what album it's on?

esther's slaughters Gil's imho

I can understand DG being just pissed of in general about the British R and B boom, whether the British acts credited them or not. Bo didn't make diddly compared to the stones. I felt exactly the same way when the prodigy sold millions to divs, by sampling C. C. Rodgers and Marshall Jefferson's sublime 'Someday'.

Seem to remember dg having a dig at old Elton somewhere in print. Anyone?

3rd is pretty good, definitely a recent release, sounds like it's called supergirl