Davenpete

Don't know if any versions of 'Dead' have been played (keep getting told off by the boss for listening to this).
 

It's not loading right - but The Glitter Band 'Makes You Blind'... A bit funkier as a band minus the nonce.

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WFON FM All Night Long - believe it came from someone up on Rivington Pike* : )

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PS *According to Mr Co(c)kell.

5 hours ago, Baz Atkinson said:

Wow long running thread Frank Warren boxing promoter and east end wide boy buys regular under a alias loves his sixties okeh stuff etc,Alan Hanson has a large rare soul collection,Pic here of Marc Limar at the Austen Fair Texas snapping up loads of interesting stuff and having great banter with the US dealers.At the end of the day vinyl horders may gravitate towards the music via other means than northern dos,loads of US Collectors have come via the sweet/lowrider scene and now buy lots of northern thats a fact as I sell loads to the sweet guys and girls on facebook. There are numerous rockabilly and garage collectors buying the Duke/Peacock stuff and early R/B Popcorn etc.Its a broad church and not always northern soul although as mentioned a lot of the collectors/celebrities owe their "dues in one way or another "to the Northern Soul Scene and many more have jumped on becauseits good to wear baggies at fashion shows lol.

He used to come to Swindon soul nights regularly coz he shared a house with Muff from Swindon. Dx

No it's the Old Grey Whistle Test feature on Northern - in which he says "I've never been to an allnighter" - he was a punk at the time.

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Yes, but yes it sounds to be running fast. Wasn't Guy's on acetate? Must be 25 years since I heard it.

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The instrumental version Guy used to play is best by miles.

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A few years ago I remember me and Pete being collapsed and seriously out of it in the foyer of a weekender when out of the blue Samuel L Jackson came walking by with his entourage - I think I overheard him say "Fcuk me Pete and Dave at Southport?!?!".

As you can imagine, being neck deep in doves, we were a bit 'surprised' - apparently he was there doing a promo for the launch of 51st State... Does that count?

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Looks like someone doesn't know how to end a sale on eBay.

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48 minutes ago, Hooker1951 said:

Gene Pitney  Heartbreaker was a good stomper just to let you know we were dancing to that tune in 1968 so believe me it was already discovered and I wouldn't be ashamed in the least to play it, I still do and it still gets a great response 

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Oops - it quoted wrong for some reason - it was Rubberneckin he played.
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On 19/02/2018 at 20:09, theothertosspot said:

Four Tracks on Mandingo

Les Cokell was very proud that he discovered this - though I think that was early 70s. VERY much his kind of record.

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On 05/03/2018 at 19:51, Joey said:

Yep, remember it as well as the Gene Pitney one "Heartbreaker..." pretty amazing what was played, when you think about it. 

Les C always said he was ashamed he played that, and André Brasseur against his better judgment because they were popular. We still have his old Dark Red vinyl 50 box that he used to DJ from at the Wheel. Dx

1 hour ago, the yank said:

Aretha's take on Ray Sharpe's original version...

 

Yes - Tell Mama by Etta James is also similar. Dx

This reggae version of Sheila Anthony used to be a source of amusement round Swindon:
 

Never got on with straight reggae (though some of the west indian soul stuff I've heard is blinding) but this well known old club sound is right up my street...
 

I remember playing 'Have Some Everybody' at a one of Pip's New Years Eve Allnighter's in Carlisle and George Hunt coming over, blown away but having no idea what it was (I like George and all credit to him admitting it)... Conversely I also remember talking to Terry Davies and enthusing about 'Give The Man A Chance' (Soul Twins) which he'd just played and which I'd always loved far more than QCA and him being SERIOUSLY impressed I knew it, saying he found it on a tape and it took months of playing it to 'loads of heavyweight collectors' before he found someone who knew it - I kept my thoughts to myself : )
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ALWAYS detested Doug Banks, same goes for Romance Watson.

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On 4 June 2018 at 21:25, the yank said:

I remember when I first heard this song and the radio dj said

"And that's Sade(pronounced as Sade) with "Hang On To Your Love".

I found a copy at a record store and told the clerk I really like this

Sayd song and he said "IT'S SHARDAY!!!!"

 

I pronounce it 'Sh-ite'. Dx

Not that young - he was 25 in 77.
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I remember doing a fair bit of nighter centred stuff when I was at art college (did a lot of drawing at Morecambe Pier and The Unicorn in Leighton Buzzard - not sure if it was me or everyone else who got most paranoid - art on durophet is fun though, but not as much fun as graphic design on MDMA).

Not quite sure what the crack is with this Morgan Howell guy - I can get you a high res print of a label and an exhibition print on plain paper for the sleeve about 3 feet across done for about £40 total (from what I can see he's done much the same - except that he's airbrushed on the tone on the columbia label - probably simply to avoid moire pattern of a straight print; moire is the 'tartan' effect you get from scanning half tone dots) - then it's just a case of putting them together and mounting them.

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PS With the 'vinyl' being routed out of black acrylic with a standard signmakers' CAD cutter

The Philly Groove one is legit - but it's the other take. Dx