Davenpete

Methinks they've been listening to the piano in Love Slipped Through My Fingers. Dx

Would love a copy of this version:

Certainly doesn't sound like Kim.

I know there's an unissued version supposedly by Diana Ross.

Er... I wasn't entirely serious.

Are they the guys that released things like Muriel Day on a well produced red label... If so it's probably Carl Fortnum Dx

Also Cody Black Slowly Moulding at Bradford - he was fucking good back then. Dx

The Magnetics isn't it? Dx

REALLY are we still hearing this sort of viewpoint after all these years?

Loved this since I first heard it a few years ago, something deeply charming about it - cheap as chips on eBay - though I've not got round to getting one yet. Dx

Great stuff - but You're the One came out twice on single. Dx

Is it not unissued - released only on a 100 Club Anniversary Single and Horace's/Ace-Kent? Dx

Don't use lighter fluid (though it's great on ordinary vinyl) Dx

Remember buying this and then being appalled with myself - went in the sales box pretty rapid- seem to remember there's another version also on Viva by a different group (not the one above) - ? Dx PS In fact I've just found it on youtube - Eternal Flame

I'm sure your box is packed with records LOTS of people don't like Daz! : ) Hope you're well mate. Dx

A few thoughts from my point of view: 1. On the rare occasion I get out nowadays I want to hear a spot that is imaginative, enjoyable, well constructed and danceable (even though I hardly ever dance nowadays) 2. In practice that tends to mean the spot is from people who will be playing from original vinyl, but that's because of the DJs I happen to rate 3. That could be Club Sounds, RnB (though of the rhythm n soul variety NOT jump blues!), pure northern, crossover, 70s, 80s or even modern modern - or better still a night that blends all of these 4. I would rather hear a really good £5 forgotten oldie or unknown sound that I really rate than fucking Get It Babe - even if it's on red issue - or any other sound that (whether or not it's a great record) I'm pig sick of - never mind Do I love you which is just not a very good record (and which I know FW himself was embarrassed by because he thought it was garbage) 5. Equally if it's a shite record it could be worth £millions - it's still shite 6. I have no interest in DJs doing a 'listen to my wallet' spot - only in spots I rate - cheque book collectors/DJ's are very, very rarely any good 7. If I hear 6 records in a night that are a] good and b] I don't know/hardly know at all I'm chuffed to fuck 8. I have no doubt whatsoever that almost every single DJ of any standing has at some point played a bootleg - though that may well have been accidentally 9. Afew years ago people were playing acetates all over the place that were blindly accepted (often even in the most high brow venues), even though most people with any knowledge were well aware they were simply cuts (NOT studio acetates) from CDs of stuff that was available on original vinyl - so they effectively became a way of DJs being 'allowed' to play bootlegs Dx

Just goes to show that in every era there's crap been played. Dx

It's a lovely soulful mid tempo floater... : ) Definitely makes Mitch Ryder sound like a shrinking violet.

F*cking wonderful - always absolutely loved this - I'm thinking the Mercury vinyl is laid down slow? Dx

Shirley Ellis' 'Soul Time' is very much part of the '60s club soul' period - first played between about 66 and 71 (before anyone mentions that the Wheel opened in 63 - I'm talking about when 'the sound' developed) - look for you tube clips mentioning the Twisted Wheel and you'll find A LOT of this type of stuff (similarly Twisted Wheel compilations). Mitch Ryder 'Devil With A Blue Dress', Don Covay 'See Saw', The Sheep 'Hide and Seek', Virginia Wolves 'Stay', Brooks & Jerry 'I Got What It Takes', Showmen 'Our Love Will Grow' and "Take it Baby', Art Freeman 'Slipping Around', Wilson Pickett 'Three Time Loser' etc etc sound like things you're likely to enjoy. You'll love the Twisted Wheel revivals in Manchester. Dx

Drill down into YouTube - you'll find vast numbers of tracks listed as Northern or streams of 'Northern Soul Classics' - that will give you a good opportunity to decide what you like and don't like... There's a very broad spectrum and one man's soulful gem is another's nightmare. Collecting original vinyl is nowadays an extremely expensive pass time - and one where you can easily find yourself spending a lot on something that turns out to be fake. Unless you REALLY know your stuff, the only way to minimise the risk is to buy from a top notch dealer or touch nothing without checking Manships bootleg guide - but that adds a premium. Of course you may merely be interested in simply owning a track on vinyl and aren't to bothered if it's a bootleg or reissue - in which case you can pick up virtually anything nowadays on seven inch. Pete Smith is a good chap for buying records off and very reasonably priced in the scheme of things. There are A LOT of CD compilations around - the straight Northern compilations from the likes of Kent you can't really go wrong with. (Though as something of a musical Nazi it's not really my cup of tea) A big venue like Stoke will certainly blow your socks off with a baptism of fire and will be worth the trip. You'll find mist local evening dos are fairly pedestrian musically - though that's not necessarily a bad thing starting out - just bear in mind that they are the tip of the iceberg musically and whilst you'll hear all the classics you'll love like The Precisions, DJs playing what to me is the really orgasmic stuff needs to be tracked down. Welcome aboard Dx

Wonderful AND the other side of What you gonna do - unfortunately I found that out AFTER I'd bought a double sided demo. Dx

FFS

Always really liked Her Am I by Linda Lyndell paid about for pence hapenny for it.

Bucket loads of Margie Joseph, headed up by What You Gonna Do and Medicine Bend (which I believe was played at Wigan - ?) Dx