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As noome else has said as yet Immensely sorry to hear that the owner of Records Revival, Scarborough, Paul Toole aka Tooley, aka Pablo Mesqualito a big soul and beat dj and soul collector has passed away (July 30th) after illness that had dogged him this year, shortly after gigging at Glasto, a very short while after undergoing cancer surgery. I'm sure a lot of people will have met Paul en-route to niters on the East Coast for niters. Lots more details on his Facebook page. We met 2 year ago, instant pals.. and he was kind and generous, with a superb sense of humour.

Been looking for a thread on this so my nomination is Sheba Baby I loved a lot of the music in that, Mine is Sheba Baby Monk Higgins Alex Brown funky as you'd guess. Bought the album, tatty cover but all things Buddah

Craig Charles is not the ideal representative of the soul or funk scene at all, he would never show up at a bonfide decent night as he'd be laughed out before he got ten foot, I imagine.. this is more comedy from the Beeb. Sorry not my cup of tea.

Family plain and simple and pets if I had them. That's it. I'm kind of philosophical about personal goods, here today gone tomorrow. I'd still throw the record boxes out the window if I had time in a fire.

Does John Godber come to soul nights? Never seen him in Hull, even for researching this. obviously it doesn't mean he doesn't attend, but nobody has mentioned anything, not a dicky bird. Im thinking of that play scene in League of Gentleman with Chubby Brown

Already about aren't they....

Should be in catch up, I've done a bit of digging and now repairing good old YouTube and now we're half way to . Found strings fillered and cleaned up and shellac going on this week! Cheers everyone and those who messaged!

Hello KJW just having al ook through now, just edited this ignore me I can't. Count Cheers Sean

Hey friends I bought a nice old Indian Sitar see photos with a huge crack on the base (Toomba) Repaired the base traditional method, but for the paint job, (not my field) what is the painting method, I think it's stained or some sort of enamel or lacquer, it seems pretty hardcore, like a nail varnish, I've sanded down my repairs but the original paintwork is unaffected. So my question is can it be painted over at all, (new.paint job) using a primer, or is a spray can best? Its aold so I would t use an elec sander on it. The areas where I've sanded the original paint isn't even scratched. Thanks Sean

Hello all, there is a residency, in Barton on Humber North Lincolnshire, just across from the Humber Bridge..a cushy number in a really nice venue a higher end restaurant which has been established 5 years- what they need is for a DJ with old school funk edged tastes, (funk n fizz will be the night) though I think there will be a bit of artistic licence and freedom. Could be lucrative but that deal is for the owners and djs to agree upon. The venue will be table service the gig will be on a Friday or Saturday, for now they want a mobile DJ with own gear to handle it. It's going to be a tasteful affair aimed at the 35/55 age groups i can't do it, as no van and commitments but I said I'd fish around. For more details inbox me and I'll pass numbers and email on. If anyone is interested-maybe inbox me or reply here.

I should have asked before I went but are there any other record shops worth dropping into.in Krakowa. I was in Dillaz record store today and picked up some Polish jazz funk..very cheap really, first press mainly...pressings are appearing of old albums but in limited quantae , however they are snapped up by an eager public here on release, ( there are so many sample breaks in the 70s stuff) , so the big Q is/was anywhere else I should squeeze in during my stay. .word up, vintage is getting huge here, Eastern Blok grannies selling their gear and making a killing off it, deffo worth a visit. Just by luck I found another record store, which the former wouldn't recommend to me, Pauls Boutique, in the old Jewish quarter. I was very surprised to find six racks of motown and disco singles, Gordy, nothing much before 1964, someone needs to have a proper rake through it. I put aside two hours, being disciplined for once. Not a great amount, some crackers, Willie Hutch even, but definitely shed loads of 80s hip hop funk (UK boots as you'd imagine) soul and Polish Communist era Jazzfunk, singles and albums. All the singles without exception needed a good wash, and some are slightly off centre -but at 4 zloty a pop whose complaining-mainly albums are repressed which is actually better in many cases as the materials used in the 70s was not of a great quality, I was informed. However I found some original stuff and funky bits of 7s on the Tenpress label from the 80s-worth looking at. Warsaw next time for a couple of days is probably one of my finer ideas.

Not good at all that. Hope he recovers from this, aggressive entry to his house, that's heavy sentencing. They could have done much worse. That guy looks ginger, pony tail maybe or thickly crimped/curly hair as for the tattoo doesn't it look about like the outline of a Wolves FC badge, maybe removed or covered over for the robbery? Now that it's been on the BBC all kinds of scumbags will looking at the prices and be saying how f*cking much, and I can see similar crimes unfortunately, maybe people out to tighten up security for a little while. Watch Auction Rooms for any movement as.well, I know boxes have been nicked in recent years at the odd nights but this surely is a first. And yep a high level well planned robbery, not just random. Any idea on the accents.amd descriptions of the other rats

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Oh boots-Mayking..If they are boots, because the Maggot brain was run 13 years after the release.. Im asking..not telling , my knowledge is pretty limited but many thanks for the info on the Gospel Travellers, I bought it home!

Thanks to all for taking the time to answer, appreciated! Re the Mayking, great info, I'm trying to find out a bit more about him, the records have Ted's Retirement Fund written on the sleeves..so they are boots rather than demos, I'll give seller heads-up. Cheers Sean

Thanks Simon, wee bit of work done on that if so!

That's ace, good read

It is interesting. I wonder who (s)he'll dig up, the cynical side of me says this will be another hatchet job/piss take attempted nail in the coffin like Mr Flouncy and his moves on that dance show a few years back. The non cynical side of me says this will open up the world of Northern soul to an expantant new aud.... Anyone know who's in it?

Naps. Though I did wake up one night to an insane Irish woman ranting at me about nodding off.

Top ticket on this, lovely track, but has it been booted, is it a boot? HSS 107 V in the DW L.Nix Ardent.raised bevel, looks a bit new....price £100 Update....from the collection of Ted, who had some involvement flogging records to Malcolm McLaren and the Pistols at SEX on King's Rd.and had a recording studio. He's selling up and has half a ton of test pressings which I saw in the shop today, including a TP of Maggot Brain with all the spiel. (Mayking Records) There's two versions of this one with a different flip. Erring on the side of caution thanks Seanio