Russ Vickers

Maybe its a Southern thing mate...........? Russ

I think Andy Rix was mainly responsible for giving this some plays, altho wouldnt wanna swear to that & certainly wasnt exclusive to him........love it to bits. Russ

There was one for sale at Soul Essence last week, in a little box, as opposed to a dealer, was £250. I have loved this record for many a year, had assumed it had lost favour a little in recent times with the pace raising generally, but no doubt a class tune IMO. Russ

The 100 Club is the best by far......I feel I know every lump, bump & pot hole........the floor can be the best in the world, but if the music dont move ya, it might aswell be a car park !. Russ

The red issue is the harder first release. There is also another version of the song on the LP altho not as good IMO. Hope this helps. Russ

Saw for £250 this weekend. Russ

Allegedly one of the major iconic NYC producers fron the 7ts onwards, will regularly press up in demand 12's........ ........as they either owned the labels or produced the tracks, you could argue they have a right to do this, however if they no longer own the rights.........?. This is pretty much common knowledge & almost a joke within collecting circles of this genre. There are boots/reissues out there of almost every collectable genre & format, we are pretty clued up on the vintage soul stuff, but as we spread our wings its easy to get caught out. Russ

It should be down to the promoters to ensure any music policy/ovo is upheld........ Russ

Both, but travel mostly. Russ

Whilst not a great lover of instrumentals (altho' there are a few exceptions) the instro of this is bangin'.....I played it out at the Dome many moons ago to critical aclaim....... Russ

I personally mean both, but the DJ has to have some common sense as to how the set is 'mixed' ( )......you wouldnt go from the Mello Souls to Joey Negro et al in one foul swoop...........but there are ways & means & it shouldnt be a crusade either.......tunes have to be soulful & relative to fit, its that X factor thing again. Its just about playing good danceable soul records regardless of era or genre. Russ

Not this one my friend ........I'll be there till the last record usually, whether it be NS or MS. Russ

Does the same go for the the punters who didnt go in the better. oops sorry 'other' room & stayed in the main room ( ). Horses for courses. Russ

DJ's will play an upfront 6ts tune, so why not play a suitable/appropriate new release or Modern tune.......just like it used to be, no bottle methinks , play everything thats any good together in one room...........the dancers will let you know what they like........... Russ

Its all NS if it gets played & danced to, why do we have to pick everything to bits, as said previously in my little world in the late seventies, it was all played in the same set without differentiating & I would dance to most records, I thought of it all as NS..............wish it was like that now, the best soul records all played in one venue, one room & you just all get on with it, if you dont like a record dont dance............ Where's Pete............? Russ

I,ve been looking for a vulture circling emoticon smiley thing, but cant find one............squarkkkkkkkkkkkkk !!! Russ

Stop chatting & get the list up ........hope alls as well as it can be my friend........have you got my temps acetate going on that list BTW Russ

Can I ask what happened with this promotion & why did it go belly up, last thing I read it was all systems go !!!. Russ

Sheryl Swope _ Lets get this show on the road..........is hoofin' IMO Val, I've been playing this off & on for about 15 years or so & could do with a little extra support !!!. https://www.raresoulman.co.uk/searchartist....ERYL&Format My favourite SW track by a country mile. Russ

Ironically..........most of these if played at WC in this format, probably would have been huge. Russ

Wish I had wrote that............bad day, thanks for so eloquently putting what I should have Russ

What a load of bollocks ..........sorry but just cant be bothered with a long drawn out reply...........!!! Russ

That was a bargain even then Joan, its never been an easy record & you very seldom see it. Russ

In the last few months I have bought, amongst scores of other things IMO a brilliant semi known thats covered up (searched for three years until I found it......yippppeee), a cover up that there are 3 known copies of so far (paid top wonga, but its priceless) & loads of less than $£20 cheapies that I think stand up against many of the big nighter tunes, I get as much satisfaction, if not more finding the cheap brilliant tunes that others may have missed or have not discovered yet............are you still a snob if you find the OV copy cheap ................a lot of this is envy & sour grapes. Russ

Good post, I would say most if not all Nighters are OVO dont think they make a big deal out of it, its just the unwritten rule & part of Rare Soul etiquette, although the 'rule book' is something subconcious & based on tradition, respect & courtesy, we all grew up with it. its not taught or learnt it develops.........& just is...........find it strange why people even would question it. NS was very much a working class scene, you build your collection through wheeling & dealin', you buy cheap, sell as high as you can, invest in another tune, dig, dig, dig, listen to soul music 24/7, search everywhere, research everything, keep a note book by the phone , hang around seedy record bars listening for tips & looking out for the tut boxes that havnt seen the light of day for a few years, hope you can find a cheap brilliant unknown & then sweep copies up before the word gets out, then when the sound goes big, sell, sell, sell the spares............its all common dog really & some thing that most DJ's & collectors have done for years, look at Kenny, he's potless & turns up great tunes all the time.......IMO its the lazy f**ckers that cant be arsed or dont know the crack that winge about OVO & you dont need loads of dosh, just a bit of taste, some savvy & passion...........mmmmmmmm I bet if you gave Butch £25 quid, he could find a relatively unknown record that would take the roof of most Nighters & theres loads of other great collectors & DJ's that do this every day of thier life.......... Russ