Russ Vickers

Cheers Pat & everyone. Russ

Dunno Simon a total made up name........spooky eh !!!!. Russ

I think it all depends on how much recent exposure the 'reactivated' disc has had, there are hundreds of records that were played for a few weeks or months back in the day at different venues that have never really been played again, so for all intensive purposes, to most on today's scene they are almost like recent discoveries........of course this is only my opinion & im a great advocate of spinning new material, but the pool of totally unknown records is getting smaller by the day, so it makes sense to dig back into the distant past for things. There were also & still are regional spins, a record that could be quite familiar to say the South Coast soulies, but could be relatively unknown or unplayed else where. When it doesnt make sense is when its a top 500 regular oldie spin that we all know anyway. Russ

That would be great Russ, this sounds like the cut im after, i also want it on vinyl too so if anyone can still help with regard to that please. Thank you Russ. Russ

Heard this & liked it, but when I looked to get one, wasnt sure which mix, as there were different releases. Can someone pse point me in the righ direction. Thank you. Russ

Thanks mate........hope to see you soon. Russ

Deffo a classic Mike . Russ

You know Pete i was trying to remember what you had siad about this earlier, im off to have a look. Russ

Just seen a post from Rod, wingging of a fictional great Cover Up name for a group. Whilst i appreciate that the sound of a tune usually will give an indiation as to what to Cover something as, for the purpose of this thread what would be your fictional artist or group title ?. Sonny Starr & the Sparkles The Explosions Ft Charles Bridger Beverley Frank & the Fairmounts Band Detroit City Strings Ft Big Bea & the Babies Dynamic Heartbeats Chicago Rythmn Section with Frankie Moses & the Dynamiks Royston Vasey Male Voice Choir Im crap at this, but Im sure some of you clever people can think of some & some amusing ones too. Russ

Now have the Fantastic Four..........still need Pep B. rUSS

Don Gardner - My Baby Likes To Boogaloo - Tru Glo Town - On Hold Russ

Its great we all keep bumpin' Tommy's thread . Russ

Beginning to sort out the stuff i found Stateside: If your interested PM me, no trades, cash, cheque or Paypal+ 4%. I'll Alway's Be There - Impressions - Curtom - Ex 10 UKP Jackie Wilson & Lavern Baker - Think Twice - Brunswick Ex 25 UKP Aretha Franklin - Day Dreaning - Atlantic - Ex 12 UKP Dynamic Superiors - One - Nighter - Motown Ex 15 UKP Joe Simon - I Got A Whole Lotta Lovin' - SS7 Ex 15 UKP Jackie Wilson - Just Be Sincere - Brunswick Ex 15 UKP Don Gardner - My Baby Likes To Boogaloo - Tru Glo Town Vg 20 UKP SOLD (Plays thru no probs, multi coloured label copy) Steeplechase Ft Dean Parrish - Never Coming Back - Polydor WD Ex 50 UKP (Had a few plays over the years but this will gooooooo eventually big time !) Little Cal Carlton - Two Timer/Drop By My Place - Back Beat Ex 15 UKP Lonnette McKee - Do To Me - Sussex M- 10 UKP (Ordinary Joe soundalike) Major Lance - You're Everything I Need - Osiris Ex 15 UKP Chuck Thomas - What Happened Baby - Band Box Ex 50 UKP Barbara Stant - Unsatified Woman - Shiptown Ex 25 UKP Masqueraders - I'm Just An Average Guy - AGP Ex 15 UKP (Ring wear) Beverly Shaffer - Where Will You Be Boy - One - Der - Ful Vg++ 60 UKPs Sharon Jones - Just Dropped In To See What Condition - Daptone M- 12 UKP (Fantastic version & you'll all want em in 10 years when they've dried up) Margie Joseph - I Cant Move No Mountains Ex 25 UKP SOLDCandace Love - Wonderful Night - Aquarius VG+ 15 UKP Sonny Til - Tears & Misery - RCA Promo Vg++ 25UKP (SLT LBL Wear) TSU Toronadoes - What Good Am I - Atlantic Ex 20 UKP Thats it for this time folks, more to come later, dont be shy Russ

Any of you guy's have nice clean copies of these for me please: Pep Brown - This Good Thing That I've Got - Walden Fantastic Four - Pin Point It Down - Soul Thank you Russ

Maybe Im wrong Pete, but i just thought Tommy was trying to respect the wishes of the person/people who had it covered up & was just trying to head of at the pass 'the ive got that its ?????' before it happened. Russ

Cover ups are great & part of the scene & long may they continue. Russ

Tommy i think you have done the right thing mate, dont rise to the bait..........good luck with the auction............... oh & BTW Tommy is an excellent DJ who in the 21 st century is better than Ian Levine. In fact i dont know why im even defending Tommy really as anyone can see all he's doing is using the correct etiquette & now he's getting pulled up on it, you know it doesnt matter what you do these days there always someone going to piss on your bonfire. I dont really think Tommy cares about whether this tune is covered up from any financial point of view, its just in his opinion he didnt want to uncover it, he could have played the big 'i am' and uncovered it to a drum roll, but he didnt, he's not worried about the dosh as the LP is rare anyway & he probably would get the same financially covered or uncovered. Russ

Sorry but I lurrrrrrrrrrvvvvvvvvve this. Russ

Holy crap guys.........you are fantastic, wow, cant thank you all enough for taking the trouble to do this, Steves site is the bomb & just right for people like me that need to hear things & love listening to new stuff before purchasing. Once again top job fellahs........BTW ditto the Angie Stone. Thanks Russ

Thanks for the replies, keep em coming pse. Russ

Newly released soul music, whats moving ya peeps !!!! Russ

Brilliant Washington DC sound, Dave Abbott & I have raved over this for some years now, altho' it has been known for years before that even.......dodgy break, but the rest carries it thru' IMO. Reminds me of the Velvettes a bit. Russ

Hey David When I was in the US I met up with the label owners a few times & got quite a few bits from them, there were a lot of acetates too, unfortunately most were just bad versions of the released stuff. The reason I was asking about the CM & M was because I was told by the owners that it was never released ???? Mine is the red LREV label & i was told it was one of three they had cut, but never did anything with, apparently it was the last thing they did............I find the 3 copies bit a little weird as it looks like the finished product too, so to do only three would have been a bit unusual to say the least. As a slight aside if you look at the credits on the left hand side of the label it names thier wifes or then girlfriends on the credits.........actually its them doing the harmonies on the chorus, as they couldnt afford backing singers, 2 white jewish girls !!!!. I also agree about the Bob Marshall David top tuneage !!!!. Thank you for the info mate, I would value your further opinion on the availability of the CM & M or anyone else that may know anything or have the 45. Cheers. Russ

Charlie McClendon & the Magnificents - Keep on Doin' - L - REV............. anyone know this ? and or have any information on the release pse. Much appreciated Russ

I have a copy of this, which incidentally I really like, but including the one up on ebay at the mo & a friends copy, mine is the only other I have seen & its slightly different, all the label details are the same with regards credits etc, but the font on the 'Legrand' logo is smaller & altho its difficult to tell exactly cos my label is slightly faded, my colour looks lighter. I have it on very good authority that in 1982 when Frank Guida was shutting his shop down on Church St in Norfolk, VA, he was literally giving these away by the box full, one local dealer had so many that when he moved house he junked nearly all of them for the space, so i would find it hard to beleive they would have done a second press, also even if the funk guys had done a reissue I would be suprised if it would have ended up where I found my copy.............any ideas & can anyone confirm the existence of a different label design or am I going bonkers ?? BTW Regardless of the above statement this is pretty hard these days, spose most were ditched ?. Here's the link to the one on ebay. https://i20.ebayimg.com/04/i/000/bf/c3/2d83_2.JPG Russ