Russ Vickers

Safe journey No2....you will be missed greatly, by many, you touched our lives, another true character passes on to the big Nighter in the sky, so sad..... Russ

Ditto...cant find em any where. Best Russ

Roburt, I'm afraid thats the same excuse used by many to justify thier abscences from the scene. There are hundreds of Rare Soul fans who have managed to balance thier proffessional & family life without ever having to let either suffer. I also think you are doing many people a terrible dis service by inferring that just because they went WC or other Northern/Rare Soul venues that they didnt also listed to 'real' soul music as you put it. NS/Rare Soul is/was & always will be predominantly a 'black' dance music scene, occasionaly pop records get played if they have the right sound for the time & there have always been good 'blue eyed' & 'brown eyed' soul records played. I'm not one for hankering back to the past constantly, WC was just another venue, albeit one of the most successful & best remembered. But there were hundreds & hundreds of fantastic soul records played there, that massively out weigh the 'of the time' pop played, there have always been dodgy records played from every era, but to write off all the fantastic soul music played there in one sweeping, ill informed & incorrect statement is to do the venue a terrible dis service, not to mention the DJ's who on the whole, played fantastic, inovative soulful dance music. Whist Im sure its unintentional, your soul 'superiority' complex tends to wind people up, so maybe a better choice of words & how you put things would result in a more positive response to some of your posts. Russ

If you knew Ady (?), this post would not seem that unusual...lol Russ

Cheers guys, if you see him again say hi from me, whats he up to these days ? Best Russ

What he said....with bells on !!! Russ

A bargain aswell.... Russ

The Rix meister does it again...absolutely fantastic, Andy, thank you from the bottom of my heart for all of the time & effort you put in to these projects & for sharing with us mere mortals, its because of people like you Andy, that these people can eventually gain the proper respect they deserve for thier work & hopefully realise what pleasure they have given.... Just brilliant, thank you Russ

1977...ish, well, that was my first Nighter anyway...its been a joyous, car wreck of a musical adventure since, the sound track to my life....& it continues... Russ

I'll take the alt take of ya hands mate if ya dont want it....lol Russ

I love the drums on this....

Never seen EE clear a floor ever, quite opposite in fact... Russ

Get the LP Russ

There should be a soundfile... Russ

Thats not the point Rod, my point is, that the interview above is full of inacuracies, its up there for anyone to hear & many will just accept these things as 'true'. Im not even sure he means to do this, I think he probably believes it himself now...such a shame... Russ

That last scan looks well dodgy IMO...I would have thought this would have sold reasonably well, so maybe various re presses ?. Was first played by Marco from the LP & covered up as the Tempests, remember seeing him take it off at the 100 Club & thinking that I couldnt remember the track from the Tempests LP LOL... Russ

Darrell Banks - Im the One Who loves You Charlene & the Soul Serenaders - You Can Win Paul Thompson - Special Kind of Woman Carla Thomas - I'll Never Stop Lovin You Loads more... Russ

So what do art restorers use ?....it must be documented somewhere. Russ

Full of the usual inacuracies....a shame really, why ??? Best Russ

I bloody love dancin' !!! Russ

Once I have em they have no financial value in monetary terms...n I would flog me hoop before selling my records....its the same old same old debate that rears its ugly head every few years...dont beleive the hype....the market twists n turns, sounds come in n out of vogue, but essentially its business as usual & will remain so for the foreseable future....panic over lol Best Russ

And that is a steal for a very rare n great record... Russ

The 3 copies I had years ago came from Harvey Averne, think he's in Orange County these days... Best Russ

Thank you everyone for the brilliant info - just wondered if anyone knows if the LP version of 'Satisfaction' is the same cut as the 45 ?...there is a 20 second difference in the running time between LP & 45...my hearing is shot to bits these days, but I cant hear any real difference, but I could be wrong ???... Ady, my scanner is a bit tempremental, but I'll try & scan t'other side today....if you are going Masters of Soul tonight, happy to bring it along for you to borrow if it helps ?. Thanks again all.... Best Russ

Yes....sounds very dated to me now, altho Lilian Dupree sounds as fresh as ever to these ears....Little Richard BTW Best Russ