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You must've been sweating buckets over that one. I'm green with envy, I can hardly believe my eyes!

You certainly did!! Well Done The perils of poor spelling....

The Radio 2 programme was pretty good I reckon. For me, the sequence featuring Eugene Thomas was probably the highlight.

At 9.10am this morning Chris Evans played a record that was in the charts around Christmas 1975 - He back-announced it with the following quote: " Dean Parrish, I'm on my way, from Christmas 1975.....1975??...Sounds like sixties song to me that...Northern Souly though I suppose, y'know with that echo kind of, y'know ambience to it" I know that just because he's on national radio, he can't be an expert on all music types, but he clearly was unaware that in 1975 and beyond, the Northern Soul scene was based around sixties records and that it was influential enough to create a demand for reissues of these records that dented the lower regions of the charts. As for the definition of Northern Soul as having an 'echo ambience', I'm not even sure what that means. Hopefully, if he listens to Pete Watermans documentary tonight, he'll get a much better idea of what Northern Soul is...

My take on it is this: To (most) females, Northern Soul represents a night out socialising, dancing and listening to great music. To us males however, it's about the vinyl, the labels, the DJ's, the memories, the mystique behind the recordings, discovering 'new sounds' and paying outrageous sums of money to own the rare artifacts that are the fuel that fires the obsession that is 'Northern Soul'. And the beer of course..

Ref the seller of the Paul Anka 45: In the mid to late 1970s, I used to buy lots of bootleg singles from this guy. It started with 'Eddie Foster' - 'Do I love you' on IN Records. In a nutshell, if a tune was big at Wigan and bootlegged - he was my local source for a copy. Having said that, I did somehow manage to buy three original copies of Epitome of Sound for a couple of quid each, gave two away to ex girlfriends...

If you decide to remove them from sale, you need to go to your 'My Ebay, Selling'. On the right-hand side of the page against each item you will see a list of possible actions - one of which is 'End Item'. Select this and then follow the instructions. I think I'm correct in saying though, that once an auction has less than 12 hours to go, you are unable to remove an item from sale.

No problem. It was a good value package at the time, with a fairly decent documentary included. The CD that came with it was above average too. If i remember correctly it only cost around £9 on release.

It came out in 2004. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Soul-Function-Northern-Story-DVD/dp/B0002Y9U2I/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1322299399&sr

That's what is so good about the Northern scene - It's constantly evolving and renewing itself. We'll all be doing this in the old folks homes in twenty years time (assuming we're still alive)

Barbara McNair - You're gonna love my baby. This record has always been a great one to clap with, it gives the low-level beat a bit more 'bite'. I think hand-clapping is great, it really adds to the atmosphere. It doesn't seem to be quite as prevalent these days though, maybe because it hurts more after a while as you get older.

Pete, I've just played my copy, I stand corrected and humbly apologise for the misleading information I posted earlier.

In my opinion, it was such a short and fast edited item, that anyone who saw that film who didn't know what Northern Soul is/was, still wouldn't be any the wiser. Oh yes, I still meet fully grown adults that have never heard of Northern Soul.

The sound quality on the boots was quite poor and if I remember correctly, they were all pressed slightly 'off-centre' too. The seller must have known that it was a boot.

Don't worry - I'm well into the 100's on the CDs!

The sound quality was always top notch and the sleeve notes were insightful and witty - the same is true today via their CDs. In fact I buy most of those too, old habits die hard.

That's interesting, I assumed that the poster would have been with all the purple copies. I agree, Kent tracks often were the place I first heard some great records.

Thanks Ady, I had no idea that Kent 002 came out on yellow vinyl, I obviously didn't get out and buy it quick enough. They were great LPs, by the time they reached Kent 006, I placed a 'Standing Order' at my local record shop - 'Sounds Around' in Kidderminster.

Hi all, I was an avid buyer of Kent LPs in the 1980s and have about 80 of them. I was playing through some them over the weekend and wondered if anyone could answer the following questions? How many of the first LP 'For Dancers Only' were pressed on red vinyl? How many of 'KENT 50' were pressed on purple vinyl and came with the poster? I won't ask which ones are considered to be the best, because that's probably been asked a hundred times before. Thanks in advance, Andy

Stylus included, they are belt driven, but that is to be expected I suppose. I think I'm correct in saying that Technics Direct Drive SL 1210 turntables go from Zero to 45rpm in half a revolution, as do most other DD turntables I guess. When it comes to belt driven turntables, I assume that it takes a little longer. Of course, the Technics, being in a different league in build quality, will also sound far superior - but for £65, I'm happy to let my kids play around with them, though not in conjunction with my Northern Soul records...

Thanks for the link, I've just bought one. Not bad for £65

I'm beginning to wish I hadn't started this, I never imagined for one moment that it would turn into an opportunity for people to have a go at Russ Winstanley.

Blimey, he sold one! Come on guys - Which one of you was it?

Wear it with pride, knowing that you were there.... to the bitter end. https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Casino-Gaming-Patch-Wigan-Casino-13-Soulful-Years-/270645778990?pt=UK_Collectables_Badges_Patches_MJ&hash=item3f03beda2e The last four years were a total blur to me though........

Barbara McNair - The Real Barbara McNair (Motown WLP LP) Kiki Dee - On a magic carpet ride ( Fontana ) Marion Stewart - I must be losing you (R ) Buster Jones - Baby Boy (Sure Shot ) Ketty Lester - Some things are better left unsaid (UK RCA)