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An odd choice of song for Bruce Springsteen to cover. Other than to make a few dollars, there could be a specific reason of course I guess it'll get lots of radio airplay, but I doubt it will go down as a classic with his fans.

Spent last week on holiday in the Lake District with my family. I hope my photos do this wonderful place some justice.

Yep, agree regarding Tommy Frontera. I’ve found that Freddie Houston - Soft Walkin’ is another example.

Thanks Ray

I don't get out much these days, so could someone tell me what this record is please? It's not very clear, but it sounds nice to me. https://youtu.be/qgsPlyGjBs8 Thanks in advance Andrew

Jerry Jackson for me too, it has more 'bite'. I also generally favour male vocals over female for some reason, not sure why.

Sure, I’ll do that for you my friend. All the best to you.

Yep, I remember the comment too. I had a look on YouTube out of interest and saw the 'live' performance. I then bought copy of the record - just because I liked it and it was no more than the price of a pint. As has already been said, he does sound similar to Dean Martin.

I’ve seen very few live soul acts if I’m honest, however I would choose Edwin Starr. I saw him multiple times with ‘The Team’. Several times singing to backing tracks and on one (brilliant, as it turned out) occasion, totally A cappella - the backing track machine failed, but that didn’t stop the show. What a great entertainer and lovely man he was.

Frank Wilson DILY I would imagine.

I totally agree with your analysis, however I still couldn't resist voting for Susan Rafey due to the 'Northernness' factor

First time I heard it was in the late 80’s at the Severn Soul Club at Perdiswell in Worcester. I seem to remember the DJ was Steve Smith. Gino was one of a great three in a row that I’d never heard before; the other two being Goodbye Cruel Love by Linda Griner and It’ll Never Be Over For Me by Timi Yuro. Happy days!

Blimey, I’d forgotten I uploaded those videos to YouTube. There was more footage but the quality was very poor due to the low lighting in there. I remember walking in there for the first time and ‘You can’t mean it’ by Chapter Five was belting out of those massive speakers high up on the wall. The atmosphere was electric and I was instantly hooked. My membership number was 227 I think, so not far behind you in the queue Steve.

Agreed, it was very common in the mid 70's. I bought two: one for me and one for my then girlfriend. I also bought the green boot at the same time. All from the same sales box.

RP = Robert Paladino (I would have thought)

The letters are on both sides of the record. They can appear anywhere relative to the label text of course, but obviously always the same distance from the centre hole. The record is definitely legitimate in my opinion too.

See attached image from your photo. It's a long shot, but try this location for the lettering.

I’ve compared the photo to my copy of the record and both the run in and run out widths look correct. The label colour looks right too, the red text looks a little fuzzy, but that could be the photo quality I guess. It looks like an original to me. If it is a boot, a lot of effort has gone into it. When feeling for the raised lettering, relax and only apply very light pressure with your finger.

Floyd, With regard to Mr Rielly making a claim, I would have thought there’d be some small print defining what is considered an acceptable way to ship relatively valuable items via Royal Mail and from your photos, the packaging looks as if it falls way short. Unfortunately, it looks like he cut corners in order to save a few pence. I know it won’t help you at the moment, but I’d be staggered if they actually pay him out, assuming he’s been honest about the packaging. I like to think that most people are thoroughly decent and that he will feel under extreme pressure to settle this with you by paying back what he owes you. His reputation is at stake here and for less than £300, he has the opportunity to rescue it. Good luck with getting your money back

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Stay cool mate. I wasn’t condoning the sale of illegal items, my stance on bootlegs has been documented on this forum more times than I care to remember. Feel free to take a look

Been reading this thread with interest. Back in the old days, NOC stood for No Original Centre, but in some quarters it appears to have morphed into Not Original Copy. You’ve got to smile! ’Bootleg’ is the correct term, but for those that sell such items, that can make items difficult to list for sale on some platforms I guess.

I would love a copy please, email sent. Andrew.

I've treated some of my records to new sleeves, so I've got about 160 to recycle. Please see photo, good condition, but all written on as shown. These were originally purchased from Sounds Wholesale. Not sure if anyone would be interested, but if you're in the UK mainland and happy to pay £6 to cover postage and packing, first to PM me can have them. I will send PayPal F&F payment details via PM reply.

Any NS event that you pay on the door, that doesn’t also advertise itself as including other genres like Ska etc. I wouldn’t necessarily expect original vinyl only at a multi-genre event. For me, it’s just a case of trying to maintain certain standards. Again, all in my humble opinion. I’ve been involved in this debate on numerous occasions before, so I think I’ll leave it there.