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What's the fourth version,The Action,Lonely Crowde A and B and Eddie Hodges

Just Say Goodbye.....Mickey Mouse on helium....Catch Me I'm Falling is great though I Just kept On Dancing....mawkish American Graffiti style tripe The record about burning your toast and drinking Best In Coffee without milk....sick of seeing teddy boy rockabillies dancing to this. Freddie Houston-Soft Walkin.....I don't give a toss about your bloody prom. Magnetics-Lady In Green....luckily it's that rare nobody plays it out Yes Dean Barlow is bad....and I can't believe people have the front to play that Del Davis.Got a great unknown northern reggae record called Black and White by Greyhound..£500 to you.. Ted Cassidy-The Lurch and Mickey Mouse concerto (why it was booted I will never know)

Isle Of Wight for me this weekend. AF GP Blue/silver metalflake Rapido 250 Lambretta.Riding straight down Fri morning from Clapham Common.Bit of a coincidence as there's a northern soul night in The Crown pub.I wonder if Moldie and Barnie are going.That will be 3 scooter riders at the northern soul do. Edit make that 4!! central scooters.bmp

from the top of my head Carstairs-It Really Hurts Me Girl (Inst take) Coming Home-Southwind Symphony Fast Steppin-Forgot the artist (orange label).Is it Flame N King?mmm... Midnight Brew-Melvin Carter Monday Monday-Mort Shuman (UK Immediate thing) Paradox-Wednesday Theme (Ring The Changes (Inst to the RCA track)) Night Of The Wolf Mr Bloe-Sinful (guilty pleasure) Big Boris-Devils Drive The Detours-Hangin On (Im after this.Inst to Pieces Of You CBS) Holidays-Makin Up Time (ive a few copies of this one on a white demo) Rumblers-Soulful Jerk(had a few copies of this on uk King all mint) Grand Piano Company-Esperanto Tony Newman-Let The Good Times Roll Love Sitars-Paint It black (booted from the Raga instrumental lp) Sounds Inc-On The Brink Waitin For The Rain-Inst to Fantastic Johnny C Soft Summer Soul Strings (red columbia) Boss 4-Walkin By B side (from memory moon something!)

Seen a few of these but mostly worn by "the darkside".People who are into heavy metal and rave who are hanging on to the scooter scene and ride modern mopeds.As for Italian mods.....well come on they are only jealous.They were listening to Baccara in the seventies.Scooters and northern will always go hand in hand.

SRT in the UK pressed up vanity pressings for groups as D said just under 100 copies to avoid tax.All sorts of music....cabaret bands/soul and prog rock.They were for the band members and sold/given away at gigs.....try finding the Grannie LP.Lyntone did the same and pressed up for companies/advertising and eventually went into flexi discs.Never usually see US soul advertised as private/vanity pressings but I'm sure loads of stuff was. https://www.7tt77.co.uk/SRT.html

Yarmouth Northern soul weekender 1991 radio Richards show with Kev Roberts (Wigan failures) and Brian Rae's Sue special.

Got one myself.How do you tell the boot from an original?.It's a pleasant record but not exactly another Can't Lose My Head.

This 3 Degrees tune has just given me goosepimples as has the instrumental b side.The beauty is e bay 6.99 buy it now.I'ts mine The B side This must have been played somewhere and I'm assuming it's an oldie.

Just uploaded some old tapes onto youtube via MP3 of Richard Searlings Jazz Fm shows.Here's the Barry Tasker Pendulum special. Here's another one with Chris Lalor.Loads of good anecdotes on junkshopping for records in south London.

Dean I have a radio show on tape that I have just transferred to MP3 and I'm sure youre playing this 45...about 88/89.You also mention and play that Johnny Harris record.Ive already uploaded some Peterson Mad On Jazz stuff... your tape is next.

I've a few on that label...looks like a uk private at first glance..blue and red label if i remember right.They are midsixties uk productions. Wll dig them out. R and soul from memory.

Ive pile of records to get through hear...I'm looking for the next Eddie Parker Syl Johnson -That's Why Paul Sindab-Im Uptight The Jetset-the Jetset Lee Maye-If You Leave Me Johnny Daye-Good Time Billy Storm-I Never Want To Dream Grovere Mitchell-I Don't Want To Hear It Larry Williams-Find Yourself Pieces Of Eight-Come Back The Essence-Don't Press Your Luck Fresh Start-Long Time Comin Maurice Jackson-Step By Step Stay Mine-Michael Washington Youre My Girl-The Doo Rights The Mist And Rain-The Magnificent 7 Chuck Bernard-The Other Side Of My Mind Being In Love-Shades Of Soul Life Aint Easy-Lee Jackson I Need A True Love-Ray Giant The last northern style modern record I bought was the Nicolle Willis-If This Aint Love.I've tried Plan B but i prefer the Big Sound Authority.Can you get back to me if Cee Lo Green does a northern record as the stuff above ain't my cup of tea.BTW The B side of the scorched earth 45 Can You Feel It is good in a funky way.Would you get away with Kumano down the 100 club these days!!

I believe Mark Freeman has already done it at the CO-OP

I think that if Ian wanted to be a big time oldies dj now and get top bookings (Kings Hall/Weekenders etc) and wanted the records he had back in the day then I think that list is representative.....fancy hearing that lot as newies!!.Someone mentioned that most oldies events don't care whether it's ovo or not....I'm sure the Kings Hall is originals or do you know different.Right I'm off with popsike and a calculator. BTW is this representative of a box of then current plays or is this stuff that passed through your hands over the years.BTW I have 13 of them

Ian give us a list of your box from 75 and we can tot up how much it would cost in todays prices to replace then we can vote if you would make a top oldies dj if you still had your box.

George Benson-On Broadway is played all over

Not really a fan of the Rudie sides.Their best track (soulish wise) is Never Gonna Let You Go which is the b side of You Must Be Joking (doomy prog with hammond.). Their LP is rare and expensive and a proggy affair.Not soulish.

That Judy Hughes record is great..............last heard it out at Warrens Boogaloo

I'm not a big fan of boots and reissues and have sold or trying to sell most of them.I feel if youre paying your fee on the door you are buying into an experience.You are buying into 30/40 years of soul music and the direct link to it is the shiny bit of plastic turning around on the turntable.That is your link to the USA.I believe that in the 70's records were dropped once booted.The only way to have them if you were a punter was on a boot or tape or a very expensive original and the links to get them were in the USA which is why there were less deejays.Now with the internet it is wide open and everyone can own them and everyone can deejay.Were there more principals and ethics then by the deejays then?.I know i have seen in print a certain Blackpool dj in print deriding a certain gentleman in the US for bootlegging records.In theory it kept them on their toes and they had to constantly find high quality new sounds but buying boots then you were lining criminals pockets.Don't people get embarrased by playing boots??? I was heavily involved in the jazz scene in the eighties/nineties Gilles Peterson/Patrick Forge/Snowboy etc........no bootlegs or reissues and Im certain Brian Kelson etc on the reggae scene don't spin boots.There's loads of £20 sounds out there that are as good as those big money items..Here a few cheapies in the box....all quality and won't cost an arm The Masqueraders-I Got It, Winfield Parker-Im on my Way,Invictas-New Babe,Total Eclipse-You Brought,The blossoms-Wonderful,Curtis Smith-The Living End,The Casualeers-You Better Be Sure,The Players-Get Right,The Groovers-Bashful Guy,Barbara Jean English-Living a lie,Devastating Affair-My Place ....there's hundreds of quality sounds that won't cost an arm or leg you have just got to do a bit of digging.It's easier than ever now with youtube...no more crappy C90's with mis spelt titles.

Ah so Steve Jameson cut it as the Javells.....got picked up by northern jocks without any pushing by Pye and repromoted as a black group with two black girl singers in the publicity who probably never sang on the record for black credibility/Northern Soul purposes after initial northern soul plays and repressed on Pye Demand..................the SWONS eh!

Wasn't this a tailor made? or was it picked up by deejays. I know there was some Dave Mcaleer involvement who was involved in the Pye set up were pushing the Disco Demand stuff. I would be interested to know if this came before the Disco Demand stuff or was just a record that the northern soul jocks got behind without any influence by Pye or Mcaleer/Disco Demand.

Not sure on the Lee Fields but look out for the alternative version.This was in my watched list recently https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280690911966&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

I've bought non stop since I was 12/13.....all sorts of music, psych,jazz,latin,beat etc etc.I used to buy doubles if they were good and cheap enough as well.I have a rule now that I only use money from stuff I sell to pay for the northern.Offload all them boots...you will be suprised how much you will get for them and invest in a good collection of originals.People have been saying that vinyl will die...when did Brothers In Arms Come Out??? and there's no sign of it.Prices just keep going up.When do you ever see good £5 records now . The base is £15-£20.If youre hoping for a crash then I think you will be waiting a long time.I know an investor that has stopped putting money in the bank and buys mint only rare UK Progressive LP's...instead of stocks and shares.

A few from me