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Big Mod record in the eighties well before its use in films..........was in the same parking bay as 7 Dwarfs,Let Me Stand Next To Fire,Mr Dynamite,Berts Apple Crumble,Bobby Bland-Honeychild,Perpetual Motion,Shadows Of Knight-Shake,Ray Barretto(Drummers and Mercy Baby),Maximillion-The Snake (a lot of Del Shannon records bought for the mispress lol),Derek Martin-If You Go,Bel Cantos,Buena Vistas-TNT,Jerry Lee Lewis-Shotgun Man,The Quik,Untamed-My Baby Is Gone/Gimme Some Shade,Darrow Fletcher (Pain),Billy Stewart-Secret Lover, Rumblers, Detours-Pieces Of You (Inst Hanging On) etc etc...all mixed up............take a bow Dom Bassett and Ian Jackson.

Soul and scooters from back in the day.............Can you tell me whats on there panels......Nite Owl ? What do these lads have on their plaques? Okeh.Back when "real northern" (not popcorn r&b ) ruled the roost........and not like last night when ten of us pissed off back to the chalet at 2am because the music was too slow....and boring.Sorry the twist aint our bag.At 2am we want to be excited.........not "and the bugles played, oh the teardrops start", "Oh Im Coming Home, Oh Baby Im Come", You said you loved me but its just a lie.....she'll be gone.I would rather be trapped in a lift with DILY on permanently.Bring back Chris Burton. For all of his sins he did have an understanding of running niters having been running the Torch and employed some good northern deejays.Scooter rally northern as stopped in an 85 timewarp (Alfie Davidson,DILY,W.I.T.Water etc ) with some giffer oldies (Wade Flemons,Doug Banks,Sam Fletcher) and now this really old fashioned rockn roll /twist music.

This is pretty fast and frantic.

Great tune. Got him on an old video from top of the pops doing this.....must have been a minor hit

Just got one from the USA......Pale blue Dontee 103-B scratched in the run out very neatly 45rpm then Dontee 101-A then "ALONE WITH NO LOVE" then 2/18/71 and a squiggle??.Other side TC with a V underneath the T and Dontee 103-A.Styrene with a moulded label (not the usual bubbling type) matt not shiny.Is the jury still out?

I've always wondered why in the middle of Oxford Street that the venue never opened mid day as a cafe to cater for the hoardes of tourists.The place hasn't/doesn't recognise it's own importance and the fact that they could captalise on this.The club is known worldwide but when tourists visit they may not want to visit to see some ropey band in the evening.The Cavern merges both as a venue/cafe/tourist place. I can see some developers buy it and turn it into another rock cafe/sticky fingers type place......they will keep the history/heritage but it will probably be a restaurant.Look at the money involved.it's just not viable as a commercial club with those rents/overheads. You can't even afford to have half empty nights. Big names only and full houses. Even if it does get a reprieve a solid working business plan would have to be put in place with no time for sentiment....people through the door/bar takings.....and yes food/tat merchandise..Unless a rich rock star with money to throw away or some big names/politicians get behind it then it is inevitable.Very sad when you walk into the old Marquee and then a bit further along Tottenham Court Road to see what they have done to the Astoria...........Time Marches On.Right just about to e mail Robert Elms

Simon Souupon or something like that.

Boris should intervene.........the clubs steeped in history and not only from a soul perspective. Just think of the jazz artists,punk,mod,rock and skiffle bands that have played there.Surely it must be a listed building??.I'm not sure if some rich benefactor or philanthrophist will intervene...look at the Marquee

Apparently this is a good site to see what things go for https://www.popsike.com/php/quicksearch.php?searchtext=masqueraders+how+big&thumbs=&currsel=&x=20&y=1

Eddie Grant owner and producer on a lot of early UK reggae and soul labels.Theres two great UK Funkers in Zappata Schmidts Hey Man Why on Torpedo and and also someone in the crowd on Uk President. They did an Lp with a picture of a mincing machine on the front which is nothing to write home about.Equals also did Funky Like A Train later on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8ORN1Ren-Y&feature=relatedand also this one which is more moddy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoEJUg6CcBc.

Giffer soul is mainly mid tempo to slow tempo ballads played by middle aged and older soulies usually male who cannot keep up with the fast stuff.There is also Giffer Punk as well.

How about Manfredo Fest

Both not my cuppa t........giffer soul.Now the following are Hoagy Lands the Bell- Ringer ,Sugar Billy-Sugar pie,Johnny Hammond-Los conquestadores Chocolates,Smokin shades of black-Grease Wheels,Midnight Movers-Follow The Wind .........

The other quality one is when someone sends you a fake made up paid paypal invoice to your email.I always check the funds before sending now.

If youre interested in the seedier side of the industry and particularly bootlegging you could do worse than buy Clinton Heylins book . The secret history of the other recording industry. The Sound of Philadephia isnt bad by Tony Cummings but long deleted.Manship has one for £30.Another one i have is a Black Music annual published by Hamlyn...some great photos but again long deleted.

This record is the dogs boxxox.Think this is about the third thread that has been started on it.A copy went for $364 last year but I bet a lot of people didnt bid because they never thought that it would not be in reach.A great production and nice use of strings and brass and definately one for the dancers not the giffers.

I cleared up at Beanos when they had their half price shutting down sale.Must have had 4 copies of Put It On-The Wailers plus Garnet Mimms demos and loads of other UK stuff.Not much US.The place was turned into a mini market which failed and I think it has shut down now.Theres another record shop round the corner called Memory Lane though.Best ever boot fair find was non soul related...a british demo of The Game-Its Shocking What They Call Me.Best soul find a demo of Major Lance-Aint No Soul Always managed to find the odd bits but never much soul....reggae lps.

The rare Cliff ones are Throw Down A Line (his acid and LSD phase) and the Shadows funk LP with the biker on the front .The singles boogitoo and scotch on thge socks dont turn up at boot fairs too often.....

Bumped into Danny Baker a few times in a record shop in Lewisham. He lives in Blackheath. He was looking for ska and reggae.He told me his dad used to work at the docks and was always bringing records home......he used to use some of them as frisbees.Robert Elms BBC London is a big soul and jazz fan but more on the funk side.

Mine has a deep red moulded label well printed and no blurring ...a weird stamp in the she side that looks like 3 sets of commas then 100-008 T.M.P....Other side has 100-09 and the same set of commas.I believe the boot is a lighter red

and i was wrong........................yes it is a pale blue Verve demo VK-10416

im sure its a verve issue with pale blue label which is slightly water damaged

Joan Moody-We Must Be Doing Something Right......replacing my moody Sylvia boot Charles Diamond-No One Else (still waiting for it to land) Patti Labelle-Loving Rules (waiting for it to land) Jimmy Castor-Magic Sax (UK Phillips.....got the US demo but im a sucker for UK issues) Youngblood Smith-You Can Split.....finally found a verve original.

Ray Baretto Released as a very limited 12 inch by Baz Fe Jazz backed with i think Gerry Woos jive samba Les Mcann-Que rico Rule Garcia-Sabrosito....english lyrics Cannonball Adderley-Jive samba Johnny zamot-Fat Mama Ray Jay-Love Doll Joe Battan-What Good Is A Castle Willie Colon-The Hustler......just got the 45 myself Joe Cuba-El Pito Joe Cuba-Madness parts 1 and 2....Lp Only I think https://www.youtube.c...h?v=vUYB_24iNDU Jack Costanzo...Dont Squeeze the peaches (got nearly all of his stuff!!) https://www.youtube.c...h?v=J4bhGNWQgXg Not really sure on the prices now for these but I picked most of them up for less than £30...The Rule Garcia I bought in San Francisco so I dont know if this known or unknown. Les Mcann- River Deep Pucho-Got Myself A Good Man...LP only Not latin soul............but you will find the lp cheap Johnny Harris-Stepping Stones Isanhalla-Sparrow (Uk Chapter one) Benny Spellman-Fortune Teller Cannonball Adderley-Sticks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z4KaDRvLn8 Quartette Tres Bien-Tres Bien.....pamalam aint bad either Willie Bobo-Bes That Way..........check out Juicy....used to be about a fiver