Agentsmith

well blow me down bill, yer right!...apologies and slap my wrists, t'will be twice as good as originally thought then

time to do another set at lowton phil, will bite kev's ear...tremendous playlist and for me.......diamonds & pearls a f*ck-off brilliant tune!

i dont believe we should view the future in such a pessimistic manner, i disagree that youth developement will be disproportionate to our own era, already we see kids who are disillusioned with the neverending run-of-the-mill that is todays pop market...isnt this why alternative cultures have always developed & flourished...the rebellion against 50's tin pan alley was rock & roll and no-one tires of that after successive generations...weve had the ascendancy of soul music for the best part of 50 years, its attained global acceptance, its sensible music but most importantly its inspired people to dance in an individualistic way, non conformist and the generations that originally adorned that concept include us, it inspired many of us to seek out these records that grabbed our attention. of course we're all getting older but the adage " nothing lasts forever" really dosn't apply to this scene,...because the variant of content has allowed the scene to re-invent itself successfuly and has, in the process drawn a wider swathe of people to the scene...and not just young kids....what about the 30/40 somethings who got into the scene in the last 10/12 years?, they haven't visibly wilted and disappeared after the initial thrill. there will ALWAYS be a market for vinyl...you've said it yourselves so many times...there's nothing like the sound of a diamond stylus slipping into the groove of a shiney 7" black plastic thingy, yes, its great cutting cds, especially if you want to preserve you precious vinyl artifacts for posterity, but the computer formulated ethos was never meant to replace the shiver of expectation that greets the listener or dancer when the turntable springs into action...in the car fine, great to sing along to at drivetime. i like to have a session with some choonz after a particularly stressful day trying to DELIVER PARCELS TO PEOPLE WHO AREN'T IN ( SELFISH BARSTEWARDS! ). and the mantra as always should be: dont buy records just to look at them.

spellbinding tune, think richard still has his copy. has it not already featured in a thread here where the precise number and owners were discussed?,...

lovers is also the emotions on vartan & goldengate

love this tune to bits dave, should be in everyone's playlist

apologies pete

pete, absolutely brill tape, crystal clear and not a bad sound in sight......vintage wigan!!

or......"discotheque alibi"

think its gene woodbury, pete

correctomundo, young harry!....think it would get a response today mate?

to this day, richard is just THE consumate professional with the mic, information is neither negligable nor long winded..the response from the dancers is adulent and automatic such is the man's indelible charisma....its hard to get over the fact that he still has the enthusiasm and verve at gone 60

pete, is the second track in harley hatcher by any chance?

i have a copy of r.dean taylor's ghost in my house on canadian motown ( as opposed to other releases that turned up on different labels ). it was obviously timed to coincide with its u.k. issue in 74 however, the b-side, lets go somewhere is different in that it dosnt have the spoken intro...

its a controversial tune i suppose, but people have been chasing it now for about 6 or 7 years and ive noticed it turning up on playlists again, so perhaps people have got over the initial apprehension of chancing their arm with a blue eyed soul-a-like but its got that driving dynamic philadelphian production that can be only associated with one icon....the legendary thom bell,...how can anyone deny him respect?. anyway, good luck hunting this down...it should set you back at least 3 figures but imho, worth it.

look at chris anderton's site...he's got one for sale, think its a demo ( midastouchrecords )

2 tunes; fabulettes - "screamin' & shoutin' fantastics - "me & you" prices please....

im not critisizing or condemning THIS music....you're talking about people who still want to make REAL RNB/ SOUL, not these juvenile pop artists who THINK they're portraying what rnb & soul is......THATS THE DIFFERENCE...i know if i want to buy whats coming out of the states in the way of nu soul, i need look no further, for instance, than soul brother in putney...those guys have always been at the forefront of cutting edge, the same music that richard searling champions week in week out...WHO'S GOT THE WRONG END OF THE STICK HERE?, im argueing about pop music posing as "soul or rnb"...do these generations seriously think it all started with rap/hip hop/break dancing? innovative lyrics and music...i think not!...why do their videos have to flash, flash, flash, never concentrating on the singer for more than 1 second, its always in a backstreet/subway/disco and they all have to have their troup of "dancers" and it has to be choreographed?, white kids who think they're black....black kids who think they're black...NO ROOTS WHATSOEVER thats why we love what we love because our music is true to the word, whilst in the outside world everyone else is listening and singing along to a complete crock of shite....ffs, aren't we all glad we've got this scene?.....sanitised, understandable music, lyrically meaningful with imaginative colourful tunes that are great to dance to in one's own expressive manner....NOT 60 MILLION REGIMENTED ROBOTS WHO DONT KNOW ANY BETTER.

knew you'd read it....

poor al wilson,...if only he were reviewing the controversy he so inadvertantly created...i really though passport wasTHE get-on-board tune from the lp, played at the casino, but underplayed and almost instantly forgotten in the wake of the snake edification...its endurance may well be an annoyance to the vast majority now but alas, its place in the archive is cemented....you may all choose to browse another page, but it aint never going to be erased....afterall, were here talking about it now...this very minute......SO WHATS EASIER TO SWALLOW...A SNAKE OR A SHODDY GLASS OF WINE WITH NO CLASS?.

TOTAL AGREEMENT ON ALL FRONTS......what have we been saying for generations now?...there is music and there is CRAP....AND OUTSIDE OF OUR WORLD, ITS UTTER CRAP.....zero originality, substandard cover versions of classics, why are so called pop stars obsessed with jacko arobics thats got sod all to do with dancing.......are we the only people who still possess the art?, why do all these music channels ( both radio & sky ) spout r & b....WHAT THE HELL HAS TODAYS JUNK GOT TO DO WITH R & B?,...JUST WHO THE HELL ARE THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE RUNNING A ONCE INFORMATIVE INSTITUTION?...god knows how many sages are turning ( constantly ) over in their graves....there isnt a single release in the last twenty or even thirty years thats memorable where " soul " is concerned. and before i have the weight of the modern soul scene bear down on me,...THIS IS NOT A SLIGHT OR REFERENCE TO YOU, beause there is still a hugely significant difference there as well...IN THIS DAY & AGE, THAT IS REAL SOUL FOR OUR GENERATIONS , if you like it like that and im certainly not disagreeable....ITS THE WORLD OUTSIDE OF WHAT WE KNOW THAT REALLY GETS THE GOAT....its easy to say who gives a toss, let them get on with it, they're brainless, mindless knobheads who have been brainwashed by djs who have no real knowledge or concept of what real music is other than making a thump, thump noise and fueling it with drugs ( ashamedly something we are also not unfamiliar with ) why has every " artist got to have 50 robots backing him/her up to make the video look credible? WHATEVER IS WRONG WITH THE CONCEPT OF DOING YOUR OWN THING, EXPRESSING YOURSELF IN YOUR OWN UNIQUE WAY?. mundane existance goes way back to sensible totp, gobsmacked airheads gawping at W.C.F. showing the primates how to dance ( so what if it was footsee? )...supreme rant for a saturday?, i think not, because we've been here before with this subject....i just think you all like to read my sermons when i get one on me, and i bet uncle ted will pipe up and say im off on one again!.

enjoyed listening to this.....didnt get to hear his show til i moved to telford in 2004.......80 miles across the cheshire plain and the signal was clear as a bell!!, what a great tune by johnny watson.....so much so, i gave tim a bell today and snapped up a copy.......10 years late!

of course you're right pete, alikened to soussan, anderson, koppel etc, levine was like the kid in the proverbial candy shop at the most exciting time, but when it came to "what do you think?"...colin was the catalyst who reaffirmed ian's commitment, ian reliant on colin's judgement.....colin just being ( and still is ) colin, who blazes his own trail. sadly, ians somewhat irrational preoccupation with trying to recreate "the sound" has left him bereft of the identity he had so diligently created all those years ago, a man at the forefront...no-one, however, will ever forget his contribution in the breakthrough of the northern soul phenomenon to a wider, willing young audience who were seeking an escape from mundane life and yes......richard & butch have followed in his path and took the scene further than anyone could have envisaged and in the process, established theirselves as the leading players, respected by all, during the course of which the creativity in their playlists evolved to encorporate the type of tunes ian wanted to foist on us in the 70's. perhaps that was trying to push the boundaries too soon and a good many failed to appreciate that so much so that the scene suffered that fundamental divide which has given for much literary debate over the decades,...only with time and our own maturity, have we come to terms with the necessity to give the crossover element the place it really does deserve within our musical circumference. messrs, searling & dobson have been patient in their deliverence of what is utlimately soulful to a now more appreciative and knowledgeable audience, whereas ian got bored and left a vacuum in which others persevered.

think this has already been explored on here, quite recently, but i guess the gist is the name is a reference to "the other man" sneakin' through the back door as the woman's guy goes out the front...and it fits so well in so many of those songs you're thinking of...anne sexton probably the most well known but isnt bobby patterson just great as well?

is the terrible tom actually help, truth & the portraits?