Rob Wigley

Andy Whitmore is also playing it

The Grandly titled Florence Alabama Music Enterprises FAME for short just watched the playback !!!!

A progam like this is great, going to the FAME/ STAX studios and showing the dedication of the young WHITE musicians involved at a time when it could have cost them their LIFE even talking to a black person. Just had a thought, there's a thin line between Country "blue Grass" and southern Soul !

Bugger been out bid again !!!

I thought Consdad's (does he have an offspring in jail? Or shouldn't we ask) comment about northern doc's always focussing in on the guy with the tatt's & beer towel was hilarious and true No offspring in Jail, but could lock the checky little bugger up sometimes... and Mandy i was on that same TV program from the Midlands..they used me on the trailers...doing a spin in slow motion......no actually they interviewed a gang of us at Fish's do at Melbourne, Nat, elaine, cliff steele all fairly sensible people, well dressed etc. Devon, the guy who fronted the program, was great. Out of 20 mins of me talking bo***cks they used 7 seconds and didn't bother with ANYONE else from 2to 3 hours of filming that night, FISH was GUTTED (pun intended). We mention the places we go, the distances we travel, the records we buy and sell, what they mean to us. Not interested. We have had at least 3 film crews at Prestatyn, but they are fascinated with the Northern Soul "Uniform" thing. What WE don't understand on the scene is that someone walking into a room with "Northern Soul forever" tattooed on their back, 40 inch Bags and a lorry load of Talc is NOT NORMAL, just because we all see them week in week out. just remember how Teddy Boys used to stand out in the 1970s when they were going through their "revival" thing ! So unless as suggested by Brett that you get "proper" rare soul people to produce these things you'll never do it right. think of the TV things that have come out over the years and the people interviewed, Dave Withers, Guy Hennigan, Pete Lawson to name 3 people who I respect as Knowlageable collectors/dealers/promotors and friends all gave cracking performances on TV but got sandwiched between the same old "Beer towel" thing. Levines SWONS is a great effort, well ahead of its time and needed doing. The trouble with Ian, love him or hate him, is that he does tend to shove stuff down your throat ! By which i mean there's too much of it Its like the Motor City stuff he did, great idea but we couldn't handle 40 new releases a week. As with the SWONS 24hours of footage !!!! too Much, Star Wars doesn't go on that long ! (although half the cast from the Star Wars Bar go to our local soul night) So in summary, Northern Soul, take your own piece of what you like from it, defend the faith, do whats right, don't rip people off and enjoy yourself, but don't expect the media to see it your way because its never going to happen. Ps if anyone wants their copy of the midlands today prog. signing i will be in the foyer at Prestatyn XX!

we'll save up and get carla some new teeth and bring her over !

Jerry butler om at the moment thanks !!!!

No matter how many times you put a television camera near a northern soul crowd or artist or whatever you know they are going to zoom in on the same bloke with a hundered tattoos and a beer towel doing a spin in slow motion. you get put in your pigeon hole and thats it. when we went to wigan in the 70s we got "have you been to the pier?" Wigan Fc get promoted to the Premiership, the TV cameras are there and they show footage of the Casino now !!!!(same bloke, but younger), with the beer towels and less tattoos, the only thing Wigan was famous for is Northern Soul sad fact of life, whatever you are into get the media involved and you blow it !!!

just watched the same program and thought it was brilliant, James carr who can't be really known to a wider Uk crowd and all the vintage footage. Did anyone know that In the midnight hour was writen in the same motel that martin luther king was shot in ? i didn't but I do now. dark end of the street , fabulous, the film of the UK Stax tour who's got all that then ? gems like this come along once in a decade, the way it is filmed its obvious that the DVD box set is coming , they already have the CD. I was disapointed with last weeks Motown offering as I knew the story, but this weeks hit the spot and it a hundered times better than watching 13 drongoes locked in a f**king house for 6 weeks. was going to the CiS tonight but stayed in great bit of telly can't wait til i see james Brown and the funk lot next week. as always enjoy it whilst you can !

thanks very much Rob

bought mine (12") at Thorne late 80s thought it was a legal re-issue as it came on the back of loads of stuff Rod Dearlove was importing at the time.

STILL SEARCHING FOR A DECENT COPY OF TROY KEYES "NO SAD SONGS"/ "YOU TOLD YOUR STORY" ABC. i need one to send to troy who still hasn't got this and swore blind it never came out !!! got a few bit to trade or will buy whatever. rob

Caught himself on his own CCTV but destoryed the Video tape so I'm told kenny is this the same Precisions ?

SIMON, WHO NEEDS LOOK A LIKES ?

ok over me head !! But have you got the one of Rob Thomas behind the counter of his Spar shop in Louth smiling at the customers ??

Any Picures of the Precisions together ie publicity shots, or maybe performing in Detroit thanks rob

What a great group the Precisions are with many underated sounds because they are (Relatively) easy to obtain. But as with our scene the two corking rarities as well. Superb harmonies, great backings, Detroit productions. Its hard to call but mines probablly the cheapest of the lot "If this is love( then I'd rather be lonely)" What do you rate as your favorite Precisions track ? over to you....... ps anybody got any pictures ??? :P OK LOOKS LIKE THERE IS PLENTY OF INTEREST IN THIS FAB GROUP COME AND SEE THEM LIVE AT PRESTATYN 2006 !!!!!!!! ROB (sat 3.15 PM)

Shadows and reflections by the Lonely Crowde (?) MGM God Damn awlful record played at the Palais around 1978ish Nev Wherry (?)

i'd like to have seen the records he didn't get off the "Pressing plant worker" The Snake only Puke green Copy $1,000,000 what a load of B----ks

Ted, Mansfield update Rocoe Rose is still around in mansfield but not on the scene Chris Marriott left the Mining Industry and is now a College lecturer in Graphic Design and art at Nottingham Polly. He still kept most of his un-issued stuff Jimmy Wensiora disappeared into the mystical world of the Showmans guild at Blackpool and Mablethorpe and now has a collection of fair ground rides instead of his record collection which was the grounding for most of todays rare scene as we know it. Rob Marriott, well what can you say, painting and decorating in the mansfield area an absolute crying shame sandi Golden, et al all gone ! Tragic Chris Shaw sold all his raities in dribs and drabs and goes mountain biking Rob Wigley what happened to him ?

reply to Simon Masqueraders only told us they were not coming 10 days before the event. We managed to replace them with Cody Black, and Bobby Hutton. Cody would have been a big a draw as the Masks had we had time to advertise him !!!! Plus he only got his passport on the sat. as he flew on the Tuesday. Always a problem but we now have a system in place to prevent this...watch out for our first acts being announced within a week, all checked out and ready to come..2,600 sold as i speak !!! Rob ps Spyder Turner bookies will loose their shirts !!! 2 to 1 pps nice to see the Vegas thing up again

WHEN POVERTY COMES IN AT THE DOOR...... THE RECORDS GO OUT ON E-BAY !!! UNLESS HE'S TAKING HER TO THE GRAND CANYON TO CHUCK HER OFF !!! P.S WHATS SHE GOING TO TO WHEN SHE FINDS THE JOEY HEATHERTON PIC COVER HE'S STASHED IN THE OUTSDE TOILET ??

Got a scan of it lads ????

simple, go to the do's and try and find some bargains in the record bars there, unless its a very special item buy it, then don't pay the gas/electric/phone/pol tax and take you item to the do to show it off !