Pete S

If thats referring to me, I apologise, but I was told by the person who wholesaled these that they were pressed for him by the people I said did it! If they weren't, I apologise

Sherlock Holmes and The Vondells are better than the entire Philadelphia International catalogue put together...well the Vondells is

Surely the point is that we got into this music - northern soul - to get away from the music that all the herd listened to at the youth club disco - it was something a bit different, it wasn't commercial, and it was exciting. This rules out most of the Philly Int label which at that time was dominating mainstream discos.

Yeah there are mate, but stick your head above the parapet and you will get shot down by the right-ons and soul police. I've got bullet holes everywhere

I was on about the Soul Beat one. Never heard of the other one.

It's very commercial sounding soul and it was made that way purposely, so where exactly does this fit into the northern soul scene's values? Most of Philly Int is soul-pop music and of little interest to the majority. IMO.

Yes, great records. No, not great northern soul records, which is what the original question was "why aren't they played at venues". Just gives you another chance to be holier than thou with your fantastic taste in music by the looks of it.

The Hamilton Movement ones were done by Expansion Records I think so they are likely to be legit.

Spot on. You wouldn't have gotten away playing that sort of stuff in the 70's so why try now? Philly Allstars, Love I Lost, that was about it really. You see to be played at a Northern Soul venue, records have to be Northern Soul

Emailed you mister

The one off the Darrell Banks Is Here lp is different to the single...

Or is he?????

He was being very beligerent and practically inviting insults and people were taking the bait - totally different to an out and out attack on someone.

Oh thanks a lot Miff, I've had to start smoking again now after hearing that lot :angry:

Matta baby £100

I agree with all of you (no surprise there) and it's a shame that threads get locked - HOWEVER - you've got to take into consideration the legal ramifications and the site owners could be in trouble if they allow certain statements to go into public domain - at least I think that's why topics get locked (last was was the Manship/Rambler one which could have run and run for ages). In this case, it looked like a public service was being done!

Craig I don't remember seeing that one before. I'll give you £5 and some Wolves programs for it.

PETE SMITH 28 JENKS ROAD WOMBOURNE WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0BL 01902 893569 Pete.smith@freeuk.com Hi Folks Some more goodies here, a nice mixture of the rare and not so rare. More this time next week. I would prefer payment by cheque, postal order or cash with these records please. You may pay by paypal or credit card (via my own facilities) but as mentioned before, there will be a 4% charge on these transactions. This is only while these set sale lists are taking place. Sorry. All the best Pete CALLEEN ANDEREGG - FGOOLS PARADISE - RBE M 75 The old Jeanette Harper cover up. Nice to hear it in proper sound quality! DOUG BANKS - I JUST KEPT ON DANCING - ARGO EX 100 BIG MAYBELLE - LET ME GO - PORT M 40 Unplayed stock copy GODOY COLBERT - BABY I LIKE IT - REVUE M 50 Unplayed stock copy JIMMY CONWELL - CIGARETTE ASHES - MIRWOOD M 75 Another unplayed beauty. BO DIDDLEY - ROAD RUNNER - UK LONDON DEMO EX- 40 OK not Northern but a crunching R&B classic on a super rare London one sided demo THE EPSILONS - I'M SO DEVOTED / MAD AT THE WORLD - SHRINE M- 250 Beautiful male harmonies JIMMY ELLEDGE - SAD TOWN - SOUND TOWN DEMO EX 250 This would have been 500 but it has a kind of bump on the edge which means you have to cue it in from the inside to out, if that makes sense...plays perfect but needed to mention this THE FLIRTATIONS - CHANGE MY DARKNESS INTO LIGHT - JOSIE VG++ 25 Some little clicks on the quiet intro otherwise nice THE GOSPEL CLASSICS - MORE LOVE, THAT'S WHAT WE NEED - CHECKER EX 100 Super-rare on US GINO - IT'S ONLY A PAPER MOON - GOLDEN CREST M 80 Unplayed stock copy HIGH VOLTAGE - COUNTRY ROAD - COLUMBIA EX 40 Note this is a stock copy, not the usual demo! BUDDY HOTTINGER - I NEED YOUR LOVING - TANYA M- 75 Very small tear on label from removal of sticker DIANA KING - THAT KIND OF LOVE - CLARIDGE DEMO VG++ 30 Nice semi-known dancer PATTI LABELLE & HER BELLES - ALL OR NOTHING / YOU FORGOT HOW TO LOVE - UK ATLANTIC M 20 Stunning UK issue LITTLE ANTHONY & THE IMPERIALS - BETTER USE YOUR HEAD - UK UA VG++ 75 Very rare UK original issue DENISE LASALLE - A LOVE REPUTATION - CHESS M 45 Unplayed stock copy MONIQUE - NEVER LET ME GO - MAURCI VG 100 Plays great THE ROSEBUDS - SAY YOU'LL BE MINE - TOWER EX 150 Big, big sound - and a storming girl group dancer too RUBY - FEMININE INGENUITY / DECEIVED - GOLD TOKEN VG++ 500 This is the ultra rare different mix, far better production and sound quality, visually VG++ but plays EX both sides RAY & DAVE - WRONG, WRONG, WRONG - MICA M- 80 BETTYE SWANN - THE MAN THAT SAID NO - MONEY M- 50 Some smart money on this record, already big in the Midlands HARRY STARR - ANOTHER TIME, ANOTHER PLACE - END EX 175 This would have been 250 but there are some brief bursts of styrene noise on the B side only SPENCER STERLING - JILTED - BIG TOP ISSUE VG+ 30 Nice beat ballad, surprised no-one had this off me when I had the demo MARVIN SMITH - WHO WILL DO YOUR RUNNING NOW - MAYFIELD VG++ 100 MARLENA SHAW - LET'S WADE IN THE WATER - CADET EX 50 SOUL BROTHERS SIX - I'LL BE LOVING YOU - ATLANTIC (CANADA) M- 40 MARION STEWART - I MUST BE LOSING YOU - R DEMO EX- 150 Has a little edge crease, doesn't affect play MERLE SPEARS - AIN'T NO NEED - ATLANTIC EX- 25 SPENCER - SEARCHING FOR LOVE - MIDTOWN DEMO EX 40 Great dancer and rare on demo DON RAY SAMPSON - BABY COME BACK - E EX 50 BUNNY SIGLER - FOLLOW YOUR HEART - PARKWAY M- 30 THE SAINTS - I'VE BEEN TAKEN FOR A RIDE - KENT M- 60 This is a wise investment! THE SPINDLES - AND THE BAND PLAYED ON - ABC M- 40 MERLE SPEARS - I WANT TO KNOW - ATLANTIC EX 80 Big R&B sound THE SHOWMEN - OUR LOVE WILL GROW / YOU'RE EVERYTHING - SWAN EX 50 THE SOPHISTICATES - I CAN'T STAND IT - MUTT M 40 BUNNY SIGLER - GIRL DON'T MAKE ME WAIT - PARKWAY M 50 Very rare West Coast design - never had this before THE SWEET - BROKEN HEART ATTACK - SMASH DEMO EX- 25 THE SINGING SWINGING COUNTS - ALONG THE WAY - LABEL EX- 125 Don't know about those copies currently coming out of the Carlolinas but this one has been in the Uk for years and is 100% kosher BILLY THOMPSON - BLACK EYED GIRL - WAND EX 150 Storming dancer TYRONE (THE WONDER BOY) - PLEASE CONSIDER ME - FOUR BROTHERS VG++ 25 Great spelling mistake on this label - please CONISDER me! TED TAYLOR - SOMEBODY'S ALWAYS TRYING - OKEH M 75 Floorpacker BEN ZINE - VILLAGE OF TEARS - PARKWAY DEMO EX 130 METHODS OF PAYMENT: ALL CREDIT CARDS / PAYPAL / CHEQUE / POSTAL ORDER / CASH POSTAGE: £1.00 standard £1.50 recorded SPECIAL DELIVERY: £5.00 OVERSEAS POSTAGE: EUROPE £1.50 ELSEWHERE £2.25 REGISTERED £5.50

Just waiting for the second half to start and they are blasting Out On The Floor over the p.a. I love it when you hear northern in unexpected circumstances

John - note that she mentions none of this on her own website and it's not mentioned in any of her biographies!

Oh for f*cks sake, I didn't say he SHOULD HAVE DONE ANYTHING, I said couldn't he claim on insurance, not HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN INSURED. Read it again. sod this for a lark

It was a sarcastic reply to your utterly needless point about my asking about insurance, all I asked was would his house insurance cover it - as did someone else - and then someone said he wasn't insured, so there you go, end of conversation.

Oh right, I didn't realise he was sitting here reading this, I'll be more careful next time.

No, Naoimi Neville is Alan Toussaint (I think)