Pete S

He died a few years ago. Had a farm in Devon or Cornwall.

Sound clips - nonsense posts???? You ought to try listening to them, improve your taste in music

It is the Sonics, it was a B side on a 45 but they are very hard to find, I took that one off the recent revamped Big Beat cd. Good though, bet it sounds great loud.

I suggest that it is fact you who is going deaf mr so called Big Boy

Nobody recognise the artist yet?

After listening to this about 25 times I have now decided that it is brilliant and will have a row with anyone who disagrees

Play it again, it's infuriatingly catchy...

Of course I am expecting the inevitable 'shit''worst record ever' and all that, also 'it isn't soul' but I've been playing this a lot today and it's so catchy I can't get rid off it so I thought I'd send it up to see what you think, nb. it would be far better in mono. Oh bollocks I'll save you the trouble - it's shit, don't download it

Dunno but surely nobody would pay more than 40 quid for it - I had a UK demo not so long back, think I only asked 30 for it. Shit record.

Just posted it up in the for sale section if anyone's interested

PETE SMITH 28 JENKS ROAD WOMBOURNE WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0BL 01902 893569 pete.smith@freeuk.com Dear All Time for one last big list before Christmas I reckon. This is a mixture of never before listed stuff, items not sold off previous lists and now reduced, and some weird and wonderful obscurities including R&B, blues, popcorn and of course Northern Soul. If anyone wants to hear anything they are quite welcome to ring me (before 7pm please J I've still got a lot of stuff yet to arrive so I may yet do a list next week but it's doubtful. There's definitely a George Kirby on the way so if anyone wants that, it'll be 250 quid. Thanks to everyone for being so supportive this year, especially at the beginning of the year, it looked like curtains but now everything seems to be back to normal. Couldn't have done it without the help of people like ALAN, GORDON, JAMIE, DAVID, IAN, MARK, WINSTON, TERRY, ANDY, SANDY, NORMAN, PETE, JEZ, ANDY, STEVE, ANDY, PAUL, JOHN, PETER, DAVID, DENISE, STEVE and many many many more, so sorry that I can't remember everyone off the top of my head but you know who you are and how much it was apperciated - thanks again. FREE POSTAGE ON ORDERS OVER 50 POUNDS JUST ARRIVED... THE ATTRACTIONS - BURN UP SOME ROAD - DE-TO vg+ 50 £200 job, plays great ELKIE BROOKS - HE'S GOTTA LOVE ME - UK HMV DEMO m- 40 THE CARSTAIRS - HE WHO PICKS A ROSE - OKEH DEMO ex- 25 THE HONEY BEES - SHE DON'T DESERVE YOU - FONTANA m- 30 HAL HARDY - TEARS OF JOY - DE LUXE DEMO vg+ 40 70's northern meets funk...shouty vocal..good stuff MIKE & IKE - SAX ON THE TRACKS - ARCTIC ex 30 Rare original THE PAGEANTS - SHE IS YOUR GIRL / MAKE IT LAST - GROOVE DEMO ex 30 Both sides superb girl group Motown influenced tracks ROBIN RICE - I'VE HAD IT - METRO INTERNATIONAL m- 100 The stunning original mix on it's first label TEDDY RANDAZZO - YOU'RE NOT THAT GIRL ANYMORE - DCP DEMO ex 40 Tremendous beat ballad THE ROTATIONS - DON'T EVER HURT ME GIRL - LAW-TON ex 20 JEANNIE ROBERTSON - MEMORIES - DERBY DEMO m- 50 Early 60's dancer, massive potential, Luther Dixon type production - very nice JAMES SPENCER - IN LAW TROUBLE - TAURUS DEMO ex 40 Belting northern / r&b dancer LESLIE UGGAMS - DON'T YOU EVEN CARE - ATLANTIC m 50 Nice and very scarce original issue THE WANDERERS - SOMEBODY ELSE'S SWEETHEART - CUB ex 40 Classic Ray Pollard vocals, big city soul dancer OKAY ON WITH THE BIG LIST - PLEASE LOOK CLOSELY, SOME GOOD STUFF IN HERE VALENTINE ADAMS & THE HOOTENANNYS - I FOUND A LOVE - 521 5 Bluesy group, live version of The Falcons song RAY AGEE - LEAVE ME ALONE - CELESTE 5 RUBY ANDREWS - YOU MADE A BELIEVER OUT OF ME - ZODIAC 5 CLARENCE ASHE - CLOSE TO YOU - J & S 5 Slow deepish ballad wr. Jimmy Armstrong / bluesy flip THE ACCENTS - NEW GIRL / DO YOU NEED A GOOD MAN - MPAC 10 Rare demo copy PATTI AUSTIN - I WANNA BE LOVED - CORAL ISSUE 20 CHARLES BERRY - NEIGHBOUR NEIGHBOUR - JET STREAM 20 Original version of the Ad Libs on Fontana - good R&B BUSTER BROWN - TRYING TO LEARN HOW TO LOVE YOU - GWENN 100 Massive potential on this one - uptempo R&B - rare too AL TNT BRAGGS - I JUST CAN'T GET OVER YOU - PEACOCK DEMO 10 Good R&B dancer BOBBY GUITAR BENNETT - LOVE SPELLED BACKWARDS - JUNIOR DEMO 10 Sadly this is a one sided demo - good dancer though EDDIE BO - EVERY DOG GOT HIS DAY - RIC 20 Great R&B DOC BAGBY - DO THE GETAWAY - TIFTON 10 Mod instrumental THE BLOSSOMS - STAND BY - UK PAMA 20 Superb beat ballad BONNIE & THE TREASURES - HOME OF THE BRAVE - PHIDAN 15 JERRY BUTLER - GIVING UP ON LOVE - VJ 10 BESSIE BANKS - I CAN'T MAKE IT WITHOUT YOU - VERVE DEMO 25 BIG MAC - THAT'S THE WAY YOU TREAT YOUR WOMAN - JEWEL 25 BUDDY & STACEY - A THING CALLED JEALOUSY - TWIRL ISSUE 10 BUDDY & STACEY - A THING CALLED JEALOUSY - TWIRL DEMO 10 BARBARA & BRENDA - ONE MORE CHANCE - HEIDI 5 SAMMY BLANN - YOU CAN'T HIDE A HEARTACHE - PROGRESS 5 Popcorn / Ballad BILLY BUTLER & THE ENCHANTERS - GOTTA GET AWAY - OKEH DEMO 15 FONTELLA BASS - MY GOOD LOVING - PRANN DEMO 5 JAN BRADLEY - BABY WHAT CAN I DO - CHESS 5 Both sides excellent early dancers TONY BAXTER - I'LL COME TO YOU - CHUBBY 15 BETTY BOOTHE - TEARDROP AVENUE - FALEW 20 BERTHA COLBERT - TEARDROP AVENUE - COLUMBIA DEMO 20 Brilliant version NOLAN CHANCE - IF HE MAKES YOU - CONSTELLATION 25 NOLAN CHANCE - IF HE MAKES YOU - CONSTELLATION vg+ 15 MICHAEL CLARK - NONE OF THESE GIRLS - IMPERIAL VG+ 10 CONTRIBUTORS OF SOUL - LOOK WHAT YOU DONE FOR ME - NEW MISS 10 THE CITATIONS - (TO WIN THE RACE) KEEP THE FAITH - BALLAD 25 THE CORVELLS - HE'S SO FINE - LU PINE 25 Great answer record to The Falcons - early Detroit dancer JIMMY CLANTON - EVERYTHING I TOUCH TURNS TO TEARS - MALA DEMO 20 Original version - beat ballad style DON COVAY - DADDY LOVES BABY - ATLANTIC 5 Daft title, good R&B BOBBY CHARLES - EVERYONE KNOWS - JEWEL 5 Slow, bluesy MITTY COLLIER - COME BACK BABY - CHESS 5 EUGENE CHURCH - DOLLAR BILL - WORLD PACIFIC DEMO 15 DEBBIE DOVALE - HEY LOVER - ROULETTE 10 THE DONTELLS - IN YOUR HEART - VJ 10 THE DE VONS - SOMEONE TO TREAT ME THE WAY YOU USED TO - KING 40 DON & JUAN - WHAT I REALLY MEANT TO SAY - BIG TOP 15 ROSE DAVIS - THAT'S ENOUGH - EXCELLO 10 DAWN - LOVE IS A MAGIC WORD - UNITED ARTISTS DEMO 15 MAXINE DAVIS - HE'S MY GUY - GUYDEN DEMO 10 Great dancer EDDIE & ERNIE - TURN HERE / I'M A YOUNG MAN - EASTERN DEMO 15 Soulful midtempo / Deep DONNIE ELBERT - YOU CAN PUSH IT OR PULL IT - GATEWAY DEMO 10 Mod/R&B dancer GLORIA FORD - COULD IT BE LOVE - ARRAWAK 20 Popcorn MARY ANN FISHER - FOREVER MORE - SEG-WAY 15 R&B dancer ROGER FREEMAN - MISTER MOON - JORO 10 Northern-popcorn THE FUZZ - I LOVE YOU FOR ALL SEASONS - CALLA 5 THE FIVE DU-TONES - SHAKE A TAIL FEATHER - ONEDERFUL 5 INEZ & CHARLIE FOXX - LA DE DA I LOVE YOU - SYMBOL 5 FABULOUS PLAYBOYS - NERVOUS - DAYCO 10 KENNY GAMBLE & THE FLOATERS - DOWN BY THE SEASHORE - ARCTIC 10 PEARLEAN GRAY - I DON'T WANT TO CRY - GREEN SEA 20 GLORIA GAYNOR - SHE'LL BE SORRY - JOCIDA 10 REX GARVIN - SOUL STREET - ZORRO 10 Latini-ish instrumental GERRI GRANGER - YOU MUST BE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT - DOUBLE L 5 BETTY GREEN - LONELY GIRL - CRACKERJACK 5 EARL HARRISON - HUMPHREY STOMP - ABS 40 Ultra-rare issue pre-Garrison TONY HARRISON - SAD OCCASION - COMMERCE 40 James Carmichael production - books £80 THE HIT PACK - NEVER SAY NO TO YOUR BABY - SOUL vg 5 MARY HOLMES - SOUL BROTHER - NASSAU 5 Funky Z.Z. HILL - YOU WERE WRONG - MH 25 Brilliant uptempo R&B dancer EDDIE HOLLAND - JAMIE - MOTOWN vg 5 ROY HYTOWER - I WANT SOME MORE - AVIN 10 Popcorn JIMMY HOLIDAY - HOW CAN I FORGET - EVEREST 5 Slowie PATRICE HOLLOWAY - STAY WITH YOUR OWN KIND - CAPITOL DEMO 20 Brilliant DONALD HEIGHT - I CAN'T GET ENOUGH - SHOUT DEMO 10 Northern stormer JOE HINTON - IF YOU LOVE ME - BACKBEAT 5 Popcorn THE INSTIGATION - I DON'T WANT TO DISCUSS IT - GRT ISSUE (issue!!!) 15 THE INSTIGATION - I DON'T WANT TO DISCUSS IT - GRT DEMO 10 JIMMY JUSTICE - WALKING AWAY WITH MY HEART - UK RCA DEMO 20 E. RODNEY JONES - R & B TIME - TUFF DEMO 75 Can't believe this didn't sell - unbelievably rare white demo ETTA JAMES - I'D RATHER GO BLIND / TELL MAMA - CADET 5 SPENCE JAMES - I WON'T BE BACK - CIRCLE DEMO 40 Rare R&B / northern dancer J.J. JACKSON - THAT LOOK IN YOUR EYE - STORM 10 Popcorn/soul, must be very early CHUCK JOHNSON - COMPETITION - SYMBOL DEMO 10 PAUL KELLY - CHILLS AND FEVER - DIAL 10 AL KENT - OOH PRETTY LADY - RIC TIC DEMO 10 Nice on a white demo LYNN LONG - DON'T LET ME DOWN - MERCURY DEMO 15 BARBARA LYNN - THIS IS THE THANKS I GET - ATLANTIC DEMO 25 JIMMY LOVEMAKER - FOXY DEVIL - DECCA DEMO 15 Northern stormer THE LARKS - THE ROMAN - MONEY 10 Almost identical to The Jerk! THE LANCERS - THE SNATCH - BLUE ROCK (great) 15 LITTLE RAY - COME SWIM WITH ME - FARO 20 Great dancer, books £75, vg LITTLE WILMA - SO CAN I - TRI-X 15 Popcorn/R&B dancer, so obscure LITTLE DOOLEY - SHE'S SO FINE - B & J 40 Books at £100+, dunno why, raucous R&B dancer LITTLE MILTON - SO BLUE WITHOUT YOU - CHECKER 5 Excellent bluesy dancer DOLORES LYNN - THE BIG SEARCH IS ON - JUNIOR 10 LITTLE ROBBIE - I'VE GOT TROUBLES OF MY OWN - RSVP 25 Books at £75... DONNA LOREN - NINETY DAY GUARANTEE - CAPITOL 15 LYDIA MARCELLE - IT'S NOT LIKE YOU - MANHATTAN 80 THE MAGNIFICENT SIX - HOLD ON BABY - LBROWN 20 THE MARVELLS - THIS CAN'T GO ON - YOREY 30 Very nice obscure girl group RONNIE MILSAP - NEVER HAD IT SO GOOD - SCEPTER 10 Great beat ballad THE MEMPHIS NOMADS - DON'T PASS YOUR JUDGEMENT - STAX 25 Very rare white stomper KITTY MONTGOMERY - HEY BOY - SANNS 10 BOBBY MARCHAN - GET DOWN WITH IT - DIAL DEMO 15 Tremendous original version GROVER MITCHELL - TAKE A LOOK - TCF DEMO 10 Uptempo TAL MILLER - B-A-B-Y - HOLLYWOOD 5 Late 50's R&B VAN MCCOY - BABY DON'T TEASE ME - ROCK,N 10 Don't quite know what to make of this..where there two Van McCoys?? BARBARA MASON - IF YOU DON'T LOVE ME - ARCTIC DEMO 10 Stunning ballad with dancer on flip BARBARA MERCER - CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU BABY / HEY - GOLDEN W. 10 MCKINLEY MITCHELL - I'M READY - ONEDERFUL 10 Tremendous R&B BEVERLY MCKAY - HE'LL NEVER CHANGE - SUE DEMO 15 JOHNNIE MAE MATTHEWS -MY MAN - BLUE ROCK DEMO 5 NATE NELSON - ONCE AGAIN - PRIGAN 25 Stand By Me soundalike, books 75-100 JOHNNY NASH - STRANGE FEELING - ARGO 15 POSSE - EVIL - JANUS vg 35 EARL PARADISE - DON'T PASS ME BY - ATCO DEMO 15 What they call "Island" or "Jamaican"...beat ballad type thing THE PEPS - THIS I PRAY - D-TOWN DEMO 25 Superb soulful Impressions soundalike - books £50 WILSON PICKETT - I CAN'T STOP - DOUBLE L 40 For some reason not listed in any guide - what a fantastic dancer - wild uptempo R&B PAUL PEEK - I'M MOVIN' UPTOWN - COLUMBIA DEMO 15 GINO PARKS - MY SOPHISTICATED LADY - GOLDEN WORLD 10 SIR MACK RICE - DADDY'S HOME TO STAY / MUSTANG SALLY - B.ROCK DEMO 10 Great R&B plus original version of soul classic RUDY ROBINSON - THE MUSTANG - WHEEL CITY 20 Mod instrumental but probably collectable because of the label it's on BILL ROBINSON & THE QUAILS - THE COW - AMERICA DEMO 5 Not surprised this particular dance craze didn't catch on! JACKIE ROSS - I'VE GOT THE SKILL - CHESS 5 JIMMY RADCLIFFE - LONG AFTER TONIGHT IS ALL OVER - UK STATESIDE 30 Graded vg+, couple of clicks, nice labels, half price of a mint one SHARON SOUL - HOW CAN I GET TO YOU - WILD DEUCE dark blue issue 30 EDWARD ST ANN - MORE LUCK TO YOU BABY - USA 25 Rare northern dancer DRINK SMALL'S COMBO - SATISFIED - TAFFT 10 Mod instrumental SPOONER & THE SPOONS - WISH YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO GO - FAME 10 Original version of J & B Purify JOHNNY SOUL - WAIT - DOME 25 Very unusual low-fi beat ballad, it's got something THE SCOTT BROTHERS - MAMA'S LITTLE BABY - FTP 10 Very early 60's popcorn RICHARD SIMMONS - BROTHER WHERE ARE YOU - MALA DEMO 50 SOUNDS INC - ON THE BRINK - UK COLUMBIA 15 THE TAMS - SILLY LITTLE GIRL - ABC 10 IKE & TINA TURNER - CAN'T CHANCE A BREAK UP - SUE 20 IRMA THOMAS - IT'S STARTING TO GET TO ME NOW - IMPERIAL 20 THE TIFFANIES - HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE WORLD - ARCTIC DEMO 40 Absolutely brilliant - different song to others of that title - stormer THE TRIBULATIONS - YOU GAVE ME UP FOR PROMISES - IMPERIAL DEMO 10 GENE TAYLOR - THE HUNCH - KENT DEMO 10 Daft title but great Monkey Time soundalike THE TAMS - SILLY LITTLE GIRL - ABC 5 Lovely record, sounds just like Hey Girl IRMA THOMAS - MOMENTS TO REMEMBER - IMPERIAL 10 Uptempo TED TAYLOR - DON'T DECEIVE ME - OKEH DEMO 5 Two ballads IKE & TINA TURNER - PUPPLY LOVE - SUE 5 R&B rocker THE TYMES - STREET TALK - MGM DEMO 15 IRMA THOMAS - DON'T MESS WITH MY MAN - RON DEMO 10 Brilliant R&B THE TRADITIONS - GIRLS - BAR-CLAY 10 DANA VALERY - HAVING YOU AROUND - COLUMBIA DEMO 5 Beat ballad THE VIBRATIONS - KEEP ON KEEPING ON - OKEH 10 100 mph northern THE VALENTINOS - BABY LOTS OF LUCK - SAR 10 JEANETTE WHITE - MUSIC - A & M 10 BABY WASHINGTON - HEY LONELY ONE - SUE 40 Absolutely brilliant - her best on Sue - forget the rest JIMMY WASHINGTON - YOU OUGHTA SEE MY BABY - BACKBEAT DEMO 30 Storming R&B dancer JAY WIGGINS - TEARS OF A LOVER - SOLID 40 Early dancer - books at £80 JERRY WILLIAMS - RUN RUN ROADRUNNER - MUSICOR DEMO vg+ 25 MICHAEL WASHINGTON - STAY MINE - CAPCITY 5 MAXINE WOODS & PAT PATTERSON - I'M SO HUNGRY - DE-TO 30 CLIFF WAGNER -LOVE WILL MAKE YOU CRAWL - JEWEL 25 Postage - in the UK £1.50 recorded delivery or £5 special delivery Europe - £1.50 normal airmail, £6 special delivery Elsewhere - £2 normal airmail, £8 special delivery FREE POSTAGE ON ORDERS OVER 50 POUNDS

It's the way I tell 'em

Not really, it's rubbish

I have to disagree with you. I like Northern Soul, not Soul. Wouldn't want to confuse people.

You lot...you don't half bite when I dangle the bait! Yes I hate modern and crossover but I like the odd one or two, if you like them then fine, I know where to go to avoid it so it's no problem, couple of my favourite records are certainly not northern (Diane Jenkins/Towana & Total Destruction) but I personally like to hear 60's northern and if they are going to play 70's then it would have to be Cleethorpes style 70's (east coast connection, norma jenkins, the gig, willie j & co) which still has a 4-4 beat. No offence meant to anyone, ever, when we're on this subject, I just like to see what happens

Luau records, 32263 union ave, Cleveland. Had this a couple of times, very hard to get another one, I'd rate it say 200 but price guide only says 80...

Thats because they ought to count themselves lucky they are allowed to listen to their shite music on our "60's music scene". Modern crowd - modern venues. Not Northern venues.

It's a beat ballad Steve, not a northern dancer, and that sort of thing should be played at the end of the night.

I wasn't going to say a thing!!!

Maybe the second guy had already bid 3000 but it only showed up whenever he was outbid, so say it was at 1200, then another guy bid 1250, it would keep increasing automatically every time until it got to guy number 2's 3000 bid. Thing with those auctions though, instead of having a closing time, every time someone bids it stays open for a number of minutes.

Someone mentioned him just now. This chap I met a few years ago gave me a reel to reel tape recorder plus a box of about 20 reel to reel tapes, all of which contain Mike Raven's soul show from radio circa 1969-70, plus a handwritten notebook where he's written down every track played. I've played three or four but only one had the dj intact, the rest had been paused and restarted just to get the music. Is this sort of thing of interest to anyone? I could probably set it up to record off the tape onto cd. Honestly, I've only listened to the first few cos I moved at that time and never got them out again.

What about it?

Simple - it's catchy and people enjoy dancing to it. That is the bottom line of any record on this scene, you have to be able to dance to it, if not, why is it being played?

Sorry, I'd keep the R&B and remove the crossover as well as modern. In fact, crossover is even worse than modern because it's no particular style, just watered down northern. At least R&B is the roots of soul and not the roots of disco.

Why not just shoot all dj's who play modern???