Pete S

I stopped about the same time as you or maybe a few months later because for me it wasn't so great anymore but at least I base my evidence on recordings, so if I was to say Keith MInshulls playlist in october 1978 was terrible, at least I'd have some evidence to back it up.

I just must have missed the bit where he called someone 'names' - he said - correctly - that back in the 70's, lots of people 'pretended' to be into soul music, especially Northern Soul, because it was considered cool and yes, elitist.

John Bowie was first played by Pep a couple of weeks before the 4th anniversary, at the 4th anniversary, and a couple of week after it, then it was mass imported by Soul Bowl and the record came off the playlists because everyone had a copy. They were sold for £3 each, at exactly the same time as The Ringleaders, which were also £3 each. So John Bowie didn't bomb, it wasn't massively popular but it was dropped for other reasons than it not being liked.

Is this the response of a rational human being? You need serious help for that anger management problem.

It was a Russ sound at the Casino though.

terrible survey

It is, I agree. I just put out a list this morning of 60 or 70 quality 70's dancers, half of which I'd be happy to have in my own collection.

Apologies for bumping this. To everyone who's bought off this list, thank you, just to say that I am waiting for delivery of both mailers and cardboard so I may not be able to post today, it'll be tomorrow instead. Sorry about that, if they do come, all orders will go out this afternoon.

Snobs for looking down noses at people who don't share the same tastes in music Nick, that's all.

yeah it was just a general point...not aimed at anyone on this thread

I love it when people say "I went for the first year but then it got crap so I stopped going" - so how did you know it was crap after that if you stopped going?

PETE SMITH 4 BLAKELEY HEATH DRIVE WOMBOURNE WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0HW 01902 326306 pete.smith@freeuk.com HERE'S A LIST OF 70's DANCERS FROM WIGAN, CLEETHORPES, BLACKPOOL, MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD ETC - SOME VERY RARE 45's HERE - ALL HAVE BEEN PLAY GRADED - MINT MINUS IS MY HIGHEST GRADE - THE MAJORITY OF THIS LOT ARE IN LOVELY CONDITION. MAKES A DIFFERENCE WHEN THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN USED FOR DJ-ING. HERE GOES 21ST CREATION - TAILGATE - GORDY W/DEMO M- 15 JO ARMSTEAD - A STONE GOOD LOVER / THE URGE KEEPS COMING - GIANT M- 30 SOLD MICHAEL BOLOTIN - YOUR LOVE - RCA DEMO EX 15 JOHNNY BAKER - OPERATOR! OPERATOR! - CISCO W/DEMO M- 15 JOHNNY BAKER - OPERATOR! OPERATOR! - CISCO ISSUE M- 15 BROTHERS, SISTERS & COUSINS - SMOKE STREAM - NASCO EX+ 15 BITS & PIECES - KEEP ON RUNNING AWAY - NASCO M- 125 Before anyone asks - yes it's an original JOHNNY BRISTOL - LOVE NO LONGER HAS A HOLD ON ME - HANDSHAKE M- 15 WILLIE BROWN - GET OUT AND GET IT - TRI IT EX 20 SOLD JAMES BYNUM - TIME PASSES BY - PHILLY CITY EX 100 Has a small amount of label wear top left and a name crossed out top right - otherwise fine CHERYL BERDELL - GIVING IT ALL TO YOU - EMT M- 20 THE CLASSIC SULLIVANS - PAINT YOURSELF IN THE CORNER - KWANZA W/DEMO EX 15 SOLD THE CARSTAIRS - IT REALLY HURTS ME GIRL - RE COACH DEMO EX+ 100 SOLD Proper white demo. A little label wear right hand side, looks like it might have got damp at some point, no problems, more on flip side CURTIS - HOW CAN I TELL HER - CHARM CITY M- 50 THE FANTASTIC JOHNNY C - DON'T DEPEND ON ME - PHIL LA OF SOUL EX 15 SOLD Vinyl original THE CHOCLATE CITY CONNECTION - TAKE THE MUSIC TO THE PARTY - COSMIC RAINBOW EX-/EX 40 Has a very light background click on the intro ROY DAWSON - OVER THE TOP - COEMANDS M- 50 EAST COAST CONNECTION - SUMMER IN THE PARKS - NEW DIRECTIONS EX 15 EASTBOUND EXPRESSWAY - CLOUDBURTS - AVI W/DEMO EX ? NATE EVANS & MEAN GREEN - THIS TIME WITH FEELING / THE LOOK ON YOUR FACE - DPR EX+ 50 SOLD THE FAMILY CONNECTION - BLACK PEARL - RUFUS EX+ 15 THE FUZZ - I'M SO GLAD - ROULETTE EX ? Never seen one of these before - on the Candian Roulette label - not Calla - looks amazing LILY FIELDS - LOVE HAS SO MANY MEANINGS - SUNBURST M- 10 THE FANTASTIC PUZZLES - COME BACK - NEW MOON W/DEMO EX 100 THE AL FOSTER BAND - THE NIGHT OF THE WOLD - ROULETTE EX 100 FLAME N KING & THE BOLD ONES - HO HAPPY DAY - NYCS M- 200 SOLD FLAMING EMERALDS - HAVE SOME EVERYBODY - FEE (ORANGE LABEL) EX 30 SOLD FLOWER SHOPPE - YOU'VE COME A LONG WAY BABY - SPRING DEMO M- 30 BENNY GORDON & THE SOUL BROTHERS - GIVE A DAMN ABOUT YOUR FELLER MAN - ESTILL EX ? HI-LITES - THAT'S LOVE - INVICTUS EX+ 25 LARRY HOUSTON - LET'S SPEND SOME TIME TOGETHER - HFMP M- 20 SOLD HOSANNA - HIPIT - LHMA VG++ 10 SOLD EDDIE HOLMAN - THIS COULD BE A NIGHT TO REMEMBER - SALSOUL EX+ 15 MARVIN HOLMES & JUSTICE - YOU BETTER KEEP HER - BROWN DOOR M- 30 Styrene West Coast press HIGH VOLTAGE - COUNTRY ROAD - COLUMBIA W/DEMO M- 40 THE IKETTES - TWO TIMIN' DOUBLE DEALIN' - UNITED ARTISTS M- 25 GRACE JONES - SORRY - BEAM JUNCTION M- 25 JOBELL & THE ORCHESTRA DE SALSA - NEVER GONNA LET YOU GO - JAN M- 30 SOLD i think Nice original, light ring wear KUMANO - I HEARD IT - PRELUDE DEMO M- 15 KUMANO - I HEARD IT - PRELUDE ISSUE M- 15 ALFIE KAHN SOUND ORCHESTRA - LAW OF THE LAND - ATLANTIC DEMO EX+ 15 LEW KIRTON - HEAVEN IN THE AFTERNOON - ALSTON M- 75 DAVID LENYARD & THE MUSIC TREE - IT COULD HAVE BEEN YOU - FLYING EAGLE EX 15 LOVE COMMITTEE - I WANNA MAKE LOVE TO YOU - ELECTRIC M- 10 THE LOVELITES - MY CONSCIENCE - LOVELITE VG/VG+ 10 SOLD Shame, bit crackly at the start, after a while plays perfect THE LOVELITES - GET IT OFF MY CONSCIENCE - LOVELITE EX 60 SOLD This is very hard on original. Has some tiny background noise in one speaker at the start LOVE - THE ONLY WAY / THAT'S THE WAY IT IS - RRG EX 15 LUV - CRAZY CHANGES - PGH FUNK M- 30 STEVE MARSHALL - MAINTAIN - REYNOLDS M- 30 MARBOO - WHAT ABOUT LOVE - MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL DEMO EX+ 20 SOLD I love this, one of my favourite 70's dancers - rare demo SERGIO MENDES & BRASIL 77 - LOVE MUSIC - BELL DEMO EX 30 Fantastic Casino memories..writing on label MAGIC NIGHT - IF YOU AND I HAD NEVER MET - ROULETTE DEMO EX+ 40 FRANKIE NEWSOME - MY LUCKY DAY - GWP M- 15 THE NITE-LITERS - K-JEE - RCA DEMO M- 15 OMNI - KEYS TO THE CITY - FOUNTAIN M- 10 THE NIGHTS - LET THERE BE LOVE - LITTLE STAR M- 10 WINFIELD PARKER - TRUST ME - GSF W/DEMO EX 30 Couple of stains on the label PHASE II - THE FIRST SHOT - OSIRIS EX+ 15 OSCAR PERRY - MAIN STRING - PERI TONE M- 50 OSCAR PERRY - I GOT WHAT YOU NEED - PERI TONE M- 60 SOLD ESTHER PHILLIPS - CATCH ME I'M FALLING - ATLANTIC M- 20 SOLD THE ROCK GAZERS - I BELIEVE IN LOVE - SIXTH AVENUE EX 25 RIMSHOTS - DO WHAT YOU FEEL - STANG W/DEMO M- 10 SPACEARK - DO WHAT YOU CAN DO - COLOUR WORLD M- 40 SOLD THE SOUL BROTHERS SIX - YOU GOTTA COME A LITTLE CLOSER - PHIL LA W/DEMO M- 10 SOLD DEE DEE SHARP - HAPPY BOUT THE WHOLE THING - TSOP M- 15 SOLD SILVETTI - SPRING RAIN - SALSOUL M- 10 SOLD THE SOUL PATROL - SAIGON STRUT - SHAMLEY M- 15 SOUL PATROL - SAVE YOUR LOVE - HIGHLAND M- 75 MACK SIMMONS - TURNING POINT - PM EX 25 SPOOKY & SUE - I'VE GOT THE NEED - DECCA (BELGIUM) WITH PIC SLEEVE EX 30 SOLD THE SMITH BROTHERS - PAYBACK'S A DRAG - SOUL DIMENSION DEMO M- 30 SOLD SEVENTH WONDER - CAPTAIN OF MY SHIP - WG M- 30 EUGENE SAUNDERS - GIVE ME A TOUCH OF YOUR LOVE - GOLDEN WHEELS M- 30 SOUTHSIDE MOVEMENT - DO IT TO ME - 20TH CENTURY EX+ 40 SOLD SISTER SLEDGE - LOVE DON'T YOU GO THROUGH NO CHANGES ON ME - ATCO EX 20 TRADEWINDS - STRANGE - TRIUMPH EX 25 SIDNEY THOMAS - LOOK LET'S MAKE LOVE - PARRALEL M- 15 SOLD JOE TEX - UNDER YOUR POWERFUL LOVE - DIAL EX 20 THIRD POINT - SPIRIT - TIDE M- 30 THE VOICES OF EAST HARLEM - CASHING IN - JUST SUNSHINE M- 20 Labels on wrong sides dammit VELVET HAMMER - HAPPY - SOOZI (PINK) M- 40 SOLD WHIRLWIND - FULL TIME THING - ROULETTE EX 10 LENNY WELCH - A HUNDRED POUNDS OF PAIN - MAINSTREAM DEMO M- 20 WILLIE & ANTHONY - I'M TIRED - BLUE CANDLE EX+ 15 WILLI J & CO - BOOGIE WITH YOUR BABY - KI KI M- 100 12" SINGLE FOUR BELOW ZERO - MY BABY'S GOT ESP / GENTLEMEN & THEIR LADY LIKE HER - ROULETTE M- 70 THAT'S IT! SORRY NO TRADES/SWAPS ON THIS LOT. ALSO NO RESERVATIONS AS THE ONE RECORD I HELD LAST WEEK WASN'T PAID FOR. WHEN WILL I EVER LEARN.. I TAKE CARDS, PAYPAL, BANK TRANSFER, CHEQUE etc PAYPAL NAME IS pete.smith@freeuk.com PLEASE NOTE I DO NOT RESERVE RECORDS, THEY ARE SOLD ON A FIRST COME, FIRST PAY BASIS POSTAGE RATES HAVE CHANGED SLIGHTLY, 1ST CLASS RECORDED IS NOW £2.25 FOR ONE RECORD WITH NO EXTRA CHARGE FOR 2 ADDITIONAL ITEMS. SPECIAL DELIVERY IS £6.35 OVERSEAS: EUROPE IS £3.20 AIRMAIL, £8.50 REGISTERED POST. ITEMS OVER £40 NEED TO GO BY REGISTERED POST. REST OF THE WORLD IS £4.20 AIRMAIL, £9.50 REGISTERED POST.

Russ was a top dj up to the middle of 1977, he had more or less every top sound, same as the other dj's.

Oh shut up you self righteous bore. You sum up just about everything that's currently wrong with this site and why people are deserting it. The snobbishness is just unbelievable. Some people don't like the same music, it doesn't make them inferior to you. Greatest music ever recorded? To some of us that statement is just risible. Get over it and yourself.

Got a mint Salsoul 7" for £10 and also a mint Salsoul 12" but no idea what that's worth

hey if you want to know what it was actually like outside of the cupboard - I did put up a podcast of an excerpt from that show a few months ago

Don't think theres any rules - as long as you can heart it. My stereo/hi fi whatever tends to make any crackle etc much worse than it is, so I tend to downgrade a little and people are sometimes surprised that I graded it lower...

Taken from my all time top 100 podcasts 99 RITA & THE TIARAS - GONE WITH THE WIND IS MY LOVE (DORE) 98 STEMMONS EXPRESS - WOMAN LOVE THIEF (KARMA) 97 LESLIE UGGAMS - DON'T YOU EVEN CARE (ATLANTIC) 95 REPARATA & THE DELRONS - PANIC (MALA) 94 SAXIE RUSSELL - PSYCHEDELIC SOUL (THOMAS) 92 TOBI LEGEND - TIME WILL PASS YOU BY (MALA) 91 RUFUS LUMLEY - STRONGER THAN ME (RCA) 89 POOKIE HUDSON - THIS GETS TO ME (JAMIE) 88 THE HIGH KEYS - LIVING A LIE (VERVE) 87 THE EMBERS - WATCH OUT GIRL (MGM) 86 CHECKERBOARD SQUARES - DOUBLE COOKIN' (VILLA) 84 COURT DAVIS - TRY TO THINK WHAT YOU'RE DOING (EAST COAST) 83 LILLIE BRYANT - MEET ME HALFWAY (TAY-STER) 81 EDDIE DAY & THE FOUR BARS - GUESS WHO LOVES YOU (SHRINE) 80 BOBBY HUTTON - LEND A HAND (ABC) 79 GLORIA JONES - TAINTED LOVE (CHAMPION) 77 NANCY WILSON - THE END OF OUR LOVE (CAPITOL) 76 BILLY PROPHET - WHAT CAN I DO (SUE) 75 RONNIE MCNEIR - SITTING IN MY CLASS (DE-TO) 74 GARNET MIMMS - LOOKING FOR YOU (UNITED ARTISTS) 73 ELOISE LAWS - LOVE FACTORY (MUSIC MERCHANT) 72 E. RODNEY JONES - R & B TIME (TUFF) 69 GEORGE BLACKWELL - CAN'T LOSE MY HEAD (SMOKE) 66 TONY CLARKE - LANDSLIDE (CHESS) 65 THE MONITORS - CRYING IN THE NIGHT (MOTOWN) 64 JERRY WILLIAMS - IF YOU ASK ME (CALLA) 60 LOU RAGLAND - I TRAVEL ALONE (AMY) 59 RONNIE & ROBYN - SIDRA'S THEME (SIDRA) 58 EDDIE PARKER - I'M GONE (AWAKE) 57 THE BELLES - DON'T PRETEND (MIRWOOD) 55 MORRIS CHESTNUT - TOO DARN SOULFUL (AMY) 53 DELREYS INCORPORATED - DESTINATION UNKNOWN (TAMPETE) 52 GENE CHANDLER - I CAN TAKE CARE OF MYSELF (CONSTELLATION) 49 THE REFLECTIONS - LIKE ADAM AND EVE (ABC) 48 ADAM'S APPLES - DON'T TAKE IT OUT ON THIS WORLD (BRUNSWICK) 47 THE WORLD COLUMN - SO IS THE SUN (TOWER) 46 REGGIE GARNER - HOT LINE (CAPITOL) 44 DENA BARNES - IF YOU EVER WALK OUT OF MY LIFE (INFERNO) 43 JIMMIE RAYE - PHILLY DOG AROUND THE WORLD (KKC) 42 MEL BRITT - SHE'LL COME RUNNING BACK (FIP) 39 LITTLE RITCHIE - JUST ANOTHER HEARTACHE (SOUND STAGE 7) 37 PAUL ANKA - I CAN'T HELP LOVING YOU (RCA) 36 YVONNE BAKER - YOU DIDN'T SAY A WORD (PARKWAY) 32 SAM WILLIAMS - LOVE SLIPPED THRU MY FINGERS (TOWER) 31 DEAN COURTNEY - I'LL ALWAYS NEED YOU (RCA) 30 THE DEL LARKS - JOB OPENING (QUEEN CITY) 29 THE GROUP FEAT. CECIL WASHINGTON - I DON'T LIKE TO LOSE (PROPHONICS) 28 HERBERT HUNTER - I WAS BORN TO LOVE YOU (SPAR) 27 BERNIE WILLIAMS - EVER AGAIN (BELL) 24 WILLIE MITCHELL - THE CHAMPION (HI) 23 STANLEY MITCHELL - GET IT BABY (DYNAMO) 21 DETROIT EXECUTIVES - COOL OFF (PAMELINE) de-to likes this 19 POINTER SISTERS - SEND HIM BACK (ATLANTIC) 16 THE FLIRTATIONS - STRONGER THAN HER LOVE (FESTIVAL) 15 AL KENT - THE WAY YOU'VE BEEN ACTING LATELY (RIC TIC) 14 CHAPTER FIVE - YOU CAN'T MEAN IT (CBS) 13 LOU PRIDE - I'M COMUN' HOME IN THE MORNUN' (SUEMI) 12 LITTLE ANTHONY & THE IMPERIALS - BETTER USE YOUR HEAD (UNITED ARTISTS) 11 BETTY BOO - SAY IT ISN'T SO (GRAPEVINE) 9 FRANKIE (LOVE MAN) CROCKER - TON OF DYNAMITE (TURBO) 8 THE SKULL SNAPS - I'M YOUR PIMP (GSF) 4 THE COASTERS - CRAZY BABY (ATCO) 3 THE EPITOME OF SOUND - YOU DON'T LOVE ME (SANDBAG) 2 DONI BURDICK - BARI TRACK (SOUND IMPRESSION) 1 THE YUM YUMS - GONNA BE A BIG THING (ABC)

I know what you meant in your original question. Trouble is, there was a topic recently and I posted a really long list of titles but no way am I typing that lot out again LOL

What a night that was - one the best ever

And you've been telling me how to do my job for how long?

Depends. If I was buying say Cajun Hart on UK Warner Bros for myself, if the A side was mint I'd pay the same if the b side was only fair. I would never play the b side, ever. If I was buying a London demo of Our Love/ Open The Door, I'd want both sides to be the same condition.

Rod, thank you, The most important thing here is: why has everyone forgotten my birthday today?

I'd have refunded your postage Dave.