Pete S

Another 70 minutes or so of cracking Northern Soul oldies. This series are meant to play out as if they are a DJ set - my DJ set - except I don't DJ anymore - but hey, if I did, this is the sort of thing you'd hear. It's much easier being a bedroom DJ of course. Now I took a risk here including the Linda Lewis record but it really is a great version and is very seldom heard anywhere. Lots of upbeat, uptempo things in this set, including the brilliant Deon Jackson acetate, hope you enjoy it and next one should be up in a day or two. JACKIE BEAVERS — COME BACK MY LOVE THE EMPIRES — YOU’RE ON TOP GIRL KATHY & THE CALENDARS — PLEASE DON’T GO BUTLER BROTHERS — REPUTATION LINDA LEWIS — YOU TURNED MY BITTER INTO SWEET THE GROOVERS — I’M A BASHFUL GUY THE CAPITALS — I CAN’T DENY THAT I LOVE YOU THE MOMENTS — YOU SAID JOE GRAVES — DEBBIE BRICE COEFIELD — AIN’T THAT RIGHT DEON JACKSON — SOME DAY THE SUN WILL SHINE THE NATURAL FOUR — I THOUGHT YOU WERE MINE THE POETS — WRAPPED AROUND YOUR FINGER BUD HARPER — WHEREVER YOU WERE DON RAY SAMPSON — BABY COME BACK THE ROTATIONS — PUT A DIME ON D9 MONIQUE — IF YOU LOVE ME (SHOW ME) MARVELOUS RAY — WHIRLPOOL PAMELA BEATTY — TALKING EYES THE TEARDROPS — HERE COMES LONELINESS RUBY — DECEIVED LANDY — DOCTOR GOOD SOUL FREDDIE HOUSTON — IF I HAD KNOWN LAFAYETTE VAUGHAN — FIRST DEGREE LOVE JIMMY BEAUMONT — I NEVER LOVED HER ANYWAY JERRY JACKSON — I’M GONNA PAINT A PICTURE GWEN STACY — AIN’T GONNA CRY NO MORE PORGY & THE MONARCHS — IF IT’S FOR REAL https://www.mixcloud.com/mayfairmenthol/the-thinking-mans-oldies-4/

Makes me smile, in 1976 I remember doing a tape for myself and I had all the records on it, they were all big records at that time, MVP's, Pointer Sisters, Nate Evans etc, none had been pressed, couple of years went by, I lent the tape to a mate and he was with Chris Plant going to Wigan and they played the tape in the car, and he asks who did the tape and my mate tells him, and he says what a boring predictable bunch of pressings. He wasn't even on the scene when I recorded that tape, last time I saw him I sold him bloomin' Samantha Jones on UK United Artists. He obviously progressed.

Excellent work, Sun.

Probably just a one-off girl group record unrelated to anything else. I remember buying 2 copies off this when I first got on the net, from a shop in Cornwall! £5 each or something daft like that.

UK POST IS FREE IF YOU SPEND £10 OR MORE PETE SMITH Pete.smith@freeuk.com 01902 326306 SOME NICE AND SUPERB CONDITION BRITISH RELEASES, MAINLY FROM THE 90's, AND PRACTICALLY ALL WERE LIMITED EDITIONS ALL OF THESE RECORDS ARE IN EXCELLENT OR MINT CONDITION UNLESS STATED, I.E. THEY ARE PRACTICALY NEW/UNPLAYED THE APPRECIATIONS — I CAN'T HIDE IT (+ FLIRTATIONS — STRONGER THAN HER LOVE + EDDIE FOSTER — I NEVER KNEW + YOUNGHEARTS — A LITTLE TOGETHERNESS) — SOUL SUPPLY EP 5 CODY BLACK - MR BLUE / JIMMY BURNS — I REALLY LOVE YOU — TOP DOG 5 DARRELL BANKS — OPEN THE DOOR TO YOUR HEART / BELITA WOODS — THAT'S WHEN I'LL STOP LOVING YOU — KGH 4TH ANNIVERSARY 5 JJ BARNES — LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT — HALEY 5 CHECKERBOARD SQUARES — DOUBLE COOKIN' / FATHERS ANGELS — BOK TO BACH — INFERNO 5 EDDIE CARLTON — IT WILL BE DONE — CREAM 5 KIM ENGLISH — SIMPLY GRATEFUL — SUSU 5 THE FALCONS — YOU'VE GOT THE POWER / INNERVISION — I JUST WANT TO LOVE YOU — JOE BOY (UPTOWN DOWN SOUTH LIMITED EDITION) 6 THE HONEY BEES — NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS / MELBA MOORE — THE MAGIC TOUCH — FABULOUS 10 RHETTA HUGHES — CRY MYSELF TO SLEEP — SHOTGUN 5 THE ILLUSIONS — CRYING DAYS ARE OVER - HIB DEMO 5 New vocal to Exus Trek CHUCK JACKSON — ALL OVER THE WORLD — NIGHTMARE 5 JUST BROTHERS — CARLENA / HONEY — HAYLEY 5 TY KARIM — AIN'T THAT LOVE ENOUGH / JAY D BRYANT — I WON'T BE COMING BACK — LOWTON 6TH ANNIVERSARY 6 BEN E KING — I CAN'T BREAK THE NEWS TO MYSELF / BOBBY SHEEN — SOMETHING NEW TO DO — ATCO / WARNER BROS DEMO 10 Promo only 45 TOBI LEGEND (+ DEAN PARRISH + JIMMY RADCLIFFE) — TIME WILL PASS YOU BY — RK 8 In the rarer blue picture cover JOHN LEACH — PUT THAT WOMAN DOWN — DESTINY 5 HERMAN LEWIS — WHO'S KISSING YOU TONIGHT — GROOVESVILLE 20 Was very limited, maybe 100 copies if that JOHNNY MOORE — CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT YOUR LOVE / DOTTIE PEARSON — HELLO BABY — BE COOL 5 METROS — SINCE I FOUND MY BABY (+ TONY MIDDLETON — SPANISH MAIDEN + JIMMY MACK — MY WORLD IS ON FIRE) — JOKER 6 MR SOUL — WHAT HAPPENED TO YESTERDAY / DAISY HICKS — SWEETEST FEELING — TRENTHAM 5 DON VARNER — POWER OF LOVE / MASQUERADE — SHOTGUN 5 SPENCER WIGGINS — LET'S TALK IT OVER — TORCH 8 JACKIE WILSON — BECAUSE OF YOU / WALTER JACKSON — LET'S TALK IT OVER — TRENTHAM 5 JACKIE WILSON & ERMA FRANKLIN — I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING — SOUL HQ PROMO ONLY 10 THANKS FOR READING I ACCEPT PAYPAL, CARD, BANK TRANSFER, CHEQUE etc CHEERS PETE

Kent cd Benji..."Kent 30"

Well it's all subjective Dave, I didn't think that many people would know The Uptights, or things like The Voices, I know I included one or two 'top 500' things but in general it's stuff I would have played if I dj'd, or would like to hear someone play. They're meant to run together like a dj set. Not to be taken too seriously.

episode 1 GLORIA & THE T AIRAS — I’M SATISFIED RONNIE FORTE — THAT WAS WHISKEY TALKING FLUFFY FALANA — MY LITTLE COTTAGE THE VOLUMES — I JUST CAN’T HELP MYSELF THE SERVICEMEN — SWEET MAGIC THE VONDELLS — HEY GIRL YOU CHANGED LIVING COLOR — THANK THE LORD FOR LOVE THE SOUL GENTS — WONDERS OF LOVE BOBBY GUITAR WOOD — IT’S MIGHTY NICE TO KNOW DANNY WOODS — YOU HAD ME FOOLED THE MASQUADERS — THAT’S THE SAME THING GENERAL ASSEMBLY — SENSITIVE MIND BETTY TURNER — THE WINDS KEPT LAUGHING THE MASTER FOUR — LOVE FROM THE FAR EAST THE CHECKMATES LTD — KISSIN’ HER AND CRYIN’ FOR YOU THE FABULOUS APOLLAS — THE ONE ALONE SAMMY LEE — WHAT GOES AROUND (COMES AROUND) ROSE ST. JOHN & THE WONDERETTES — MEND MY BROKEN HEART THE CLASSICS — SO GLAD THAT I FOUND YOU BOBBIE SMITH — WALK ON INTO MY HEART RUBY — FEMININE INGENUITY THE MAGICTONES — HOW CAN I FORGET YOU THE PARLIAMENTS — THAT WAS MY GIRL DON GARDNER — IS THIS REALLY LOVE MONIQUE — NEVER LET ME GO KELL OSBOURNE — QUICKSAND BOBBY CALLENDER — MY BABY CHANGES LIKE THE WEATHER GIL BLANDING — RULES JACK MONTGOMERY — DON’T TURN YOUR BACK ON ME episode 2 TED FORD — YOU’RE GONNA NEED ME THE LIMITATIONS — I’M LONELY, I’M TROUBLED CALVIN GRAYSON — LOVE’S JUST BEGUN HERB & DORIS — SOMEBODY (SOMEWHERE) NEEDS YOU THE TEMPOS — I’LL NEVER FORGET THE STRIDES — THE STRIDE THE PRECISIONS — I WANNA TELL MY BABY ERIC MERCURY — LONELY GIRL THE INSPIRATIONS — NO ONE CAN TAKE YOUR PLACE (2ND VERSION) THE SPRINGERS — NOTHING’S TOO GOOD FOR MY BABY THE O’JAYS — I’LL NEVER FORGET YOU JAMES DOCKERY — MY FAITH IN YOU IS ALL GONE THE UPTIGHTS — ACADEMY AWARDS OF LOVE THE RIVINGTONS — I LOVE YOU ALWAYS LITTLE ANN — WHEN HE’S NOT AROUND (1ST VERSION) PAUL SINDAB — YOU DROPPED YOUR CANDY IN THE SAND SILKY HARGREAVES — HURT BY LOVE DEBBIE CURTIS — I CHECK THE MAILBOX THE ORACLES — I AIN’T GOT TIME MILTON JAMES - MY LONELY FEELING THE FOUR SIGHTS — LOVE IS A HURTING GAME MELVIN ELLING — LONELY EYES THE RAMBLERS — SO SAD JOHN & THE WEIRDEST — NO TIME LOLA SANDS — TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN MARY WHEELER — I FEEL IN MY HEART BARBARA MERCER — CALL ON ME (ALT) DEE EDWARDS — YOU SAY YOU LOVE ME THE SWEETS — SOMETHING ABOUT MY BABY BOBBY HUTTON — COME SEE WHAT’S LEFT OF ME LARRY WRIGHT — IT’S OK WITH ME episode 3 RAY AGEE — I’M LOSING AGAIN LEE ANDREWS & THE HEARTS — CAN’T DO WITHOUT YOU LOU PRIDE — I’M COMUN’ HOME IN THE MORNUN’ SEPTEMBER JONES — STUTTERING SAM TAMIKO JONES — I’M SPELLBOUND BIG FRANK & THE ESSENCES — I WON’T LET HER SEE ME CRY THE VOICES — FALL IN LOVE AGAIN THE CASANOVA TWO — WE GOT TO KEEP ON THE ADMIRATIONS — HEAVEN IS IN YOUR ARMS THE ROYAL ROBINS — SOMETHING ABOUT YOU THAT SENDS ME JOCK MITCHELL — NOT A CHANCE IN A MILLION THE MASQUERADERS — HOW THE ARCADES — THERE’S GOT TO BE A LOSER THE BOSS FOUR — WALKIN’ BY NANCY BUTTS — I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND SAMMY KING — YOUR OLD STAND BY JAMES FOUNTAIN — SEVEN DAY LOVER THE VOLUMES — ONE WAY LOVER BOBBY MAC — SHY GUY DIANE LEWIS — YOU AIN’T GOT A CHANCE COURT DAVIS — TRY TO THINK (WHAT YOU’RE DOING) THE STARTONES — LOVIN’ YOU BABY JOAN BAKER — EVERYBODY’S TALKING DOUGLAS GIBSON — RUN FOR YOUR LIFE MELBA MOORE — THE MAGIC TOUCH (ALT.VERSION) FRANK HOWARD — JUDY ROSALIND MADISON — NEIGHBOURHOOD GIRL MARY WELLS — KEEP ME IN SUSPENSE

You already have, in the audio/visual section, over 75 of them...

What a dull record this is. Will not make it onto "The Thinking Man's Oldies"

Not seen one for 13 years, sorry!

Extremely easy - original is pink/red, reissue is gold.

It's actually a reissue from 1976. Just list it as 2nd issue or reissue, year doesn't matter.

If it's styrene with a stuck on label, it's likely to be a pressing / reissue. See if there's anything etched in the run out. If it's got a triangle then a number 100271 it's a reissue. You can usually date records by that delta number, numbers beginning with 90 and 100 are always made in the 70's

But ridiculous price

I wouldn't worry about that, they had both, you know how to tell originals from reissues - small 45 on the label for reissues (except one Major Lance 45). Later bootlegs dead easy to spot.

That Chris Farlowe looks stunning.

As far as rarity goes - this is almost on a par with the Billy Harner instrumental. Am amazed there's not been more fuss about it to be honest.

There's quite a few UK Garnet Mimms releases, unfortunately that one isn't worth a lot, you should expect £10 to £20 for it, if you get more, bonus!

Mebbe - but who'd pay it? Doubt if I'd pay half that for a Candian one

PETE SMITH 4 BLAKELEY HEATH DRIVE WOMBOURNE WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0HW 01902 326306 pete.smith@freeuk.com PRESSINGS AND REISSUES - SOME REALLY GOOD PRICES HERE FOLKS THE TOYS - WHATS WRONG WITH ME BABY - VIRGO EX 8 REX GARVIN - YOU SON'T NEED NO HELP - WSJ SOUND EX 8 RPM GENERATION - RONA'S THEME - ROMAR EX 5 THE SEQUINS - HE'S A FLIRT - RENFRO M- STOL 5 JOHNNY BAKER - OPERATOR OPERATOR - CISCO EX 8 ORIG? BILLY BUTLER — THE RIGHT TRACK (VOCAL) — OKEH EX 10 DONI BURDICK — BARI TRACK / ARIN DEMAIN — SILENT TREATMENT — ABSOLUTE EX 5 CHARLES `CHUCK' BARRINO — DON'T YOU WAKE ME — SOPHISTO SOUL M 5 CAROLYN CRAWFORD — FORGET ABOUT ME — STARDUST M 5 THE CAPREEZ — HOW TO MAKE A SAD MAN GLAD — SOUND EX 5 JOEY DEE — HOW CAN I FORGET — CANIEL EX 5 THE DEL CAPRIS — SPEAK TO ME OF LOVE / ARTHUR ALEXANDER — BABY BABY — HIP CITY M 6 KARL EVANS — OO WEE LET IT BE ME BABE / LOUISE LEWIS — I'LL LET IT BE YOU — SKYWAY EX 5 LOU EDWARDS — TALKIN BOUT POOR FOLKS — COLUMBIA SP M 5 FIRST CHOICE — THIS IS THE HOUSE (WHERE LOVE DIED) — PHILLY GROOVE M 5 SILKY HARGRAVES BAND — KEEP LOVIN ME LIKE YOU DO (INST) — MSK EX 5 THE IMPRESSIONS — I'M SO PROUD — AMERICAN PIE M 5 PEARL JONES — GIVE ME ANOTHER CHANCE / A DREAM — SIDRA M 6 ETTA JAMES & SUGAR PIE DESANTO — DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR (+ ELMORE JAMES — TAKE ME WHERE YOU GO / JIMMY REED — TAKE OUT SOME INSURANCE / GEORGE McCRAE) — RIPETE M 5 PHIL LOWMAN — ROCK ME TILL I WANT NO MORE — PALOS EX 5 Low fi LEONIE — FOOL FOR YOUR LOVIN' — REALSIDE M 5 MIRWOOD STRINGS — DON'T PRETEND / THE BELLS — DON'T PRETEND — SOUL FOX EX 5 THE METROS — WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR LOVE — SOUL KING M 15 BOBBY REED — THE TIME IS RIGHT FOR LOVE — EXPANSION M 8 THE TERRIFICS — PROVE YOURSELF A LADY / CAN'T GET ENOUGH — SOUL GALORE EX 5 Simon Soussan strikes again THE UNIQUES — NOT TOO LONG AGO — RIPETE M 5 WOMBAT — I'M GETTING' ON LIFE — GEMNI EX 5 BOB WILSON — SUZY'S SERENADE — SOUND PLUS EX 5 THE TRANELLS — BLESSED WITH A LOVE — FLO JO M- 10 THE TIFFANIES — IT'S GOT TO BE A GREAT SONG — KR EX 5 VENICIA WILSON — THIS TIME I'M LOVING YOU — TOP TOP M- 10 MAYFIELD PLAYERS / SINGERS — DON'T START NONE (VOCAL & INST) — MAYFIELD M 5 MR. SOUL — WHAT HAPPENED TO YESTERDAY — GENUINE M 8 DONI BURDICK — CANDLE — SOUL KING M 20 ALICE CLARK — YOU HIT ME / HARVEY AVERNE DOZEN — THINK IT OVER — ATLANTIC WB DJ M 10 Double sided promo only 45 with lookalike labels, nice THE BLENDELS — YOU NEED LOVE — DONTEE M 8 RONNIE WALKER — TROUBLE — IMPACT M 8 Same song as The Agents buy much better version PAT LEWIS — GENIE / LOVE'S CREEPING UP ON ME — DETROIT STARS M 5 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.

https://www.google.co.uk/shopping/product/4544796575230379142?q=sopranos%20complete&rlz=1C5CHFA_enGB503GB503&oq=sopranos+complete&aqs=chrome.0.57j0l3j62l2.3965&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&ei=7PwlUbTVGumr0AXG_oDoBg&ved=0CDEQ8wIwAA absolutely brand new and still sealed, the complete Sopranos, all 86 episodes on 28 discs. Box is still sealed and brand new. £35 plus £5 towards postage.

Think it was either Selectadisc or Colin Bee, all the biggest oldies on one LP.

Welcome to volume 3 of The Thinking Man’s Oldies, blimey you lot loved the first two, record figures for Mixcloud for me personally so this must prove that contrary to what they say, I HAVE got decent taste in music after all (LOL) This episode is another cracker, not a duff track to be seen/heard, and a couple of surprises too (c/o Kent Records), check out the previously unissued September Jones track and see if the backing sounds familiar, and there’s an alternate version of Melba Moore’s incredible Magic Touch as well as 25 or so slices of Northern Soul genius. I hope you’ll be pleased to hear that I’ve got another three episodes already recorded after this one (then that’s yer lot). Happy listening — Pete. p.s. I need red and white Island label 45’s, please let me know if you have anything for sale https://www.mixcloud.com/mayfairmenthol/the-thinking-mans-oldies-3/ RAY AGEE — I’M LOSING AGAIN LEE ANDREWS & THE HEARTS — CAN’T DO WITHOUT YOU LOU PRIDE — I’M COMUN’ HOME IN THE MORNUN’ SEPTEMBER JONES — STUTTERING SAM TAMIKO JONES — I’M SPELLBOUND BIG FRANK & THE ESSENCES — I WON’T LET HER SEE ME CRY THE VOICES — FALL IN LOVE AGAIN THE CASANOVA TWO — WE GOT TO KEEP ON THE ADMIRATIONS — HEAVEN IS IN YOUR ARMS THE ROYAL ROBINS — SOMETHING ABOUT YOU THAT SENDS ME JOCK MITCHELL — NOT A CHANCE IN A MILLION THE MASQUERADERS — HOW THE ARCADES — THERE’S GOT TO BE A LOSER THE BOSS FOUR — WALKIN’ BY NANCY BUTTS — I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND SAMMY KING — YOUR OLD STAND BY JAMES FOUNTAIN — SEVEN DAY LOVER THE VOLUMES — ONE WAY LOVER BOBBY MAC — SHY GUY DIANE LEWIS — YOU AIN’T GOT A CHANCE COURT DAVIS — TRY TO THINK (WHAT YOU’RE DOING) THE STARTONES — LOVIN’ YOU BABY JOAN BAKER — EVERYBODY’S TALKING DOUGLAS GIBSON — RUN FOR YOUR LIFE MELBA MOORE — THE MAGIC TOUCH (ALT.VERSION) FRANK HOWARD — JUDY ROSALIND MADISON — NEIGHBOURHOOD GIRL MARY WELLS — KEEP ME IN SUSPENSE