Pete S

How should I have worded it?

It may not surprise you to learn then that the original To The Ends Of The Earth was done by Nat King Cole...

Don't know if you remember when I originally did this in 2008, it was pretty well received as I added old radio jingles and countdowns etc, anyway I thought they were all lost but I found them earlier on a site called Podbean, anyway I thought I may as well upload them to mixcloud over the next few days, it's not meant to be serious so no point analysing it, it's just to listen to... https://www.mixcloud....time-100-to-81/ IT GETS LONELY SITTING HERE AT HOME GAZING OUT OF THE WINDOW SO TO KILL SOME TIME I DECIDED TO GET ALL MY OLD FAVOURITE RECORDS OUT AND SEE IF I COULD PUT THEM IN SOME ORDER OF FAVOURITISM. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT TASK AS THERE ARE SO MANY ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT NORTHERN SOUL RECORDS TO CHOOSE FROM - BUT I'VE HAD A GO AND COME UP WITH A TOP 100. ANYWAY, I THOUGHT I COULD TURN THESE INTO A 4 OR 5 EPISODE SERIES OF PODCASTS AND IT MIGHT BE FUN FOR PEOPLE TO LISTEN IN AND MAYBE GUESS WHAT'S COMING NEXT, WHAT'S IN THE TOP 10, AND HOW SHIT MY TASTE IN MUSIC IS. SO I DID IT, AND THE FIRST 20 TRACKS ARE NOW AVAILABLE TO LISTEN TO AS A PODCAST. REMEMBER, IT'S JUST A BIT OF FUN, THEY ARE JUST MY FAVOURITE RECORDS, IT'S NOT MEANT TO BE SOME KIND OF OFFICIAL CHART! I ALSO ADDED A FEW 60'S RADIO JINGLES AND COUNTDOWN NUMBERS TOWARDS THE END. PLEASE, ENJOY! NUMBERS 100 TO 81 (p.s. I only used records I had on vinyl at the time, no cd tracks etc so loads were missed out) 100 RAY CHARLES - I DON'T NEED NO DOCTOR (ABC) 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) 96 SOUL BROTHERS INC. - PYRAMID (GOLDEN EYE) 95 REPARATA & THE DELRONS - PANIC (MALA) 94 SAXIE RUSSELL - PSYCHEDELIC SOUL (THOMAS) 93 MARION STEWART - I MUST BE LOSING YOU (R RECORDS) 92 TOBI LEGEND - TIME WILL PASS YOU BY (MALA) 91 RUFUS LUMLEY - STRONGER THAN ME (RCA) 90 JOE JAMA - MY LIFE (OPTIMUM) 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) 85 THE DYNAMICS - I NEED YOUR LOVE (RCA) 84 COURT DAVIS - TRY TO THINK WHAT YOU'RE DOING (EAST COAST) 83 LILLIE BRYANT - MEET ME HALFWAY (TAY-STER) 82 EMANUEL LASKEY - I'M A PEACE LOVING MAN (THELMA) 81 EDDIE DAY & THE FOUR BARS - GUESS WHO LOVES YOU (SHRINE)

Ah come on, Ends Of The Earth is utter brilliance, dramatic production, fantastic record...Paris Blues is good...the one by him that sounds like the Pub Singer is "My Home Town"

Yeah and I love Exus Trek but can't stand the vocal!

They obviously don't know the score Chalky because they can't be bothered to read it or they do know but just can't be bothered to follow the protocol as they think it doesn't apply to them. It's not like this is a new rule that's just been bought in, it's been nearly five years since it was implemented. No matter how many times you point it out, it carries on. When I was moderating the sales section I got so fed up of asking people to do this that I just went in, edited their post and locked it. And before anyone starts moaning and asking what the fuss is all about, constant bumping my exclaiming an item is "sold", for a start it's of no interest to anyone else but the seller and secondly it keeps putting that sellers post to the top of the listings ahead of everyone else who is playing by the rules.

I have this at number 2 in the greatest Northern Soul records ever made Funny, I never thought that much of it then one night I heard it at an all nighter, I think it was at Herne Bay, it nearly knocked me off my feet with it's power. Relentless, pounding, Detroit soul. I love this record. Sorry you don't like it Emily!

Who are you to call anyone miserable, you don't like the happiest Northern record ever, Wake Up To The Sunshine Girl. Happy, happy, uplifting, happy.

OK. I also gasped in amazement that someone could think I'm Gone is overrated. I've not been on this thread slagging any records off, I'm interested to see what people think. If you go home and post up a thread saying 'what are your top 5 of all time', you'll have people moaning that it's been done a thousand times before. So nobody can win.

Is that a picture of Mick McCarthy on your display? Now you really are trying to upset me.

The topic is about OVER RATED RECORDS. If you don't want to hear people's opinions about their personal OVER RATED RECORDS then just don't read it. Go to a POSITIVE thread instead. They can both exist side by side. Otherwise the forum would be a very boring place.

Are you going to use this in every conversation we have, it was funny the first 14 times, but now...

No, I just don't see the point of having a discussion about anything if nobody is allowed to say they don't like something. I don't like black pudding, I'm not going to say I like it just to make you happy am I...

Yep let's just say nice things about everyone and everything, no criticism of anything at all, flowers and chocolates and jelly and balloons all round. Every soul record ever made is absolutely brilliant, there are no bad ones in Bob and Jocks magical happy place. What a fab forum it would be if we all followed those rules and didn't dislike anything at all. Or you could just leave...

Wasn't Sweet Soul the stuff we were trying to find an alternative to back in the 70's hence many of us discovering Northern Soul? Nice music but last record at the disco stuff.

If anyone wants one, I have an original copy. Whats the going rate though?

UK POST FREE ON ORDERS OVER £20 BRITISH LABEL RARITIES FOR SALE PETE SMITH 01902 326306 pete.smith@freeuk.com THE DRIFTERS - THE OUTSIDE WORLD - ATLANTIC STOL EX 10 PATTY LA BELLE - YOU FORGOT HOW TO LOVE - ATLANTIC VG++ 10 BEN E KING - DON'T DRIVE ME AWAY - ATLANTIC autographed by Ben EX 10 SOUL BROTHERS SIX - I'LL BE LOVING YOU - ATLANTIC EX 35 BRENDA LEE - TIME AND TIME AGAIN - BRUNSWICK M 15 CHUBBY CHECKER - HEY YOU LITTLE BOOGALOO - CAMEO PARKWAY VG+ 10 BARBRA STREISAND - OUR CORNER OF THE NIGHT - CBS DEMO M- 10 DAVE WALTON - AFTER YOU THERE CAN BE NOTHING - CBS DEMO WOL M- 15 JEANNIE LAMBE - DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY - CBS DEMO EX 20 THE TREETOPS - WITHOUT THE ONE YOU LOVE - COLUMBIA DEMO EX 10 TONY ORLANDO - CHILLS - COLUMBIA EX 20 BUDDY GRECO - TIME'S A WASTING - COLUMBIA DEMO M- 30 PAUL KORDA - JUST COME CLOSER TO ME - COLUMBIA DEMO VG++ 25 SOUNDS INCORPORATED - ON THE BRINK - COLUMBIA EX 20 MARIAN ANGEL - YOU CAN'T BUY MY LOVE - COLUMBIA M 15 JOHNNY PEARSON ORCHESTRA - THE RAT CATCHERS - COLUMBIA EX 12 JANIE MARDEN - YOU DIDN'T REALLY MEAN IT - DECCA DEMO M- 15 TOM JONES - STOP BREAKING MY HEART - DECCA 1st issue VG+ 10 THE EMOTIONS - SOMEBODY NEW - DEEP SOUL EX- 15 THE BROTHERS GRIMM - LOOKY LOOKY - EMBER STOL VG+ 35 OTIS REDDING - SHE'S ALRIGHT - EVOLUTION VG++ 10 JERRY BUTLER - I CAN'T STAND TO SEE YOU CRY - FONTANA EX 10 KENNY LYNCH - IT'S TOO LATE - HMV VG+ 10 KEN KIRKHAM - DON'T SHUT ME OUT - HMV DEMO M 25 KENNY LYNCH - MY OWN TWO FEET - HMV EX 20 JUNE ADAMS - RIVER KEEP MOVING - KING EX 20 HEATHER - I'LL COME SOFTLY - KING M- 40 THE VOGUES - MAGIC TOWN - KING EX 15 BOBBY VEE - CROSS MY HEART - LIBERTY DEMO M- 10 THE PANDORAS - I COULD WRITE A BOOK ABOUT MY BABY - LIBERTY DEMO wol VG++ 20 THE FENWAYS - WALK / WHIP AND JERK - LIBERTY DEMO M 15 RAY STEVENS - A B C - LONDON DEMO swol EX 30 JIMMY BEAUMONT - YOU GOT TOO MUCH GOING FOR YOU - LONDON EX 100 THE EXCITERS - WEDDINGS MAKE ME CRY - LONDON DEMO lots of marks plays fine VG+ 20 MEL TORME - COMIN' HOME BABY - LONDON EX 20 FATS DOMINO - IT KEEPS RAININ' - LONDON EX 15 BABY WASHINGTON - ONLY THOSE IN LOVE - LONDON EX 10 BURT BACHARACH feat. TONY MIDDLETON - MY LITTLE RED BOOK - LONDON EX 25 KAREN YOUNG - TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING - MAJOR MINOR EX 45 ISABEL BOND - DON'T FORGET ABOUT ME - MAJOR MINOR EX 10 BROOK BENTON - REVENGE - MERCURY DEMO EX 20 LESLEY DAWSON - RUN FOR SHELTER - MERCURY EX 50 TIMI YURO - CAN'T STOP RUNNING AWAY - MERCURY EX 25 ETHNA CAMPBELL - WHAT'S EASY FOR TWO MERCURY EX 15 PRINCE HAROLD - FORGET ABOUT ME - MERCURY VG+ 10 JERRY BUTLER - MOODY WOMAN - MERCURY 1st issue M- 15 DEE DEE WARWICK - I WANT TO BE WITH YOU - MERCURY M 15 THE WANDERERS - THERE IS NO GREATER LOVE - MGM DEMO EX 10 SPYDER TURNER - YOU'RE GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME - MGM EX- 15 THE MIKE COTTON SOUND - SOUL SERENADE - MGM WOL EX- 15 JACK HAMMER - NUMBER 2539 - ORIOLE no centre VG++ 25 THE PATRON OF THE ARTS - THE TRUE PATRON OF THE ARTS - PAGE ONE M- 60 THE VIRGIL BROTHERS - TEMPTATION 'BOUT TO GET ME - PARLOPHONE DEMO EX 15 DUFFY POWER - HEY GIRL - PARLOPHONE DEMO plays fine G+ 15 THE SWINGIN' MEDALLIONS - SHE DRIVES ME OUT OF MY MIND - PHILIPS EX 25 MADELINE BELL - PICTURE ME GONE - PHILIPS EX 15 THE ECHOES - SEARCHING FOR YOU BABY - PHILIPS EX 20 BRIAN HYLAND - THE JOKER WENT WILD - PHILIPS ssmol M- 10 CHARLIE RICH - I WASHED MY HANDS IN MUDDY WATER - PHILIPS EX 10 FRANKIE VALLI - YOU'RE GONNA HURT YOURSELF - PHILIPS EX- 10 CHRISTINE EVANS - SOMEWHERE THERE'S LOVE - PHILIPS M 10 MARION RYAN - BETTER USE YOUR HEAD - PHILIPS stol EX+ 25 DODIE WEST - IN THE DEEP OF NIGHT - PICCADILLY EX 20 BARBARA RUSKIN - LOVE CAME TOO LATE - PICCADILLY DEMO VG+ 25 KEITH & BILLIE - TASTES SOUR DON'T IT - PICCADILLY swol VG 20 TONNY RICH - DON'T MENTION MY NAME - PICCADILLY M 20 JAMES BROWN & THE FAMOUS FLAMES - THERE WAS A TIME - POLYDOR 1st EX 10 THE FLIRTATIONS - LITTLE DARLING (I NEED YOU) - POLYDOR EX 20 THE FOUNDATIONS - I CAN TAKE OR LEAVE YOUR LOVING - PYE DEMO EX 10 MARTHA SMITH - AS I WATCH YOU WALK AWAY - PYE DEMO VG++ 15 JULIE GRANT - CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF MY MIND - PYE DEMO M 10 GUY FLETCHER - KEEP ON LOVING ME - PYE DEMO EX 10 ROBB STORME & THE WHISPERS - SHY GUY - PYE DEMO EX 20 THE BLUECHIPS - TELL HER - PYE DEMO EX 35 LEON YOUNG STRINGS - GLAD ALL OVER - PYE DEMO VG+ 15 JIMMY JUSTICE - ONLY HEARTBREAKS FOR ME - PYE DEMO EX 15 TONY KEELING - IT'S A CRYING SHAME - PYE DEMO EX 15 NEW FACES - LIKE A MAN - PYE stol tear on B side M 10 SHEILA CARTER & EPISODE SIX - INCENSE - PYE EX 15 THE WOLVES - AT THE CLUB - PYE VG+ 10 JULIE GRANT - EVERY DAY I HAVE TO CRY - PYE EX+ 10 MEL CARTER - WHEN A BOY FALLS IN LOVE - PYE INTERNATIONAL DEMO M 15 HOWLIN' WOLF - SMOKESTACK LIGHTNIN' - PYE INTERNATIONAL VG++ 10 HOWLIN' WOLF - LOVE ME DARLING - PYE INTERNATIONAL VG++ 10 HORTENSE ELLIS - I'LL COME SOFTLY - R & B VG 25 DELLA REESE - BLOW OUT THE SUN - RCA EX 25 THE CHANTS - BABY I DON'T NEED YOUR LOVE - RCA EX 100 THE CHANTS - I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING - RCA M- 10 MANITOBA feat JOE DOWEN - COME ON DOWN TO MY BOAT BABY - RCA DEMO M 10 TONY WASHINGTON - CRYING MAN - REACT EX 20 JOHNNY NASH - HOLD ME TIGHT - REGAL ZONOPHONE DEMO M 30 THE BLENDELLS - LA LA LA LA LA - 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YOU BOUGHT MY HEART DOWN TO MY KNEES - STRIKE M 10 SUGAR SIMONE - KING WITHOUT A THRONE - SUE smol VG++ 25 JAMES BROWN - NIGHT TRAIN - SUE no centre swol VG+ 10 BUSTER BROWN - FANNIE MAE - SUE VG+ 10 BILLY PRESTON - BILLY'S BAG - SUE VG+ 10 AL MARTINO - TWO HEARTS ARE BETTER THAN ONE - TOP RANK EX 20 DEE CLARK - RAINDROPS - TOP RANK DEMO M- 20 TINA HARVEY - NOWHERE TO RUN - UK rare version no centre EX- 25 JAY & THE AMERICANS - SHE CRIED - UNITED ARTISTS EX+ 20 JAY & THE AMERICANS - GOT HUNG UP ALONG THE WAY - UNITED ARTISTS EX- 50 THE SHEVELLS - WATERMELON MAN - UNITED ARTISTS DEMO VG++ 20 SHIRLEY BASSEY - DON'T TAKE THE LOVERS FROM THE WORLD - UNITED ARTISTS M 10 THE WANDERERS - RUN RUN SENORITA - UNITED ARTISTS stol on b side EX 15 LITTLE ANTHONY & THE IMPERIALS - NEVER AGAIN - UNITED ARTISTS EX 20 BOBBY GOLDSBORO - IT'S TOO LATE - UNITED ARTISTS VG++ 10 JORDAN CHRISTOPHER - HELLO LOVER - UNITED ARTISTS no centre M- 15 THE EXCITERS - IF LOVE CAME YOUR WAY - UNITED ARTISTS no centre EX 15 SAMANTHA JONES - SOMEBODY ELSE'S BABY - UNITED ARTISTS DEMO M- 200 Only joking - I'd sell my Gran before I sold this record. If I had a Gran. OWEN GRAY - BABY IT'S TRUE - VENUS EX 25 JOHNNY ACE - PLEDGING MY LOVE - VOGUE no centre but a great copy EX 25 ANITA HARRIS - LIES - VOCALION EX 15 THE MARKETTS - BELLA DALENA - WARNER BROS EX 15 THE PARLIAMENTS - I CAN FEEL THE ICE MELTING - TRACK 604032 EX 20 POSTAGE 2.15 RECORDED DELIVERY 6.00 SPECIAL DELIVERY OVERSEAS 9.00 AIRSURE (registered) for orders over £30 OTHERWISE EUROPE £2.70 FIRST RECORD, ELSEWHERE £3.70 FIRST RECORD PAYMENT - CARD, PAYPAL TO pete.smith@freeuk.com , CHEQUE, BANK TRANSFER THANKS FOR READING, MORE SOON.. PETE

Controversial!

It's called My LIfe. I love this.

They don't like merchandising on here.

Well am still none the wiser but well done with the site. I added a little comment about there being a second mix of Jimmy Ruffin on MIracle. Thats probably the only thing I know that wasn't on the site

Thats precisely what I mean though, I constantly get them in collections and just chuck them. No one wanted them.

The companies didn't seem to understand that it was the song not the artist that was of interest Ian, that's why the "follow ups" to big Northern revive 45's never did a thing. Tami lynn, Formations, Little Anthony and so on. These records that you are highlighting (and selling), most of them ended up with dj's on the record companies mailing lists, back in the early 90's I bought my mates sizeable dj collection and the amount of promos was astonishing, I stripped it of all the 60's and things I knew were rare like The Ramones "Blitzkreig Bop" pic sleeve, (there was a terry callier look at me now in there from a soul pack also) then I gave around 500 promos to the Cats Protection League in Hastings Old Town, as the years went by I've often thought about what I gave away, Pioneers My Good FRiend James and so on but at the time I just had no interest in keeping hundreds of 'disco' records. They were all "Alsatian" plugger promo copies.

Toots was over 2 hours late to the show we went to see. Disgraceful. He wondered why the place emptied early, everyone had to get trains and public transport home.

Mick Smith's got one for £25 in his box... (rings me up a minute later to say it's a demo not a test pressing)