Pete S

Spot on really. Remember when you used to get soul packs in the 70's and threw away all the ones that weren't Northern? Well we did anyway. The stuff you chucked away was mostly crossover. Like when you got a great record, played the A side to death, tried the B side once and found it was forgettable and never went back to it. That's crossover as well. Of all of the different genres that comprise Northern Soul, crossover is the weakest because it was poor then and it hasn't improved over time, unlike say R & B which was obviously good back then but now sounds even better. You just have to get a record that's not northern but has the faintest trace of a beat, you call it crossover, it's so easy to do and it saves you finding any of the real stuff. Naturally there are the odd exceptions, but on the whole, 99% of what I've heard is garbage. The Margie Joseph record that Mal mentions above is one of the greatest soul records ever made, it's an insult to describe it as crossover. I feel so much better after a good rant.

I don't think they were The Slickers. On the Trojan Story sleevenotes it intimates that they were, and this is going back to 1972, but I played "Nana" the other day and it doesn't sound like them to me. I think it's because one of the Crooks brothers of The Pioneers was in The Slickers.

Dunno, thats why I said it sounds like them

Okay here's what it says. Q: I RECENTLY SAW A CONCERT IN LONDON FEATURING SEVERAL FEMALE STARS OF MOTOWN (BRENDA HOLLOWAY, CHRIS CLARK, THELMA HOUSTON, MABLE JOHN), IT WAS A TREMENDOUS EVENING EVEN THOUGH THE VENUE WAS NOT FULL. A: Oh, you mean "newcomers" to Motown! Mable John, who was berry Gordy's friend, did record some early sides but try and find a Motown record with her name on! As far as playing to a half empty venue is concerned, if they had me - an original Motowner - on the bill, perhaps it would have been full. No one on that bill has the same status as me in this country so perhaps they should have asked! Q: ALL TIME FAVOURITE ARTISTS? A: Me.

Well the interview was with Dave Sallis who's a very well known UK based Motown collector, done backstage at a gig recently. When asked who her favourite artist of all time is, she says "Me - Martha Reeves". I'll try and find the mag so I can quote it exactly.

I wish I had it with me to quote exactly but Martha Reeves is interviewed in this months Record Collector and the interviewer asks her about her appearance on a bill featuring other ladies of Motown including Brenda Holloway and Chris Clark (and maybe Carolyn Crawford) and Martha insinuates that these were no-hit artists who weren't fit to be on the same stage as her and people only went to the gig to see her! I think there may well be a few people on this forum who strongly disagree with that statement. I'd pay good money to see Brenda Holloway. You'd have to pay me to go see Martha Reeves. * FULL ACTUAL QUOTE FURTHER DOWN THE THREAD

I went to the Casino almost every week of that particular year including the nights when filming was done and I don't think This England made any difference in attendances whatsoever, especially as it took a long time after filming for it to be shown anyway. Things that must have affected attendances came two years earlier, including the dreaded Wigans Ovation and Footsee on TOTP and a Radio 1 documentary on Northern Soul broadcast on a saturday or sunday afternoon (used to have this on tape, lost it)

PETE SMITH 4 BLAKELEY HEATH DRIVE WOMBOURNE WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0HW Pete.smith@freeuk.com JUST A HANDFUL OF RARE 45s FOR SALE HERE THEY ARE ALSO ON EBAY SO IF ANYONE WANTS ANYTHING, ILL REMOVE THEM FROM EBAY. SOUND CLIPS AVAILABLE OF ALL. PRICES IN UK POUNDS. CHEERS PETE DESMOND RILEY - OUT YOUR FIRE / NO RETURN - DOWN TOWN DT 438. THIS IS ONE OF THE RARER DOWN TOWN NUMBERS, NOT HAD THIS BEFORE. CONDITION IS EXCELLENT MINUS, A COUPLE OF LIGHT MARKS BUT A REAL NICE COPY. PRICE 40.00 SOLD THE MELLOTONES - FEEL GOOD / SOULFUL MOOD - AMALGAMATED AMG 817. LOOKS USED BUT FEEL GOOD PLAYS WITH A TINY AMOUNT OF CRACKLE, MOSTLY NEAR THE START SO GRADES VG++ AT LEAST PLAY-WISE, B SIDE BIT MORE CRACKLE AT START BUT AT LEAST A SOLD VG, AND I DON'T MEAN A REGGAE VG I MEAN A PROPER VG. SIDE A NICE EARLY REGGAE VOCAL, SIDE B COOL ROCKSTEADY INSTRUMENTAL. PRICE 35.00 THE CLARENDONIANS - SHE BRING ME JOY / WHEN I AM GONE - GAS 131. SHE BRING ME JOY IS VG, CLICKS, WHEN I AM GONE IS BETTER, VG++, BOTH SIDES GLOSSY BUT SHE BRING ME JOY SIDE HAS SEVERAL MARKS HENCE THE CLICKS. PRICE 20.00 ROLAND ALPHONSO - LOVER BOY / LOU SPARKS - PHOENIX - GAYFEET GS 203. BRILLIANT AND VERY RARE / LESSER KNOWN SKIN INSTRUMENTAL FROM ROLAND ALPHONSO - SIMILAR STYLE TO 1000 TONS OF MEGATON ETC, SUPERB FAST TUNE (SAMPLE UP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE). CONDITION IS EXCELLENT PLUS!!! PRICE 75.00 BOBBY MELODY (WINSTON FRANCIS) - THE BREAK / BAND OF MERCY & SALVATION - SUFFERING STINK (DUKE DU-20). THIS IS THE COPY I BOUGHT LAST MONTH ON EBAY FROM OUT ON THE FLOOR, INCREDIBLY I PICKED UP ANOTHER COPY SO AM ABLE TO OFFER THIS ONE FOR SALE, THE ORIGINAL AD SHOULD STILL BE UP HERE https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190426079477&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT IF NOT, THE EBAY ITEM NUMBER WAS 190426079477 IT'S A GREAT COPY, IT HAS SOME MARKS BUT THEY DON'T AFFECT PLAY AND THE SOUND QUALITY IS BRILLIANT. I SLIGHTLY TOUCHED UP THE LABEL TO IMPROVE IT A LITTLE. ONE OF THESE WENT FOR £350 LAST WEEK ON EBAY. PRICE 299.00 THE REGGAE BOYS THE REGGAE TRAIN / DOLLY HOUSE ON FIRE AMALGAMATED AMG 843. THIS SOUNDS SUSPICIOUSLY LIKE THE PIONEERS. A REALLY GREAT COPY, EX MINUS AT THE VERY WORST, LOVELY LABELS TOO, A VERY WELL LOOKED AFTER RECORD. PRICE 40.00 THE PYRAMIDS TO SIR WITH LOVE / REGGAE SHUFFLE TROJAN TR 7770. ACTUALLY A REALLY GOOD VERSION OF THE LULU CLASSIC, TYPICAL TROJAN ADDED STRINGS BUT STILL A POWERFUL VERSION. AVERAGE INSTRUMENTAL ON THE FLIP. A SPOTLESS NEAR MINT COPY. PRICE 25.00 THE OVERTAKERS THATS THE WAY YOU LIKE IT / THE BIGTAKEOVER AMALGAMATED AMG 803. TWO VERY EARLY AMALGAMATED TUNES, STILL IN THE ROCKSTEADY STYLE, GRADES AROUND VG++ MARK PLAYS BETTER WITH VERY VERY LIGHT BACKGROUND NOISE AT TIMES, ITS A NICE COPY. PRICE 40.00 SOLD THANKS FOR READING. POSTAGE IS 2.00 RECORDED IN THE UK, ANYTHING OVER 50.00 MUST GO REGISTERED AT 5.50 OVERSEAS, 6.00 REGISTERED. I TAKE ALL CARDS, PAYPAL (SMALL CHARGE FOR THIS), BANK TRANSFERS, CHEQUE, CASH...PLEASE, NO TIME WASTERS! CHEERS PETE

I've had that Belgian one and it sure is rare, think I got £200 for it and that was 5 years ago. I know Mick has found these at Utrecht as well. I had a Belgian "She blew a good thing" (American Poets) earlier this year, same design as this Frankie & Johnny but on London, could only get £20 for it! Never even knew it existed before.

I managed to sell mine today but I had to go down to £15!

I thought they'd been around a long time but Pikeys Dog above disagrees - surely it wouldn't have been booted twice.

Bet you've still got them

May I politely ask that if you post any more items today or in the next couple of days can you please post them all under the same header please instead of separate sales for each item, as per site rules. You've done three separate ones today. Sorry but they asked me to moderate and that's what I'm gonna do. cheers pete

That's the one

THE STORY OF JAMAICAN MUSIC PART 6: SPIRIT OF '69 * * * * * * * * * * Continuing on from our previous look at the birth of Reggae, "Boss Sounds", this show features more of the same but as you will see, much of the material is less frantic than the original ultra-fast reggae from 1968. Not all of the tracks here are actually from 1969, but this is a good example of the sort of thing that was being played in the clubs and sold in specialist shops at the time. I've included a few better known tracks this time such as Red Red Wine, Hold You Jack (the original cut to Wet Dream) and No More Heartaches; rude reggae with Wreck A Buddy and The Rise & Fall Of Laurel Aitken (it took me 22 years to find a copy of this, searching since I first heard it aged 12 at our local fair and finding one eventually in 1994 - now there's one on Ebay every week!); there are some tremendous instrumentals from The Upsetters; and beautiful vocal selections from Alton Ellis, Pat Kelly, Audrey and many more. Audrey's "Love Me Tonight" must surely by one of the best reggae tracks ever recorded in the UK. My personal favourite here is Keith Blake's "Musically" which is actually very late Rocksteady. Been after a copy of this for many a year. Thank goodness for Vinyl Carvers! * * * * * * * * * * https://podcastmachine.com/podcasts/4425/episodes/28512 Prince Buster - The Scorcher (Fab) / Ronald Russell - Rhythm Hips (Nu Beat) / Keith Blake - Musically (Blue Cat) / The Paragons - Left With A Broken Heart (Duke) / The Gaylets - Silen River Runs Deep (Island) / Prince Buster - New Dance Called Reggae (Fab) / The Upsetters - A Live Injection (Upsetter) / The Upsetters - Dry Acid (Punch) / Pat Kelly - How Long Will It Take (Gas) / The Uniques - Out Of Love (Trojan) / The Melodians - Ring Of Gold (Gas) / Laurel Aitken - Rise And Fall (J.J.) / Tony Tribe - Red Red Wine (Downtown) / Dennis Walks - Heart Don't Leap (Bullet) / Audrey - A Lover's Concerto (Downtown) / The Beltones - No More Heartaches (Trojan) / Paul & Randolph - It Ain't (Blank) / Soul Sisters - Wreck A Buddy (Amalgamated) / Alton Ellis - Vreaking Up (Trojan) / Derrick Morgan - Hold You Jack (Island) / The Upsetters - My Mob (Camel) / The Slickers - Nana (Blue Cat) / Ansil Collins - Secret Weapon (Amalgamated) / Monty Morris - Last Laugh (Doctor Bird) / George Dekker - Foey Man (Island) / The Reggaeites - Harris Wheel (Crab) / Audrey - Love Me Tonight (Downtown) .

Hope you sell it Glyn, that sure is a rare old book, took me years to get one, then I found another almost imemdiately - that was ten years ago, haven't seen one in the flesh since.

55 quid, buy it now 160 quid, several days left

Yes!

Was booted way way back but no idea why because it wasn't popular at anywhere I ever went - so it may even date back to Torch period

PETE SMITH 4 BLAKELEY HEATH DRIVE WOMBOURNE WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0HW pete.smith@freeuk.com 01902 326306 EYES DOWN LOOK IN FOLKS, SOME NICE STUFF HERE TODAY USA ORIGINALS BROTHER TO BROTHER - IN THE BOTTLE - TURBO EX 8 6 ARCHIE BELL & THE DRELLS - HERE I GO AGAIN - ATLANTIC (ORIG) EX 10 6 LEAH DAWSON - MY MECHANICAL MAN - MAGIC CITY EX+ 30 20 SOLD Gold label, stamped original THE FORMATIONS - AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS - MGM (blue/gold label) EX 8 6 THE FENWAYS - SATISFIED - CO & CE EX 10 6 THE 5TH DIMENSION - CALIFORNIA SOUL - SOUL CITY EX 10 6 FIRST CHOICE - THIS IS THE HOUSE WHERE LOVE DIED - SCEPTER EX 25 20 SOLD THE FULLER BROTHERS - TIMES A WASTING - SOUL CLOCK EX 25 20 (Gold label/round clock logo) THE FLAMINGOS - THE BOOGALOO PARTY - PHILIPS EX 15 10 Pretty tough on original black Philips label FRED HUGHES - BABY BOY - BRUNSWICK EX 15 10 SOLD NORMA JENKINS - CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT - DESERT MOON EX 8 6 DEENA JOHNSON - I'M A SAD GIRL - SIMPSON DEMO EX 25 20 TROY KEYES - IF I HAD MY WAY - VMP EX 15 10 JACKIE LEE - THE SHOTGUN AND THE DUCK / TEMPTATION WALK - MIRWOOD EX 15 10 LITTLE ANTHONY & THE IMPERIALS - GONNA FIX YOU GOOD - VEEP EX 25 20 RAMSEY LEWIS - WADE IN THE WATER - CADET EX 10 6 LITTLE MILTON - SOMETIMEY - CHECKER EX 15 10 Was massive in the 80's THE MOMENTS - NINE TIMES - STANG EX 10 6 TOMMY NEAL - GOIN' TO A HAPPENING - PAMELINE VG++ 55 45 Yellow label. Few marks, plays EX THE PLATTERS - SWEET, SWEET LOVIN' - MUSICOR EX 15 10 N.F. PORTER - KEEP ON KEEPING ON - LIZARD M- 20 15 SOLD Again, guaranteed original issue THE POETS - SHE BLEW A GOOD THING - SYMBOL EX 10 8 BOBBY PATTERSON - WHAT A WONDERFUL NIGHT FOR LOVE - JETSTAR EX 20 15 Red/pale blue label, looks superb, one mark NAP EDWIN STARR - MY WEAKNESS IS YOU - GORDY EX 15 10 THE SUPERIORS - WHAT WOULD I DO - VERVE EX 20 15 SOLD B.J. THOMAS - I DON'T HAVE A MIND OF MY OWN - SCEPTER M 15 10 SOLD Great oldie GLORIA TAYLOR - YOU GOT TO PAY THE PRICE - SILVER FOX (Black label) EX 10 8 JOE TEX - UNDER YOUR POWERFUL LOVE - DIAL M- 20 15 Up to 3 records, first class £1.30 first class (add 70p for recorded) after that, add 20p per record Special delivery 5.50 overseas, I'll quote you, usually £2 airmail for 1-2 records I TAKE MOST CARDS (NOT AMEX), CHEQUE, BANK TRANSFER, PAYPAL ETC.

I was just about to use the buy it now on that until my missus caught on, said I'd never use it and it'd go in the garage with the other dozen record players I "had to have" and never used still going to have a sneaky bid on it though

It's like a white version of the brown Argo label. Was also booted on Soul Fox.

yOUR CHEQUES IN THE POST KEITH

You'll never see an HB Barnum demo - there ain't any!

Would it be possible for people who've asked about records and I've tiold them that they are available, to get back to me please, as I don't know whether I am meant to have reserved them or not. Ta.