Pete S

If you think about it though, the Torch lp was 72/73 and Elton was 'famous' from 1970 onwards so there's no way he'd have been playing at the Torch in 73. I bet he did in the mid 60's though, his band backed loads of blues and soul artists when they came over.

People have been buying that shit for 40 years though - I've got at least 400 of them - they're part of growing up on the scene, we wouldn't have had those records to play at the youth club etc back in the 70's if they hadn't been available for a quid from the local record shop. Not really talking about these modern day ones.

Anyone paying that much for a pressing - well, good luck to them.

Fiction!!!

Such a brilliant record that Alone Again Or. I have tried so many times to listen to Forever Changes but I still can't get it into it.

Me and Grace watched Mary Poppins a couple of weeks ago when she was poorly. How bad is Dick Van Dyke, I know it's a long running joke but someone should have dubbed his voice. Also it seems about 30 minutes too long. This was the first film I ever saw at the pictures, 1964, Weston Super Mare.

Stay tuned, this Tony Blackburn show should be great, all old records which never made the top 40...Lovin Spoonful Do You Believe In Magic...

Well normally at this time of day I'd be listening to Jeremy Vine so this is a nice change for me...I'm sure we could have all predicted some of the track listing...not Private Number though

I'd faint if she did!

Some records didn't sell many copies for a reason. This is one of them.

You are right Jona, whats the point in complaining about it, people would moan if there was none on, people will moan if there's too much on. Just let her get on with it and try and enjoy some of the music, it's not exactly a life or death scenario, it's just some lady playing some Northern tracks.

Ian Levine remake of The Right Track. Makes a change I guess.

That's lovely, thanks Mick. Vocal isn't as good as Gloria Jones but the arrangement is brilliant.

Yeah that was a poor alternate version of Lorraine Chandler. Poor in comparison with the one we know I mean.

Milton Wright eh? HI PETE-I NOTICED THAT J MANSHIP IS AUCTIONING A MILTON WRIGHT-I BELONG TO YOU ON SATIRON.THIS WAS A SOUL BOWL RECORD THAT WE MANUFACTURED FROM THE ORIGINAL RECORDING TAPES–IT WAS SUPPOSED TO COME OUT ON CARLA BUT OLLIE THEN DECIDED TO ISSUE THE INSTRUMENTALS INSTEAD –OLLIE AND I USED TO GO TO BREAKFAST EVERY MORNING WHEN I WAS IN DETROIT AND IT CAME UP IN CONVERSATION THAT HE STILL HAD THE TAPES TO THE ORIGINAL VERSION-SO WE PRESSED 300 COPIES WHICH SOLD OUT WITHIN A FEW DAYS.JOHN

I bet you won't mate, the selection on there is shocking, I check it every day for new additions and apart from the latest repros, I got a Techniques on Duke for £40 which is about half what the others on there charge, they have like Good Minus things for mint prices and when there is something decent, it's double what it should cost...worse than ebay in that respect

After seeing their outfits, you can't blame him

Special Radio Two announcement just been on "Well we were going to have Sharleen Spiteri of the band Texas present this show but as she doesn't know enough about records, apparently, we have a special guest Dj Harold Cubbins from Todmorden Labour Club Soul Nights, he knows everyhting about Northern Soul" Listening figures drop from 10 million to 17 and that includes Harold's family...

Correct mate, several 1977 'first spins' in there

Well if I can blow my own trumpet I've got about 1500 Northern / Soul records on Discogs for sale, all ridiculously cheap, half original half reissue... or I'll always swap for reggae :-) https://www.discogs.com/seller/pete.smith/profile

Jordan said he thinks it's actually by someone called Barbara Wilson and not Gloria Jones

Nobody would be objecting to you playing it if it was a £10 record. People often don't understand that mere mortals cannot afford to pay three weeks wages for a record that they could buy for a fiver, and don't give me that copyright and robbing the artists stuff, how much money do the Hamilton Movement receive from each £1000+ sale of their record? Er, nothing...same as they don't get anything from the £5 bootleg either.

They were obviously just pressing anything with no questions asked, not on behalf of record labels, on behalf of certain individuals - 90% of Monarch Northern stuff from the 70's is bootleg material

END OF YEAR UK LIST THE FOLLOWING ARE ALL UK RELEASES — A MIX OF ORIGINALS AND REISSUES — ALL ACCURATELY PLAY GRADED THE AGENTS — TROUBLE — GRAPEVINE M- 10 ANDRE BRASSEUR — THE KID — CBS 2557 M- 10 ARTHUR CONLEY — SWEET SOUL MUSIC — RED ATLANTIC EX+ 10 BARBARA LYNN — TAKE YOUR LOVE AND RUN — RED / BLUE ATLANTIC EX+ 10 BARBARA LYNN — TAKE YOUR LOVE AND RUN — RED ATLANTIC EX 15 BOBBY THURSTON — VERY LAST DROP — EPIC DEMO EX+ 40 BOBBY WELLS — LET’S COPP A GROOVE — WHITE BEACON VG++ 15 Plays absolutely fine, EX, but a few marks on the vinyl THE BELLES — DON’T PRETEND — PRESIDENT M 20 SOLD Stone mint THE CONTOURS — JUST A LITTLE MISUNDERSTANDING — TAMLA MOTOWN 723 M- 10 DEON JACKSON — OOH BABY — RED ATLANTIC EX+ 20 Juke box type centre THE FULLER BROTHERS — TIME’S A WASTING — DEMAND M- 10 SOLD FATS DOMINO — IT KEEPS RAININ’ — BLACK LIBERTY EX+ 10 FLAMING EMERALDS — HAVE SOME EVERYBODY — GRAPEVINE EX 15 FIVE & A PENNY — YOU DON’T KNOW WHERE YOUR INTEREST LIES — POLYDOR EX 15 1977 reissue GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS — JUST WALK IN MY SHOES — TAMLA MOTOWN 813 VG++ 10 Solid centre copy. Few marks hence grade but plays EX HOMER BANKS — 60 MINUTES OF YOUR LOVE / A LOT OF LOVE — MINIT EX 20 60 Minutes plays mint, A Lot Of Love two tiny clicks at start THE HUMAN BEINZ — NOBODY BUT ME — CAPITOL DEMO M- 10 The 1977 black label demo JOHNNY BRISTOL — LOVE NO LONGER HAS A HOLD ON ME — ARIOLA M- 15 JOHNNY SAYLES — I CAN’T GET ENOUGH — NORTH M- 10 JOHNNY JOHNSON & THE BANDWAGON — I DON’T KNOW WHY / HONEY BEE — STATESIDE M- 20 JOHNNIE TAYLOR — FRIDAY NIGHT — STAX 2025 M- 10 LAURA GREENE — CAN’T HELP LOVING THAT MAN — GRAPEVINE M- 10 Actually by Dian renay — old Richard Searling cover up MIKE POST COALITION — AFTERNOON OF THE RHINO — WARNER BROS EX+ 10 MEL TORME — COMIN’ HOME BABY — LONDON VG++ 15 SOLD Plays mint really THE MONTCLAIRS — HUNG UP ON YOUR LOVE — HOUSE OF SOUNDS EX 10 b/w Gwen Owens and Lainie Hill MEL BRITT — SHE’LL COME RUNNING BACK — GO AHEAD M 10 In pic sleeve with biography. Ruby Andrews — Just Loving You on B side THE MARVELETTES — REACHIN’ FOR SOMETHING I CAN’T HAVE — TAMLA MOTOWN M- 10 THE NEW WANDERERS — THIS MAN IN LOVE — GRAPEVINE M- 15 SOLD THE OLYMPICS — BABY DO THE PHILLY DOG — RED AND YELLOW ACTION VG++ 10 Few light marks but plays as new. Small sticker mark on label THE PLATTERS — SWEET SWEET LOVIN’ / GOING BACK TO DETROIT — PYE EX 15 Has a sticker on the label which I haven’t tried to remove. Going Back To Detroit has the same backing track as Johnnie Mae Matthews — Lonely You’ll Be PHILLIP MITCHELL — FREE FOR ALL — JAYBOY EX+ 10 THE PLATTERS — WITH THIS RING — STATESIDE VG++ 10 Plays NM ROSCO ROBINSON — THAT’S ENOUGH — WAND EX 10 ROBERT KNIGHT — LOVE ON A MOUNTAIN TOP — MOUNUMENT DEMO EX 20 SOLD Never seen a proper 1973 demo of this before on British — white label orange A — certainly looks the part SISTERS LOVE — I’M LEARNING TO TRUST MY MAN — TAMLA MOTOWN EX 10 STANLEY WOODRUFF — WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG — GRAPEVINE DEMO EX 10 SOLD SOUL GENERATION — HOLD ON — GRAPEVINE EX+ 10 SOLD SEVENTH WONDER — CAPTAIN OF MY SHIP — GRAPEVINE M- 15 SMITH BROTHERS — THERE CAN BE A BETTER WAY — GRAPEVINE M- 10 THE TAMANGOES — I REALLY LOVE YOU — GRAPEVINE DEMO EX 20 TOMMY NEAL — GOIN’ TO A HAPPENING — VOCALION EX 40 SOLD Plays mint TSU TORONADOS — A THOUSAND WONDERS — NORTHERN SOUL STORIES M 10 WILLIE MITCHELL — THE CHAMPION — LONDON EX 10 LENA HORNE — THE SAND AND THE SEA — UNITED ARTISTS DEMO M- 40 Sumptious beat ballad SETH MARTIN — LOOK AT ME — PAGE ONE EX+ 15 TIKKI, TAKKI, SUZI, LIES — DREAM STEALER — UPC EX 20 SOLD Super obscure Torch spin THE SOCIALITES — YOU’RE LOSING YOUR TOUCH — WARNER BROS DEMO VG++ 30 Very tough UK demo, plays EX THE LOVEABLES — YOU’RE THE CAUSE OF IT — STATESIDE DEMO M- 20 ETTA JAMES — YOU GOT IT — BLACK CHESS M- 10 PAUL KELLY — CHILLS AND FEVER — BLACK ATLANTIC EX 30 SOLD THE AMAZING DANCING BAND — DEEP BLUE TRAIN — VERVE ISSUE M- 60 Seriously rare issue copy I WILL ALWAYS TRADE FOR ANY REGGAE & SKA THAT I NEED. I AM ALSO IN THE MARKET FOR BUYING ANY COLLECTIONS, NORTHERN SOUL OR REGGAE SO PLEASE BEAR ME IN MIND IF YOU ARE THINKING OF SELLING, OR WANT ME TO SELL FOR YOU. THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO’S ORDERED FROM ME THIS YEAR, HAD SOME GREAT STUFF IN 2014, FINGERS CROSSED IT’LL CONTINUE INTO 2015. HAPPY NEW YEAR IN ADVANCE. PETE POSTAGE IS EXTRA 2.50 1ST RECORDED 7.10 SPECIAL OVERSEAS, WILL QUOTE PAYPAL / CARD / BANK TRANSFER ALL WELCOME CHEERS Pete