Godzilla

Just posted some about The Crow with a request for more info in Look At Your Box (not one for sale unfortunately!)

He's just teasing you. Actually it's cheap a enough 45 to start buying copies and chucking them in landfill

Apologies if this has been discussed before but I only noticed this a couple of months ago. Has anyone else spotted that some of the label details are the same on The Construction (Sync 6) and The Crow + Pervis Herder (Inner Ear) All are Kama Sutra productions and distributed by Progressive Media Inc, 300 W 55th St New York City. The Crow has black print whereas the other two have silver and the logo and label colours are different, but the typeface and label layout are identical on all three I remember someone on here once saying that there was a garage record on Sync 6 by The 1942 Explorers but I've never seen it and can't find a reference. Does anyone know of any other releases on either label or have any further info to add?

Mike Post was Soul Beat - it looked identical otherwise though: same type face, same layout

Me too! I was going to say we'll be playing Nutbush City Limits next. Except that's a much better record.

On a slightly more serious note, I'm genuinely relieved that I'm not that out of touch. Equally however, I'm genuinely dismayed that anyone would be desperate/audacious enough to convince some clearly vulnerable members of our community that this is a record worthy of playing out.

Close call - good job you don't live in France or Italy!

You working on the theory that someone accidentally played the wrong side Benji?

I suppose there's no accounting for taste Bearsy. Even if you have none Seriously though, if I was regularly hearing worse records than that when i went out, I'd have a think about changing the venues I patronise...

Only the instrumental - in a fashion!

Walk Out The Door If You Wanna. I've seen it in sales a few times of late. Are people really playing it? If the answer to this question is 'yes,' by the way, then we truly have run out of records haven't we...?

Agreed. No way this thing is a replacement for club use. What I was trying to say was, if you're not a DJ why buy club style decks? You're better off with an entry level hi-fi turntable. If you want to record vinyl then just take a line out from amp into your computer. If you are a DJ, do the same from your mixer.

You got any kids chalky? If so I feel sorry for your missus - I truly believe you'd have argued with her about the best way to give birth

I wasn't talking about the amount of space they take up Chalky! Take away the extras and what your left with is a cheaper turntable surely. If you don't think you get better quality if you pay a bit more, why not settle for the ion instead of the stanton? Gotcha!

I bet it's nowhere nearly as well built as 1200/1210s. Moreover, you can get a decent entry level pro-ject or similar turntable for around £250. Stands to reason that the more gizmos (built in prre-amp, software, USB connection etc) for the same price, the lower quality of turntable you get for your money. I guess at least it will be a tad better than those horrid ion things.

Silver first Blue second Yellow and blue with "Northern Soul" tag third. Yours is the demo for the this one I believe one of Manships books states the the blue issue predates the silver but from my experience it's the consensus of UK collectors that silver came first. All three issues came with push out and solid centres. Regardless of which was first i think the plain blue is nicest looking. So there

I think you're revising history with an exotisised slant that suits your beliefs. I struggle to accept that the artists and musicians in those communities you speak of wouldn't want radio hits, record sales, more fans and wouldn't turn their noses up at better deals, bigger shows. It's possible to love the music you make and still want to successful and I doubt many people deliberately used to set out to be cult figures.

House music isn't a good analogy anyway if you're talking about musicians, as the original records tended to be made by DJs and producers.

All the proper musicians that I know tend to follow the pay cheque first of all and if it's something artistically pleasing, well that's a bonus. I guess it's like being a plumber: you just try do do a good job and get paid for it. If it's an interesting project à la Grand Designs that you're working on, sure, that's nice, but at the end of the day it's all about the pipes.

It is quite poppy though, isn't it?

Still does to me. You'd think these people had never heard The Bay Ridge...

Fair point Kev - although it (the vocal) has been played in funk clubs for at least 10 years. Maybe new to this scene....

Yeah, I know what the errors on the label are. Sorry - didn't make myself clear: did Chris borrow your typewriter then..?

The instrumental flip Soul for Sale was a Wigan/Manchester Ritz spin for sure. Probably other places too.

Did you write the labels?