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The guitar riff is pretty decent. Not easy to copy exactly as Paul Weller’s guitarist discovered. Apparently played by Lowell George from Little Feat on Nolan Porter’s original version.

Yes you’re right. Brilliant pair who shouldn’t be overlooked.

Anyone mentioned either of the Dells lead singers? Marvin Junior and Johnny Funches I think. Both great distinctive vocalists.

UK produced modern soul tune in Ex- condition. £10.00 plus £2.50 signed for postage to UK. Paypal as gift. PM if interested. Thanks for looking. SORRY NOW SOLD

Just seen a sale by a dealer on Facebook of Eddie Parker - I’m Gone 70’s boot for £30.00. Why when you can buy a legit reissue brand new from Ace Records for £8.00?

Employing someone to perform a service and not paying them for it is stealing money directly from them but actually is a breach of contract something which you are expected to resolve through the civil courts. Same difference. I don’t condone bootlegging but I don’t see why corporations like Sony, Universal et al should be able to use the criminal law to protect their interests when others who lose out financially don’t have the same rights. Shall we leave it at that?

If counterfeiting was simple theft, these individuals would have been charged with offences under the Theft Act. They pleaded guilty to copyright and trademarks offences. Not really theft at all. The owners still have their works to sell. The buyers were happy with their purchases apparently. Two blokes inside costing us money. There was a civil law remedy available, but the BPI seem able to persuade some tame CID to march around in his size 13’s and rummage about some geezers lock up.

Agree. Should be a civil law matter. Get an injunction, and sue for unpaid royalties. The crime here is unpaid income tax. To be clear though I don’t condone this activity or buy this product.

I don’t think he identified the collector. I think he just said the acetate found its way into the hands of a UK collector who then gave him a carver or let him make his own carver. Maybe John Poole as he apparently discovered the acetate, as mentioned above. Re the brief drop out of audio, I must have accidentally hit record and play on my cassette machine when I was transferring to MP3 in the 00’s. Nothing more than that. It’s a great track. I must have been impressed having bothered to make an MP3 from cassette and then preserved it on a CD.

Maybe this broadcast Mike? All Singing All Dancing All Night on BBC Radio 2 in about 1999. I recorded the show on a cassette at the time. When broadcast originally the track cross faded to Jimmy Ruffin - He Who Picks A Rose, which I think was then a recent tape vault find but it would have been easy for a bootlegger ( not me incidentally ) to add another fade in the same way I have done to upload this clip to YouTube.

Mine arrived today. No stiffener in the mailer so arrived with a creased sleeve but fortunately vinyl undamaged.

Or this but sounds good on this tune.

Not much help to you as their shop is only open Thurs - Sun, but Vinyl Boutique (owned by Boz Boorer - Morrisey’s guitarist ) is worth checking out. He makes regular trips to USA mainly for rockabilly 45’s but he’s got several crates of used soul and rocksteady 45’s in store. The shop is in the basement of Sounds That Swing on Parkway in Camden ( open weekdays till 6pm) which has some soul, northern etc inc many of the new reissue 45’s you’ll find in the Soho shops. Best place for secondhand soul vinyl in London is Spitalfields Market which is held 1st and 3rd Friday of the month. Sorry again not much help to you. https://vinylboutique.co.uk/about-us/

Loads of great modern amongst this list (spins attributed to Dave Thorley at Stafford) from Soul Underground website. Some could be described as disco sounding but all soulful to my ears and wouldn't mind hearing any of them getting a spin today. Manhattans - Crazy - CBS/ColumbiaJewel - Paradise - Jewel (Late Yate/Early Stafford)Bobby Womack - Trying To Get Over You - Beverley GlenRichard "Popcorn" Wylie - How did I Lose You - ABCBobby Womack - So Many Sides Of You - Beverley GlennJessie Henderson - I Did It Again - Land Of Hits/LassoJohnnie Taylor - What About My Love - Beverley GlenEarl White Jnr - Very Special Girl - CygnetMel Williams - Sweet Girl Of Mine - Buddah (came from Tim Ashibende and Butch)Rochelle Rabouin - This Is My Year - CygnetSir Henry Ivy - He Left You Standing There - Future Dimension (came from Mick Godfrey)James & Truitt - What's Wrong With It - JucaMemphians - South Memphis - Bluff City (late Yate/Early Stafford)Whispering Shadows - Stop The World - Mr D's21st Century - Your Smallest Wish - BeeGeeWali Ali - (Oh i) Need Your Lovin' - JobeteTSU Tornadoes - What Good Am I - AtlanticGuitar Ray - You're Gonna Wreck My Life - Shagg (came from Tim Ashibende and Butch)Bobby Sheen - Something New To Do - Warner Brothers (came from Tim Ashibende and Butch)Soul Brothers Inc - Pyramid - Golden Eye (Mel Britt c/u) https://www.soulunderground.co.uk/page21/page9/

I was playing some tunes yesterday and stuck this on. Had forgotten how good it is.

I like the Marriott’s version of Tell It Like It Is Des. Not surprised it sold quite quick.

What’s With This Loneliness is fantastic but I recently came across Beautiful Woman flip to I’ve Got The Need which is a really nice modern soul tune.

Came across this recently in some records my eldest brother was selling.

Sounds like fun - many wouldn't bother.

Can't really help but there are good versions by Billy Davis and The Magnificent Men. Maybe someone had access to an acetate of just the instrumental track of either of these. Both versions give the Funk Brothers a run for their money. Well maybe just the Mag Men.

What has Mike? The vocal sung over 6X6 playing in the background and recorded onto a C60 sometime in the 70's, or Willie Hutch - Train Keep On Moving? I'm struggling to comprehend what the OP is on about but i'd like to hear this 6X6 vocal despite the poor quality and muffled recording.

Got a link to the Youtube clip ?

Haven't posted in a longtime and have to confess to not having this tune in my collection - yet. I came across it on a sales list on here recently but foolishly let it slip through my fingers! Haven't we all done that and regretted it? Only £15.00 too. It's a slightly flawed tune, I think, in some respects as the progression at 1.31 is a bit jarring, but it all gets back on board for a flourishing finish with a nice reverby mix as the tune fades out. There is another version by Chuck which I think he must have recorded later but it's not as good. In summary a really cool, indie sounding piece of Detroit soul.

Me at the 100 Club May last year and one "off duty"

Agreed. I'm having to re evaluate them. I knew about Gotta Pay Your Dues in the mid 70's but wrongly assumed that's all there was of interest to me.