Wally Francis

When i asked the same question some week's back i was told that the guy who builds and look's after the site has fallen out with the guy's who run the club.

Has anybody got a link to the village soul site.I've tried searching but as yet no luck

Sorry Ted,You've seen right through me .Now will you f*** off like a nice little boy and annoy someone else you won't like me when im mad.Bye the way how's your rib's?next time it'll be your kidney's

I've got one,probably matches your want's ie unplayed,been in a box for last 15+yrs.what's the going rate for this then?

Just found this aswell. By 1975, Jackie Wilson was nothing more than an oldies act. Despite one of the most powerful voices and hyperactive physiques in the business, he was no longer able to put his name on a hit record. Sure, some awe-struck kids like Prince Rogers Nelson and Michael Jackson would still go to his gigs (and take notes). But the man's career had to be put on life support by the ubiquitous Dick Clark, who featured him in a package tour called the Good Ol' Rock 'n' Roll Revue. In September 1975, Jackie slid out onstage at Camden, New Jersey and kept his audience burning with high-energy versions of hits like "I'll Be Satisfied", "Whispers", and "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher". Towards the end of his climactic signature tune, "Lonely Teardrops", Jack leapt high into the air, and fell abruptly backwards. "My heart is cryin', cryin'" -- those were his last words. His head hit the stage with a loud crack. Dick Clark rushed to his side, yelled "Is there a doctor in here?" to the stunned audience, then began sobbing over the unconscious singer's motionless body. Jackie Wilson blinked twice, and rolled his eyes up in his head. He remained in a coma for eight years until, in January 1984, he stopped taking nourishment and passed away. Sometimes the worst tragedies are the ones that creep forward slowly. Jackie Wilson -- a man who could throw a punch like Sonny Liston, who could out-sing and out-dance the entire Motown stable, whose enthusiasm for food and sex were epic -- he spent his last eight years a vegetable. But the bigger tragedy was his career itself. Just like Sonny Liston, Jackie's gifts -- his voice and body -- were owned by the mob. Jackie was a banger from the outset, and his entire singing career is best viewed in this light. The shifty teenage pugilist who would enthrall the rough wine-soaked members of Detroit's Shaker Gang with soaring renditions of "Danny Boy". In exchange, they would jump in and protect his pretty face when the fists started flying He thought with his fists, and his dick, allegedly getting a score of girls pregnant by the time he turned sixteen. Running and fighting, and occasionally stopping to sing, he became a local hero, and indeed the pride of the Shaker Gang. He was in and out of jail, but only when he landed in the Lansing Correctional Institute at age sixteen would he take boxing seriously. Joe Louis was Detroit's hometown hero, and countless boys were yearning to follow in his footsteps. The connection between music and boxing was always very intimate in everyone's minds. Whenever people thought of Sonny Liston, they thought of his jumping rope to the tune of "Night Train" (always "Night Train"), a bigger and badder mess of footwork and jazz you had never seen. For years, Jackie Wilson claimed to have trained as a professional boxer, a competitor in the Detroit Golden Gloves, a welterweight champion, and finally (briefly) a pro boxer. He did box, yes. But according to Jack Douglas' exceptionally well-researched biography Jackie Wilson: The Man, The Music, The Mob, the stories of his welterweight championship, and of his brief pro career, were fictions. Still, boxing was always central to his identity, and it's easy to see why: it taught him to dance. By all accounts, the man couldn't dance a lick with a partner, and always fled the dance floor. But to see him glide out onstage, twirling, flipping, diving throwing the mike around without missing a note -- he was shadow-boxing for the masses. His body -- often quite drunk -- combined a precise, trained choreography with a stunning sense of physical intuition. He always seemed to know exactly how to manipulate an audience with his movements. The girls saw it was time to start tearing off his clothes once he leaned back, back, back into his rope-a-dope until he was practically laying supine on the stage. Elvis Presley watched and learned. So did James Brown.

Just done some digging around in the American Boxing Archives and found a JACKIE WILSON who fought at welterweight from Las Angales California,between 1937 & 1949.Seems like this guy was pretty good he had 90 fights in total with 65 wins,20 losses,& 5 draws.Could this be the same JACKIE WILSON?,the weight sounds about right for him about 11st.

I believe the lead singer was female and she used to wair a pearl neclace.

The Dell's,Thought they were great at Trentam Gardens a few years ago.Would be good to see them again.

Kim Fuller,Think she's still in London.

Could be the version of the ATCO album.

Anyone know what's happened to the Oslo soul club web site? I've tried my own link and tried google but can't get the site to load up.

Anything in HEADSEY'S sale's box Only kidding mate,i could'nt resist it

A visit to the doctors is due to have your ear's checked out,methink's. sounds a bit like, Ric Martin - I traveled the road.

Chris Waddle former England Int Footballer & Les Ferdinand have a likeing for Northern Soul.Was told Chris Waddle has a decent record collection aswell.

Seb,Continental 4 - The Way I Love You , Fantastic track

I seen one on evil-bay earlier this week,hope this help's.

It's just pure greed ,and someone's idea to earn a quick buck.No wonder quite a lot of these old soul artist's have become broke and destitute.

Got one many thank's

Can only play one at a time,not everyone is as clever as you TWAT :angry: .Anyway been pulled of many do's lately? You know what i mean don't you?

Im looking for a copy of LOU RAWLS-SEE YOU WHEN I GET THERE-PHILI pm me if you can help many thank's

Another been listed by sweetsoul28,6 day's left & price at £300 wondering if a few have been found so a few in the no are starting to off load while the price is high.

Just secured one, Thank's for the reply's.

Hi im looking for a copy of Walter Jackson-let me come back-Brunswick.Cash Waiting

That was me needed a bit of a clean but ok now.

Craig has recently bought up an entire dealers collection from the uk,so like i said on another site i'd expect to see a lot of activity on Ebay with him aswell.