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Probably a disc which helped you - via a computer- to get on sites like this.

Dusty for me too. Always found Ms Barrett a tad harsh sounding in the vocal & production.

Cashmeres - Don't Let The Door Hit Your Back.

Not sure of tears - 73/74 or 74/75 when the two different came out (at work now) The first release is on blue Vibration label & the release approx. a year later - on yellow Vibration has a more disco groove to it. Like both versions meself.

Craig Moerer has a M- copy on GEMM for 75 dollars.

None of the artistes can ever be described as sad.They are all very competent pop singers (apart from TB) & within the pop genre have a huge amount of credibility - they all have had a degree of longevity in the music industry so you have to respect that. If anybody thinks of these people as soul singers that is fine by me - IMHO they are not.

The fact that people consider a record by Lulu "fits the bill" is the problem I have with it.

I'll make it easy for you Doris Troy - "I'll Do Anything" or Tony Blackburn - "I'll Do Anything" Gloria Jones - "Tainted Love" or Soft Cell - "Tainted Love" The Righteous Brothers - "Unchained Melody" or Robson & Jerome - "Unchained Melody"

Listen to Esther Phillips "Home Is Where The Hatred Is" & then listen to Lulu - "Boom Bang A Bang". Then make your own mind up.

It's nothing to do with colour - I didn't mention the colour of anyone's skin & your remarks are without foundation & I find it offensive for you to intimate my opinion is based on a person's skin colour. Truth is Lulu IMHO is a decent enough pop singer - nothing more - nothing less. One thing she ISN'T is a soul singer. Just to balance the argument - IMHO Tina Turner is a rock singer. Neither of the two ladies music has ever appealed to me - my opinions are based on the music they have made - certainly not on the colour of their skin.

Lulu Cilla Black Susan Maughan Tom Jones Helen Shapiro Jackie Trent Petula Clarke Tony Blackburn...................... ................. the list gets longer....................& sadder.

That could also apply to the "sixties - only" Motown & Northern Soul collectors - I suspect that not many of them own or desire most records made by The Temptations or Isley Brothers post 1970.

Agree with you up to a point Pete - however comparing Motown to House music leads me to this conclusion. The Northern scene only plays a very small percentage of the music produced in the sixties at Motown. There are plenty of modern dance records that do use traditional instrumentation - again the modern dance scene only plays a small percentage of countless titles which are released every week - it's all about picking the right ones. In fact much the same as picking the "right" sixties Motown tunes. There are plenty of modern tunes with fantastic soulful vocals. Again it is all about conceptions of the music - many people who were never into northern soul & buy contemporary dance music see northern as sounding all the same.

The one thing I love about this scene is the different angles we all take on the music. Only last week I heard a conversation in which TTBA was described as a "Northern Soul" classic. On here it has been likened to House. I see it as a "New York Disco Classic". In the glory days of Motown they made soul records with a danceable beat - this leads me to think that they must have been making "Soulful Dance " music. Nothing really changes - only the "handles" we put on the music. PS - Good shout on Vicki Sues version of Daylight - I've been boring people to death for many a year with the same opinion.

I have the LP - think the version is Parts 1 & 2 off the 7 inch single joined together as it was originally recorded.

Back in the seventies you couldn't sell "Jeanette" - Wade Flemons for 3 quid - there was loads of 'em about. Even now I wouldn't give you the price of a pint for it!!!

Think you will find records like The Futures & Ace Spectrum are cheaper than they were two years ago.

Zola - King Errison I'll Be There - The Gems Nothing Can Compare To You - Velvet Satins

I sold one for £425 last year. Current price could be anything between £350 & £500.

We'll only sing along if you guarantee that we are singing along to the original vinyl.

Same as I know Santa Claus & the tooth fairy don't exist.

But if you are a DJ & you play a carver at a gig - that ceases to be for your own listening pleasure.

To me carvers ARE bootlegs - they have been reproduced without the permission of the person who owns the rights to them.

In earlier post somebody talked about sound quality of original over bootleg - surely there is a deterioration when a CD track is put onto a carver. To me a carver is an illegal reproduction - a bootleg. Why not just play the CD? - or will that never be acceptable?

I agree with the CD comment - plenty of great "unreleased" tracks on quality CDs. The two RCA CDs released by Kent have some blinding tracks on them - will they ever get played? or is that unacceptable? The Sharon Scott tracks are as good (IMHO) as any of the big tunes played off the RCA label. Sadly not many people will get to dance to them & I think that is wrong. Rarity should never be allowed to get in the way of quality.