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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.

Generally most of the scenes "anthems" or "floorfillers" have been booted or re-issued. If you were to play a record like Billy Prophet or The Anderson Brothers (& neither of them were originals) would it affect the amount of people dancing to them? Or would they be too busy running to the decks to check their authenticity? I guarantee that everybody on this forum has at some stage danced to a record in "non-original" format.

How would the scene cope with a policy adopted back in the days of Wigan & Mecca. Once a record was booted or re-issued it was no longer played at major venues - this was of course before "oldies nights" at Wigan.

Can see all sides of the argument- however if I was booking a top "name" Dj I would not expect him to play such "overplayed" tunes that they had been booted in the first place. After all the "500" records I am talking about are not what I would expect a "Top DJ" to play. If he can only fill the floor with the "same old" - even if on original he's not IMHO, worth hiring.

Lucky old Mike - whoever he is!!

As per usual the chemical side of things had to be mentioned. Of course Russ informed the nation that the attendees were all fuelled on "Lucozade" - Priceless!!

Came out on Parallel records in America - big spin for Colin C @ The Mecca.

Think you will find it is Sidney Thomas "Look Let's Make Love" - NOT Ronnie Love

Why is their a lot of West Midland avatars on here at the moment?

What can I say Pete? - your post "It's Great!!!"

Think we all may argue at what order these records should be listed - indeed there are lots of records I own or have heard that don't even make it into the book. In fairness they probably represent the 500 most played/best dancefloor reaction tunes of the last 30 odd years. Like everybody else I have my likes & my dislikes in there - that would always be the case in a project like this.

Nine Times Out Of Ten it probably would have missed you!!!