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Florence Greenberg sold the rights to Flo Mar in two tranches firstly in the mid 60s and after Marvin had left, the balance in the early 70s. Since then they've changed hands a number of times. The only viable lead I reckon would be Tom Dorsey.

Geoff the Buck Ram Platters was later early 70s I think and tied up to a show Buck Ram's version of The Platters were doing in Las Vegas.

Saturday nights towards the end were down to 350. It was coming to an end before the bulldozers. Whether it would have ever picked up again on a weekly basis, no one can say. Didn't everyone leave the scene and go off and get married or something? That is what I read somewhere.

I know where you are coming from Russ, but for me it was the Casino DJs inability (Richard aside) to source good new 60s uptempo soul records that led to the Friday nights, and of course they were very popular. All the Brit pop infiltrating the Saturday night playlists and of course Bobby Goldsboro x 3 just made it worse. These days I think its 50/50 ish attendee wise down here, mainly grandmas and grandads

The Record Bar, now that is a totally different question

So sorry to hear this. A true gent was Paul and a proper soul man. Our thoughts go out to family and friends. Steve & Roz.

Wow, looks like another essential buy.

Thank you guys....appreciated.

The Precisions might have been Rod, but Stemmons Express was recorded in Dallas, using the same backing track which Sam Coplin had got from George McGregor.

Thanks you Dave. Certainly took long enough,

Her live shows were fantastic. She was like a human dynamo. RIP.

A new book on Scepter Records, and its subsidiary labels, the artists who made it and those who didn't. Tap to view this Soul Source News/Article in full

Yeah, but would you hear it at a northern night now? Possibly I guess as there is such diversity.

FFS - that is a soul / R&B record, not a northern record. Would be surprised if you heard it in a NS club.

Oh All that happened was I was chatting with Leroy and we went through all of the singles on Gamingo. When we got to AB, Leroy said that he was the Curtom office cleaner and he wanted to make a record. That was it really as there was little time and we had other ground to cover. Leroy is appearing at the International Soul Festival in Blackpool and hopefully someone can get him to confirm / get further details while he is here.

Please share what?

Interesting stuff Sutty, It was Hutson himself that said that Arnold was the office cleaner, who wanted to make a record. He's back in the UK soon, so we could get more info then.

He was the Curtom office cleaner.

Totally bizarre. The first 80% of the article is about an oldies night that he obviously enjoyed himself at…..and it's a fair enough article as reviews go. And then, BOOM car crash, he suddenly goes into a manic rant at the end. It's almost like someone either bent his ear or phoned him up and told him bout these nazis, Top DJs throwing rattles out of prams, rich collectors, horrible cover ups etc. Anyway there is only one person who uses the term "nazis" to describe people into rare soul as far as I am aware. It is an over used and casually mis-used term, and is more than mildly offensive when you consider what the real nazis did. Disappointing, Frank should stick to his fishing etc. if this is the extent of his contribution these days. The good news is I don't think more than a handful of people into Northern or rare soul actually still buy B&S.

Looks great!

Part 1 New Soul Herb Middleton feat Roz King - Keep loving me Shaun Escoffrey - Gave me love (Evergreen) Fairest Hill - Lets come together Trish Standley - Hang on (No one else) Kiki Kyte - Disco chick Marlin Page - This groove Tracy Hamlin - Just talk to me (Boogie back mix) Kindred the Family Soul- Legacy of love (Legacy of love) Daniel Anthony - It's all good (Jazz Funk remix) featuring M Fasol (All God, not me) Sympli Whitney - The best (CW mix) Edgewood Agents featuring Leroy Burgess - Tonight we're gonna (Edgewood Agents) Tetsuyu Nagahama - Faire l'amour (T Groove single mix) 79 Robert Glasper Experiment - Day to day (Art Science) The British Collective - Love me tonight (Volume 1: The renaissance begins) Anthony David - Ride on (The powerful now) Ashanti Munir - Love overboard (Lady Munir) Eliott McCauley - Chasing butterflies Soulful House Typheni & The Distant People - Thought I knew (Distant People original mix) Cafe432 - Spirit free (Original mix) Larry A & Jamie Aditya - Get down with it (Michele Chiavarini mix) Sheldon Goode - You Back to the soul Trusoul Davis - What about me Jerome JC Collins - Brand new day (Second life) Paulette Purvis - Let's play the game Part 2 Oldies A Way of Life - Tripping on your love Keni Burke - Let somebody love you Richard Rogers - Can't stop loving you Terry Ronald - WHat the child needs

Does it? The record was unknown at the time. John was going to the States every few weeks at this time and picking up new things every day. At the time he was using buses etc. and records were plentiful. There is only so much you can fit in a holdall! Tracking down writers, producers, engineers etc. was all part of the hunt. He was importing soul music, not rare soul music (obviously some of the imports turned out to be rare), so Sussex and people connected with it would have been a perfectly logical stop to make. Pick up a few interesting things and move on to the next place.

Why? That assumes it was actually put out, rather than pressed and withdrawn before the promo men got their hands on it.