Steve G

Surprised no one has mentioned MOANRS - this scene is alive and well! (Modern Oldies Acceptable to Northern "Real Soulies") things like the awful "tribute to Betty", Neo "Smile" and "Standing on Solid ground"

Thanks everyone Si I don't know how to do uploads of sounds, I still got people asking me for the Tommy Tate ABC 45. I am a bit of a technophobe in that dept....It's like an Invictus dancer though - excellent.

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Right here goes....note the Barry Smith connection.

Roscoe Robinson had quite a lisp, either that or bad fitting false teeth

I got your old copy Ian. I think they came from a sound engineer who was having a garage sale or so the legend goes.

It's a Scepter acetate Tony. I've scanned the article, and sent it to my other email address. It's a long story but my scanner is connected to an old and very slow PC. tWill upload em onto here in the morning, the hard part has been done now, and the scane look good. Steve

Yes indeed I liked that comment too..... Oh and we mustn't forget Tommy & Derbys either.

If I knew how to do it I'm still trying to upload some pics and an article on Patti Jo. As I am in a rebellious mood since I went to Barcelona, if you don;'t hear it before I'll play one side at Soulgate. Steve

Hi Gareth, Ive got this one as well, it is one of the few not so good ones. Oh yeah and "School of Life" stone cold classic. Steve

One or two big name DJs got caught out with that I heard. Shades of robbie Lawson.......

I have one of the KoKo 726s. Great stuff and a totally different mix to that which has appeared on CDs / Grapevine etc. He is a superb artist, let's not forget Tommy & The Derbys and also his excellent ABC double sider which is more 60s soul than northern soul, and is excellent (rare as hens teeth though). in fact there are very few duffers in his repetoire now that I think about it.

Hey Jocko, if you have seen as many British films as I have you'll know they are riddled with inaccuracies. That does not detract from them as films though. I do get annoyed about the recreation of history by Hollywood though (especially where Mel Gibson is concerned ) . Only this morning I watched an old 60s B&W mystery thing set against a back cloth of the IRA in Dublin, and the Dublin road scenes were all filmed in High Barnet (the film was made at Elstree), you can even see Green Line buses in the background - but of course most people wouldn't notice that. So get over the clapping scene, as I said it was never going to be a documentary was it? And getting a film out with a distributor in Britain these days is a real challenge for anyone. You and I are at one about Winstanley, so no argument there. Well if they wanted a captive audience surely they'd have set it against Slade, T Rex, Quo and the like, oh and football hooliganism, rather than Northern. I'm not actually going, but like every other film I watch, when I do see it I am still going to judge it as a film for it's entertainment value. And let's not judge the average Wigan goer of the 70s with todays scene either, very different, even large chunks of the music. Always a proportion of "strange coves" hanging round in the Casino And not just in the record bar Wigan was mainly a "yoof" thing, started by Winstanley the rock fan yes, because he saw a "gap in the market" and was "amazed "when "over 600 turned up on the first night". Not that many of the 100,000 Casino members left on the scene today! 2,000 tops. So don't think it has any bearing to todays scene, it's about something that went on nearly 40 years ago.. And hi to Dave Norwell!

Well at least you landed a few collectors in your net with this one Sean. Were you waiting for someone else to say "I got that / had a copy once" ? Now that would have been funny.

Who knows? Who cares? Both seem to be very good value for money at these prices. As far as I know this isnt www.gocomparesoulweekenderscomparethemeerkats.com Woahh £15 - four beers and a pie!!!!

Probably then, as by now the Kent guys have been through eveything there is to go through when it comes to Scepter Wand........ and that is where acetates become important,

Hi Carms, I did go to Wigan, but like you am looking forward to this film with an open mind. Life in the 70s was a bit messy anyway, so "accuracy" is always open to interpretation. As a film fan I'll judge it as a film, rather than a historical documentary I hope the various soul nights go well, a shame the promotors have booked Russ, but too late to turn back now, What's done is done. I could say they should have smelt the bad aroma that follows this particular DJ about before the poor fella got as far as Junction 26 on the M6, but they didn't. Hey ho. Have fun everyone! Enjoy the film.

Hi Si and Sebastian, Yes same session, there is rumour, well very strong rumour in fact, she did an albums worth of material for Scepter so yes probably another 3-4 tracks out there somewhere. I'll dig out the article over the weekend and try and scan it in here. Some great pics of her. Steve

My Patti Jo is a cracking little dancer "This is the price(I must pay)" in fact I don't really play it out enough. I'll see if I scan the article and pics on her some time in the next few days, if anyone is interested in seeing her, Steve

Ha ha in negotiations with Grey Matter - the same Gray Matter that you are Managing Director of per chance? Credit for a good wind up that got a few of em going Steve

Ive also got a great unissued Patti Jo side from those Scepter sessions. I also have a two page article on her with pics from an old "Black stars" magazine. One cool chick.

The "wind up " gets better.