Steve G

Tone if you need it for a Kent CD project I can lend you mine - but sell it? Never!

Got to be one of the top 10 Motown records ever. Yes believe it did come out as The Spinners and also the Detroit Spinners so as to avoid confusion with the folk group The Spinners I guess

Didn't know Steve Coogan was around then? Or was it a young Alan Partridge?

"Property of The Playboy Club, Mayfair, London W1"

SIlver label got it at home, will have a look later.

Great stuff. I remember buying this 12" in Picadilly circus in 1981 I think like it was only yesterday!!! Fabulous.

Think I am being misunderstood on my original point. Wigan was at the end of it's life a complete dump, and still under the control DJ wise of Russ who'se got about as much taste as a cheap sausage when it comes to picking quality soul music. Frankly most people would have stopped going sooner or later anyways and the place had had it's day, was rank on the inside etc etc. Just to clear up I am not advocating any more soul nights - there's too many as it is - and as Terry Rider says all with their own resident wanna be DJ and his mates plus a guest. But my point was rather that the scene has been better served over the years with varied soul nights (Stafford, 100 Club, Parkers, Abshott, Essence, Lifeline etc etc), rather than some great big hall where the same old anthems get chucked out week in week out by the same old dozen ageing moustachiod DJ's from the Casino.

should be quite easy to find Dave - agree nice tune.

No, I think the scene would have stagnated. WIgan had a shelf life and people would not have kept going to it / would have lost interest - that was already happening. The variety of venues (and DJ's), and the fact that it went underground, has added a lot to the scene's vibrancy, and meant that more sounds have been broken. If the Casino was still open I'd imagine they'd still be playing Dana Valery and Helen Shapiro, but to a near empty dancefloor.

He did, it's punchier than the Buddah isue. Re Rare Pleasure Mel - remember it did come out on extended mix 7" on UK DJM. Steve

Fascinating stuff. I had always believed (or had been led to believe) she died broke and an alcaholic. There are all sorts of shady stories around Motown - Little Willie John, Tammi Terrell etc etc. and this one looks interesting too. I wonder if the truth will ever out?

The connection between Joe Anderson and Ed Summers is Dave Jordan - a top top producer of fine tuneage. "Let me down easy" Rare Pleasure was another of his as I recall. Joe Anderson was never on a 12, though Tom Moulton did have a go at remixing it.

Probably one of the easiest to find (as it must have been out on at least six of Ian's CD mixes) and one that encapsulates two step for me is Starvue Body Fusion.

Like it

it's supposed to be a cover up Got told off the other day for accidentally uncovering something else

Just ignore Simon, he's being an internet terrorist hijacking your thread like that. I think Dottie Cambridge (aka Dorothy Moore) qualifies, both for "Cry your eyes out" and The Poppies. See you at the Hat-filled alldayer. Steve

hi Gareth I've seen the disc, and on it's face in a darkened room it looks as if it might be legit . Though accept that nothing is ever 100% guaranteed in this world so it would need a close inspection. Interested to know about the one at DKOF. Toby wasn't there other non northern stuff in this box as well? Steve

Is the harder we try the hard one? Only issued in Baltimore it is FANTASTIC sweet soul

Sean Chapman has it

There is also a third version Stevie I'll try and find it.

It is the same group Dave....they also had a good track on a CD a few years ago.....AMG is the weirdest of labels but it also picked up a release by Johnny Moore (another Chicago man) possibly in the same deal. Disturbing thoughts isn't quite there to my mind, but it's OK / pleasent enough...Steve

....and more......

agree there are a number of £4-6,000 records out there too

OK will dig it out and cut a copy onto CD. Kent Towers address ok?

I used to play it down here. Mecca spin originally wasn't it?