Steve G

Not sure if you are taking the Mick Terry - there's no smiley at the end of your post? If not U were dancing to it at Bedford ya prune!

Tight a*se

Venues generally are cheap IMHO compared to the cost of everything else. + Soul DJ's aren't exactly well paid compared to our friends on the funk and jazz scene.

B side pretty good too

One of THE most important 60s records of the last few years....in fact just about THE one for me.

Yes went to all of them, and even one night when it wasn't on. Shocking but a load of us came up from Kent, only to find it empty. So we had to get some staff train back to St Pancras at about 3 am. There were several of them promoted by Ken Cox EASC I seem to recall. Always a big crowd there, most memorable ones for me was when Nev Wherry was DJing but best of all when Sam was on playing all the big Wigan 70's - Love committee cover up, Top Cat etc. It go me to go back to Wigan after a two year absence. Got my Ronnie McNeir there for £10 as well. So a good event in my books. Did a write up in The Northern Line (forerunner to Blackbeat) will try and find it. 1980 I think?

This is my rainy day Mega 60s tune

Deffo looks 80s not earlier than Stang.....judging by the clothes they're all wearing and the "chicks in hot pants" etc Wouldn't have ben allowed on TV with legs like that in the 70s

Great record, but it has cleared the floor for me a couple of times which is very odd. Steve G

The B side is actually the better side......if you can find it.

Ian always has been a top fella and still is Steve G

Styrene - the worst! Same with the Joe Matthews......mentioned above

D'oh I am going to have to play through a few of them tomorrow.....Was going to do a big label feature on Shout in one of the mags -you know reviewing all the good ones on the label....ended up deciding there was too many of them, and it would probably send everyone apart from the 's to sleep.

Certainly went to a speckly yellow / brown label, as opposed to the multi coloured "Parrot". Think still NY based though. Seem to recall a couple of goodies in that 300 series. Actually just noticed Tony P's list includes most of them. Steve

Was DJing at a New Chapter last year. The DJ booth / area there was shall we say compact to the point where some of the Tellytubby DJ's would have struggled to get in thereat all. Anyway I was dancing to myself and lifted Halo off the turntable and it slipped out of my hands and landed on a metal pipe by the floor. Result 1/2" crack. It's an expensive record all right and fortunately it still plays OK. Once when I was in the Soul 24-7 studio I left a Houston Outlaws on the floor, forgot about it, and then promptly pushed back across the floor on my wheelie swivel chair......crunching it into pieces in the process. Left a Mary Love on Stateside on a shelf above a radiator and forgot about it. Warped beyond repair. I could go on, but this is proving too painful! Steve

I'll have a look to see if I can fill any gaps over the weekend. That's the first series, they continued with a 300 series as well. Steve

Hopeless list I am afraid, though some of the label names are funny! As I collected the label I'll see what I can dig out if no one else comes forward - it was a tremendous label with many good sides on it. Steve

Nice sweet soul Stevie! I have one. Steve G

Well I for one did not know that Mark.

Mind & matter was certainly a rare record for some considerable time. Sam had it too as did Richard, and I think Arthur as well. Did any of the S Yorks mafia ever get it (steve mannion etc)?

You might be right, he's had more comebacks than a swing door T'other side is fabulous deep soul. Will play it on Mick O'donnell's show when I am on it next year.

God who knows.....Vincent had it at one time for a bit, but it's like an old tart, been had by most of the DJ's at one time or another

Yes he would have done - he was very high up on the Soul Bowl "pecking order" back then.

Sam had it a lot earlier than that Simon, and I do think (but cannot remember for sure) that Searling had it as well. Would have been 81-2 so might have been Clifton Hall.