Steve G

Back onto rare soul please.....enough of this Sooty-self-publicity malarky!

Is that the soul police feeling Sooty's collar for posting long and rambling posts

Yes LP only, he was a really good singer.....can't deny that.

It's a tricky one to find……two good sides though.

Fish had the box set singles…..This album was one of the reasons I stopped buying modern, not because of Saadiq but because of the record company….….. First I got the CD, then the vinyl album came with a bonus track, and then later the single box set was issued with another bonus track not on the other formats….In the end I kept the singles box set….

Hi Drew, can fill several CDs for you with 'white R&B popbeat' records like that…. Although I have a soft spot for Ronnie Milsap and "Never had it so good" is one of the best blue eyed records ever made, his poppier stuff is just good beat music, this one doesn't fit like "Ain't no soul in these old shoes"……Is this what the soul scene has come to now? If so thousands more "niter" records to be "discovered"

Orig has a delta stamp as well 65000 odd……Boot is about 100,000.

I didn't think the 45 was that hard? Remember it as a £30'er in the 90's so they must be about……Nice choon though - I also like her Silver Blue one….Van McCoy - Joe Cobb magic…..Steve PS: Hi Dave!

Another hero gone….

You have to be joking Louis? Was it a "Radio 2 Roadshow" or something?….. Nice piece of Bacharach / David, but no way should this be played at a Niter, no way…...and there are better DW tracks to find too. I am quite shocked that this would get played…..Elgins I can understand since it was a youth club record….but "Walk on by" at a Niter is just so wrong on so many levels…."Walk on home" more like

Fair shout Dave - forgot about you becos I am always rushing to get out of the city on Friday nights......

You're not getting it Sooty......plenty ain't gonna step out to go to an event that champions the type of oldies you are posting. I understand Pete's point about "I walked away" sounding better on a sound system, but I still ain't gonna travel, well next door to be honest, to hear it and "Something new to do" etc......nice record but y-a-w-n. At least you got a kick ass oldie (and one that has been revived in the last few years) at the end of your 'essay' - Face Reality! That's a start I suppose...... Enjoy Lifeline Sooty....

Blimee Chalk and cheese!.....Saw Cockney Mick / Deadeye Dick last year.....still around.....though not in the best of health.

Not quite right. The scene is much more fragmented in London, there are loads of nights run by various long timers, scene returnees, ex mods etc. Whilst we don't tend to have the "nostalgia" element either....what we do have is on one level excellent gigs like Marco S's and Leona's, and at the other extreme former mods / returnees playing boots. And it's not all northern either small 70s / crossover venues exist as well.....Allnighter wise there is the well supported Crossfire and there is of course the 100 Club. Fewer people yes, but not the same "nostaliga scene" confusing things either. There's certainly no bus loads of hand baggers turning up for a good Saturday night out with "The Snake".....

Hi Russ, Two labels as The Norvells also on Twinight as The Perfections - that's the rare one....

Ok let's have a proper northern cheapie.....I know there's the expensive version as well https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOKRspE-8rI

You not working fella?

I don't get the aggression that's coming out here.........is it "Trash a long time DJ" week in Lancs or something?

Hi Gaz, that's not strictly true. there's a collectors angle here too. A lot of us have played sizeable sums for good unknowns, either on spec or because they are unknown and hence by definition rare....But I do agree everyone is on a journey and everyone is at a different stage of that journey. One man's great £10 find is another's moment of boredom. We are all in different places. Also there is a massive difference between "rare" and "in demand". Rare is the most over used word I've ever heard (apart from "across the board").....basically used to describe any record more than £20. Plenty of these so called "rare" records are not rare at all and plenty of genuine good quality rare records aren't even on most people's radars.

It's a great pop record and the best record Ashford & Simpson ever wrote. In fact Nick auditioned for Motown with a demo of it having originally written it with Maxine Brown & Chuck Jackson in mind. Maybe it's just me but I am struggling to square it with an all nighter. But anniversary explains it. Dick Sniff is a good egg. Cheers.

Sorry didn't mean it in a negative way - always interesting stuff played I think it's your trademark.... Second point - Nor do I, only an occasional northern DJ....

Off topix - the Majestics Barry White in the background..... Apparantly it's really the Atlantics.

Nail on the head. 100%. Just looking at the Sooty selections is an immediate turn off "I walked away" says it all!.....No thanks would rather spend an evening watching Miranda

I want to clarify my comment "Gibbons". For the avoidance of any doubt this word was used in the context of answering a question about a promotor's last name; in this case Sean Gibbons, formerly of the Parish of Morecombe, Lancs. In no way should the use of the word "Gibbons" be construed in any other way....Continued on P66

Gibbons.