Steve G

Happy 80th Tommy!

A Will Kerr 7".....WOW!

Yeah they look the same. Never realised it was Canadian before.....

Here it is. Mentions Canada at the top which I didn't notice before. Always loved this! Paul Kyser magic.

Likewise will scan and post mine tomorrow.....Soulgate today!

Bob, I have checked and like you I have it. But on closer examination of the really tiny print around the edge it seems to mention Polydor and therefore is the Canadian one as well. Steve

God for the buyers sake i bloody hope so by now! I know Mick was playing it out for some time after he sold it Maybe he had a second copy

Let me check, I have pretty much everything on the label barring a handful at most and this does ring a bell...... Agree great labels such a shame the Robinsons were a pair of rip off merchants.....

Hi Eddie, yes there were hundreds of em. It just isn't what I'd call a rare record at all.

Good. If you need em I can certainly lend you stuff from the old Blackbeats - Guys Goodies etc....

Maurice Williams has gone ballistic Dave.....Become a big revival sound and now every fella has to have one.....though I have to say even allowing for that, it's a joke price. When I were a lad I remember it at £1 at the Casino (or was it 50p), but all the copies have dried up and I guess others are in the chase.....

Hello Terry, Horses for courses I guess. Some people would like that I am sure. Others want to hear about artists and their lives and from the record tales it's not all about I found this there on that date. Stories of having guns pulled on yer, of having to hide under blankets while a mob has gathered outside the record store to find out what these "white boys" are doing in their town etc....Certainly plenty of scope out there for both types I'd say.

Yes it's in the discography. No one has ever seen it. Although one guy who prides himself on his Motown knowledge and collection said he had a copy and sold it. I tracked down the guy he sold it to and he said no he had never bought such a record 100%. So it was BS. Steve

Jock suggests a book about the 80s scene. I think that's a good idea, since there are so many who still don't know or understand what happened in that decade. I know Glyn was thinking of doing something on the modern scene in the 80s, which would have been good too, and not sure if he is still working on that project. A northern one would also be good - title "The day after WIgan died" As for these personal biographies, of all the names mentioned really only think John, Richard and Ian have enough of interest to make a commercially sellable book that people would buy....But as Dekka said not everyone wants to blow their own trumpet about their life.....and any book would have to be well written......

That's the point. Motown didn't promote this 45 and as a result issues are hard to locate. Unless anyone REALLY has a Leon Ware I'd say it's the hardest 70's record to find on Gordy. In answer to the ? it's an OK dancer, stops and starts/ but it's a great 70's soul record.

THE place to be Saturday.

Yes, that's right Grand Slam Daddy Bones magazine.....

That's an understatement as far as what Keith was doing in 78. The only Wigan DJ I ever got on the stage and "had a go" at......fine about it now.

Yes the acts the records and where they played. It includes references to studios and some great pix.......

There is a book you need called Baltimore Sound Roburt it's not cheap but a fascinating mine of information with great pix etc. Loads of Balto groups.....you'd be amazed just how many.....

True image on Will Kerr. Fairly common 12 at london record fairs in the 90s, but anyone seen a 7 of it ?

Hi John, it's essentially written - 250,000 words!!! I am still wrapping up a few final interviews, and need to read and do a bit of minor editing, inevitable with something of this size....It's going to be a monster when I have added the illustrations etc...Probably 600 pages ha ha! Next stage for me is to get a literary agent sorted and then we look for publishing options. I was hoping for release this year in time for Xmas, but it may be put back to the Spring realistically. The challenge is every piece of string you unravel leads you to another contact, another phone call, another lead another dimension to the story etc etc. but I do now know that there's a lot of things written about the label which just ain't right. steve

Can confirm that Richard was writing a book as I spoke to him about it......but as someone who is also writing a (fact) book, I think it's all too easy to underestimate what the sheer effort it takes. And patience, tons of it. As for "scene" related books, I guess it's a bit easier if you are writing about yourself and your experiences, but even so checking dates, facts etc takes time and effort. John has always been a guy that doesn't like to be in the limelight. Snowboy did a fabulous interview with him in Daddy Bones some years ago, but it just about scratched the surface on a few things. He has plenty of fantastic stories to tell - an hour with him at Cleethorpes you'll learn stuff about soul music and records for sure.

The Steve is me! Yes you don't see it. Came into Soul Bowl abnd Record corner as a limited number and copies just vanished....

Ted the group is Band Weather Inc.