MrsWoodsrules

"gents toilets", that's a charitable description

There was no dance hierarchy at Wigan, I do remember the front on the stage got hogged with cassette tape recorders all on on 'record'. Best dancer in my day was Chris Hurley, much better than Sandy, a remember a black guy called Winstone, OMG his spin was like no one else's, just amazing to watch.

Goldmine also did Rare As Hens Teeth. Try these titles too Northern Soul - The Collectors Choice. Sought After Soul.

Bloody heck, I mean SkyArts 1 NOT sky1.

Just done a search, for anyone interested, it's on Sky 1 & HD, tomorrow morning at 09.00am Tuesday 11th, so set your boxes to record. Cheers ears Aid

Should spell his name right I suppose. That's Smokey, I meant to say.

Smokie Robinson gives a fantastic interview, if you want to catch up it's called Spectacle:Elvis with Smokie Robinson. Blew me away, candid, intimate & an eye opening interview. Catch it if you can. Cheers Aid

We had a Rumbelows in Warrington, but it got taken over by the punks in the later days. My first soul records from those were all on british labels like Pye Disco Demand, think I had a Chuck Wood Seven Days on that one. Remember my first actual disk without a middle, which to me at the time, was somehow was more special than those british labels with a middle, it was a Don Thomas boot. As I got older & wiser, I remember a guy in the record bar a Wigan with a box full of stateside tunes included a green demo Charlie Gracie He'll never Love you, all of a sudden the penny dropped british labels could be cool too.

Doh! er, I'l get me coat Pete. Quick question why you are around Pete as I can't be arsed to start a thread to ask it & reckon you might know? Just watched a copy of Four Voices, You love is getting stronger, sell on a gold Voice label, is this a re-issue or variation of the green one?

Quick question why you are around Pete as I can't be arsed to start a thread to ask it & reckon you might know? Just watched a copy of Four Voices, You love is getting stronger, sell on a gold Voice label, is this a re-issue or variation of the green one?

Doh! er, I'l get me coat Pete.

I also love Jay Traynor, I can probably understand why some don't, but for me it's late Wigan/Searling & great memories from the main hall. I've had me monies worth out of this thread but I'll throw another cr@p record in. G.I Joe We Love You by the Fantastions, I actually got it on a Chicago Soul cd, I don't imagine it ever gets spins (tell me it doesn't please), but it's pure unadulterated junk, which is funny cos on the same cd is' In Other Words' by The Fantasions, which I like.

Great tune, nice record to own on Sound, big at Wigan for a while.

Jeeess, just missed this, found the listing just after it ended. This is in fact The Arabians not Billly Jo Burnette on the b side. Went for $18, doh! worth quadruple that in pounds I'd say, if I'd have spotted this wound have set the auto bit on high. https://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280746384320+#ht_2912wt_1219

Black Echoes getting a bit of overhype here me thinks, I was a subscriber through the 70's & if my memory serves correct, had to go right to the back for about 2 small articles on the current northern scene, always hidden away and fairly cr@p most weeks, the homemade fanzines that used to crop up were always more informative & very humorous to boot!, can't remember the titles though? Back on subject, key moments: not in any order & these are personal recollections. 1. First time I heard Dickie spin Cecil Washington (then Joe matthews) at the Casino. 2. The obvious split in the scene as encountered at the Ritz All Dayers with Levine & Curtis & co. 3. I heard a rumour of someone paying an obscene amount of money for The Jades & couldnt get my head round it. 4. The day Mrs Woods deemed me old enough to get in an all nighter, after previously being refused entry for an earlies session for underage & spending the evening on Wigan station while my mates went in. 5. Shaking hands with Edwin Starr. Last, but no means least, getting a reply on this very site from a certain Lorraine Chandler, never thought that would happen when I was shuffling on my front room carpet, to I can't change, in me brogues, petrol blue parallels & Fred P @ the tender age of 14. Happy days indeed.

Steve Strange made a few trips to the Casino.

Looks great, when it's released, hope the media treats it with the respect it deserves, I suspect not but hope so, although Soul Boy wasn't a complete turkey, it was a wasted opportunity, I'm sure Elaine Constantine step in & will produce a good movie to put things right. Dare I say it (going off the teaser) Trainspotting meets This England!

I missed it & I'm scanning everyday. Couldn't comment on accurate value to be honest, but what a foookin tune it is, to be sure, to be sure! Aid.

I'm gonna flog mine shortly, how much could I expect these days? In Ex cond. Taking of great tracks on this label, love Darrow Fletcher What Have I Got Now.

Sorry Chalky, will do in future. Someone on here saying only yesterday that it's a bearish market for soul records, imagine what a red issue would make. (not cracked & trashed).

How bout this, still up for grabs. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Cody-Black-NORTHERN-SOUL-TEST-PRESS-SIGNED-45-Going-Gone-End-Up-Lovin-/120782648591?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item1c1f34f50f#ht_500wt_1219 Cheers Aid

Ah, okay Colsoul, I'm only interested on 'I'll Run' to be honest, love this track.

vg- too. https://cgi.ebay.com/...#ht_1043wt_1219

Her, ColSol, Not sure what your asking? Aint that something, Flip to I'll Run, just looks like it was reissued on a later record 1004, My copy of I'll run is 1001 so guessing it was earlier.

That Delites might have made a bit more if that showed the right side :-)