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13th December with Stuart Cosgrove @soulfulsaint Two local legends Geoff Stevens and Ian "Skeemer" Broadley 20th December

Catching up with the latest shows... Nicola and Gilly....29th November Cannonball's Alberto Zanini 6th December

I scanned a couple of issues for a swap with a few other issues. If you fancy a read of the magazines you can get them at a share folder of mine.... https://www.dropbox.com/sh/uhke2waw8ek8fci/AACU5lCqssm6MsjkgvofW928a?dl=0

Bloody hell Sammy, it has been a long time, I'm good mate, how are you?

Has Tommy Tate been mentioned yet? Great soul singer who is vastly under-rated. Dancers to ballads, he can do them all.

I haven't talked nor do I talk down to anyone and neither do I claim to be anything, certainly not the great I am as you put it. Neither will you shut me up! Something to say or a question to ask I will say it or ask it, after all that is what a forum for debate is all about, opinions. Nuff said.

Its in East Yorkshire somewhere

One I took at Radders

I knew it in the 80s but it was cheap and probably suffered because of that. I've seen it in mentions from the 70s too.

But debate makes it interesting. If there was no debate all we would do is make lists and that quite frankly is boring. Neither is debate nit picking. I for one asked questions because quite frankly many mentioned although good, maybe made the odd great record or two hardly fall into the great singer or voice catagory. why not just title the topic favourite singers then you wouldn't have the irrelevant nit picking. 🙄 Until then I will debate and question odd choices. What is the point of a debating forum if you can't debate. Pick any subject you like titled greats, footballers for instance and you won’t just get a list, you will get debate and that is how it should be. We have also had this topic in the past, seceral times. No one complained about the debate raised then.

Whoever posted that set should give the credit to where they got it all from. I did the research and did the original podcasts on the Stafford site 🙄

Is your list a list of favourites though? I realise it is a very emotive and subjective topic but there is probably two in your list I’d put in a list of greats, Womack and Cooke. I don't think Womack though as good as he isn’t up there with the very very best

I thought this was the best male voice? Half these mentioned couldn’t hold a candle to the likes of Jackie Wilson, Roy Hamilton, Little Willie John. Yes they made good records but c’mon the greatest voices ever 🙄

I’m talking about a lot of what he sung. By no means favourites of mine, but having read his biographies and a lot about him, his live performances etc and what other artists had to say I find it hard to look at another singer the same.

This again seems to be coming down to favourite singers or even records, that is understandable, but some mentioned are by no means the greatest by a long shot. Great singers yes, Levi for instance, yes great singer but he isn’t in the same league as Jackie Wislon or Little Willie John. LWJ, even James Brown wouldn’t follow him on stage as it was said no one could compare and the crowd wouldn’t even pay attention after he’d been on. Listen to the range and depth of his voice and it is easy to understand why.

I’ve read before that it was Delialah, cannot remember the source.

Bargain price, I paid that more than that for each book if memory serves.

I’m not sure, 93?

Sam Ward etc was Morecambe. I only went for the Saturday with Ray Hudson.

It wont be shellac either, went out with 78s basically. As Steve says emi disc/home made acetate.

October 1990, spent the day in caravan with him! He supped a bottle of my vodka 😆

It should be in the link above, maybe not the flyer but the schedule Gene was dressed as a Duke or Earl.

He may not be a northern favourite but not many if any compare to Little Willie John.

And all the flyers, well most of them are in this flickr album