Chalky

The first track? Trying to remember what it is......can't quite understand Keb

Will you be uploading Pete? I'd like a listen.

Bloke if you ask me, never considered it to be a girl?

I have it down as a Chris King spin at Stafford if thats any use Jim.

I think it's great, both sides.

All of those are already featured in Keb's Stafford podcasts as all were played before Stafford shut, couple were other DJ's spins prior to this date.

Does "Hey James" share the backing of the Carla Whitney/Choker Campbell Supersounds LP the Its You For Me track On Attic?

I was aware of one going to the states, don't know if it has gone yet, maybe Mick H can confIrn? Not aware of any others leaving these shores.

Wouldn't mind then Steve when you get time. Thanks.

I don't doubt you or question your integrity or anything, just wondering why you wouldn't buy it. I don't know what is happening to the proceeds, nothing to do with me but why should proceeds go to charity? A lot of work has gone into this, both the book and the film.

Once I've done with the podcasts I'm doing for the Stafford Story I'm hoping to get something down in writing with the help of Dave (hopefully) and as many others as possible. It would probably incorporate the later 80's as well as the ethos and attitude was still there.

Why? Take it you've never bought a book then unless money goes to charity?

Thanks Richard. I will download tomorrow or Saturday and ave a listen. My mate TFK was telling me today it was good listening.

Buyers market? Why do people keep saying this. Many rarities it isn't a buyers market, most in-demand records, the top 500 its a sellers market. It's only a buyers market if there is no demand and the seller can't afford to keep it. Most dealers I know stick them back in the box rather than take a loss. Many prices that have dropped are often because demand dropped, copies turn up and prices are settling back down to a more reasonable figure after the influx of money from the returnees. There is still a lot of money about. Back on topic, Andy Dyson had the studio acetate of Ron Baxter.

Terry, he is making assumptions it would seem before the book is published. Regardless of how factually correct or how good a read the book may be, there will be some just sitting waiting for their copy to pick it apart. I too would love to see a warts and all account of the seedy side of the scene rather than all the Luvvy duvvy accounts we constantly see written.

Some of those patches have sold well into double figure. Some Wigan patches fetched around £40 a piece recently. Te Ritz patch if same as mine I got £14 I think. Even basic Soul Together and Soul Manchester patches I got around a tenner so £125 is way off the mark Pete. Without looking deeper I would say double that would still be on the cheap side.

I'm sure the publicity blurb is from an agency and not Gareth nor Elaine knowing them and how they conduct themselves. Regardless it should be a damn good read. A lot of work has gone into this from all concerned.

The only one I can see here making up facts is you....and use a spell checker, god help your proof reader if you ever decide to write one about your time on the scene since day one.

I think once they read 70 odd posts about how to DJ properly they will think better and stick to t'other side of the decks

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Northern-Soul-Elaine-Constantine/dp/0753541912/ref=zg_bsnr_73_90 'Music changes lives, music creates culture, music moves the soul.' In the 1970s, a form of dance music took a feverish hold on the UK, finding its heart in the north of England. The music of 1960s-70s black American soul singers combined with distinctive dance styles to create what became known as northern soul. The movement tapped into a yearning for individual expression in northern working-class teenagers, and exploded into a cultural phenomenon that influenced a generation of DJs, songwriters and designers for decades to come. Northern Soul, a new film by acclaimed photographer and director Elaine Constantine, brings to life the scene for a whole new generation of 16 to 24-year-olds as well as longstanding soul fans. This vivid tie-in book by Constantine and Gareth Sweeney is a vivid celebration of all things about the culture, featuring the former's unmistakeable photography; immersed in the energy of the teenage dancers. Alongside this will be archival photography and oral histories from real 1970s soul fans, histories of the clubs, and top ten features etc. This book has the double pull of being a unique souvenir for fans of the film, but also being an authentic document for followers of the northern soul scene, who have lived and breathed it their entire lives: it's simply the most dynamic, vital book on the subject ever.

Dunno who is in this line up Ady, on the iPad so can't see to well. Some nifty moves regardless. https://youtu.be/q6S__6GAOn4

Every era and every DJ played their fair share of turkeys.

His biography a good buy, written by a women who lives near us.

Imagination, passion and take no notice of anyone, do your own thing. Enough sheep DJ's as it is.

I bet if I get the echoes out from the 80's (what I have left) there would be far more venues than mentioned. I remember some weekends with 6 nighters on....hardly a scene you would call dead and that no one went.