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Looking at the list, has Andy Rix come out of retirement for the event or sold some of his records? Hi Hippo, No, Andy's still not involved in the scene and he hasn't sold any records. Some (but not all!) of the records that have caught your eye are from Rob Thomas's playlist. Andy & Rob have always worked as a partnership when it comes to digging up records, and they have DJd from the same box for many years, and this is still the case, even though it's only Rob doing it these days!. Rob doesn't always get the credit he deserves for the finds he's made over the years, and many of the top Scenesville sounds that Andy used to play are technically from the 'Rob section' of the box, including "Switch Around", Not The Marrying Kind", "Try My Love" and many others. Rob has always been a strong supporter of Scenesville and has actually guested in his own right three times, which makes him the ideal person to headline the night, with a set that celebrates the best of Scenesville so far and takes the sounds one step further with even more stunning new discoveries in the true spirit of Scenesville. Check out in particular the Linda And The Pretenders acetate with a different take of "Believe Me" and the astonishing Detroit Magnificents track - soul-stirring stuff! Personally, I think he's going to take the roof off - but we'll all have to wait until the night to see how! All the best, Nick

Latest news from Scenesville is that work continues apace on the big website upodate for Scenesville's mega one-off at Carisbrooke Hall. Sorting through the DJs' playlists I noticed that the five Scenesville residents' top 20s make up a pretty handy Hot 100. For the sake of space here's a condensed 'Floorshaking Fifty' that should give you a bit of a flavour of what's lined up for the big do on the 23d. To check out the rest of what's on offer, and to see who's planning on playing what, take a trip to www.scenesville.info/DJs Meanwhile, prime that shoe leather for this lot: SCENESVILLE'S FLOORSHAKING FIFTY WALLIE & ROSE - Switch Around - BELTONE ACETATE DOLLS - The Reason Why - TOY SOUL INC. Feat. CECIL WASHINGTON - My Proposal - COCONUT GROOVE ROBERT TANNER - Sweet Memories - MEGATONE PIC & BILL - What Does It Take - CHARAY DETROIT MAGNIFICENTS - Is This A Woman’s Way - ATLANTIC ACETATE JACKIE LEE - Wanted And Needed - C/U TRADITIONS - Twinkle Little Star - ABET DOC/INTERNS - The Love That You Give - EDGEWOOD STUDIO DISC GINO WASHINGTON - Baby - STUDIO ACETATE HOUSTON OUTLAWS - Ain’t No Telling - WESTBOUND FOUR REPUTATIONS - Call On Me - MILLAGE TOMMY RIDGLEY - My Love Gets Stronger - INTERNATIONAL CITY ARTHUR WILLIS - The Hurting Is Over - MARS LA TOUR LEWIS CLARK/EXPLORERS - I Need Your Loving So Bad - TIGERTOWN FOXES - Mighty Good Sign - FENCOE BETTY TURNER - The Winds Kept Laughing - CRESCENT SPARKELS - Try Love (One More Time) - OLD TOWN HERMAN LEWIS - Who’s Kissing You Tonight - MERCURY CHUCK WELLS - The Love Knot - GOLD LEAF PROPHETS - One Gold Piece - SHRINE ROYAL FIVE - My Baby Cares For Me - COBRA PSYCHODELIC FRANKIE - Pushing You Out Of My Life - HI-SPEED ANDREA HENRY - I Need You Like A Baby - MGM SEVEN SOULS - It’s Time - C/U AL WILLIAMS - I Am Nothing - LA BEAT BUSTER & JAMES - Count The Tears - CEE JAM MATTHEW BARNETT - If Your Love Is Real - PUFF JOHNNY GILLIAM - Find Yourself Another - BO MAR DYNAMITE SINGLETARY - I Really Need You/The Same Way - DYNAMITE THE APPOINTMENTS - I Saw You There - DE LITE CAROL & GERRI - How Can I Ever Find A Way - MGM TIMI YURO - It’ll Never Be Over For Me - LIBERTY UK J E HUGHES - Just What The Doctor Ordered - AUDIODISC ACETATE TEMPESTS - Someday - SMASH LP 5 ROYALES - Catch That Teardrop - ABC BOBBY MOORE - Let’s Prove Them Wrong - KAYO CLEVELAND ROBINSON - Love Is A Trap - NOSNIBOR TONY HESTOR - Just Can't Leave You - KARATE BROOKS BROTHERS - Lookin' For A Woman - TAY SHIRLEY EDWARDS - Dream My Heart - SHRINE SANDRA STEPHENS - If You Really Love Me - DARAN EDDIE WHITEHEAD - Just Your Fool - BLACKJACK UNKNOWN SAILOR - Little Girl - C/U THE REV. JESSE JAMES - Love Is Alright - VIRTUE ACETATE LINDA/PRETENDERS - Believe Me When I Tell You - BELL ACETATE KENNY LEWIS - She’s Not The Marrying Kind -AUDIODISC ACETATE VANGUARDS - Good Times, Bad Times - LAMP ANITA ANDERSON - Little Bit Longer - CONTACT GENE TOONES - What More Do You Want - SIMCO See you at the go go! Nick

Hi Chalky, I've got it on a tape somewhere - Vince Ayres from Yate used to have it and he put it on a sales tape for me once. If I can dig it out I'll convert it into a file & send it to you. I've also got a tape of him playing it at the 100 Club in about '90/91, think it was the first night Dawn DJd there. I've always thought it's a really good record, but could never make up my mind whether it was just the right side or just the wrong side of too frantic for my tastes. Definitely one of the under-appreciated tracks on the scene. Obscenely rare, but you'd probably pay more for a Dottie & Millie these days , which says something about the scene, I guess. I'll try & look it out today. All the best, Nick

Thinking about it, I'm pretty sure I heard the record introduced over the mike at the Rocket as The Parisians, and I'm wondering if it was actually Mick H who played it - he was on right before Guy. Anyone able to confirm with Mick or Guy? All the best, Nick

OK, it goes like this: PARISIANS- Twinkle Little Star - DEMON HOT 1 TRADITIONS - Twinkle Little Star - ABET 9435 Different recordings - Parisians is almost certainly a White Group with Soul ambitions, Traditions is a Black Group and has slightly more in the way of funky tom-toms and general 'Soul feeling', but overall, the two records have a very similar treatment and could easily be confused with each other if not heard side by side. Difficult to work out which is the original, as the Parisians flip is a semi-instrumental reworking of the topside and the Traditions flip is a cover version, so you don't get any clues from the composer credits, but my vote goes to the Parisians being the original. Seen the Parisians at around £400 a year or two ago, but considering it was £3 at the end of the '80s this would indicate that it's been a fastish riser in recent years, so I wouldn't be surprised if it was a shade above that today, though I wouldn't expect £1000 quite yet. Traditions is about 500 times rarer in comparison, but very, very little known, probably because of its rarity, which really is extreme. Manship vol 1 listed Parisians at £200 and Traditions at £150, but this reflects collectors' awareness of the respective records rather than their relative rarity. I doubt it will remain like that for long, mind, as I've heard Butch playing the Traditions' version at the 100 Club recently, so expect awareness to grow. Hope this helps clear up any foggy areas. All the best, Nick

Hi Pete, UK RCA Victor did a series of 6 track EPs of 20s & 30s Blues artists in the mid-60s, presumably to tie in with the British Blues Boom of the time. I've got vol 4 Julius Daniels and vol 6 Doctor Clayton, but unfortunately these don't give details of other titles in the series, so I can't check to see if your 6-track was intended for the series or not. The EPs have the catalogue numbers RCX 7175 and RCX 7177 respectively, so if you find another number in the sequence written somewhere on the sleeve or something, this may place it in the series. Also not sure if titles in pre-production for RCA Victor would use EMIdiscs or if the EMI bit is a red herring in this case. Alternatively, it may have nothing to do with the above, in which case, ignore me. Still an interesting item, whatever it turns out to be. All the best, Nick

Tell you what, let's cut to the chase - Bazbond, which version are you talking about, mate? All the best, Nick

Thought they were both 60s...? Just had a look and I can't find any Abet release dates - wondering if this tipped over into the 70s or something. Bring me up to speed on this one, folks. All the best, Nick

The Springers - Every Night And Day - Ves Thad. Pure emotion on vinyl. Not got a sound file - anyone got one to put up? All the best, Nick

Very sad news. Ray Pollard was one of the greatest singers I ever heard. I remember reviewing a Wanderers record in Shades Of Soul and saying he had tonsils of gold, but not the tawdry metal sort, but the bottomless pure gold of midsummer sunsets. That's how Ray's voice made me feel, and for years people would tell me that they felt the same way. Ray's records are in so many people's all-time favourites lists, and deservedly so. Total respect. Nick

Hi Chris, I'm sure I've got some photos of the Eddie & Lorraine night. I'm off to work now, but I'll try & dig them out later & see what I've got, & if they'll be of any use to you. All the best, Nick