Ged Parker

Jay Poole - I Love You - Mabel and Maestro and Company - I Love You - Love are the exect same song and take can't find any info on the release on the Love Label, other than Jason Perlmutter listing it on his carolinas soul site and guess this is much rarer. I may have to start giving this a spin out

I posted a big article out of "In The Neighbourhood" about Lee Maye including discography and his batting stats. It was a couple of months back but can't find it now.

Don Varner - Tear Stained Face The Chandlers - Your Love Makes Me Lonely Ree Flores - Look Into My Heart

This poll is on Geography not Demography

If some one comes on here publicly critisises me I hope they get my name wrong is all I can say. Wouldn't stop me responding if I chose to either directly on the thread or via PM. The critisism whether fair or not was not put across in a constructive way and people who didn't attend weren't necessarily connecting Paul Metcalf with it but now they all are. I would have thought if people are going to complain they should have the sense to be clear about what (who) they are complaining about.

Paul isn't new to event DJing and was promoting events 20 + years ago. He's someone I know rather than a freind of mine so I've no axe to grind here and he can speak for himself I'm sure but he has a wide taste in soul music as reading "on The Scene" will show. If anyone had asked him for a particular record (or for that matter a particular style of record) he'd have played it if he had it. It sounds like they didn't make any requests and thought that public critisism would work better.

Well my posts are always worth it Joan Not sure anyone elses are up to much though

I'm sure Paul really appreciates you clearing that up Mark

Just one from me then Jimmie Raye - Philly Dog Around the World -KKC

"Should not like" says who? I don't feel guilty about liking anything even some over played oldies. I just wish some of the were given a rest doesn't stop me liking them. By your premise are there also records its bad form not to like I wonder?

You talk a lot of sense for a Parker Des I know I had a DJ/Promotor I know and respect come up and ask me about the Ravenettes only to lose interest when I told him it was only worth about £30 and I found that a little sad. As for the two scenes question without a doubt there are two scenes and has been for a long time. On one of the scenes things like boots being played matter on the the other it doesn't. Can a promotor play boots coause they can its their event and their money at risk and their punters to please. Each DJ will decide which scene he want to get bookings on and act acordingly IMO. If you want to decide who promotors can and can't book be a promotor. If you want to see more 'serious' DJ's get more spots support the nights that focus on this. All to many serious soul events with great DJ's with great collections (Or if I dare use the awful term 'hotboxes') are half empty. Supply and demand we get the scene we deserve, we are willing to support and back.

Great tune this. Puts me in mind of the Harvey track "any way you wanta"

I've no idea what I spend on records in a year and actually going out on the scene if you take out the records costs no more than a night out in the local and heading off to a club. If I actually put a value on it I suspect I'd spend less i've no intention selling any that I don't have doubles of so there 'value' is not really an issue for me. As Col Murphy always says you can spend £500 of fishing kit in no time at all, there aren't many hobbies that come FOC.

I have tracked items in the past on the Royal Mail site. You netre the 13 digit number in the tracking box but from memory you have to change the US (country Identifier) to GB. It should tell you where in the system the package is. If it hasn't left the US yet use the usps site Dave posted.

Got it in one as usual Chalkster. Mind you I'm less and less concerned about what others do now we aint gonna change em so leave em to get on with it I say. I' don't usually even buy releases such as these but must say I'm well tempted by this lot.

I think you're right Pete but for a diffrerent reason. For me the sales are less important that the fact that demos were usually stored away after a short run of plays on radio stations or even no plays at all in record store. Issues however were bought, granted sometimes in low numbers, to be played and were often not cared for, stuck on those 60's auto changer spindles with 9 other records, played with by kids all the time the demos were sitting neatly filed in a archive somewhere. No wonder there are more demos in playable condition than issues. IMHO I'd give £200 for a demo and nearer £400 for an issue but I'm not really a British collector they are a funny breed.

It was that Geoff Claxton honest

Ted was doing his best to add to that moutain last night

Yes but I can't find it

Go on then Lou I'll give you back your investment in the Venturas just to show not everyone looses out

They are classified as Northern or Rare when appropriate aren't they And as Detroit or club soul or crossover or girly vocals or instromentals etc etc.

Ironing board on a pleasure cruiser and week in Barbados on your box no problemo Mark

A mate once said to me would you take £x for your play box if someone offered it you. I immediately said "damn right" until I started to tot up the records in there very soon was way past the £x figure. Even I was suprised