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PORGY & THE MONARCHS - The Girl And The Boy sylves m- £30 hold VILLAGE SOUNDS - One Less Brother Village Sounds m- £30 LPS JAE MASON - Tender Man buddah m- £20 MARGIE DAY - Experience m- £20 JAMES BROWN - Mr Soul polydor (spanish) has 'why did you take your love from me' vg++ £30 TIMI YURO - Something Bad On My Mind liberty m- ' Never Be Over For Me' £35 Legit way to play track out if you cant afford the 45!

EMPTY WORLD on Aquarius.... label & vinyl in superb condition. £300

NIKK - Hard Times House Of Roton m- £60 ELEMENTS OF LOVE - Don't Rush In JVB m- £50 (obscure funk/disco) PEOPLES CHOICE - Your Mine Veroneeca m- £30 LEE HARRIS - Im Gonna Get Your Thing forte m- £70 CHARADES - You Better Believe It Harlem Hit parade m- £70 TOMMY HUNT - Just A Little Taste dynamic demo m- (his most soulful & hardest) m-£50 ROBERT MOORE - Searching For Your Love Hollywood £30 m- PAT LUNDY - The Thrill Is Gone Columbia £40 m- LARRY HOUSTON - I Need Love Ambassador £20 m- BOBBY LEE FEARS - Exodus forward SWEET BOBBY & HONEY BOY - Watch The One Whos Talking Sound o riffic £30 m- BYANT HEADON - Guess I Better Move On vg+ Cobra £50 Vg+ DEL-CORDS -Wont You Let Me Know (hard tune) £50 LEE HARRIS - I Got To Find Someone Forte (label missing) £60 m- DORIS & KELLY - You Don't Have To Worry Brunswick m- £60 THIRD FLIGHT - THIRD FLIGHT yodi £150 vg++ NAT TURNER REBELLION - Tribute To A Slave delvaliant vg+ £30 RESONANCE - Ok Chicago / Yellow Train Sirocco (pic sleeve) £50 m- BROAD STREET GANG - Free The Black Mans Chains Condor m- £35 BRETHREN - Can This Be Real Teen Town £40 m- RARE GEMS ODYSSEY - Touchdown Renfro £20 m- THE PIPE - Wade In The Water RCA £50 m- GLIDERS - Lonely Hearts & One Way Streets Alva m- £20 ROSCOE SHELTON - What Is IT Baby Tee Jay £25 m- FRANKIE & ROBERT - Love Tragar £40 m- 4th COMING - The Dead Don't Die Alive Alpha £50 m-

It was devised, so the playwright came into rehearsal and myself and the actors improvised and set scenes over a 3 week period..(a lot of hard work!) based on my experience of Wigan and growing up in that period. And also based on my being able to achieve that as a theatre director. I then commisioned the playwright to go away and put that material into the form of a scripted play. But, alot of the script is scenes that the actors created and improvised in rehearsal, from the work we did..A lot of the scene ideas came from that. The bogs scene, Cafe scene, opening scene, entering Wigan, musical narrative, all of it really came fro me and the actors, thats why it worked. The playwright knew nothing of Wigan and little of the soul scene. His job was to stylise that material into a narrative...and he did a good job. But why do they try to forget and deny where it came from. The character Danny, is based on myself growing up as an apprentice and goin g to Wigan.

Talk about leeching. He never consulted on the original, because he had no idea what it was like as a punter..the reality and soul evaded him. Also didnt consult or help when i needed £5000 to go into rehearsal and nearly didnt get show on. Only really consulted when he wanted Free tickets, for friends, family and self. They seem to think the success will be repeated by removing the source, hacking the script and getting a bunch of ingenuine, lack lustre gropers to consult on something they dont care about, except from a financial angle. Why not call it something else, unless they are trying to raise money and interest of the back of Urban Expansions success with 'Once Upon A Time In Wigan'. Its nothing to do with the play and the script has been chopped to pieces! What a blatant rip...they know no shame. Always playing the pressing rather than the original! Born and still living in Wigan, Russ soon became a follower of both Wigan Athletic and Rugby.Attending Wigan Grammar School, Russ played for England Rugby Union Schoolboys and was also a sprinter for his country. He also loves discovering the beautiful aspects of the Lancashire countryside.Growing up as a young Mod loving The Beatles, Small Faces and Motown, Russ started collecting records and especially attracted by black music, became a regular at Blackpool Mecca's northern nights. Progressing to having his own mobile disco, he filled the Wigan Rugby League Club at Central Park two nights and one afternoon a week before founding the legendary Wigan Casino Allnighters on 23 September 1973. Over 4 million people visited the Heart of Soul until it closed on 6 December 1981 to make way for the extension of the Civic Centre... which never happened!Russ hosted three early sessions and a weekly Allnighter at the Club and was responsible for booking the DJs and top acts such as Jackie Wilson, Martha Reeves, Edwin Starr, Elgins, Jnr. Walker, Betty Wright, Tommy Hunt and Major Lance.In 1978 America's Billboard Magazine voted Wigan Casino the World's Best Disco, beating New York's Studio 54 and Russ was also voted the No.1 Soul DJ.Still promoting the scene with his own marketing and entertainments company, Russ has always DJ'd at least three times a week and loves working in radio. In 1977/8 he compiled an album and book relating the Wigan Casino story.The Charlatans, Ocean Colour Scene and Paul Weller frequently ask 'Mr. Wigan Casino' to DJ for them on tour."I've been so very lucky," smiles Russ, "The northern soul scene, music and especially the fabulous friendships I've made have helped it become my way of life. My radio show is such an essential part of 'Spreading the Faith'."Russ has also been working as a consultant to the highly successful play about the Heart of Soul called, "Once Upon A Time In Wigan" due to be filmed soon and another Casino film in 2009, "Souled Out."

THanks

JOAN plays it...maybe she can help. Great tune!

last few days...

TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE on Okeh.................i have no idea on price. Any help appreciated. thanks

I have a copy. will check condition tonight...best paul

AL C BAILEY - Go On Home You Communist ron paul vg+ £100 ON HOLD NIKK – Hard Times House Of Roton m- £80 ELEMENTS OF LOVE - Don't Rush In JVB m- £50 (obscure funk) ON HOLD PEOPLES CHOICE – Your Mine Veroneeca m- £35 LEE HARRIS – Im Gonna Get Your Thing forte m- £90 STUNNING DOUBLE SIDER..1 mid T & other uptempo! Cant believe its still here! CHARADES – You Better Believe It Harlem Hit parade m- £70 BROOKLYN PEOPLE – Peace & Love Cheri vg++ £50 TOMMY HUNT – Just A Little Taste dynamic demo m- (his most soulful & hardest) £70

Gil Scot Heron in Leeds 1983 just so f---king cool! James Brown - Hammersmith Appolo 87 (ish) J J BARNES - Seattle 2007 (i think) he sang happy birthday to me on stage, His voice blew eveyone away and i was, for once, lost for words. Its those hideaway/twisted wheel boys who saw loads of brilliant artists...

Ive changed my mind, your selling the idea to me now!

Adam Leaver had one on last weeks Rookierecords list. Dontee...Rock Candy.....Alone With No Love/I Don't Think..M-...125 Description: two great sides on this white label demo (so no fears that this is a boot). A-side is a play-out Northern belter, whilst the flip is basically the same track as the Darling Dears but with male group vocals. And probably the better for it in my book Soundclip: https://www.rookiesrecords.co.uk/jan10_1_05.mp3

Yes, i remember the offer mate. But, even now, these things take a long time until there on. I paid Mick proper equity and writers fees and he had commission on attendance aswell, so he earnt lot of money from it. He was commisioned (by Urban Expansions ltd) via his agent. I have legal representation, so no panic. Maybe Lime need to be very careful if they cant trace a clean line of ownership, intellectual property and any plagiarism. as i said, we shall see . Doesn't matter how good a production company are, if they have people with no idea or soul advising them. The Bolton musical was a joke, a hash, an attempt at making a west end hit! It failed miserably. It was contrived. It seems that the desire to do it is driven by the greed of two individuals. One is a writer who doesn't give a flying f--k about the scene or indeed know much about it (apart from what he saw in rehearsals & reading), the other is a guy whos been dining out on Wigan Casino since it closed, who admits he never knew what went on amongst the punters (socially & on the floor) until he saw the play. So, i just worry its another callous, souless attempt at making money....like the 'musical'. I bet Mr Wigan has a whole line of souveneir mugs, shirts, coasters planned to go with the 'hollyoaks does wigan special.'

Yep, they turned it into a blue eyed musical with half the story taken out and NOW a hollyoaks soap film......Mr binstanley, always quality.ha! Added some pics from the original!

As ive said before, the two individuals involved have only one interest...money. Its a way off yet until it goes forward and things are in hand to make sure it doesn't steal scenes, names images, from the original. The published script already contains ALL of my stage directions and musical directions (without permission or credit!), so these guys are in tricky waters......And, obviously it was my original idea, thats why I commissioned the play to be written from the 5 weeks devising in rehearsal that we did. In fact West Yorkshire Playhouse & Contact were partners on it. We shall see...

Apparently,Lime productions are trying to RIP the play 'Once Upon A Time In Wigan' (which i commisioned and devised with love, care and soul, in 2002 with my company (URBAN EXPANSIONS), into a one off TV drama, but with all reality and soul taken out! But worry not, I feel a legal challenge coming on... Do Mr Wigan & Trick Martbin, have no shame! Im told its the same company that do Hollyoaks, so you can see where its going! Shamefull! They never give up in their search to squeeze a quick buck out of everything and in doing so squeeze the soul and honesty out!

As far as i remember, its an old Stafford spin...

Id say , unless your very lucky, that its going to be £400 minimum. If one went up on ebay or jms now, im sure it would be a £500/£600 tune and quite rightly given its two great sides and the ridiculous money that some oldies are going for. good luck mate.

£600....