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Just looking through some old CDs , came across 8 or 9 from the Backbeats series , Issued maybe a decade or more ago . These were budget CDs , maybe 5 or 6 quid at the time , and the content quality was consistently high across the series , as was the art work on the cover etc.. ( maybe this period was seen as the last throw of the dice for CDs , hence the great value ? ) Have bought very few CDs in the last Decade , but decided that there were still some releases in this series I was interested in picking up . I noticed that certain titles had risen in price , managed to get what I was looking for , Just putting it out there for anyone who dosent already know that , a ) This was a great series and body of work , and b) , They are becoming scarcer . ( Still plenty out there for peanuts though ) .

Hi , Looking for a copy of the above , either the orange or white label , in at least vg+ condition, preferably better , Thanks.

Just different opinions Pete , Personally , I enjoy the "Club a go go " type selections Sean Chapman does , as long as the music played is the music advertised , its all good , if however its advertised as lets say a reggae and ska night and Northern is played ( or vice versa of course ) then its a false bill of goods .

There are some incredibly soulful Reggae sounds out there , The Rocksteady era and the Studio 1 catalogue is full of them, especially the mid to late 60s to early 70s. Anyone not familiar with Carlton and the Shoes , The Heptones , or pretty much anything with Vin Gordon on Trombone from this period , along with hundreds more , will be richly rewarded by taking a listen.

I am surprised that these British test press copies are not more valuable and sought after , they must be much rarer than the uk demos , if not as easy on the eye .

That is Tooley, (R.I.P.) Used to be quite active on here as "Godzilla" A record bar stalwart , and a really sound guy as well.

Yes , Read the book the first article alluded to some time back , confirmed many thoughts I had been having for decades .

Not sure how many are around to be honest , mine is a old "emidisc" with Larry Santos one the other side , The label also has the words " Soul Sheff " on either side .

The instrumental version with all the strings etc... " Pretention" ( Released back to back with the vocal on Soul Fox ) was not the Wigan version, this was a lot sparser and was one of the very best instrumenals when the Casino was at its Height . Was introduced as "The Belles Band". I have an old acetate of this , unfortunately the sound quality is quite degraded at the beginning , you never hear much of it now , but this was as big as they come in 74/75.

Not more of this, surely ..

Wayne and Jackie , Great people !

Made up for you mate, ( a little bit envious as well ! ) Great tale !

I am often critical of many average but super rare 45s that seem to be around nowardays and get raved about mainly by individuals who have elevated rarity over quality , However , for me , ( and has been mentioned earlier , its only personal taste after all ) both The Mello Souls and Don Gardener are the absolute Epitome of the kind of sound I love . Both have that rough , raw frantic feel that seem to get right inside me , not been a nighter /scene/ stimulant participant for aeons , but i can imagine with these records , what a mix they would make . Merry Xmas to all x