Catriona

Dont get played???????????? Have you never been to St Ives Reunion or Stoke? JH is played on the hour

Me too, to Birmingham!

Up the foxes.

Sorry were we ignoring you? What a load of old bolloxs. Who wrote that? XXXX

Any one know if its still up and running. I cant get onto his site TIA

Your all too nice. Barbara Lynn This is the thanks I get just about perfectly summed up how I felt.

Shhhhhh Sean, dont say that or someone will remember that Gavin once played The Carstairs at Essence at it ll all go off.

I listen when I dance too, I m a woman, I can do two or more things at once

Have to agree to differ on this one then! I m in the ten pound camp,with the pretty labels, seeing the shrink! Personally I would rather listen to an hour or more of a Dj sharing their personal taste and enthusiasm than listen to an hour of dancing by numbers, top 500 tunes played by the promoters mate/ girlfriend or boss s sister. Which is why I m staying at home tonight, polishing my lp s

You make it sound like a bad thing, arent you a professional vinyl pervert?

The person doing the DJ booking wants a boot up the arse. If you are promoting an event then you are responcible for the music. Why book someone with no records????????

https://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a126/owmynuts/steve.jpg and here you are at novotnoys

Of course it was big at the Rock City. So I think it s fair to say it was a massive tune (played on a thursday night to 40 paying punters in 1984) All s fair in advertising and he s told no lies

Of course Soul Music is not completely dead however, the Soul Music torch has been carried on to a diminishing degree in small pockets of the US since the 80's by elder statesmen such as Bobby Womack and the late Johnny Taylor as well as the kind of artists that Sean Hampsey referred to in his earlier post, and also artists of the genre that we all used to refer to as "Real Soul" or "Indie Soul" artists through the 80's & 90's. That s an interesting statement to make when I m struggling to keep up with all the new soul that s coming out, and that I would describe as proper soul music rather than soulful house or any other genre. Today I ve got Anthony Hamilton, Ledisi and Chaka Khan for the car. All newish albums (2007) . I would argue that it s a demise in the music industry as we know it rather than soul music .

That s the man! He posts on this site as Nogger if you want to pm him.

I went but it was all a very long time ago.

Looks like one of those "Motown groups on tour" photos!

https://www1.gemm.com/item/CHARLES-c-RAY/YO...N/GML769334674/ Loads on gemm!!!!!!

Mine sounds a bit crap compared to the big finds of you lot but my happiest find was in an antique shop in LA. I d been on a record hunt to NY a couple of years before and had a big romantic vision of how wonderful it would be to spend a few weeks travelling around and hunting for records. Me and the ex went off to California all ready to find some massive tunes and have a bit of a holiday. Oh how the reality sucks! I d been behind the radiators in a shop in New York and looked at some wet vinyl in the cellar of another shop and thought that they were extremes! Wrong thirty year old records that have been stored well are filthy and covered in dust, the ones that have been stored badly make you want to cry. Looking for records in most shops or Record barns leaves you filthy, hot and knackered, most places had been raped by Japenese collectors who had sent lists of labels and had taken almost everything.Soon hours of looking to find a few mid priced bits got less interesting (for me) and as the sun was shining outside I did less and less. One day we ended up in an antique shop and I mooched about thru the racks and found a 1 dollar wonder Beloyd Get into my Life. It s not big or clever but it is a record I love and it made the sun come out that day for me. I performed the "ohhhhhhh I want this one jig " in the aisle of the shop until my partner mentioned the need to look unimpressed for the till haggle. It still has its one dollar sticker on the run out groove and every time I look at it it takes me back to a happy moment in LA many years ago.

We saw em at Stoke Billy, but I d go again

Each to their own Chalky but Ronnie Mc is still recording new material and has all the soul credentials that I need . I ve seen him live doing his own show, which was wonderful, and would happily fork out £35 to see him again, on his own or in this line up.

I d love to see Jerry Butler, but think I d do as Chris Morgan and see him in the States. Saw Angie Stone last night who was as wonderful as I expected, the new stuff sounds great. I ve been ticking the acts I ve wanted to see off my list a lot recently, some were a total disapointment, some were brilliant, can I please see Gladys Knight doing two hours (in a non cabaret style) Anne Nesby , Jean Carn(e) and Chuck Jackson. And can I see them all in a little venue, with great bands, arrangements etc. TIA

It still wouldn't make me buy Lambrini though....yeuck if you want to get squiffy for cheap you're better off with a two litre bottle of white lightening and that will definitely get the oil stains off your drive

My photos are of couples dancing together...Gabi and Joanne, Dave and Sue Bell and Ant and Nita are all slow dancing!!!!!!!!!! I remember Eddie being very sweet and signing stuff, he was lovely to meet ..shame about the singing