Dave Thorley

That is the lower of the 2 on the label, £15-25. 512-You stood me up/Everybody say yea, is worth more £80-£120 Several on the web at those prices But now days who knows either way. Dave

Hi Guys Thanks for that, does seem to be some part of the group out of Chicago as you say Gareth. I'd never seen it before and it was a nice suprise when I put it on the decks. I agree Val odd label, does anyone have a AMG listing. 'The ever strange world of rare soul' Dave

Morning All Just got a rather nice 2 sider The Steelers-Love, love, love for me/Disturbing thoughts-AMG If so anyone know the story of how the Chicago group appeared on the Cininnati label.

Which filters are you useing

Got his biography somewhere, great read.

Hi Des I have spoken to Steve, he doesn't want it so sell it to me

Hi Steve Yes, Morris is a Memphis tune. Funny but all the one I've had have had big holes, so to speak. Dave

Morning Ian As you say, he did some great side projects. Me always loved Westwing LP, nice production job. Dave

Hi Tony As we say 'From the hard to find, to the just plain good', there is another tread running on here about everything being to exspensive. Still lots of well priced stuff around, but it does take a little time to search. I like to have sound files on the low priced stuff as thats often where the real suprises are. We put an uprated sound card on the site so peeps can enjoy the music while searching. Thanks for taking the time to look through. Dave

Understand what your saying, but the gig in Ann Arbor wasn't 'mythical', I was there. Also next week I'll be in Germany for the Bamberg weekender, they get over 800 in and mainly from Germany, Hamburg at the end of the year, will get even more in and most from Germany. The gig in Spain had over 300 in who came mainly from the city it was held in. Yes many records have high prices, but much of the market has already reduced by up to a third over the last year, just watch ebay. It's only the truely rare records that still command high prices or those that are currently hot dance floor tunes. The sixties stuff in some cases is falling out of favour, I would agree, but then current prices on these reflect that. As for 70's and 80's, which are more the hot ticket in terms of sales for me, these sell all over the world and the demand for these is on the increase. But I have never made any great distinction between 60's-80's, it's all rare soul and I love it all and so do my customers. You say kids don't use decks, my son who is fairly representitive (17 years old) of young kids in the UK, loves rap, but also is interested in the soul music used in samples. He and all his mates love wax and turntables, they have all the other stuff as well, but haven't given up on records or spinning. In fact in the UK record sales, that's wax has grown for 2nd year in a row. Your measurement is a U.S one. From the first time I went to a northern soul event over 30 years ago, many of the records I heard and wanted were near to a weeks wages and I would spend near to a weeks wage to get a prized tune, things haven't changed much. Where as in the States for years no one cared about soul records and so most could be bought for 50c-$1, now your living in the same world we have always inhabited. But I don't know why I got involved in this tread, cuz I have always bought soul music I love, what ever the price, cuz it's not about the price. But I also get tunes in any formate, Wax, CD or Mp3, I'm just a sucker for soul music. My comments come from what I see around me, sales of records and lots of traveling.

I think Russ has a good point. The difference with the Doo Wop scene was, that it stayed in the major part a U.S. thing, most of the major buyers were over there and as they have grown old and died it's not been carried on by anyone else. Where as the Soul scene is growing as week speak. It maybe, in the UK becoming the domain of old men, but else where it is being followed by much younger people, who have many years still in them. I recently DJ'd in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the avarage age was late 20's and that was only cuz I was there , otherwise it would have been younger. 300 hundred people getting down to rare 60's/70's/80's soul and many of them interested in collecting. Every day I sell records to guys in France, again a much younger group of people. Dj'd in Spain, Italy and Germany in the last few months, all to much younger people and again many are collectors. You need to look and think outside the UK, maybe the scene is in the late summer of it's life here, but not so everywhere. Lastly Doo Wop, covered a relatively short period in black music and so soon sounded dated which also may account for younger people not carrying the same interest in it. Where as soul have managed to evolve for over 30 years and still holds the interest of much younger people.

No, Pete's job at Yate was the organisation of 'The Card School', back stage, which ran from about 4am until closing time. Also he found many a top tune that were played at Yate. Pete did DJ at Stafford in the oldies room.

Just another little plug. Also thanks to everyone who have been through the site over the last few day. Dave & Malayka

Just a bump for you evening peeps

Hi All Been busy putting a bunch of new stuff on the site. Whats New!!!! www.topdogrecords.co.uk Northern, some cool tunes including, BERNARD SMITH & JOKERS WILD, PATTI & THE EMBLEMS Modern, K.I.C., ANDREW JEFFERIES, AL 'MAN' MUNTZIE Funk, SHOWSTOPPING SUPER SONICS, LOCK BAND Gospel, People asked for more sound files, so a bunch added, including Tee Fletcher produced 'LIGHTNING AIRES' CD's, at last we have started putting our stock on, including indemand Nu Soul winner 'BLAK ICE' Hope you find something you like Dave & Malayka 'From the hard to find, to the just plain good'

Morning John What happen to John Hillyard, someone told me he is no longer with us. Same, he found many a fine record back in the day and he was a nice guy. Dave

Why not, great tracks, all of them. Most later came out on a legit Motown CD. Dave

Hi ken As far as I can remember this is the LP put out by Rob Mariotts brother. Not sure where he got the tracks from, but think it was a bit grey. Great LP though. Dave

I see the auction has ended early !!!!!!!!!!!!!???, and it's nothing to do with me

Also many of the collectors shops in main land europe are stuffed full of them at the moment, along with all the P&P 12". I believe alot of the LP's are coming out of Scorpio, N.J. Someone told me they now have their own pressing equipment

The other stuff that is getting done in boat loads are all those rare 80's boogie lp's, even on major labels and many of them hard but not impossible to spot from the originals.

Have to agree Mikey, when they did it, it would be to the breaks. But also it was a long time ago (mid to late 70's), almost a different scene. They would be total focused on the record, know most if not every beat of their favourite tunes and when the break came they would instictively us back drops etc as a form of expression. Equally they would not do it to every record, just those with breaks, like Gene Chandler-There was a time, Milton Wright-The Gallop, L J Johnson-Your magic put a spell on me and back then, it was a joy to watch. They were at the peak of fitness, still in their teens and full of passion. I will also admit that now days it does look totally out of place, but there again the whole stlye of dancing has changed. Back then foot work from some would be far more complex, people throwing in little shuffles, complex step overs at the point of breaks, instead of maybe back drops. To the opening bars of The Lovelites-Get you off of my conscience, many feet would be little more than a shuffling blur. But that was then, this is now and a bunch of fourty somethings throwing themself around, can bring a smile to the face.

Just added some more including a few nice 12" and Lp's