Dave Thorley

Yes but it's a bugger standing on the door all night

You could be getting this confused with the Don Thomas gospel track played at Stafford

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One of us needs to go to bed, love you lots

Your view, but not that of the 200+ that danced to it

Butch played Freedom-High on you-Freedom Records

Didn't say rarity = quality. Just look at some of the crap blued 60's stuff people pay lots of money for, good records are often inexspensive. Many of the early 80's tunes are alraedy monsters as you call them, does this mean you are already dead Great soul music can be found in every decade from the 60's onwards, and rarity has little to do with it.

Have to disagree, many 80's tunes are very rare. Inparticular 45's, by the 80's so much was put out on 12" as the main press and the 45's as a small second run. Also all the same principals still applied as in decades before. Artists making records, putting them out on small local labels, having no sucess and many of the copies being thrown away. Also by the 80's you could get a 45 pressed by a plant on much smaller run than in the 70's and 60's, so in some cases runs as small as 500 would be done and with no success, most being trashed. As to weather you concider it Northern, thats a whole other story, which like a revolving door comes up on this site month after month. What is the definition of northern soul, different with nearly everyone you speak to. Could list many early 80's 45's which are all most impossible to find, but it's late so maybe someone else will taker up that challenge.

Hi No it's from the Hot Tracks re-mix series. This is a remix of the LP version, not easy to find

Have a word with Gav, maybe we can pull out a few 80's things for the upstairs room at Solihull, sure Mark would do the same

Like any decade, good and bad For me some of the good Chapter 8-How can I get next to you Johnnie Taylor-What about my love Tashan-Keep movin on Frankie Knuckles-Tears Bobby Womack-Tell me why/Trying to over you/So many sides of you Manhattens-Crazy Glenda McLeod-No stranger to love Soul II Soul-Keep movin J D Hall-I wanna get into you Ze Brass-So good Color Blind-Crazy Glenn Jones-I am somebody Marlena Shaw-I just want this feeling to last Could go on and on, all in all not a bad decade Dave

Writer, Arrangments, Production Half a cup - reggie garner - abc

Writer, Arrangements, Production Show love today - jones girls - pir

Production & Arrangements I wanna to be with you - lamont dozier - abc

Arrangements Going back to my roots - lamont dozier - warner brothers

Arrangements I've never loved nobody - ortheia barnes - coral

Just a few things from the body of this mans work. On this production and arrangements How did I lose you - richard popcorn wylie - abc

Hi Derek Was a long tread about this a few months ago. If it is an original, then well done still only a few of these about. I got a signed original copy off ebay a while back, no one else bid £12!!!!!!!!!! Dave

Agree Sutty and Tony's earlier comment. Don't think all understand the tread. Blaxploitation tunes are those that come from the soundtracks of Blaxploitation films. Rather than tracks that are 'right on'.

So young man, are you bringing your hottest box up to Solihull on the 7th April. Much of what James says is close on the money. All that wish to be DJ's should constantly question themselves, 'do I try hard enough, does my set sound fresh'. I have heard some DJ's say to me, 'oh it's easy just turn up and play records'. I still go through hell every time I DJ, always believeing that I could have done better. Not cuz I have some kind of floor, just cuz I want people to enjoy themselves and occassionally be suprised. It's about passion See you James and anyone else that fancies a good nite out on the 7th

A recent photo of the man

Bobby Womack-Across 110th street-(Album of the same name)

Someone asked if I could put up the two interviews I did with him that got published in Manifesto, as this was a work in progress they got published a year apart. So here's a chance to read right through. One of Detroit's and soul musics greatist arrangers/producers and horn player. https://www.soul-source.co.uk/articles/soul-articles/a-reluctant-star-mckinley-jackson-interview-by-dave-thorley-r1714/

Oleta Adams-Get here. shed many a tear to that