Dave Thorley

Was going to suggest Charlotta Tillman-Baby I'm serious-Josie. But I see someone has just put it on the sales section for £80 and sold it.

Sterling work Pete Just love them

You right I used to pick it up from his house and bring it down. But his second name wasn't Taylor. Worse, he was my best man at my first wedding and I can't remember his name But his disco was called 'The Changing Times Roadshow', he loved the Four Tops

I remeber the one you did, Richard Searling was on, the place was packed and he told me what the Rose Valentine was, but was in such a mess, within an hour had forgotten. Went back to him, he smiled and said you get one chance. Bugger

Sell the wife first, not the records

Yes, I agree with most of the above, other than it's demise, being so early. I sure I right in saying that soul music's biggest selling LP's came in the 80's. Anita Baker first 2 sets sold big numbers world-wide and this was soul at it's very best. Maybe over produced for some but out and out soul.

Good source (Wikipedia soul), but I have a good book that some might find interesting, called 'Bluegrass Source Book'. In there it says that Bluegrass and Blues developed in parallel, one being the music of mainly Delta Afro Americans and Bluegrass the music of the white mid south and deep south counrty folk. When these eventually came together you had traditional rock and roll.

Tony, Hippo your right, Tony Ellis has always been a man of great soulful taste. Tony, Ian Clarke, Dave Greet and a whole bunch from Stroud would come round to my house saturday tea time. Tony and Ian would amaze everyone with thier new finds, everyone would get feed and then it would be off to the New Inn at Waterly Bottoms. Tony and Ian were great real ale fans, and this pub was run by the chairman of CAMRA. We would fall out at closing time, god knows how drove after that. Then off to Yate to stay up all night. Can't beat it!!!!

A bit off tread, but as you mention Hank Ballad, nice story told to me by Joe Hunter (Funk Brothers) one. He was touring with them late 50's. Had been to a gig somewhere in the deep south. On the way back they get stopped by a white patrol man. 'Where do you guys think your going, shining a tourch into the car. Joe jumps out as he is up frount, and tell's him he's Hank. Patrol man is not in a good mood and everyone is thinking the worst. Suddenly Joe notices a Lodge ring on the guys finger. Now he had worked with some lodge guys back in Detroit and had listen to their storys of secret hand shakes and codes etc. So he says some thing like. We're travling across the desert of the lone tree...... At this the patrol man changes mood gets all friendly and tells Joe, that if the group will give him a song on the side of the road, they can move on in peace. So all the group get out, do 2 vocal numbers by the side of the road. All get back in the car, and after a few silent moments burst into fits of laughter. Then the booming voice of Hank comes from the back. Joe you ever tell anyone your me again and your fired. More laughter..... Funny, but scary too

I agree that many books sight that, but this is very like what was the first disco record, books sight 10 percent, Double Exsposure. But ask any collector of disco and he can name 10 other disco records recorded earlier. There may not be a totally defined answer, but interested in people's thoughts, knowledge and stories told to them but artist recording back then.

Interesting you mention mainly Detroit artist, just to broaden the question, which city can be called the true founder of soul music. When you talk to many of the old musicians in Detroit, they did their early work in jazz bands. Where the interaction with the vocalists started, to form into R&B/Soul music, I'm not sure

True, sighted by many as one of the pioneers, but how about Nate King Cole, some of his stuff is truly soulful

The trouble with the New York Disco stuff would be, that it changed ever time. A couple of dance winners almost for the week they were played The Flasher, Mistura Feat Lloyd Michaels Law of The Land, Alfie Khan Spring Rain, Silvetti Funny thing is, they are all instrumentals. Bring back the instrumental 60's or 70's what happen to them

Rather than when did soul music end, that's fast becoming a boring subject. Instead, lets have your opions on when soul music was born, what was the first true soul record, when was the term first used. May need the help of any of you true historians for this

Nothing dodgy about them at all . It was open to all, even if they didn't understand Dave Greet rules

Visits may have been few, but I've got a photo somewhere of you standing next to Ady C, think Steve Snook is in the photo too.

Good days Neil

Same problem as always, two people, one computer. Clearly I posted this note, as Malayka was still climbing mountains and chasing sheep in the 70's

Get yourselves over on a cheap flight, you know you want to

Hi just put up some more on the bay Including the supa rare modern boogie tune by Pyramid Plus https://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZdave_t_top_dogQQhtZ-1

No, this sound more interesting

Does signing records add to the records value, add to the history or de-value it ? I have a lot of records signed by the artist, but can never make up my mind if this is a good thing. I also have others that have names in the run out or on the label from other previous owners.

Saw her at some Jazz in the Park thing 2 years ago near Kingston, can she sing, great

But have you still got them, found my plastic sandals the other day, gonna put them on ebay

The other big venue's with a mixed play list and running as alldayers, Birmingham Powerhouse(also a Neil Rushton promotion), Notts Pallis, Cats Wiskers, Leeds. John Grant had all his real fame on the Jazz Funk scene, bought a bunch of his 12" when he gave up. Would go to any of the one's Colin was on at, the man was a god, to me anyway and a great friend. Infact on both counts still is, don't want to sound like he's dead