Dave Thorley

Got a hocky intro but great vocals https://youtu.be/dTMYd2v9_zY

Still have a few left of this LP I put out a few years ago, all never before heard Detroit modern soul recordings including this killa swirling strings n' things track from Funk Factor with the vocals of Gereld Mallory on lead, plus 7 other cool tracks.....................only way to get this on vinyl Todays Sound Of Detroit - Che records £18.00 + P&P https://youtu.be/6qt7scpkJes

Still have a few left of this LP I put out a few years ago, all never before heard Detroit modern soul recordings including this killa swirling strings n' things track from Funk Factor with the vocals of Gereld Mallory on lead, plus 7 other cool tracks.....................only way to get this on vinyl Todays Sound Of Detroit - Che records £18.00 + P&P

Frank Dell, James Dockery, Leroy Barbour, Terry & Deep South.........SOLD

Happy new week to you all, time to start getting those extra Christmas presents for yourselves tucked away. Here is this weeks nice new shiny things Chocolate Syrup - You're off and running - IRA Mint- £75 James Dockery - My faith in you is all gone - Soul Craft VG+ £450 Willie Williams - Name it / Just to be loved - RCA VG+ £75 Terry & Deep South - Trying to get by - Bama VG+ £70 That - All I need - Bobby Fulton International Mint £145 Frank Dell - He broke your game wide open - Valise Mint- £300 Significants - I'm in ecstacy / Part down - Alesvers Mint £160 Spirit Of Love - The power of love - Birthright Mint- £80 Central Illusion - Shake your body down - Illusive Mint £250 Leroy Barbour - I ain't going nowhere - Frontiersman VG+ £300 Le. Cop. - Law and order - K. Shavonne Mint £200 Fruit - Say it - Cypress Mint £80 Thanks for looking, full description and sound file on site www.topdogrecords.co.uk Dave & Malayka

All records prices plus P&P Relatives - Walk on - Lewis Mint £175 Ruby Andrews - I've got a bone to pick with you - ABC Demo Mint £35 Ravenettes - Since you've been gone - Shurfine Mint £45 Ron Harrington - It happened to me again - Hillside Mint £400 Phyllis Hyman - You know how to love me - Arista UK M- £12 Ghetto Kitty - Stand up and be counted - Stroud Mint £75 Frederick Knight - Uphill peace of mind - Castle Mint £40 Velours - I'm gonna change MGM Demo VG+ £175 The Worlds Funkiest Band - When your alone - California Gold Mint £25 Tony Hestor - Watch yourself / Just can't leave you - Karate VG £100 Sergio Mendes & Brazil '77 - Love music - Bell Demo VG+ £25

and this just goes to show the minefield collecting this stuff can be. The one above is the late 70's UK 12" which is worth little more than £25, but the U.S original 12" release below still sells for £100 + today

Yep Paul along with George Benson - The world is a ghetto 12"

Hi All Another week and some nice new 45's came through the door and up onto the site, including these shiny things Pop Tops Feat Roy Hines - I want to make it with you - Sounds International Mint- £150 Brother To Brother - I gotta situation - Win Lose Mint £175 Perfections - The right to cry / Woman - AGC VG+ £200 Enternal Family - My soul / We've got to give - Communication Mint- £75 Soulful Illusion - Soulful Illusion - Tudor VG+ £75 Jesse Harrison - No man is an island - Pacemaker Mint- £100 Scacy Sound Service - Sunshine - Scacy VG+ £150 Tyrone Barkley - Man of value - Midsong Mint £40 Sideshow Feat Arthur Ponder - Sexy lady - Muscadine VG+ £200 Plus a bunch more, all with sound files and full descriptions on the site www.topdogrecords.co.uk Thanks for looking Dave & Malayka

a few others to look out for that are great soulful dancers Best Friend Around - Lonnie Records C.J. Surge - Boston Heights Records Martin Dumas - Taurean Connection Plus a whole bunch of Budweiser Showdown 12"

Hi Steve I hear where your coming from, but this just goes to demonstrate that for promoters it is a impossible task. I've heard on more than one occasion about the same venue these sort of comments. 'I love these 8-2 events best as we can't stay up late anymore' 'Love to come to your venue, but not going to travel if it's isn't an allnighter' or on music policy, same venue 'We had a great night, but a few to many oldies' 'We had a great time, but a little to much of this new funky stuff' I know many years ago, was many years ago, but back then we were just grateful to have somewhere to go. If a DJ played something I didn't like I'd just wonder off and chat to some mates or go look through sales boxes. Nowdays it seems like people want the whole night to be exactly what they want or nothing, what happened to tolerance.

When I said 'elsewhere' I meant not on this site .......... But anyway here is his full set of comments in a post elsewhere Good day to everyone.. After speaking to Mick , Mace and Chalky we have decided to make the October Lifeline the last one. Many factors have contrubuted to our decision , in particular the saturation of the callender in general - most niters have a " something different " room also the upfront soul nights (there was one on same night as lifeline in October)... then there is the weekenders which all have side rooms. Looking back when we were at the Stables we had a full house of upfront and oldies crowd, all embracing great music then along came Bridlington weekender , this in reality killed lifeline for good half of our regulars drove past the Stables to go to Brid (fine it's a free country) when i spoke to one of the promoters about it he said well it was either clash with 100 club or you ! I said why not move to another date ? shrugged shoulders was the reply one of his partners offered for Lifeline to run a theme room or some of our djs to play there ... I'd sooner show my arse in Binns window on a Saturday afternoon i said. Another factor is the changes in musical trends Lifeline was and is about multiple styles of quality music but the present funky style that is at its height is fine in moderation but not what we are about besides Burnley and Soul-Funktion caters for that genre admirably with great lads behind it - we don't want to be either of those places obviously. The writing is on the wall when in our view great upfront northern and 70's 45's are leaving the floor empty it really is that simple. As it goes i collect and own many of these current trend 45's but i think they should complement not control the environment ( at Lifeline in any case) All that to one side the introduction of fresh plays to the larger mainstream venues was always one of the reasons for Lifeline and hopefully we introduced a few, i certainly have concerns as to which venues will filter good new northern through, after all that is what enables progression and longevity for the scene ? There has to be room for maybe a 8 till 4am venue that can play good quality northern / stafford stuff , a joint that holds 70 people, in reality that is the top and bottom of it,it always was and always will be.We had some cracking nights of madness and are gratefull to all the folk who turned out and all the dj's who played + the many folk who helped out and of course the long suffering ladies Wendy Rawson ,Mandy Walker and more recently Denise Ray North. Mick ,mace and chalky may have a word to add but that's my take .. Oh yeh thank fuck i no longer have to listen to mick and chalkys cover ups and endure having my arse burned by Allan Coney well at least not untill next time we are out !

PS, those that are now saying 'that's it, I'm not going any more', 'this is the end for me' etc, etc. Sounds very like the end of the 70's when many stopped going only to return many years later and to be heard saying, 'I wish I was around in the 80's I missed some many sounds being played', 'I had stopped going when all this great crossover stuff started getting played' and other such remarks. embrace change and give all soul music styles a chance. Lastly if you take the time to read Andy's post elsewhere fully you will see that this was only a small part of why it ended, a major part was that he felt that many of you abandoned Lifeline for other venues or simply stopped supporting it.

I agree that Lifeline ending is a real shame. Have supported it for most of it's life in all it's different locations. But some need to calm down, all this blaming funk etc. reminds me of the late 70's and the modern, northern split. Mecca verses Wigan, this did more damage than many realise and the scene took a good 10 years to recover. A good mix of all styles is healthy, I went to the last Lifeline, how many of you that are so sorry it's gone, did ? and funk didn't dominate the night think it was less than a third of the records played. I've said this on so many occassions, when Wigan was at it's height or when Stafford was on top of it's game the mix across the night would be extensive. Music that now is categorized as traditional 60's northern, funk, modern, crossover, beat ballads all being played in one room. Those that want it to be some sort of version of the truth, all 60's northern, well it was never that, not the the venues I grew up with anyway, Wigan, Cleethorpes, early Mecca, Yate. So lets all calm down, the scene has overcome many a change, loss of venue, DJ leaving, it's not the apocalypse. Other venues will rise to the top, new DJ's will appear and Lifeline may return, new fresh, but different. Lets not start turning old friends into enemies, let's learn from history, not repeat it.................

Had a several people ask. Now all the missing sound files are working Thanks Dave

All prices plus P&P for full description and sound file go to site www.topdogrecords.co.uk Ronnie Dyson - Lady in red Columbia Mint- £40 Lawrence Williams - Set him free / Soul town - Mil-Smi Mint- £75 Billy Foster - Better get back - Equistar Mint £65 Dynamics - We found love - Columbia Demo Mint £65 I.N.D. - You just be you - Momisey Mint £65 Seck & The G.H. Outlaw Gang - I wonder about myself / Hell girl - Faces Mint £65 Spindells - If it ain't one thing - Coral Demo VG+ £70 Willie Mitchell - That drivin' beat - London American VG+ £50 Bill Wright - Can't let the left hand know - Smoke City Mint £35 Dave Love - Baby hard time - Worlds Mint £15 Gordon Keith - Look ahead - Calumet Mint £50 Johnny Scott - Let me be a winner - Portra Mint- £30 Thanks for looking Dave & Malayka

--------------------------- Top Dog Arrivals -------------------------------- Another week more nice new arrivals, including these cool shiny things • The Divines – I gotta make it – A,O.A Mint £450 • Charles Teddy Roberts – Finally checked up on my mind / I feel good – Rob Style Mint- £150 • Chris Morgan – Who am I – Bell Demo Mint £150 • Sandra Phillips – I wish I had known – Okeh Demo Mint £245 • L.C. Steels – Losin’ boy – Faces Mint £250 • Sonny Harris – The vibration / You were only making believe – San-Del Mint- £250 • Oscar Perry – Something to write home about – Sophie VG+ £175 Plus these Only VG or less copies. Here are few tough to find records, all play through no skips and sound fine over a big system. But these are 'Ghetto Loved' copies play with little back ground noise and clicks. • Innervision - there's a fungus among us / The night the lights go out - Power House VG £50 Monster tune for Soul Sam. 2 great sides, one funk midtempo burner, flip is nice group modern soul outta Detroit • Clear Daze - Baby it's nice (To be cared for ) - Jamesland VG £175 Mid 70's uptempo sweet rhythm driven dancer from Florida. Little noise on intro, but then settles down well • Ira Wilkes - I got a feeling - A Major Label VG- £75 Insanely rare modern soul 45 from Kansas City, Driving mid tempo winner. Record has quiet intro, which is noisy, then settles down and plays well after 20 seconds or so Thanks for looking, more info on the web site www.topdogrecords.co.uk Dave & Malayka

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Here are few tough to find records, all play through no skips and sound fine over a big system. But these are 'Ghetto Loved' copies play with little back ground noise and clicks. Innervision - there's a fungus among us / The night the lights go out - Power House VG £50Monster tune for Soul Sam. 2 great sides, one funk midtempo burner, flip is nice group modern soul outta Detroit Clear Daze - Baby it's nice (To be cared for ) - Jamesland VG £175Mid 70's uptempo sweet rhythm driven dancer from Florida. Little noise on intro, but then settles down well Ira Wilkes - I got a feeling - A Major Label VG- £75Insanely rare modern soul 45 from Kansas City, Driving mid tempo winner. Record has quiet intro, which is noisy, then settles down and plays well after 20 seconds or so

Think in the whole scheme of things and long term it's a £150+ record. But right now, very hard to sell full stop as so many popped up at once in Chicago a year ago and they are still working there way through the market. From memory a 25 count box or two where found then sold and traded around Chicago, these then made thier way over here in private sales and a fair few through Ebay. Back to long term values, it would never have been a record that saw a big pressing run, way less than many major label records that sell for 3X it's current value and are nowhere near as good as this record is. If you bought it because you liked it, don't panic, hold on to it it's a quality record and that's why you bought it, right ? If you bought to flip it for a profit, don't panic, hold on to it it's a quality record, just might take a little long .........................

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Morning All Another week and another bunch of new things, including these nice shiny 45's. 'From the hard to find, To the just plain good' Alfred O - Do what you wanna do - Mo-Do VG+ £300Karen Striblin - We're no too young / Just a little girl in love - Jaber Mint £150Harvey Scales - Trackdown - Magic touch VG+ £250Tee Fletcher - Down in the country - Tragar Mint £60Cookie Thomas & The C.T. Band - Black velvet soul - Mon-Tab Mint £70Velours - I'm gonna change/Don't pity me - MGM Demo VG+ £175Soul Excitement - Stay together - Pink Dolphine Mint- £400Plus a whole bunch more, full description on the site www.topdogrecords.co.uk Thanks for looking Dave & Malayka

Having a problem with sound files on my site, so here they are

Hi All They just keep on comin', more records gone up on the site over 200 titles in the last few days, including these shiny things One Hundred Years Time - If it's feeling you want - VIP Mint- £200Kimberly Hunt - There's a change - Esther VG+ £50R&D Blues band - I've been around - Rexius Mint £250Sweet Charles - Hang out & hustle - People Mint £75Robert Harris & The U.R.S. Band - Funk on - Funkstun VG+ £300Alice Clark - Don't you care - Acid Jazz Mint £35Rita & The Tiaras - Gone with the wind is my love - Destiny Demo Mint £50Plus a whole bunch more, full description on site www.topdogrecords.co.uk Thanks for looking Dave & Malayka