Dave Thorley

"Patches" Firstly it was a 82 release and we played it as a new release from John Anderson at Soul Bowl. Secondly I never claim to play any record first, to be fair I couldn't care about all that "who played it first" shit. I put it there as it was a big tune at Stafford, it's about the music, and that's the only thing that matters. Sorry nearly lost it then, most un-like me Dave

Hi Most of the Motown un-released stuff including "it's too late" were played by Dave Withers at Stafford, I only picked up on it after he gave up DJing. The Fishburn & Francis, "give me some love" came out on a cool little Detroit label called AIP International, which has one or two other killer releases. A few more for you Blenders, Your loves has got me down, Mar-v-lus 10" studio disc Buddy Conner, when your alone, Breakthrough (although it had been played at Wigan) Bobby Wisdom, Handwriting on the wall, Renfo Test Pressing (As above) Lovers, Without adout, Frantic (As above) Caviar, Never stop loving you, Survivour Crossfire, Take me back, Virtue studio disc Patches, I'm gonna make..., Phax Solid Gold Revue feat Ray Crumly, She's so good, CR Smokey Robinson, I care about Detroit, Standard Groove Kell Osbourne, Quicksand, Titanic Sweetheart, Beauty is just skin deep, (Philippines) Mico, (Now I'm just showing off) 21st Century, Your smallest wish, BeeGee O'Jays, Put our heads together, Philadelphia International David Joseph, You can't hide you love, Island Jesse Henderson, I did it again, Land Of Hits Bobby Womack, Tell me why/Tryin to get over you, Beverly Glen Oliver Cheatham, Get down saturday night/Bless the ladies, MCA Colorblind, Crazy, Capitol(may have been RCA, Can't find it now) Paul Simpson Connection, Use me lose me, Street Wise Windjammers, Tossing and turning, MCA Manhattans, Crazy, Columbia Ronnie Loveman Stokes Touch you again, Philly City Colors, Am I gonna be the one, First take Persuaders, Trying to love two women, Calla Oscar Perry, Face reality, Ferron Low Rawls, Now is the time, Epic Lanier & Co, Dancing in the night/I don't know( one of the best records of the whole 80's), Waylo And I was just getting started Dave

Yes, But everyone remembers, The Ringleaders. GI Joe, was by the Fantastions on Thomas. Popcorn Wylie production, and a great tune!!!!!!!!

Look, I don't get out much. It was hard enough remembering these few.

Here's a few more Albert Jones, Going up to the sun, Bumpshop Anacostia, What kind of love MCA, Van McCoy C/U Johnny Gilliam, Room full of tears, Cancer Turks, The bad brought on the good, DJO Valerie Lamar, Shame, Dee Dee, Ann Sexton C/U Classics, So glad I found you, Yan Gee Frankie Sanders, Take another look, Juana Gene Dozier & The United Front, The best girl I ever had, Mercury Exportations, I want you, Vir-ro Fabulous Moonlighters, For granted, Blue Eagle Charlotta Tilman, Baby I'm serious, Josie Rochelle Rabouin, This is my year, Cygnet Newcomers, The whole world...., Truth Porgy & The Monarchs, Congratulations, Un-released Bell Sound Family Affair, You can't stop my loving, Jobete promo only LP Earl Wright, Them love blues, Virgo Al Perkins, Yes my goodness yes, Atco Gino Washington, The rat race, Atac test pressing I can trow up a few more if anyone is interested Dave

I first played this at the Ritz, after Stafford had finished, late 80's

Hi Guys Thanks for the feed back, I had no problem when I log in, but clearly some have. Have spoken to our providers and they will work on it over night. They say some of it has been caused by a major increase in traffic, but will have it fixed in the next 24 hours. Dave

Hi All For the last few months we have been hard at work merging the 2 web sites of Top Dog Records and Beat Street Records. Why you may ask, well we try to develop the business inline with customer feed back. Most of are customers want simple one stop shopping, with an easy online shopping option. So we have put every thing in one place www.beatst.comIf your a Top Dog customer, don't forget to change the book mark in you favourites. Now how do you use the site when you get there, simple really. When you arrive at the home page you have 4 main areas, Hip Hop Sounds, The Soul Factory, R&B Lounge, House n' Dance. Each of these have their own New Arrivals and Hot Tunes button. You can then search by either, format, decade or music type, i.e. Northern Soul, Funk, etc. Or you can go to the main section of the 4 zones and search it's full data base in the same way. Lastly on every page you will find a general search function, so that at any time you can search by artist name, record label or song title In addition to all of this we have added a simple shopping cart and check out system. Also we have added over 5,000 new toones here is just a small selection below Carol Anderson, Gifted Four, Expo, Jimmy Hightower, Johnny Moore, Jackie Beavers, Florence Devore, Gail Anderson, Fabulous Holidays, Aaron Bailey, Benny The Loner, Cymande. Hope you find some thing you like, send me your feed back on the new site dave@beatst.coUntil next time Dave

Hi Have had several requests, for more info on her recordings and about here life. Dee and Floyd have been good friends for many years. So in the next few weeks I will place some more info with some sound clips of Dee on my web site at www.topdogrecords.net will also post a note here to let people know it has been done Dave

Sad to hear of the death of Detroit soulstress Dee Edwards. I have attached Free Press cutting Dave

Hi All Just put a whole bunch of new stuff on the site, including 600 sound clips. www.topdogrecords.net New arrivals include Northern/Modern 45'sLawrence PaytonFinal TouchAl Hudson and The Soul PartnersCool SoundsJohnny DynamiteJimmy Soul ClarkDetroit Soul The Exits LP's/12" The Dynamics Incredibles Marvin Holmes and the Uptights 9th Creation James Walsh Gypsy Band Montclairs Fred Hughes Midnight Blue/Charlie JonesGameCarol DennisRay SimpsonNyteflyteKashif

Hi All Loads of new arrivals just gone up on site including Jimmy Soul ClarkThe Precisions Brothers of Soul Haywood Tucker Milton Wright Final Touch King Tutt Benny The Loner Communicators & Black Experience Band www.topdogrecords.net Have a supa holiday Dave

Hi All Massive site update www.topdogrecords.net , Modern/Northern/Crossover, including Martells, Eula Cooper, Soul Communicaters, Nolan Porter, Tony Troutman, Spinners, Jimmie Okena Hightower, Ike Strong, Buddy Miles. Hope you find something you like Dave

:DHi All Just back from a great trip in the US, load of new stuff to go up on the site in next few weeks. Just completed big site update, just a selection of new stuff below. www.topdogrecords.net 45's Northern/Modern etc Barbara Mason & The Futures Sam Butler Skip Mahony Beloyd Bull Eula Cooper Bobby Hutton Soulful 12" Glenn Jones Geater Davis Heart to heart/La Mirage The Graingers Jimi Conwell Soul LP's Nat Dove & The Devils Margie Joseph The Monitors Ace Spectrum Geater Davis Tommy Tate Hope you find something of interest. If you no longer wish to be included in the site updates let us know and we will take you off. Dave

Hi All First up, thanks to everyone for their kind messages, this has helped me with my loss. Now were back with a bunch a great stuff on the site out of the recent trip to the Sates. Also some of you had noticed that some sound clips were not aligned. That has been sorted and we've added a whole bunch more. So many updates it's worth having a good look through the site, not just New Arrivals. Anyway just a few of the great things you can find on the site below. www.topdogrecordTop Dog recordss.net Northern/Crossover/Modern 45's Jimmy Wilson J J Williams Stage Three Vessie Simmonds Quantrells Jerry Washington Ann Byers The Holidays Cornell Blakely Soul LP's Terry Callier Perfect Touch Richard popcorn Wylie Archie Bell & The Drells (1000 wonders) Soul 12" Ray Von Emmett North Jr Rahsaan Patterson Sweet Miss Coffy Hope you find something you like.