Soulstu

I guess I've been lucky - almost without exception, buying from here and on discogs, every record has been better than described. EX- have been more like Mint-. In my experience Joe's right, sellers on here are under grading, and it's a credit to them. My only slight disappointment was a copy of that's What You Do To Me, Deon Jackson, bought from Florida via evilbay, with more scratches than I would have liked....but it plays fantastic!

Brilliant write up as always Dave, love the Sapphires 'fantastic four' singles to bits.... However, Joe Livingston and George Garner eh? Not being familiar with their earlier singles, is there any evidence of these guys actually singing on the records? Sound like all female backing to me. In fact first time I saw a photo of the Sapphires i thought it was a different group.

Bought both in the end - DC sounds is unplayed. I've always liked both sides - sound great cranked up!

Thanks for the info - that's an insane collection of tunes! Phil Collins???!!!! I didn't know it staggered on into the 80s - thought it would be just good atlantic soul and RnB reissues from the early 7ts. You live and learn - Note to self - next time use the search button before you post a question!

I've got a few of these and they always strike me as very handsome looking discs, much nicer than the red and blacks. I reckon a full set of these would be a thing of real beauty. Can anyone give me a bit more info on them? - a full discography, issue dates, values and pressing info would be very interesting....(not too much to ask ) As usual I look forward to a detailed response from you serious vinyl hounds!

Bloody hell!.... with the greatest respect, if I was selling a 7 grand record I'd get the song title rightl!! ps I'd snatch your hand off if I had the cash.

That's a great point Pete! This may be heresy, but there is sometimes an assumption that if you're a northern soul fan, then you are an admirer of the whole spectrum of soul music, deep, modern, funk etc.... To be honest I get more turned on by The Kinks and The Strokes(!) than Alexander O'Neal and the like (to name a couple of random examples). Am I wired up a bit wrong? I guess it's the old sounding grittiness I like rather than the over produced slickness of 'later' soul music..... sorry. edit - this is a massive generalisation btw - this doesn't mean the odd slick soul record doesn't make me go 'ooh'

Whether you're fed up of the scene or you've never tired of it - you either ARE or you're NOT. It's like your footy team - an accident of birth. You have no control.. it owns you! I AM by the way.

I think I've ballsed up mate, just bought the Shout version for £9.99 on discogs then saw a DC Sounds for £8. Both M- That's me all over - too impulsive.

Just a quick question, vinyl maniacs... Which is the first issue, D-C- Sound (The Dreams) or Shout (Keni Lewis & The Dreams) ? I'm guessing Shout picked up nationally from the DC local release? Both 1969, both about the same price - is one rarer than the other? which would you go for? (if you liked it of course!) Thanks in advance, Stu

"Best for all records, cassettes and cartridges" - I can see the black and white plastic bags now!... What a great shop - bottom of Queen Street!... probably bought my first records off you when I was a kid. Scrub Board is such a great track!... wish I'd bought that instead of Graham Parker's version.

Just for the record, if you don't know Betty, the original poster, she epitomises what a really good DJ is all about IMO. You really don't know what's coming up next - she plays a great mixture of rare and really underplayed stuff that's lovely to hear - she obviously knows her stuff and looks like she's done plenty of digging for records SHE loves and wants to share with us. If her venue is one of the 'little local do's' that could fall by the wayside then that would be a sad day for our scene - I'd rather be there any day than dancing to I Walked Away for the millionth time at Blackpool. I'm not just saying this to get in for nowt next time.

Oooh Rich, no, no, no, no, no! (with the greatest respect ). It becomes just a big jukebox for the punters - I don't want to choose the records I listen to at a do, I can do that at home. I love the anticipation of what a DJ is going to play next - I go to a soul night to (hopefully) witness the great taste of a DJ who has sweated blood and guts to get the records he or she plays. They keep the pace of the night flowing and spend a lot of time and care sorting out their play box. There's nowt worse than a jarring 'request' bolloxing everything up. In fact I never ask for a request, smacks a bit of 'look at me, look at me'! I guess I'm a bit too idealistic - I have no intention of upsetting anybody, it's just how I feel.

Mine's the white styrene boot so I can't help - just replying to agree about Sore Loser - 1000mph classic - I never play the other side!

From my earliest northern soul nights at the youth club as a lad Funky Street was THE record (still love it btw) - literally used to sprint to the floor from wherever you were... then it was mostly backdrops and semi-splits(!). No kung fu influence at all from anybody I used to dance with..can't remember any martial arts style kicks as such - it was organic, we danced like the older lads and lasses we'd seen in the discos, they danced to the older kids they'd seen when they were starting out and so on. Any high(ish) kicks were just to punctuate the music now and then, but not kung fu or (God forbid) sporty moves!

He's on here a lot and posts a lot - I wouldn't have thought he's dodgy - it's the ones whose names don't crop up much you need to worry about. Stu (whose name doesn't crop up much!)

Course it did - he's keeping it... saving us all from speculating about nothing more than how much money the bloody thing is going to sell for.

It's frustrating when you have to choose between good do's on the same night - we have a couple of bad clashes every month - we're coming up to Walton tomorrow, but if Route 61 was on and Fozzie wasn't at Skeggy... I'd probs be there - and that's absolutely no reflection on 4/5 at all - it's a shame. Hey you could say we've never had it so good! Betty - do you worry about 4/5 going down the pan? ....and yep, OVO - if you as a DJ have searched and searched and sacrificed to get some nice 1st issues, then I want to hear you play your babies! ...and Phil, there's nowt wrong with topics coming back again and again - you get new people looking, posting and maybe get a different angle.

Fair point mate - it'd be good to hear from more like you for a bit of balance. I'd like to read a 'respect Russ' thread, could throw up some interesting stufff from, 'the other side'.

Killer tune - picked up a near minter for a few quid - ridiculous!...just listen to Mr McAllister's vocals (I think it's him?) - whoever it is should be a hall of fame shoe-in!

It's like buying a 2005 reprint of Jack Kerouac's On The Road and having it signed by the bloke at WH Smith's cash till…

Hee hee…for a guy called 'Guitar' Ray you'd have thought there's be some decent guitar playing on it! Superb record though - never tire of it.

mmmm Exits back to back....you have ears Russ!

Hmmmm…I struggle with Rumer (crap stage name as well) - she seemed to hop from genre to genre until one hit paydirt. I don't think she's particularly 'authentic'… if her first 'indie' band had sold any records she'd be doing that instead….not for me I'm afraid.