Soulstu

Steve Levine (no relation!) is a modern day UK record producer if memory serves me right. It must be a tailor made track for the show.

I stand corrected. That wasn't bad at all. Paul Riser, Dennis Coffey etc ..good enough for me! Did they use Mr Levine's version of Frank Wilson in part of the music bed instead of the original?...wonder why?

Half dreading this to be honest. If you look at the trailer the bloody idiots can't even get the song titles right. Dancing In The Streets? FFS! Like all these ITV 'tributes' or 'an evening with' they are music programmes for people who don't listen to music. Having said that it's better than p***ing away an hour of primetime TV on a tribute to Gary Barlow or some such.

Eh? You don't like instrumentals or vocals? The only alternative is silence!

Harry Deal does it for me every time. Great setlist.

Hurry Sundown - Little Richard Not completely misleading, but faaaaantastic!!!!

I've never had a bad experience with people I buy off on this site. (Touch wood!). Without exception they are on time, well packed and very much as described. Always had quick responses to queries etc... so I have given excellent feedback. People on here are good people! A general thanks to everyone I've bought from.

I'd love nothing more than to come out to Santa Cruz - it's raining cats and dogs here in grey Rotherham!

Thanks for the heads up Sean, I'll record it cos I'm off out. Friday night music docs are great on BBC4 - public broadcasting at its best. The ones on Muscle Shoals and Bobby Bland were freakin excellent!

Baffles me too... I LOVE American pressings, they're a bit more sexy and other worldly...and they are what you would have bought from a record shop in Detroit in '66. UK issues are a bit dull and post-war austere looking IMHO - Decca and Pye and Fontana etc all look a bit dull to me (the vinyl is usually nice and sturdy tho). I don't get excited about any other overseas pressings either. If a US soul record is on anything other than a US label, then it's not an original to me. When I buy a single I'm buying a piece of 60s American culture. This is probably heresy but I'd have no qualms in swapping a Darrell Banks Stateside demo for a Revilot demo - it's not about the money. I hope I haven't upset a lot of people here but I can't lie to you..... and I like the big middles!

A very wise SS member once said you can judge the quality and good taste of a person's soul collection by the amount of Motown in it. This has been a really great thread. There's a very high chance that I will love the number one tune!....Happy days.

Mart, Did this ever get counted up and an official favourite announced? Then we could do Soul Source's favourite northern soul tune!!!!....good luck with that one. Stu

Is this him? Not on you tube so just a label scan. UPDATE: Done a bit more digging - looks like he's a blue eyed guy from Chicago who released a few singles way back when. Best known for singing the lead on a mawkish Chicago Tourist Board song in 1985. Apparently spent the 80s, 90s and 00s as a jingles singer. So, my record would probs be worth more without his signature!...it's just a WOL. Another classic SoulStu thread!! kt f-in f Stu

This is my fave - short, messy, fast, tuneful!!

Anyone have any info on Lee Montgomery the soul singer? I picked up a J.J. Barnes record at a do tonight and it seems to have been authenticated and signed by him on the cover and it says "Montt" in pen on the label. Just makes my cheapo purchase a little more interesting that's all.

The twot who paid £255 for this deserves to lose his money - must be thick. If I see the guy reply that he's unsure if it's an original then I run a mile.... or at least spend some time trying to check it out...and then run a mile. I can only assume that as the price starts to soar, then everyone just assumes it's a valuable piece of vinyl and it snowballs. However it's so easy to find out if it's a boot or not. I found out in about 2 minutes when I checked mine, just by googling the title.... the massively muddy sound and off centre, photocopied text is a bit of a giveaway as well. I'd have sold mine for half that!

Polk Salad Annie was played out in Sheffield last night - didn't sound too out of place in the middle of a few RnB based records - certainly danceable. Not for me tho.

Aren't the Oriole releases really desirable? I remember reading something in Record Collector years ago... Mike & The Modifiers and the Valadiers and all that?

So much quality Tamla for a few quid. Just picked this up for the price of a big mac!

Now we've established that it did get a play at Wigan - Quick Joey Small by the Kasenetz Katz Singing Orchestral Circus of course!!!! Can't bring myself to add a sound file or youtube link.

Bloody hell! Quick Joey Small! I've got it somewhere on US Buddah - a mate (hah!) of mine offloaded it on me with a few others many years ago. I played it for a few bars and took it straight off - never again. How can that ever have been judged by the powers that be as a northern soul record? In that case, any record that has human beings on it counts as northern. Maybe it was played just before Dave Evison went for that long awaited ear syringing appointment.

Broadways - You Just Don't Know...just can't help but play it twice every time - magic! ...and Tell Me Baby - Karmello Brooks - it's only 1 minute 50-odd so no problem to play and replay and replay!

Dead, dead simple surely - IT'S NOT AN EVENT!!!! ....it's invite only, not for the general public. end of problem. You're welcome.

Cue mid tempo backing - drenched in soul.... "Bobby wants to be the heavyweight champ But his dreams got to go a lot further............ (you know it's coming) than 'Under the Streetlamp'" Wow! reyt evocative... as a no mark from Mansfield I can dig that! (just about my favourite record btw)

Thanks for keeping this open Mike - for us simple punters it's a very interesting thread. There's stuff that goes on behind the scenes that we're totally unaware of and it certainly gives an insight into how defensive northern promoters are about 'their' venues. Maybe rightly so (but not in this case!) if they're always on the verge of losing out to disco nights etc. Makes a nice change from 'look at this idiot dancing at Blackpool' topics.