David Meikle

Aki Aleong featured in a number of movies and record labels. You’ll also find his name as a producer for the Minit label eg The Trensations ‘Soulin and a Rollin’/ ‘Saucy’. Also Prince Philip Mitchell, Bob Relf, Jackie Lee, the Quotations, the Turnarounds and others

Seconded.

The Debonaires also released 45’s on GW in June 66 and October 66. It was myself who put together the GW story on SD. Where is the mention of the Debutantes in that article? Or are you finding them in a forum thread? Only asking.

I think this is the ‘Standout’ group. Played their own instruments too, as suggested in the article.

I got lucky when I selected March 12 1966 for starters. Tremendous material and an eye opener for what we have always regarded as a rare music scene.

Northern Soul was never any better than on this double sider. RIP Dennis

And another

A top notch Northern record.

Fred told me that he and Don Davis were thrilled with this song...

Fred had two solo recordings. This one using his middle name. Although it’s from 1963 I never tire of hearing it.

Here’s the Masqueraders version from the Love Anonymous album. Somehow or other Don Hart and James Shorter got credited with the music (40 seconds into the video). No wonder Fred got pissed with the industry.

I love this song...

One of Fred’s songs made the Dave Godin Deep Soul Series. This is what Dave had to say.....

What a great find! The birth of the Northern Soul Scene is only a couple of years away. A large part of it’s conception lies in the detail within this article.

I look at this list every month and wonder what happens to the one at the top of the pile. Does the buyer get a massive high when he opens the packet and touches this ultra rare record?.....I would hope so. Does he or she stick it on the record player within the next 5 minutes? I would hope so. Does he or she play it again including the flip side .....defo. But what happens the following day or week? With say 50,000 45’s already in his or her collection how many more times will it get a play? Will it get therefore get filed under L or C or even D? Will it perhaps get played at an event on someone else’s dodgy stylus/turntable or shaky table? My particular thought on this purchase and on other ones I see at the top of the monthly list is that a few people on the scene have got this vinyl collecting thing really BAD. But enlighten me someone......especially if you are this particular her or him. And keep it civil LOL.

I’m sure I met everyone in Ricks 8th January 2012 post.....last image....except for Alf Billingham. Does anyone know what happened to them all? Good to know that Zan reached his 60th!

Thanks guys. Pretty sure mine never had a cassette facility in it and it was certainly called a discatron. Can’t remember where I bought it but it would have been in Glasgow. Model wise, maybe it was post 1970? But no later than ‘72 IMO. Like Paul, I recall it fascinating everyone. In the pub next door to the Wheel I recall a guy playing a new import on Invictus by Chairmen of the Board. Everybody was excited by this new release and we were huddled around a discatron enjoying it big time. I also recall leaving the back exit of the Wheel at 8am and some guys playing sounds on their discatron on their way to the Top20 Club. These days were simple yet utterly brilliant.

I bought one in 1970 and probably pawned it in 1972. I am looking at above image and don’t recall it looking like that. It was square I think? No handle? Please help! I can recall slotting “A Quitter Never Wins” into It. Loved that record.

This is a truly tragic and horrific incident. I’ve been in 15 States and you don’t have to travel far to find extreme poverty. When I was young we were fed Hollywood movies and sitcom which portrayed a different America. Betty Willis RIP.

Could have been a tidy instrumental? No doubt one will exist?! A prosperous and Happy New Year when it finally reaches us.

Thanks Robb and respect to you for para 2 as I know you were around then. Have a good one. David ,

Perhaps you couldn’t see the Teroshima bit as tongue in cheek? Labaron Taylor my ass. Only joking Robb. This book IS well worth the money. But if this extremely good read is seen as gospel then Ed Wingate’s obituary is possibly in tatters. I only discovered The Detroit Sound in 1967, but it changed my life COMPLETELY. It hurts me to read that BG and EW are remembered as less than decent.But they weren’t the only ones in that cut throat industry. I’m pissed so I must STFU Buy the book!

I ended up buying the book which arrived today. At first glance I am excited about the detail but I wish he had done a bit of proof reading on the spelling of names and places. When I saw “Teroshima”, for example, I thought he had been recording in Japan and not on Livernois. Tera Shirma Studios to us fanatics! Anyway, seems like every other page is dissing Ed Wingate so it’s worth the money alone to get his opinion on his old boss. If Ed was still alive...I wonder. I glimpsed Aretha Franklin being touted for “The whole world is a stage”. That would have been an interesting version. Al talks about potential stars such as Winnie Webb...who? Detroit was full of them. Norma Toney his wife gets a mention too. I’ll let you read that yourself. If you are into Detroit facts as much as me then I think you’ll find this book fascinating. More than 600 pages of it too!

Thanks to Mike and the web team for this excellent platform. A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all forum members. Not forgetting those wonderful Arrangers, Producers, Songwriters, Musicians, Studio Owners, Singers and Background Singers. It was you who unwittingly gave us the Northern Soul Scene.

Alexander Patton’s “A Lil Lovin Sometimes” The epitome of our scene IMO.