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  1. Nickinstoke
    On the question of who was pressing RCA late 60s/early 70s, I worked in the Decca factory in Bridgnorth in 1970/71, making cassettes. We regularly produced cassettes for RCA (usually Elvis & Jim Reeves), and in the staff shop you could order vinyl records, including current RCA releases, so it looks as though Decca were still pressing for RCA at least until 1971
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    Nick Marshall brings you an evening of classic soul and Motown. Fully licensed bar with real ale. Talc-friendly dance floor.
  3. Nickinstoke
    I’m also surprised that Jackie Day is classed as rare. I remember it getting plays when it was still on catalogue. I ordered copies and sold them at school for 15bob - I can’t be the only one doing that
  4. Nickinstoke
    Nick Marshall brings you an evening of classic soul and Motown. Fully licensed bar with real ale. Talc-friendly dance floor.
  5. Nickinstoke
    Nick Marshall brings you an evening of classic soul and Motown. Fully licensed bar with real ale. Talc-friendly dance floor.
  6. Nickinstoke
    Rose Brooks “l’m moanin’” has a version of “They’re coming to take me away” on its A side
  7. Nickinstoke
    Nick Marshall brings you an evening of classic soul and Motown. Fully licensed bar with real ale. Talc-friendly dance floor.
  8. Nickinstoke
    When I was 16, I thought “Such a pretty thing” was the coolest thing I’d ever heard - and I still do
  9. Nickinstoke
    If I had to choose, after much agonising : “This is my country”
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    The Johnny Bartel A side is the same song as the Five Stairsteps. I’ve often wondered how this happened - I didn’t know about the LaVern Baker
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    Yes, it sounds like a studio version. The YouTube clip includes an image of a CD which I couldn’t find any trace of - maybe the source of the version on my CD.
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    I hope it’s OK to revive this thread. I looked through some old CDs, given away at venues years ago, and came across Johnny Moore - No cash, no charge, a new track to me. I couldn’t find any info on Discogs but there’s a YouTube clip from 14 years ago, credited to Jake Moore. Does anyone know anything about this track. Is it Johnny Moore’s brother?
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    Patti Drew did “ The mighty O.J.” on Innovation II/UK Contempo. Not one of her best, sadly
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    Nick Marshall brings you an evening of classic soul and Motown. Fully licensed bar with real ale. Talc-friendly dance floor.
  15. Nickinstoke
    I don’t have the stocker of “Shake off”, just a demo, but comparing it to a couple of other 77 releases from a similar date, I’m sure it’s wrong. Looks like a stuck on label and the print quality is inferior.
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    It’s definitely vinyl, but the matrix is wrong - see my earlier post
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    I took it along to our local Beer and Records night, attended by local luminaries such as Butch, Johnny Beggs, Kev John and other long-time collectors - everyone was as baffled as I am
  18. Nickinstoke
    Decent sound quality, ant the vinyl looks right
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    It doesn’t have that in the run-out. I see from Discogs that the B side on Soul Tribe is a remix - my copy sounds identical on both sides, so unless it’s a very subtle remix, I don’t think this can be the Soul Tribe reissue
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    Good thought, I hadn’t considered that
  21. Nickinstoke
    Thanks Kev
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    Does anyone know anything about this, which I assume to be a bootleg? Both sides are identical, apart from the sticker, there's a number (09) scratched in the deadwax on one side, 010 on the other. Picked up cheap at a record fair the other day. There's no mention on Discogs or 45Cat
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    Nick Marshall brings you an evening of classic soul and Motown. Fully licensed bar with real ale. Talc-friendly dance floor.
  24. Nickinstoke
    We’ll be saying our goodbyes to Jim on Monday 25th March, at 12.30, at Our Lady of the Angels and St Peter in Chains RC Church, 106 Hartshill Rd, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 7LT. The church service will be followed by a burial service at 1.30, at Stoke Cemetery. You’re invited to join us for a drink and buffet at the Beehive, Honeywall, Penkhull, ST4 7HU, from 2.00, to celebrate Jim’s life in his favourite pub. Attendance at the church and cemetery are optional, but Jim was insistent that we have a drink with him at the Beehive.
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    I’m sad to report the passing today of Jim Bates (Platters81 on SS). Many of you will remember Jim as a fixture at Stafford and numerous venues of the 80s and 90s. Poor health kept him out of circulation in more recent years, but he never lost his love for the music, the soul scene and his great record collection. When I know, I’ll post details of his funeral arrangements


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