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  1. Kenb
    agree. what i was driving at was e.g. Scarce : a 200-300 stock copy count all in collections. Rare: only 5-10 count known worldwide.
  2. Kenb
    let's hope they really love it and keep it or they get burned later down the line if they try to sell it and the price drops to what it should be
  3. Kenb
    more scarce than rare...although i accept they can and are often interchanged
  4. Kenb
    yes Chalky - e.g. "I'll always love you" , Spinners
  5. Kenb
    @Roburt As interesting as your 2 previous posts are (to me)...only you could confess to not having any idea or caring about rarity, but then turn those 2 posts into something entirely different. take it in good heart
  6. Kenb
    explains it. ta
  7. Kenb
    i don't think Kim who came 2nd in 1974 is the same Kim who came 3rd in 1981...unless she used a married name?
  8. Kenb
    the young lady who was 2nd was Kim.
  9. Kenb
    yes...you'll fall over that version if you do a discogs search
  10. Kenb
    Their 45 has come up for sale again (Aug 2023) on Rare Norther Soul.com and it reminded of this Dave Thorley OP/thread which… …Prompted me to add an unknown (or perhaps not widely known) Footnote on DSoF. In July 1971 a three-car wreck near Carmi Illinois on route South to Paducah on US460 saw 5 members of a band injured and 1 member killed. The injured band members were Buddy Jarrett, William McBroom, Nathan Trabue, Aaron Purdie and Mike Baker. The band member killed in the accident was 20year old Gilespie Taylor, member & manager of DSoF. It’s possible by this time the Detroit part of DSoF had been dropped for just Sound of Fiction.
  11. Kenb
    i guess you know?..Sylves was Sylvester Willams ( Porgy's dad). There was also a Sylvester Williams Jr (Porgy's brother).
  12. Kenb
    I think she could be Joan Baker Young( married name, although divorced). She was originally from Kenosha, Wisconsin. IF so ( I have no way of connecting her to the 45 record or its credits) this Joan Baker was in shows, became a night club “belter”( voice wise), and pretty much left music behind to raise a family ( son & daughter).
  13. Kenb
    We have just reached #34 in @Kenb's long running informative 'Northern Connections' series. Northern Connections # 34 Lew Hanson, Mary Mundy & Soul Syndicate/Seven Sense Tap to view this Soul Source News/Article in full
  14. Kenb
    More information about "Northern Soul Connections #34 - Ken b's Latest Issue"
    We have just reached #34 in @Kenb's long running informative 'Northern Connections' series. Read and digest below Northern Connections # 34 Lew Hanson, Mary Mundy & Soul Syndicate/Seven Sense Insurance City Records said it would give 10% of its profits to The Newington Children's Hospital & Bellevue Square Boys Club, from (this} its first original production release. The record was cut at Creative Sound and released in early 1972. Two musicians and three businessmen started Insurance City Records and Big Street Music Publishing. Prexy of the two firms was Lew Hanson, a native of Jamaica, but had lived in Hartford since about 1957. Mary has a Batchelor's degree in Business Administration. She had won an amateur night prize at the Apollo Theater in 1962 and a 1968 Hartford Chamber of Commerce talent contest sponsored by Hartford Insurance Group. Billed as 'the largest amateur talent show, ever held in Hartford' and run at the Bushnell, it featured the 7 piece Soul Syndicate opening the show, who later in 1972 went on to back Mary Mundy on 'Electric Ghetto'/ Open Up Your Heart'. You can check out all Kens other quality 32 Northern Connections and more via his 'activity' profile page, via the link below... https://www.soul-source.co.uk/profile/37754-kenb/content/?type=cms_records5&change_section=1
  15. Kenb
    Russ is/has been 'trapped' in a past history he helped create. In the same way Alex Ferguson (as an example) is 'trapped' in his. That makes their relevance today really difficult. I guess the TV production crew sought Russ out for interview...not the other way around.
  16. Kenb
    @Backstreetniter Hi Jordan, another fine release and story following on from The New Loves/Gambrells story & Pioneer Studios. I guess you already know some, if not all of this (but in case); Gary started 2 labels, one of which was Empire intended for R&B and Pioneer for Rock and Roll (as your photo shows -Pioneer Exterior Shot - Notice Window; Empire Records / Pioneer Records). Gary anticipated releasing his first 8 records on/by Sept 1st 1966 ( he'd been in operation 5 months then). Not just 21 year old Gary Rubin but also Sherwood "Woody" Swartz and Alan Sussman. I once saw that The Detroit Vibrations (who became The Finest Our) recorded at Pioneer. By the way, i'm not convinced they morphed into Fridjid Pink as Discogs & JM have it. Anyhow i do believe Dan Mason was organist with The Detroit Vibrations but never found the others. Maybe you know?. Interestingly but perhaps coincidentally The Detroit Vibrations could often been found playing at The Empire Club, a gambling casino (which became Cal & Jerry's), Collinsville, East St. Louis.
  17. Kenb
    @Source Team is this (above) a system glitch re: highlighting text from a post and it then being attributable to the poster that quoted it.
  18. Kenb
    Is this really the case Russ? "I don’t want their songs to be widely known - I want to keep them to myself. I want to keep the songs and the artists/writers/arrangers in the dark so that only I know them. I want to keep your great song buried; I don’t want anybody else to know you made this; I want to keep you underground - just so I can show you off and play you as a trophy for me". Or is it, people(some) just want to hear them the way they were recorded?
  19. Kenb
    I’ve left all that stuff (like the Proms play list & it’s scene attachment) behind me for others to pick up on, and play in Benidorm . Don’t get me wrong, it’s not to be forgot. And I am protective of people taking the piss. But there has been / is…so much more exciting finds to be played/heard. I think what I’m saying is nostalgia is OK but it relies on original experiences. Did many of those who attended the proms or support it have those. Does that matter? Well no it doesn’t matter really if they stick to an appreciation of the music arranged in that way. But please don’t shoehorn it back into nostalgia of the way it was first heard.
  20. Kenb
    @Roburt Calvin Brooks- there is one entry for Cal Brooks in Joe Vaccarino's Baltimore Sounds 1. 1966, The Peakes a jaz/pop duo. Cal with Al McDonald. There is no picture in Joe's book...so here's one for you Benny Johnson has 3 entries in Joe Vaccarino's Baltimore Sounds 1. Benny Johnson & Soul Serenaders featured Gloria Brooks 2. 60's-70's-BennyJohnson quintet -1966 "Fresh Out of Tears" on Tarx & Today labels 3. 1980's Benny Johnson in a group, called In-Flight managed by Es Cade of Cade Productions
  21. Kenb
    @Phil The Fluter there is a thread from a few days ago you may have missed because its title was something like “have I missed a chance..” Signatures featured prominently
  22. Kenb
    Sometimes it’s hard to separate the vocal/ rendition from what the event represents. I have stumbled across The Signatures live performance and they didn’t seem that bad to me…BUT it’s the crowd that’s attracted to it that makes it cringe worthy i do vividly remember a “ tribute” group female lead singer once announcing that “this next song is from Wigan pier”.
  23. Kenb
    I have Joe Vaccerino’s Baltimore Sounds (Big book)… but not at home until 18th. When I am back I’ll check these out for you, and get back to you. They are more than likely in there.
  24. Kenb
    Hats off to the folks that post their mixcloud stuff on here. a bit of a life saver for me in summer when on holiday. no Judith chalmers stuff here…but suffice to say, during the summer holidays over the years when “she has been getting ready” (1-2 hours) the mixcloud posts have been top. played on my portable speaker…from hotel rooms and balconies. Sometimes “ neighbours” ask what’s that…sometimes neighbours ask me to turn it up. So…where and when do you listen to mix cloud posts on Soul Source.
  25. Kenb
    Yann did have a go at this one for me (1st pic) without luck...and i had a few (equally as 'dished') that i have had sat between a couple of record boxes for 4 years ( i guess) and now nearly flat. BUT...if you are DJ'ing with yours then i guess that is not a viable option.(unless you only gig once every 4 years )


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