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  1. Kenb
    Linda Queen's 45 has been on aution a week and sold last night for a modest sum. I thought it was timely to tidy up my old notes, research, and new findings and put them in this one pager. With more releases Linda would surely have gone on to be a firm favourite, Great voice. As it turned out there is a tragic 1994 postscript to her life, as she fell victim to murder. Siblings and relatives are probably still alive, so those details are not published here. Linda Queen, first look.pdf
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    birthday present for you Peter, (and for the other posters in the topic). Tony at the decks
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    if you need to get in her good books...
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    Northern Soul Connections #36 - Latest Issue from Kenb Tap below... Tap to view this Soul Source News/Article in full
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    More information about "Northern Soul Connections #36 - Latest Connection from Kenb"
    We are now hitting issue #36 of this very long running informative 'Northern Connections' series from ken Brown aka @Kenb Northern Connections # 36 Deception Today (2023) it would hardly be considered the crime of the century to operate a 'near victimless mail scam' or cause a deception for the benefit of a few 45 records. However, not so in Virginia 1972. Back then, defrauding a record club and stereo tape club carried a U.S. District Court indictment. Some still may say that's justice, a crimes - a crime. In the event, a man was convicted of 12 counts of fraud pertaining to the 12 addresses. The convicted man had an obvious twinkle in his eye when it came to the execution of the fraud he enacted upon the Capitol Record Club of Thousand Oaks, California, and Columbia Stereo Tape Cartridge Service, Indiana. Although the addresses used were real, the man used fictitious names to apply for club memberships and later club membership numbers issued were used in obtaining free bonus records for sponsorship of other bogus applicants. A few of those fictitious names included Mary Willson, Jackie Wilson and James Carr (nod to artists, maybe?). As always you can check out all Kens other quality 35 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
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    "My" Gold Dust records is Dickie Lee's & Stan Keslers label. My mistake nay have been citing Stan as Memphian. see 45cat below
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    Tim, on the basis of probability i'll go with that. (a Memphian link with both Sam, etc and Stan Kesler's Gold Dust) although Sam and the Shamettes were still 'gigging' their "Revue" as late as August 1968, at least.
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    yes, i can vouch for your very good dancing
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    there is a connection with Curtis. He leased Smoke Ring from Gold Dust. But that's another story.
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    i've never been so sure it is the same girls. Dickie Lee and Stan Keslers Gold Dust label was very obscure so i wonder why they released on it if they were 'Sam's Shamettes/Shametts.' There was a 1968 (also) high school girl group up in Bedford, Indiana, who took part in Battle of the Bands with the likes of the Dictators of Sound and Souls of Sound.
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    Mick, there's not much between us then in age or road travelled ( not a doorman or MC thouugh). My sisters tales as a Wheelite used to thrill me ( she was 6 yrs older than me, RIP) and that's where my interest started. yup, it's just opinion. have a good weekend best ken (aka Billy)
  12. Kenb
    this is the definition i use... Cultural appropriation takes place when members of a majority group adopt cultural elements of a minority group in an exploitative, disrespectful, or stereotypical way. To fully understand its consequences, though, we need to make sure we have a working definition of culture itself.
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    well i'm 70...so just how much older than me are you? i was 10 in 1963.
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    It's a reasonable point you make. And i guess it comes down to personal opinion about what 'one' feels is or is not cultural appropriation. I would say all of the elements you mention above depend on context. As an individual i think 'worthy' as you put it, is a good judgement call to make ( for me at any rate).
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    Of course there was loads of music from 1963 onwards that could be classed as Northern Soul. It got played on the Northern Soul scene as it developed. I don't agree Northern Soul 'existed and we put our stamp on it'.
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    Cultural Appropriation -Yes. There was no Northern Soul before about 1970. R & B and soul yes. No Americans i know ever went consistently to hear music at a venue(s) from 2am to 8am as a group of people. Neither did they mobilise in terms of travelling to hear that music from one town to another. The music of "Black America" was never put together by DJ's in a way that Northern Soul did 'in the first instance'. Northern Soul was as much a movement as a 'scene'. If someone has taken it and re-purposed it for their own grandizement, then...yes it's Cultural Appropriation.
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    Thundermug...nice to see one has turned up on JM's auction this week. First time i've seen one.
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    I for one am glad you enjoyed it. Also pretty "brave" for being 1 of 1 (presently). It's not for me though.
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    Line up for Tribune 'army of love' as Monarchs was... Porgy Williams, Otis Sanders, Richard & John Parks, and William Griffin. Release date is as said probably 1962 ( no later, but possibly late 1961. The were working as a group from 1960).
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    I asked because i was always an early leaver, about 4.30m (on the limited occasions i did go, upto mid/Late 1974) and one time had to get someone (Harry or Gerry i guess) to let me out. Other few times i left early, i met lads coming the other way i.e. IN.
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    when you say 'got in', was it legit?
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    is there anybody (obviously attendees', and not special queue occurences,in the sincerest sense, still alive) who went to a Casino allnighter who has any recollections of the 'lastest time' you ( he, she) got in (legit).
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    IF...(i'm not 100% sure), Penny Lewis and James Aaron were in the TKO's, then i do believe Penny went on to become a Realtor, and James did lead vocals with Sonny Lewis & the Movement at a lunchtime Soul and Blues Festival In the Park ( Concourse, Golden Gate Park) in 1971.
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    doesn't 'up north' depend on your geographical starting point...unless perhaps your starting point is the outer hebrides?,then maybe up north is the Artic. I guess 'up north' to me (a woolly back Manc) is anywhere past Preston ( east & west).
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    That's a great spot


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