Biggordy

Agreed, wonderful to see something like this on Youtube as the majority of record collecting/buying videos on there aren't that long and are usually focused on aging rockers looking for rare 70s prog albums and things like that.

There's a book to accompany the documentary too: https://2funkyarts.co.uk/portfolio/the-record-store/

Thanks for the info! Gordy

I own around 300 of Kent's CDs and want to fill the gaps in my collection. I've got a list of the ones that I need to get but noticed from researching online that there are some catalogue numbers that are missing/unissued. What were these supposed to be? I'll understand if Ady and his team want to remain silent on it as I know sometimes in the music business deals can fall through. The missing numbers are: (CDKEND) 220, 259, 285, 387, 392, 399, 400, 467, 502, 509. I note that a couple of numbers such as 512 have been allocated to LP releases instead and of course some could be still in the pipeline for release one day. Any help appreciated, cheers. Gordy

I was in A1 Records in the East Village a few years ago. Nothing rare but picked up a nice pile of cheapies for $2 to $5 each that often sell for $5 to $20 elsewhere.

Hi mate, I'd be interested if I can get someone to bring me down for them. Cheers Gordy

Etta James - Mellow Fellow on Argo.

Going to have a trawl through these. Just had a look at your playlists and anyone who plays Althea and Donna in the same set as Danny Oliver's "Sapphire" is walking down the same musical street as myself. My first love is 60s and 70s Jamaican music, then 40s and 50s R&B, Northern Soul, Deep Soul, Blues et al. Going to check out Johnny's show too. Wynonie Harris and the Black Pumas in the same set. Sorted.

Early 90s I was listening to Queen Majesty by The Techniques. Now before you go saying "but that's a Jamaican rock steady 45", please allow me to continue I went into a record shop in Newcastle Upon Tyne (I lived in Northumberland at the time) and said to the bloke "have you got anything else like this?". He said they had more Jamaican stuff in but maybe I'd like to hear the original soul version of QM? He put on an Impressions album with "Minstrel And Queen" on and the rest is history. I started off liking classic "regular" soul and over the past almost 30 years have got deeper and deeper (including deep soul!).

Thanks!

Hi, do you have an actual URL for the stream so that I can add you onto my Roberts 93i internet radio in my favourites? Thanks!

Thought some might like this. Almost two hours of some of my favourite female soul, R&B and popcorn records, mostly early stuff. https://www.mixcloud.com/gordy-robertson/dj-greedy-g-presents-sassy-soul-sisters/

Not just DJing, several record shops have had stuff stolen too. There's a long thread on Facebook about it, won't post names here but if you look you'll see who one of the main culprits is.

I've got around 400 soul 45s. 90% originals and some legit reissues. I have never been in the position to afford records that cost hundreds or thousands of pounds but I've still got a nice little collection of 45s that cost me between a fiver and around 40 quid. No excuse to buy bootlegs.

Above photos are Port Alcudia beach, some shots of Alcudia Old Town, second one down is the view from our room and last photo is looking down "the strip" where most of the bars, restaurants and shops are. Weather was between 25 and 30C all week long. Got a couple of litre bottles of decent Ron Barcelo rum for 14 Euros each too, result! Apparently there was a soul bar in Alcudia once but a bloke I got talking to in another bar said it had closed down.