Biggordy

Wasn't whingeing, just stating a fact.

Then why is ska and reggae starting to appear at some soul venues often in second rooms then? Or did I dream that up?

Ska, rocksteady and reggae from 1969 to the mid 80s and I'm,43.

It's the same with repros of ska, reggae and 50s tunes - they're done on the cheap then sold for a tenner a pop.

The more this Brian guy posts, the more he's making himself look like a total arse. If you want an original pal, I believe the asking price was £175. If you think you're gonna get an original for 25 quid think again.

Some people are just too stupid for words. I had the same problem once with the 2nd issue of Hank Jacobs' "Elijah...." on Call Me. Muppets shouldn't be allowed anywhere near a computer.

I tried spinning at an allnighter at Loughborough, went over on my ankle and ripped the ligaments!

And also recorded by Wilie Charles Gray on SSS International.

I use the same boxes as Chalky but the 18 Litre XL ones that hold 200 singles at a time. I also have 35 Litre XL ones that hold about 90 LPs.

An essential tool for anyone into Jamaican music.

Fascinating! Why don't these little LPs ever show up for sale? Never seen any. As a sidenote, did anyone else think that "Find Yourself Another" was a Jerry Butler record when they first heard it?

A wonderful singer that appealed to many soul and jazz fans not just Northern fans. R.I.P.

Better idea if you stick all songs in a hat and draw them out like the FA Cup!

I've had a few decent records from that place in France mate but I agree, most of their records are overpriced and battered - they try charging a fiver for stuff that's Fair or Poor even. I don't understand their pricing logic at all.

I'm Coming To Your Rescue - The Triumphs Right Track - Billy Butler Blowing Up My Mind - Exciters Landslide - Tony Clarke I Spy For The FBI - Jamo Thomas Ever Again - Bernie Williams I'm In Love - Len Barry You've Been Cheatin' - The Impressions Silent Treatment - Arin Demain Misery - Eddie Carlton

Bob McGrath's Soul Discography Vol.3 still to come out (probably next year) too.

I met him at briefly at the Cala Gran Weekender in 2000, said hello and shook his hand. I could tell in those two minutes alone that he was a top top man. "Do I Love You" is my fiancee's favourite record of all time as well. R.I.P. Frank and thanks for one of the greatest records ever.

Cracking New Orleans tunes, what do they go for?

Yep it's very confusing, the yearly ones have the entire singles on A&B sides plus a few tunes from the actual Melodisc label.

Fleetwood Cala Gran. Went the years that Frank Wilson and Gene Chandler were on. Not only great for the acts and DJs but the camaraderie(sic?) between people, was my early days on the scene (didn't start til I was mid 20s) and it was great to randomly bump into people I'd met a few weeks before at nights or niters. Second year was when it totally pissed it down the last night and I ended up with a bad cold that I couldn't shake off for weeks, but it was worth it.

All legal and above board. Not sure when the new laws come in but I'm afraid that 1962 may be the last stuff that most of us see reissued as they're making it 70 years instead of 50 soon for something to be in copyright.

Only soul shop that I know is Soul Brother in Putney near Putney train station, they deal mostly in modern and jazz funk but they might have a bit of 60s soul and R&B in.

Thanks everyone!

I had the first two R&B Indies but sold them so I could get the Soul Discography instead. I plan to buy the complete next set of R&B Indies when they're due. As Chalky said, they're never gonna be 100% complete but at a wild guess they're probably about 70 to 80% complete.

Thanks for this great link. Someone tie a rope around me so I can make it back to Soul Source for a while each day