Biggordy

My fiancee is a massive disco and modern fan, it's her birthday in May. I've just found her present, nice one!!

That's a JA press - looks original but you can never tell these days.

It's not bad, read a mate's copy - kinda glad I never bought it myself as I need to save up for the next volume of the Soul Discography.

Riot - Joe Bataan.

Not a Northern soul artist but still a great soul artist - saw Charles Bradley at the Band On The Wall in Manchester a while back and it was the best soul show I've ever seen in my life (bearing in mind that I only went to my first gig in the mid 80s)

I had "All I Want Is You" on a UK press on Page One a few years back but sold it as I wasn't into deep stuff at the time. I regret it now!

My fiancee and I are going to have "The Day I Laid Eyes On You" by Leon Haywood. Not a rare tune but a perfect one!

Yep, possibly the greatest singer ever to come from the Caribbean.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90_emEnNnG0

John Holt covering the Isley Brothers:

Great instrumental Studio 1 version of the Wilson Pickett classic (actually released on Byron Lee's BRA label).

Lots of Curtis Mayfield covers of course, here's one of the best: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyXcQq294zI

Nice Studio 1 rocksteady cut of the Miracles' classic.

B.B.Seaton's cut of the Persuaders' "Thin Line Between Love And Hate"

Alton's cut of It's A Shame

Alton Ellis' great cut of Can I Change My Mind. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EZzDdTs2VM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCtySZyxerM

Osteo-Arthritis in my back. I used to try to dance but stopped after some people laughed at me.

Move On Up - Curtis Mayfield I'm Going Home To Live With God - O.V.Wright and as my casket moves towards the furnace: Firestarter - The Prodigy

Once in a blue moon as I don't drive and rely on lifts plus my partner prefers soul nights to nighters as she likes to be tucked up in bed by about 1am!

Forgot to add that I play them every day but never the same album more than a few times to try and keep them in as excellent shape as I can.

Got around 1500 45s, consisting of around 1000 ska/rocksteady/reggae and 500 soul 45s. Around 7000 albums, of which around 4000 are ska/rocksteady/reggae, 1000 are soul and 2000 are 40s to 60s R&B, doo wop and blues. Out of my albums, around 2000 are on vinyl and 5000 CDs.

Very heavily influenced by Curtis Mayfield of course. He did a nice second cut for Bunny Lee circa 1973 titled "The Minstrel".