Sean Hampsey

Ah! - so you were the little, fat, green eyed bloke, scribbling in the corner. Sean

Thanks Mark, Sean

Glad to be of service Simon. From what I've heard, you need all the help you can get! Sean

Hi all, Exactly 12 months since we did the last 'Top Tips' thread... and therefore 24 months since the previous - and 36 months since the first - so, as it's now become a Soul Source tradition, here we go again! Here's your opportunity to tip the tunes in your box for future greatness during the coming year... or simply list any number that you'd like to recommend to other Soul Sourcers. You might be a DJ with that tasty unplayed, unknown, hardly played or semi-known 45 stuck in the back of your box that you'd love to play... but haven't quite got around to it... yet! You might be a collector, sitting on a tune that you know, if it got into the right hands, could become massive in the next 12 months. It could be an LP track that, for whatever reason, has never been given the recognition it deserves. It might be a tasty 'B' side that, given the right exposure, might just have what it takes to become a monster! No need to post sound clips. Just let us know what you've got that you think deserves a plug in the coming year! So come on. Look at your box and let's have your top tip (or tips) for 2010. Oh... and a Happy (and Soulful) New Year to all. The best is yet to come! Sean Hampsey For interest, the 2007, 2008 & 2009 threads can be found here: /index.php?//topic/63228-top-tips-for-2008-look-at-your-box/

Errrrrrr... ...I've heard worse! Happy New Year Ken! Sean

Good Job, Pete and All. A Bloody Good Job. Happy New Year. Sean

Absolutely Kirsty, Looking forward to seeing you and yours, and all our friends, old and new, on March 27th 2010. Its gonna be special! Sean x

"Doing Things" is a cover of Barbara Mercer. Pretty sure I saw this on eBay recently Sean

Great little record Phil. Saw one on a site for sale only yesterday. Will try to recall which one, unless someone on here comes good for you. Sean

Yes Dave, all the Pitches DJ's have it... and am sure we will have played it. Would have been a standard play in certain parts of the country, from way back, but clearly not 'Northern Top 500' fodder from what Ian says. Certainly a quality item! Sean

pm'd you. Sean

I'm with you. A Total Crock! Sean

Nobody mentioned this one, you might like also, Ian. Sean

Hi Ian, I can see how it would slip through the 'Northern Net' very easily. As you say, it certainly wouldn't have had a chance on the Northern scene (back in the day:rolleyes:) but that's why I always felt it was a 'standard' amongst Soul fans. Sure, we can't all know 'em all... but Cissy Houston is one of the finest Gospel Soul singers of all time, and I would have thought this particular track would have been much better known. Obviously, I was mistaken so, certainly, its a good job you started the thread, Ian. There's obviously too many folk missing out on Real Deal stuff like this. Yep - Speak soon. I've been a busy lad. Sean

It was Mary Chapman that turned me onto it, initially. A really lovely track... from Cleggy! Sean

Amazing thread this. I always thought it was a 'standard' that everyone new and owned. Never ceases to amaze me how folk can seem to know the most obscure 45's... and yet something like this can be overlooked! Great track! Sean

Yes - Two pressings with different flips (three different 45's infact if you count the Blue one). The copy on Manships has the awesome "I'm Having So Much Fun" on the flipside. Further reading here: https://www.soul-sour...-taste-of-hurt/ Sean

That's not you I just saw on a neigbours' Rooftop is it Pete? Santa Pete. Has a nice ring to it! Sean

A final big push then, everyone! A small act can make a BIG difference. Sean

You're right Simon. It was Pokes Lester Thompkins Jnr cover up at Clifton Hall early 80's and then Cleethorpes soon after. One of the really great Clifton tracks (IMO). I think Darren Arden eventually prized Pokes copy from him. Sean

Dead right Dave. The Golden Rule in any marketplace. Rare Soul records are no different to anything else, that we buy or sell. It always takes two to tango! Sean

The price is not set by Buyer or Seller. Its a Mutually agreed price that concludes in a sale: a) One that the seller is prepared to Sell at. b ) One that the buyer is prepared to Buy at. Without both participants agreeing the transaction there is no 'sale' and therefore no 'sale price'. Inevitably this fluctuates amongst different participants on both sides. Sean

Agreed 100% And Salena Jones is over orchestrated, totally Soulless, Jazz, Cheese in comparison. Pretenders to the throne stand aside! Sean

Yes.

Oft covered tune! All of the above, plus: Swing Out Sister Dionne Broomfield Melissa Morgan Barbara is the one for me though! Sean