Modernsoulsucks

All graded hopefully accurately according to Soul Source standard and of course money back if not happy. VG++ is not far off M- and VG+ is not wrecked ! PayPal is:- Modrod52@hotmail.co.uk Postage is £4 for 1st recorded. PM please 45s Archie Bell I cant stop dancing DJ ATLANTIC USA M- £10 Magictones Happy Days/Trying real hard WESTBOUND 145 M- £10 Spellbinders Chain reaction WDJ COLUMBIA M- £25 SOLD Mary Wells Use your head 20th CENTURY M- £10 SOLD Magnificent Men Forever together CAPITOL M- £12 SOLD Barbara Lewis Make me your baby UK ATLANTIC [black] M- £15 Olympics Mine exclusively ACTION UK M- £10 Artistics Girl I need you BRUNSWICK M- £12 SOLD CLEARANCE 45s Omni Keys to the city FOUNTAIN M- £3 Pam Colquitt I done got over losing you JACKLYN VG++ [bit of damage to label middle hole] £3 SOLD Reflections Talking about my girl GOLDEN WORLD WDJ M- £3 Jerry Butler Hey Western Union Man MERCURY UK M- £2 Doris Willingham You can't do that JAY BOY USA VG £2 [plays fine] SOLD

Scal tells me it was Rich and Fred Kape from Long Island.

Out of six US eBay buys last month at M-/NM three went back to seller.

Anyone got a cheap boot or reissue whatever. Thanks

I tended to avoid Rich having bumped into him at the odd record fair. However, in the area, myself and Scal [on here] dropped in at his Stroudsburg place sometime early 90's without realising it was him. He might have recently moved. He was surprisingly convivial and pointed us to an outside shed telling us anything in there was $2. He more or less stuck to his word only charging us $5 for multiple copies of James Bounty. Got quite a stack off him. 100+ easily. Scal has a better memory than me. Highlight was Rich and Ed Kaplan having a massive barney outside whilst we were going through the shed.

I remember him from the Highland Room. Used to see him about with Robert De Niro.

Essential. cold, with stuffing for turkey sandwich on Boxing Day. Or onion sauce will do just as well.

All graded hopefully accurately according to Soul Source standard and of course money back if not happy. VG++ is not far off M- and VG+ is not wrecked ! PayPal is:- Modrod52@hotmail.co.uk Postage is £4 for 1st recorded. £5 for Albums PM please 45s Archie Bell I cant stop dancing DJ ATLANTIC USA M- £10 Magictones Happy Days/Trying real hard WESTBOUND 145 M- £10 Barbara Lewis Make me your baby UK ATLANTIC [black] M- £15 Reflections Talking about my girl GOLDEN WORLD WDJ M- £3 Olympics Mine exclusively ACTION UK M- £10 CLEARANCE 45s Omni Keys to the city FOUNTAIN M- £3 Jerry Butler Hey Western Union Man MERCURY UK M- £2 Albums V/A Chess Janus Mobile Disco UK CHESS £5 M- [inc Denise LaSalle and Joy Lovejoy] Solomon Burke Best of....... UK ATLANTIC VG++ £10 [inc "Cry to me"] Roy Ayers Love fantasy UK URBAN M- £3 Bobby Womack So many rivers UK MCA M- £3 Ben E King Greatest Hits UK ATLANTIC 99 M- £5 Young Rascals Groovin' UK ATLANTIC VG++ £8 Dells I touched a dream UK 20th CENTURY 12" M- £3

Vandellas Heat Wave GORDY [orig label design] Monitors Say you VIP Capitols Cool Jerk 66 KAREN Deon Jackson Hello Stranger CARLA M- or thereabouts please. PM thanks.

It were me. "Sister Lee" was the other.

Right now you can get 3 t-shirts for £22. Wear them inside out and you've got a cheap M otown & S oul logo.

Better is subjective, Mick. I think it'd be hard to beat the record bar area at Wigan for those who were into buying and selling 45s.

I think it was the early 70's when Godin asked readers of his B&S column to write to BBC to ask for more soul music coverage. I did, and to the best of my recollection, the answer was that the demographic didn't warrant more exposure. At the time I assumed the demographic referred to was based on colour rather than class.

You missed one. "A political tool to challenge the dominance of middle class theatre" Sure that was the title of Richard's Obsessives c/u

I went once to the Levenshulme venue. '69 I think as I went with a guy from school and he didn't stay on after Sept '69. Back of his SX200. Venue was on main road from Stockport to Manchester. Not far from a bikers cafe. Sure it was a weeknight and played overwhelmingly soul and Motown. From memory it wasn't a big place.

It's getting mush too mush.

My claim to fame on the dance floor is being with Dave Raistrick in a club in S.Carolina back in '81. We'd found a copy of "I'll pay the price" at the Wax Museum. I got the dj to play it and hit the floor. The odd spin and backdrop and nonchalantly glided back to my table. Then these girls started to come up complementing me on my footwork. To Dave's amusement they seemed to think I was a fantastic shagger. Once he'd stopped sniggering he noticed that some of the guys were not that happy with the attention I was getting and he thought it best we leave. Which we did rather hurriedly to avoid any unpleasantness.

George Benson My woman's good to me WDJ A&M M- £35 Otis Redding My girl UK ATLANTIC [black] M- £4 Shades of Blue Oh how happy SUE VG+ [same label on both sides] £5 SOLD Peaches & Herb United DIRECTION M- £2 Tymes Here she comes PARKWAY VG+ £20 [a nice copy] SOLD Chubby Checker At the Discotheque WDJ PARKWAY M- £12 Ernest Jones I can't live without you TRAMOR M- £2 James Brown Get up get into it get involved POLYDOR UK VG++ £2 Rodger Collins She's looking good VOCALION UK VG++ £5 SOLD Olympics Mine exclusively ACTION UK VG++ £8 Jerry Butler Hey Western Union Man MERCURY UK M- £3 Decisions I can't forget about you baby A&M UK VG++ £5 Metros Sweetest one RCA SEALED [Since I found my baby, I'll never forget you] £100 SOLD Larry Santos Just a man..... EVOLUTION SEALED [You got me where you want me.....] £20 All graded hopefully accurately according to Soul Source standard and of course money back if not happy. PayPal is:- Modrod52@hotmail.co.uk Postage is £4 for 1st recorded. £5 for Albums PM please

According to Clare I'm a lovely mover myself but then she would say that. I'm not interested in watching the videos you mention but just to stick up for Levanna I did catch her on YT being interviewed by some reggae guy where she chose a few soul and reggae tracks. She came across well and it put me on to an Italian reggae release that I wasn't aware of. If she makes a few bob from her videos good luck to her. I agree with you that the Proms is an odd setting for Northern. Very middle class but then I didn't go to the theatre to see your play because I thought going to the theatre was a middle class pursuit and no place for Northern. More Rosencrantz and Guildenstern than Tony & Tyrone.

Had it in early 90's. Found it in N.O. for $3. Played it out once or twice maybe but then I don't dj really. Just local dos. Swapped I think with Dave Ripoles.

What a shame. Known him years and spent many a night in Wigan record bar talking rubbish and having a laugh. He lived in Oldham then. Only about a month ago corresponded with him on here and he seemed pretty upbeat.

Yes Fran. Thanks

I think the Black Sun was meant to be the Wheel.

I'm thinking you've got the wrong end of the stick here. My memory is not what it once was but wearing a black fist round one's neck and one racing glove was a thing for some in the early days, maybe pre-Wigan. Think that arose from the Black Power movement in the US and that one iconic moment where the Black athlete raised a salute on the podium during the Olympics [1968 ?]. I'm guessing the white fists are meant to show solidarity as in White and Black together but unaware of the connotations with Aryan ideology in the USA. Something that always stuck in my mind was the girl appearing in one of the many documentaries talking about her experience of Wigan. It was a respite from the everyday racism she experienced in Scotland. Can't remember her name now and she died some years back but some on here will remember her.

Added a couple of new things. Mitch Ryder Breakout NEW VOICE M- £15 SOLD Chubby Checker At the Discotheque WDJ PARKWAY M- £15 Nancy Wilson The end of our love CAPITOL VG++ £12 SOLD Otis Redding My girl UK ATLANTIC [black] M- £4 Shades of Blue Oh how happy SUE VG+ [same label on both sides] £5 Peaches & Herb United DIRECTION M- £2 Ernest Jones I can't live without you TRAMOR M- £2 James Brown Get up get into it get involved POLYDOR UK VG++ £2 Rodger Collins She's looking good VOCALION UK VG++ £5 Olympics Mine exclusively ACTION UK VG++ £8 Jerry Butler Moody Woman MERCURY UK VG+£5 SOLD Jerry Butler Hey Western Union Man MERCURY UK M- £3 Decisions I can't forget about you baby A&M UK VG++ £5 Ella Washington Bye bye baby US ATLANTIC promo M- £20 SOLD All graded hopefully accurately according to Soul Source standard and of course money back if not happy. PayPal is:- Modrod52@hotmail.co.uk Postage is £4 for 1st recorded. PM please