Baz Atkinson

AH THANKS FOR THAT MATE. Forever Young Records 2955 South Highway 360 - Grand Prairie, Texas 75052 Phone: (972) 352-6299 Fax: (972) 660-4459 E-mail: foreveryoungrecords@gmail.com

HELLO MATE been booked for the fair now since early March-done well last visit,if your there give me a shout-drop a pm. BAZ A Gonna have a good dig about FORT WORTH shortly 5 weeks time anyone know the area for record contacts-stores-colectors etc,not just northern Funk-sweet-gospel [the lot really lol]all help appreciated!! BAZ A. Don't no how long you're stopping for BAZ, --- But October 15-17 is the Austin Record Convention which is the largest sale of recorded music in the USA with over 300 Dealer selling records and related memorobillia., they've been staging Record Fairs since 1981.ADDMISSION $25. Would imagine this would be a great on e to attend if you're still there on those dates Baz. More details at www.austinrecords.com. Hope this can help you Baz, refards Pecker

Thanks Tony -got a day before Austen or so. BAZ A Never found a record shop (or a record!) in Fort Worth in maybe 20 or 30 visits to the place, Baz. In the early 90s I used to get quite a bit o stuff from a shop in Grand Prairie, about half way between Fort Worth and Dallas, but I can't remember what it was called now (bloody senior moments). Nice place, though, is Fort Worth. Especially since they restored downtown...

WELL isnt this encouraging lol!!!! BAZ A

its brilliant and credit to you Ian-saw the master tapes just lying about -took me right back did that and reminded me of my old mate Al Coney sat on loads of reel to reel mar-v-lus stuff which he totally forget about till there were rescued or should i say procured by the likes of Rob Marriot etc lol.The interviews are brilliant -just a great insight indeed!! PS if there were about a uk venue or a glueless northern soul dj you would of had 100 replies so far lol-does make you wonder-keep up the marvellous work. BAZ A

Gonna have a good dig about FORT WORTH shortly 5 weeks time anyone know the area for record contacts-stores-colectors etc,not just northern Funk-sweet-gospel [the lot really lol]all help appreciated!! BAZ A.

LOVE PEACE AND HAPPINESS -STRIP ME NAKED. this is mine along with the hit parade -stand by me baby and ofcourse -donnie elbert along came pride!! BAZ A

yep im looking forward to this immensly first time for me -should be a great night!! BAZ A

Very sad news the way youve been acting lately to me was the soulful highlight of ric-tic its immense as was his talent -Thanks Dave for putting this up!! The pics are fantastic !! BAZ A

I WAS GONNA FLOG MINE BUT THIS RECORD HAS REALLY GROWN ON ME -I THINK ITS BLOODY SUPERB!! BAZ A

QUALITY TRACK INDEED - BAZ A Current fave of mine! Sensational Five - Coming On Strong Staying Long - SAG PORT

Hello Steve check out the refosoul thread also of gospel stuff some absolutely incredible stuff -this thread has some wonderful stuff on and im so pleased its still running!! BAZ A Only just spotted this threadBaz and what a great thread it is too!! Will plough my way through the tread tonight. I fully accept the Gospel genre and truly believe that the vocals are of the highest quality of any genre of music let alone soul. Have you ever heard a mediocre gospel vocal?? Don't think so - can't wait till this evening for some hand waving ;-) Once again great thread Baz

Is the second from the right a very young David Walliams -before he become a lovey lol;) , BAZ A

mines knackered folks and I need to replace as soon as possible just pm me folks as i always lock want threads !!

THANKS BOB:hatsoff2: the pesante group is a different group

i HAVE A FEELING THE RDL one is not that easy to get to be honest and siesta has had a fair few spins the last 18 months or so-believe it or not the rdl one is not in the manship quide however the century city track has regulary brought 50 squid on here.If anyone has their funk outing MUSIC SLAVE on peaseant can you dop me a pm!! BAZ A

SOME INCREDIBLY FUNNY MOMMENTS Al Coney stealing the spastic statue and us lot knocking the head of it in the bus must of been at least 200 quid in penny coins scattered all over the eden bus .bought eddie parker for 7 quid that night all in penny coins lol. Pulling in at Kirby Stpehen and having a drink in the pub we all walked out with beanstalkers-barbour coats wellies-farmers gloves-youname it -allnight that night Al Coney worre a beanstalker and i had a pair of size 19 wellies on !! Knicking milk -on doorsteps outside at 5 in the morning and a lad from darlo got gaught he was charged with 5 counts of theft [one for each milk bottle] Paul hindle getting locked up for biting a punk. My good mate conney deliberatly falling downstairs in our corner for pound notes lol, top to bottom. sleepovers from friday to sat with gaz simons girlfriend and me and kev johnson eating toast in a terraced house in wigan with a girlfriends mum while smoking 10 no 6 . carlo knicking a mini and the steering wheel coming off - back street bluies inside of pork pies . the mods mayday night me booking a bus and not turning up. lovely people like june daily who never charged me for 3 years for bus fair 78-81 because i was gaz simons mate lol. absolute nutters like bowsey and mouse from boro who had no boundries and even scared the wigan bouncers- jack livo telling me he was gonna be a hit man when he grew up [those who know him will have a silent chuckkle] little dungan mc callister beating up hells angels at service stations finally because i really could go on all night -rading brighouse space invaders and spendig 2 nights in prison with 35 nutters from aycliffe -darlo and boro -every single person had a forged ticket for the oldies aniversary-didnt matter we did not get there. no wonder i failed my o levels!!

looks like a great read and im due a hol soon have you got purchase/outlets details?? BAZ A

there only track im aware of is on destination ie take me back -will have to listen to the soundclip on the other!! jUST LISTENED TO THIS HAVE IT ON A TAPE FROM YONKS BACK WILL DIG IT OUT !! BAZ A

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ive enjoyed reading this thread its been thought provoking in some respects and theres been alot of sense from some quarters-my view is a firm no-to me it did not hit home untill a couple of months back when i was having a cuppa round me old mates house AL CONEY -Al has a pic of us lot in 1978 on the bus on the way to the casino GAZ Simons Harry from darlo Johnny Mercer etc and i must admitt when i looked at it i was agasht "we were barely out of nappies lol-and we were proper naughty lads lol.So exposure to older nutters-gear-gear talk - -etc is just not good regardless of what year we are in and bet your bottom doller -young people will be exposed. The wider societal issue is young peoples consiousness and ofcourse alot of them know waht goes on etc-thats why my 16 year old daughter looks through me when i come back from dos -kids arnt daft but younger ones really should be kept away untill 18 by which time there will be downloading kings of leon and pink lol. Ive also never bought into the "we need young people on the scene"to me the issue is we need ABLE BODY PEOPLE LOL,the music willcarry on with us gone lol. BAZ A

the price quide like it or loath it -is never consistent with trends on the scene -the 2 are like chalk and cheese but for a collector who collects a wide breath of logos etc in a number of genres i think its a brill ref point -prices fluctuate so much that -at times its really hard to have a common sense discussion and yes numerous buyers trust john and so there should -hes a decent bloke imho .The prices stated in the quide are prices paid by johns customers and yes i would of thought that all the updated prices would be added next time round as he has done this on prior editions,the issue is as soon as printed there flucuate lol!! Good example is lee fields went for how much ?? again trends does beg the question on whether John will just state the top price of this in the next quide or perhaps the common sense price now that has levelled out ?? I use the quide alot to price funk/deep/sweet/b sides/bits of gospel,latin etc -getting the money stated is a whole new issue it is still a buyers market with not great amounts of common sense involved!! BAZ A.

ah thanks jacob im onto it ! jacob is jesse james grave in nebraska [thats jesse the outlaw not soul singer??] hi Baz, i think the comp was called Midwest Funk. something like that anyway..

GOOD FIND JACOB OUT of interest which compilation is it on ?? cheers BAZ . that record come from Omaha, Nebraska.. I bought one years ago for 5 bucks from a local shop up there in Omaha. at the time neither I, nor the shop owner knew it was an Omaha record. then it came out on that compilation and he couldnt believe he sold it to me for a fiver haha. then he found another one and bragged to me that he got 50 bucks for it, where at that time it had already shot up to hundreds of dollars anyway haha. well anyway, handsome label design! jacob

RIGHT FOLKS IF HAVING PROBS JUST GO TO REFO-SOUL ALL CLIPS ARE IN -ILL LOCK THE THREAD NOW FOLKS OTHERWISE IT MIGHT TURN INTO A SOAP OPERA LOL-JUST PM ME FOLKS. BAZ A