I collect ,rare sixties but also crossover,deep and sweet,funk,gospel,quirky stuff,modern,southern etc,i do not equate alot of my collecting habits with any scene,just personnel enjoyment!
if people want to equate some level of exclusivty for collecting hard to gain originals,then bigger fool them,harder records many of which are average most are played out imho.
The so called northern scene has always been insular and coverted the rare as opposed to quality,but alot including myself in the past have sworn by that mantra so in many ways the scene has been victim to its own philosophy!
I just like what i like now,and to be honest the uPfront dos out there have thankfully moved on enough to throw in alot of what i like including a bit latin,funky stuff,crossover etc and lesser known sixties so hard argument to follow imho.
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