Chris L

I have for sale a copy of the wonderful Spellbinders album, most of the songs were written, arranged and produced by Van McCoy. Includes unreleased as 45's tracks "Baby I miss you" "That's the way you make me feel" and "Self defense" Considered by many to one of the finest soul albums ever made, a rare oppertunity to get either a MINT stereo copy. Track Listing Side 1 We're acting like lovers For you Self defense One of a kind A little on the blue side Stone in love Side 2 Baby I miss you That's the way you make me fel Chain reaction Long lost love I need your love Cost £30 plus £5.50 postage. Contact me off list : chris.lalor@hotmail.com Thanks Chris Lalor

NOW SOLD !!! I have for sale a copy of the wonderful Spellbinders album, most of the songs were written, arranged and produced by Van McCoy. Includes unreleased as 45's tracks "Baby I miss you" "That's the way you make me feel" and "Self defense" Considered by many to one of the finest soul albums ever made, a rare oppertunity to get either a MINT rare stereo copy or MINT White Columbia Demo in Mono - You choose. Track Listing Side 1 We're acting like lovers For you Self defense One of a kind A little on the blue side Stone in love Side 2 Baby I miss you That's the way you make me fel Chain reaction Long lost love I need your love Cost £30 plus £5.50 postage. Contact me off list : chris.lalor@hotmail.com Thanks Chris Lalor

Cleveland Ohio's radio station WBWC Sunday Night 88.3 FM The Sting Presnts A Cellarful of Northern Soul 3 Hours of classic NS from 60's to the 80's 9pm to 12am EST Hosted By Matt Slys with Special Guest Chris Lalor. listen online at www.wbwc.com

Shipping costs UK £1.90, Europe £2.00 & USA/Canada £3.50. I can accept cheque, cash, money order, I prefer Paypal. Get back off list if your interested. Thanks for looking Chris Lalor e mail address is : chris.lalor@hotmail.com

Vibrations - 'Cause you're mine - Epic Ex £85 Rose Batiste - Hit &run - Revilot re-issue Ex £25 Supremes - Itching in my heart/He's all I've got - Motown Mint dh original Motown sleeve £15 Spellbinders - Help me - Columbia Mint sticker residue on label £20 Bobby Treetop - Wait till I get to know ya - Tuff re-issue b/w instrumental sol £30 Billy Sha-rae - I'm gone - Spectrum vinyl mint label worn old store stock £25 Soul Twins - Quick change artist - Karen official re-issue Ex £30 Spencer Wiggins - Let's talk it over - Soul Series demo Mint £20 Freddie Chavez - They'll never know why - Look re-issue Ex £25 The Exciters - Blowing up my mind - RCA (48-1035) Mint original sleeve £20 Sounds of Lane - Tracks to your mind - Cobblestone Mint £30 Linda Carr - In My Life - Ranwood Mint £30 Lou Johnson - Unsatisfied - Big Top Mint dh £25 Sandy Wynns - The touch of Venus - Champion Mint sticker £25 Ronnie Walker - You're the one - Philips re-issue Mint sticker residue £5 The Vibrations - Finding out the hard way - Okeh Ex sticker on label - easy come off £10 The Orlons - Spinnin' top - Calla Ex £18 Shipping costs UK £1.90, Europe £2.00 & USA/Canada £3.50. I can accept cheque, cash, money order, I prefer Paypal. Get back off list if your interested. Thanks for looking Chris Lalor

Very sad note, McArthur Munford one of the original Spellbinders died yesterday 6th September 2006 of cancer complications. As you maye know I'm probably the world's greatest Spellbinder fan having tracked them all down and got them back together 3 years ago, culminating in their electrfying live peformance in New Jersey, their home state, in April this year. One of the few soul acts to have ever performed live at the legendary Manchester Twisted Wheel in the mid sixties, his bass voice will missed sorely Chris Lalor "A little on the blue side"

Not on your life, not for me, that's how I go into Northeren Soul, living in London in the early 70T's it was only pop, reggae or funk, luckily Tony Rounce sent me up north (I think it was to get me and my mates out of Record Corner on a saturday :-) I reckon James Brown should be recycled into a garden knome. Chris L

Just do what you feel like, looking good might be cool but if you need to go on a Royal Marines Commando course just to get there, kinda defeats the object. A woman I know recently joined the NS scene, watched others dance, got on the floor and did her own thing. She said she stopped worrying about what others thought after about 5 minutes. As someone else said, nobody cares..................don't believe me ? Then you haven't seen Johnny Redpants dance. Chris L

"We were pretending to be black. We danced as though we were black. We even sang as though we were black". This is the quote Do you think northern soul involves pretending to be black? This is the question The quote is ridiculous, the question being asked is by someone who has read something, given it very little thought then asked "well, what do you think" who cares what 1 NS fan says ? They don't speak for the entire NS fraternity, if an intern of mine asked such a question I'd run over him/her in my car, set him/her on fire and then urinate on them to put it out..................and that's on a good day. What's next ? "Do you think wearing bowling shirts is a message statement that all NS fans are secret 10 pin bowling addicts" "Are NS dancers drunks and/or alcoholics because lots of them seem to have beer towels in their waistbands" "Are NS dancers drug addicts because they dance all night, can't stop talking and seem to be very bad tempered next morning" I rest my suitcase. Chris L

Frankly it's an outrageous question. Verging on racist. Not all soul singers are black skinned and not all black skinned people soul singers. Bin it for the garbage it is. Chris L

A minor embarrasment was telling all my mates in the early 70T's that by buying records with "ZTSC" stamped in the run-out was a sure fire way of getting top Noprthern Soul records (they still like to remind me of that) 50 copies of The Yoddeling Cowboy anyone ? Chris L

Yes you did Pete, I played it all the way home.................... Funny enough I spoke to both Sid Barnes & Art Wright and neither of them had heard of the instrumentals existence. Top sound, I might even dance to it one day............... Chris

Yes it's true, I bought a load of stuff of Arthur Wright, acetates, records, tapes and stuff and by accident ran over them in my car Don't ask.......................... I spoke to him in April about those instrumentals, they are all Simon Soussan stuff, including.............and this a great shame, the instrumental "Hurt on the other side". He got hold of the backing track from Arthur and added the strings. Chris L

--> QUOTE(mark.b @ Jun 21 2006, 08:27 PM) link best dj's ever Barry Tasker early 70's pendulum Ian levine and Colin Curtis 73 to 76, Richard searling 70's till i stopped in 79/80, soul sam cleethorpes days and now, Artur fenn now, Carl willingham From when i came back 1996 till he retired, Of all of these i would say my favourite was Ian levine hs early years. mark Artur (I guess that's the same as Arthur :-) Fenn !!!!!!!!! Smashing bloke, gormless taste in music.........I think he plays all his records backwards. Chris

Hhmm..............Ian found so many, many top Northern Soul sounds, it was of course easier in them days, but he was strictly a floor filler - gets my vote every time. Chris L

He actually talked in a high squeeky voice too - shook his hand at a club in Bournemouth, tiny bloke (I've never washed that hand since - 1974). Err............Chris Bartley and Bobby Reed do it for. I guess most of Van McCoy's artists had a falsetto voice, that was his style. Chris

Just one guest - Christine Cooper - wearing that sailors outfit.........

I guess it's either Modern Soul aka disco or 60T's/R & B aka shyte. Somebody should go an nick all that unreleased Motown stuff and get it on the dancefloors

Be asurred---twas all Soul. Ahh....they all say that, but their cha-cha-ing gives it away AND How do you dance with your tongue down someone's throat????? With a stalk on I suspect Chris L

Are these from that 60T's US TV show, I have a DVD of her and 6 geeky blokes prancing about around her, bit of a looker in her day. Looks like me granny nowadays though Don't hear it much at venues, but the intro is still a knock out. Chris L

1st £100 ($220) for a mint twin shields Christine Cooper - sold it for a lot more 'bout 9 weeks later. 1st most expensive record was .................£8 for a demo copy 'Hurt on the other side' on Capitol at 2nd night of the Torch. Don't laugh, that were a weeks wages that were............. Chris L

Harry Starr was the 1st husband of Elouise Pennington (nee Eller Weas Little) of the Spellbinders...................not a lot of people know that.................. Er right I'll get me goat....................... Chris L

That's the beauty of the Northern Soul scene, hearing things for the 1st time. Don't know many soul fans who are not open to new sounds, proviso being that a) They are actually soul sounds They make you wanna dance or stick your tongue down someone throat c) The DJ's tells whom it is. Chris L

Been lucky enough to meet and chat to many a Northern Soul star. Sexiest without a doubt was (is) Leola Jiles of the Apollas, well fit, got pissed with her and her brother. Top professional and great fun. Most wanted to stangle were the Three Degrees - bunch of stuck up tarts who still think that being Prices Charles fav group is like worth something. If you meet Ralph Tee ask about them in Amsterdam Most "I'm about to die cos I do drugs" was Bobby Sheen, smashing bloke when normal, absolute weirdo on crack (suppose everybody is) he showed us his Capitol record recording timetable, boy what a piece of history that is. I met and spent time with all the Spellbinders, Chris Bartley & The Ad-Libs, the most wonderful people you'll ever meet. They can't stop singing, no matter where they are, I want to marry them all. Sid Barnes, Brenton Wood, Fred Smith, The Tempos all very nice people, the sort you're like to have an all weekend bar-b-que (ne cookout) with. Perhaps the most impressive by far is Arthur Wright, whilst not exactly a singing star, although he does perform, is awesome........his tales of Okeh, Motown, Jerry Cooks, Sequins, Little Richard, etc keep you sitting on the edge of your talcumed dancefloor. Very humble bloke, soft spoken, snazzy guitar player. In fact when I look back most are pretty decent kinda people, maybe because they never attained superstardom............that's how we like 'em. Chris L