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Well remembered steve. Sales tape went down to ady C and he got it from me. Actually ady said that he wanted it for his collection and then played it as a c/u later. I was amazed to see it go big (actually massive) Not my cup of tea though. Good to see ady turn it into a monster.

This 45 came out twice with different flips. Today, most folk want the side 'earthquake' an R&B sound.

No not a VIP unreleased acetate, but a Gordy unreleased acetate. The label information has a G and then a number. I assume it was done at the same time as her other Gordy releases; "here you come" and "back in my loving arms" Has the date on the label as JUL 9th, 64. and pressed at RCA custom records.

Joel, just a better, clear sounding version (as i remember it)

Deep soul classic, written by donald height and joe webb, collected by the Japanese. Appeared on many Japanese wants lists during the 8ts.

Yes, chalky is correct. I bought it in the late 8ts. It has a decent Northen flipside too. Nothing wrong with the 45; almost mint. Both sides are written by William Powell and arranged by Miles Grayson. Tim B thought it was unreleased and was playing a dub of it about 8 yrs ago. Ady should pay more attention, as ive played it at the 100 club (recently too) Judging by this thread and many others, the Northern Scene is one giant game of Chinese Whispers!

Hahahah, brilliant Rod.

dave, a write-up that Frank Elson would be proud of. Great stuff !!

FOR SALE ON BEHALF OF KEB DARGE: JOHN LEACH-PUT THAT WOMAN DOWN-LAWN DJ COPY £400 (OR NEAREST OFFER) Looks in exc. shape, but has some background noise. Sound clip available. cheers, mark

I found a Virtue acetate of the peanut duck some years back, so there are at least two copies now.

Robb, the 'we gotta go' Autographs 718 is a Jan-Cris publication. Arranged and written by George Clements; produced by Herman Griffith. The inst. side is classed as Northern; used to get some action in the clubs here during the 7ts.

I defer to a greater need!

Only used to be a cheapie because for years the masses weren't interested in records like this: hense it had a low value. It is actually quite hard to find and because more collectors today are looking for this type of record the price now reflects is rarity.

Actually, the first person to find this was tim ashibende, as he was the first to vist rosemary mccoy and buy records. He played the 'switch around' while he was there and firstly, didn't consider it was Northern and secondly, didn't think it was up to scratch. I think I have to concur with him on that.

Previously released as Cresa Watson-salvation-Charay 90.

The Rita Lee is a re-issue done in the 7ts, after Brad gave the label owner some advice about which songs to press up for Northern demand.

This record was a Tim Ashibende discovery around 1981 or 1982. He sold it to Gary Rushbrooke who covered it up and became a big favourite within a year. Couldn't see it getting any attention during the 7ts, as it was too slow and definitely not a Mecca play.

Here's a nice story concerning the Phonetics 45 on Trudel. Circa 1981, myself and tim ashibende arrived back from a US record trip with a bunch of 45s, which included a couple of hundred unknowns (unknown to us, that is) In there was a copy of the phonetics "dont love get you down" Not a bad record we thought, but not a record that was going to shake the Northen soul scene as it was then. Over the next couple of years we picked up a few other copies of that title and tried to flog them to various collectors. Dean Anderson was one such collector who showed an interest in a copy and I duly took it to various allniters where Dean frequented, hoping that he would relieve me of the 45. On various occasions, (luckily for me, as you will later understand) I was not able to get Dean to part with his money. One day later as I was sorting through the box of unknowns, I noticed that the copy that had been destined for Dean had a different flip side to the copy that I had kept previously. It had the title "just a boys dream" and had the release number, Trudel 1007/1008. Upon playing it and to my great surprise, I found that it was Richard S's old eddie holman c/u. I couldn't believe my luck and also couldn't wait to tell Dean what he had missed out on. Dean took the information in his stride and wished me well with the record. One thing it did remind me to do and that's always check out the flip side of every record that I buy.

Frank, the appointments-steppin closer-dart is a much better recording than the red coach release. Backing track is much more powerful; definitely the one get. Anyone else with me on this proposition?

Wouldn't have been played before the Stafford era; doesn't have the right sound that we were looking for. I remember going up to Scotland and hearing Colin playing it, covered up! I was surprised that it was covered up because it was a well-known record in collectors circles during the 7ts. Colin got a good reaction from the dancers up there when he played it, whereas I got an almost empty dance floor when I played the likes of mello souls, tommy ridgley, appointments, diane lewis, jesse davis etc.

Correct tony. Dave R. discovered it and covered it. He wasn't djing at the time so I bought it off him. At that time Keb was winding down his contribution to the Northern scene; in contrast I was djing at all the main upfront venues. It became a big 100 club spin

I sold it to andy about 10 yrs ago, but I found it in the 8ts. I had it in the 'piss poor northern sales box' for many years, with no takers.

I have willie gauff and the naturals 45s; both sides of the records sound the same to my ears. The willie gauff recording has a far better recording sound than the naturals. I noticed that on the label, the willie gauff has a watts way release number of 201 and the naturals of 1201, but in the deadwax both records have the same matrix number of JT-ES-001 and JT-ES-002 Hope that helps.

John Manship has a different phone number for the 'first yellow label press' than we have here. In his auction blurb, John has the phone number, 213 750 4966. Is this another press? I can't make out the phone number in the auction picture.