Happy Feet

And it's only £5. Postage is it a real one ?

The Originals ,Goodnight Irene , Soul Johnny Taylor, Jody's got your girl & gone ,Stax.( Oops omit that one ) Otis & Carla ,OOH Carla , OOH Otis ,Stax

Otis Leavill , Charlotte ( yes I'm gonna miss you) cracking tune

Looking through the charity book stall in our local Morrisons, & came across this book by an author that I have read many times ' Carpetbaggers ' etc flipped it to read the theme of the book and no one ever mentioned this fact to me , Joey Heatherton , Hollywood Movie Star ,sex symbol etc plus Singer of the classic Casino tune , " When You Call Me Baby " amazing !

This looks like a labour of love , full of great memories when record shops where plentiful and full of great finds .

One more from me , The Magnetics , Jackie Baby ( can you do it) better slowed down a touch

Bobby Womack , Sweet Caroline ( good times never seem so good ) Eddie Holland, If Cleopatra ( took a chance)

Frank Howard , Judy Al Green , Judy

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/its-time-to-get-rid-of-your-pet// Read this feature the other day & links , an interesting and much studied topic . ( It is possible to read & the links without subscribing )

https://www.coleminerecords.com/products/kelly-finnigan-a-lover-was-born It does mention his influences, but not the artists originally involved, which I find very strange, but nostalgia plays a major part in this project.

https://www.coleminerecords.com/products/kelly-finnigan-a-lover-was-born Very strange it claims "Love ( your pain goes deep ) as deep soul ! unless I'm reading it wrong

Probably the best way to combat this ( if that's the right term) is to post an identical copy, with full description stating it's a Boot , complete with starting price of 0.99p , Let it run for 7 days & then refuse the winning bid if over £20. Instead of ripping off the innocent & purposely inflating prices , for no other reason than fraud . Then post on the worldwide web so everyone's aware , not everyone's savvy .

Some of his stuff is really good and sounds original , but is this meant just to be another cover , aimed at a much younger audience who perhaps have never heard the original? Or an homage to the original? Or has Chalky asks have have they run out of ideas , be interesting to ask Kelly .

Hi Rick , it could only be Esther Philps or Pinky & Perky , vocally sounds bloody awful sped up , but a decent backing track .( I meant to say or Esther Philips on a bad day )

Earlier on in the year spring / April time , we where on our way out and there was a quite a noise coming from the neighbours, we bumped into a friend walking her dog a long the lane , & she also could hear the noise asking was anybody flying a drone , we all looked up and in the neighbours very tall Ash tree, which overhangs our back garden was a swarm of Hornet's attacking a Bee's nest , the volume was amazing . Our friend legged it with her dog , the neighbours who by now had cottoned on what is was , asked shall we phone the council ( she asked the same question when the embankment on the SVR was alight ) I told her to go in shut all the windows, and we jumped in the car & continued on our shopping trip . Pleased to say when we got home 3hrs later it was eerily quite , but thankfully all over . They do look even bigger in the evenings when they're head butting the bay window , or when they fly into the house on occasion scary buggers , close up .

Living in the Wyre forest I've noticed the number of Hornets have trebled in numbers , and have witnessed first hand their hatred of wasps , let alone bees , they literally grab them roll them over on their backs and decapitate them , then onto the next , and the noise they make is quite frightening . The wasps work very hard in the pre-spring pollinating the Ivy , which then grow berries which a lot of the wild birds depend on especially the Wood Pigeons , so no wasps no Ivy berries etc etc . Sparrows , Blue , Long tail , Coal , Great & Blue tits , Robins , Blackbirds , Cuckoo , Collar Dove , Wood Pigeons, Magpies , Wood Peckers all types, All types of Finches , Wrens , Kestrels , Peregrines, Buzzards , Sparrow Hawks ,Crows & variants and this year ( We've been here 10 yrs.) our 1st Red Kite , we do get various types of waders on the Severn , Geese , ducks , Swans & Seabirds , kingfishers being so close to Trimperley Resovoir, and insects , bats etc seem ok too . Maybe being out in the sticks we've yet to see the changes , but now I'll take more notice , but there is a lot of birds , Magpies for instance which take a lot of young birds , Kestrels live on Voles , Sparrowhawk's, and the Migrating birds suffer too from having to fly over places like Lebanon & Italy , it's not just the weather.

Glad to hear your back at home and getting better Big Man , All the best Mark , Dave & Joolz x

About 6rs ago a neighbour who never mentioned what kind of music he was into , was selling his property to move into a rest home nearer to his family in Tamworth. At the time he , like us was living in Bewdley. I was building a new house for his neighbours,who had volunteered to assist him in clearing his house ready for selling . Anyway at no time music had ever been mentioned and so Derek moved to Tamworth and the 2 ladies emptied the house for him and the house went on the market . They in the meantime where renting a house, very close and used to pop in every day to see what progress we had made . During one of these visits I was listening to some Northern via my DeWalt radio which has a socket that you can plug in an MP3 player, in this case it was my Sony Walkman . Lesley one of the ladies , out of nowhere said what's that playing , I told her and she said " oh Derek liked Northern Soul & Reggae" my response was "Oh really " & she answered " Yes , he asked us to drop them into the Kemp Charity shop in Bewdley for him ". 10 minutes later , I was in the Kemp and in a bit of a state , praying that no one had got to them first , if they had they where not Northern Soul addicts , Bobby Sheen Dr Love , Shirley Ellis Soul Time , Chuck Woods , Barbara Mason , Jackie Wilson ,Aiton Ellis , The Artistics Hope We Have and lots of other Northern & Reggae nothing rare but still worth more than a £1. each . In all I spent £125. have kept them all except the Reggae which went in swaps , I had only ever spoke to Derek a few times he was in his 70s & more interested in the Steam trains ( The SVR ) which run at the back of our property . I reckon I could do a decent Oldies spot with what I picked up that day , Derek survived COVID but died following a fall and unfortunately , I never had an opportunity to ask him about his record collection and his passion for Soul music .

Well it arrived today as promised, but not from Charly HQ , but direct I assume from the pressing plant ,Sonic Wax , looks great in it's very colourful picture sleeve and solid center (small hole not large ) Thanks to all involved.

I Think it's possibly down to how , when you & where you 1st heard Mr Big Shot , can't remember personally but when you saw the dance floor re action & was apart of it , wether Main room or Mr Ms , and I'm sure it was booted prior to the Casino , great record , that said , "I Can Take Care Of Myself" & "Bet You Never Thought" for me .

60s Pop at best , done very badly , not a miligram of soul to be heard , don't give up the day job ,& for goodness sake please drop the YouTube posts , so the divs don't start requesting them if they happen to pop into a real live Northern Soul do , with real remember them , vinyl !!!

Had another update , Due to unexpectedly high demand , we've temporarily run out of stock for this title .To ensure you receive the best possible product, we are in the process of restocking, but this means that the shipping date for your order has been pushed back to August 14th. We sincerely apologise for this inconvenience and understand how frustrating delays can be. We're working diligently to get your order out to you as quickly as possible , and we truly appreciate your patience and understanding. If you have any questions or need further assistance , please don't hesitate to reach out to us . Thank you for your continued support . We look forward to delivering your vinyl soon! Kind regards, The Charly Team . Strange as it may sound , I then had a shipping notice , complete with a Royal Mail tracking number . So chin up Steve , they look to have it hand , victims of their own success ?

Morning folks , have just been on the Charly Website and there is an update on the Mill Evans , now shipping 14th August (Wednesday) .

Hi Steve , Have Pmd you, but it does say shipping from August 6th , I hope that means 2024 not 2023 ( Yes it is 2024 , it's part of their 50 yr Anniversary promotion )

Lorraine Ellison, Stay With Me (Baby) c/w I Want My Baby Back , great dancer on the b side , rereleased at least twice must have sold a million eventually ?