Solidsoul

I was at Southport today. There are a few shops down in Cambridge Walk under The Atkinson museum that sell records. It might interest someone to know there are 6 record boxes that hold 50 records with really top condition 60's pop records. They are all in factory paper sleeves that are in top condition. No soul records, just easy to get early 60's pop on London, Philips, Mercury, RCA, Columbia, HMV, WB, etc. £5 for 3. The thing is the great condition. Somebody's collection who bought them and looks like never played them. When I see things like this, and even though there are no rarities or soul, its a shame to think they are going to get trashed by people just looking through them! P.S. Not the shop with loads of singles for 50p, they are just a load of rubble!

It was amazing when Richard Searling first played it in Wigan Casino! "I Don't Like To Lose" - Joe Matthews. (Cover Up) Instant No1 monster sound!

Back in the 1970's you could send away for most of the monster tracks of the time, and they would come back cut onto a EMI disc. These were metal discs covered in plastic with a plain white label and emi-disc printed across the top. Are these acetates? I had a one back then with 3 tracks on each side. I'll Always Need You - Len Barry(Alt version). Send Him Back - Pointer Sisters. Wash & Wear Love - Lynn Vernado. Fickled Finger Of Fate - Bernard Purdie. You Don't Know Where etc - Dana Valery. The Stride - The Strides.

It's gonna be a bun fight whoever is selling it! I can't see it ever selling for less than four figures these days. People have been chasing it for many a year!

I'd thought about selling my Wilson Pickett - "Let Me Be Your Boy" till I played it! It was many years since I'd played it and was really pleased with how good it is! It's not going anywhere now, it's safely back into the collection.

I like Jimmy and the Entertainers and remember when Pat Brady was playing it way back, maybe Stafford T.O.T.W.? The thing is, the Accents version seems just as good a record to me. The only bizarre Northern Soul thing holding back the Accents is, it's not rare and is easily available!

Sad news about a great artist. She wrote the great Northern Soul favourite for Patti Labelle, "Loving Rules" on Atlantic records. She also worked with the Rolling Stones, among others.

I disagree. Once Wigan finished in 1981 a mass of people left the Northern scene. It was left to the dedicated and hardcore Northern soul people to carry on with allnighters in a semi secret underground subculture for nearly 20 years, all through the 80's and 90's. Then came the internet and all those people that had left, realised it was all still going on and they all came back in droves. Also a lot of newcomers became aware of the scene through the internet and wanted to come and be dj's and put on soul nights in the spare room of there local pub to do it. The internet caused it to be all commercialised again!

Also those idiots who walk and try and dance around the middle of the dance floor, carrying a pint of beer or bottles. Divvies. There all ways seems a lack of bouncers at a lot of Northern events. We don't expect a lot of trouble, but sometimes get it when tourists visit!

These are some of The Torch favourites. Late 1972 into 1973. Evergreen classic Northern Soul.

In the mid 80's and Delegates Of Soul was one of the monster sounds played at Tony's Empress Hall allnighters when Guy Hennigan ran it under the Soultown banner. I think it was Butch who was playing it. I then phoned up Soul Bowl and got a mint copy as John Anderson had several copies. The labels had no water damage. It has now joined the band of classics that just seem to be going up everytime they are listed.

Just been playing a few of my Kent singles. I've posted this just in case it's one you've missed. Both sides were unreleased in the 60's, when they were recorded. "My Life Is No Better" Dynamics - Kent Select City 038. This one is getting a few plays at the moment. I bought it for this side as it's a great male group Northern Soul sound. This you'll already know if you have heard it, but if it's one that's slipped you by, it's well worth a listen! Still easily available for around £10 at the moment. The flip is by Kenny Carter - "You Better Get Hip Girl" which is an excellent big city beat ballard. P.S. Jaibi also does an excellent version of "My Life Is No Better" on a Kent anniversary single 6t 25, but that one is hard to locate as it had a limited release.

Ronnie McCain used to be on sales tapes in the 80's and listed often for £10. I never got round to buying it, even though I did like it as a nice filler.

I believe this was because of the sound quality? I think it's a great tune, but to pay that kind of money for a record that is a modern press of a 60's unreleased track is silly to me!

Can you remember any other lyric's?

The dimple is in the exact same spot on the vinyl in every case. The record plays great with no problem as the playing groove is fully there.

So it looks like some copies have the minor pressing glitch and some don't. I think one of the pressing disc stampers may of had a dimple in it. It does not effect play, so is ok.

Judging by the lack of replies, all other copies must have the same fault. Otherwise somebody would of liked to say there copy is faultless. Either that or no one can be bothered enough to go and have a look!

Those are way over the top prices, but we have come to expect that on these auctions. The people who bid on these auctions must live in an alternative universe!

Hi, I have a mint copy of this record apart from a small pimple/bump in the vinyl about half a minute into the song.The grooves go over it. It plays fine with no problem. I have noticed other copies with the same pimple at the same place in the vinyl. Have all copies got this pressing flaw or are some ok with no small pimple/ bump in the grooves?

Nice to see Jackie Beavers in these great charts, but if it got this far I wonder why is it so rare? It's such a pity it's so hard to get this fantastic double sider!

I read somewhere that the 1A and the 1C at the end of the deadwax stamp denote the different pressing plates (lacuers) used. So a batch would be run on one set of plates, then another batch run with the different plates. The end letter denoting which plates used. So both sets of numbers could be used on the original presses, then as you mention, they used one set of the plates again 5 years later to do the 2nd issues. I am pretty sure there are no demos of the 1972 reissues?

It only got this low price because of the missing centre. Great to play and enjoy but not very collectable to a high end buyer.

I first heard it in the mid 90''s. It was on lists for a high price as it's rare. It was played out, but I don't think many dj's had it. They are probably all in the Detroit section of various collections by now!

There were other records that were more plentyful, that have gone up in value as much or if not more. "Get It Off My Conscience" on Lovelite was available back in the day, but not common enough to go into soul packs. "My Conscience" was a lot more common but you couldn't get anything for them, even though like most of the Lovelites tunes, it is a good soul record. "Get It Off My Conscience" now goes for about £150+ for a Ex condition original, which is all right to me, as it is their best Northern Soul record, judging by dance floor reaction.