Mark R

I have DJ'd with these under the decks......you would be able to get these from Juno etc I'm sure. The alternative which is free, is to use two of the heavier type of breeze blocks under each turntable.............just something massive (as in weight, not size) that the vibrations can't excite....... Cheers, Mark R

Happy New Year Ivor, great to see you again mate...............and yes, same mantra here too re CDR/originals Cheers, Mark

Agreed, when I did "Soulful" in Bournemouth for Jason Desmond many years ago, he was the the first promoter I'd seen bring his own stylii to a gig (it was in house equipment at the club) and I was really impressed that he seemed to care so much. To be brutally honest, in this particular respect some people should not be promoting events where rare/antique records are involved. Not doing it correctly is completely disrespectful......and in fact unacceptable when they are trousering £££'s!! It's also an irony that a scene where the records are so exspensive to buy pays amongst the lowest DJ wages out there. I can understand people doing it as they love it and would buy the tunes come-what-may (wouldn't they??), but not when it's ruining your vinyl surely......... Cheers, Mark R

Styrene less flexible feelin, flat edge to the record rather than tapered like a knife-edge...............label application can be a give away too........ Oh........and they are prone to stylus damage! Cheers, Mark R

The problem for me is......habit. As a guy who predominantly uses 12's/LP'S when DJ'ing with vinyl, I'm in the habit of back cueing. Difficult to remember to put yourself in a different mode when suddenly spinning 45's in a club. So I reckon I've probably got the odd styrene 45 that's intro has degraded very slightly but nothing too rare/irreplaceable (Melba Moore "Standing Right Here" springs to mind) and I am by nature pretty careful with my records so should never be a major problem for me. To be honest, I've got my rarer/45's recorded to CDR and play them from that media where possible (where I'm not gonna get lynched by the Soul Police). I know this is a complete no-no on the scene here, but for when/where I play them occasionally it's no biggie. And it's much more important to me that I look after my crown jewels than it is to have to prove to everyone that I've got them..... Cheers, Mark R

Correct! And it's so easy to set up....I've done it on the fly at gigs.....no problem. Cheers, Mark R

The manufacturer will have a setting figure for the stylus and you hold use that. Cheers, Mark R

A truly nice man......a gentleman. Very sad news indeed. RIP PT. Mark

It's all chat, no music, but I find this kind of thing fascinating........pieces of history, bearing in mind that 2 of the 3 are dead now, and died quite some time ago at that! Enjoy! Cheers, Mark R

Important stuff this.....so great that this kind of thing has been captured and preserved...... Cheers, Mark R

Just played side 1.......how good?!! Cheers, Mark R

Oh, he looks too cool for school too then does he?! Cheers, Mark R

LP on reserve at Simply Soul! Cheers, Mark R

Thank you man, that means a lot. We are trying to build that room into something special and so this makes me feel like we're on the right track. Thanks a lot! ;-) Cheers, Mark R

Amy Keys ace!

Stylart Records Chris.....part of Timmion. Cheers, Mark R

I thought the Playlists section had disappeared, can never find it!! Anyways......... After another great night on Saturday, and as we build the Modern Room at the King Power stadium into one of the Midlands "must do" sessions, I thought I'd give you a flavour of what to expect coming out of the speakers down there. Some of my tunes from Saturday night then.........next session Saturday 21st January 2017..... 9:15pm – 10:30pm Dave Hollister - Geometry Robert Glasper Experiment - Day To Day Princess Freesia feat. Terry Lewis - Workin' Out Fine The R&R Soul Orchestra - Call On Me Eddie Levert - Say It Ain't So Claudja Barry - Give It Up (Domu Edit) BLT - Tighten It Up (Disco Bits Edit) Jackie Moore - This Time Baby (Mike Maurro Edit) John Davis & The Monster Orchestra - Bourgie, Bourgie (Louie Vega Mix) Hardsoul feat. Ron Carroll - Back Together (Classic Main Mix) Frankie Knuckles pres. Director's Cut starring Inaya Day - Let's Stay Home (A Director's Cut Classic Club Mix) Ron Hall & The Muthafunkaz feat Marc Evans - The Way You Love Me (Original) MFSB/Aretha - Love Is The Respect (DJ Spen Remix) Matt Bianco - Half A Minute (JM Edit) 12:45am – 2:00am Omar feat. Angie Stone - Be Thankful (Shrine Vocal Mix) Mr. Brian Power feat. Lloyd Wade - I Really Don't Need No Light (DJ Spen & Gary Hudgins Vocal) Ruben Studdard - Can't Nobody Love You (DJ Spen & Gary Hudgins Extended Club Mix) Lisa Millet & Bob Howard - Be Free (Soul Vibes Mix) Jon Cutler feat. E-Man - It's Yours (Original Distant Music Mix) Jay-J feat. Big Brooklyn Red - Decide (Ethan White's Easytracks Mix) Marine Inniss - Standing Strong (Without You) (Main Vocal Mix) DJ Spen pres. Fuminori Kagajo & Tracy Hamlin - Can't Stop This Feeling (Earl TuTu & John Khan Remix) Jasper Street Company - Reach (Kenny Carpenter Remix) The Djoon Experience feat. Kenny Bobien - Baptize Me (Terence Parker Gospel Stomp Remix) DJ Spen pres. Giulio Bonaccio feat. Aaron K. Gray - Funky Praise (Kenny Carpenter Got 2B Funky Mix) Butter BPM - Saved My Day (Reelsoul Vocal Mix) Joi Cardwell feat. GTO - Turn On The Music Louie Vega starring Anane Vega - Heaven Knows (Vega Yoshisawa Unreleased Mix) Josh Milan - I Will Wait (Honeycomb Vocal Mix) Fuminori Kagajo & Sheree Hicks - No Place Like Home (Wipe The Needle Remix) Cheers, Mark R

I love the Robert Glasper album despite the vocoder being prevalent. Just in on vinyl too after first surfacing on CD! Cheers, Mark R

How good's the Lady Wray Bri? :-) Cheers, Mark R

Lee Fields this week too! :-) Cheers, Mark R

Having bought and very much enjoyed the 45 a couple of months back, I revisited this last night by way of the LP and was reminded just what a tune it is. Totally fabulous. Cheers, Mark R

I did buy 4 cuts off this, with he first ("Contradiction") and last ("Dangerous") tracks off the set sounding particularly good! Kim Tibbs "Soul" sonded ace at Soul Underground on Saturday night......even getting two spins thanks to Goldsmith & Curtis! Cheers, Mark R

Was looking at it as part of my 50th celebrations buy just tooooo expensive so we are doing Thriller instead!! Cheers, Mark R

Having reserved a CD via Simply Soul, I looked at the differences CD to the d/l at Traxsource and found I'd got most of those extra tracks via Traxsource or artist CD's, but as you say they're free anyway via Amazon. New Kenya Expansion 8 tracker looks good but again anyone that keeps up with the new stuff probably already has most of it. I bought the MdCL cut off there for now. In fact, I get sick of spending time compararing download comp's to prevent buying what I've already got! Just got Gene Rice and After 7 CD's but not had chance to listen yet.....both sounded real good from the soundclips! Cheers, Mark R

I remember distinctly GH playing Sydney Hall "The Weekend" on one of those Radio Derby shows!! Cheers, Mark R