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Thanks, Robb. Is yours the yellow label or the gold one? Major said that Henry Himes had extra copies pressed down South - Henry hailed from down there and it sounds like he had a record store in somewhere like Memphis.

Great stuff!... many thanks, Yank Major talked about Henry Hines - The Devotions going on tour didn't end well. I imagine Henry put out these press releases, as the company was never based in Greenville. The bottom one will be included in the YouTube vid, which I hope to complete soon.

I'm now editing my interview with Major Reynolds, who founded Tri-Sound (as well as the Amazing and Major labels), and he said that the Devotions' 45 was pressed up in Detroit at a (then) new place on Davison, which must have been Archer. (He couldn't recall the name) Does anyone have a copy of the 45 with Archer's name-numbers in the deadwax?

Glad you enjoyed this one, Robb. I was going to ask you if you have ever seen/heard of that 'Teadrops' song that Ron mentioned.

My interview is now on YouTube...

Cheers, Robb - I'm now editing an interview with Ronald Davis, who wrote the song. It should be on YouTube soon.

Many thanks! I think the Correc-tone release came first.

I think these two titles are in fact the same recording. Has anyone got both to compare?

What was your best purchase, Matt?

I bought quite a few as Bob's prices were decent - he had a load of Juanita Williams on Golden World that were just a few dollars each - but I didn't buy anything rare. He used to put the rarer records aside for some UK dealers - I recall him having Larry Wright, but he was saving it for Shifty, who had given him his wants list. I actually sold him some 45s. He had a basic turntable, so you could play any records you didn't know. Bob was a nice guy.

I just came across this snap of me in Bob's place - it was probably taken in the late 1990s. I'm surprised Bob hasn't got a cigarette in his mouth - the place (on the north side of 8 Mile Road, AKA 102) reeked of smoke. He had some gems. Anyone else here ever go?

I have just put an interview on YouTube...

Many thanks, Nick - I did see 'Let's Do It' on YouTube (maybe that's yours). I may just include that in the audio.

Cheers, Tom. Do you also have the Thelma 45 by The Magnificent Seven? I wonder if it is the same two recordings.

Does anyone have an MP3 of the Northen label disc? I would like to include a piece of it in an interview that I'm now editing. Also, were these two recordings reissued on Thelma? (The Thelma 45 has a different title for the B-side) Thanks.

Get well wishes to you, David. Hopefully it's not too serious.

Hi, David - great to hear from you. Yes, the book idea just evaporated over time... moving so far away from Detroit didn't help, but as you say, the videos give listeners a chance to hear directly from the people involved, and the audio samples and colour images wouldn't be possible in a book. The other plus is that many people now use YouTube, so it does reach a decent audience, some of whom may find the videos just by chance. It's actually me who compiles these slide shows - I just use Debbie's account - and it's been an interesting learning curve getting to know how the (free VSDC) software works. It takes about 40 to 60 hours to make each one, as the interviews have to be seriously edited first so that they follow some kind of chronological order. It's a shame some have poor audio quality - a few are basically non-starters for others to listen to - but I managed to use a bit of Johnnie Mae's. Unfortuntely a lot of my original one with her has her son (Chuck) continually interjecting.

Glad you enjoy that - it took some time to get it syncronised right using the video editing software. I guess you heard Rudy mention hitting a pop bottle - I wonder who it is doing that on the Dee Edward's' tune.

I've put another video on YouTube that includes a variety of interviews, inc' ones with Gracie - Mike's wife, Johnnie Mae Matthews, Dee Edwards, Hindall Butts and others...

Great stuff, Dave Did Willie mention Joe Terrell and the incident with Mike Terry?