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Basically mint, but I've played it a couple of times so m-. £425 ono inc special delivery (UK only, sorry). EDIT SOLD

PMd you

The US white demos are definitely real, yep

Not booted though?

Was this ever reissued on US ABC? I can't imagine it was, but just checking. Ta.

I could walk out of my front door and find 1000 people in the next hour who have definitely overlooked these tunes and might like to hear them. Once upon a time I'd never heard Out On The Floor, Sweetest Feeling or Picture Me Gone*. Bloody loved them. Soon found out there was a fair bit more to hear. In short, I don't think it's aimed at us. But that's okay. *I wonder. If we'd never heard any of the above three before and Butch suddenly played them on acetate at the 100 Club, what would be the reaction? Pretty enthusiastic I suspect.

If anyone wants a VG+ Arabians demo which plays ex for £225 let me know...

That's a fair price Tez - slight catch is I can't find the bloody thing. I've got a lot of records, stored somewhat haphazardly, but it may be that I've already sold it... I've had a few copies over the years but thought I had one left. Sorry. I'll keep looking and let you know if I find it. Sorry for late reply btw - I've been abroad for a couple of days.

I've got an ex issue I'd let go Tez. PM me with an idea of what you want to pay if you still need one.

? I didn't 'make a big deal out of it', I just pointed out that I knew it wasn't a real record. You came back with more so I responded, that's all. I'm quite happy to leave it at that

I mean, depending on what level of semantics you want to descend to, *you* asked 'Isn't The Detroit Prophets etc etc', which presupposes the existence of 'The Detroit Prophets'. Anyway, sure, I suppose you're technically correct, but it was released on a 45 (so it did exist) and, as I say, I said it was fake. I know there was no such group, it was known at the time even by spotty Lambretta riders, and I didn't (and don't) think there was any need to amplify that obvious fact beyond what I said. Not sure that this is adding anything to the original point either way? Unless I'm missing something?

Yep, that's why I said it's fake

That's not really a different perspective, I don't think? All I was saying was a lot of the sounds I am still fond of - though have no desire to own, and wouldn't want to hear if I ever went out, which I don't! - resonate because of the time and place. Obviously I can't say whether I'd have been into Hey Little Way Out Girl when played by Searling - maybe, depending on how much gear I'd necked. But it never formed any real part of my youth (though I did actually buy the Grapevine release - I would argue that was because I didn't really know what soul was at that point). There's loads of records like it, of course. Fontella Bass. College disco heaven. Muriel Day. Under My Thumb by Wayne Gibson FFS! Even the 'Detroit Prophets' version of Suspicion - obviously an entirely fake record (though also not white), but I still love it because it instantly takes me back to Great Yarmouth in 1983ish, with my tongue down a teenage modette's throat, hoping I'll get her bra off. I should say that my story is obviously that of a second or maybe third generation soulie, I didn't start listening to northern till the early 80s. Within a year of that I was going to Stafford and the 100 Club, and my 'education' had begun, and I left all that old stuff behind like the terrible snob I was. But it's still there somewhere in my black little heart.

Maybe it's different for British soulies. We grew up listening to northern from older brothers or at youth clubs and school discos and then scooter rallies; often it wasn't that soulful (because youth clubs and school discos and scooter rallies didn't have DJs with amazing records), but the music often still has a place in our hearts. TMH wouldn't be in my serious top 5,000 northern records, but it reminds me of being thirteen or fourteen so it has something extra. Similar records from that time for me would be Like One (Jean Carter), You Are (Bobby Reed), Raining Teardrops (The Demures) - they're obviously not blue eyed and are objectively 'better' than TMH, but they have the sane emotional pull because they date to the same time for me (school discos, DJs playing off the early Kent albums). (I have all of those but not TMH, oddly.) Few mainland European sound fans have that experience to look back on I guess.

Takes all sorts. To be fair, I have a few guilty pleasures of my own. I'm an absolute sucker for Ten Miles High