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I find I remember the stuff I want to and bin the rest lol. Don’t think the age of the stuff comes into it i was mates with Simon Small, Gavin and Pablo and lived in Watford- still do. Lots of happy memories of The Unicorn, including the chips. Martin

Wow! THE Hairy Pete Myles. Top fella.

how's about: Fred Paris on Green Sea I can really satisfy - bouncy high pitched pop-soul tune and on the flip ...... I'll be hangin on - moody mid tempo belly acher hard to believe its the same fella imo. but i have to say that i love both sides. so its a win-win for me. and it's CHEAP !!!! martin.

i agree - it was a good film, quite poignant. although i dozed thru some of the early parts for some strange reason i was unable to get back to sleep after seeing Rob staring out of my TV screen and paid rapt attention to the rest of the film in case he snuck up on me again. did i mention how sexy i find michelle gomez? oh i did! martin..

Oddly enough i saw that film too. Was away in Spain for a week staying in a mate's villa, fell asleep with the telly on and woke up at 3am to a Northern tune playing away with our very own Mr Messer up on the screen doing his fancy footwork. Scottish film about some woman getting married and her and her bridesmaids personal stories - think it was called Wedding Belles and had the mad sexy bird (michelle gomez ) out of Green Wing in it. Was awake enough to notice that the record on the deck was NOT the tune playing . Dont forget that Rob "make me famous" Messer was also a postman in one of the Tango ad's. martin.

have to agree with the above as regard to colour - totally irrelevant when the sound they make is sooooooo good! ticks all of the right boxes for me - Otis is good but this is "haunting" like the man said and one of those tunes i'd never get rid of. i'd put the kids on ebay before my copy of this! martin

a week later and i haven't checked yet! will try and have a look tonight martin

Dirty Boy!!!!!! Excellent song though! Frank Giacobbe had one too - seem to remember him playing it down the phone to me. Niiiiiiiice. Martin

Just had another thought..... some time ago there was an internet radio show which featured the guys who ran the George Jackson soul nights - superb show! - and on there they played a song by Jo (Josh/Joshie) Armstead - called "You cut up the clothes...." or something very similar. i am currently offering up the position of "my very best friend" to any kind person who can either point me in the direction of a copy or at the least provide me with an mp3. fingers well and truly crossed on this one. BLESS YOU martin

i put this on a cd for a friend a while back and he loved it. which is nice. trouble is he wants a copy for himself and i said i would help him. any ideas out there? not exactly a regular NS stock item... yours in anticipation.. martin

pretty sure i have one of these lurking in a box somewhere one of those "forgot you even had it until someone mentions it" 45's - would've been something i picked up back in the 80's at a guess keep you posted! martin

Me too. Absolutely Fabulous as they say. Stand-out tracks for me are Margie Alexander and Betty Lavette both of which i picked up for around the £5.00 mark - gotta love these two. Incidentally i saw Ms Lavette sing this track when she did a little show over in Shepherds Bush last year. Goosebumps time !! martin

thought that looked familiar so took a look and.......... Yep ! i was a member too. No. 501 in fact. what number were you Simsy? even came across a couple of old flyers of theirs for do's in Peterborough, both the Fleet and The Wirrina. Dick Coombes (where is he now?) and Brian Rae feature on both. no patch to be found unfortunately although i do use a couple of my old RSG ones as coasters on my office desk - lol - well i'm not sewing the bloody things on a Tescos carrier bag ready for my next soul night. martin

Like this one too. Is it just me or does anyone else think this has a Motown-y feel to it, almost Heatwave-ish? martin

Errrr VERY good ? Have to say i am loving that one. martin

im afraid i havent heard too many versions myself - just Gladys, Chuck & Dynamics i think but Gladys is probably my favourite thus far. any chance of getting soundclips for the others? martin

Have emailed the mp3 as promised John. Drop me a line if you don't get it. martin

Hi John just dug this out of my box. can't seem to get the hang of uploading songs yet but i'd be happy to email it to you if you still need it drop me a line on martinharland@yahoo.com cheers martin

I'd just like to take this opportunity to confirm that it is in fact true - Rob Messer really does have no shame! It was inevitable that he would put in a guest appearance on this thread being as it covers his three favourite topics, namely: sexual innuendo the possibility of earning a bob or two for very little effort griping about the lack of bookings he gets ( he is in fact a very good dj who is greatly overlooked in the London area) i do have to point out that he can be a bit of an arse too. but we love him just the same. martin

Just out of curiosity, who is it that buys stuff like this? If it's on cd as Chalky says then the ability to play it at home for your own entertainment is covered right there surely - can't be many people with turntables and no cd player. So who does that leave? Record collectors - they aint gonna want a piece of crap bootleg like that. Dj's - surely not? Would anyone seriously play that in their set (the bootleg i mean- the song is fab!!)? So who is left? Don't get me wrong here, i am not sitting in judgement. I'd love the original vinyl myself but can't/won't pay large sums of money for records like that so i'm happy to blast it out of my itunes or cd player once in a while. I also like to give my creaky knees a workout to it when i hear it played out (Mick H and Ady Potts spring immediately to mind). So if anyone on here either has or would buy this i would be genuinely interested in their reasons martin

Precisely! I remember when this came on the telly while i was wandering aimlessly around the house (as you do!) and it just stopped me in my tracks. Can't claim to be a great fan of the man but this floored me. WOW ! Had me rushing off to the pc and onto "limewire" to get it into my itunes double quick. Another singer in a similar vein that's been growing steadily on me lately is Tim Hardin - especially "if i were a carpenter" - goosebumps! martin

this probably won't work but here goes.......................

I reckon you're just showing off Mr Potts My nomination in this category has to be "Ruby Jean - Roving girl - Monster Masters 1" - cracking song and a tip-top label! Unfortunately i have yet to suss out the uploading side of things but i'm sure someone else can help me out here! martin.

and a few from me................... (No no) I'm losing you - Aretha Franklin - Columbia £1.00 If you can want - The Miracles - Tamla £5.00 Just another fool/The right one - Dolly - Ivanhoe £8.00 (Both sides superb) Quality soul music at pocket money prices! martin

Me too! Luvverly 'aint it. To my great shame i don't think it's been out of the box for a number of years now. I shall rectify that this evening. martin