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Yeah just saw the other day that mark bicknell had'Dark Wings Has My Angel ' for sale other day on ebay staring bid £1500! I sold it as part of a collecyion (incl. Freddie Williams 'Gotta Live...; C O'Hara ' What ABout You'; Misty Moore, R Hamilton RCA Issue, The Victors, Jewels, June Jackson, and about 50 or 60 more gems for ...Wait for it for ........................................£300.!!!!!! I never seem to get any vivtoprs these days..mmmmmmmmmm...mmmmmmmmmmm Nurse!!

nicely put Grasshopper Donk!!

Agree with Brian Anna. Fanzines to me are an excellent source for info on records, old and new, artists profiles etc. However the benefit of the internet partculalry soul sites such as soul-source provide is that they do provide us with up-to-the-minute gig guides and reviews and of course not forgetting sound bytes. Plenty of room for both - best asking the promoters of the mags whether sales are up or down but even that would be difficult to interpret as being due to the advent of internet soul sites. Hope video helped you Grant

CHALKY MAYBE DONT GET AROUND AS MUCH AS I USED TO IN GOOD OLD DAYS, FAMILY ETC. BUT STILL QUITE UP ON RECENT - RECENTISH STUFF. ANYWAY IF I DIG OUT THAT TAPE WITH BUTCH TRACK CAN I SEND U A COPY OF IT - I'M SURE YOULL PROB KNOW THE TUNE. GRANT

HI CHALKY WASNT HAVIN A POP, BUT WE DO AGREE ON OVERPLAYED OLDIES! SEEMS TO HAVE TURNED INTO AN OLDIS VS NEWIES DEBATE. NO-ONE WILL EVER WIN THAT ONE. WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THE 2 INSTR. YOU HAVE POSTED HERE. ON THE SUBJECT OF BUTCH, I HAVE A CRAP TAPE RECORDING OF HIM PLAYING A SUPERB TRACK I THINK AT GT YARMOUTH W/ENDER CIRCA 1988. WHAT A TUNE, BUT DONT KNOW WHAT IT IS, NEVER HEARD IT SINCE, QUITE UPTEMPO, FEMALE - SOME OF THE LYRICS.... ...JUST LIKE THE WEATHER.... ... WE'LL BE FALLING IN LOVE...FALLING IN LOVE........ ENDS WITH 'FALLING IN LOVE' BEING REPEATED WITH THE ODD 'OOOOO' BY BACKING FEMALE SINGERS... I KNOW NOT MUCH TO GO ON , WILL HAVE TO DIG IT OUT , OH IT HAS A DRUM BREAK IN THE MIDDLE! GRANT ...

each to their own eh boys - by the way chalky didnt mean that ALL 'new' stuff was crap & scrapin the barrel - instrumentals were ceratinlyin the main good uptempo dance tracks, maybe i am referring back to my old acrobatice splits et al days !! it also does depend on venues/audience. Also Butch has been my fave dj for the last 16 yrs or so but it doesnt mean i have to like every new discovery he spins - or any one elses for that matter. went to a gig just before xmas, wont say which one cos unfair, and a dj (not mentioning his name either - poor sod) played an hour spot of very obscure (prob v rare) stuff to an empty dancefloor. some of the tunes were great, mostly midtempo detroity stuff, didnt catch any names as he didnt speak a word into the mike, dancefloor was empty for a full hour with people looking around at each other in amazement. dj didnt notice as he didnt even look up - had his nose stuck in his 'coveted' collection. Collector maybe - dj not! The guy running the event (and an oldies/newies dj) rescued the night by playing some good underplayed oldies. So yes I agree with you in some ways but this isnt Top of The BLEEDIN Pops - we dont need 'new releases every week, but we dont want to hear Frank Wilson, Moses Smith, Majestics evry week either but there are some brilliant very underplayed 'oldies' out there that would be first time listens to many people. Classic example is the one Ive posted on here a few times that many djs havent even heard before The Legends 'Deep Inside'. As for the Chaumonts - not heard it for years anywhere, maybe missing something about the scene up North (DOUBT IT). Sorry if this doesnt read right but just get a bit pissed off with some views from time to time. Only asked what has happened to good instrumentals these days. Grant P.S. Did hear an awful instr. of Take Away The Pain Stain' the other day.

hi peter yeah the ritz all dayers on a sunday after wigan eh. remember the hour or so of northern then the hour or so of levine and co playin mecca stuff, ground breaking stuff at the time bringing the two music style together! the plymouth grove event was called the Carousel - they did quite a few all-niters there if i remember right, nice venue, balcony etc. then they ballsed it up by partioning off the dancefloor into sections - anyone remember that!! also your neck of the woods (salford - where i work!) remember a dayer at the willows (we were either transferred from the carousel or belle vue in coaches, cant remember which or why!). think there was also an all dayer at the merry-go-round up your way. atb grant

JUST FOUND SOME BIG PRICE LISTS FROM CIRCA 1990 (EX-RICHARD DOMAR). WE ALL REMEMBER THE 70'S PRICES FOR DEAN COURTNEY MGM ETC. BUT THIS LIST IS AMAZING FOR A 90'S ONE. THE STUFF IN IT AWESOME - & YOU WOULDNT BELIEVE SOME OF THE PRICES !! E.G. LINDA LLOYD 'BREAKAWAY' DEMO £15 (I ACTUALLY BOUGHT THAT ONE THEN, STILL GOT IT); RAY AGEE 'I'M LOSING AGAIN' SOULTOWN?; G MIMMS 'LOOKING FOR YOU' £30; JADES 'I KNOW THE FEELING' PONCELLO £25; FLUFFY FALANA £50; ETC ETC ANYONE WHO REALLY WANTS TO SEE A COPY (& PISS THEMSELVES OFF) EMAIL ME WITH ADDRESS AND WILL POST ONTO TO YOU. p.s also quite a good reference guide for labels that 45's were on. GRANT.

JAMIE GO TO EBAY HOME PAGE AND TYPE IN DANNY WAGNER WHERE I THINK THE BOX SAYS 'ITEM YOU ARE LOOKING FOR' OR SIMILAR, WILL COME UP 6 DAYS 13 HOURS TO GO, 1 BID ON IT. GRANT

mikes right, seen it recently for sale in pic cover. "Whats New Pussycat" is the a-side.Credited to BB. Remember Richard Domar flogging this as 'awesome' for £40 on London I think way back in 1989/90 on his lists. Never heard oit either myself. Any good, cos it always comes up on e-bay for sale. Grant

anyone know if 'Baby What Has Happened' was booted?

didnt see all of No Angels last nite on the box but what i did see heard Kim Weston 'Take Me In Your Arms and a few other motowny stuff : Martha Reeves 'Heatwave', Dancing In tHE Street'.

hello again jamie cant see why ebay wont accept you - keep trying. Found some more info for you :- Marjorie Black - One More Hurt SUE 132 (seen for around £25-£30 - one on ebay now) Tommy Tate -What Gives You../If I Gave You My Heart SUNDANCE 5003 - for this one if you go to www.musicstack.com there is one on there for $18.50 from a UK seller. On the home page select artist and write in TOMMY TATE, where it says DISPLAY ALL, scroll down for 7" and click on 7" and search button. It will come up there. Seller accepts cash £/$/EUROS Any probs let me know. Grant

jamie dead easy to join ebay, just go onto home page and click on Register button, follow simple instructions. Once registered you can bid away! If you cant pay by credit card, most of them will accept cash - send registered mail or at least conceal well. never had any probs sending cash myself. there are now 2 copies for sale on ebay! 21 hours left on one and 6 days+ on another. Label is Imperial 66305. Certainly cant remember it ever being booted so will be originals. Like I said though cheaper option on LP (plus you get excellent bonus track of superb version of 'This Thing Called Love'!!) Cheers, Good Luck Grant

youre right darren, they are pretty bad.

they are all in it for the money mate!! no, some lists better than others unfair to say who is better than who, but if you look around regular lists like Raving Mad Records, Hip City Records etc. have some reasonably priced stuff from time to time, all depends on the usual mate - condition, demand, and not forgetting 'actual' rarity! Raving Mad and Hip City Records both have websites. By the way there is a danny wagner on ebay at the mo for sale think it ends thursday. Grant

PROBLEM IS CHALKY A LOT OF THE NEW STUFF ON THE DECKS SEEMS SOMEWHAT 'SCRAPING THE BARREL '. SORRY TO DISAGREE MATE BUT A LOT OF THOSE TUNES ARE THE SCENES BREAD AND BUTTER. STILL REMEMBERED FOR MANY YEARS TO COME. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU HEARD THE CHAUMONTS ON THE DECKS? TO A LOT OF PEOPLE ON OUR SCENE NOW IT WOULD PROBABLY BE A 'NEWIE'. OH AND DANCEABLE!! GRANT

ALWAYS PLENTY OF THESE GOING CHEAP ON EBAY MATE, KEEP LOOKING. - SORRY I SAID CHEAP - NOW ITS ON THE ADVERT THROW AN EXTRA £20/£30 ON THE PRICE!! LOOK WHAT HAPPENED TO LAURA GREENE & BOBBY GARRETT PRICES - NOT TO MENTION FRANK WILSON ON MOTOWN! GET IT QUICK!!!! WHOOPS ANOTHER £1 ON THE PRICE............

YEAH I AGREE WITH HIPPO, GOES FOR AROUND £100 ON LISTS BUT YOU MIGHT GET IT A BIT CHEAPER ON EBAY - SEEN IT GO FOR AROUND £65. I PICKED IT UP ON THE KINDRED SOUL LP ON EBAY FOR ONLY $9 FACTORY SEALED, WELL WORTH IT. GRANT

that rings a bell dave, thanks.

never been a huge Stax fan either but a few trax that to spring to mind that i have crtanly enjoyed over the years are :- WENDY RENE - BAR-B-Q JOHNNY TAYLOR - FRIDAY NIGHT ASTORS - TWILIGHT ZONE TEMPREES - AT LAST Grant

Whatever happened to good stompin' instrumentals on the scene ? Years ago djs were discovering them by the bucketloads (legit ones that is) - seem to have dried up nowadays give or take the odd one now and again. If no new ones comin along why aren't some of the class oldies spun these days - are instrumentals too fast, not hip? like to hear your views on this subject. heres just a few CRACKERS that have graced the scene over the last 25 years or so that I have been into the music..... Derek & Ray - Interplay / Dragnet 67 Frank Foster - Harlem Rumble Marketts - Stirring Up Some Soul Harley Hatcher - Soul Hustler Chaumonts - Now Youve Gone Sounds of Lane - Tracks To Your Mind Grant

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e-mail sent steve - thanks for digging this one up again. anyone got it on vinyl or emidisc? grant