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Listened to the WIGAN TAPE with above record on it, Pat actualy announces it as Tony Middleton 'When I Was A Kid' surely must have been a c/up? certainly isnt the B Kennedy record - nuthin like! Anyone shed any more light? looks like pat needs to ask the audience!! Grant

I contacted Pat myself for you - he came back to me saying the following (pasted from my email):- Dear Grant I'll have to go on "who wants to be a millionaire" at this rate.....My starter for ten.....The record was Billy Kennedy on Silver Records. It was actually something that was released in the 70's that John Anderson found on a trip to Detroit around about 1978 though it is thought to have been a 60's track that was lying dormant in the vaults. Value-wise, around £50 I'd guess although you don't see it much. Hope that's of help Pat Well it aint the track I have on Wigan tape - so the one guest is after is probably the one i've got on tape as the tarck on www.soulclub.org. Mystery eh, i'll defo dig out the tape ! grant

Sorry Greg it was me - i had looged on earlier then logged out again when it came across me to post the w parker bit. Glad someone elso out there with a bit of taste.

REMEMBER THIS TRACK TOO, THINK I MIGHT HAVE IT ON AN OLD CRAPPY TAPE SOMEWHERE, RECORDED LATE 70'S AT CASINO IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME RIGHT. POSSIBLY WAS C/UP AT THE TIME BY PAT BRADY? IT WAS A GREAT SONG, JUST LISTENED TO THE LINK KOLLA LEFT FOR B KENNEDY & NO IT ISNT THAT, MORE UPTEMPO DANCER TYPICAL OF THAT TIME. I'LL TRY AND DIG IT OUT & P[OST UP WHO PAT SAYS IT BIS ON THE TAPE, MIGHT THEN JOG A FEW MEMORIES. OR AS PREVIOUSLY PHONE OR EMAIL PAT BRADY (DETAILS AVAILABLE ON HIS WEBSITE) AS HE IS USUALLY VERY HELPFUL WITH QUERIES LIKE THIS - PARTCULARLY IF HE HAS ONE FOR SALE!! HAPPY HUNTING GRANT P.S. COULD BE THE B-SIDE OF THAT ELUSIVE LEGENDS TRACK I AM AFTER (LOL)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

no way mate does it cost $67 postage for a 45 from the states, usually they charge about $5-$6 for shipping, max i have paid is priority air mail $10 - depends on which part of the states it is. some do try it on for the xtra few dollars but you cant complain at that, but $67?!! r u sure you have read it right and that it doesnt say $6 - $7 dollars. postage costing more than the record - bollocks. i'd tell him to shove it, but as the other posters say be careful with -ve feedback as there may be reprisals. get in touch with him mate and sort it out amicably (if that fails tell him to **** off!) grant p.s. it would be cheaper to fly gladys knight and her pips over to the uk to sing it live to you!

anna i have a copy but it isnt brilliant, but watchable, think sound goes now and again on it. u r welcome to borrow it grant

hi linda so u met Sandie Shaw before he was slung out (socks and all) i think there was a full moon on fri !! not usually like that though - c u there again hopefully atb grant

Oddly enough Mikey, I didnt get asked for Tainted Love on Friday, but i did get asked for Reet Petite. I am polite though in apologising that I didnt bring it with me!Still if the Tainted Loves keep the floor happy, then play them but problem is as i find with my spot (last hour! also known as 'the bars shut now so lets dance, go and ask for 9 times out of 10 hour!'(LOL),that once you play one of them you get swamped with requests for these type of tunes - they dont want to listen to anything else, then u get earache of the real soulies who obviously want to hear the 'other' stuff. Keep 'em happy Grant

KICKING OFF MY SPOT AT STOCKPORT GUILD HALL ON FRIDAY WITH CHUCK JACKSON 'ALL OVER THE WORLD 12", ONE OF THE PISSED UP MORONS CAME UP TO (SORRY STUMBLED UP TO) THE DECKS & ASKED IF I COULD PLAY SOME NORTHERN!! THE FUNNY THING IS, HALF AN HOUR LATER I WAS PLAYING A REQUEST 'INTERPLAY' DEREK AND RAY AND THE SAME PLONKER CAME UP TO THE DECKS TO SEE WHAT IT WAS AS HE HAD NEVER HEARD OF IT BEFORE!!! I GIVE UP!! THE LADS KNOWLEDGE OF 'NORTHERN' OVERWHELMED ME...WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? STILL ALL THE FUN OF DJING I SUPPOSE. BY THE WAY THE WAY THERE WASNT A SPACE TO BE HAD ON THE DANCEFLOOR WHEN THE CJ TRACK WAS ON!!

Any chance of putting the Legends track on CD or audio cassette for me as I only have it on a crappy sounding Wigan tape! Grant

Does anyone know if this is the same Chesterfields that recorded the excellent 'You Walked Away' on Phillips? Grant

Guest do you think legends track was on promco. i thought it was on pumpkin. tune and a half, a lot of people dont know what they have missed mate! dont know the Gerry Layton track or at least cant remember it. another couple of fine tunes spun by our mr rhodes were (incidently spinning them myself at the mo) :- ronnie davie - what does it matter to me (talmu) the willows - outside the city (mgm) grant (a member of the once famous A Rhodes fan club !!)

THATS RIGHT GENE, DON'T THINK THE INSTRUMENTAL (WHICH IMO IS THE BEST VERSION) WAS EVER BOOTED. I REMEMBER THE DOUBLE SIDE VOCAL FROM THE LATE 70'S.

yeah youre right Kolla, but all the same a lot are still from U.S. locations.

oops! done it again, didnt log in! grant

eureka! someone else has heard of it!! tell u what lend me your acetate for friday and i will send down a chauffer driven limo to pick it up. seriously how long have u had the acetate - since wigan? does it still sound as good? eeeh memories of when a dancer was a dancer, heh heh!! regards grant

doowopmick thanks for the praise for the cheadle hulme british legion do, everyone enjoyed the last one,great turn out, nxt one on 20 feb hope u can make it (see events guide on this site for details) come and say hello or see u at guild hall this friday ? i'm sure the deon jackson track is on a d jackson cd? best regards grant

s'pose if he did appear in front of me i wouldnt recognise him anyway, i could always ask 'who, who the **** are you, my sweet spooky..'!!

Spooky Kolla - youre giving me the heeby jeebies!!

Hey bozaboy, great comments mate, suppose same goes for quite a few 'biggies' at the moment e.g. The Futures 'Party Time Man', The Showmen 'The Wrong Girl' etc. - I swear I remember Pans People dancing to 'Party Time Man' on TOTP, ah no I'm getting mixed up with 'Disco Inferno'! No seriously though the amount of times a lot of these 45's are turning up makes you wonder how they still fetch a decent price. Remember the price of PS2 when it first came out folks, hang around a bit for your Ace Spectrums et al and u might pick up a bargain on these half decent tunes.

YEP! I HAVE POSTED THIS BEFORE BUT WITH MORE & MORE PEOPLE READING THIS SITE - WELL U NEVER KNOW. I AM STILL LOOKING FOR A 45 BY THE LEGENDS - 'DEEP INSIDE' ON PUMPKIN. WAS A CASINO SPIN IN LATE 70'S FOR ALAN RHODES. C'MON FOLKS DIG DEEP. GRANT

Cheers for the info Wayne, thought it was on Cadet but no idea of value, I'll look out for it mate. Grant

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Well said again greg. If posts were read properly we wouldnt be going down the lines of this 'fraud' b******s again (refer to the boring bootleg posts that went on and on!!). No-one has mentioned playing stuff from comp. cd's!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yep u r right tht is too easy ... but please think about the subject in hand, dont veer off at a tangent. PLEASE.