mrs soul

well been married to a record collector for over 30 years, and I cant begin to tell you how many places I have trawled through, how many hours spent, time , money, its almost an obsession, but we all have to remember, that its OK saying my box is worth such and such amount of money, but really, will anybody ever get back their investment, ,we have sold a couple of collections in past years, to help pay the mortgage, but it was a hard slog, so I personally tend to go for stuff a big collector would not bother with, like the underplayed stuff, and I keep on saying it over and over again, there is a lot of it out there, if you look, some great tunes to be had, and cheap, at the other end of the spectrum, woody tends to go for the bigger stuff, but will not pay to big bucks,because we cant afford to, and does spend alot of time trawling the internet, and his contacts, and does find big tunes, but at a cheaper cost, anybody can have a big collection if they have the money, but I think it takes a bit more than that, it takes, a certain amount of good knowledge , integrity, and sheer hard work, to build up a really good, bang on set of tunes, and not always the current biggies, you always need to think ahead, what gonna be a great tune, next month, next year, and that takes skill,but at the same time, yes as guilty as anyone, for skinting ourselves out, to buy something fantastic, like I said, it becomes an obsession.are we all mad or what?

I dont think it is available, but there is diff versions of the said record by the volcano,s , pete smith is the man you want.

ceasers..lala i love you, thats a bargain folks...

I have that, I was going to sell it, but could not really make my mind up, its a great tune!!!there loads of underplayed stuff, I found loads, even some woody does not know, theres a wealth of tunes out there, as somebody said before, you have to look, and they really should be played, dee dee sharpe, standing in the need of love, dont get to hear it that often now, overshadowed by the other stuff, and its not that expensive, great lady great singer.

I think its crap, however, it will properly top the charts, did not listen to it all, I found it boring, sampling is always going to happen they will sample everything now, especially with all this tech we have,

cheers chalky, for a momment I thought I had put my foot init, and can I ask about the belg bloke, selling reproductions, that Ian mentioned, is it him that had the sparkels for sale yesterday?

cheers for that, yes, its always got to be about the music for me woody and loads of other people aswell, as regards to playing a few tunes, and I dont have many, it started, because, there was stuff I wanted HIM to buy, but he wanted other records, but I am digressing here,over the years on this scene, I have heard loads of peeps play some marvelous tunes, and cant always remember their names, unknown people, as well as well known big DJ,s, I suppose, most people, have to play to the dancefloor, lets not forget, its the paying punters that count, not the DJ,s ego, look at my records, they are shit rare, look what I have got scenario. I am sure some collectors, DJ,s would agree with me here that , and I know its difficult, because they have to get heard, thats its their reputation that would come first, molly is a good example of this, hes been collecting for what 25-30 years, got some bloody great stuff, but he is a gentleman at the same time, do you see where I am coming from, and of course Carl willingham , but it takes years to build up that kind of reputation, and not mentioning Carl, just because, maria has posted up, if fact, I hate the mod stuff he plays, .most people who know me know I dont bull shit, I just tell it how it is, here are some underrated DJ,s.. Martyn Bradley col kidson when I say underated, I mean you dont get to hear what they play very often. flippin heck, you really got me started, me fingers hurt

no you are not, we travel when poss, read above, you will see where I am coming from, heres a few more Kieth Williams Alex Jones jumping Joan john weston..both these people have the VENTURA'S, and would go where they DJ, just to hear it. Phil T asbo annie Richie Adams and Dave rimmer does a brilliant rare spot, but never gets the chance theres loads more dont get offended if I did not mention you. and yes some of the above are freinds, so what, and yes, I do not always go where these people dj.because i dont have the time to go everywhere

thats what I was trying to say, its the records I know they have, and I know they will play, yes I suppose I am following the music and not the dj, so,s to speak, its about having the guts to do it though, sometimes, it does not always pay for a person to play somewhat diff stuff.: not getting many bookings ect, but then the love of the music will overide this ,and at the end of the day, thats what we are doing this for, to hear some great music while we can.there are a lot of men and women with some fantastic records, who never get the chance to play them out for anyone, I feel that most venues tend to favour the mates syndrome, you book me, I book you ect, and then i think, mmm what about the music!!!OK, some ones going to shoot me down now, go for it.

same here from me, I was a witness. and it was one on one, my concern was that I hate to see fights, I dont know fat fish, but barring him is wrong.perhaps this will be an end to it now.

personally I will travel when I know that the DJ,s booked are going to play some great upfront soul, and not the same old overplayed tunes .however time and money factors also dictate where its possible to go, and there are places I would love to go, but never get the chance to.and maybe we tend to stick to the same venues because we know we will enjoy it there. some of my fav DJ,s are Dickie W.George hunt.Kieth money Kenny burrel. Des parker, woody, yeah, OK, its my old man, but I speak the truth, always err in favor of those brave men and women who have the for sight to play past the safe zone.and a good knowledge to play stuff that gonna be massive in time.

you have hit the nail right on the head des .

has any one got the four pros just another girl on CARLA who would like it to go to a good home, and not too expensive

CAN YOU REMEMBER THE CONVERSATION WE HAD SAT NITE, BUT THAT COULD BE THE START OF A NEW THREAD ENTIRELY......

HAVE TO AGREE WITH YOU, SMALLER CAN GIVE YOU A GREAT ATMOSPHERE , BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, ITS THE MUSIC THAT DOES IT FOR ME , NOT THE VENUE, IF THE VENUE IS SMART , THEN THATS A BONUS.

but is it the same seller as ernastine eady, and did it have surface noise aswell, its one of my fave records, although cant afford it, and just washed woodys shirt with his lotto in it.

the Imperial C,s is back for sale, although I thought it had been sold, sorry for poking my nose in, but my question is, is this the ebayer to be wary of?

dancing my heart away to some fantastic tune that send a shiver down my back, and meeting like minded people,going home after a great soul nite , and wishing I could do it all over again,and glad that I still love the soul after all these years, never thought that 30 years later that I would still be doing it now!!

START AGAIN, MY COMP WENT COMPLETELY WEIRD, YOU ARE QUITE RIGHT , SAME GROUP, DIFF LEAD SINGER, NICE CHOICE OR TUNES BY THE WAY, i LOVE SHAWN ROBINSON, MY DEAR HEART, BUT i ALSO LOVE THE IMPERIALS C,s , AND THEY ARE AS DIFFERENT AS CHALK AND CHEESE,BUT ARE GETTING OUT OF MY DEPTH HERE, ALTHOUGH i DO LIKE TO CHAT ABOUT RECORDS, THATS WHY I JOINED SOUL SOURCE, BUT I REMEMBER DANCING TO THE SURVIVORS, AND LOOKING ROUND THE ROOM, BUT ONLY SEEING MAYBE 1 0R2 OTHER PEOPLE DANCING THEY EITHER DONT LIKE IT OR DONT KNOW IT !!