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I would like to mention a less mentioned but should be a revered classic sound---HALF A MAN--by Sams brother, LC COOKE. I do not have the wherewithall to post a clip but perhaps someone could on my behalf------------THANKS!

Hasnt it bombed?

I think you've nicked my shades

THAT'S A LIE! Well, ok, I'll concede the Janice Nicholls point but if I had copied your "work" I would have ended up with a wad of empty pages. You were never there; always wagging it looking for records.........to the extent that the School had the signature of the guy behind the counter of Ralphs Records in Stockport as your mother's on your sick/ excuse notes. What does that tell you readers of our Rodders?

Dont understand the lingo mate but for me the only Harlem Shuffle is the UK Sue release and yes, I do have the northernised Jay Boy 45 (crass) and the Traits Pye Int (white, although I dont mind white).

Just returned from the beaches of Dunkirk....... Amazed to see this "poll" has attracted 100 responses......and SOULBOY- THE MOVIE has not yet been released! Presumably no one including me has seen it then. I must therefore assume that marking is to be based on ones imaginations, just as it seems SOULBOY- THE MOVIE is based on the imaginations of the non-Wigan attending filmakers, although, in fairness they have taken direction from Russ "Mr Wigan Himself" Winstanley, so at least we can be assured that true soulboy credentials are properly in place. The marking----well I dont know. I'm inclined towards conservatism so I think I may go for a middle of the road "5". Or, taking a leaf out of Cathy McGowan's book "Oil give it foif" (5). ( Perhaps with a few more exciting reviews I might tip it to a "6").

Anybody?

Dave, if youve got something to say, lets hear it.

Steve, I'm really surprised by a fairminded guy like you exhalting this kind of behaviour. This MSS guy is surely mocking these poor lads. It's not their fault they dont know what they're talking about and good on them that they talk about it with such authority. I didnt fight at Agincourt but if I was a filmaker it wouldnt stop me making a film about it.....and who could say I was wrong if I decided to put the French army into 2CVs? As for poor maligned Russ and the Third Reich's propogandist----I dont get that one. Please explain it for me.

THE MOON Someone mentioned The Moon. For those of us from the Tameside area in the days before northern soul became Northern Soul, the area was a hotbed. There were lots of clubs. I remember The Bower in Stalybridge, The Crystal in Glossop, Hyde United and Redferns in Hyde, The Birdcage in Ashton. There were others but for me, the best was The Moon in Dukinfield. A converted picturehouse with seating "craters" formed from plaster covered chickenwire and a shiny metal clad dancefloor. This is where I cut my northern soul teeth. At one stage i believe it was open every night of the week. ( Actually maybe it closed one night, Monday or Tuesday). I was usually there all the time. It helped that I lived directly opposite! The resident dj was one Al Devine, a true soul devotee and aficionado who "broke" many sounds even before The Wheel. His 2nd in command was Al Ford who was also a committed soulster. There was a constant tussle between the djs and the management about the playlist. The management wanted "some pop" but Devine was resolute that nothing but soul and Motown should be played. Whilst we suffered the jingolobas, titanics, na na na nas, 3rd finger le...etc. we also learned the delights of The American Poets, Darrow Fletcher, Alexander Patton, etc. The Moon and those times went many years ago but me, I keep on going.

Charles Colbert later cut "What price for love" on Bennie Shaw on Excello. It is far superior to the Heatwaves and is, imo, in the premier league of midpaced northern releases. It is a superb record waiting to be "discovered" and is extremely rare.

Sublime..Beautiful..of another world. The music on this label is for me some of the finest soul music ever recorded with productions way ahead of their time and probably touched by the hand of The Almighty. There are so many but of the less obvious tracks try listening to Phil Terrell's "I'm just a young boy" or The Lovettes b side "I'm afraid" or....well I could go on and on. I remember not giving the label a lot of time in my younger years.Later Gilly of course used to bang on about it and credit to him but it was the cd series that did it for me. I had bought most of the Kent albums and cds. They were and still are in a different league from virtually everything else, put together with heart and love for the music. But Ady's finest moment must be his Carnival moment. These cds are for me the greatest compilation of any genre of music EVER imo. Cant say more than that .....but without Ady's dedication the world would be a less musical place. (OK Ady, thats the winners of the fancy dress sorted then)

How did you know it was me? I put 141 before my icon. Thats how I manage to connect with life.

How do you train your little chap to do that?

NO! He always tells me he's not got one.....so he cant have, can he? Why else would he say that? Sues got one but its no use phoning it; everytime I've tried she's not answered. Funny that. Obviously they dont realise its me.

OK but Bessie Banks' "inferior" original? You've surely got a case of typing dyslexia despite being the font which I readily acknowledge you are. How can Denny Laine have trumped Bessie? It's an almost note for note copy with a weaker vocal; is'nt it ??????????????

The b side "This Hammer" is also a cover. Old US folksong. Some would say the better side. Played in the orig Wheel era

Why'd you need to know Pete, get your coat nicked? Might let you know after pt 2-- VaVas but I'll give you a clue: my nose has never recovered after continually walking into those fucking glass partitions.

I've got a couple of sounds on DHC. It's a Jamaican label I believe

This is a great thread, can I join in? Pete Coulson-- never realised you went back to these days. Brent, just seen your old photo. No wonder it took me so long to recognise you again. The years can be cruel! Lets start off with Troggs. As I recall it was only on 2 or 3 times but I'm sure I would have been to them all. I remember Bob behind the decks--first time I ever met him. Brent mentions the cloakroom incident . This is when the coats got nicked. No one found out who'd done that but now I know. My wife (I didnt know her then; I properly met her a year or two later at Sale Blue rooms) had moved up to live in a flat in Nottingham and was there that night with some of the Notts lot. One of them did it but I better not say who in case of reprisals. OK I'll give a hint with his initials-PJ-- Steve Proudlove for one should know who it is. In those days my dad had a longwheelbase 12 seater Landrover which he sometimes let me borrow (that is when it was not in for for repair following a previous weekends loan).It was ideal for allnighters as you can no doubt imagine (but some may argue that I was not the most ideal Sunday driver!). Anyway I had it at Troggs one night and halfway through the night we (that was me and about 15 others) decided to go to the Torch. Actually maybe that was the plan all along. Anyway off we went but what we didnt know was that this was the infamous night of the police roadblocks, the night that the Cheltenham crew got busted as well as others.( Incidentally I used to know Dave O'Loughlin from Cheltenham quite well but I've never seen him since that night). We hit the roadblock as, it appeared, the cops were getting ready to pack up and go home. They made time for us though and had us all out being searched. I recall they had Alf Hock round the back with his trousers down. Now I dont know how many of you will be familiar with the upholstery in an old F reg Landrover but I can tell you that above the doors, at the sides there are some long spongey bits that you can get behind and there is some room there. IDEAL, let me tell you! Anyway the cops found nothing and despite moaning a bit about the vehicle being overloaded, they let us go!! However someone noticed one of their cars following us. Thence began a major crackup in the back. Me, driving remained as cool as a cucumber and when they pulled us up again closer to Tunstall they asked me if I was aware that the offside front wheel was "going round". I didnt twig at the time, neither did my passengers and the crackup continued until we safely arrived at our destination. I was quite proud of myself; one of my most successful driving experiences of the time. RICH

Not much tends to stir my brain cells these days but I have memories of anticipating the release of Chris Jackson on the "new" Soul City. That never happened. Then it was a brand new label, 444 with Sam Nesbitt the first scheduled release and wasnt there a female track also initially scheduled? Weeks, months went by with nothing appearing but the word was that the releases were "definite". I think the rumours also included Chris Jackson on 444. Alan Day spun Sam Nesbitt in the early days of the Up The Junction and I remember an announcement that it would be released "next week". Is Richard Searling here on Soul Source? He will have the same memories as me (possibly excepting being off his box at the Junction!)

Hey, never knew you were Dave's sis. Wonder if he remembers us too and please say a big hello to him. RICH & GILL (STAPLETON) HILLEL

A little known but great album---------------LIL BOB & THE LOLLIPOPS----------NOBODY BUT YOU -------------La Lousianne Anyone got it?

Havent lost her yet.....but theres still time.. Mine would probably be Hytones Bigger and better or (hopefully not) Hollidays I lost you.

Hi Jim, And what a silly name that was!