Val (Chunky)

Make that 3 of us

I will be travelling past your place in a week or 2. Can I have a look at your stock?

I thought the Delfonics were the Four Gents in the 60's

It is a different take

If talking about all-nighters, I remember going to my first very well. It was St Ives in 1975, before that it was an all-dayer at Kettering Central Hall ......Any road up, gotta tell you it was a life changing experience, yeah! it was that good. (Good = f**king brilliant) Of course I was a 'div' or 'sap' I was wet behind the ears and had no clue about this strange underground world. You've got to remember that pubs even shut at 10:30 back then and here we were just out of school not even old enough to drink beer, going great distances to these strange places that started at midnight. Fu*ck me it was exciting. We would live just for the weekends and do anything just to get there. We loved it. Of course there were always dodgy people about (some even weird but that's another tale) as in all walks of life and you had to become savvy pretty quick unless you wanted to be ripped off one way or another. On the other hand let's not forget the friends met along the way who cared and looked after you, friends still with us, still 'soulin' still travelling to get their fix of this great music we call 'Soul'. Also let's remember quite a few friends lost along the way, some who in honesty were only in it for the social aspect and some who are no longer with us. You sort of hooked up with some people and tended to go most places with them, and the more you went the more you got to know more and more people and the more respect you got I guess. Anyway what struck me looking back was that nearly everyone back then was young. When I say young I mean maybe only 10 years difference between us. I even remember remarking on some looking old because he had a tash. I think it's a different situation now, where there are the 'true' soul lovers who if you like have stood the test of time and still go out of their way for their love of the music. I'm not too sure why there aren't more youngsters into it in this country, maybe it is the thought of being out with a load of 'old' people. After all it is a social thing as well. But if we're talking about the music it's far deeper than that. I think it's either something you 'get' or you don't and I don't think that age should be a factor. I've written all this and I'm not too sure why.....the mutterings of an old fu*cker who has maybe earned his stripes

I would love that, but it's well out of my spending league. Thanks for the pic....last time i saw a copy was at Southport weekender a long, long time ago!

looks like someone has a party to pay for

this is another brilliant version of 'One Night Affair' by the 'Ice Man'.......a pretty Lebanese copy to boot

Hi Adam, any chance of a scan?

what a great record....yet to have it's day!

I have a copy of 'All or Nothing' by Pattie Labelle somewhere if you need it Joan. I'll try and root it out when I get home.

cheers for that honey.........looks like I missed a blinder

thanks for posting that up..........very nice just listening to it now

it's a great choon and I'm surprised no one has bought it yet

very good.....but.......stop f**kin' about with that filter on the mixer

that ones gone now Kirsty

Yeah he does live in Rothwell and he seems to be getting about quite a bit these days....yeah it was at the recent Cleethorpes weekender that I saw him

Whatever happened to Graeme Ellis.....used to enjoy his spots back in the day. Saw Mick Godfrey at Cleethorpes and I swear he's still got the same specs on, but he looks like he now has his hair done at the same place as the Hair Bear Bunch

at least the writing on the label is Lou's