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Like the idea of a cloth patch - I never used to sew mine on but they're nice in their own right.

Sorry to hear that Richard; here's a photo with it:

Cheers Fish (?) - I've now bookmarked that site. I don't know if it's all copies bought from any supplier, but mine came with a little sticker, as did the last release I bought from Kimberlite. I'll upload a photo in a mo. (I'm just Sean by the way, but when I joined the site it wouldn't let me just use that so I just added the O from my surname and that was ok).

I got this back from Jeff at the label the I asked the other day: "All international orders were shipped on July 8 to approximately arrive in time for the July 19 official release date. Canada Post is reliable, but not easy to precisely pin down. I'm surprised to hear that someone's already recieved their copy, but yours should be there by friday. Please let us know if it's not in your hands by end-of-day on Monday the 22nd because its officially late at that time."

Direct from Kimberlite; I couldn't see that it was available via a UK site.

I was getting worried after this post - mine finally arrived today! Talk of the Town is an excellent side.

I do agree that the Bowie start sounds very like the Chandlers; and good point re the Drifters intro being like a slow version of the same.

Picked it up earlier from the sorting office and very happy with this. Nice tribute to Dave Godin of course too.

Damn - I was out and now have to pick it up from the sorting office tomorrow!

I know the tune, I've got a record by Fred Hughes (Oo wee baby I love you), and I knew I had a record with the title "Don't let me down". I assumed it was this cracker by Fred Hughes, but I was mistaken, and as some of you will have guessed; it's the Sandra Richardson 45 on Inter-Soul Records: This video, and one posted by John Manship, show the red label copy. Mine was in a soul pack and is an orange label. The other side, "Stay here with me" is also very good.

Sounds like a strong record, I particularly like the b-side. As it happens, I've been searching Lee Fields as I'm partway through reading 'Long Slow Train' , the book about the soul music of Sharon Jones & the Dap-JKings by Donald Brackett. I thought people might like this screenshot from a comment on the YouTube posting for the excellent Lee Fields track, 'Just can't win': Just in case that doesn't load properly, the text is "In fact I don't trust people that don't listen to soul music."

Arrived today - great tracks. A-side (Got to get home) seems to have a tiny glitch or two towards the last third or so of the record - needle doesn't jump, can't see any imperfections, I think it's my ears playing tricks on me!

Thanks for this - got an issue on order now. Both sides sound really strong, though I can see why they chose to push 'Talk of the town' as the A-side. Quality.

Love it! I must have heard it in the day, but having picked up a copy of the song by The Temprees that version sank in and until now I had just allowed myself to think it was their song rather than a cover version. Sticking to the Danny Monday bit though (before this posting gets moved!) - I was lucky enough to get a copy in a soul pack years ago. Sadly, it's just a pressing. Always loved it, along with the tremendous B-side "Good taste of love".

Excellent! Really pleased to read this.

The emails lead to links to listen to the tracks, so for me it's a simple job of deciding if I like the record enough to buy it. Inevitably, if you like one there's a strong likelihood you'll find the rest appealing too. In my case, I've bought all except the 2nd disc - I liked it but not quite enough to buy it at the time, and by the look of things there's no going back on that decision now!

Can't stand Facebook but thankfully as you say, the message comes out via email which is how I heard about it.

I managed to get hold of it via Simply Soul - great record Nick and thanks for getting this out.

It was waiting for me here when I got home - many thanks for the message @Andybellwood .

I have to confess to having enjoyed Soulboy and then, when it came out, loved Northern Soul. Very much about nostalgia, and in both films there were loads of details and aspects of storyline that were radically different from my own experiences: None of my trips to Wigan were in an ice cream van (Soulboy obviously!), and I never did drugs, but I did love it. For me, Northern Soul did capture the essence of the time and venue, despite lots of aspects of the storyline that weren't my story. Still loving the music, and still buying the odd record here and there. Despite the growing realisation that I probably can't listen through to all of the singles, albums, 12" ers and CDs that I already have before I die, there's something about hearing new music that you like that is just irresistible!

Just had a message to try Simply Soul - gone ahead and seems ok, fingers crossed!

No luck myself - emailed Record Kicks and they told me to follow them on Bandcamp and I should hear this coming week. Puzzled, hopeful.

Sorry to hear this and thanks for the tunes posted above, poignant reminders of his music.

First drive-through record bar I've seen!

Same experience myself in one of the shops on Bleeker St (maybe the same one) back in 2002 - consistent if nothing else!