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I gather he's playing at Cornbury as well. Got the DVD a couple of months ago I think, but only got round to watching it last weekend - great story.

Notre Dame just off Leicester Square in London, used to run Friday nights, I think it was in 1982 or so. Really good venue in central London, great space. I remember Keb talking his way into getting records played and just blowing the rest of us away. Talking of Keb, Le Beat Route as well. Not sure how long any of these ran for. Big tracks I remember that may not have be his originally but came to me through him were Valentine Brothers and Jan Jones. And of course also the massive 60's Newies.

Good post Smudger; the other thread took over but thanks for posting this.

Yes got it. Main track 'Please forgive my heart' is worth it for that alone. I haven't got into the rest so much, but often that's the case for me.

Just watching Wilson Pickett (Land of 1000 dances) - love the scaffold built stage that looks like it's series of planks, doesn't seem to stop the show one bit.

Staple singers, Mavis Staples, what a voice. Just done 'When will we get paid', another track too and now following with Ike and Tina Turner 'Ooh pooh pa doo'.

Eddie Harris now, with Les McCann. Check out Eddie Harris 'Ten to Four' if you get the chance.

Bad signal all through, really ruined it. Hoping it records later. Meanwhile, seem to be getting the Soul to Soul Ghana film fine, and watching Voices of East Harlem on stage!

God knows what's going on, but all our BBC channels are cracking up and I can't get anything on BBC 4! Tried setting it to record the later showing at 1.55 in the hope it will work by then. Anyone else not receiving on BBC?

Yep, got this lined up to watch and record, don't miss the Stax story - Respect Yourself either; got that on a DVD with 2 CDs as a little box set anniversary of 50th for Stax a few years back.

OMG! Surely that stands for Otis and the MG's?

Just got back from couple of days in beautifuly sunny Wales and turned on telly to find this, fantastic! Only caught the end of the Norway revue film, Sam and Dave and then Otis. Ridiculously good. I've now set to record the other programmes and the repeat of this one.

Great record.

Like many, I reply that I'm into Soul, adding Northern Soul in particular, but as Tezza just mentioned, it tends to get followed by "such as who? Who's your favourite artist/group?" That's the hard bit, when you're excited by so many different great singers and groups. Most of the time I can't remember half the names even though I might jump up to dance on the first few seconds of hearing a track. I tend to plump for Bobby Womack but know it doesn't in any way really give a sense of the range of Soul I collect, listen and dance to.

There's stuff on this in the past threads somewhere, but I don't honestly know how to find a link to that. It's a 2 or 3 of years since I've been, but I've posted photos over time and a Brooklyn guy, Tim, commented in February, regarding A-1 Records being open: It still is as of Feb 4 '13, as are Academy's three stores. Here's Tim's link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/13873181@N06/ Academy Records Brooklyn store is in Wiilamsburg, well worth a shot, lots of cheap 7" and plenty of albums. Their other store at the top end of East Village over towards Avenue A is smaller but also worth dropping in on, and not far from A-1. I put them on a Google maps while ago, so a fair few of these have closed (sadly including Big City, good place for Soul): https://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?msid=203611530700193463245.000482b970fd77323e5a8&msa=0

In case you haven't seen the paper in the shops today, article on Bobby Womack featured on front cover of magazine with today's Independent on Sunday (21st April). https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/soul-survivor-how-bobby-womack-overcame-heart-failure-drug-addiction-and-even-apparent-alzheimers-8580638.html

Just heard about this play that's on at Trafalgar Studios in London (Whitehall). https://www.timeout.com/london/theatre/third-finger-left-hand Imogen Stubbs was being interviewed this morning on Saturday Live on Radio 4, talking about it. Looking it up online I think it started out at Edinburgh, and the run in London is just 4th until 27th April. Dermot Canavan is the writer, and it has been drawn from his own experience. Anybody been? The review sounds good, though I suspect the trigger for my interest, Northern Soul, will be a bit of a frustration if the title's anything to go by.

Interesting site here and this is their link to postings about people's record rooms: https://www.icrates.org/category/dj-rooms/

I'd have only gone for Frank Wilson, but there's more on here: https://www.howstuffworks.com/most-valuable-records.htm#page=10

Turned out that the Hank Williams was 'Basic' at £20, Sex Pistols 'Better' at £200 and Jimi Hendrix LP 'Best' at £500 based on being a mono copy and with inserts all in good condition. Chap says "one of the most valuable records ever made was 'God Save the Queen' by the Sex Pistols on A&M, adds "there have been instances of that record selling for over £12,000". I think we could all name one to top that.

Hank Williams EP, Jimi Hendrix LP, and demo on EMI of Anarchy in the UK by the Sex Pistols. Value range they've mentioned is £20 - £500. Not quite Gwen Owens really is it?

Apparently in Antiques Roadshow on BBC1 now they're going to do a bit about vinyl. They ask punters to guess "Good, better, best" to put items in order of value.

Mine is fairly clear at the moment, but at various times is the dumping ground for all of our clutter.