Barry

I thank you.

Is it not a cover of the Razzy Bailey Gareth?

This was covered by The Sound Of Shoom in 1990 :

Mickey Davey from Leigh, a mate of Wayne Hacketts' (M's regular) has someof the best (100's) of black and whites of The Casino that I have seen. If I remember his mate Paul, a keen amateur photographer with a good camera, took them over the course of one of the Anniversaries. I have a few of them, just crowd shots with me in them but there are some seriously quality shots of Vernon mid spin and varying dancing competition shots, some fantastic M's shots, off guard groups etc - they show a busy Wigan at it's height in all it's majesty. I've tried many times over the years to meet up with Mickey and get them catalogued but I've never managed to get me, him and the photo's in the same place. I got a call last week regarding Mickey, so I'll try and chase him and them up.

I'm of that persuasion too. Don't get me wrong it's a very nice track but it drops into that Luckey Jamal Davis - 'Vacate' category...it's just 'nice'. I wouldn't swap some of my (waaaay) cheaper tracks for it if I'm honest.

I know I'm the last to talk but it's getting a bit silly now chaps.

Keep it light mate, that's the way - I can feel a touch of the pack mentality coming on.

Does your cap and scarf itch just that bit too much?

Goo on lads!

Do like that.

Oooooh!

Obvious!

Well, I never knew she was deaf Jocko...is it any wonder?

That's the baby.

Gotcha son, cheers.

The copy I have is a dodgy PB scratched vinyl press - how do I tell an orig?

Ta Pikeys.

How much does an SOS issue bring these days? About £20/30 maybe?

Nice one fella.

What rough price for a UK Red Brunswick Demo please? Cheers

I grew up in the sixties and early seventies with ar' kid's cast off (UK) vinyl, Motown, London, Mojo, Immediate etc and although I loved 'em at the time, when I first discovered the overseas big holed, multi-colored (sic) beauties, I was sold. Of course I appreciate the look, durability and response of UK released soul, you can't ignore it, but after discovering the dodgy design, flamboyancy and colour of US labels the rather stiff looking UK labels never really did it for me. I think a lot of my tempered love of UK vinyl is in my head due my earliest memories of UK vinyl. Of it being scattered in sleeveless piles on the floor of our lobby, mixed in with dusty 78's, or forced 6 a time onto the spindle of our Dansette (that awful spinny-scratchy sound as you loaded/spun 'em on always stuck in my head), before it clattered onto the turntable and the 'needle' began it's panel pin progress. As objects they seemed unloved in my memories, utilitarian at best - but that was a sixties child at work I guess. Flip to my light fingered, two sleeved treatment of my first US acquisitions and coupled with the thought that the UK releases of US tracks had never been anywhere near their producers and it'll always be the US release for me.

Cheers Dave.

What would be sensible prices I could ask for the Brief Encounter releases, 'Human' on Sound Plus and 'Get A Good Feeling' on Capitol please? Cheers

Oh well. Cheers fella.