Nice work. I have all four of these superlative CDs and you have ranked my vinyl purchases therefrom at 1,6,41,61& 62. Not sure what that says about our mutual tastes! Would have put Ruby Andrews higher myself, but hey, it's all top stuff.
Cheers
It was I who purchased these on ebay. I can confirm that the Gloria does have AZ scratched in the deadwax as described by hippo. Bit pissed off by disingenuous nature of vendor on that one but only have myself to blame as I just dived at it as the auction was closing in 20mins! The Soul Twins (£20) I watched for a while and chose to pass up a chance to bid instead on an original demo for 5 times the price so am not too fussed so long as the reproductive quality of the disc is undiminished (unlike the Gloria).
I recently whittled down the 1,000 or so Northern tracks I have acquired on cds over the years to a hitlist of 60 tracks and was just guilty of ticking them off. The 15 others I have acquired this month have mostly been sourced in the States from respectable dealers (who don't sell bootlegs and highlight any re-issues).
Thanks again for everyone's responses.
Cheers
BG