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The Price of Love - little sherman & the mod swingers - abc 13679 refosoul

I got a copy of this from Tim Brown in the mid-nineties. I have to say the "Promise" side is far superior. Used to hammer it at George Jackson! in London a few years back. "I'm Onto You Girl" is OK, but nothing special. And sorry - my copy is not for sale!

Fey sensitive singer/songwriter in the mould of James Blunt and all the other bedwetters. NOT a soul artist.

The USB audio interface is nothing new - I bought one for my Mac about four years ago (Griffin's iMic) The bundled Audacity software is basic, but is easy to use and does the job. This one seems well built and has a decent spec and at least saves people from the folly of buying a USB turntable.

Yep, You're absolutely right. Still a waste of vinyl, though!

Be careful rbman - I was roundly lambasted by certain members last year for suggesting a topic about CHRISTINA bloody AGUILERA be moved there for the same reason... Re. TTD. Anyone who calls his album "The Gospel According to..." had better be very special. He wasn't.

Hurt So Bad is, IMHO one of the best songs ever written and has been covered by many artists. My personal favourite is by Little Anthony & the Imperials. Of the myriad versions of this song, The Delfonics, Baby Washington, The Philly Devotions, Willie Bobo and Grant Green's versions are all interesting as they add something different to the mix. Ramsey Lewis's version is good too. I'm afraid I'm not a big fan of the Susan Rafey or the Linda Ronstadt versions. Even David Cassidy's rendition is better. Of course, this is a completely subjective view.

For Your Precious Love - james brown - augusta sound 12947 refosoul testing times - improved features inc new uploader - post in site q's forum if probs... thanks Not the rarest, or the most 'Northern' JB track - just a poignant and beautiful (IMHO) reminder of a unique talent. In an age where we gush and talk bollocks and pay ridiculous amounts of money over very average (but rare) 'Soul' records, please take a moment to listen to a JB track recorded at a time when he wasn't considered fashionable or relevant, yet he still gave it his all. Thanks, Mr Brown.

Mentioned in post 19 in this thread. Only Flamingo club, by the way not Pink Flamingo. There's an interesting article about it here

Was the Twisted Wheel's music policy purely Soul? I was always led to believe it played a mixture of Black American / West Indian musical styles. If this is the case, so did the Flamingo in Wardour Street, London from early 1962 onwards. Very popular with American Servicemen and Modernists. Even this pales into insignificance when you consider that my Father-in-law went to Jazz Allnighters in Soho from the mid-fifties onwards.

Most expensive British-pressed Northern Soul record? I'm surprised the Four Vandals hasn't been mentioned. Didn't some poor unsuspecting "scene luminaries" pay four figures for it?

How come they've been paying the amount of money they have for a German Pop Record?

I'll Be Gone - tommy turner - elbam!

Tell Him - patti drew - capitol

The Right To Cry - lenny welch - kapp

Around 1983 I went to a lunchtime jumble sale at my college. I came across a box that was full of nothing but very decent condition (mostly mint unplayed) British Demos. Not all soul by any means (Des O'Connor, Mrs Mills etc.) but some very nice Oriole records (Stevie Wonder - Fingertips Pt 2, Contours - Do You Love Me) and a completely mint Showmen - Country Fool on a beautiful London American Recordings yellow demo. All 10p each. I get the feeling there was more UK goodies, but I was a callow youth who didn't know much about the ways of rare soul and only had about a quid on me at the time. Hardly earth-shattering, but a nice little find all the same.

For Sale: 500 American 7 inch records. Bought in the misguided belief they would be the next big thing on the Northern Soul Scene Apply: Any bugger on this board.

Court of Love - the unifics - kapp 12082 refosoul Interesting thoughts Mikey. One man's meat another man's poison as they say. I think this is a fine piece of group harmony soul.

Peace of Mind - the magnificent men - capitol A lovely slice of blue-eyed soul

Tables Turned - the unifics - kapp 12072 refosoul

It Won't Work Out Baby - the lost souls - glasco

Under The Street Lamp - the exits - gemini

Without wishing to sound like an apologist for the American Recording Industry circa 1960-69 I would imagine the record company in this instance was acting within the law and had the perfect right to release any material recorded at their (usually considerable) expense. That's why artists sign a contract with the record company. It occurs to me that artists aren't usually the best judge of right and wrong with regard to their old recordings. As has been pointed out previously, any monies owed on record sales (if any) have been usually fully paid up long ago. Publishing/Performing/Mechanicals is obviously a very different kettle of fish. Just because us daft gits over here still religiously play and collect these mostly unsuccessful curios from a different age it doesn't necessarily follow that there's a pot of gold waiting at the end of the rainbow for the poor artist no matter how much we wish there were.

Look at post #41 in this topic and be surprised no more...

Since it hasn't been mentioned The Drifter - Ray Pollard. The whole premise of the song - a man unable to cope with the death of his true love and his subsequent descent into homelessness is as gut wrenching as it gets. Any song with the lines: "I wasn't always down once I had a love by my side a love so strong that money couldn't buy but heaven called and took her away out of my arms and left me to wander" has to take the prize for gut wrenching lyrics.