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G C Cameron-Topics. Great record. Not well known, just needs a push.

A couple I've been bigging up to whoever listens are: For the dancefloor: G C Cameron-Topics Oscar Toney Jr-My Girl Sam Dees-Gimme A Little Action Lo End-Today Free Movement-The Harder I Try For the Deep lounges: Paul Michell Trio-Now That I Know What Loneliness Is Doris Duke-Please Come Back Bobby Hebb-Woman In The Window Sam Dees-Married But Still In Love With You Tommy Tate-Gonna Take My Hearts Advice There's no such thing as an unknown record, it's how many people haven't heard it yet. I've been actively pushing records I love since 1995 at least, and I'm constantly surprised at what people don't know, or dismissed because it didn't fit in at that time.

Just seen this on eBay. Listed as a super rare original. Is it?

Galaxy note 10.1" silver/white tablet. Under 12 mths old. 16gb wi-fi version. Hardly used (I have too many gadgets) but love the pen for writing, drawing and pasting. In first class condition and complete in original box. great sound quality from twin speakers. Micro sd card slot for extra storage. £220 inc postage.

Pat and Mark are from Farnworth , Bolton (They'll get upset if you misspell their hometown).

I'm in the red top on the left hand side with a bit of a beard (Andrew Love) can't remember the rest although I think they were from Wolverhampton and Bromsgrove. This was taken a few days after the IRA bombing in the pub round the corner.

I used to ask the dj's at clubs I went to in St. Helens and further afield for records I liked and they played them. People danced and they started playing more of the same kind of mid tempo crossover tracks instead of wall to wall oldies. Crossover nights started springing up everywhere. Many DJ's were privately into the same kind of music but would play what the vocal majority wanted to hear-namely records they already knew-oldies. Because people like me wanted something different and would actually dance to their requests is normally all a dj needs to experiment more.

The Locarno mid to late 70's

As "just another collector who shouldn't be DJing" I only play when asked to, or if no-one else is playing stuff I want to hear, run my own events. I play records I really love and think others might as well. I've never spent more than £125 for a record and most of my records probably cost under £5 (although the prices are creeping up nowadays). I,m constantly amazed when playing some great soul track, the amout of people running up to the decks and asking what it is, mainly from guys who I'd expect to know virtually everything in my box. And it hits home if I sell something, and regret it years later, to find a huge jump in price on a £1 record from a market or a £5 import from beating rhythm because the big boys may have picked up on it. I think the moral of the story is, play what you love, in among the classics and don't rely on just the established playlists full of overplayed, expensive trophy items. That's what keeps the scene interesting and music driven. Steve G played "let me be a winner" an old Stafford track one Saturday at Yarmouth a few years back. I picked one up and played it out a couple of times and no one knew it and all loved it. If I go out I want to hear something different and new to me at least once or twice a night, or it's just another night out. One I pushed to anyone who would listen was Johnny Adams-you're a bad habit baby, and from absolutely no-one knowing it (apart from Colin Dilnot who pushed it to me ten years earlier) it seemed to be on everyone's playlist for a time. Years ago I shoved Rhonda Davis-can you remember down everyone's necks and that did well. Eventually.

The Mecca reunions have been quietly popping up annually over the past 4 years (number 4 this November) and I've enjoyed them all. Epic and the boys have been careful not to play the same tunes each time. Only Curtis plays the classics. This night happened after some of us remarked we never get to hear the bulk of what had originally been played, after a great spot from Steve at the Morecambe soul festival some years ago.

I have never been to a Wigan Casino anniversary. The first anniversary (1974)-my mate got food poisoning and I had to take him home. The second, my forged ticket didn't cut the mustard (no watermark). After that I decided anniversaries were not for me and avoided them all. And still do.

I have the 45. Either bought it from Andy Davies at Soul Essence mid 90's or Gary Smeltz at Pitches? £7. Also picked up Rance Allen-Reason and Spyder Turner-I've been waiting at the same time. All thought to be album only tracks.

No re issue on this one Mal. Just picked up the 7" from a French site for under £50 inc postage. They had another copy vg+ for the same price (try cd and lp.com). Bob Smith at Uptight records has the Brotherhood lp at £60. Most of the 45's seem to be offered for around £150. Hope this helps old bean

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Walking into a venue and the music and atmosphere washes over you like a tidal wave of emotion. Being on the the floor and feeling that you and the music are symbiotic. Being in your own little universe while dancing, eyes closed, face contorted with a pained expression while singing along, and not caring what others might think, because, if you open your eyes to take in your surroundings, everyone else is just the same. Realising there are some records you can hear time after time, if played a the right time:- Otis Smith-Let her go at 5am just as the sun is peeping through the skylight. Every word of the lyrics speaking volumes to you personally, every note and chord change sounding like the wisdom of the ages, and realising you've been dancing non stop for hours, legs and lungs are past pain and you're floating a few inches off the floor in rapture. A divine experience? Surely! And the last song of the night, whether it be 3 before 8, Charles Mann-it's all over or Young Holt Unlimited-California Montage-the awful inevitability that a chasm of 7 days is just about to enter your life before fulfilment can be achieved once more. And that's just the tip of the iceberg!

Please pm me re Theola Kilgore 45

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It's nice to have them together on a 45, and it qualifies for an original uk solid centre release too. What's not to like?

Just in time Sean. I was going to get a carver done for those tracks for myself. The best Go Ahead release by a country mile, and then some! Now how about Linda Jones-just cant live my life/my heart needs a break?

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Ooh, got this on a uk Tammi 45. Thought no one else liked this.

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