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Number stamped plus R I brought this back in 1978 for £5 major St Ives sounds back in 1976/77

RIP big man - you’re music will live on

Back at the Casino record bar area when I first started collecting around 75/76 - although I never knew SS his name along with a major record dealer got the blame for every new pressing , bootleg etc. A new sound would be played by a DJ and bang the following week pressings we’re getting knocked out at £5 a shot - and everyone would go effing SS again or the other guy - the feeling I always got was they weren't welcome, with people mumbling the usual - “if they come down here, there’ll get it”. Looking back I am sure they got the blame for some pressings and bootlegs - that had nothing to do with them - very convenient for other people to pass the blame

Just as a side note the image attached is the closest I could find - I can’t remember a score line in the pills they were solid - the specks on the picture were darker in real life and odd shapes - when walking around with the pills for a few minutes in ur pocket loose and with you’re sweaty hands in you’re pockets - yes it did turn you’re fingers blue

Paul Strychnine Blues - usually called blueys then you would ask were they Stychnine Blues - 50p each - buzz was the word but not great for dancing also if you sat down you kind of couldn’t be bothered to get up - but you were off ur head - I took 6 at Yate once not clever sat at a table all night blocked while people rushed around finding me sleeping tabs or babs to bring me down. they were only sold for about 6 - 8 months great for pub beer heads - Sulphate was in short supply - however when the next batch came through (usually the Welsh connection) thouse Strychnine Blues faded out - we still talk about them today and the thermos flask which was stashed with them buried in a garden somewhere big give away was white foam at the edge of ur mouth Eyes open like really open Approx year 77 - I use to knock them out to the local pub - Hells Angles loved them rumoured to contain rat poison

When people say “what is soul music ? What’s it all about” This sung by RF just about sums it Sung from the heart - 100% Soul - RIP

Great tune - RIP

Back in the 80ts I use to attend the KGB on numerous times - remember arriving at Sheffield station at night and trying to find the club pre Google which was daunting I remember internally sitting on the floor and couldn’t understand why the bloke on the other side kept looking at me , I looked away then looked at him again - it was then I discovered mirrors were on one side sent me paranoid as f&£@ They say never wish for what you want one night they had a 100% Motown night - trust me at 5 in the morning and listening to This old heart of mine for the 10th time ain’t no fun - then you had the long walk back to the station - one of life’s growing up experiences

notice Mike Morton - Which did “these things will keep me loving you” - which was covered up as the blue sharks / Soul Sam 76 ish - St Ives All-nighters

Really nice guy - early 80ts Tommy did a live session at the Fleet All-nighters - prior to introducing him on stage I went over and said Tommy where you from expecting Philly / Atlanta / Detroit but he said Barnsley - so I introduced Tommy Hunt as coming all the way from Barnsley Mr Soul himself Tommy Hunt he gave 100% great guy - RIP Tommy

Every day free on you tube plus 7,000 steps a day, cut out sugar , walk after main meal or split it down into 2 walks a day say 3,500 each - don’t pressure yourself and if you can 20 mins at the start of the day meditate -

I read an article years ago that back when groups were touring due to demand, if they advertised The Four Tops - it could be anyone (within reason) as it wasn’t the Org Four Tops

While going through the daily records for sale , I came across this track - thinking it maybe a different version of Mr Big Shot - deffo no - 1979 And by the sound of the record I would guess it was aimed at the without wanting of offend anyone same gender couples - and the clubs at the time - jump in if you know the back story

double life Massive fast track I first heard around 76 - true white soul that has stood the test of time - Thanks for the memories Jerry Wonder if he knew how big a hit he had on the NS scene back then

Mid 70ts at St Ives - deffo no diffent venue different time don’t care I wouldn’t be there - knock yourself out

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