Suinoz

This is the story you have all been waiting for since the record sold in John Manships auction a few weeks ago. It all started about 6 years ago when i met a lady through my then used car business. We got talking about the soul nights i ran with my lovely wife Sue and collecting and playing records. She was intrigued at the fact we still played vinyl in this c.d and laptop age and told me how her sister used to work for a record distributor here in Fremantle that closed down in the mid 70's. Her sister was responsible for all the promo discs arriving in W.A. before deciding whether or not they were an appropriate to get released in Australia. Bearing in mind that Austalian music tastes in those day's revolved around the heavy metal type sounds, very few ' soul records ' got distributed in any geat quantities. Yes there are several soul records on ' Aussie labels ' but they tended to be the more mainstream stuff. The conversation got very interesting when she told me about all the thousands of records that went to second hand / op shops after the closure of the company ( op stands for oppurtunity here ), same as charity shops in the U.K. Salvation Army et al. A lot also went to landfill. I then started to scour every second hand and op shop in and around the Perth area in the hope i would find some of this old forgotten stock. Obviously after some 30 plus years i was continually met with ' sorry we don't have any of those small records, only l.p's. The 45's some of the shops had were just 70's and 80's chart stuff that people had found in garage / house clearouts. I kept going and alway's said to Sue ' you never know there might be a Frank Wilson somewhere '. We can only hope! It was about 3 months ago whilst in a ' country town ' here in Western Australia i visited a second hand shop. They had everything from furnture, brika brak, clothing to car parts. When i asked the guy in the shop if he had any records, his instant reply was ' what you mean them old juke box things ' ? Nobody wants them anymore. There are a load of boxes out the back that have sat there for years, you can have a look through if they are any good to you. Once i had clerared a space of old furniture i found a dozen or so boxes, each containing about 500 records, some in sleeves and loads without sleeves just squashed together. They had most probably sat there untouched for the last 30 odd years as the boxes were taped up. Sue and i got to work sorting through them box by box. ( Does this sound familiar to some of you ? ). First promo that came out was a mint copy of Dena Barnes on Inferno. Sue then found a promo of Lou Ragland, Judy Street on Strider and our pulses were by then RACING to say the least. Next box contained some Motown stuff and a few Reggae tunes plus some quite obscure U.S labels and a few Aussie and New Zealand soul records. All in near mint condition. I then picked out the Nolan Chance, pulled it out of it's sleeve and to my amazement saw it was in mint, unplayed condition. It was hard to contain the excitement ! Crikey this is a BUNKY and i know of only one other copy that possibly Richard Searling had ! We continued searching and eventually ended up with about 50 records, most mint and a few that were out of sleeves and needed a good clean. There were stacks of 60's and 70's stuff that we left that were just too scratched to worry about. I had a chat with the shop owner about how he got the records and he said he couldn't recall where he got them from, only that they had been in the back of his store since about 1980 and he had another few thousand stored in his garage at home. This was probably some of the stock that i was told about some 6 years before.Unfortunately i couldn't persuade him to allow me to go and have a look through them but left him my number incase he ever decide to dig them out.I have spoken to him since and it seemed like he really couldn't be arsed. ' there's no money in them anymore '. Blimey if only he knew. Anyway we struck up a deal for the 50 records we did find and came away happy to say the least. I knew how rare the Nolan Chance was and to find an unplayed copy is the stuff of fairytales. That as they say is ' THE STRANGE WORLD OF NORTHERN SOUL ' Tony T Bone. OZ.

SORTED THIS ONE NOW THANKS GUY'S.

Ady, The Nolan Chance on Bunky you refer to was defo not the one you had. I can confirm the one on J.M auction was an unplayed mint copy found here in Perth, W.A. and had never seen the light of day until he got his hands on it. Tony. OZ.

Re the new film ( when does it come out and whats it called? ). I doubt any of what you said will come true cos the film will more than likely get the normal slagging off that everything before it has. C'mon let's get positive for gawd sake. There's enough negativity around these day's without it spoiling our moment of truth. Just my opinion btw. for what it's worth.

Gotta say ' Thank whoever ' for the fact we ARE getting more and more younger people attending our nights here at the FLY in Fremantle, Western Australia. It's great to see as far as we are concerned, and yes we have had to explain to them about the N.S. etiquette of no drinks on the dancefloor. This has alway's been appreciated once we explain WHY. The thing is with the younger kids is they seem to know all the words to most of the Motown and reggae songs and you can see them singing along to them. No they don't dance our style YET but give them time.Not too sure about any of them becomong collectors / deejays but as long as they continue to turn up and then go and tell their mates just how good the music is, this should ensure the continuance of our scene here. They like the fact there isn't gonna be ' any trouble ' and the girls appreciate the fact it isn't the normal ' meat market ' and they ain't gonna get hit on every time they step onto the floor. Long may it continue cos without them we are surely doomed. T Bone.

Thanks for that. I have ordered that one. Tony.

Am looking for a nice copy of this truly mad instrumental on the vogue label if anyone can help please. Please p.m me with condition and price. Thanks in advance Tony. OZ.

HAVE SORTED THE CROW NOW THANKS. JUST WANTING THE KIKI DEE ALBUM.

SORRY IT SHOULD BE IN WANTS, COULD A MODERATOR PLEASE MOVE IT. THANKS A LOT. Tony.

Hi Guy's, am looking for the crow on right on and the kiki dee album. Both need to be in at least excellent condition please. P.M. me with condition and price shipped to Australia. Alternately i will be over for the Skeggy weekender in September so could collect them in person. Thanks in advance, Tony.

Am interested to know if this track is album only or if there is a 45 available. Am looking for it either way so anyone want to sell ?? Thanks in advance, Tony. OZ.

Just heard this guy on the radio here singing a track titled ' multiply '. Certainly got my attention with it's soulful content. Apparently he was born in Huntingdon U.K. just down the road from St. Ives. If you haven't heard him sing just tap it into you tube. Could be the next soul sensation to come out of old blighty and grace the decks with his tunes at modern soul events me finks. Pure class for 2011. Tony, OZ. (ex Peterborough, just up the road from Huntingdon )

thanks Steve, lets see what folks come up with regards one for sale. Tony. OZ.

Anyone give me the current going rate for an original of this please. I am after a nice copy if anyone has one for sale reading this thread. Thanks in advance, Tony. OZ.

NORTHERN, DISCO, FUNK WHATEVER !!!!!!!! THERE WERE SOME FANTASTIC LABEL DESIGNS BACK THEN. WORTH HANGING ONTO A COLLECTION JUST FOR THE LABELS ALONE.

GOT THIS ONE SORTED NOW THANKS.

ANYONE PLEASE ?????????? C'Mon guy's it's as cheap as chips ( just missed one on ebay 8 pounds ). Must be one in a sales box somewhere. Tony. OZ.

Would anyone have a copy of this instrumental, preferably ia at least EX condition on U.S.A. records. If you have one for sale, please p.m. me with condition and price to OZ. Many thanks in advance, Tony. OZ.

Hi Guy's, Hopefully some one will be able to help out with the following James Brown singles. Prefer all in at least ex condition ( if poss ) and on original labels. ie King, Polydor, People. Nice if they all come from one source to save postage. I know they are all on the bay and are not expensive but i prefer to buy from fellow S.S. members. Please p.m. WITH CONDITION AND PRICE TO oz. Thanks in advance, Tony. Papas got a brand new bag, Sex Machine, Get up offa that thing, Get on the good foot, Say it loud i'm black and i'm proud, Superbad, Give it up or turn it loose, Hot pants. ALL SORTED ON THESE NOW THANKS.

Without a shadow of doubt it would have to be Jesse Johnson, Left out, on old town. 1 minute 56 seconds of pure Northern Soul bliss. If that don't confirm what we are all about then I'll eat me at '.

Pete, not the most expensive record in the pile mate but certainly one of the hardest to find. Took me 3 years to get mine. You must remember i spun it at the Grosvenor Rooms last year, is that what's prompted you to want it ?? Sorry mate I won't be parting with mine. Tony T Bone. OZ.

Patience my friends, patience ! AWBRS.

Only bit of excitement in my otherwise boring day Pete. Just having a moment of pure speculation mate. Gets a few tongues wagging speshly in this part of the world !!

2079 POUNDS WITH OVER A DAY TO GO. WHO WILL WIN THIS ONE OFF MASTERPIECE AND WILL IT GRACE THE DECKS IN THE U.K. ???????????

Hey Tommo, we are probably all guilty of paying over the so called book price at times but it really doesn't matter as long as you are happy with the final price. Pees me right off when iv'e bought something only for someone to say ' Oh you could have got it a bit cheaper from so and so ". If i'm happy who gives a monkey's ? You know the old saying mate.." you can't take it with you ". Plus i'm not a tight wad. Anyway I thought you wre coming out to OZ. What happened there ? Tony.