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I have a cut of the A. Matthews on Acetate and thought she had done it several years ago when Andy Rix / Rob Thomas went round to her house so I am wrong in thinkin that its not Audrey but Sharon Mc ???? God next I,ll find out its Mrs Thomas mastered at Levines cut by Bexter label drawn by Morph distributed by Adey given out free in the 100 Club bogs one christmas do

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Tell u what I heard worse than that played at Wigan Casino Joe 90 Haw 5-0 Soussan inst,s Lenny Gamble ect ect ect ect ect ect ect ect !!!!

I have the Losing Control 45 think mine was the second copy after Tim Browns I also have another 45 on Pace called Ask any Girl / Do the Jerk Ask a G is the Jobette Holland. D. H. song same as D Ross , Do the Jerk is a brill dancer same backin as M. Lance Monkey Time... Ian C

I know someone who paid £1500 for a copy last year !!!!

================================================= Hi Ted just over 300 must be crackers was one at Lowton last month 150 seen around 10 copies this last year and not one more than 175 and that was a demo vg ++

=================================================== Was played by myself at The Sounds of Soul do,s at Leigh Legion & Earlstown Irish Club 88--92 IAN C

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Anyone willing to trade or sell .. CHARLES ANTHONY--I CAN DIG IT --FILMTOWN & D.C MAGNATONES--DOES SHE LOVE ME--D.C MAGNATONE REGARDS Ian Cunliffe icnw42399@blueyonder.co.uk

When I was a kid I lived back to back with Clive Powell ( Georgie Fame ) for you silver spooners from down south back to back means Clive lived in Cotton St and we lived in Corn St Leigh Lancs, Cotton St was a Street like Corn St, of Terrace houses with outside bogs Clives back gate was opp ours his mam Sally was my Grandmas Sara,s mate.In the mid 70,s I lived round the corner from Pete Shelley of the Buzzcocks his owd lady worked with Joan my missus. Anyone else lived near famous celebs ? Ian C

================================================ AHHHHH The old Tommy Steele C/UP

True when Jackie appeared at Wigan he was,nt well, I met Jackie when he was at The Carlton Club in Warrington around 71 ?i think, he was a true gent and spent time talking to me even bought me a drink when i offered him one Without a shadow of a doubt Jackie Wilson was one of the greatest vocalist and performers of all time his 60,s recordings have stood the test of time and his voice still sends shivers down my spine every time I hear him sing , when Jackie passed away the world became a sadder place ! Jackie Wilson was along with Sam Cooke and Otis Redding icons of Black America and in my opinion responsible for many more Kids takin up singing hoping to become the next J.W S.C O.R........................................ We should be thankful that at least we saw Jackie in the flesh willing to sing his heart & soul out to us kids here in the U.K even tho when he appeared at Wigan he was,nt well but still went on stage to try his best !!!!!!!!!!!! THANKS JACKIE !

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============================================ They where givin them out free instead of the curry at the Greystone last Sat neet

Got a few 70,s / 80,s last week oldies on the crossover scene but played quite a few times since then up in the loft.... ALEX BROWN--I,M NOT RESPONSIBLE-SUNDI PHILIP JAMES--KEEP ON LOVING--LONGWOOD ALMETA LATTIMORE--THESE MEMORIES-MAINSTREAM JESSE FISHER--HONEY--SOJAMM PATTERSON TWINS--I NEED YOUR LOVE--MALACO PATTERSON TWINS--GONNA FIND A TRUE LOVE--COMMERCIAL MEL WILLIAMS--SWEET GIRL OF MINE--BUDDAH ( My favourite !!! ) Ian C

========================================= If you bought a Paul Donnelly at Peterboro market it would on cost u around £9.99 if you pay £30 you,ve been ripped off Just Jokin Pauls a great DJ and a top bloke with a great taste in music !!!

When someone ask,s me to DJ I take into account the distance I have to travel and the numbers of Soulies expected at a venue, if its for charity or a good cause I dont charge anything and stand the cost myself same if the promoters are losing out money wise I charge nothin. From a personal point of view I have never classed myself as a DJ just someone who has a few 100 good 45,s and knows how to get soulies dancin I usually just play to keep soulies dancin with a mixture of 60,s 70,s 80,s rare soul Some promoters expect you to dj for nothin thinking they are doing you a favour !!!! which pisses me off big style !! the 45,s in my dj box cost £££££,s over the years when dj,ing on some really shite equipement i,ve knackered expensive 45,s up due to shagged stylus,s ect also couple of years ago someone helped themselves to around a dozen 45,s out of my box when my back was turned queing up a sound, stuff like the Ringleaders, Shawn Robinson, Mighty lovers ect ect not major items but still added up come to a couple grand what I,m gettin at when things like this happen you have no comeback you have to take the loss ! Trouble these days in my opinion there are far to many dj,s some great others absolute shite who have no idea whatsoever what dj,in is about, which is to entertain the payin customer by playin sounds to keep the dancefloor movin and also to keep the non-dancers happy ! To be at the top of the tree you have to have years of knowledge of sounds played over the years and have a great ear for undiscovered or semi known recordings to keep the northern scene moving forward some of the so called major guy,s do nothing for me just play the same rare 45,s has each other frightened to death of playing anything different others like Butch, Soul Sam, Arthur Fenn, Andy Dyson ect ect ect are always a breath of fresh air and always have me sayin wow what was that it was brilliant these people deserve to be paid in my opinion that little extra ! I always like listening to some of the lesser known DJ,s like Andy Hutchins and Stewart Bennet, Dickie Watt, Dave Box ect who have awesome collections of rare soul, quite a few of the female DJ,s are awesome and deserve spots at major nites but never seem to get the chance !. Its one hell of a job promoting a major soul nite or one of the major weekenders and these guy,s deserve great credit for giving up so much of their time to make a successful nite for us lot on the Soul Scene also great credit to Soulies who run smaller venues to keep the scene alive BLIMEY ! how did I go off on one when all I wanted to say was I charge a min £30 up to £150 if I have to travel to the other end of the country and stay over ! or just get me pissed and because I,m such a good natured old soul ,i,ll DJ for nowt !! Ian Cunliffe

Someones asked who is on my aviater left to right Ian Cunliffe, Dickie Watt, Ivan Ward, Danny Spiers , the photo was taken last year in George Rouse,s record house ( yip the rich sods got a record house in the courtyard of his farm in Burg on Sands nr Carlisle ) Every Xmas he invites all the Northern Dingles and Carlisle interbreds to a party !

================================================ Too late went first thing this morning, pretty hard 45 to find and a bargain @ £40 cant believe I only had one person mail me for it, had my own copy for years

=============================================== ABDUCTEES more likely them little grey men dont half fu-k up your head