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    Which begs the question ...why post the answer on Soulsource forum you thick clod:chinstroke:

    Imho promotors who allow dj's to use cd's (except fr cd only tracks)/re-issues /boots/ carvers are only

    interested in using the so called "Northern soul scene " for one purpose ...MONEY

    I laugh to myself when i see so called dj's sneaking non originals on the decks....:no:

    P.s

    A friend of mine is a full time dj doing weddings /parties etc ..has all the latest gadgets.....he has a laptop hooked up to his decks.

    if someone asks for a record and he hasnt got it ..he downloads it on the laptop and hey presto !

    Do you honestly think my team at the Kings Hall are not playing the real deal? For crikes sake!

    Realise the difference between Motown nights, Soul/Northern nights and All nighters. I only subscribe to the Motown night theory of cd/laptop as those punters do not care.

    My other events are all OVO and I would not want it any other way.

    i wouldn't be DJing at such a place Ian!

    but if i did somehow and i knew the score i couldn't complain.

    Dont forget I am talking about a 'local' do that is not a 'Northern' soul nite but various Motown etc. AND i see playing off a CD no worse than playing off a booleg/carver which happens every weekend all across the country.

    goes back to 2 different scenes running parrallel.....

    At last a voice of sensibility.

    At All nighters and weekender's it's OVO all the way.

    At handbag do's the public could not care less.

    Most on SS do not frequent these type of events.

    I am not a fan of playing scratched copies of This Old Heart of Mine on vinyl. The masses hate bad quality.

    I have the figures to prove that Soul night folk(as in Motown etc) want a good time only. They have no interest in forums, ovo or anything else!

    As for Nighters and Weekenders, that's a totally different fan base.

    keep it going lads and make the Soul Fox single a collectable bit of tat due to the nature of the contraversy this thread is generating - then I can put my copy up for sale and buy something decent with the money thumbup.gif

    I'll tell you who reminds me of Simon, did you ever see the stand up comic Boris Pincher who played Serge in Beverly Hills Cop. SS was slightly camp without even knowing it!

    He looks a bit like Frankie Valli too and a major hit with the ladies.

    Hello Kev,

    I can't (and don't) dispute that Soussan may have had certain dealings (of whatever nature) with Mirwood at one time but due to his dreadful reputation hardly anyone is likely to believe him anyway

    Because so much of what he did was so dishonest and / or illegal, people naturally assume that everything he ever did was dubious. That's human nature.

    Any legitimate things he may have ever done have been completely tainted.

    Someone should write a book about him.

    Paul- The author of the 'book' ought to be Ian Dewhirst. He knew the inner workings of a frighteningly talented mind.

    I am not here to defend him against anything he may have done to collectors or record industry persons.

    But we need to have facts, instead of continually 'finding him guilty' everytime we speak of the legend.

    Incidentally, It's a shame you never met Nate McCalla and Morris Levy..... you might have a wider viewpoint of the Record Industry back in the day.

    As they are no longer with us, try the new Tommy 'Mony Mony' James book 'Me and the Mob'. If I had Soussan's address I'd treat him to a copy. Rivetting!

    Stay well.

    So why the artist, producer, arranger, writer and title changes? He couldn't have done more to screw it up apart from sing it himself. He obviously didn't have access to the correct recording or songwriting information and the reason for that is bleeding obvious. You want to believe it because he tricked you and Goldmine into giving him a load of

    money for something he never had the rights to; it wasn't just the US label owners who he fooled.

    Ady- You could be right but maybe you are wrong.

    Look, Soussan gets a bad rap from you and others. No problem with that. But he has acted decently with some of us. Just ask Ian Dewhirst, Les McCutcheon, Neil Rushton to name a few.

    He clearly had a cavalier attitude towards the Record Business, but I only say as I see the Mirwood episode in as much as Soussan and Randy Wood had a ongoing relationship, for which Goldmine believed he had rights.

    Shute... Keep on playing yer Soul Foxers. Ady....Keep on discovering more gems from this legendary label

    ps Get the Bobby Angelle- Soldier Boy out on vinyl!

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    I'll leave this kangaroo court upto messrs Croasdell and Mooney. Here's one thing that is absutely stone true no matter what they say... He had rights to Mirwood at one time and the Soul Fox titles featuring Randall Wood output were legal.

    Just as a side issue, I brought Sherlie Matthews to

    SoultripUSA along with Marva Holiday. I explained to her that Soussan had rights but I expect his dealings with

    Wood would leave her in the dark, just as she had been since 1968 when the company folded!

    Good to see Ace are passing on royalties to her.

    But as I say.... Soussan did have rights at one time!

    Over and out.

    When you say me, I don't remember confusing Madelon Baker for a man! Evidence?

    I beg to differ.

    He had rights with Randall Wood at the time, had some dealings with Baker. Whatever else he's done, is of no concern to me, but he certainly paid Wood a heap of money.

    Remember, I have seen Ace's signed contract with the 'Mirwood owner'.......As Ted said 'it's the best we've got'

    Unless you were there at the time, this difference of opinion will run and run.

    I also met Audio Arts owner Madelon Baker whom Soussain clearly hadn't put you up to speed on as she was a woman, not a man as you once described her. She told me that Soussain stole tapes from her and as no paperwork was ever found of a deal between Soussain and Randy Woods in his extensive papers, that scenario may well have repeated itself and would explain the instrumentals. If he had paid any money he would have had a receipt at the very least to show you guys that you were licensing from a legitimate source. As you don't appear to have any copy of such a piece of evidence, I think it was very naive of you at the very least to a) believe him, :cool: license from him.

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    ADY....You did not deal with Randall Wood, Soussan did!

    Our mutual contact Bob Fisher has the perfect line about licensing non hits.. 'not everybody knows everything'

    You have done a typically marvellous job in bettering the Goldmine efforts with your usual high standards, but you

    were not present in 1975 when Soussan paid Wood over 5 figures. Sure he may have got titles wrong in his conveyer belt attitude towards manufacturing. He was a hurried

    individual, but HE HAD RIGHTS.....as much as you guys

    want to believe otherwise.

    For instance,where the heck did all those instrumentals come from?

    Unless we were there at the time of Soussan's deal with Randy Wood.....we can only guess.

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