Amsterdam Russ

The point is to let people know that the record shop exists. Now that I do, I'll make a point of going to visit next time I'm in Antwerpen. Success!

You guys are still missing the point of what he's doing, which is generating free advertising. That being: VISIT LARGE NEW POPCORN VINYL STORE IN BELGIUM ANTWERP

Can anyone tell me if Linda Cumbo's 'Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow / Did you ever lose your mind' got a release in Germany or anywhere in Europe during the 60s? Thanks in advance...

Because the popular music of 60s saw the rise of couples dancing apart (as witnessed in all those TV music shows). Further solo inspiration came from the carefully choreographed stage routines of artists and groups...

Left or right? I know, I know. Sorry, couldn't resist!

The film is Hellzapoppin' , from 1942. The dvd cover notes describe the footage as: "...the greatest Lindy Hop dance routine ever filmed."

For the purposes of clarification and not argument, I can say that here in the Netherlands we get Saturday deliveries. In fact, I had a package from Amazon (UK) and a 45 from the States delivered yesterday.

Thanks, for at least making an effort. Wow, you would have thought that Soul Source might have been able to help before I had to resort to asking a complete stranger on eBay for a scan of the flipside of something they have up for sale! Here, in the continued spirit of sharing, is a rather interesting news story involving the lovely Ms Cumbo....

Thanks for those scans, but it is the other side I want.

And she looks like this...

It's the flip to 'Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow'...

I'm after a label scan of Linda Cumbo 'Did you ever lose your head (Over a boy)', please? Doesn't have to be hi-res or anything special. Can anyone oblige? Thanks in advance.

Anyone sending to or receiving from the Netherlands should be aware that TNT, the Dutch post office, has a 24 hour strike scheduled for next Tuesday (16th). That shouldn't cause any more than a day or two of delay, but there could be more action to come.

Well, there was a packet in the post box today - sent from Chicago on Wednesday. That's pretty good going

I've noticed bit of a slowdown over the last month, but only a bit. Got an LP at the weekend that had taken three weeks to turn up. Most though are arriving in good time. Occasional customs delays are inevitable, of course, and I'm sure that because of the heightened security alerts all packages are receiving greater scrutiny.

Am looking for a copy of the Barry 'Barefoot' Beefus EP on French WB, complete with picture sleeve. PM's please... Thanks!

It really is worth watching. I'm quite surprised that no one has so far claimed that their mates, or some geezers that they heard about on another forum, cherry-picked Bussard's collection years ago, and that the sad reality is that its crap cos there's no four or five figure Northern in there.

Completely sold out at the Paradiso in Amsterdam on a drizzly Monday night. Sharon Jones is dynamite on stage and the crowd were wild for her and the band. Shame we could hardly see a thing though. We got there a bit late (a 13km cycle ride through the mist-filled woods of Amsterdam) and were at the back of the hall. There was no room to move - and the Dutch are the tallest nation in the world!

I got an email yesterday advising that the books are now in the warehouse and will be shipped this week...

You can tell that it's the DTS logo. Seems to be a lot of these about in recent months.

Looking again this morning, I believe it's actually taken from the 30 minute 'featurette' that accompanies the film on DVD (or from the extra "40 minutes of footage not in the original film". Well, that's what it says on the back of my DVD cover).

If you haven't seen it, check out the documentary film Desperate Man Blues. Source: IMDB You want to see hunting for old records? Here's your man, and he has some great tales to tell in the film of heading out into the countryside and knocking on the doors of old black families living in wooden shacks, trying to find out of they might have some even older records stashed in the barn or under the bed. Watch this and you realise that it could just as easily relate to the hunt for rare soul vinyl. In fact, there is no difference. The hunt is the same, and so are the hunters - the genre is irrelevant. Just found a trailer for the film on YouTube. In it, Jo Bussard talks about record finds including one which netted him the only known copy of a particular 78, valued, he says, at US$50,000.

If you get the French Vogue/Pop release there is no distortion.

Contact details - is he on here? My telepathic powers won't extend that far from the Netherlands. Other sources still welcomed...

A long shot, I know, but I'd like a few 8" sleeves, preferably original Audiodisc ones. Anyone? If not Audiodisc, then just plain 8" sleeves would do. Is anyone out there selling them? I don't need many - 6 or even a dozen would be great...