Amsterdam Russ

Like all small label releases, it was aimed at the local market - fans of the band; those who supported them at local gigs. Family members, relatives and friends. Maybe there was - or the hope of – some local radio airplay - and always with the dream the 45 might go regional, and then, if they were really lucky, getting picked up by a major label for national release, and all the promotion that came with it. The Northern Soul scene, as we know, is made up of countless tunes that (to paraphrase the Mello Souls) never made it.

Would it still be "the best northern soul record ever" if it was available for 10 quid when, if there were loads of copies, you "wouldn't look twice at it"? That's contrary. I'm confused!

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1025 Taney St, Gary, Indiana - the home of Steeltown records, famous, among other things, for releasing the first recordings by the Jackson 5. According to the Wikipedia entry for Steeltown, a film is being made about the label and is due for release some time this year. Anyone have more info? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steeltown_Records

Will look forward to that. Got season 1 of The Diplomat queued up to watch. Might even give that a start tonight. Attempted to watch Succession recently. Lasted one and a half episodes before giving up on it. Jeez! French mini series Infiniti was interesting and worth a look.

It is pointless, because it's not going to go for £500!

Bit pointless putting in a bid of £500 when the reserve price is £10k! Would be interesting to learn if this is a known copy or one previously undocumented, maybe even found in the wild. That would be something!

Already being discussed.

Indirectly, but you could start with the Belgian Popcorn scene, which existed and exists almost entirely in pitching records down to a uniform dance tempo.

Link: https://www.raresoulvinyl.co.uk/auctions/

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stars_and_Stripes_(newspaper)

As per the article:

A jolly good read, and great that so many youngsters are taking northern soul forward, and without being retro about it.

On the subject of having duplicates, etc...

From German Customs via the link posted earlier:

I anticipate orchestral versions of Do I love you, Tainted love and The snake. Each is recognised by the mainstream public, and familiarity is everything. Other Top 500 choices that lend themselves to orchestration for this and are known to some degree by the public: Time will pass you by, and Gone with the wind. Perhaps they'll even throw in a Motown medley of greatest hits.

I stand corrected. German Customs states: https://www.zoll.de/EN/Private-individuals/Postal_consignments_internet_order/Shipments-from-a-non-EU-country/Duties-and-taxes/duties-and-taxes_node.html Up to €150 and you will have to pay VAT and possibly handling charges - but not duty levies: https://www.zoll.de/EN/Private-individuals/Postal_consignments_internet_order/Shipments-from-a-non-EU-country/Duties-and-taxes/Internet-orders/internet-orders_node.html

Norway is part of the European Economic Area (EEA) and as such trades on the same terms as EU member states. That means no import duties if you ship to Germany. https://www.norway.no/en/missions/eu/ten-facts-about-the-eea2/

Only seen The English, Slow Horses, Peaky Blinders and Top Boy. Of those, Top Boy stands head and shoulders above the others and I'm very surprised neither Ashley Walters (Dushane) and Kano (Sully) have any nominations. Between them they're very much the driving forces of the series. Jas Jobson (Jaq) is absolutely a worthy nominee, but not convinced that Saffron Hocking (Lauryn) should be in the same company. Slow Horses was excellent and very much an ensemble cast, so I don't hold with Gary Oldman's nomination for leading actor. The English, entertaining but ultimately not memorable. Cillian Murphy has been outstanding in all seasons of Peaky Blinders, but the pair from Top Boy would get my vote – had they been nominated. I had a look at the P&O Cruises Memorable Moments thing - six scenes already chosen for you. Vote for the one you liked best. That's rather narrow, and who determined that these six were the best out of all the 'moments' across the whole of last year? No thank, you. I wouldn't even bother to vote. And in the International category, where's Yellowstone?

Good luck to them. Hope they make a success of it.

Alternatively, on the YouTube vid page, click “share” and then “copy”. Come back here, right click with your mouse and “paste”. Job done.

Perhaps you could ask member on here @Marklovevinyl

Mel and Tim...

But with intolerance towards people less able than you participating in the same things you do because it doesn't suit you? Lots of respect for your posts and shared info on here, but that's sad.