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Combined with posters , on line guides and magazine articles. A feature in your local press is best of all and of course a mention on influential radio shows. My son who runs a flyer team suggests that the people who hand out flyers should use them as an excuse to talk to people and persuade them to come to the night. Your PR team should look like the people you are targetting. I like seeing a well designed flyer. Goodfoot's were designed by Andrew Divine and Baillie does the Friday street stuff. I don't know who does the GOGo but they are instantly recognisable. FrankM

The Velvelettes The Motown Anthology Motown 980 937-2 This is a collection of 48 tracks, the majority not previously available in the versions included on this double CD. About twelve of the cuts were issued on the Best of The Velvelettes released in the US in 1989. There are no original Mono single mixes of The Velvelettes A sides on this album. Their "hits" are represented by alternative takes or stereo versions. This is a great album, which covers the period from 1963/67, and ranges from the early Motown girl group sound of Selfish Lover (Stevenson/Whitfield) to late period sophisticated Motown with "Bring Back The Sunshine" (Ashford/Simpson). It also includes five songs from the Battle of the Stars, Live at the Greystone and four previously unreleased songs en Francais. I'm bouncing through the tracks as I type this and an unreleased "A Love So Deep Inside" is rocking the speakers with a great four on the floor beat. This is bound to be cut to acetate for Northern Soul DJ's. Here' a Shangri Las's spoken intro and advice for girls on "He's the One". Smokey Robinson experiments with the rhythm track on "Something's Happening" and even though it's Caldin 'Carolyn' Gill singing lead you can tell she listened carefully Smokey sang it to her. There's another gem in "(We've got) Honey Love" written by Cal's husband to be Richard Street (and Sylvia Moy) The five live tracks are taken from The Battle of the Stars and are not particularly well recorded or mixed but the vocals are great and you can hear why the Velvelettes beat out the Supremes on their own Detroit turf. To complete the set there are four French language versions of Motown songs including three the Velvelettes don't appear to have recorded in English. "Puisque Je sais Qu'il Est a Mois", "Tu perds Le Plus Mervieileux Garcon Du monde" (the only HDH song on the album) and "Je Veux Crier" "(My foolish heart [keeps hanging on to a memory])". I am sure your school French will enable you to translate the other titles. I've already played "Le Hokey Pokey" on Reflections on Northern Soul and I look forward to introducing it to the young dancers at The GoGo in Edinburgh. The sleeve notes are written by The Velvelettes and I think you should read them when you buy the album rather than me copying them out but Berry Gordy's thinking behind the above recordings should be quoted. "Berry discovered Cal had majored in French and spoke French quite well. He teamed the five girls with a French producer, Pierre Berjot. Berry was very fascinated and took great pleasure in listening to Pierre and Cal converse in French. The four songs showcased Cal's ability as a lead singer to record in French" Of course what did Berry do with the recordings? Well nothing, as they were never released not even in Motown mad France. Maybe he was anticipating a time when technology would catch up and Motown maniacs with disposable income would want the vaults emptied. Not that it takes much disposable income to purchase this box set. I don't know why The Velvelettes did not have an album issued in their sixties hey day but Motown has certainly made up for it now. This is a great album for Motown fans, Girl group enthusiasts and Northern Soul fanatics.

.....Bobby Sheen - Dr. Love I heard this last week with a whole bunch of other "classics" going down extremely well with a very under 30 audience at Move on Up in Leeds so maybe they are better heard when you're young and your hormones are all over the place.

Well my 20 year old son borrows enough of my records to DJ for breaks and beats so I take it he must like them. I never forced them to like it and I am constantly amazed at the number of young people who are into old music. I was in Leeds this week and my wife and I turned up at Move On Up at the Hi Fi club. Now I knew it was young people's club but I go to Goodfoot and the GoGo where mosts are younger than us but there was nobody over thirty maybe even 25 at Move on up. For the hour we stayed we heard a lot of classic northern soul and watched a whole load of kids enjoy themselves. There were about 150 in the room and about half agin waiting outside at midnight. I am well aware that Goth and Retro nights are attractive to certain groupings of young people because the types of music played means no neds will be in attendance. However they appeared to me to be enjoying the music and they paid $4 to get in on a Wednesday night when in Glasgow or Edinburgh it would be free or just a couple of pounds.

Mrtin Gavin (Caledonia Soul) discussed contacting Bill Bush on reflections a few weeks ago. He acknowledged that since putting a copy on E bay for Bill others have since appeared. Check here for the details https://www.popsike.com/php/detaildata.php?itemnr=4015177328 Probably a case of people not knowing its value and as a promo for his live act quite rare in numbers. After Bill's signed and mint copy went for $2300 prices nad conditions have varied between $1100 and $1700 You should eventually be able to hear Martin relay the story once the show hits radiomagnetic's archives.

I was typing up the playlist during the show and chatting to Fraser at the same time so occasionally the listed title is not as correct as it should be. It is called "Gonna make it my business" and it is on an acetate Fraser had cut. Thanks for the comments and look I forward to more as people hear the excerpt from the reflections. If anyone else would like to drop in to the studio in Glasgow on a saturday afternoon (or any other day i can pre record) contact me via the private message system. All you require is a box of records and some things to say about them. FrankM

Saturday 16th October at 14:30 BST on www.radiomagnetic.com Reflections on Northern Soul presents two fast moving hours of non stop soul only broken by the gig guide and the occasional praise of a record, or an act from the following playlist. Van McCoy Sweet and Easy Stanley Mitchell Get it baby The Insights Turn Me On Sweet Rosie Karen Pree pain maker Gladys Knight and The Pips I'm Gonna make you love me The Four Tops Until You Love someone William Bell Save Us Otis Redding I'm depending on you Mitty Collier Hallelujah (I Love him So) Etta James Something's got a hold on me Spencer Wiggins Soul City USA Gene "Bowlegs" Miller I was wrong Kim Weston another train coming Tammi Terrell Come on and see me Detroit Sound We're Gonna Party Rick James Fool on the Street The Cautions No Other way Leroy Taylor and the Four Kays I'll Understand ZZ Hill Steppin' in the shoes of a fool Percy Millem I Don't knew what you've got Stevie wonder I'd be a fool right now Detroit Spinners Truly Yours Leon Austin Two sided Love The Relatives Lenient with my Love The Chandlers Your Love keeps drawing me closer The Platters Washed Ashore The Temptations We'll be satisfied The Contours Searching for a girl Sugar Pie DeSanto Can't let you go Jean Plum Look at the boy The live set recorded at Friday Street in Cuba Norte comes courtesy of Ross Smith If you can't wait till then click onto www.radiomagnetic.com/archive/rnb.php and select a show from our reflections archive. FrankM

One sided demo copies and promos with the same trcak on both sides were to stop smart DJ's from playing the flip. Of course if they didn't like the song it wouldn't get played anyway. Spector used to put throwaway instrumentals on his B sides. When the FCC made the stations split their programming between FM and AM one side would be mono for the stations still on AM and stereo for the new stations.

"i wonder though , would a room full of dancers want to know ? or is it the collectors who want to know ..." last orders for a start, a warning that an Al Jolson tune was on the way

and very well put. Back cuing does damge records particularly styrene copies. Records normally fade with about seven seconds to go which gives you plenty of time to start up the next one regardless of where the stylus is in the groove. I admire DJ's (e.g Jo Wallace) who can use a mic, and add add to the atmosphere but if like me you don't use one, use a torch or a good light and place the stylus in the non music section of the groove and do not pull it back. If there is a gap fill it with your own applause;)

Direct drives slip in other ways. Last week on reflections and fraser popped on a mint UK Demo copy of a Motown single. I'm listening on the headphones and I can hear it WOWing. We cut the record and I test out my pet theory that seven inch records should not be played on slipmats but on the real rubber mats. I borrow one from a belt driven turntable we keep. The record starts off OK then I hear the WOW again . I should have borrowed the whole deck never mind the mat. Tomorrow I take in " how to give yoursellf a stereo check out"

No but i remeber watching with a mix of fascination becasue I wanted to hear the record and horror as it was a seventies style doubledeck with ancient looking carts when kenny Burrell played Do I Love You. Even if teh decks are Technics if they have been set up for Hip/Hop scratch DJ's they might not be good for your records. I know many promoters having been DJ's are scrupulous about carts, stylii and decks. Whilst others trust the equpemnt company. If you explain to the guy who does the set up that it's seven inch singles and actually get him to play a couple to see what they sound like through the system. And they do sound different from the 12" singles they are usually hired for . Thye can adjust settings accordoingly. Nobody knows what the anti skating device is for but if you play a 3minute plus seven inch and it sticks towwards teh end it's not the record that's faulty. Read my latest pamphlet on DJ'ing for collectors;) Frankm

There are some Numarks with 78 RPM and I think the guys at "All Tore Up" have them althought they play 45's and album tracks at their Rockabilly night. I have a Shure 44 cart with a 78 stylus and a box of R&R 78's . Of course being Rockabillies their followers may turn up their noses at the Aquatones, Fats Domino, Larry Williams and call me a Showaddywaddy fan (their equivalent of modern) With the right deck, cartridge and stylus 78's are sonically superior to 45's. I almost managed to win to win a 78 of The Walk with Jimmy McCracklin which has been played at certain venues on 45.

My guest this week on reflections on Northern Soul is Mikey Collins one of the Friday Street crew. He's been DJ'ing and collecting over a good number of years and has appeared at clubs in London and Italy. I'm hoping to talk to him about Shotts, R&B and starting off a club night. If you would like to add to my questions e mail me on Saturday at studio@radiomagnetic.com We'll still squeeze in a gig guide and with Mikey's experienced eye we'll maybe take a look at the Top Ten Highest priced Northern Soul singles on E Bay. Here are Mikey's top five sounds 1.Dorothy Williams - The Well's Gone Dry (Goldwax) 2. Oliver Joy - Keep Love Growing (Big Deal) 3. The U.F.O.'s - Too Hot To Hold (Rising Soul) 4. Oberia Martinez - Gotta Think It Over (Keith) 5. Seven Souls - I Still Love You (Okeh) Join us at 2:30pm on Saturday on www.radiomagnetic.com If you fancy some Northern now there has been some new shows added to the archives at www.radiomagnetic.com/archive/rnb.php FrankM

Nobody is bidding on his other items and I'm swondering if his price on the record is signalling to others interested in his Elvis stuff that it might not be worth it. Then again maybe he thinks NS fans are as daft as Elvis Devotees.

tune into flamefm.org before 8 pm for seventies norther soul presented by a pair of Christians Frank M

Reflections on Northern Soul goes out live for two hours on the internet every Saturday afternoon at 2:30pm (UK Time) on www.radiomagnetic.com It's mostly sixties stuff: Northern, rare Motown, a bit of Southern and a dash of Latin soul with a sprinkling of R&B. I have the occasional guest and every week I have an excerpt from a live set recorded at one of Glasgow's soul or mod clubs. There's a national club guide and I do a run down on the Highest priced singles on E Bay. The archives are regularly updated and at any time you can head to www.radiomagnetic.com/archive/rnb.php and listen to one of seven shows listed under reflections. Thanks FrankM

Here's what it says on Paul Massey's www.soulscotland.co.uk "Derek Robertson's Weekender onOctober 22 , 23 and 24 has moved from a large country house on the shores of Loch Lomond to Marco's in Edinburgh. Friday session is 8pn until 3am; Saturday 2pm until 6pm and 8pm until 3am, and Sunday 2pm until 10pm, A weekend pass is £20. DJs include Soul Sam, Arthur Fenn, Bob Hinsley, Mark Bicknell, Kenny Burrell, Martin Gavin, Shug, Derek Robertson, Phil Beckworth, Dean Walker and others to be added. If interested email Derek by clicking here or call 01764 681413, or 07714980293."

The station did have financial problems and tehy ran out of cash. Pity. Someone has revived a programme on Live 365.

I agree most play it off the L.P which in itself is something of a collecters piece As far has I am aware there are only three copys on a Pace 45 Tim Brown Ian Cunliffe and the one J.M has just had on Auction yes , I do now recall Lenny showing me the album at a gig, would it be Canadian or did he say to me he got it in Canada? Frankm

Are there many copies around of this? I have never heard it out on my short time on the scene. Only heard it on Tim Brown CD. I like it. Shane It's a regular play at The Caledonia Soul Club courtesy of Lenny Harkins. If you are prepared to wade through 14 hours of soul you might find it on one of the live sets I play on Reflections on Northern Soul check www.radiomagnetic.com/archive/rnb.php FrankM

"i did read frank murphys account of this and if i can remember where i'll post it up. v. interesting read it is too. The pressing plant kept 3 copies of everything they pressed. they had a clear out and the employee was told to ditch the lot, he ditched 2 and kept one of everything which is how frank murhpy got it ...along with a load of other goodies... for only a few $ " Whilst I wrote an account of hearing Kenny Burrell play Do I Love You on a rented deck which was picked up by the record Collecting magazine Goldmine it is Ron Murphy (no relation) who apparently has a third copy. I do not wish Northern Tykes besieging my home or asking me to play it when I DJ;) Check Kev Robert's history of the record here https://www.goldsoul.co.uk/your-ns/frankwilson.html

Record companies hold the copyright in the recordings for Fifty years in Europe which is why Indigo can issue Atlantic and other companies' early 1950's material in their R&B Hits of 1940/50's series. It's also partly why BMG have done a comprehensive re issue of ELvis's Sun material. To pre empt other companies. Just check out the number of labels who issue Robert Johnson CD's. Songwriting publishing lasts a lot longer check the current South African case of the family of the guy who came up with the tune for Wimoweh versus Disney over its use in the Lion King. Check here for more details on Royalties https://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/music-royalties1.htm BTW radiomagnetic pays its dues. [Moderator message: Frank , I've moved the rest of your post into a new topic, cheers Kolla]

There are very few soul artistes of the sixties who receive royalties from the record companies who issued their work. If they wrote the song and held on to their publishing they will receive royalties as songwriters. Just the facts. FrankM