hi, what sort of price would this fetch nowadays in m- cond...only a few copies around as far as am aware (guy h ,butch n tim brown had them ) ???

cheers

franc

Guy H originally at Stafford I think.

I've got one. Still not that well known amazingly. Blank faces whenever I spin it out but a great sound.

Edited June 7, 201212 yr by Steve G

outstanding record - was offered one 4/5 years ago and umm'd and ahhh'd , and missed it

won't next time [ within reason ! .....]

Guy H originally at Stafford I think.

I've got one. Still not that well known amazingly. Blank faces whenever I spin it out but a great sound.

guy got his from graham anthony ...after stafford... ....more tony's empress ballrooms...pretty sure on that!!???.....don't know where that copy went???

.....brilliant sound like you say though!!!.....

more recently over the years have only heard butch play it occasionally

is that "blank faces" of shear amazement!!!!????...maybe lol !!

Edited June 7, 201212 yr by cobbles

Sadly, blank faces of "don't know this". Darren in Somerset had two copies in a period of 18 months I believe which was an amazing feat.

Edited June 7, 201212 yr by Steve G

i remember seeing one for sale a few years ago at £800.....might have been lee fisher could be wrong certainly saw it for sale tho

guy got his from graham anthony ...after stafford... ....more tony's empress ballrooms...pretty sure on that!!???.....don't know where that copy went???

.....brilliant sound like you say though!!!.....

more recently over the years have only heard butch play it occasionally

is that "blank faces" of shear amazement!!!!????...maybe lol !!

Hi Franc

Hope you well.

I have Guy's old copy. Guy had a few records for sale at the stall in Afflecks in MCR some time in the early - mid 9T's. Think Rod even lent me the money to buy it so Guy could get paid there and then!

Yes played it at Bidds about a year ago and it cleared the floor and somewhere else that i played recently and it bombed!

Perhaps the people there didn't go to Tony's etc so don't know it or can't remember it.

Cheers

Phil

Yes played it at Bidds about a year ago and it cleared the floor and somewhere else that i played recently and it bombed!

Perhaps the people there didn't go to Tony's etc so don't know it or can't remember it.

hi phil, i'm good mate....hope you are too......

its a great example of a underplayed and rare record that's ripe for exposure again!!!

maybe the theme of the thread should have been "is it worthy of deck time?"...so here goes folks....what do soulsourcers think???....

[media=]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTRbKM5hHgw

Edited June 7, 201212 yr by cobbles

Heard worse but never liked it if I'm honest. You did ask

Heard worse but never liked it if I'm honest. You did ask

that's it !!!.....tony get's thumped next time i see you two !!!!!

Edited June 7, 201212 yr by cobbles

that's it !!!.....tony get's thumped next time i see you two !!!!!

Guy H originally at Stafford I think.

I've got one. Still not that well known amazingly. Blank faces whenever I spin it out but a great sound.

rare and great 'wish i had one

It is a record that has suffered with its own rarity. Butch tried it since he got one and never really too off, bit like Phil's experience. Great track though.

It's actually very easy to get this track, I have it for instance .....

JUST BUY the Kent CD 'Northern Soul's Classiest Rarities Vol 4' ....

OHH, I forgot, most NS fans would rather eat glass than buy a CD !!

Guy had it covered as Freddie Waters"good thing goodbye"played it on Terry Christians key 103 prog,late 80's.

OHH, I forgot, most NS fans would rather eat glass than buy a CD !!

didn't know it had been released on cd......imo it's great that tracks like these are finding there way on to cds whilst still being relatively "unknown" to the masses....thumbs up to Adey for thinking it worthy of inclusion!...(and a finger in joanie's eye...always knew it were Tony who had the better taste in music !!!! )

Guy had it covered as Freddie Waters"good thing goodbye"played it on Terry Christians key 103 prog,late 80's.

It is also on a goldmine cd too.

I've actually had more interest in it when I've played it on the radio, than when I've played it out.

Still it stays in the 100 count box...and comes out for a spin sometimes - last time was "A Taste of Honey" in M/C the other week....

It's too good to give up on.

Edited June 8, 201212 yr by Steve G

I prefer it to You Girl and think I have only danced to it a handfull of times due to rarity.

It's actually very easy to get this track, I have it for instance .....

JUST BUY the Kent CD 'Northern Soul's Classiest Rarities Vol 4' ....

OHH, I forgot, most NS fans would rather eat glass than buy a CD !!

Have you any evidence that NS fans don't buy CDs? Or are you just beng mischievous and stirring it?

I know many who buy CDs. But that's itsnt the point here, the original question was about the record, it's rarity and price.

I prefer it to You Girl and think I have only danced to it a handfull of times due to rarity.

I prefer Mrs Mills to You Girl, can't believe he can be so good on one, the subject of this, and so woeful on the other You Girl!

theres only one way to find out

its a close call

Wendell worked for Stevie Wonder at one time and Stevie played keyboards just like Mrs Mills - spooky or what?

Ref-O-Ree now there's a story.

Wendell Watts KAGTG...... What a tune must of asked Butch to sell me his copy since at least the very first Cleethorpes weekender and every year it must of gone up 50 to 100 pound but he never really wanted to part with it.

Have one now so stopped asking him for it.

Top top tune and perhaps in the top 3 rarest on the label from the Northern/rare soul point of view.

Must find more out about the label ??????

There's CDs and loads on the internet about the label Ref.

Radio show playing Ref O Ree here

https://www.mixcloud....l-1-april-2012/

Edited September 1, 201212 yr by Steve G

Steve

Was being tongue in cheek mate about need to know more about the label.

What you doing at home why aren't you Spining tunes somewhere. Those promoters don't know what They are missing .....????? Or do they? that's why they don't have you on mate you could do a HOT box with their throw aways and still knock spots of them.

Dave H

Loved this since I first heard Keb play it out nearly 30 years ago when he first started playing 60s newies (yes, and before the pedants start throwing their dummies at me, I know it's a 1970 release).

If there's one thing that can be said, the intro sounds like it's from the score of a 1960s Bollywood movie!

"Sits back and awaits hate posts as a result of the last comment....."

Edited September 3, 201212 yr by Gene-R

I have always loved this record & for me it epitomises Northern Soul. I would love to own a copy.

Best Russ

Just listened to the clip, havnt listened to it for a fair while & yes its brilliant - strangely it encompasses all the things that a classic traditional style stomper should have & typifies a certain sound from back in the day, yet has never ever reached the popularity that it should have, I wonder why ?.

Best Russ

hi phil, i'm good mate....hope you are too......

its a great example of a underplayed and rare record that's ripe for exposure again!!!

maybe the theme of the thread should have been "is it worthy of deck time?"...so here goes folks....what do soulsourcers think???....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTRbKM5hHgw[/media]

That's the first time I've heard it and I thought it was brilliant. Played it a couple of times and liked it more each time I heard it.

Maybe those that have it should revert to the tried and tested method of playing it 5 times in a set until people dance

It's actually very easy to get this track, I have it for instance .....

JUST BUY the Kent CD 'Northern Soul's Classiest Rarities Vol 4' ....

OHH, I forgot, most NS fans would rather eat glass than buy a CD !!

Most NS fans have dozens of CDs, what you don't seem to have understood is that most would rather eat glass than play a tune off them when DJing at a gig (unless the tune is only available on CD such as is the case with more recent releases).

Just listened to the clip, havnt listened to it for a fair while & yes its brilliant - strangely it encompasses all the things that a classic traditional style stomper should have & typifies a certain sound from back in the day, yet has never ever reached the popularity that it should have, I wonder why ?.

Best Russ

I think because not enough DJs have it Russ.

I like it and I only sold my copy cause I was skint. The single does have a bad eq though which detracts from it a bit, the CD EQ we did was as good as you can get the sound on it so actually sounds better than the 45. A good DJ could twiddle the knobs and get it near there but if you played it flat it wouldn't sound quite so hot. ady

I remember Butch playing it a few times but it just never seemed to work or get accepted for some reason.

A victim of it's own rarity.

Love the record myself always have done.

Had it on a tape from Franc since late 80's early 90's.