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your right about that day DAVE ....its was the best day of my life without a doubt....i bet MEL BRITT  is getting his ear bent by GLENN HUNTER and DAVE POINTON about that day...i miss them MACC lads loads ...gone but not forgotten .....kev...

 

Hiya Kev , Absolutety Mate. Glen will be bugging Eddie Singleton about a few Shrine 45s too I'm sure! Great lads, great memories.  ;-)   

 

Regards,

 

Dave

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Oh boy,would have loved to have been there,this tune always puts a lump in my throat and as the power to bring a tier to my eye.

 

One of the most powerful soul records i've ever heard,From a young lad til now.

 

Those violins have never sounded as sad as they do now

 

 

R I P  Melvin Britt

 

God Bless His Soul

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Lovely piece Dave. Mel Britt. What can you say?

In 1978 I was pretty much disillusioned with the way the scene was going music wise and one night at Wigan, around 6am, sat upstairs on the balcony in the middle of a 'grump', who should come to my rescue but Mel Britt. It was a supremely uplifting moment, and one I'll never forget as long as I live. RIP Mel Britt...

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Well done Dave for the recanting of a special day for the Soulies there & also Chalky for finding & putting up the You Tube clip. I shed a tear that day as did the majority of people in the diner, a remarkable & very humbling moment in my journey through life. RIP. Mel. :hatsoff2:

Spot. :shades:

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Well done Dave for the recanting of a special day for the Soulies there & also Chalky for finding & putting up the You Tube clip. I shed a tear that day as did the majority of people in the diner, a remarkable & very humbling moment in my journey through life. RIP. Mel. :hatsoff2:

Spot. :shades:

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nice one Dave, it was so so great to be a part of it all. john and i sat with francis nero  for dinner and as the day progressed the mel britt thing sing a long was a really moment in time.........i remember chatting to him and sadly having to guide his hand to autogragh a sheet. you cannot imagine how he must have felt at that time.

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Guest oldsoulgit

What a great response at the soul night in Biddulph when Sean Chapman played S.C.R.B

 

Last night,

 

Cheers Jim.

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