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Some fabulous  story's so far   - As well as John being  tops with the 60s and Northern, Group and deep soul there were also fantastic stuff waiting to be grabbed on those Soulful Dance and Coast to Coast independant sales sheets too ....used to love  checking out the new small label stuff ...

 

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Great  contribution!!

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2pm - 5.30pm on Saturday  :thumbsup:

 

A great session last Saturday afternoon at Prestatyn - all the Djs played cracking sets of some of those fabulous records that John Anderson and his Soul Bowl records discovered for us and blessed our ears with !!! 

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A great session last Saturday afternoon at Prestatyn - all the Djs played cracking sets of some of those fabulous records that John Anderson and his Soul Bowl records discovered for us and blessed our ears with !!! 

 

Certainly was mate - brilliant!!

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Guest Ivor Jones

Hello all,

As I'm a little bit disorganised at home its taken a while to cobble together some personal faves for this tribute to John and Soul Bowl. Upon reading this thread, I was glad to see that Im not the only sad bastard that keeps old record lists ! In my defence though,Ive only got a few left now,I chucked the really old ones out years ago to make more room in the loft for a whole host of other crap I don't really need…..Doh !

 I used to buy from John regularly on the phone,couldn't wait for the new weekly list to pop through the letter box. I only made it up to Kings Lynn twice,travelling up with a good friend of mine who also bought a lot off of John. Obviously,before the days of satellite technology,on the first trip up there we got a bit lost but found it in the end though ! Phew ! 

  Upon our arrival,when we walked into the barn I couldn't believe it,the amount of records there…. All Soul too !

 John was a perfect gentleman too and when it got to lunchtime he got us some fish and chips for dinner. Imagine that,going through a pile of tunes while scoffing fish and chips ! 

Onto some memory jerkers for me:

 

Hello John, have you still got…..

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Now for some personal faves which will always remind me of John and Soul Bowl.

 Not all rare but all great, every one of them…..

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Thank you John…..

More to follow,

   Ivor

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Hello all,

As I'm a little bit disorganised at home its taken a while to cobble together some personal faves for this tribute to John and Soul Bowl. Upon reading this thread, I was glad to see that Im not the only sad bastard that keeps old record lists ! In my defence though,Ive only got a few left now,I chucked the really old ones out years ago to make more room in the loft for a whole host of other crap I don't really need…..Doh !

 I used to buy from John regularly on the phone,couldn't wait for the new weekly list to pop through the letter box. I only made it up to Kings Lynn twice,travelling up with a good friend of mine who also bought a lot off of John. Obviously,before the days of satellite technology,on the first trip up there we got a bit lost but found it in the end though ! Phew ! 

  Upon our arrival,when we walked into the barn I couldn't believe it,the amount of records there…. All Soul too !

 John was a perfect gentleman too and when it got to lunchtime he got us some fish and chips for dinner. Imagine that,going through a pile of tunes while scoffing fish and chips ! 

Onto some memory jerkers for me:

 

Hello John, have you still got…..

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Now for some personal faves which will always remind me of John and Soul Bowl.

 Not all rare but all great, every one of them…..

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Thank you John…..

More to follow,

   Ivor

Nice one Ivor i remember bumping into you up their you were with Simon Dunmore.

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More from the Bowl…..laugh a minute prices…..look out for Four Voices, Doc Peabody…….

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Some more faves…….

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Once I got my first job I got a bank account. First cheque I ever wrote out was to Soul Bowl which I sent off but being more than a litlle bit wet behind the ears did not realise you had to sign it!!!

Another time, and by now the cheques I sent to Kings Lynn were signed, I remember being desperate for a copy of Joe Hicks Don't It Make You Feel Funky and John said he had a copy with a crack on it stored in a greenhouse in his garden.  He sent me the single for nothing and the crack was not that bad at all. .

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Ah brings me back when i'd be trying to call him early and he would never answer lol. I Bought so many records from Soul Bowl in the 8ts and 9ts. I remember getting the list one morning and walking up the Goldhawk Road, on my way to the tube station. Got to the platform and opened up the list and there it was Otis Lee for £25! right thats it ran up the stairs, f*ck the train and out the door to the phone box. Got through after it been engaged and said Hi its Greg in London and have you still got Otis Lee, yup got that for ya, how many do you want??? i bought 7 copies and sold them on to my mates....of course i stuck an extra fiver on top :-) .  Those were the days....Anita Anderson, Gary Dean, Nat Hall, Sept. Jones, Shamettes etc etc. Top Bloke! just don't call before opening times.

 

Greg

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 A Greenhouse ! Neil

I think you may have a got your out buildings mixed up, John hates gardening with a passion!!!

It would take at least a 25 count box of Eddie Parker's "I'm Gone" secreted amongst the geranium cuttings to entice John through the door :lol:

Mind you he did once find 50 plus copies of Benny Harper's "My Prayer" in a Texas potting shed! :yes:

Dave

It was a long time ago. I thoght he said Greenhouse but if I got that wrong it was as you say some kind of out building. I was really happy to get the record!

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What with Joe Hicks in a greenhouse and Benny Harper in the potting shed in Texas!

 

JA's solid reputation for leaving no stone (or garden ) unturned  when it comes to digging for records..... and whilst talking of BHarper n "Texas " that being one of the great American states famous for two types of  "Black Gold" ....1)  fabulous  vinyl finds ...2) cannot remember what the other stuff is ? Doh lol .... 

 

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tfk :rofl:

 

Nice one !

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What with Joe Hicks in a greenhouse , Plumby's Flowers and then Benny Harper in the potting shed in Texas!

 

JA's solid reputation for leaving no stone (or garden ) unturned  when it comes to digging for records..... and whilst talking of BHarper n "Texas " that being one of the great American states famous for two types of  "Black Gold" ....1)  fabulous  vinyl finds ...2) but cannot remember what the other stuff is for the life of me ? Doh lol .... 

 

(See below ) 

 

 

 

tfk :rofl:

 

Got to agree with that funky kid. Texas has always been kind to me with great record finds...YEEE HAA!!!!!

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Top top man ... I had three of his soul packs in the 70's at £15 and that included P+P. Wish I'd bought a hundred ! Got a Dickie Wonder Nobody Knows on Sound of soul and an Eddie Billups Shake off that Dream 777 Demo to name 2 ... 15p each. Then loads of top top sounds, Johnny Scott let me be a winner, Mike Jemison I want some satisfaction etc etc etc ... Legend

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Still working his magic too, been reading through all the old lists you've posted and listening to the different versions of some known tunes that I hadn't heard of before. Found two I like. :hatsoff2:

Only remember being successful  once from Soul Bowl in the late 70's but can't for the life of me remember what it was, however the excitement of the lists and waiting for the record is a memory, as others have commented, that never leaves you.

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Wish I had a time machine to go back and buy these.

I remember buying The Sapphires Slow Fizz, and The Fascinations, from Soulbowl but can't remember what I paid. I had forgotten about the LP listings. The Larry Santos LP I remember being in demand together with Bobby Hutton and the Skullsnaps at the time (1975/76). Happy Days?

 

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I can remember saying to John, at Cleethorpes, some years ago that he should write a book. Well I guess this will be the next best thing.

Are'nt we all going dewy eyed looking at those prices? But the guy is still at it. At Prestatyn this year, he had a box of 70's/Modern, all mintish and full of stuff to make a collector dribble.

I think it's fair to say, this guys contribution to the Rare Soul scene has been as important as any artist/dj etc.

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Think I'm right in saying that Soul Bowl's origins were back in Glasgow in (or around) 1963 ...

.... also believe the concern started out by using the name RECORD BAZAAR ..... 

if that's the case then these are examples of John's early magazine ads ... the top one (when 45's were being sold for 2s. -- or 10p) dates from the late 60's ... the next one down from his earliest days (early summer 63) when 45's were sold for 1/- each (5p) ...  

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1 hour ago, Roburt said:

Think I'm right in saying that Soul Bowl's origins were back in Glasgow in (or around) 1963 ...

.... also believe the concern started out by using the name RECORD BAZAAR ..... 

if that's the case then these are examples of John's early magazine ads ... the top one (when 45's were being sold for 2s. -- or 10p) dates from the late 60's ... the next one down from his earliest days (early summer 63) when 45's were sold for 1/- each (5p) ...  

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1142/6 Argyle Street, Glasgow was a second hand shop called Silverdales.  They had one room for records, and the bigger part was general second-hand stuff. I think the name "Record Bazaar" was just used for their mail order. I don't think Silverdales had any connection with John Anderson.   

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