August 7, 20223 yr Proper labour of love. Congrats! Bought the original and the reissue with what was then the new top 100.
August 7, 20223 yr Hi Kev . Congratulations. Looks like an essential read and definitive reference book capturing an expert Northern Soul record etc appraisal for 2021/22, with an impressive raft of ‘experts’ contributing. Is the book hardback or soft back or available as both ?
August 8, 20223 yr Looking forward to the revised edition. A treasure trove of information about the records and artists and indispensable reference.
August 8, 20223 yr Author On 07/08/2022 at 16:05, Andybellwood said: Hi Kev . Congratulations. Looks like an essential read and definitive reference book capturing an expert Northern Soul record etc appraisal for 2021/22, with an impressive raft of ‘experts’ contributing. Is the book hardback or soft back or available as both ? Just softback from the off…….then who knows 😀
August 9, 20223 yr Interesting to see some of the folk who have been referring to the "Top 500" in deragatory terms for years now get to "contribute".
August 10, 20223 yr Author 3 different Top 500’s in one whopping 440 pager. The final updated Top Floorfillers followed by Tim Brown’s 500 Rare, Rarer and Rarest topped off with a NEW Soul night listing. Updated values too, as Don Gardner hits 20k! Pre-orders to www.goldsoul.co.uk Signed copies ship on or around September 1st Images: The Ambassadors then becoming the 7 Dwarfs (Pee-Vee recording artists) Don Gardner (Jimmy Vanleer’s Sedgrick imprint) Billy Scott(Lead singer with the Prophets on the epic ‘I Got The Fever’)
August 10, 20223 yr 15 hours ago, Chatty said: Interesting to see some of the folk who have been referring to the "Top 500" in deragatory terms for years now get to "contribute". I wonder when some last attended a venue
August 10, 20223 yr 17 hours ago, Chatty said: Interesting to see some of the folk who have been referring to the "Top 500" in deragatory terms for years now get to "contribute". 2 hours ago, Wiganer1 said: I wonder when some last attended a venue As the comment by Chatty was probably aimed at me given the names mentioned....I was at a venue this weekend just gone. I attend one or two a month work permitting, I work 4 on 4 off so work as many weekends as I don't. I did dance quite a bit Saturday, with many I danced too probably in the 500 (I have no idea what is in it btw). I have no desire to hear the top 500 week in week out having spent most of my nighter life promoting lesser played, semi and unknowns, that is still my outlook now, for some its like listening to the same episode of top of the pops every week, how boring. I do love the classics and that includes many of the top 500, some I don't, they are after all what I grew up with initially and what got me into the scene. I don't think I have been derogatory to the music, but like I said I prefer to hear something different on my nights out and have been vocal about this over the years. Some people/Djs just don't know when to give a record a rest, familiarity breeds contempt as they say. I didn't contribute to any of the Top 500s either.
August 10, 20223 yr anyone who writes about Northern Soul gets my vote👍...but what i'm not looking forward to is the rush (once the book has been received) of people telling me thay bought this that and the other from the lists for 2 woodbines and a brown-split with bitter😴.
August 13, 20223 yr Author Tim Brown’s Top 500 Rare, Rarer, Rarest. One of 3 new charts in the Final Edition. www.goldsoul.co.uk
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