Can anyone supply me with a copy of:

Best Friend Around - So Good To Know (astralwerks)

on 7"?

Thanks, Mark

Edited January 18, 200520 yr by woolie mark

I don't think Astralwerks do it on a 7", probably wrong, I usually am!!!!

I play it off a compilation 'After The Playboys Mansion' by Dmitri From Paris.

If you 'google' it you'll probably pick up the Double LP comp for £15-£20

It's fucking brilliant, and you my friend have brilliant taste.

I play it quite a bit at Soulsville, Leeds.

I listed a playlist a while ago with it on:

Here's some I played on Saturday night at 'Cosmos' in Leeds. 70's/80's & onwards. These are in no particular order:

Black Stash - Mighty Loveman - Seville

Tony Drake - Suddenly - Brunswick

Madeline & Monticellos - Binding Ring Of Gold - De-Vel

Crown Heights Affair - Dreaming A Dream - De-Lite

Sharon Jones & Dap-Tones - How Long Do I Have To Wait For You?

Archie Bell & Drells - Don't Let Love Get You Down - PIR LP

Bobby Reed - Time Is Right For Love - Bell

Pioneers - My Good Friend James - Mercury

Best Friends Around - So Good To Know - Astralwerks

Archie Bell & Drells - Where Will You Go..... - PIR LP

Luther - Don't Wanna Be A Fool - Cotillion LP

Dramatics - What You See Is What You Get - Volt

Frederick Hymes III - Time Ain't Gonna Do Me No Favor - Fab Vegas

I A & P Co - Check Yourself - Colossus

The Nicky Newarkers - Woman - Mercury

Pete Warner - I Just Wanna Spend My Life With You - Polydor

Joe Tex - Under Your Powerful Love - Dial

Gloria Scott - Case Of Too Much Love Making - Casablanca LP (Request)

Curtis - How Can I Tell Her - Charm City

Mark IV - Signs Of A Dying Love - OTB

Not often I get chance to play a full set of this stuff, so enjoyed it all the more.

Jamie

Edited January 13, 200520 yr by Jamie

hi jamie, great playlist - yeah we have good taste (wait for the deluge of hostile messages from the modernphobes), heh heh

oh yeah, if you are selling a copy of this, it isn't as good as jamie says! (actually it is fucking brilliant, but i don't think it is rare)

thanks for info, i've got the Demitri playboy mansion LP, bought it for 10 City (i like his re-edit on this album) but the Best Friends Around track has grown on me to the extent that i can't get it out of my head.

Does anyone know whether this was issued on 7"?

i'm sure i saw it on a list from a shop in the south-east, but it was so old by the time i saw it that i didn't bother following it up - might be wrong

i was interested to see the Sharon Jones on your playlist - what a fantastic soul tune, should get played more outside of funk clubs

Black Stash - Mighty Loveman - Seville

Tony Drake - Suddenly - Brunswick

Madeline & Monticellos - Binding Ring Of Gold - De-Vel

Crown Heights Affair - Dreaming A Dream - De-Lite

Sharon Jones & Dap-Tones - How Long Do I Have To Wait For You?

Archie Bell & Drells - Don't Let Love Get You Down - PIR LP

Bobby Reed - Time Is Right For Love - Bell

Pioneers - My Good Friend James - Mercury

Best Friends Around - So Good To Know - Astralwerks

Archie Bell & Drells - Where Will You Go..... - PIR LP

Luther - Don't Wanna Be A Fool - Cotillion LP

Dramatics - What You See Is What You Get - Volt

Frederick Hymes III - Time Ain't Gonna Do Me No Favor - Fab Vegas

I A & P Co - Check Yourself - Colossus

The Nicky Newarkers - Woman - Mercury

Pete Warner - I Just Wanna Spend My Life With You - Polydor

Joe Tex - Under Your Powerful Love - Dial

Gloria Scott - Case Of Too Much Love Making - Casablanca LP (Request)

Curtis - How Can I Tell Her - Charm City

Mark IV - Signs Of A Dying Love - OTB

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Bejayzus, it's my worst nightmare come true. Records like these should all be attacked with a hammer. I wondered why that bastard who bought Pete Warner off me for £10 last year laughed his socks off later :angry:

Bejayzus, it's my worst nightmare come true.  Records like these should all be attacked with a hammer. I wondered why that bastard who bought Pete Warner off me for £10 last year laughed his socks off later  :angry:

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that was quick! i don't think you should be allowed to have a hammer unless you are supervised by an adult

that was quick!  i don't think you should be allowed to have a hammer unless you are supervised by an adult

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Says the guy who's probably never heard anything by The Stooges...

Says the guy who's probably never heard anything by The Stooges...

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I have and he's right let's face it you have a bass allergy!!!!!

The Worlds Forgotten Boy

Edited January 13, 200520 yr by Johnny One Trout

I have    and he's right let's face it you have a bass allergy!!!!!

The Worlds Forgotten Boy

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Sometimes he sings 'most goddamned boy'....honest

I have    and he's right let's face it you have a bass allergy!!!!!

The Worlds Forgotten Boy

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the one who searches to destroy

satisfied?

jimmy jewel is god (actually, the stooges albums are art now according to melvyn bragg - did you see the south bank special? LOL!)

the one who searches to destroy

satisfied?

jimmy jewel is god (actually, the stooges albums are art now according to melvyn bragg - did you see the south bank special? LOL!)

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Rightly so Funhouse and the Stooges are stone classics

the entire human-race is not worthy, the first stooges album is the last thing i would ever part with

the thing about the stooges is - just like northern soul - you either get it or you don't

it's funny cos i wear a tshirt with a print of the first album at niters sometimes and it's amazing how many soulies have come up to me and said wot a brilliant album it is - has iggy's old tunes gone overground or is there a common link?

anyway, can anyone help with the Best Friends Around record?

Edited January 13, 200520 yr by woolie mark

Had a look at the liner notes last night, apparently Dimitri found said original 7" in a junk shop in London.

I think it was on 'New York City Records' recorded 1979.

I already tried the avenues of Craig Moerer and a few others in that neck of the woods, none of which said they had heard of the group, or even the label for that matter.

I am curious to know what the original sounds like, as Dimitri has remixed 'So Good To Know'.

Happy hunting, and get me a copy if you find two!!!

Jamie

Edited January 14, 200520 yr by Jamie

Bejayzus, it's my worst nightmare come true.  Records like these should all be attacked with a hammer. I wondered why that bastard who bought Pete Warner off me for £10 last year laughed his socks off later  :angry:

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Bejayzus, it's my worst nightmare come true.  Records like these should all be attacked with a hammer. I wondered why that bastard who bought Pete Warner off me for £10 last year laughed his socks off later  :angry:

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Hold on Pete - Remember you got that demo off me in 2000 for a fiver cos Ididnt know what it was worth even with the needle burn on one side.

I don't think Astralwerks do it on a 7", probably wrong, I usually am!!!!

I play it off a compilation 'After The Playboys Mansion' by Dmitri From Paris.

If you 'google' it you'll probably pick up the Double LP comp for £15-£20

It's fucking brilliant, and you my friend have brilliant taste.

I play it quite a bit at Soulsville, Leeds.

I listed a playlist a while ago with it on:

Here's some I played on Saturday night at 'Cosmos' in Leeds. 70's/80's & onwards. These are in no particular order:

Black Stash - Mighty Loveman - Seville

Tony Drake - Suddenly - Brunswick

Madeline & Monticellos - Binding Ring Of Gold - De-Vel

Crown Heights Affair - Dreaming A Dream - De-Lite

Sharon Jones & Dap-Tones - How Long Do I Have To Wait For You?

Archie Bell & Drells - Don't Let Love Get You Down - PIR LP

Bobby Reed - Time Is Right For Love - Bell

Pioneers - My Good Friend James - Mercury

Best Friends Around - So Good To Know - Astralwerks

Archie Bell & Drells - Where Will You Go..... - PIR LP

Luther - Don't Wanna Be A Fool - Cotillion LP

Dramatics - What You See Is What You Get - Volt

Frederick Hymes III - Time Ain't Gonna Do Me No Favor - Fab Vegas

I A & P Co - Check Yourself - Colossus

The Nicky Newarkers - Woman - Mercury

Pete Warner - I Just Wanna Spend My Life With You - Polydor

Joe Tex - Under Your Powerful Love - Dial

Gloria Scott - Case Of Too Much Love Making - Casablanca LP (Request)

Curtis - How Can I Tell Her - Charm City

Mark IV - Signs Of A Dying Love - OTB

Not often I get chance to play a full set of this stuff, so enjoyed it all the more.

Jamie

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Whats the IA&P like as I have just bought one from the states but its not on that label?

Good set apart from Curtis- Thought it was too disco

Whats the IA&P like as I have just bought one from the states but its not on that label?

Good set apart from Curtis- Thought it was too disco

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IAP&Co - spin it occasionally in Edinburgh. Quality 70s IMHO.

Hammy

IAP&Co - spin it occasionally in Edinburgh. Quality 70s IMHO.

Hammy

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Hammy - Its Steve Eckersley here Not Riddell- How you doing?

Thanks for the info

Hammy - Its Steve Eckersley here Not Riddell- How you doing?

Thanks for the info

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Alright Steve - valued about £40-50 I think.

Hammy

doesn't anyone know of this record? i'm starting to wonder whether it's a genuine artist/title - hope it's not steve x-factor again!!! (can't be cos it's not crap)

the label given on the compilation album is sound of new york and the release date 1979

it certainly sounds like a NY production from about that time (to me, maybe a bit earlier)

i'm certain it was never released in UK (under that artist/title)

any ideas anyone?

doesn't anyone know of this record? i'm starting to wonder whether it's a genuine artist/title - hope it's not steve x-factor again!!! (can't be cos it's not crap)

the label given on the compilation album is sound of new york and the release date 1979

it certainly sounds like a NY production from about that time (to me, maybe a bit earlier)

i'm certain it was never released in UK (under that artist/title)

any ideas anyone?

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Pretty sure it's a US 12" only. Infact, it is a US only 12".

Not sure what the issue on Astralwerks is or if that was 7" or a 12" or just a figment of that Dimitri geezer's imagination or just a plain old typo...isn't Astralwerks some kind of Euro Techno label or sommat? It's on Lonnie Records which was linked to the prolific Queen Constance label. Value? Around £200 at the moment. Certainly one of the harder 12's to pick up. I've been trying to pick one up for ages myself to no avail. Last one I saw went on ebay for the equivalent of £200....got beat to it by someone from France, a country seemingly keen on this kind of sound; well, not the country as such but a fair proportion of that nation's record buying countrymen

Edited January 17, 200520 yr by kooga

Pretty sure it's a US 12" only. Infact, it is a US only 12".

Not sure what the issue on Astralwerks is or if that was 7" or a 12" or just a figment of that Dimitri geezer's imagination or just a plain old typo...isn't Astralwerks some kind of Euro Techno label or sommat? It's on Lonnie Records which was linked to the prolific Queen Constance label. Value? Around £200 at the moment. Certainly one of the harder 12's to pick up. I've been trying to pick one up for ages myself to no avail. Last one I saw went on ebay for the equivalent of £200....got beat to it by someone from France, a country seemingly keen on this kind of sound; well, not the country as such but a fair proportion of that nation's record buying countrymen 

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excellent, thanks for info.

so it is a genuine record then - hard on 12"... might there be an album?

there's 3 of us who want a copy, so i'll leave this topic running for a while to see if anyone turns up any copies to sell

excellent, thanks for info. 

so it is a genuine record then - hard on 12"... might there be an album?

there's 3 of us who want a copy, so i'll leave this topic running for a while to see if anyone turns up any copies to sell

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Very much doubt whether there's an album, Mark. Infact, I'd say there isn't.

here's a label scan

Edited January 18, 200520 yr by woolie mark

Can anyone supply me with a copy of:

Best Friend Around - So Good To Know (astralwerks)

on 7"?

Thanks, Mark

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the original is on Lonnie records 12" and goes for a lot but it is about to be re-released

the original is on Lonnie records 12" and goes for a lot but it is about to be re-released

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Yep, and one just went on ebay for £250 about 2 weeks ago

Missed it again!!!

Yep, and one just went on ebay for £250 about 2 weeks ago 

Missed it again!!! 

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hi jamie

i've been sniffing around for this since we last e-chatted about it - my bloody google alert let me down if there was one on e-bay

£250 is a bargain IMO - the ones i found out about had been going for £300+

oh, and it seems they are all badly warped as well

i'd heard about a reissue - but thought that it might have been deleted so was keeping schtumm until i'd actually got one

hope my info is wrong and angus' is correct

Edited September 6, 200519 yr by woolie mark

update on the reissue

i've spoken to one of the guys at vox pop record shop in manchester (tel: 0161 237 5767) today

they've had it in but sold out - said they should be ok to get some more through an import-distributor, it's been issued by a company in the us who have the rights (or say they have) to a lot of patrick adams, etc stuff

they should be getting some more soon

btw, it seems that the label on the reissue may be identical to the original - so i'd be a bit careful bidding for any on e-bay at moment!!!