Posted March 23, 200520 yr Is there anyway of estimating just how many Northern Soul records there are? (in all it's genres) Can anyone take a guess? For myself I've no idea! And is there a consensus on who has the best collection in the world - in terms of numbers or rarities.... Apologies if this topic is old hat. Best Colin
March 23, 200520 yr Is there anyway of estimating just how many Northern Soul records there are? (in all it's genres) Can anyone take a guess? For myself I've no idea! And is there a consensus on who has the best collection in the world - in terms of numbers or rarities.... Apologies if this topic is old hat. Best Colin link The answer is 42......its in the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy
March 23, 200520 yr The answer is none as they were all made south of the North pole if you see what I mean! Oh well Ill take some more tablets!
March 23, 200520 yr The answer is 42......its in the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy link Bet you can't remember the question though!
March 23, 200520 yr Always thought that Tim Brown was numero uno in the collection stakes ?, as for "Best", i suppose it's that guy/girl who gets the most enjoyment from the records they own. Brett
March 24, 200520 yr Author I once heard a figure of appx 30,000 discs if you wnated to collect them all. Can anyone say if this is based on anything but guesswork?
March 24, 200520 yr My girlfriends son says 6. (he is 6 BTW) When I said I thought there would be more he used his stock answer. "Miss Brady said so". Once that arguement comes out, there is no shifting it. So I have to concur with Callum. It's 6 Edited March 24, 200520 yr by in town Mikey
March 24, 200520 yr I once heard a figure of appx 30,000 discs if you wnated to collect them all. Can anyone say if this is based on anything but guesswork? link would say hard to do accurate cause of the wide range but maybe anyone with a well defined database of 45s or cd tracks be able to give a shout of a at least figure ?
March 24, 200520 yr It appears there aren't any. Well not if you are looking for a general concensus that a record can even be classed as Northern. Perhaps the real answer is the number of unique tracks listed in Tim's and woodchip's US price guides plus woodchips soon to be released British price guide ohh and you better add in all the records played at Prestatyn, the Wilton, Lifeline etc that aren't in the guides. Ohh and nearly forgot everything I play that I class as Northern
March 24, 200520 yr I once heard a figure of appx 30,000 discs if you wnated to collect them all. Can anyone say if this is based on anything but guesswork? link think tim brown has that many. and he aint got them all.
March 24, 200520 yr think tim brown has that many. and he aint got them all. link And you must be somewhere near dave.........
March 24, 200520 yr think tim brown has that many. and he aint got them all. link He most certainly has not
March 24, 200520 yr Is there anyway of estimating just how many Northern Soul records there are? (in all it's genres) Can anyone take a guess? For myself I've no idea! And is there a consensus on who has the best collection in the world - in terms of numbers or rarities.... Apologies if this topic is old hat. Best Colin link In all it's genres? So including R&B, beat ballads, 70's, slightly funky staff that "avante garde" DJ's may spin on occasions, Sam's "80's" which get aired on "northern floors" etc etc etc....goodness knows. I think the number of 30,000 was about right give or take a few thousand for traditional 60's early 70's uptempo records, but if you add in all these "fringe genres", who knows?
March 24, 200520 yr THERES ONLY 500 ASK KEV ROBERTS HE KNOWS. link That's settled then. Thanks for the clarification.
March 24, 200520 yr When you have one of the modern/urban myths in your head like the only man made thing you can see from space is the great wall of china and Walking round the street with wet hair gives you a cold the same thing happens with this subject the magic number is 70k Dont know where i first heard it or who collated the info But its one of those things that stuck in my head.
March 24, 200520 yr the magic number is 70k link Question was "how many Northern Soul records there are? (in all it's genres)" Bearing in mind (on going) new discoveries, master tapes/acetates - in all genres ... How could we possibly ever know? Bexter 500 funniest
March 25, 200520 yr Maybe the answer is 20,000 Maybe the answer is 70,000 Maybe the answer is 250000 (if you go for every loose affiliation or whatever) Could you ever hear each and every one of 'em? How many out of x000s could/would you remember? By the way, if the answer is 42 then the question was "the ultimate question". Just ask the white mice!
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Is there anyway of estimating just how many Northern Soul records there are? (in all it's genres)
Can anyone take a guess? For myself I've no idea!
And is there a consensus on who has the best collection in the world - in terms of numbers or rarities....
Apologies if this topic is old hat.
Best
Colin