just looking thru your pre states move auction ian can you remember what you got for it

kev

remember the list well ( still got it somewhere ) as a young lad it was jaw dropping to read the titles,seemed there was everything that was getting played at wigan and clee, sad i know but other lads were looking at men only,fiesta and the like and i was spending all my spare time reading that dam list over and over again.

Edited January 29, 200916 yr by SKEGSOUL

remember the list well ( still got it somewhere ) as a young lad it was jaw dropping to read the titles,seemed there was everything that was getting played at wigan and clee, sad i know but other lads were looking at men only,fiesta and the like and i was spending all my spare time reading that dam list over and over again.

know the feeling just been reading one of boothies{leic} old lists as well, there will be roses somewhere demo £5 now where did i park that bleedin tardis

kev

know the feeling just been reading one of boothies{leic} old lists as well, there will be roses somewhere demo £5 now where did i park that bleedin tardis

kev

I've got a white demo of Bobby Taylor. Probably VG. The label aint great.

Any ideas on a rough price?

just looking thru your pre states move auction ian can you remember what you got for it

kev

I seem to remember leaving for the States with around £2,200 which was a handy amount in '76. I'm pretty sure that a lot of that was loads of £5/£10/£15 stuff but I did get some real surprises on the auction. I can't even remember what was on there now but from memory it was the bulk of my originals and lots of stuff which hadn't been pressed at that point. I'd be curious if anyone could put up a scan perhaps.....

One thing I do remember was a guy phoning me up on the day the auction closed which I think was a Sunday and asking about "The Larue". He asked me to describe the label and asked me exactly what shade of pink it was (it was a U.S. Decca promo). He wanted to know what I'd been offered but I wouldn't tell him as I didn't think that would be fair on the other bidders so I just said that the auction was closing that day and did he want to put a bid in? It's all a bit hazy now but I seem to remember him ringing me @ 5.00pm and bidding £100 or thereabouts which was approximately 3 times the existing bid! So I told him that if that was a solid bid then he'd pretty much be guaranteed to win it. He then asked if he could pick it up that night, so I said sure. He said he lived in Milton Keynes and he'd drive up to Huddersfield immediately. In those days that was a good 4-5 hour journey.

Anyway, at around 10.00pm that Sunday night the bell rang at my flat and I opened the door to greet the guy. First off he looked like a very effiminate male Hairdresser - a bit like Nicky Clarke but with long black hair. He was wearing a pink paisley shirt with a waistcoat and loads of neck chains and had an earing - not exactly the archetypical Northern Soul fan LOL.....

I invited him in and the first thing he said was "Do you have the record"? I said sure. He then said "Do you mind if I have a look at it" and again I said sure. So I hooked the record out and handed it to him. He just stared at it for about 30 seconds and then said, "Do you mind if I look at it privately"? So I said OK and led him into the kitchen and then closed the door. So I was waiting in the lounge and he was in my kitchen with the record.

After about 3 minutes I asked through the closed door if he was OK? There was a muffled reply from the kitchen saying "....Yes....I'm...OK....I'll.....be.....out...shortly".

About 2 minutes later the guy emerged from my kitchen looking slightly flustered and counting a wad of banknotes in his hand. He handed over £100 and thanked me and said he better be on his way as he wouldn't get back to Milton Keynes until around 3.00am.

As he got to the front door I said to him, "Wow. £100 and a 5 hour car journey. You must love the record"!

And he said to me "I've never heard it mate".

I said "Oh. Are you a big Lada Edmund Jr fan then"?

He said "No, never heard of her before".

I said "Well, out of curiosity, how come you've just bought it then"?

He just looked at me "I've just got to have it" and then left.

To this day I've never figured out what the hell that was all about. If anyone out there may happen to know why a slightly effiminate hairdresser from Milton Keynes paid 3 times over the odds for "The Larue" in 1976 and spent a 10 hour round trip collecting a record he's never heard by an artist he didn't know, then let me know 'cos it's one of the great unanswered questions in my life..............

Ian D

Edited January 30, 200916 yr by Ian Dewhirst

just looking thru your pre states move auction ian can you remember what you got for it

kev

Actually in answer to the original question, I seem to remember a young Tim Brown paying the grand total of £11 for Duke Browner. I felt sorry for him at the time 'cos the jumper he was wearing had a huge hole in the sleeve..........

Ian D

I seem to remember leaving for the States with around £2,200 which was a handy amount in '76. I'm pretty sure that a lot of that was loads of £5/£10/£15 stuff but I did get some real surprises on the auction. I can't even remember what was on there now but from memory it was the bulk of my originals and lots of stuff which hadn't been pressed at that point. I'd be curious if anyone could put up a scan perhaps.....

One thing I do remember was a guy phoning me up on the day the auction closed which I think was a Sunday and asking about "The Larue". He asked me to describe the label and asked me exactly what shade of pink it was (it was a U.S. Decca promo). He wanted to know what I'd been offered but I wouldn't tell him as I didn't think that would be fair on the other bidders so I just said that the auction was closing that day and did he want to put a bid in? It's all a bit hazy now but I seem to remember him ringing me @ 5.00pm and bidding £100 or thereabouts which was approximately 3 times the existing bid! So I told him that if that was a solid bid then he'd pretty much be guaranteed to win it. He then asked if he could pick it up that night, so I said sure. He said he lived in Milton Keynes and he'd drive up to Huddersfield immediately. In those days that was a good 4-5 hour journey.

Anyway, at around 10.00pm that Sunday night the bell rang at my flat and I opened the door to greet the guy. First off he looked like a very effiminate male Hairdresser - a bit like Nicky Clarke but with long black hair. He was wearing a pink paisley shirt with a waistcoat and loads of neck chains and had an earing - not exactly the archetypical Northern Soul fan LOL.....

I invited him in and the first thing he said was "Do you have the record"? I said sure. He then said "Do you mind if I have a look at it" and again I said sure. So I hooked the record out and handed it to him. He just stared at it for about 30 seconds and then said, "Do you mind if I look at it privately"? So I said OK and led him into the kitchen and then closed the door. So I was waiting in the lounge and he was in my kitchen with the record.

After about 3 minutes I asked through the closed door if he was OK? There was a muffled reply from the kitchen saying "....Yes....I'm...OK....I'll.....be.....out...shortly".

About 2 minutes later the guy emerged from my kitchen looking slightly flustered and counting a wad of banknotes in his hand. He handed over £100 and thanked me and said he better be on his way as he wouldn't get back to Milton Keynes until around 3.00am.

As he got to the front door I said to him, "Wow. £100 and a 5 hour car journey. You must love the record"!

And he said to me "I've never heard it mate".

I said "Oh. Are you a big Lada Edmund Jr fan then"?

He said "No, never heard of her before".

I said "Well, out of curiosity, how come you've just bought it then"?

He just looked at me "I've just got to have it" and then left.

To this day I've never figured out what the hell that was all about. If anyone out there may happen to know why a slightly effiminate hairdresser from Milton Keynes paid 3 times over the odds for "The Larue" in 1976 and spent a 10 hour round trip collecting a record he's never heard by an artist he didn't know, then let me know 'cos it's one of the great unanswered questions in my life..............

Ian D

He wasnt knocking one out in your kitchen was he Ian thinking he got a Danny Larue

Just as a guide

£2,200 in 1976 using inflation as a guide would be roughly £11,868.23 today.

Thats a nice sum to be holding Ian.

He wasnt knocking one out in your kitchen was he Ian thinking he got a Danny Larue

The thought did occur to me. I've spent quite a bit of time over the years pondering it. The centre-hole on U.S. records could conceivably be used for a quick James Arthur I guess..............

Ian D

Just as a guide

£2,200 in 1976 using inflation as a guide would be roughly £11,868.23 today.

Thats a nice sum to be holding Ian.

Sounds about right. I was going for 6 months so I needed enough to cover me for that period of time. Not included on the list was a whole heap of British and a pretty good run of Motown and other UK Soul items and it took me about 3 months to clear everything. I was inspired to go after hearing the tales of Soussan and Graham Warr's finds over there........

That trip actually made me a load of dosh 'cos when I got back I didn't work for a good 9 months, I got a new flat, new car, new girlfriends and spent a lot of time in London having fun.....

Ian D

The thought did occur to me. I've spent quite a bit of time over the years pondering it. The centre-hole on U.S. records could conceivably be used for a quick James Arthur I guess..............

Ian D

I can think of better tunes to have a thomas the tank over

Sounds about right. I was going for 6 months so I needed enough to cover me for that period of time. Not included on the list was a whole heap of British and a pretty good run of Motown and other UK Soul items and it took me about 3 months to clear everything. I was inspired to go after hearing the tales of Soussan and Graham Warr's finds over there........

That trip actually made me a load of dosh 'cos when I got back I didn't work for a good 9 months, I got a new flat, new car, new girlfriends and spent a lot of time in London having fun.....

Ian D

How many records did you buy over there Ian and how did you get them all back to ol Blighty

How many records did you buy over there Ian and how did you get them all back to ol Blighty

1000's and 1000's Bearsy!

Several bulk loads were sent over and then sold via Neil Rushton from an office in Litchfield - Neil and I had a company at the time which specialised in bulk imports and legitimate re-presses, so the majority of the stuff got fed into the company. I shudder to think of some of the titles which were £2-3 quiders at the time! I maintained a small personal Northern collection but at that point I was collecting several different types of Soul music so I had a lot of different stuff in my entire collection. Things like Si Hightower were considered waaay too slow back then, so they remained on my shelves for a long time after I came back until deep Soul collectors like Colin Dilnot unearthed 'em from my shelves.

I put out a massive sales book circa 1978 called Vinyl Junkie which was about 60 pages long which gives some idea of some the stuff that was held over from the original U.S. trip. I read it and weep every so often.

I've been back about 50 times since but mostly on other business. However, on every trip I usually managed to find records so the collection has expanded and contracted numerous times over the years. I ALWAYS have too many records so the collection is a constantly mutating beast and it's been that way since 1976.

I actually work on the basis that my records should circulate among like-minded people. I've learned to become less precious about personaly hoarding stuff over the years as I'd rather have records out there, being played and finding an audience rather than staying on my dusty shelves. Without that philosophy a LOT of records would never have been played in the first place. I like to think that 1000's of records which have been through my hands have re-circulated and found themselves a nice home with an owner that can appreciate 'em as much as I did in a period when I actually had time to listen to 'em!

Records were made to be played not hoarded and I stick with that.

I say this knowing full well that I'm about to have a massive clearout LOL. Gotta clear circa 20 feet of albums and 12"'s and around 30 feet of U.S. and U.K. 45's 'cos I need the space so it's the same old problem LOL.........

Ian D

I seem to remember leaving for the States with around £2,200 which was a handy amount in '76. I'm pretty sure that a lot of that was loads of £5/£10/£15 stuff but I did get some real surprises on the auction. I can't even remember what was on there now but from memory it was the bulk of my originals and lots of stuff which hadn't been pressed at that point. I'd be curious if anyone could put up a scan perhaps.....

One thing I do remember was a guy phoning me up on the day the auction closed which I think was a Sunday and asking about "The Larue". He asked me to describe the label and asked me exactly what shade of pink it was (it was a U.S. Decca promo). He wanted to know what I'd been offered but I wouldn't tell him as I didn't think that would be fair on the other bidders so I just said that the auction was closing that day and did he want to put a bid in? It's all a bit hazy now but I seem to remember him ringing me @ 5.00pm and bidding £100 or thereabouts which was approximately 3 times the existing bid! So I told him that if that was a solid bid then he'd pretty much be guaranteed to win it. He then asked if he could pick it up that night, so I said sure. He said he lived in Milton Keynes and he'd drive up to Huddersfield immediately. In those days that was a good 4-5 hour journey.

Anyway, at around 10.00pm that Sunday night the bell rang at my flat and I opened the door to greet the guy. First off he looked like a very effiminate male Hairdresser - a bit like Nicky Clarke but with long black hair. He was wearing a pink paisley shirt with a waistcoat and loads of neck chains and had an earing - not exactly the archetypical Northern Soul fan LOL.....

I invited him in and the first thing he said was "Do you have the record"? I said sure. He then said "Do you mind if I have a look at it" and again I said sure. So I hooked the record out and handed it to him. He just stared at it for about 30 seconds and then said, "Do you mind if I look at it privately"? So I said OK and led him into the kitchen and then closed the door. So I was waiting in the lounge and he was in my kitchen with the record.

After about 3 minutes I asked through the closed door if he was OK? There was a muffled reply from the kitchen saying "....Yes....I'm...OK....I'll.....be.....out...shortly".

About 2 minutes later the guy emerged from my kitchen looking slightly flustered and counting a wad of banknotes in his hand. He handed over £100 and thanked me and said he better be on his way as he wouldn't get back to Milton Keynes until around 3.00am.

As he got to the front door I said to him, "Wow. £100 and a 5 hour car journey. You must love the record"!

And he said to me "I've never heard it mate".

I said "Oh. Are you a big Lada Edmund Jr fan then"?

He said "No, never heard of her before".

I said "Well, out of curiosity, how come you've just bought it then"?

He just looked at me "I've just got to have it" and then left.

To this day I've never figured out what the hell that was all about. If anyone out there may happen to know why a slightly effiminate hairdresser from Milton Keynes paid 3 times over the odds for "The Larue" in 1976 and spent a 10 hour round trip collecting a record he's never heard by an artist he didn't know, then let me know 'cos it's one of the great unanswered questions in my life..............

Ian D

I REMEMBER YOUR 'LAST' ALLNITER AT CLEETHORPES..I WAS FRIENDLY WITH A GIRL FROM BOSTON CALLED JANET CATER, USED TO TAKE HER TO WIGAN ETC..I PERSUADED HER TO ASK YOU FOR SOME US CONTACTS AS I WAS A LITTLE APPREHENSIVE.I THINK YOU FANCIED HER AS SHE CAME BACK WITH BOB CATTANEOS ADDRESS.THAT WAS SHORT LIVED AS HE RIPPED ME OFF CHARGING $35 FOR A BOOTLEG OF THE JADES ON REE.CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED TO JANET...

I REMEMBER YOUR 'LAST' ALLNITER AT CLEETHORPES..I WAS FRIENDLY WITH A GIRL FROM BOSTON CALLED JANET CATER, USED TO TAKE HER TO WIGAN ETC..I PERSUADED HER TO ASK YOU FOR SOME US CONTACTS AS I WAS A LITTLE APPREHENSIVE.I THINK YOU FANCIED HER AS SHE CAME BACK WITH BOB CATTANEOS ADDRESS.THAT WAS SHORT LIVED AS HE RIPPED ME OFF CHARGING $35 FOR A BOOTLEG OF THE JADES ON REE.CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED TO JANET...

LOL, typical! Serves you right for getting a girl to pump me for info but a smart move nonetheless Datch. I was always pussy-whipped and no doubt Janet would have been a bit of allright.......

Sorry about the blind alley with Bob Cattaneo's address though. I always had Bob down as a straight-shooter and it surprises me that he was turning around boots. I stayed at his place when I went to Frisco in '76 and a nicer guy you couldn't hope to meet. I dunno what he was doing with Soussan boots. It's very possible that Soussan could have stung Bob with those Ree pressings, which I think were extremely limited weren't they......?

Ya live and learn.....alll in the rich tapestry of life as they say..........

Out of curiosity did you ever get any action with Janet...............?

Ian D

1000's and 1000's Bearsy!

Several bulk loads were sent over and then sold via Neil Rushton from an office in Litchfield - Neil and I had a company at the time which specialised in bulk imports and legitimate re-presses, so the majority of the stuff got fed into the company. I shudder to think of some of the titles which were £2-3 quiders at the time! I maintained a small personal Northern collection but at that point I was collecting several different types of Soul music so I had a lot of different stuff in my entire collection. Things like Si Hightower were considered waaay too slow back then, so they remained on my shelves for a long time after I came back until deep Soul collectors like Colin Dilnot unearthed 'em from my shelves.

I put out a massive sales book circa 1978 called Vinyl Junkie which was about 60 pages long which gives some idea of some the stuff that was held over from the original U.S. trip. I read it and weep every so often.

I've been back about 50 times since but mostly on other business. However, on every trip I usually managed to find records so the collection has expanded and contracted numerous times over the years. I ALWAYS have too many records so the collection is a constantly mutating beast and it's been that way since 1976.

I actually work on the basis that my records should circulate among like-minded people. I've learned to become less precious about personaly hoarding stuff over the years as I'd rather have records out there, being played and finding an audience rather than staying on my dusty shelves. Without that philosophy a LOT of records would never have been played in the first place. I like to think that 1000's of records which have been through my hands have re-circulated and found themselves a nice home with an owner that can appreciate 'em as much as I did in a period when I actually had time to listen to 'em!

Records were made to be played not hoarded and I stick with that.

I say this knowing full well that I'm about to have a massive clearout LOL. Gotta clear circa 20 feet of albums and 12"'s and around 30 feet of U.S. and U.K. 45's 'cos I need the space so it's the same old problem LOL.........

Ian D

Nice one Ian knowing me i would of ended up spending all my money on women and good living and only probably brought back a copy of the Snake

your right about records though, they was made to be played

Bearsy

LOL, typical! Serves you right for getting a girl to pump me for info but a smart move nonetheless Datch. I was always pussy-whipped and no doubt Janet would have been a bit of allright.......

Sorry about the blind alley with Bob Cattaneo's address though. I always had Bob down as a straight-shooter and it surprises me that he was turning around boots. I stayed at his place when I went to Frisco in '76 and a nicer guy you couldn't hope to meet. I dunno what he was doing with Soussan boots. It's very possible that Soussan could have stung Bob with those Ree pressings, which I think were extremely limited weren't they......?

Ya live and learn.....alll in the rich tapestry of life as they say..........

Out of curiosity did you ever get any action with Janet...............?

Ian D

Nope...no action, Janet was a sweet girl but a bit of a poser..not really into northern, always breathed an air of superiority..good looker tho..other 'Bobs Boots' inc Danny Monday..Joe hicks..all $35 as i recall..I had the jades/Ree for a good few months before other copies trickled in, so DJ wise I was quids in..question, I remember very well John Vincents cover up of The Centuries-Jack 23- I think he named them the Gladiators but what was the c/u title..I've it on tape but can't make it out..

1000's and 1000's Bearsy!

Several bulk loads were sent over and then sold via Neil Rushton from an office in Litchfield - Neil and I had a company at the time which specialised in bulk imports and legitimate re-presses, so the majority of the stuff got fed into the company. I shudder to think of some of the titles which were £2-3 quiders at the time! I maintained a small personal Northern collection but at that point I was collecting several different types of Soul music so I had a lot of different stuff in my entire collection. Things like Si Hightower were considered waaay too slow back then, so they remained on my shelves for a long time after I came back until deep Soul collectors like Colin Dilnot unearthed 'em from my shelves.

I put out a massive sales book circa 1978 called Vinyl Junkie which was about 60 pages long which gives some idea of some the stuff that was held over from the original U.S. trip. I read it and weep every so often.

I've been back about 50 times since but mostly on other business. However, on every trip I usually managed to find records so the collection has expanded and contracted numerous times over the years. I ALWAYS have too many records so the collection is a constantly mutating beast and it's been that way since 1976.

I actually work on the basis that my records should circulate among like-minded people. I've learned to become less precious about personaly hoarding stuff over the years as I'd rather have records out there, being played and finding an audience rather than staying on my dusty shelves. Without that philosophy a LOT of records would never have been played in the first place. I like to think that 1000's of records which have been through my hands have re-circulated and found themselves a nice home with an owner that can appreciate 'em as much as I did in a period when I actually had time to listen to 'em!

Records were made to be played not hoarded and I stick with that.

I say this knowing full well that I'm about to have a massive clearout LOL. Gotta clear circa 20 feet of albums and 12"'s and around 30 feet of U.S. and U.K. 45's 'cos I need the space so it's the same old problem LOL.........

Ian D

That Vinyl Junkies book had Willie Tee - I'm having so much fun [Gatur ] listed as your favourite record of all time Ian @ £7 .I'd never heard it before , but bagged one a few weeks later off the Bowl's " Soul " section for £3 !! Think it goes for over £500 now .Mine resides in Ted Massey's collection now ..........Best,Eddie

That Vinyl Junkies book had Willie Tee - I'm having so much fun [Gatur ] listed as your favourite record of all time Ian @ £7 .I'd never heard it before , but bagged one a few weeks later off the Bowl's " Soul " section for £3 !! Think it goes for over £500 now .Mine resides in Ted Massey's collection now ..........Best,Eddie

Those were the days LOL.....

I flogged you a few over the years I seem to remember.........

Ian D

I seem to remember leaving for the States with around £2,200 which was a handy amount in '76. I'm pretty sure that a lot of that was loads of £5/£10/£15 stuff but I did get some real surprises on the auction. I can't even remember what was on there now but from memory it was the bulk of my originals and lots of stuff which hadn't been pressed at that point. I'd be curious if anyone could put up a scan perhaps.....

One thing I do remember was a guy phoning me up on the day the auction closed which I think was a Sunday and asking about "The Larue". He asked me to describe the label and asked me exactly what shade of pink it was (it was a U.S. Decca promo). He wanted to know what I'd been offered but I wouldn't tell him as I didn't think that would be fair on the other bidders so I just said that the auction was closing that day and did he want to put a bid in? It's all a bit hazy now but I seem to remember him ringing me @ 5.00pm and bidding £100 or thereabouts which was approximately 3 times the existing bid! So I told him that if that was a solid bid then he'd pretty much be guaranteed to win it. He then asked if he could pick it up that night, so I said sure. He said he lived in Milton Keynes and he'd drive up to Huddersfield immediately. In those days that was a good 4-5 hour journey.

Anyway, at around 10.00pm that Sunday night the bell rang at my flat and I opened the door to greet the guy. First off he looked like a very effiminate male Hairdresser - a bit like Nicky Clarke but with long black hair. He was wearing a pink paisley shirt with a waistcoat and loads of neck chains and had an earing - not exactly the archetypical Northern Soul fan LOL.....

I invited him in and the first thing he said was "Do you have the record"? I said sure. He then said "Do you mind if I have a look at it" and again I said sure. So I hooked the record out and handed it to him. He just stared at it for about 30 seconds and then said, "Do you mind if I look at it privately"? So I said OK and led him into the kitchen and then closed the door. So I was waiting in the lounge and he was in my kitchen with the record.

After about 3 minutes I asked through the closed door if he was OK? There was a muffled reply from the kitchen saying "....Yes....I'm...OK....I'll.....be.....out...shortly".

About 2 minutes later the guy emerged from my kitchen looking slightly flustered and counting a wad of banknotes in his hand. He handed over £100 and thanked me and said he better be on his way as he wouldn't get back to Milton Keynes until around 3.00am.

As he got to the front door I said to him, "Wow. £100 and a 5 hour car journey. You must love the record"!

And he said to me "I've never heard it mate".

I said "Oh. Are you a big Lada Edmund Jr fan then"?

He said "No, never heard of her before".

I said "Well, out of curiosity, how come you've just bought it then"?

He just looked at me "I've just got to have it" and then left.

To this day I've never figured out what the hell that was all about. If anyone out there may happen to know why a slightly effiminate hairdresser from Milton Keynes paid 3 times over the odds for "The Larue" in 1976 and spent a 10 hour round trip collecting a record he's never heard by an artist he didn't know, then let me know 'cos it's one of the great unanswered questions in my life..............

Ian D

If ever there was a man who needed to write a book on soulful exploits its you Ian

Actually in answer to the original question, I seem to remember a young Tim Brown paying the grand total of £11 for Duke Browner. I felt sorry for him at the time 'cos the jumper he was wearing had a huge hole in the sleeve..........

Ian D

At that time , that will have been his best one ........

Malc Burton

If ever there was a man who needed to write a book on soulful exploits its you Ian

Working on it Patto.

I just collated my stories from the Soussan and Greatest Record Finds threads and they come to 15,000 words just on those two. That's what I love about Soul Source -people jog my memory about certain incidents and then I get enthused and the stuff just pours out LOL...

But there's a hell of a lot more which isn't Northern Soul related - the 80's & 90's, New York, Chicago, Ibiza, Serious Records, Island Records, Warner Bros, Mastercuts, drugs, sex, guns, gangsters, businesses, bankruptcy, marriage in Las Vegas, having a daughter etc, etc, so it won't be a quickie LOL....

I'm pretty capable of banging out sleeve notes and articles so a book would be a natural ambition. Thanks for your encouragement and everyone on Soul Source who have been supportive - it's pretty fullfilling to get the stories out there, so thanks for reading 'em!

It'll be a motherf*cker of a book if I can get it all down LOL......

Ian D

Nice one Ian knowing me i would of ended up spending all my money on women and good living and only probably brought back a copy of the Snake

your right about records though, they was made to be played

Bearsy

Well I did that as well Bearsy! I didn't need much encouragement. In fact whenever I got too low on funds that would propell me into a digging frenzy and usually I'd get a result.......and then go out to celebrate LOL.....

Ian D

At that time , that will have been his best one ........

Malc Burton

I swear he's probably still got it as well. Our Tim doesn't like to waste money on things like clothes LOL........he's not known as Tim "No Frills" Brown for nothing as anyone who has had the misfortune of being in that FREEZING rat-infested warehouse will confirm!

Ian D

Hi, Ian!

It'd be the best written northern soul related book ever, that's for sure!

I think that a book like this would have a lot of "crossover" potential and would help to "spread the faith" more that anything else i can think of...I do work as a musical journalist in Spain, i read loads of music related books and articles every month... and, believe me, writting like yours is one in a million, congratulations!!

Best!

Edu

Working on it Patto.

I just collated my stories from the Soussan and Greatest Record Finds threads and they come to 15,000 words just on those two. That's what I love about Soul Source -people jog my memory about certain incidents and then I get enthused and the stuff just pours out LOL...

But there's a hell of a lot more which isn't Northern Soul related - the 80's & 90's, New York, Chicago, Ibiza, Serious Records, Island Records, Warner Bros, Mastercuts, drugs, sex, guns, gangsters, businesses, bankruptcy, marriage in Las Vegas, having a daughter etc, etc, so it won't be a quickie LOL....

I'm pretty capable of banging out sleeve notes and articles so a book would be a natural ambition. Thanks for your encouragement and everyone on Soul Source who have been supportive - it's pretty fullfilling to get the stories out there, so thanks for reading 'em!

It'll be a motherf*cker of a book if I can get it all down LOL......

Ian D

Edited February 1, 200916 yr by tykarim

I swear he's probably still got it as well. Our Tim doesn't like to waste money on things like clothes LOL........he's not known as Tim "No Frills" Brown for nothing as anyone who has had the misfortune of being in that FREEZING rat-infested warehouse will confirm!

Ian D

Due to the sub zero temperature , the rats have boycotted the warehouse . Brownie has taken in penguins - who pay rent to him of course .......

Malc Burton

Due to the sub zero temperature , the rats have boycotted the warehouse . Brownie has taken in penguins - who pay rent to him of course .......

Malc Burton

No wonder he spends all his time in zoos these days LOL.....

Ian D