This is a tough choice because there have been some awesome previously unissued gems played over the last 30 years or so, I was thinking about "Suspicion", "Some day the sun will shine" and second best of all "The magic touch"...but the best of the lot has to be one of the first wave of unissued things Popcorn Wylie gave to John Anderson:

BETTY BOO - SAY IT ISN'T SO

what a f*cking record, never fully appreciated at the time and released to early. An absolute gem.

A few more worth a mention off a cd currently playing in the car

Gift of Love - Unknown

We Can Make It We can - Unknown Motown

All Gone - Unknown Motown

Lonely Boy Instr - Shorty Long

Headed Back to Georgia - Unknown

Words - Monitors

Steve Mc

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If its a shrill female vocal, 'Gift of Love' could be Ann Marie, an old Peterborough/Wirrina play.

Last one from me.......

Unknown Artist.......Unknown Title

Just read that Russ W thread, and my head is spinning, only way i can negotiate the carpet now is with golf shoes.....

Hi Louise, meant to say the Topics. Not to be bconfused by any other group with the same name.  If this is on a Virtue Acetate who has it now?

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Hiya Chalky, Dave has an acetate

Butch also has one and Soul Sam had it but i believe he sold it???

Hiya Chalky, Dave has an acetate

Butch also has one and Soul Sam had it but i believe he sold it???

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Cheers Louise,

can't say I've heard the Topics played out much if at all

Cheers Louise,

can't say I've heard the Topics played out much if at all 

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Yes you did Dave played it at the Wilton The night he was playing disco

(you must have had your ear plugs in )

Yes you did Dave played it at the Wilton The night he was playing disco    

(you must have had your ear plugs in )

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Me too lou!must have been all that disco

Me too lou!must have been all that disco 

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Hello Ken you know you love disco

Yes you did Dave played it at the Wilton The night he was playing disco    

(you must have had your ear plugs in )

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Must have. Sounds so much different to Bernard Williams should have realised Will take the ear plugs out next time Dave is DJing

Edited May 24, 200520 yr by chalky

I'm amazed that so many people like Deon Jackson. To my mind it just isn't a soul record. Nor is it good in any way at all.

It's  mindless pop pap in the same league as the lesser talented British performers of the 60s such as Freddie Garraty and as someone else mentioned before, Gerry Marsden.

I would be embarrassed to play this to anyone.

Perhaps I'm misssing something. Would genuninely appreciate it if those who rate this record so highly could enlighten me.

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