Dave Abbott

on Sue, about £20. God that woman can scream! enough to wake anyone up!

Sorry if any of my following points have been covered already, I am replying to Ian's first post and havent read all the replies. Firstly, has anyone decided where north ends and south starts? I live in Portsmouth and everything is north from me (fcuk off Isle of Wight) so when I saw Sean Chapman had a do called 'talk of the south' I was a bit miffed!! (Hi Sean) Any way I have been traveling north (I'm talking north of London) for many months now and there is a difference. Firstly the dos north are far better attended - obviously due to greater number of people into NS than down south. Is there different music to be heard north or south? Yes, but as with most nites now the music is as good as the guesting DJ's. Darn sarf there is a venue called Bisley, probably the best attended venue south of the M4 with a regular 300-400 people attending. If I go its cos nothing else is on, its very oldies orientated (not a bad thing please understand, just not my cup of tea) and it is as good as the guest DJ's on. And no one has to travel that far these days to hear a favorite DJ, why travel miles and hours to hear someone who will be in your area the following week? As for upfront - it does depend on the venue. I went to the Brighouse Ritz to see Ginger sometime late last year. An oldies orientated venue (and it was brilliant and packed) and Carl W came on and played out and out oldies e.g. wade in the water - Carl obviously done his homework and knew the crowds expectations. Heard Carl a month or so later at Bury and a completely different set. Both up north one oldies one 'upfront' (and a sign of a good DJ IMO). And to move that on...on the same night as going to Gingers do I went afterwards to the allniter at Wilton. A few miles up the road and another packed(ish) venue! Ok so the music policy between the two is different but that could not happen down south. I used to co-promote a soul nite in Portsmouth, quite 'upfront' compared to the other dos down here - no one in this area and I am talking Brighton to Bournemouth and up to London will clash, to maximize people through the door - and we used to wonder why people wouldn't travel down to our nites. Think it was Russ Vickers who said to me that we could have an all-niter down here with Butch, Fenn, Sam, Smith, Dyson etc DJing and still we wouldn't get the numbers. Well after going up north its quite clear - they don't have to!! There is so much going on up north they don't have to travel down south, no point especially as the good DJ's can be caught almost any where. For consistency my favorite venue has to be the 100 club and then niter wise Keele - the best venues musically (and I mean I have heard better sets elsewhere, but for the whole nite) I've attended recently have been Scenesville in London and Drunken Monkey in North Wales. All IMO of course and literally miles apart. I really don't think that I've answered Ian's question at all have I? LOL

Deffo "I wanna be" originally done by the Manhattans. Is this the Manahattans? I would be very surprised if this is the Pretenders doing an alternate take. This is far superior. Reall like this

..and as Chalky says, one where there doesnt seem to be a fixed price. If you're not desperate hold out you; should get one £150 maybe £200

yeah good double sider! :-)

beach boys - i just wasn't made for these times

wake-up. coffee. smell

and about 12 months ago Manship had it set sale for £400...

I found myself watching Fred Dinbnah last week on TV. He went to a meeting of steam engine enthusiasts. There were people there just for the thrill of riding on a steam engine, some sitting round in groups talking about the old days and talking about engine part numbers and 'it wasn't like this in our day' sort of thing. And one lad of 25 years who was worried that, him being the youngest on the steam engine scene, no one was behind him to keep the steam engine flag flying and it would all finish. A fitting analogy I thought. Lets face it people, the northern soul scene, as we know it, has maybe 15-20 years at most left in it. I am nearing 40 (yeah, I know I only look 27) and am still relatively young on this scene. There are not enough young people coming through to support it in the way it is now; yes there are young people coming into it - but not enough. It will transform from weekly congregationd into an annual or bi-annual mass - until the congregation is such that small numbers can not even sustain that. Sad, but true. And those fools, and there are some, that buy records to sell for their retirement. Well sell now people. Me, I am thinking of selling all my records and buying a steam engine...

a bargain indeed you may consider it too much Christian, but next time you see a record i want going for (what i condsider) half price - please let me know!!

Steve, I know someone who paid £1.6k end of last year for the Vanguards Sensations went recently for £1.2 to £1.5k cant remember exactly as it was Sunday that i was told... You'll find yaself in a queue for the sensations lol

i got it and recommend it too - i aint even on commission! - 2 good sides

(..learned to dance..) Been after this for ages - on uptight 007 (see i evem memorised the bloody number!) not rare at all everyone tells me, £40er. But still can find one :-(

Pete, you're a twat! IMO a great record. And though the Artisitics is good; not a patch on J Howard. The Artisitics takes you my the hand and gentle floats you...Howard jumps at you. grabs you by the throat and shakes you all around Yes was booted as a green issue. £250 seems about the going rate now for the demo - issue is rarer. And there are 2 different label designs for the demo - one with the bashie type 'logo' the other plain text.

dunno Marc - but written by Clarence Hill - came out on Sentry first

The Eptome of Sound

No. but what a great double sider that'd be!

Ken. Its brill you've been listening to too much Scratchy, you have

Last 2 i know of went for £200 and £240, both demos. Issue rarer than the demo. Manship just sold a boot for £40 Col.

think i've got this £20 or £25 i paid, i think. I really dont know much but what i do know is that the other side is off centre and will not play. well weird whatever brenda 45 on dionn i've got is out and i will be playing on sunday so i will try to remember...

quite rare that. not northern but to Sam Dees collectors. i have one as well, but its seen better days alas

was it at Anthea's house? ...coat...

Its the exact same recording, same band. Why it was put out again thinking it would sell some being called rock candy??!! They used the same plates, matrix no's etc exactly the same on both.