Simon T

"Every day that she walks by, I give her my biggest smile, but it's always in pain and I sit here praying again" Surprising how a can of 'wife beater' clarifies things!!!

Even more confused now

Anybody know anything about "L. Nix" who seems to have thier name in the run-out a many Stax, Volt, etc records? A studio engineer? Anybody met him / her?

£1043 in the end. Does anyone know what Ralph Graham got for his own personal signed copy on ebay recently?

7th december '83 Derby Assebmley Rooms, better than some dayers I've been there. Mothers' Pride, maybe not!

If selling a few things, or more, what would be the most acceptable way? On SS for offers? On SS for offers, with an Ovenchip price guide start? Ebay? Looks a bit complicated! (What about the reserve?) Trip down the road to Dealer? (@70% ‘face value’)? Any recommendations, from recent ‘retirees’ from the collecting scene?

Turning a bit Pete s in my old age! If I knew your opinion on the Smiths, I'd never sent you that DVD

Ted, you might have an above average collection, but you don't have the right to deride this sort of quality......kin'hel....

High energy, Y2k, disco shit!

There's worse / better?

Somebody’s got a computer, some pitch bending software, and somebody’s a **** Parental guidance, do not play this if you are of a nervous disposition!

£511

Never heard of either of them. Was Brenda related?

Girl group perfection? Quite possibly, in my 'umble opinion! Patrice Holloway on lead vocal. Any ideas who the others are?

By the way, I seem to remember the boots are darker (bottle) green so watch out for them

Any copies of either would be greatfully accepted I think the Ike Strong is better, but not because it's rarer, just doesn't sound so 'electronic' if you know what I mean? (more "deep funk" probably! )

Originals I've seen for sale over the last few years have been between £30 & £40

£133

It definatley on 7" as I have one somewhere. I think it might be their first single on ATCO because I've got the LP which I seem to remember is called "Circle of Love". I've read somewhere that LDYGTNCOM was their 3rd single, but I've no idea what the ''second'' single might be, if indeed it does exist. Anyway, apprently all their singles bombed and so Nile Rodgers was asked to write something for them by one of the Atlantic A&R bods. On asking what they were like, he was told their a great bunch of girl, there are 'like family'. And as they say in a corny American accent the rest is history "Sistyer Sledge and We Are Family"

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You might be able get them up still over the phone; it's in the second pinned topic in Tools & Tackle - For thos without audio "Just saw a post that reminded me of a feature that is still up and running Its a phone number that may be handy for those without audio pc features Phone this number place phone to speaker and play loud the service records the "sound" and then emails it to me as a mp3 i press a button or two and its up on the forum for the whole world to listen, comment, discuss or even slag down number is 07005981873 or international 447005981873 cost is something like 30 odd pence a min (off top of me head last time looked) usefull ??"

Everything is there but the actual vocal i.e. instrumental plus backing singers

Perhaps you need to visit a clinical psychologist and discuss ‘reward systems’ and Nietzsche’s “will to power” :-) Why do people put on soul nights? Some for profit (carrot) some for kudos (carrot), some to DJ and get pleasure from playing records they personally like (carrot), some to help address their need to “spread the word” (carrot). The problem comes when to the ‘stick’ reaches to same level as the ‘carrot’ or indeed, more. Granted, there may be the odd psychopath who gets pleasure from sitting at home setting fire to £20 notes as they spin their sounds, but for most sane people there comes a point where their losses (time, money etc) out way any benefits. Parallel to the human, emotional side of things is the basic premise of the economics of “supply & demand”; if people want an evening of the standard oldies format they will pursue it with their cash, travelling & attendances. Vis-Â -vis, if there’s no demand for new, alternative, underplayed, obscure, whatever you want to call the stuff, people will not be interested even if you went around their house with a mobile disco and set up shop in their kitchen! For what ever reason you decide to continue with your soul night, perhaps you should think about exactly what the market is and your recompense (whatever that might be) is? Anyway, the market Cleethorpes, Prestatyn etc, is a shrinking one, just depends on the speed of exponential decay, that can’t increase, despite people desire to repeat the event every weekend. The ultimate outcome might be as bizarre as a do where there’s just you and your best mates (SS member, of course!)