Simon T

Yes. It's a odd mental hang up associated with collecting northern, I think. When you first get involved you don't give a monkey's about what the tunes on. Then you start traveling to hear Sam's and Serling's spots becasue they're the only ones playing something. Then you finally get a record where there's a couple of versions e.g. 'Gonna find a true love', 'I don't want to lose you' , and one's a fiver and fab and the other is a £100 and shit; but which one do we hang on to....... (don't tell me you haven't done the same :-) )

Bottom & Co is by far the better record, but with many cases the rarer version is tauted as the better; after all this must be most elist 'scene' in existence! (And guess which one I (elitist t***) own?!)

Trouble, you're in trouble! I've snapped everything in my box and **** me they seem to have all been originals apart from a one real heavy one that smells of wax crayons with Trident Studios written on it!! Anybody got any supper glue?!

One and the same, I believe.

How wierd! I had a vg+ black philips issue on vinyl which seemed to have another label underneath. When I got a mint Blue Rock issue (on styrene) I sold the philips copy to Carl Fornum, we peeled the label back a tiny bit and the one underneath was exactly the same color as the Blue Rock copy, but we didn't lift enough up to be totaly sure it was a Blue Rock label.

'Wait A Minute' sold 30,000 copies in its first week of release according to this site www.keener13.com/timtam.asp Perhaps they all emigrated to Wigan?

"switch around"?

Come on and put me out of my misery - "name that tune"! Is it Jimmy Radcliffe The Thrill of Loving You?

There's at least one that doesn't, lucky me, but it's probably only been played half a dozen times. Also, they are on that really rotton vinyl which seems to "wear out" very quickly, worse than styrene!

Mark Bicknell had one for sale recently

Lowell Fulsom - Talking woman blues & Jack Hammer - Ode to a discotheque (a former 100 club spin, by Mr Smith?)

Yes. I saw one many years ago, Robin Salters's? (It was about 20 years ago!)

You can get several minutes of music on to a 7", I can't remember exactly how much, I'm sure it's over six minutes, but the volume is low. That's the reason 12" were ''invented'' in the mid 70's for disco. The needle moves from side to side to generate the sound and heavy bass lines need the most movement and hence you often find short tunes pressed up on 12" e.g. "dance hall" ragga stuff. On the Northern side check out the difference between the volume and the track width on originals of Gwen Owens; the first press is very quiet with the grooves very close together and that's the reason those buggers skip!!

Before the universal the nomenclature system was introduced in organic chemistry, major polymers were given a name, STYRENE being one of them (e.g.polystyrene). So was VINYL, as in Poly Vinyl Chloride (? flexi discs of the fron of NME?). Studio / EMI discs are made of a polymer ACETATE. And finally, for anorak like me, nylon is a polymer that was patented in NY & LONdon.

It was www.hometown.aol.com.stsleuth/ , but I think it's defunk now.

And nostalgia not what it used to be (groan)!

Isn't that how it goes when you put water onto a chip pan fire?!

Couldn't agree more Mick. Perhaps what's Northern soul is an individual's thing,depending on what being played in what era? Though having written "My Way" the world most covered song, I shouldn't think Paul gives a flying **** about whether his single outings are in anybody's top 10 northern all time golden classic greats or not! Still he might have spent the money on some nattier threads!!

I've posted it up in the 'Sound's section. I particulary like the motorbike being reved up in the back ground for the last 30 seconds!

King Tutt - You've got Me Hung Up - Fun City £466 Ringleaders - Baby, What Has Happened To Our Love - M-Pac £355 Drizabone - Pressure - 4th. and Broadway PROMO ONLY 2 x 12" £49 Blue Jays - (It Depends Upon) The Point Of View - Jay £844 Ultimates - Girl I've Been Trying To Tell You - Br-Roma £ 515 Cajun Hart - Got To Find A Way - Warner Bros demo £ 304 Leroy And The Drivers - The Sad Chicken - Duo £148 Greg Perry - It Takes Heart vocal & instrumental - Alfa 12" £ 59 Stevie Wonder - Hey Harmonica Man - Stateside Demo UK £ 66 Jimmy Wallace - I'll Be Back - Alpha £684 Jimmy Jones - Walkin - Columbia demo UK £70 Jimmy Seals – The yesterday of our love – Challenge demo £326 Doug Banks – Ain’t that just like a woman – Guyden demo £262 Dorothy Williams – The well’s gone dry – Goldwax £141 Larry Clinton – She’s wanted – Dynamo demo £2290 Carl Hall – What about me – Columbia demo £161 Ike & Tina Turner – Somebody (somewhere) needs you W.B. UK issue £110 Fantastic Four – Can’t stop looking for my baby – Ric Tic £156 Jimmy Ruffin – Don’t feel sorry for me – Miracle demo £207 Montclairs – Hung up on your love – Contempo UK £36

Much better since you cut out most of that 'Northern' twaddle!! :-;

Little Anthony - Hurt so bad - Veep Even though I've played it a million time, it still make the hair stand up (literally) when he sings "You loved me before, please love me again, I can't let you go back to him"

Mike I'll convert it from a .wav (1.1gb!) to high quality mp3 and burn it on a CD for you. Please remind me of your address.

I recorded it (1hr 51m, missed the first 10 mintues) whilst listening over the net. Because it was over a dial-up connection, there's the odd drop-out, but otherwise the quality is good. I could burn it on to a couple of CDs for you, if you're in dire need.

The Vibrations - Cause' You Mine - Epic I've seen an issue sold recently for around £100 ($175) and a demo for £180!! Yvonne Baker - You Didn't Say A Word - Parkway I would say you looking at £300 ++ for a demo and considerably more for an issue at todays mad prices!