Simon T

Didn't the Gogate label have something similar like "If it's not on Gogate, it's not a hit"? And had those multi-million sellers - The Trent Sisters & Little John?!!

Perhaps the money men have thier eyes on the big label items and remebered that there's been another copy on Ovenchip's auction within the last year?

£946

Me too, sack of s**te. When you consider you could buy 1500 copies if the Isley Bros -This old heart for the same money, smash up 1499 of them, and have a rare, good motown record!!

Gene you're right, just spotted the Indian chap on the original label!!! Where did OKAY come from? The Choctaw theory In the American Choctaw Indian language, there is a word okeh, which means "it is so". It is likely (although I can find no hard evidence) that this word was used in some American communities in the early 19th century. There is a report that Andrew Jackson, during the Battle of New Orleans in 1815, learned of this Choctaw word, liked it, and used it. Woodrow Wilson also preferred this etymology, and used okeh when he approved official papers. His use led to this particular form being picked up by Okeh Records, "the name of a series of popular phonograph records" [Mencken, 1936] as well as hot-dog stands, shoe-shining parlours and more.

In 1918 Otto Heineman founded "OkeH" records using some of the first real 'flat' records, as opposed to cylinders, developed by the Keen-O-Phone company. Since then is probably just associated with OK(ay) because they sound the same?

It was also played at Cleethorpes nighters (by POKE?) around 1982. The album version is 7:38! www.discomusic.com/records-more/521_0_2_0_M38/ The rest ofthe L.P. is crap. I was told they were a bit of a rock band. I bought a 7" from Soul Bowl from a box of about 100+, so don't go paying daft money for one!

Johnny, first it was "and pledge allegance to the fag" then the " northern soul fist" now the "queens hall"!!!! Freudian slips due to much recent over exposure to GAYle Adams? :-))

True. The only thing that would concern me is that most of the records that are now "turning up" seem to labels of one colour, simple design & on vinyl i.e. easier to boot. Has anything on styrene turned up in quantities since Danny Moore?

At least 15 years ago, as I remember going down to West Winch to buy some records and that was one of them. However they were £8, not £15, and I would say about 30 - 40 of them in a pile.

The oldest "northern" record I've got is Jimmy Ruffin - Don't feel sorry for me @ 1961 which is older than me. Any ideas about the oldest record to be played on the scene, and more importantly who's the oldest soulie still going?

The records or the people?! :-)

I bought an aluminium one about six months ago and although it seems a bit flippsy with owt in it, it's turned out to be a well worth the purchase.

How much? Where is my nearest pressing plant?! I've got it burnt on CD straight off an original and the vocal definitely does not have a Jamaican twang. If you listen to - "Giving and taking from day to day" & Cecil sing "I'll walk right over you and I'll do it today", the Coconut chap has a higher voice, but it could be Cecil on backing vocals though. Anybody have any more certain info on the lead vocalist?

I seem to remeber Manship having one a year or so ago @ £700. He may have sold it or "withdrawn" it to put up for auction in the future

Does James mean this version is not played much?

Me neither, not since I bought one of those 75 in the eighties. It could be i) Someone has booted it and intends to flog them as "the first, small run, independent release on a local label" before it was released in small numbers on a local independent label or ii) "It might of only been £3, but you were still ripped off Hippo, because 'Oh Lord' came out on GAR not Gold Spot" But according to Kenny they are legit Anybody got a ides or a scan?

That's has made me laugh! Any body else got any northern dealer's cliches to share? My favourite is "recommend". I always think this translates as "it's shite and that's why you've never heard of it, and why I can't get rid of it! Here's my effort at a sales pitch: Just got a mint copy of Eamon's northern rarity 'I Don't Want You Back' from the bargain bin in HMV; my first copy in over thirty years of dealing! Filling the floors up & down the country. £2 now, but what price in 20 year time?! Just think of all those jam sandwiches you'll be able to swap it for in your nursing home!!!

I just found this, which must have belonged to my elder sister. Anybody remeber going? (I was abit too young and buying Sex Pistol's records at the time)

I didn't realise it had been booted Here's what an original looks like, if thats any help.

It's on one of the CDs I sent you - cut yourself an EMI. Just to be pedantic, it's on Mable Anyone know of it's value nowadays?

I went around to Andy's on Monday night and he still has it. He sure there is only his and Butch's copies known at the moment. He has 'retired' from the Northern scene becasue he "can't be arsed". I asked if he was letting owt go and he said no becasue he intends to smash all his records to bits and then form the bits into a Roman style mosaic on his patio!!

Did it sound like this?

This is a scan of the only other known copy (?) which belong to Andy Rix (retired fron the Northern scene?!!) A couple of years ago he was offered £4K for it, so as JM would say "what price now"!