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According to the trailer I heard on Radio 2 last night......the records were picked by a panel of experts!!! so whose the expert on the 60s then?? As Ian and myself are saying surely other tracks are more representative of what was being played in disco's and clubs back then as a nation and got more people onto the dancefloor than The Charades (which if it was ever played in a club in this country in the 60's...then I'll happily get me coat ) As i said I was a nipper in the 60's, but as a teenager in the 70's The Hustle and Rock Me Baby got more people on the dancefloor at me school disco than Love On A Mountain Top! and when I hit proper discos, the Bee Gees, Garys Gang, Brothers Johnson and Motown etc filled the floor. This programme is about The Greatest Dance Records Of All Time........which to me would imply it to be about records that were of mass appeal to the dancefloor...........if it is about more underground scenes then ok go for more obscure tunes! Come on the older guys and gals what were you dancing to in mainstream clubs back in the 60's....we can take our own poll Rob

Good call..........I doff my hat to you

Yes also fronted by Zoe Ball so expect quite an emphasis on FatBoy Slim in the programmes about the later years of the dance scene. Plus her dad cut me up in a petrol station once......I'll give him Think Of A Number

Ex FLYING PICKETT on lead vocals! Hey they had a number one single.........name me a northern soul artist that has.....cue list !!!!!! (excluding Motown artists)

Yep on Mercury

I used to love to dance to this...........have a copy that sits in my collection that I haven't played for some years now...............gonna take it out and give it a spin and see if it sounds white, poppish and crap to my ears now???? Rob

Talking to other collectors/soul fans who insist on trying to outdo you by naming obscure records and thinking you must be a bit of a twat if you've never heard them...........otherwise known as the illusion that Nothern Soulies are the friendliest people on earth....well yes as long as you know your place and I can look down on you and look up to Searling/Butch etc............very reminiscent of a sketch from the 60's with Cleese, Barker and Corbett!!!!!

Yeh I know the feeling, by the way......cool name and avatar.............though The Thomas Crown Affair is when he looks the coolest.......those suits!!!!!!! Rob

I think these posters are completely made up...........date of 63.........don't think Otis had recorded Tenderness etc this at that point..........but I agree, if real what a line up!!

Yes I've noticed that too.......maybe someone on here knows?? But back to the original question, I've often wondered why Pats auctions never get a mention? Is it coz JM wrote the book and seems to fetch the really high (ne some would say ridiculous prices....though not JM I'm sure...lol). Also what % commision does JM charge for selling?? Rob

Blimey this topic still being argued.....isn't it about time the thread went (Kings Go) Forth and mulitplied

Maybe someone can enlighten me on a point here.........as Mel says...not all Emidiscs are boots........I've seen my fair share of whitelabel cuts that date from around the 70's ie big sounds from those days obviously cut for dj purposes, but as I was still around 12 in 74 I was never familiar with being able to cut my own discs in booths. So my question is, when these discs were cut back in the 70's were they cut in local booths or some other main firm, and therefore did they come with an actual EMIDISC label or just plain white labels which were then written on........most of these sorts of things I have come across from the 70s have tended to have plain white labels with handwritten credits ( I think).........but I'm aware I could be misssing something here??? or were the Emidisc labels ripped off as well. Hope that makes sense?? Rob

Well I think its actually the original issue of the unissued copy with the shorter intrumental on the b side taken from the original unissued Simon Sousain Sessions acetate!!!

I've had a rethink.....I'll sell you the original, but only on condition. that I can cut a carver so I can continue to play this at home............let me know what you think Mike..........good deal I reckon. Oh I forgot £3.76 for it..inc postage and packing Honest Rob

Thanks for clarifying that for me Weingarden and I hope no offence was taken Regards Rob

I'm intrigued about when a record becomes "too expensive to hold onto anymore"?? Is that like you were paying for it in instalments and could no longer afford to keep up those payments and therefore needed to sell and pay off the loan (like if I can't afford to maintain the mortgage on my house?) or is it code for "the price has gotten so high I couldn't resist selling it on to make a profit!!!!"

Laine Hill - Time Marches On Barbara Lewis - The Stars Theres another couple for you. Rob

That would make sense then.....if the USA promotion side was I Want To etc, and then Sweet Happiness being picked up on over here, then a case of flipping the sides and repromoting.....you know it makes sense Thanks for the info guys. Think i'll give it a spin now, been gathering dust for quite a few years

Going through a box at home I found two (British) copies of Newby and Johnson - I Want To Give YOu My Everything/ Sweet Happiness.....Strange, why have I got two of them I thought? Then I realised although both are on Mercury 6052 027 on one copy Sweet Happiness is the "A" side and on the other copy I Want To Give You My Everything is the "A" side.........so my question is, which side originally came out as the "A" side?? Ta Rob

LOL well seems i'm not the only one who thinks like i think..................though as for a great shag........well yes, but always room for improvement..........lol

In fairness to her......she loves Jackson Sisters......Miracles...........and Esther Williams ..........Last Night............more of a rare groove disco diva than Northern fan...........but how can you not like the whole cross spectrum????? Yours still wondering Rob

Hate to be pedantic.........but isn't it suitcase, as in one word...........next thing you're be saying is that the Kings Go Forth 45 is the best you've heard for ages!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm 45 and staying in Drinking wine by the bottle 27 years ago I'd be off me face Dancin at wigan full throttle