Dave Rimmer

Ahh yes, but how many, as soon as they read the post immediately sang the chorus in their mind.......I know I did !

Magnetics - I Have A Girl The ultimate male group vocal record for me

I do know they definately weren't licenced from Popcorn Wiley. I don't know whether they were licenced from Popcorn Wylie though.

no idea what made you think that Johno. Sorry Gash, I haven't got an address

Well yeah, unless someone living in a place like Leigh wins it. Then what sort of holiday would you get

Still makes it five threads with Boot V OVO in the title mate

Errrr, doesn't this make it five threads

The mystery bidder isn't a mystery at all. He's on SS using the same name

No more senior moment than the one I'm having cos I can't bloody remember either. It's a Motown acetate that John Pugh from Wolverhampton owns. To be honest, it's not a great vocal, well no, to be honest, it's a crap vocal and you can see why it was never released, but it does exist, I've seen it, held it, and heard it, as have loads of other people.

is what the most rubbish ? the fact it exists, or the tune itself ?

The vocal to 6 X 6 certainly exists, but it's not by Tony Turner on Musicor

Rose Royce were I believe originally called Total Concept Unlimited, and at one point were Edwin Starr's backing band in the States. Or so I was told.......

If it's free shipping anywhere in the world why does it cost more to buy the CDs if you are not in the US ?

If you played those types of music then some uptempo Soul I wouldn't be amazed at the dancefloor reaction at all

Never mind the non-native speakers Benji, I don't know what he's on about

Hi Tony The Galen Gart & Roy C Ames Duke Peacock Discography book has this to say regarding the producers used on Carl Carlton releases " These included Andre Williams from Detroit, Duke/Peacock regular Jay Wellington, Philadelphian Bunny Sigler, the mysterious 'Mr Woo', and ex-Motown baritone saxman, Mike Terry" Unfortunately the book doesn't say who produced what, but by a process of elimination it may give you some more names to chase down. HTH

Very naive. If you buy a second hand car, how much of that money goes to Ford or Vauxhall ? If you repair that car with counterfeit parts, how much of that money goes to Ford or Vauxhall ?

I don't think you have a chance of getting 800 people for an all dayer on a weekend when there are at least two niters in the two nights before. Think 300 and it's probably more reaistic

Ian Sorry to edit your post so harshly, but it was the above sentence that grabbed my eye. Why did you buy them all on original vinyl in the first place ? I suspect it was because you could, and didn't want bootlegs. So does that make you any different from the original vinyl collector of today ? I think not. I don't think the issue is about collecting OV or bootlegs, it's about the playing of bootlegs by DJs. It's an easy one to solve. If you are a DJ, don't put any bootlegs or second issues in your DJ box. Problem solved

I agree Mick, it's definitely Pep's handwriting on the label

All reduced

Need to raise a few quid at Prestatyn, so I'll have these three for sale International GTOs - I Love My Baby - Rojac Bell Sound stamped original, near mint condition. Book price is £400, my price is £300 £275 Edward Hamilton - I'm Gonna Love You - Carrie Orange label original, Excellent condition, a few surface marks none of which affect the sound Book Price is £350. My price is £275 £250 Eddie Hill - Nothing Sweeter - MS Near mint condition Book Price is £200. My price is £150 £125 PM to reserve, pay me at Prestatyn. Cash only I'm afraid.

Sold mine for £50 when I had bought all the second edition

I think the initial premise is right. Soul music, on the whole is dead in today's commercial terms. Current 'Soul singers' are referred to as Duffy, and Amy Winehouse. So the public perception of 'Soul music' differs greatly from the view held by the majority of members here. Of course the argument becomes flawed as soon as the writer starts having a go at the Northern scene. Especially when it comes to the live acts. I've seen more live acts in the last ten years then I did in the whole of the Seventies, Eighties, and Nineties. Where ? On the Northern Soul scene, at Cleethorpes and Prestatyn. The argument is also flawed regarding it being a Northern Dance scene. That held true back in the Seventies when yes, quite clearly, the emphasis was on the right beat to dance to. Now, nearly thirty years later the Northern Soul scene is a greatly changed animal from those days. But hey ! What do you think those Soul singers made the uptempo records for in the first place ? Guess what ? They were made for people to dance to ! Trotting out the old one about the DJs being more important than the artists is also a flawed argument. In the environment where the records were being heard, a dance hall, of course the DJs were the most important pivitol figure involved. It wasn't a group of black guys from 5000 miles away standing on the stage singing was it ? If the artists had been available to perform the songs live, they would have been the most important factor, but quite simply they weren't, so the person playing the records became the focus. To be honest, having re-read the article again, it's a pretty mediocre piece of work, starts well, and then loses it's way completely in a morass of biased and miscomprehended assertions. 4 out of 10

Has anyone other than Woody descended the stairs at the 100 Club face first ?