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Thanks for these Pete, they're brilliant. Quite a few that I don't know which makes them even more interesting and enjoyable. Keep up the good work.

As Richo991 says there are some here that are underplayed. I don't think I'd heard the Moses Dillard track before, liked it, then checked the Manship guide, oh dear £600. Thanks for posting these podcasts Pete, please keep up the good work. Might actually have a go myself when I work out what to do, lol.

Downloading it now, thanks Don. Love the first track.

Tried to listen to this but it's been deleted. Any chance of uploading again?

I've been away on holiday so have only just read the sad news. It was good to see Sue at the 100 Club earlier this year. I still have memories of her with her dog at some of the Hertfordshire soul nights a few years ago. My condolences to Jon and the family. RIP Sue.

Absolutely brilliant Steve, had me in fits of laughter. Sadly might come true.

They may have soul Ian, but they don't have any decent coffee!!!

Listening while downloading Don. Love it! And amazingly enough I've actually got a couple of these. Love a medium tempo set like this, reminds me of the Rare and Underplayed Room at Bridlington, sadly won't be there this year.

Thanks for posting all these podcasts Chalky, much appreciated. Wasn't on the soul scene at that time, been off it for a while then, so never went to Stafford, one of my big regrets. Such a wide variety of styles played. These are a musical education for me. Surely DJs could dig some of these up to play to vary their playlists. Or are they all so rare and expensive?

Thanks Don, more tunes up my street.

Belated happy birthday Gladys. Thanks for the great music over the years. I still remember seeing you and the Pips on a Sunday afternoon at the Saville Theatre in London, when you were second on the bill to Joe Tex. He never turned up, many decided to go home, but the rest of us were invited to move to the front seats. Brilliant show, you sang your older songs, Letter Full Of Tears, Every Beat Of My Heart, Giving Up, etc plus Just Walk In My Shoes and your then new record Take Me In Your Arms And Love Me. Happy days.

Eddy's Soul In The Sun was the original one as far as I know, been going for over ten years. I've been to it several times, a good holiday, met loads of good people. There are several others run by soul fans who usually arrange to meet up and take over a bar for a week or a fortnight and they are the ones I go to now. They are often by invitation only. Goldsoul started their holidays a few years ago, that's the free market for you. I've never been to them so don't know what they are like.

It's not a bad record of its type but wouldn't want to hear it when I went out to a soul night. Admittedly I'm not a big fan of instrumentals. You are right that DJs are desperate to find "new" records to play, and there are loads of funk ones. However if they are to be played at a soul night (rare, Northern or whatever you like to call it) they should be danceable in our style.

Speaking of one legged dancers, back in 1965 when Sam The Sham's Woolly Bully was being played in the clubs I frequented there was a special dance to it. Can't remember much about it but it did involve standing, think you had your arms sticking out and holding your hips, kicking your right leg out, as if you were kicking someone up the backside. There must have been more to it but I can't remember. But it was featured on Ready Steady Go, so might be on one of the videos that I recorded when they were shown again was it the 80s or 90s, courtesy of Dave Clark who owned them. However not one for the one legged Northern Soul dancers now. What with all the publicity about our music and scene at the moment, much of which makes it a joke, I now say I like rare soul music, usually stops the conversation immediately.

Great!!! Thanks for posting these Pete. Hope you do some more of the podcasts of soul from the early days.

It was a bubblegum record from the late 60s, remember it at the time. Absolute rubbish imo, similar to the ghastly Simon Says. If this was played at a night purported to be a soul night I'm shocked. Was it the Wigan Casino pop era? I never went there so hard to judge but am amazed that things like Nine Times Out Of Ten were played. Did it sound good when everyone was "stimulated"? I was going to say thank goodness things are better now but a friend visited a certain club in the south east of England and he told me they played Joe 90.

Once again Jim you and me are on the same wavelength.

I've just listened to this on YouTube, excellent. There are quite a few of her records on YouTube ,her versions of standards are pretty good imo. I suspect she influenced Esther Phillips as i think the latter started recording later.

Great version of the old Johnny Ace song.

Downloading it now Don, what a great selection, right up my street musically. I must make a big effort and get to the H & G this year.

Great set. Will make a big effort to get down to 99p Soul.

Nice selection Rob. Thanks for posting your playlist, enables me to listen again, not always easy to take things in when talking and drinking. Well done to the Majestic guys for getting guests who play interesting and lesser known tunes. Listening as I type this to Darling Dear by the Jackson 5, normally wouldn't have bothered but as said by others a really nice tune.

Thanks for posting your playlist Warren, nice selection. I liked the Los Sonidos de FM record, a nice take on Wade In The Water, one Latin record I really enjoyed. If I remember correctly you played it off a 45, is it expensive? Good to have a chat with you sitting on the edge of the stage (as usual).

Listening to it now, good nighter type sounds. Can you post a tracklist please?

Very nice. Thank you.