Geoff

I hope I can get up to the York Soul club later this year after the abortive visit to York in February, these playlists are most enticing. A really good mix of tunes.

A very enjoyable set Lou, as were the ones by the other DJs. I like Junction 17 because it's not the same old same old.

Thanks very much for the information. Will sort out prices with my friend.

A friend has sent me some records that she's got duplicates of and I wonder if anyone can give me advice on the price of a couple of them please? Jimmy Soul Clark - Nothing Like A Mother - Teek A-4829 This is a one sided record, blank flipside. Is it a DJ copy? What is the value of this please? Bill Medley - What Have You Got To Lose / Gone - MGM K14179 DJ copy Value please. I just want to give a fair price to my friend so any help would be appreciated.

When I retired last year one of my resolutions was to stop buying vinyl. I thought it's a luxury I can do without, doesn't matter if it's on vinyl, tape, CD or MP3, it's the music that counts, and at home it the media doesn't matter. And the latter is true, but the lure of vinyl has proved too strong and I have succumbed. Fortunately I don't buy expensive records but it still adds up. And once you've got one you want there is another one you want. As for selling up, well my collection couldn't match most on here I'm sure. I can't imagine selling my records, they are an enormous part of my life, the music means everything to me. In the future, who knows? One of my biggest dreads is losing my hearing, don't think life would be worth living without my music.

Sorry to read about the closure of the Greatstone. I always planned to go there, but typically left it too late. John Baxter gave me a couple of CDs of music played there, the sort of records I like to hear on a night out. Well done for keeping it going for 13 years, I hope you find a new venue. Good luck.

Like most on here there are too many really, also depends on how I'm feeling. But Joseph Webster's My Love Is Strong and the Poets' Wrapped Around Your Finger get me straight on to the floor, no doubt Sam's sick of me asking him to play them. Also Butch's Martha Jean Love cover ups That's The Way The Story Goes and Old Time Lover, just wonderful, love dancing to them. In fact if I get to Lifeline on Saturday will ask him to play one of them if he's got them with him.

I'll check that one out too. I've got Once I've Been There and Valentine Love by Norman Connors on 45 as well as TITTL, there was a CD issued not that long ago of his tunes, must see if it's still available. i've just played it off TITTL of the link on this page and found myself shuffling around my landing, not a pretty sight. Again thanks for the information. Trouble is there are too many records I like and want, good to hear of one in my price range.

Thanks for the info gents. I don't know those other ones mentioned, will check them out. I think Take It To The Limit is a fabulous record, played it out myself a few times.

That is a beautiful record, only heard it last year for the first time, very touching.

Sad news indeed. I've not heard much of her recent recordings but liked her earlier hits. We're losing so many of our soul singers, but her death at 48 is far too early. RIP Whitney.

I was with you in the Modern room when he played it John if you remember, and asked what it was. You got it the following week and me the week after. A great record imo, although a friend of ours (you know who, lol) branded it "disco". Was it played back in the day, and if so, where?

One of the greatest female singers in Rhythm and Bluse and Soul. So many great songs, Wallflower, Good Rockin' Daddy, At Last, All I Could Do Was Cry, Do I Make Myself Clear with Sugar Pie DeSanto, I'm sure everyone on here can think of some by her. RIP Etta, thanks for the music.

Thanks very much for replying. I'd been right clicking, etc. It's now downloaded and I'll listen to it on my way to Doncaster tomorrow, I've never seen Ian Levine DJing, so it will be interesting to hear his current plays. All being well I'll be at the 100 Club for his guest appearance, so this should give a preview.

How do you download this? I'd like to listen but haven't got 3 hours to spare in front of my computer. I would like to put it on my MP3 player and perhaps listen on the way to Thorne on Saturday. Can anyone help please?

I've just been outbid on Ebay for Arthur Prysock's verson of In The Rain on Old Town. Has anyone on Soul Source got a copy for sale in good condition? If so could they PM me please?

Thanks to all who have contributed to this thread, I love slow soul records and most of the ones mentioned are unknown to me. Will try to hear them. I think these type of tunes are ideal for the early part of an alldayer. One I'd suggest for this thread is the flipside of the 7th Avenue Aviators' You Should O' Held On, Boy Next Door, absolutely beautiful record, heard it first at Brid weekender in 2010, now Mick H has been playing it for some time too.

Thanks.

I've got a soundfile of a track by The Skyliners called I'd Die. I suppose it's really doowop, or very early soul. According to the SoulfulKindaMusic website it's on Atco 6270, before that on Motown 1046, but that it was a "Record Never Got Beyond Test Pressing Stage --- 2 Known Copies". Does anyone know what the Atco record goes for, and is it rare? I've looked on Ebay, Gemm, etc to no avail. Obviously the Motown copy would cost a bomb so no doubt totally out of my reach. This is simply an enquiry on price and availability. If there was a copy going it would depend on price.

While listening to a record on YouTube I noticed a track by the Knights and Arthur, I Want To Go Back on Roulette, written partly by Curtis Mayfield. I played it and was taken back years to the mid sixties and the Jack Spector show on Radio Caroline. I remember this record and liked it at the time, but hadn't heard it since. A brilliant piece of Impressions' influenced soul. From what I read on there the Impressions version is called Man Oh Man and came out in 1965, but I'm sure I heard the Knights before that, probably 63 or 64, can't remember when Radio Caroline started. Am I the only person who remembers the Jack Spector show? I think he was a DJ in New York. Funny how things stick in your memory. I note that Manship has a copy for £30, is that a good price? Has anyone any info on this record please?

That's what they used in the London Mod clubs back in the 60s.

I understand that at 6.20pm this Saturday on Dave Brown's Smooth Radio Motown Show 3 tracks will be played for the late Randy Cozens whose birthday is on Wednesday.

Interesting topic. I've got loads of CDs, but rarely buy them these days. Still buy vinyl, only cheapies and now I'm retired have to be a bit more sensible with money. I've never downloaded from iTunes, although I've got an iMac as well as a PC. My main objection was that the quality was not good enough, 128 kbps is the absolute minimum quality for CD burning imo, when I rip a CD I do it at 320. How much do the higher quality tracks from iTunes cost? And have they got the rare soul songs that I'm interested in? The best CDs I get these days are from my friends, hope they like the ones I do them. Apple hardware is good, but very proprietary. I'm no great fan of Microsoft, but Apple aren't that different. I've used iTunes on my iMac for cutting CDs, took me a lilttle time to get used to it, making playlists but got on top of it eventually. However on my PC I couldn't get it to work properly. I use Nero for burning CDs under Windows 7, works fine. There is something about vinyl, just the feel of it when you hold it, and seeing a record on the decks, at home or in a club. But CDs are practical and are good at home for listening when doing things. I did start to put my vinyl on to CD, but the CD recorder (Transdata) stopped recording after a time, despite spending money, it never recorded again, simply plays CDs. As my music system is a distance from my iMac not easy to connect. I probably need to get a laptop. But even if I did manage to transfer my music (vinyl, CD and cassette tape) to digital format there is one thing that no one has mentioned so far. All digital media can fail, certainly hard disks in computers fail, sure people on here have suffered from that, I've experienced it. I have used external USB hard disks for back up, but the older ones don't always work with Windows 7, I need to get hold of a laptop running XP. There are solutions from Netgear, with 2 or 3 hard disks set up in the Raid format, like the servers in a business network. I don't think "cloud" storage is the answer as it may prove very expensive if you've got a lot of music, photos, etc. Plus you are at the mercy of big corporations. Hope all this made sense.

I can understand how you feel Chrissie. I was asked to DJ at your event and I opened the proceedings. I thoroughly enjoyed it, the decks were great and idiot proof. I haven't got any expensive rare records but think my set was okay. Steve G followed me with some fantastic tunes that anyone who enjoys Northern would have loved. We then had to leave to drive up to Preston where Steve was DJing at the Soul People event at the Swallow Hotel. But knowing the calibre of the DJs you'd booked I'm sure i missed plenty of my favourite tunes. The venue was a nice size and the dance floor was fine, as both Bint of Soul and I proved. Maybe I am naive but it seemsa pity to book a soul event on the same day as a charity do in the near vicinity that's been arranged ages ago. I don't know the ins and outs of it so maybe there was a valid reason but it's a shame. Strange world of Northern Soul indeed. Chrissie, don't let things get you down.

I'm very sorry to read that he has died. I'm old enough to remember his early Liberty hits lilke A 100 Pounds Of Clay and Tower Of Strength, and the way the British cover versions beat him into the top 20. From that era I think Point Of No Return is very good, but for me Another Tear Falls is his top tune. Featured in the British movie It's Trad Dad. I've got a feeling that he toured the UK in one of those package tours, and I may have seen him live, but my memory is not what it used to be. I'm not familiar with his 70s material, will see if I can find some of it. RIP Gene.