Ady Croasdell

Dear Ady, We are travelling up from Exeter on Sat, is there anywher to park around the club or are we better off getting the tube in from elsewhere? Thanks VW If you stay North of Oxford St there are side roads and mews where you can normally get a place, but don't go on the yellow lines a cm or they'll have you! PS Trickster is a 100 Club virgin if I'm not mistaken.

At very little cost, we've managed to sign up whirling Dervish Chris "Trickster" Harvey to DJ on Saturday. He's going to play some choice oldies and dancers faves in between all the super rare bollox the rest of us will be chucking at you. It's going to be a humdinger.

Ady without doubt the booklets and sleeve notes are worth the price of admission on their own, I wasn't saying that, I just meant Goldmine did a Mirwood 22 tracker or something and odd tracks have been slipping out on cd's for years that's all, I was just a bit surprised to hear Kent were putting out Mirwood material. I thought of one that hadn't ever been reissued in any guise whatsoever but I'm not sure if it's 'real' - the instrumental of Don't Pretend without the added Simon Soussan strings on top. I have this on a very old emidisc but it would be nice to hear a great recording of it. We bought the label from the rightful owner and acquired the master tapes (except the ones that had been "borrowed") so the sound is much better, we have access to all the files (I certainly didn't know Jimmy Conwell 'To Much' was scheduled for Mirwood release) and will be doing two 24 track volumes plus odd tracks elsewhere where appropriate. We're also paying all the artists we can find for the first time since 1966/67. If you bought a copy, I'm afraid some of it would go to the singers and songwriters this time.

Will they be double decking with Butch? That's one of your better ones, Ady

As there's unissued on there it goes without saying that No-one has all of these. The sound quality is far superior to anything you've heard before. And if you read sleevenotes even you might pick up the odd fact you didn't know about (and see some cool memorabilia)

Simon Soussain did about 20 titles made to look as original as possible. I met him in LA in 1974 and he tried to fool me they were originals but they all had the same mark in the run out grooves which I remember as Pb but it could have been something else. I told everyone in the UK they were boots but they still bought them.

I'll be there in psychedelic mode for the best band ever "Love" who are on beforehand. You may not recognise me in my mirror shades (though the big arse may be a giveaway).

Bernard Hedges But can you name that tune he danced to in the Please Sir film - one for all Fenn St Gang anoraks ???? link

I'm probably going to get this back with interest but a close friend likened Mr Brown's dancing style to that off John Alderton at the school disco in "Please Sir"

Let me know what's on there Chalky it might jog my memory for 6TS vol 2.

Did anyone get Jimmy's phone number or E-mail when he was over recently, Ace have got some business for him.

So that's two alts and counting. Does anyone have any more examples from the early vinyl days when I didn't know my arse from my elbow? (It's the bit below the small of my back isn't it?)

Anyone got a good nick Lester Young 'Let Your Love Shine' on Barry I could borrow? And I could use scans of Mark Four The Tide Has Turned Barry Beverly McKay Say It with A Feeling OT Charlie Thomas No One Home To Come Home To Old Town Divine Men Stop Take Another Look Old Town or just the label copy. Ta

Cleethorpes June 10-12 Sold Out of accomodation but weekend passes available at £54 from 6TS Weekenders 1 Elm Dr Leics LE16 9DS www.6ts.info for more details.

My highlight was hearing Larry Banks & Jaibi 'You Make Me Feel So Good' belting out of a coffee shop on Islington Green. Presumably off Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol 4 as it hadn't been out until then.

The Manc punk bands like the Buzzcocks, Slaughter and The Dogs and the Drones were much more fun than the Pistols. Them and the Damned, Clash and Jam had regular fans not just fashionistas.

Didn't Twisted Wheel regular and Northern Soul fan / DJ Phil Saxe manage them or one of that lot? He was at the 100 Club Xmas do and the CIS on Saturday still misbehaving! Bloody good chap.

Anyone remember Bletsoe ? link

I never went to the Wheel but went to our equivalent around Northants and Bedfordshire and they were very exciting and ad hoc. It was very new and no one else was doing anything remotely similar, these were the only all nighters and there would usually be one or two a weekend in the whole country. The Torch was great, big enough to be impressive, incredibly buzzy and the very first and big Northern discoveries when there was a full range of sounds to pick from. It was definitely better than Wigan for me.

Jackie Day didn't make it, it was the second Yarmouth.

He was a lovely unassuming man who loved to laugh. When he was on at the 100 Club I had one of the original Drifters, who lived in London, ringing me up and begging to reserve him a table! Ray was his ultimate musical hero and he couldn't believe he was going to be singing a set down Oxford Street with a full band. The sound guy had problems because his voice was so soft but exquisite. It was subtle and emotional rather than full of histrionics like many today.

I DJed in NYC with Steve, the geezer who organised the first album for the record company and chose all the songs. He's a long time soul fan and apparently discovered Hanson or Manson or Alan Hansen. He knows his stuff so I could pass on your suggestions to him. What about a swift change of direction for her and we could get her to sing '(My Room Is Only) Six By Six'!