Everything posted by Ady Croasdell
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Top 500 'fans'...look Away Now
It is what it is. We seem to live in a different Northern Soul scene in the south (some logic there?). I'm afraid I'm way out of touch with what gets played in the North in upfront and oldies venues, though I do ask about and send the occasional spy out. So to open a debate on the more progressive scene I'll start a thread and list a few that have been genuinely popular at the 100 Club.
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RIP Freddie Houston
David Cole from In The Basement on-line magazine gave me the news that Freddie Houston has died. Lou Johnson got the news and passed it on. Freddie typified NYC soul of the early 60s and is best known for his big beat ballads such as 'If I Had Known' (featured on the attached CD scan) and 'Chills And Fever' on Old Town, 'Soft Walking' on Toto and 'Love, Love, Love' on Whiz-On. He was also a very popular artist on the Popcorn scene with his Carlton and Captain releases. He sang with the popular vocal group the 'Laddins in his early career.
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Brent-In Crowd & Danny & Velairs
Got Danny too now. Thanks for looking.
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Brent-In Crowd & Danny & Velairs
Yes like Phil Coulter but a bit more class
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Brent-In Crowd & Danny & Velairs
Thanks Steve, that's fine by me. Bring it Thursday Tone or whack it in t'post to Ace pliz
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Brent-In Crowd & Danny & Velairs
He's in a world of his own! Ta
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Brent-In Crowd & Danny & Velairs
Is it only Smiths with this record? I've offered a deal to Steve now so his shout. Are you coming on Thursday? I've got your present.
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Brent-In Crowd & Danny & Velairs
No, I didn't Steve, could you send it over to me, I think you're abroad but it should still be OK. I'll PM you. Cheers Ady PS Great little instrumental isn't it PPS Still need Danny & The Velairs folks.
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Brent-In Crowd & Danny & Velairs
Come on SS, don't fail me!
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Brent-In Crowd & Danny & Velairs
'Cat Dance' and 'Shaggy Dog' VG+/Ex copies needed for dubs please. CDs and thanks in return. Cheers Ady Reply on here or PM or email ady.croasdell@btinternet.com is good
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Scratch/jump Removal On 45
Thanks for all the sound advice. I think the scratch is quite deep but I now have some idea
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Scratch/jump Removal On 45
Thanks, but surely that would depend on the thickness/nature of the scratch, I think this is quite deep.
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Scratch/jump Removal On 45
I knew you'd had experience. If anyone else is a dab hand at it, please volunteer as I wouldn't trust myself on this 45 as my first attempt. I think experience and confidence is the key here, same with brain surgery but not as important.
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Scratch/jump Removal On 45
With the loss of Boba, who would be best to straighten out a scratch on a record that causes a jump please? Ady
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Manhattans' Winfred Blue Lovett And Sonny Bivins R.i.p
And Blue was a talented songwriter, producer and talent spotter, his name is on a lot of non-Manhattan Carnival records.
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Money And Love Jimmy Conwell
Nowt to do with Mirwood apart from nicking the backing track aka Cigarette Ashes. Vocals added much later I would assume
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Sharon Mcmahon's "where There Is Love"-Was It Released?
It was an unmarked box and I think Audrey's name was used as it wasn't Johnnie Mae. Give it a listen and compare with other Sharon recordings. And let us know
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I Keep Tryin' Fred Hughes
Which I think was probably also Chicago; nice cover though.
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I Keep Tryin' Fred Hughes
Yes and interestingly a Los Angelean with mainly LA recordings, though his Chess ones were done in Chicago.
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Quality Crossover Discovery - Opinions, Thoughts, Information?
Smashing
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Your Top 10 Northern Soul 'characters'
Not gone through this and I'm sure he's there but Jim Eddlestone a Lincoln legend takes some beating; a one-off
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Any Info On Stomp Town Records N.y
What's weird is there are a lot of Stomp Town songs on BMI but not the Hate one; the flip's on though
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Any Info On Stomp Town Records N.y
I think Charles Jones was "Big"and Gene Casey was a jazzer who recorded on Prestige in the early 60s. BMI does have Duke and Leonard as Duke McKenzie and Leonard Jewel Smith but I reckon that must have been an error as he was always West Coast as far as I know and Stomp Town is NYC> However stranger things have happened.
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Unpublished Wigan Photos
Bleeding Opplegardener's already done it.
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Are The Mods Responsible For The Northern/rare Soul Scene ?
Straight from Mod and how Mod evolved round my way. In 69/70 I hung out with a mod/skinhead gang and we discovered this small scene of mods and smart skins who played a similar style of soul to what we had bought as Mods but it was almost 100% different to those sides. I thought I knew soul music but I went to Kelmarsh and did not recognise one record in 8 hours. Those Northants and E Midlands nighters along with the Wheel were the start of Northern and it grew from there to the other clubs that we knew and loved. The mod fashion changed by about 1972/3 and morphed into general mainstream fashion (but a more tasteful version in all but Dave Thorley's case LOL). You couldn't buy decent two tone tonics and mod clothes in 72-76 unless you had them made