Craig W

Heres a scan of the Flaming arrow label.

And while I remember (just about) my Uncle Mick was a genuine first generation Mod with a Lambretta scooter with a million mirrors. I can still picture it now outside my aunties house in Upper Gornal in the mid /late 60s. I know he ended up in jail for the night because someone knicked something off it and he ended uo going up Dudley and knicked something similar off another scooter and ended up getting caught.

Just out of interest what types of music do members of your family listen to. I'm lucky as my wife Dawn loves the same music as me , 60s soul & motown. My Mum & Dad (God bless) allways listened to Jack Jones and Andy Williams Lps. My brother is into heavy rock but his favourite record of all time is Theres a ghost in my house by R Dean Taylor. My sister was mad about Wham but I dont know what she listens to now. My 20 year old lad Tom is into modern R&B but secretly loves northern soul as I have caught him listening and dancing to it but he is just a little embarresed by his age to be assosiated with going out to a soul night. Any movers or shakers in your family?

Played these three 45s tonight before I went to the Wan-King chinese takeway and had spare ribs in spunky sauce. Fortune Teller - Benny Spellman. Trying to keep up with the Joneses - Frank Polk. Without the one you love - Four Tops.

Did'nt Steve Mancha & JJ Barnes do one side each on an LP about stamp collecting?

No its not Be young be foolish , its something else. I heard it when I was doing my ebay wrapping in the garage and heard it on the telly in the back room. I went in just as it was finishing but its almost certainally Northern soul.Dawn heard it and reckons its The Four tops but its not them.

OK , but I bet it would finish higher in a poll than anything you mentioned earlier

Dont know too much about all this modern shite that has nothing at all to do with soul music but I reckon the best genuine discovery over the last few years has to be Crying time by Brenda Holloway. https://the.soulclub.org/stream/Brenda_Holl...Crying_Time.ram

Isnt this off an advert thats on the telly at the moment?

Either that or a really bad phone line

Played this to Pete down the phone a couple of weeks ago and he reckoned it could be played at a soul night. Its got something about it but Im not sure.Its Pretty little baby by Teddy Brown.

Not bad at all Pete in fact very nice , would probably sound better with a few listens. By the way I'll put up a soundfile of that Starline 45 I played to you down the phone a couple of weeks ago which you reckoned could be played at a soul night and see what everyone thinks.

I played Footsee at the Derby Alldayer in May but it was'nt that dreadful Wigans chosen few on Disco Demand it was The Chosen Few's load of Wank on US Roulette.

Sounds great to me Pete I was under the impression you were going to play stuff like The liquidator . The Iresaletis and Uptown top ranking. PS Ill give you a ring tomorrow.

And another that I have , Irresistable by Tammi Terrell . Sublime

Deon Jackson - His greatest recording on Solid Smoke. Ive got this LP and if you havent got one I strongly recommend it. Every track on there is superb , not one filler on either side. Did he ever make a bad record?

Dont know if The Stranger was on a compilation album Brett but its certainally on The Nitty Gritty on UK (S)TML 11135 by Gladys Knight and the Pips. Superb track. The Marvelettes also did a version of The Stranger on Their album Sophisticated soul but this is nowhwere near as good as the Gladys Knight version

I will be running and organising my first soul night this Friday night in Wolverhampton and I'm feeling a little nervous at the moment . Its a small venue that holds around 150 people but I've had a positive response allready from potential paying customers . Im very happy about the DJ line Up , Expensive sound system and venue which I have lavished money on that me and Pete Smith tested out the other night at the venue which sounded like a bag of shite but I have resolved this problem now , venue location which is superb , convident about my performance behind the decks , but I have put myself up on the first spot of the night and have been toying around what to play . Dawn reckons everything I'm playing at home at the moment is far too obscure and will clear the floor , so I have now decide to go with a steady mixture of Northern , Motown & R& b classics. Here is a few sounds I will probably play . Out on the streets again- Candy & the Kisses- Scepter. I cried my life away - Tommy Navarro - Dejac Harlem - Bill Withers - Sussex. Leaving here - Eddie Holland - Motown. Why when love is gone - Isley Brothers - Tamla Watchdog - Dorothy Williams - Volt. Mellow fellow - Etta James - Argo. Or I might change my mind in the meantime but it will be along these lines , whatever it is I'm sure it will be a night of superb music.

My bargain on ebay tonight. 4 Richard Popcorn Wylie 45s for $20.00. https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1 Do you still still care for me is superb Here it here. https://the.soulclub.org/stream/Richard_Wyl..._Still_Care.ram

Hope you aint playing that sort of shite next friday Pete

Three cheapies I played yesterday with brilliant B sides. Theres no love left - Isley Brothers - flip to This old heart of mine. Where did you go? - Four Tops - Flip to Ask the lonely. Baby Ive got it - Jimmy Ruffin - Flip to What becomes of the broken hearted. Why when love is gone - Isley Brothers - flip to Take me in your arms.

I know he is not the most popular figure on the northern soul scene but after reading an article in The Record Collector magazine maybe from the past year makes you realise how important Ian Levine was initially. While his (obviouslly rich) parents where on vacation in the States in the late 60s ,at a young age he was scouring the local junk shops and discovering the most amazing sounds and bringing them back to the UK and breaking them. Imagine when he discovered and then played JJ Barnes - Please let me in for the first time , its enough to send shivers down your spine. Imagine that same record been discovered and played today.

Nothing much lately as Ive been spending all my money on decks , amp , mixer , concorde cartridges , mic , speakon leads etc for my new soul night. Was talking to a friend of mine on Sunday who had The panic is on by Roy Hamilton on UK MGM out of a charity shop for 10p earlier on this week!

And me Karen , verrrrry sleazzzyyyy but not one to set the dancefloor alight