Steve L

Fabulous read!!

One should keep ones negative opinions to oneself in such circumstances. It's just not the done thing in polite society

I wish I could do the same with my Mrs, I reckon she's been to the bar 3 times in 33 years ATB... Mr H. Pecked

I wonder why? Direct quote from Dave Rimmer on the mike whilst DJing on the night in question " JESSICA.......BEEEEEER"

Nice - I see a new tag coming - "McDonalds tune" to go along with "Jean Genie brigade" etc If you dont mind me plagiarising your work of course

Sorry mate, didnt mean to cut you off like that. Plenty to talk about regarding RW during the Wigan years, like Rod says at the time he didnt stand out to me as being particulary poor. Searling was obviously miles better but RW played a major part in shaping the whole thing which was great!

Bought the sax of soul version as a 14 year old in 75ish and still got it :huh:

Thats obviously true, its what he's done/said in the years since that people have a problem with.

NO

Catching up on the records you've missed in that period is gonna be a massive but very pleasurable task I can tell you. I started over 20 years ago with the intention of trying to hear as many new records as I could and I'm still hearing them all the time, its mind boggling how many there are. Basically if you start now expect to be hearing new records till the day you depart this mortal coil Its all out there, get tracking it down and have fun - you've got some fantastic stuff to discover

The best spot I've heard in a long time Toby, anywhere!

Get that kid away from those records, Jesus Christ He'll never find anything now

Interesting question

you were in a minority of 2, me & you i reckon when you think of all the great records that dont get played

I reckon we must have been separated at birth mate, my experience exactly

Thats right and the world is still flat no matter what anyone says

Tommy I know you probably dont want the thread to be about your situation but I take my hat off to you. Too many people are scared to talk about it I reckon, we'll all be following you before too long! The only record I want played at my funeral is Sam Bowie - (Think Of) The Times We Had Together, after that just some quality soul that people can listen to while they get pissed and have a good time (hopefully)

Why not? its called reality. Also I dont really understand what the rest of your post has got to do with demand for/value of records in the future ( I'm assuming thats what you're trying to explain as the thread is about how we collect and use our records) The fact is the average age of people interested in our music, whether collecting it or attending venues is getting higher every year which is self explanatory really. Theres no way enough young people will turn up to replace the old ones disappearing.

Strangely kinky more like, what the hell was she wearing? And the way she handled the mike Your right about GC Cameron he was pretty good

Thats great I'm the same but anyone hanging on to em for their financial value in the long term is taking a big risk IMO

Saw em at Skeggy and unfortunately for me the best singers were the ones I was least interested in Agree with most of what Paddywack says with the exception of Sheila Ferguson who I thought was pretty good. Dorothy Moore was fantastic, Martha Wash (Weathergirls) has a great voice still but crap material for my taste and Denise Williams was fairly good as well. I cant say much about Kim Weston and Brenda Holloway other than I was just glad to see two legends as I've never seen either of them before so that was good enough for me. Percy Sledge, Billy Paul & Candi Staton struggled IMO The main thing that struck me though is that someone needs to sit Martha Reeves down and tell her she just cant sing anymore. A motown legend like her really shouldn't be embarrassing herself this that, very sad to see. To conclude, I'm coming to the opinion that the days of bringing the older 60s act over to the UK are numbered as very few can still cut the mustard

Agree completely with Pete and Paultp - theres no way the numbers of new people will match the numbers of old ones who die (or just sell up) over the next 10/20 years At some point in the the future supply will exceed demand and prices will come down it's obvious. Anyone holding on to them for too long risks losing out IMO Sell now and lets see those prices come down

Where's Lorraine BTW, is she seeing this feedback?

Mine just arrived, playing it while doing me ironing Fantastic Ady Kent just gets better

The art work's great,....music is OK to listen to whilst you've got something to look at