Mark Bicknell

Ion sent you a PM mate. Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Reckon that was Gerry Henry the other resident DJ at the Reading Top Rank lol now he was weird. Regards - Mark Bicknell.

School I was 12 lol Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Tell me your stage name was not Jerry St.John lol Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Well he was a slightly built chap back in 75/76 and I suspect Bobby Gee was his stage name but I could be wrong, might be the same guy lol???? I guess the point of this thread is the perception of what Northern Soul was/is to general night club DJ's of the day, pretty sure there will be people on here who worked the general commercial clubs alongside the real deal Northern venues way back. Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Just cracked my wife Jacqui up with an impression of the local Top Rank/Crumpets DJ in Reading circa 1975/76, his name was Bobby Gee groomed himself on Noel Edmonds with the tight cut beard etc. it went something like this in the typical Smashie and Nicey style of the day..."This one goes out for all the Northern Soul gang in the top left hand corner before they go off to dance the night away....here's Penny McClean - Lady Bump" lol he then went into his bit of Motown selections, can see them dancing now, mainly tourists at the time who spent five minutes on the scene but they used to hit the dance floor on mass when Bobby Gee did his bit, I bet every town had a Bobby Gee at that time and I bet there is a million and one stories out there. Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Best memorabilia in the soul world is these babies....the records. Regards - Mark Bicknell.

The only thing to do is to refund the buyer and stand the loss, I sent a guy a record a couple of years ago not via an Ebay sale but a private sale Manchester to Cambridge the record was sent sign for mail and insured for £32.00 the record was worth £40.00 so I lost about £10.00 with postage after the Post Office covered the claim, if selling through Ebay and something goes missing then the odds are very much in the favour of the buyer so the only thing you can do to avoid negative feedback etc. is to take the loss and refund, if nothing else you keep your good reputation as a seller. Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Jimmy Gilford - Heartbreaker George Blackwell - Can't Lose My Head The Falcons - Love Look In Her Eyes The Volumes - That Same Old Feeeling Dee Dee Sharp - The Bottle Or Me Porgy And The Monarchs - My Heart Cries For You Gene Woodbury - Ever Again Troy Dodds - Try My Love Lorraine Chandler - I Can't Hold On Poets - Shew Blew A Good Thing Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Thought it was Gene, just to add proves anything with a beat can find favour on this scene. Regards - Mark Bicknell.

I take it this is the same Connie Stevens as in the American film actress? Soul diva or what lol

I've come to the conclusion that despite our efforts here and comments that nothing will be done to stamp this out, although it's not right it's been going on hand in hand with the Northern scene since the year dot and is something that will never stop, all we can do is not subscribe to bootlegs in any shape or form, all the time there is demand for bootlegs then the supply will continue, perhaps the case to collect within your means and be content and happy doing it the original way be it little cheapies or the big ticket items, if the likes of Universal can't be bothered to investigate and seek litigation then what chance have we got? Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Love the condition statement 'Acceptable' what the fcuk does that mean? lol Regards - Mark bicknell.

Sold a few tunes on and off recently but records like The Tempos I simply can't get rid of, stunning tune, had it for years and have played it when I was DJ'ing over the years, very hard to find on a stock copy but mindblowingly rare on a white demo. Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Argo authentic demo. Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Love the Sue/Symbol/Broadway/Eastern/Crackerjack set up Baz pretty complete on all the decent titles all demos, Inverts,The Dramatics,Billy Prophit,Lovelace Watkins,Eddie And Ernie, Marjorie Black,Jimmy Helms,Derek Martin,Poets,Tina Britt,Entertainers and so on. Regards - Mark Bicknell.

The other Poets - I've Got Two Hearts is pretty tuff, Jimmy Helms white demo really tuff. I'm on my 4th coffee as my lad has a big match this afternoon so getting ready to stand outside in a muddy field lol Regards - Mark Bicknell

Got both Entertainers and Poets on demo's, Poets took me an age to locate but had the Entertainers for years. Mark.

I think the Issue/Stock copies are harder to find than the white demo, seems to be indemand rather than a true rarity but time will tell. Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Rovers regular and everyone's friend our Elsie.

The girls Annie and the two Bet's, these three were The Rovers Soul Club, took the money, worked the bar and basically ran the gaff.

Eddie and Len original door staff hated soul but loved the hot pot.

Alf the original first DJ at the Rovers but lost all interest when the CD format was introduced, had a huge Detroit collection but sold up when he married Audrey, never attended again.

Stan and Hilda original promoters shortly before the decline of the original venue...Happy days.

Tatlock one of the first Rovers Regulars to get busted, Annie Walker bared him for years but he still collected.