Markw

The Steelers is brilliant and anyone that doesn't agree needs their ears syringing.

Very true. And, as is now and as has always been, there was those in the know and the rest of us scum and plebs . The primary aim was to throw the majority off the scent and preserve DJ exclusivity for as long as possible thus maintaining status as a top DJ with the exclusives and unknowns. There was a very high turnover of records back in the Stafford days. The scene had gone right underground following the closure of Wigan. Conversely though, it was attracting a fresh influx of young folk, with a lot coming off the Mod and scooter scenes - that brought with it people with new ears and little or no baggage allowing DJs like Keb to go back to basics and trawl the boxes for sounds which didn't fit the traditonal 'Wigan'/Northern Soul mould which had built up over the preceding decade and more (stand back and wait for the slings and arrows to come my way). The growth in popularity of R&B type sounds and beat ballads testifies to that.

What a piece of door furniture.

The voice of common sense and reason.

Clips are NOT the actual records, the pictures are though (apologies for the low quality - best I can do). (1) The Invincibles — “Nobody” (Double Shot) — VG+ £50 (Top drawer gritty male group harmony dancer. B side has a smudged, red stamp of some sort (radio station?) which is similar to the copy on theYoutube clip) (2) Bonnie Herman - "Hush Don't Cry" (Columbia) - VG £160 (Rarer red issue - see pic. Main side plays easily Ex or better. B side visually has more marks and label has a demo copy sticker) (3) King Floyd & The Three Queens — “Times Have Changed” — VG+ £60 (Current demand on this mid-tempo, moody soulful funk. Great record - got myself a WD! (4) Chuck Edwards — “I Don’t Want No Company” (Rene) — VG+ £20 https://www.myspace.com/mrbullfight/music/songs/i-don-t-want-no-company-36188682 (5) James Galt — “A Most Unusual Feeling” (Aurora) — VG £20 (6) Bobby Jones - "Slow Down, I'm Gonna Loose You" (TMP-Ting WD) - VG+ £20 https://www.raresoulman.co.uk/d/90224/JONES,_BOBBY (7) Lynn Conner - "Laughing At Me" (Monument WD) — VG+ £20 (8) The Bean Brothers — “Spinning Around” (D.I. Records) — NM £15 (9) Freddy King — “You’re Barkin’ Up The Wrong Tree” (Federal) — VG++ £10 (10) Smokey Brooks — “Spin It Jig” (Now) — EX £30 https://rarefunkonvinyl.blogspot.co.uk/2010/08/smokey-brooks-spin-it-jig.html (Rare deep funk — classic style) Thanks for looking. PM if interested - postage will need to be added (normally £2 for UK recorded) and Paypal gift preferred (or add enough to cover fees).

Shinehead's wrong. Give up.

Absolutely Phil.

Quite vexing.

So, let me get this straight: (1) it doesn't do any better than cleaning a record using recognised methods - decent cloth, decent fluid and/or soapy warm water (2) there is a concensus that it may well leave a milky residue behind diminishing a record's grading (3) the people on here that have tried this glue method have only done so a limited, small number of times with the results quoted in (1) and (2) My question therefore is this - what is the point and why bother? Or am I being thick and missing something blindingly obvious about the benefits of plastering glue all over a record?

Qua diddley qua qua.........

..............and Adam Ant!!! ...................was Adam Ant!!!

Clips are NOT the actual records, the pictures are though (apologies for the low quality - best I can do). Please add £1.20 for UK 1st class - £2.15 UK recorded delivery for purchases over £30. Paypal as a gift please (or add 3% to cover fees). (1) The Invincibles — “Nobody” (Double Shot) — VG+ £65 Top drawer gritty male group harmony dancer. B side has a smudged, red stamp of some sort (radio station?) which is similar to the copy on theYoutube clip. (2) Bonnie Herman - "Hush Don't Cry" (Columbia) - VG £180 Rarer red issue - see pic. Main side plays easily Ex or better. B side visually has more marks and label has a demo copy sticker. (3) Lou Courtney — “You Can Give Your Love To Me” (Verve demo) — VG £40 Brilliant, explosive and in-demand. (4) Chuck Edwards — “I Don’t Want No Company” (Rene) — VG+ £20 https://www.myspace.com/mrbullfight/music/songs/i-don-t-want-no-company-36188682 Superb driving, moody dancer. (5) James Galt — “A Most Unusual Feeling” (Aurora) — VG £20 A most unusual record. Popular Mod spin - great atmospheric dancer. (6) Bobby Jones - "Slow Down, I'm Gonna Loose You" (TMP-Ting WD) - VG+ £20 https://www.raresoulman.co.uk/d/90224/JONES,_BOBBY Pounding organ driven dancer (7) Lynn Conner - "Laughing At Me" (Monument WD) — VG+ £25 Popular Popcorn spin. Thanks for looking.

Bonnie Herman - "Hush Don't Cry" (Columbia issue with demo sticker) £200 Rarer red issue for sale - labels are pretty tidy (see piccies). Vinyl is VG visually but plays EX. Frankly, I have Ex and VG++ records that do not play as good as this. The B side carries a bit more in terms of surface marks and has audible clicks (unlike Hush Don't Cry, which has a couple of very small clicks), so if you're buying this for a cover of a Beatles classic..........

Great record Phil.

Glad you're sorted. Might be nice if you bothered taking the time and courtesy to reply to others that bothered taking the time to try to help you out with your want.

Both look like bargains at those prices.

I have shares in the manufacturers of vaseline..........

Some spares etc needing appreciative new homes. Clips are NOT the actual records, the pictures are though (apologies for the low quality - best I can do). Please add £1.20 for UK 1st class - £2.15 UK recorded delivery for purchases over £30. Paypal as a gift please (or add 3% to cover fees). The Invincibles — “Nobody” (Double Shot) — VG £80 Top drawer gritty male group harmony dancer. Decent nick — B side has a smudged, red stamp of some sort (radio station?) which is similar to the copy on Youtube. Lou Courtney — “You Can Give Your Love To Me” (Verve demo) — VG £40 Brilliant, explosive, funky and in-demand. Chuck Edwards — “I Don’t Want No Company” (Rene) — VG (maybe VG+) £20 https://www.myspace.com/mrbullfight/music/songs/i-don-t-want-no-company-36188682 Superb driving, moody R&B and funk inspired dancer. Mighty Joe Young — “We Love You Baby”/”Voo Doo Dust” (Webcor) VG+ (vinyl) £15 https://www.raresoulman.co.uk/d/142799/YOUNG,_MIGHTY_JOE R&B time. Great double sider — uptempo instro coupled with a mean and moody mid-tempo number. Labels are a bit grubby. Vicki Collins — “I’m Better” (Soulville) — Ex £10 Great 'cheapie'. Mid tempo girlie magic. The Marvellos — “You’re Such A Sweet Thing”/ “Why Do You Want To Hurt The One That Loves You” (Loma) — VG+ £15 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saRHxbyUbhs Loma meets Motown. Really superb quality double sided dance soul — great harmony dancers on both sides. James Galt — “A Most Unusual Feeling” (Aurora) — VG £30 A most unusual sound. Great record and I think quite hard to track down too?

"Easy listening oldies"............sums it up well. Main reason why I can't be arsed. How many more like me? Must be many many fans out there, driven out by the Easy Listening Oldies. Why does your mate bother to DJ? Mind you, this brings us back to the issue in question. I went to an event recently where the DJ concerned was booked specifically for the rarities in their box and the policy of the venue is to "mix it up" with DJs encouraged to try out different stuff. Knowing that said DJ had a particular item he had recently acquired - hardly an unknown 45, just dog dog rare - I asked him to play it, to which the reply was "I can't, the dancers don't know it because it's so rare". And so it passed, it did not get played. How the feckin 'ell will those punters get to know it if that DJ doesn't use it?

Join the Sealed Knot mate

There is another dimension to all of this that I don't think has been properly touched on yet. There have always been occasions, right back to hallowed glorious halcyon times, when records have emptied dancefloors - records that have then gone on to be considered all time, floor-filling classics. So, those that argue that only the dancefloor matters should bear that in mind for starters - yesterday's floor-emptier, today's floor-filler; today's floor-emptier, tomorrow's floor-filler........and are we not all the richer for DJs that stuck to what they believed in? Which brings me to my point. Punters do have a choice in all this - and an awful lot of them seem to forget the principle outlined above. There seems to be an increasingly prevailing collective view that 'Northern Soul' is a generic term for a narrow style of music rather than a state of mind. True, up to a point. I have promoted events in the past clearly aimed at keeping away from the 'classics' and, as a result, been berated by disappointed punters. When told that the music policy was not to play the classics which they recognised as generic Northern Soul, some accepted that, would come back again and bought into what we were trying to do - others chose not to, some disgruntled, some going off to something more to their liking. That's fine, no problem, it was up to them and it was my risk as promoter (and the one shelling out the dosh) to programme the music policy. So, taking the example quoted earlier, frankly, if upfront 60s was not what a punter wanted to hear, then Mick H at that venue was clearly not the marriage made in that punter's heaven. Likewise, if I go to a night which I know is going to play classic oldies all night, I won't expect to hear the latest funky Northern discovery, will I? And I shouldn't be sitting there moaning or going up to the DJ demanding that they play "something I don't know". But I don't because that would be daft. Likewise, I think it's a bit rich if someone rocked up at the Ton Of Dynamite room at Glouscester and kicked off because of the amount of funk being played. I wouldn't go to Pizza Hut expecting to buy a rare fillet steak - nor would I go to a Beefeater expecting a medium deep pan with extra pepperoni and anchovies. Yet both are restaurants and both serve food. No more would I go to the 100 Club and expect to hear Northern Soul's top 100 all night, whereas if I went to Stoke, I would. Yet both are Northern Soul events. Maybe I should join the Sealed Knot instead.................

Indeed.....see my earlier post That would have been about 1982/83. The old BPM counter was getting much much use as I recall from B&S and Black Echoes around that time and was an essential part of my reading of record reviews of the time, especially the fractions..................

He got cross with me one mid week night at La Beat Route in Soho when he was on the decks. I kept asking for Northern requests which he didn't have.

Buck Rodgers Movement was covered up as Trade Martin?

Thanks. Not just me then! Neither have I.