Benji

For sale: CAROLYN CRAWFORD - MY SMILE IS JUST A FROWN/I'LL COME RUNNING - MOTOWN WHITE DEMO (EX) Plain logo label design. Nice one! £100 £80 incl. registered post in Europe and Paypal fees. Outside Europe £2 extra. Please PM if interested.

The link I posted starts with books.google.de because I get redirected to german Google automatically whenever I type in books.google.com. Doesn't make any difference at all if you're using books.google.com or books.google.co.uk or whatever. All the same...

As you may know Google did start to scan as many books and magazines as possible and uploaded all their scans to the internet (books.google.com). Earlier today I did a Google search for Kenny Carter I've got to find her on RCA. One of the very first links I got as result was for April 2, 1966 issue of the Billboard magazine. (Click here, you have to enlarge the scan to see everything). In that issue the following records are "predicted to reach the Hot 100 chart": Kenny Carter - I've got to find her Frances Nero - Keep on lovin me Emanuel Lasky - I'm a peace loving man Roger & The Gypsies - Pass the hatchet Don't think any of them made it to the Hot 100 did they? Further down the scan there was the Hot 100 chart as at April 2, 1966. It did include some surprises (at least surprise to me) as I didn't know they charted at all: Outsiders - Time won't let me Slim Harpo - Baby scratch my back Tim Tam & Turn Ons - Wait a minute And check out the Golden World ad on page 15!

Any idea of value for a european RCA copy of Tony Moore? Manship's copy is from Italy and I have a copy on its way that's either german or northern Europe (seller forgot to check before posting). any other countries it came out in?

As good as it is Mark (and it really is good) it's poor compared to the Soul Communicators "Please don't go"

For sale: JOE KENNEDY - SLICK TRICK/TODAY AND TOMORROW - ATLANTIC GERMANY (WITH ORIGINAL P/S!!) Very rare one, vinyl in vg++ condition. Plays really fine. See scans. Solid Northern double sider. £20 incl. post in Europe and Paypal fees. Outside Europe £2 extra. Please PM if interested Labels: Both sides of the sleeve:

Sold now, thanks!

For sale: AL WILSON - THE SNAKE - UK LIBERTY (EX) Classic oldie on rare UK original label. Nice one! £25 incl. post in Europe and Paypal fees. Outside Europe £2 extra. Please PM if interested

Came out on Roulette as well. The beat ballad side has the same backing as the flip to the Soul Communicators on Fee Bee "please don't go". Think the group was somehow connected to Fee Bee and/or Chuck Corby??

In the foggy back of my memory I think it was either a link to an interview with MW or Milton himself posting on Soul Source many moons ago...

As far as I remember Milton Wright himself confirmed he recorded both tracks back in the 60s but they remained unreleased until late 70s.

Mick, thanks for clearing that up. Never heard of it being pressed on white demo and it's not mentioned in Manship Bootleg Guide #2.

What's the difference between an original W/D and a bootleg W/D? I'm only aware of the green label pressing.

here's a clip taken from a 2008 Keb Darge podcast. Anyone know this song? I know i've heard it before (I might even had it at one time in the past) but I can't remember artist or title. Can anybody put me out of misery? TIA Benji LINK

JD Bryant is a truly great song, wonderful production, good lyrics and matching vocals. The ambitious yet still rather amateurish approach adds a lot of charm to it. That approach doesn't work on all Shrine productions mind! Jackie Lee is a crap song. Average vocals on a song that doesn't really go anywhere. When I heard either song for the first time I didn't know how dear they were or what label they were released on. I only judge by the musical quality and JD Bryant sure is the winner.

Came out at least on a blue label Bretby Allnighters Anniversary bootleg (?) 12". Don't know if it was released in any other format

Ady, to be honest I think it's not bad but very astounding that somebody thinks your liner notes are worth reproducing Anyway, back to the thread: If there was/is any specific reason for CD sales going down since the late 90s it's the general file sharing/mp3 swapping to blame and certainly not home-compiled CDs. But personally I don't think that's the only reason for Goldmine/Goldsoul and Grapevine going out of business. I think the first simply didn't come up with any interesting CDS in their later days, i.e. rather unloving compiled CDs with boring sleeve notes. The latter, Grapevine, was too elitist to get sufficent sales, although I have all of their releases and think they were brilliant (apart from the Funk ones ). Giving away complimentary CDs at venues sure doesn't do any harm to official CDs sales, anybody saying so simply tries to find a cheap scapegoat. I always saw and will see CD freebies and home-made CDs being sold in small numbers as the natural successor to audio tapes. Of course advertising them on the net and selling in bigger numbers is just as illegal and immoral as counterfeiting official CDs.

In order to get longer tracks on a 45 grooves have to pressed more tightly. This very often ends up with poorer sound quality (low-fi) and very audible scratches even if they are hardly visible.

I guess you mean "New York City Walkers"? Haunting disco instrumental? That's unissued as far as I know. Ask Dave Thorley, he owns it

I'm with you on JDB but not sure about the Cairos, sometimes I think it's ok the next day I think it's rubbish. Personal top three Shrine tracks (that come to mind w/out 2nd thought): 1) Shirley Edwards - Dream my heart 2) JD Bryant - I won't be coming back 3) Ray Pollard - No more like me These three overshadow everything else that was recorded for Shrine (IMO!)

- Boots are getting sold here on Soul Source, hardly anyone is against that. - Most Northern Soul dealers in the UK and Europe stock boots, hardly anyone is against that. Yet you guys say it's immoral to sell boots/carvers on Ebay? Stop being hypocritical! If you guys really object to bootlegs getting sold as much as you say you do, get things going: 1) ban selling boots on Soul Source 2) report every dealer that sells illegal reissues to the authorities

Has anyone played track no.2 "I need your love"? This is The Masters on Crimson. Didn't know Hall and Oates were in that group too...

Nice to see they've included both of the Temptones 45s as well. I'll give it a listen tonight...

As said by Bob, rarest format is the vinyl issue which I'd value at about 300/350 on a good day..

Frame it and put it on the wall, or cut around the label and stick it on your DJ box, or melt it into a nice cup for your beloved ones hair ties (or flower pot if it's a 12"). Failing that I'd really put it into the collection I guess....