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i loved Parr Hall..........a traditional heaving niter.........fair Stoke contingent used to go......i attended with Ian bailey and Dave mountford.........we usually saw sedge and young shute in there........one weekend we were going we had a small crash outside Ian baileys house and banged into Nogga's mini parked on the side of the road and totalled it......(we were singing along to "yum yum tree" at the time).......undeterred we carried on to Warrington.......pulling up outside like something from a demolition derby........the front nearside door was jammed so it was kicked open to a big cheer from the queue waiting to get in........afterwards a load of people went back to IBs house and proceeded to try to mend noggas" write off "on Sun morn...happy days

this thread inspired me to dig out "dont be afraid to love me" ..Commands on Dynamic 111.....what a great mid tempo tune,,,,,,,

great 45.........

anyone clocked that DL's tune "Lord if your a woman " is different (mix?) on the LP and the single?.........

your lettin' all my secrets out Andrew........

heres one i like.......

attempts backdrop.......fails miserably and hobbles off......

theres an interesting thread on the Superlatives in RSF.......

the best voice in technical terms is Sam Cooke......he had perfect pitch...most would agree on that......even his fellow professionals.at the time did...Sinatra/Nat......etc.....

feets dont fail me now............

didnt Jeff King do these ...pre Soul Sounds?.......(flip is Soul Sisters....."good time tonight")......A+B....reversed on mine.........what a fabbo tune "invitation" is.......

the Jimmy Ruffin...UK..Sounds Superb LP (1974?).."ive passed this way before"..has some tracks on it that i think never got an official US release.....(on LP or 45)......maybe pulled out of the can after he left........i like "ive got you girl".....lovely mid tempo ........( isnt "born to be bad " a great tune?)....

cheers Mark.........

i was playin' Charles Conrad ....."isnt it amazing" on Shandy.......real nice mid-tempo.......whats this go for these days?......

it was very eclectic between 12.......2.........at TOTW.......my fave .....Dean A.playin'......Calvin Leavy......."thats where i am" Soulbeat..........

My all time fav is the Impressions...."You've been cheatin'".........my ABC copy has "SHUTE" scratched in the run out groove.........Curtis always had good taste in selecting arrangers...

Curtis Mayfield sang the Impressions Coca Cola advert to Nick Marshall and me at Hinckley all nighter in 1983.......of course i didnt have a tape recorder with me.......