Davenpete

The scans of the labels I've seen on YouTube looked very much like the copies of Trouble that were pressed on vinyl - would really like it on 45. Thx Dx

After a copy of his unissued recordings of 'I'm Going Through Changes'/'The Game Is Over' on 45 - they were pressed up back to back a few years ago. Cheers Dx

He delivers a blinding vocal on Tata Vega's exquisite 'I Got My Second Wind'...

Pardon me but in what way is the last one of its kind? (not being awkward - just not sure). As regards live acts - for me, certainly on the 60s side, it's to be expected that appearances are tailing off to a fair degree. I always found live performances (other than for the sake of having seen the artist in the flesh) somewhat irrelevant - but then it was ALWAYS what was on vinyl 45 (the perfect storm of writing, production, backing and vocal performance) that mattered to me - the only artists I ever saw that I thought were really notably good live (limitations down to age, quality of backing and performance) were Ray Pollard at the 100 Club mid-week before his first appearance at Yarmouth, the Originals at RS' birthday bash, Brenda Holloway and Bobby Patterson... Though over the years we HAVE enjoyed spending quality time (away from the venues prior to and following the events) with artists who have turned out to be very nice and interesting people beyond their musical careers (having looked after a lot of them for Richard and Kev) - especially Jimmy Conwell, Frank Wilson, Barbara Lynn, the Originals and of course Brenda (though we, specially Pete were friends long before she made it over to perform). Dx

HOW MUCH!!!!!!????? Must admit I much prefer it to LC's version - flogged that almost immediately when I got YB. Dx

Daft question - throughout my time on the scene (from 82-on, being a pup) north/south has been irrelevant - there have been leading nighters all over the place playing pretty much the same stuff (dependent on who was DJing of course - the prime driver to what you'd be hearing, remembering that many of the top DJs of the time were from the midlands and south). When I first went to the 100 Club it was quite different musically from 'northern soul' overall, however by the mid 80s and after Stafford it was the leading place for new discoveries by a country mile (along of course with Shotts). The best allnighter though was Bradford, but it generally lagged 6 months to a year behind the 100 Club in terms of what was new and big. The idea of 'up north' is a bit questionable anyway when you bear in mind that Sheffield is closer to London than it is to the Scottish Border. A brief glance at northern soul history makes it obvious that from the earliest years there were clubs throughout the UK playing these sounds and enough fans for the music to make them viable (if it weren't the case why was FL Moore in Leighton Buzzard, Soul City in London and why were most of the early fanzines out of the south etc etc etc) - indeed right back to the 60s many of the key clubs and crews were down south or in the midlands, be it Gloucester, Worcester, Birmingham, Bedfordshire, Market Harborough, Northampton, Banbury, East Anglia etc etc - simply because when it went really big it was centred on the North West doesn't mean it hadn't got adherents and venues in the south listening to and collecting much the same sounds. Dx

I know it was first played at the Cats, but Pete always talks about how this used to bounce off the back wall. Maybe not forgotten but...

By definition it must've been since I belong to you is a made to measure vocal done in response to its popularity. Dx

There's one on eBay right now.

Another nasty - this one should definitely never be revived...

One really dodgy one I've still got a copy of...

Two 'rusty' old relics I wish I still owned. Dx

And a real biggy I've not heard at a nighter for at least 30 years...

Another long forgotten one...

Before my time, but one of my all-time favourites (Moses Dillard - maybe only actually heard it a couple of times at nighters myself) and dodgy pop shite (that I also have a soft spot for) - both actually pretty much forgotten though which is what the thread is SUPPOSED to be about. Was going to add Verdelle Smith too, but I thought that was just too offensive : ) Dx

Since 90+% of those who went to nighters (when these were still around) will have munched their way through a few hundred of these over the years is there really any need for being a stuffed shirt about them being posted in what seems to be a rather silly thread anyway? I for one feel very nostalgic for Riker, Evan's and Smith Klein's (sadly I missed R&Bs, G&Cs, Daps and Filon) splendid products and wish they were still around. Dx

Wigan's finest : )

The Undertones - 'My perfect cousin, what I like to do he doesn' Robert Parker - 'You said he was your cousin, but I found out that he wasn' Only slightly similar, but notable for attempting to use equally awful rhymes... : ) Dx

Ted Taylor was originally covered as Cookie Jackson and nobody batted an eyelid. Dx

Just goes to show there are some very wealthy knobs around nowadays. Think I sold my demo for £35 about 30 years ago. Dx

They're fairly obvious but not mentioned - September Jones and Billy Sha Rae. Plus Jesse Johnson's 'Left Out' and 'Outcast' by Eddie & Ernie - practically the same song! Plus of course Rodd Keith's numerous recordings using the same or very similar backing tracks. Another pair that always struck me as having something weirdly in common - even though they're very different tempos, productions etc are the Ad Libs 'Johnny My Boy' and Cody Black's 'Slowly Molding' - imagine the snappy percussion of Cody Black laid over the top of Ad Libs. Dx https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCno9K1C2hk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUJbZX0nelE

Douglas Gibson for me - coz that's the one I have (thanks Pete S!) - like the Gibson and Harrison Brothers ones best because they're more psychotic sounding - though Luther Ingram is probably the best record. Dx

Pete (when he was still a yuppie) & 'girlfriend' circa 1988. Dx

I think people SHOULD be nervous spending this sort of money sight unseen - would cost you a damn sight less than the sale value to do a very convincing copy and as we all know there ARE hooky copies of sought after sounds out there - some of which are very good reproductions. Dx

Me (absolutely fried) with Scouse, Mark and Barry from Swindon in the cafe after the Unicorn (one of Bucky's pics from about 1986), me (absolutely fried) and the boss round a certain scotsman's house about 15 years ago and me recently - not fried but wishing I was (I'm not REALLY that much of a posing twat - or perhaps I am - it's the only shot I have of me nowadays - a lighting photo for a shoot I was doing at a school with a pro-photographer). Dx