Davenpete

The price of scrap aluminium nowadays you'll be quids in Pete! Dx

This goes beyond Good-Bad-Ugly to be genius...

Strangely, when Pete's dad died and we were sorting out his box of old army cap badges, mess cutlery etc in the bottom of the box we found one of these patches - Pete can't remember ever owning it and always hated patches (maybe someone gave it him and he chucked it out but Norman snaffled it as he was a right hoarder when it came to things like old bearings, mercury switches, bits of clocks, radio valves - and evidently northern soul patches). Dx Dx

The Good = Walk In My Shoes by the Magnificent Men The Bad = Walk In My Shoes by Gary Glenn The Ugly = Walk In My Shoes by Billie Davis

Really? It didn't turn up until about 86 as far as I remember (was it not the 86 anniversary single - maybe even 87, I forget). Dx

Good to know that some people still have no sense of humour...

Was a VERY big record for a while. Dx

Dreadful record with excellent credentials...

"Smokey the bear would pull out all his hair if he could see this heart of mine" For me about the best written set of lyrics is Joanna Garrett's 'Whole New Plan' - if you listen there's no repetition and it all rhymes beautifully with no filling. Dx

Gotta be Robert Parker's 'I Caught You In A Lie' - 'You said he was your cousin, but I found out that he wasn't'. Dx

It's All Over - Charles Mann on ABC

As I'm sure everyone knows, the album is stuffed with good stuff - Keep on Climbing's great - like Just Walk in My Shoes too (got spins at Wigan, but never stormed it). Dx

Got a fair amount of plays at Bradford courtesy of Pat Brady. Dx

This was played early on at the Wheel and on the mod scene I'm told. Dx

That'll give you a cheery ride home : ) Wonderous record though. Dx

Any Day Now. Dx

Bird Walking was booted/released as the Emanons Orchestra. Dx

Billy Butler and the Artistics have got to be up there somewhere. Dx

Sam Dees ludicrous - remember selling mine for £20 (nigh on 30 year ago of course). Dx

Johnny Gilliam 'Room Full of Tears' - hands down. Dx

I know that Brenda (and Patrice) had a deal where she paid for her own studio and production time (in exchange for a better royalty deal for the stuff that WAS released) - so getting her in the studio excessively meant that Motown were owed lots of money, making their books look great to the bank at a time when the company was actually skint (in fact she still technically owes them about $50k - though nevertheless they've always been very good at paying her royalties). It strikes me too that much of the unreleased stuff sounds quite 'independent' Detroit compared to the bulk of their releases at a time when BG was driving hard to consolidate 'the motown sound' as something different and identifiable. Dx

Remember RS playing Bobby Womack's Gypsy Woman and announcing it wasn't due for release in the states for three weeks. Fabulous allnighter. Dx

We did Shotts from Swindon in deep snow most of the way on a SECOND night once (about 750 miles) - forget where we went on the Friday. Me and Pete co-ran the White Heather on a Friday, down to Donny at Saus and Wendy's all Saturday and then the 100 Club, back to Donny - home Monday lunchtime (about 700 miles). Did Morecambe allnighter from Oxford on a scooter (450 miles), and on another weekend Lowestoft Allnighter, Chelmsford Alldayer and the 100 Club on a scooter (350 miles). Always did Peterborough Fleet on a scooter from Hull when I was at college (220 miles). Dx

We have quite a number of these - and some very early Blues & Souls that Les Cockell left us. Dx