Gilly

Yes Andy D played it me awhile ago,i'm familiar with the songs but the solo version was a new one on me and yes it is brill kind regards Gilly and Nicola

Gypsy Woman The Fabulous Peps Premium Stuff

Ant Eagan from Utoxeter. just a guess regards Gilly and Nicola

Yes your quite right Mr Soulsalmon and heres a few more, 1 Carlena Weaver -Jealously -Audel Records. The trumpet break has a miss-note, as does Little Ritchie -Just Another Heartache also in the break. If you listen to the The 4 Tops -Just Ask The Lonely - on Levis second verse his voice drops on one word (oh it makes it sound so much better) and iv'e just noticed that all three of my examples the song title begins with the letter J Regards to Soulsalmon and all.

Funny i think he looks a little bit like Jesus. only joking Johnny. regards Gilly and Nicola

Yes to keep idiots out so we can get on and enjoy ourselves regards Gilly and Nicola

Youve got my vote Mick cus i still see you from time to time. regards Gilly and Nicola

There used to be a Willie from Burton on Trent go to early Wigan/Samanthas/etc real name Willie Paul

Yes i know who that blongs to,early Wigan some of the Derby lot some how got into the Casino without paying and they came up thru the front of the stage,so my betting is it blonged to Nobby Stevens !

I had a copy when it was'nt that well known,swopped a Blue Jays Points Of View(that cost me 35p) i think the deal was with Paul Temple many years ago. regards Gilly and Nicola

Yes i did, when we were all very young skinheads he was seen as someone to look up to and respect, for a start he was older than me, he drove a tasty mini and when it came to fighting (usually grebos) Ged would be straight in swinging his well polished ox blood docs.Istill remember where he lived with his parents, down that hill in Midway on the way to Repton bottoms as we knew it. A well respected member of the community these days Rotary committee and is/was running his own haulage business last i knew regards Gilly and Nicola

In 72 i was 15 i had been asked to leave school (ours was the last year of choice as to staying on into the 5th year or bailing out at the end of the 4th year) can't remember the word the head used on my departure.Got myself an apprentace job as a motor mechanic,had been listing to soul music since i was 12 in and around Burton/Derby.still not happy that my mum had'nt let me go to the Torch and as much as i would love to go to this reunion i did'nt think it right to attend having not gone 1st time round. Oh i've just thought of that word the headmaster used when he waved me goodbye YOUR EXPELLED. regards Gilly and Nicola

Oh yes, he was my first hero,the records he used to have and indeed play were quite something.He was one of the very first DJ's to start exploiting the by now American imports that started to surface. I remember as a very young teenager going into his shop it was called THE HOUSE OF SOUNDS twas in New St Burton on Trent.I used to go in on a saturday morning with me pocket money to buy my soul records.Iv'e often thought and indeed said to people i wished i had then the knowlege i have now, i bet lots of folks walked out of that shop and left something that now would be a much sort after item.Something back in those days that i could'nt understand was at 9.30 am when i would frequent he used to have the music up full volume and he would be going mental, i used to think what the f cks he been drinking it's a bit early for the pubs to be open,little did i know at that time just what was helping him to be mad.I still admire him and have the greatest respect for what he did (and eat) kind regards Gilly and Nicola

Just for the crack i asked Searling (at Wigan) if he had the latest record by Keith Harris and his duck Orville, and with a smile on his face he told me to do one.Likely it was the saturday after the monthly's friday oldies night,god that could be a long drawn-out night at times. regards Gilly and Nicola

TRACK 5 FOOKING BRIL LIKE TO KNOW MYSELF regards Gilly and NICOLA

Found this, any good IMPRESSARIO MUSIC 3542 GARFIELD WY SE ATLANTA GA 30354 -3419 regards Gilly and Nicola

I think there are 3/4 knocking around my old one went to Tim Brown who passed it on to Ginger. Mick Smith has one that was Searlings at one time, am i right in thinking good old Ted Massey also owns a copy. regards Gilly and Nicola,

Well your bang on with that Trev and ill tell you why. Going back a few years i remember the usual few of us standing in Wigan record bar hearing Richard Searling ,Sam, Gary Rushbrook, Pat Brady playing high quality tunes such as C Washington, Magnetics +2 Nomads, Billy Hambric, Lester Tipton, Larry Clinton, E Holman, you get the picture now of the quality of sounds the likes of Dave Malloy, Rob Marriot, Mick and Ian from Notts,Kev Joss, the Stoke lads and a bunch of hardcore people including myself but all in all not that many of us. It seemed most people only wanted to hear oldies (whatever that ment) now sometime later after Wigan had shut up shop i went to a bank hol sunday allnighter,at the Ritz, the place was rammed hundreds of folkes giving it the big one on the dance floor to the sounds ive mentioned above. Now i'm thinking were the hell were they 1st time round when the numbers were a bit thin on the ground. And so that goes on, people going for the well established easy opption. Well for what its worth thats how i see it regards Gilly

Russ, knowing you ( as you know me) the way you've wrote it is in such a way i can just imagine you telling it to my face, youve really captured the moment of another great story nice one Russ regards Gilly and Nicola

What a brill story, i'll see if i can add to it in a small way regards Gilly

B+Q Burton on Trent, could'nt understand why rare soul was playing over the speaker thats when i got to know a Mr C Anderton he was on a YTS sceam ( has'nt he done well ) became friends from day one and still remain the same, stood back watched him progress thru both ranks his B+Q work and served a good apprentership for the rare soul scene remaining modest polite and an all round good guy bless ya mate regards Gilly and Nicola

Hi i've kept all maner of things, Blues and Soul mags (all of them i think) Black Echoes from issue one onwards, Black Music, most of the mags from the early seventies, hundreds of flyers, record lists etc etc ive even got an old beer mat from Samanthas with Bob Bloors phone No on it (Bradford) also the (official) last night Wigan entry ticket both halves not torn. This is not forgeting all the stuff i've fetched back from Detroit. You could say suitcases of old rubbish but its been my life so i'll keep them a little longer. regards Gilly

I remember being in that pub close to and indeed waiting for the Manchester Ritz all-dayer to open having been at the Casino the night before myself and my good buddy Kev from Burton was having a cracker of a time being entertained by the late great Martin Ellis, he was propper on form that is until Kev from Burton put some money in the jukebox and by mistake selected Oh Carol well we all fell about laughing our bollocks off,only for Martin to stand back, shake his head and say I CANT BEAT THAT FUC.ER NOT EVEN ME. what a guy and what a mad afternoon we had. regards and indeed respect Gilly