Eddie Hubbard

Those Kenny Smiths were issues wern't they Harry ? I remember buying one off a guy at Wigan for £8 [ maybe it was you !! ? ] and recall the seller saying he had got it out of a soul pack , great find eh , and you don't see them around anymore , wish I'd kept it now LOL ........Best ,Eddie

I got a Bobby Taylor at a soul night recently for £30' ish which I thought very fair , great one eh Ian ? Best ,Eddie

Rick Cooper was the guy from Global .Cheers ,Eddie

Just remembered ,I've got The Rightous Brothers doing Bobby Paris "Night owl " .Best ,Eddie

I've got a country version of Little Charles - I got my own thing going by Walt Maddox .Great thread ,Eddie

Think it was Guy or Keb who played at Stafford , or maybe Gary Rushbrooke ? Best ,Eddie

Yes , great choice ,Billy had such a unique vocal style didn't he ? Virtually everything I've ever heard by him is wonderful .Best ,Eddie

Hoagy Lands is fast becoming my favourite Ady , known by me for years only for " The next in line " since he appeared at Cleethorpes I've been collecting his sides , everything he recorded to my ears is superb so far , think he cut about 17 ' 45's - got about 10 so far .Interesting subject ,and Lou Johnson is a great choice as well .Best ,Eddie

Another one in the same uplifting bag as the above is Gene Page " Of our other days " , brilliant !! Best ,Eddie

Steve Glover certainly was the man , back in the day , ran Soul Galore in Oasis market B'ham , he would take wants lists ,when you next turned up , there would be a brown bag with your wants in !! Awesome UK collection and loads of imports - he's still got them as well , so I'm told .Graham Warr records was downstairs in the same indoor market , great for all the [ then ] new releases etc , remember buying Ruby Andrews " I got a bone to pick with you on import ABC ,and Jean Carne " If you wanna go back " when they were hot , great days .Reddingtons records also made a few mistakes in the pricing , got Rick Sheppard " Can we share it " Columbia issue for £1 when it was still covered by Richard at The Casino as " Ronnie Love " .Best ,Eddie

Another great story Max , it makes you wonder where all those Edwin Starr's are now , as it's considered to be one of the harder Ric Tic's , some of the prices must amaze you now ? I remember when The Vonettes were everywhere for £2 , had to pay £60 to get it back a couple of years back - great eh ? !! Best ,Eddie

Great story Ian , you have a fantastic memory , hope some other vinyl diggers will come up with some equal tales ,Best ,Eddie

Thats a great photo , the casino used to look so different when it was empty ,The only way I got in free ,was stood chatting with Alan Rhodes at the bar [ think Tabs was with me as well ] after the early session , people started coming in for the nighter and no one asked us to pay.I think some people used to get in free by sweeping up etc . after the early session .Best ,Eddie

Hi Ian , tell everyone about the find you had in LA under the tarpaulin , you found loads of Sements of time on Sussex etc .First read this story in Pat Brady's " Talk of the north " fanzine years ago , sure it could do with a re -telling now .Cheers ,Eddie

All the Northern venues would embrace technology and use laptops ,CD players etc , no one would care what format a record was on as long as they were having a great time .Best ,Eddie

You're right Ian , it is a goodie , if there was only 2 copies and one was cracked , it'd probably be massive !! Best ,Eddie

Hello Ian ,I first heard the Delfonics via a Kent CD of unissued and obscure sides ." Agent for love " has an interesting story , being the vocal of course to Guys from Uncle " The Spy " .In the 70's fanzine editor Dave McCadden [RIP ] ,wrote a made up story asking if anyone had a copy of the vocal to The Spy , titled " Agent for love " .It of course didn't exist , though years later people were claiming to have heard it at Cleethorpes !! The folks at Joe Boy decided to make this in the 90's , recorded in B'ham I think .You probably know this story anyway ,the strange world of Northern Soul eh ? Best ,Eddie

and me ........Best ,Eddie

I saw these around the time of the limited repress of the Four Tracks [ Mandingo ] and Johnny Honeycutt , in the 90's.Best ,Eddie

I think Richard had it first , don't know whether he sold it on to Gary , or if Gary got his own copy ? Best ,Eddie

80 -81 , From memory , same time as Richard was playing Daybreak [ Tyrone Edwards " Search this world " c/u ] , etc .Used to have a great live tape with these on .Super rare 60's mixed with the best new and recent releases , tons of cover up's , fantastic memories .Best ,Eddie

You're right , great period in Wigans musical history eh ? Best ,Eddie

This was actually covered as The Embers " Playing the part of a fool " , The Chessmen c/u was " Like I never did before " which was actually Combinations " Whatcha gonna do " .Cheers ,Eddie

Practically mint copy of The Fidels - I'm giving you notice baby - Dore £120 .PM me if interested .Payment by paypal at eddie@hubbard09.freeserve.co.uk cheque , cash [ by special delivery I'll pay ] .Postage is £5 [ special delivery ] .Best ,Eddie

Excellent - copy of Steve Mancha - Friday night / monday through thursday -Groovesville DJ £150 .Few scuff marks , plays great tho ' clean labels [ see scan ] PM me if interested .Payment by paypal at eddie@hubbard09.freeserve.co.uk cheque , cash [ by special delivery , I'll pay ] Postage is £5 [ special delivery ] .Best ,Eddie