Eddie Hubbard

That’s excellent Sean ,many thanks

I was already into Soul music in general aged 16 ,1973 .Myself and a friend went on holiday to Skegness Butlins and in the on site disco there was a few people there from Manchester .The DJ played Arthur Conley “ Funky Street “ and suddenly these guys started backdropping and dancing in fantastic style.Later we went back to the chalet and started practising the moves we’d seen ,backdropping on the end of the bed to begin with.We decided that when we returned home and went to Banbury Winter Gardens ,which was a huge venue ,with a dance floor bigger than Wigan ,we’d ask the DJ to play “ Funky Street “ and do our newly acquired dance .What happened next was unexpected,a circle of onlookers formed and watched .Afterwards we got a mixture of “well done “ from mainly girls ,and “ I’m gonna kick your head in “ by the girls boyfriends .Undeterred we carried on each week ,even taking our import records down for the DJ to play each week .As we started travelling further afield ,we and more friends honed our style after watching others at The Mecca ,Wigan Casino ,Treetops Club Coventry etc .I still get locals mentioning and remembering our dancing in the early 70’s ,and how they hated us ,ha ha .

Fantastic info

Extremely sad news ,as everyone has said,Paul was a real gentleman and a great record collector and DJ .I didn’t know him as well as many ,but it was only a short while ago that I spent some time chatting to him at Carib Soul in London .Thinking of his lovely wife Helen ,and his many friends x

I bought Dan Folger blind in Seattle 1980 after reading an Ian Levine chart of slow records in Frank Elson’s column .I think Randy Cozens championed it too

I think John Manship discovered Larry Clinton ,covered up as Eddie Seaburg

Rob Marriott taped it for me ,and tipped me off when copies appeared on the front page of Soul Bowl for £6 about 1980 . I actually reviewed it in Rod Dearlove’s Midnight Express Fanzine in the early 80’s .My copy ended up with Mark Wilson in Scotland

I remember reading in Black Music about 1975 that Levine had the only copy of Jimmy Raye ,but wasn’t playing it .Soul Sam mentioned something along the lines of “ why is he playing Disco when he has incredible records like Jimmy Raye at his disposal “ .Hope this helps .

Yes ,you’re correct ,demo and issue look the same apart from the promotion copy type

I’ve only ever seen the styrene demo release emulating out of Detroit .

https://classicrockreview.wordpress.com/category/robert-plants-record-collection/ Good article on Robert Plants record collection

I like both sides and bought it fairly cheap after hearing it at Burnley All Nighter .A great group with a fine catalogue of releases .

E we Some near mint records here for sale :UK only sales I’m afraid .PM to reserve. Postage is £8.50 Special delivery .PayPal F & F if you know and trust me thanks . Joe Hinton - 6Ts anniversary Mint - £150 Seville - Show Me The Way - Federal Green Mint - £75 Talmarge Armstrong -Color Me Soul / James Duhon- Graveyard Creep - Jetstream Mint - £75 Mixed Emotions - Am I Imposing - Rock Way Mint - Signed by the producer £75 Broken Hearts Inc - Please Don’t Walk Away - Kimberlite Mint - £150 Estimations - Can’t Do This To Me -Kimberlite Mint - £140 Jett Straker - Cause I’m Ready - Kimberlite Mint - £25 Midtown Assembly- Don’t Walk Away -Glamp Rd Mint No 66 £75 Mike De’Cole - Nights Like This - Soul Undercover Mint - £35 reasonable offers invited on the above now

I think it’s a case of one up man ship from the DJs to out do the other DJs ,a fear of emptying the dance floor from both the promotors and DJs in the bigger venues ,all records were new once ,I’ve seen the floor empty at The Mecca and Wigan ,you just need to have faith in some sounds .

I thought this was superb ,many thanks Joan

Excellent article ,thanks to all who contributed

Many thanks Mick ,I was obviously given the wrong info ,Cheers Eddie

Bob Wilson - Strings A Go Go on SG ,the flip” Love Symphony “ is supposed to be a Servicemen backing track ,does anyone know which Servicemen track it is ? Many thanks …

Dave McAleer was the Pye promotion guy responsible for The Javells and Pye Disco Demand label

Yes fantastic Rick ,a great double header

I bought that at Wigan on the strength of that B & S review .The magazine was a friends ,as I didn’t start buying it until ‘72,

Thanks John ,some really interesting memories there .Did you mention to The Diplomats / Skull Snaps about seeing them ,when we saw them at Cleethorpes?

Many thanks Chalky ,that’s great That’s great to see ,many thanks for your help

Ok,no worries .I think I’ll buy the book anyway .

That’s sounds like the one ,are you able to scan it ? Many thanks