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Just dug the Soul Of Change Out.......UK Windmill WMD121.......without Mrs Soul on it.Its Got To Be You,Take Care Of Homework,First In Line,Heart On A String,Wind Of Change,Fredom Train,People Got To Be Free,Make Me Yours,Keep On Trying,Peace (sic) Of My Heart,Oh!Darling, You Dont Stand A Chance.So original issue Up Front Wind Of Change....second pressing on Windmill and Soul Of Change.Windmill was a definate budget reissue label from the late sixties/early seventies as I have seen loads of stuff at car boots on Windmill.A favourite of mine is a Chico Lopez Lp.....the track trouble spot.So which is the £200 record the Windmill second pressing or the Upfront original.....Im sure from memory there is a slightly different track listing.I must dig my Joe E Young and The Tonics LP on Toast out along with the Herbie And The Royalists LP.I must be listening to stuff with different ears!!

Ive got both Upfront and Windmill Lp's. The Windmill is quite common at UK record fairs and was a Woolworths type LP.Fair play to anyone that can get £200 for it. it.Looks like the Uk ska/reggae labels with soulish tracks are becoming in vogue.Probably because most were UK only.I have a few Upfront 45's on the black label as well.Is there a particular track on the LP people are after and can we havea collectable UK Soul on reggae labels thread....

They managed to get one and a half of the original Wigan deejays....

The Motown bar is still in Catford..........looks a bit worn at the moment but is still open.Its only 15 mins away....might pluck up courage to pop in.

Were you there at this night???? https://www.punk77.co.uk/groups/demolitionwigancasino.htm

Ive got one Pete but i dont want to sell it ........Carl and Maria Willingham started playing it and it went up to £150....get to one of the big uk record fairs and you will find them at a tenner along with This Train and Robin Hood Rides Again.

I always thought there were always babies at allnighters.......i keep seeing parents wide eyed walking around carrying Johnson baby powder

I thought it was the dancers at the Twisted Wheel copying the American soul artists that visited.Keb Darge reckons that karate moves influenced the dancing in the mid seventies.What was the dancing like at the Torch and when did swallow dives into splits etc arrive.Ive also heard that the dancing at the mecca was a lot different...probably due to the funkier sounds.Whatever happened to the mecca shuffle........usually done to Time by Edwin Starr.I know a couple of kids that are being taught by Mr Sadot on here for the other (credible?) northern soul film.

Just had an alternative cut of In Love (with horns ) e mailed to me from the man himself......Tony Galla.Might play it on Saturday. Got a styrene and paper label of the Perigents....always thought it was a boot.

Ian Dewhirst Ian Levine Richard Searling

And the video features Sandy Sarjeant who did Cant Stop The Want on Polydor ...........she married Ian Mcglagan from The Faces

Reminds me of a Viz character Norbert Colon......do you sell records ie small plastic/vinyl objects that are placed on machines what are commonly known as record decks and do you have any particular items that were popular in the northern regions of seventies working class Britain? .....yes,what do you want?......I do not want to purchase any of the said items...i was merely enquiring whether these were the wares you were offering..........

makes you blind by the glitter band was played back to back with purple haze johnny jones

If you havent got the money dont buy it or offer to buy it......it's not rocket science.Id like to own some rare pieces of art...I wouldnt go to Sothebys, spend all day looking at the catalogues and start bidding on the Monet and then run out the door when it came to paying up...........this is the cyber equivalent (without the bidding).By the way e bay sellers beware of fake you have been paid paypal e mails....I got stung for £40 recently on a reggae lp and the buyer being in London I went to visit him with a few friends.It was a Polish squat in Shoreditch. Check his feedback https://myworld.ebay.co.uk/alhidek/

White plains-My Baby Loves Lovin deram .....mono version Jigsaw-Sky High

Didn't Neil Rushton do this in the seventies in a way at the Ritz..........Blackpool Mecca versus Wigan.The Ritz must have been neutral territory.Wasnt it Sam playing stompers and Levine come on with Jaws and the same dancers stayed on the floor!!..Maybe Jaws should be played again as theres plenty sharks out there.I had all this rubbish with the Rocket but that was more to do with a battle of music styles and the supposed London scene not wanting oldies and to keep it on a more r&b mod tip.As Jerry Butler said Only The Strong Survive.If you want to do battle and meet people head on then you can't expect Queensberry Rules.....38 years in the promoting game..mmmm

Ive got the blue US Hi EP....Did it come with a picture cover?

Thought it would be a good idea .....then the thought of someone playing The Magnetics or George Lemons all the way up would raise the risk asst level to high/danger .Did a few coaches to the Ritz bank holiday niters from London which were a laugh and the Pompey boys always did a coach to the Rocket.So legend has it there used to be a coach to Wigan from Stockton on Teees that went through Middlesbrough....Jack Wardle????. I suppose most towns in the seventies had coaches to Wigan as BR was so unreliable then.

I got a Mr Dynamite in the eighties for £8 thank god. I remember deejays playing the A and having another copy ready on the other deck for the instrumental....so thats £1,066.00 or £16

Dahn here theres boogaloo (see above) r&b, popcorn, boogaloo, latin and northern soul.Rob Bailey has his doos which are more Mod orientated.Solid Hit Soul is in a pub basement and is rarer sixties soul.6TS at the 100 Club which is unique in the mix.Va Va Voom which is rare 7ts and sixties (lots of mid tempo stuff), Walls Of Heartache...Tamla and eighties mod biggies with some northern,Crystal Palace Soul (seventies funkier stuff),, Towerful Of Soul (never been don't know the music policy)........what there isnt is a 100 % northern soul club.I'm keeping away from London as theres tooo much going on.By the way I appreciate the music from all the venues and Im a regular at most of the venues (esp Solid Hit which is the best night in London IMHO)...

Theres a version of this by Sons And Lovers on the yellow UK Beacon......always wondered if it was a cover version.Its a stormer as well.

I find it strange that the north wouldnt let go of the sixties influences full stop.As the south got into more funky sounds and progressed why did the northerners stick to the motown template and not move along with the funk.They even rode scooters all the way through the seventies and formed scooter clubs.They did move with the fashions though and abandoned the suits/mod gear lthough it was a very street look.It wasn't even a revival...how can it be if you never stopped.It was the same with the music...they wanted new or unknown sixties tamla based uptempo music.I believe RIC Tic and Okeh were the first US labels out of Motown Stax etc to be discovered and they were worshipped with people having tattoos done,/badges etc.Motown must have been old hat in 71/72.Anybody know when the Ric Tics were imported in bulk and why there are so many about.

Used to work with a bloke that was a regular at the Gliderdome and he always remembers the night I think it was 67 when the Small Faces appeared......they got booed off because the crowd didn't want to hear pop rubbish. Geno Washington was the next act on. They all invaded the stage and were carrying him around on their shoulders.He said most London pop or hippy groups got short thrift.He was a hard Mod/peenut who wore shermans,brogues and blazers.He said after a hard week at work the last thing they could connect with were peace and love merchants or long haired pop groups. They wanted to dance all weekend and the best music was soul.I'm sure I have read an interview with Roger Eagle who said he played a mixture of soul music and r&b at the Twisted Wheel and he left because the pill poppers were demanding the uptempo stuff and he felt it was limiting him. Im sure that when the Tamla tour came over they were playing to empty theatres so Tamla in the early days must have been cult music..

Toni Daly now sold

All are from my own collection. Scans below.Postage £1.50 PM me first. Paypal kevin.johansen@btinternet.com Jackie Wilson-Ive Learnt About Life US Brunswick ex £15 Bobby Hill-I Wanna Be With You US Lolo ex £15 Eddie Holman-Cause Youre Mine Little Girl US ABC Mint £15 Eddie Holman-I Need Somebody US ABC Mint £15 Chris Bartley-Baby Its Wonderful- US Vando Mint £10 Sharpees-Tired Of Being Lonely US Onederful Ex £12 The Sweet Delights-Baby Be Mine US Atco ex £15 Otis Clay-Dont Pass Me By US Onedeful Mint £10 The Merits -Arabian Jerk US Bandstand £25 Lou Johnson-It Aint No Use US Hilltop Ex £10 Otis Clay-Its Easier Said Than Done US Onederful mint £10 The Sapphires-Who Do Youl Love US Swan Ex £20 Maxine Brown-Oh No Not My Baby US Wand Ex £15 Al And Bunky-Homework US Exodus Mint £15 Ronnie Walker-Its A Good Feeling US ABC Demo record M label has some wear £25 Prince Harold-Born To Please US Verve ex £10 Kim Weston-I Got What You Need US MGM Mint £10 Freddie Scott-Are Youl Lonely For Me Baby US Shout vg £10 Bobby Bland-Yum Yum Tree US Duke Mint £20 Tony Borders-What Kind Of Spell-US Revue mint £20 Lenny O Henry -Across The Street US Atco EX £20 The C.O.D's -Michael US Kellmac ex £12 Billie Davis-There Must Be A Reason US Parrot Mint £25 The Groove-Love Is Getting Better US Wand Ex £30 Lovelites-My Conscience US Lovelite Mint £25 Showmen-Honey House US Swan mINT £20 Santells -So Fine US Courier Mint £15 Dynamics- Im The Man US Big Top Ex £20 Shades Of Blue -Oh How Happy US Impact dj £15 The Royalettes-Only When Your Lonely US MGM £10 James Galt-A Most Unusual Feeling US Aurora vg plus £40 Sammy Taylor-Dont Lie US Enjoy Ex £20 Mel Hueston-Double Confusion US Chanson ex £25