Agentsmith

thanks bro, much appreciated, some of the other guys collection though blew me out of the water...that made for a really good all-dayer, like i said in reviews, just a small but very appreciative crowd and all monies went to a good cause so a big well done to andy and jay cee.

cheers dave, fortunately you know more than me!, i wouldn't have been surprised considering russ's penchant for somewhat obvious pop tunes but, it does have the trademark stamp of both h.b. barnum and david axelrod and you dont get much better than that on the west coast ( mirwood aside ). always liked this tune but that goes for her version of "what" which is an immense production. can i just add again that there were outstanding sets from all involved and i hope that they get posted asap.

top tunes bro, apologies, forgot to ask, even though its usually obvious to, but when you have the time guys, can you get yours posted up?, nice to see the diversity of what was played here.

my entire playlist over 3 sets: n.p.o. shirley karol - just to make you happy big don's rebellion - it was true jimmy hughes - it ain't what you got darrow fletcher - infatuation james bounty - action speaks louder than words malcolm hayes - i gotta be with you maxine brown - just give me one good reason the flamingo's - nobody love's me like you do ike & tina turner - strange tina mason - life & soul of the party cynthia & the imaginations - hey boy, i love you ruby winters - i want action supremes - he's all i've got dickie wonder - nobody knows joanie sommers - don't pity me cliff nobles - my love is getting stronger connie stevens - tick-tock jack montgomery - do you believe it holly st james - that's not love ronnie mcneir - sitting in my class denise lasalle - a love reputation duke browner - crying over you tobi lark - sweep it out in the shed eddie bishop - call me lainie hill - time marches on homer banks - a lot of love vicky baines - country girl l. allen - can't we talk it over ritchie adams - i can't escape from you the seven souls - i still love you the velvets - i got to find me somebody the spiedels - dream girl the jelly beans - you don't mean me no good googie rene combo - smokey joe's la la the precisions - such misery the epitome of sound - you don't love me dave & ruben ( i love her so much ) it hurts me thanks to everyone for listening & dancing!

i paid £30 for the goldmine cd northern soul of los angeles vol.1...and yes, i agree, the very early one's are long since deleted.. ( whoever thought we would ever say that word about those shiney thingy's ? ) and, are going to be very collectable...infact the hipo compilations are way out in front already, value wise, simply because they are limited and numbered and to date, i think the only one that has been reissued due to demand or whatever, is the david ruffin cd. just cast your minds back barely 4 years and the boxed set for 1966 is sold out and fetching ridiculous prices on ebay.

mostly boots & pressings

great scans!, who would have dreamed of that?, possibly speaking for the majority of folks other than the exceptional collectors. at some point parkway must have decided to cut their costs as their commercial hits dwindled because the coloured issues also doubled up as demo's...is that the wrong train of thinking?...they had two pressing plants, perhaps one had more clout with the radio stations so still sent out white demo's...it''s confusing!,...my cameo demo of deep, dark secret is actually the stock label issue ( black/red/white cameo ) the label on the b-side is totally blank, no printing at all, so that one should have been binned!. i think the rareity probably speaks for itself, by the time of this, and many other releases, parkway were in dire financial straits, they were desperate for one big hit, which never came...they turned to the black music bandwagon after their disasterous court case over the beatles hurt them so bad...the irony is cameo-parkway releases from that era onwards became one of our most staple collectables, so many desirable records...the material coming out of the south street studio's was fantastic...without doubt the company's greatest attribute for which we should be thankful. it spawned a host of philadelphian talent who went on to better things elsewhere, primarily with gamble & huff. at the end of the day,...it's such a great label to look at, in both formats, it's northern soul history in a nutshell!.

these are examples we would all agree on yes?, and there are probably more, but the probability of finding others that we still haven't seen, is very real, this has been born out in recent years......you can never say absolutely never.

i meant the "dosn't exist?" as i said it, to establish if anyone knows the validity of issue's, that basically applies to anything, but there are,as we all know certain items which were believed not to and have, in the course of time, turned up, quite all-of-a-sudden. it possibly also follows that there are things we still don't know that exist but in collections of people who maybe have nothing to do with the scene at all e.g. deep collectors, doowop collectors etc. i know it's stating the obvious, but it's great that we still want to learn things and pass it on, keep digging for the truth. yes it's also about issues that are known about but have been seen by so few people, they've been forgotten about, so naturally it can be assumed, mistakenly, that they don't exist. i'm pretty sure tim brown auctioned an issue of bernie williams last year, just for the record. it would also be interesting to hear what people think about the chubby checker, as mentioned, particularly the label design...half moon or hexagonal?...assuming it exists. , personally, will never forget when i first set eyes on the earl jackson issue, garry field had aqquired it and bought it with him to colne municipal in a small box of sales, must have been 2003 and this was just legend at the time!.

TUNE!!

if linda had been alive when memorex did that glass advert, she would have shattered it all day long, such is the crystal clear clarity of her vocal range, a totally faultless voice, aretha and tobi lark aside, she had both their arrows in her armery. deprived of fame, fortune and a golden future at such a young age, her stock has continued to rise as each year passes and more people come to appreciate the work of linda jones. can we possibly imagine just how she would have taken the scene by storm had modern medicine been available back then?...we can but speculate...marmite??...sorry, absolutely NO CONTEST!....there are legends....and then there's LINDA JONES. SCEPTICS....GET YOUR HEADS STRAIGHT!!

hi pete, the demo would be red letters on a white background and the issue would be the same as any other release on modern?

sure the lad will have a memorable send-off, to all concerned, our sincere condolences and hope the weather remains kind for you, play the tunes he loved

i couldn't see him without one, he was quite depressed about it at the time, naturally who wouldn't, so i offered him mine...we sorted that out a few months ago.

the label had various designs & colours, so what are we talking here?

yes, was a very unfortunate incident at the tower last november...however there has since been a happy outcome...he's replaced it with another one,...courtesy of me!

sorry, i don't want to upset too many, but can i please see a scan of holly st james then, just to kill the curiosity?

chris anderton sold a mint one last week for £350

opposite to the other thread if you don't mind.....some of the most brilliant northern & crossover tunes do have remarkably simple lyrics....nothing wrong with that....and then there are those that you hum along to, then listen carefully, end up knowing them off by heart, and finally the penny drops just how intricate, poignant, and clever they really are. who's you favourite artist/s for this, the exponents of the song that make the writers efforts sound so complete?. well, i think for one, darrow fletcher is right in this bracket...having pondered his catalogue, its unerring how each song is interlinked with smart, catchy verses that ring true and make you think. and out of the box titles in the main "what have i got now", my young misery", and...of all these, "infatuation"..i honestly HADN'T heard this...silly but it's true, but does the story twist and turn or not?...so, i'll pick one line from it..."just because you like my style, dosn't mean i'll walk you down the aisle" you just wouldn't hear that anywhere else!...let's have you thoughts and suggestions if you please.

only natural pete, when it's pied piper, so what's the chances that adey has come across it along with all the other familiar tunes and he's got them stashed away for a rainy day!

the instrumental does exist...its attributed to music box and was originally on the press of louise lewis.

monguito santamaria.....now thats a tune!, the allniter crowds should watch out, this could be the next boogaloo monster!

i had the action release, which has just recently been promoted to an auction item, care of jm, but on evolution...do you mean a u.k. release or did it get issued in the states?

very surprised mark, never heard any mention of it on here either, all the talk as you remember in recent years, was about the two i previously mentioned, then out of the blue they both turned up....proving you can never say NEVER...would love to see a scan of holly st james though...

tim brown had an issue for sale recently, stone mint, perfect labels £150 if i remember, definitely has a demo listed at £100 so, having just looked at the one posted on this thread, £80 is reasonably cheap...also demo on dave thorley's site £75, think it's vg+ though....on a lighter note, i like to refer to this as an "alternative avengers theme tune "