Agentsmith

well spotted stan, and eloquently put by ms. barton...fitting then that the broadsheets should find interest and originality in music from a bygone age as opposed to what purports to be "music" in this day and age!

its a sad but not unusual trait of ours as human beings that we DO take everything and everyone for granted, we forget we're not immortal. the saying goes that the good ones go first and by god, this scene has seen some wonderful people from all walks of life leave the stage and all we're left with is the memories and the regret we didnt make the effort more often to keep in touch...we just have to accept that. while we're alive we're just another part of the furniture and weldon is a name synonomous with the culture we have grown up with, we just dont appreciate the enormity of the loss until it happens and, as has been said here already, we really should learn to cherish more who, and what weve got.

yes paul, try and get this story sorted if you can. i think the soul world will be waking up to this in the next few hours if its confirmed, just spoke to kev roberts and he wasnt aware...ive just logged on and am gobsmacked. he was a giant and true pioneer of soul music through his work in detroit and philadelphia, so many of his productions/compositions familiar to the northern soul scene...will be greatly missed.

please note that the forthcoming book release has been delayed by 2 weeks and as such, the pre-publication offer has been extended to the end of october

ditto yet again col, larry......and paul & sandi's wedding bash at that....considering the tunes that were played, we could see why it is held in esteem. the sad irony is, i go past this place most every day and its so unpretentious, on a crossroads, surrounded by countryside, skirting bishops wood....but it was like stepping inside the tardis...BIGGER THAN IT LOOKS!...lovely little dance floor, and with that distinct feature called atmosphere that would have thrived with 100+soulies sweating like pigs....this is an all too familiar lament, sorry to see it go.

here, here!! absolutely agree, bloody morons dont realise just how many people they rile up when things like this come to our attention.

good god mick!, its no good sayin thanks pal......how did you fookin well let that slip from your grasp!!?? thats a piece of detroit history missing from the jigsaw:no: .......ALRIGHT THEN........WHO HAS GOT IT??

a few jazz funk/soul lps and 12" singles for sale £3 or 4 for a tenner evelyn king - get loose ronnie foster - argentina starship orchestra - celestial sky spyro gyra - morning dance crusaders - images dramatics - the dramatic jackpot alicia myers - i fooled you this time teddy pendergrass - same 12" chanel - my life ( streetlife backing track) jazmine sullivan - backstabbers break my heart majic massey - i got that ritchie family - i'll do my best for you hiroshima - lion dance joe farrell - night dancin alicia myers - you get the best from me mass production - shante cds 2 quid each terry walker - love / the chapter - the return of real soul music / nate jones - set the tone / all night long - various / marissa rose - introducing / beverley night - very best / tweet - its me again / united soul - reservations / for ever, for always, for luther / lemar - time to grow / lemar - /lionel richie - comin home / usher - confessions /lisa stansfield - 6-3-1 / jahah - mamas only son / stevie wonder - a time to love / george benson - greatest hits / dennis taylor - greatest hits / shades of soul - shades of soul / browns bag - labour of love / anthony hamilton - soul life / kenny thomas - the best / r.kelly - happy people / bass x - heir wave / martha redbone - skintalk / john legend - get lifted / organic soul vol.1 / leila james - a change is gonna come / faith evans - the first lady / lemar - dont give it up / mario - let me love you / mariah carey - greatest hits / joss stone - soul sessions / philly steps - variousartists if interested, cheques please to; rob haigh 8 james nelson crescent trench, telford tf27jg

fer,fer,flippin' eck....YER'VE HIT T'NAIL ONT HEAD THERE LAD,......THIS HAS TO BE THE GREATEST AND MOST IMAGINATIVE COVER-UP TITLE .......EVER!!.....ONLY AT THE MECCA EH?

a reappraisel, for anyone intent on purchasing the forthcominf cd.....its is widely available via amazom.com $35.99, add $7 for shipping. order now to recieve by november 15 - 6 december. listen to the soundfiles before you do, it is a truely eclectic mix...her voice sounds as fresh and vibrant as if it were recorded yesterday, amazing to think she actually duetted with jimmy radcliffe!

a true giant of the r&b genre, classic music over 5 decades and a magnetic performer...the bishop is with his flock, amen.

who's this cats rat?

so......wouldnt play liar,liar then?.......what?.........after seeing all the blue-eyed stompers on the 4-cd box set?...a bit blinkered given thecircumstances:ph34r:

sorry im way behind with this as ive just got round to purchasing the said article. so, i feel its a pre-requisite of middle-age that compilations such as these should be viewed in a more broader mellow approach. the very fact that there are enthusiasts still willing to navigate the exhustive vaults of detroits finest to search out the labels roster of stars contributions, wether, slow,fast or of a different musical style, is a testiment to their enduring love of motown, and these cds bestow on us every sweat stained effort of the artists we love, attempting to find another hit. pouring emotion into every composition placed in front of them to find that certain something that ear-marked the tune as a potential hit. anyone who cares to browse "off the record" will realise that 25-30,000 archive recordings constitutes a mammoth task in aural concentration.whilst the book has been in print nearly 20 years, the people concerned, didnt start this project until the start of this decade, so i would imagine they still have a substantial void to fill. it would surely be a contradiction of terms to profess dissapointment at the lack of uptempo stompers on this production,...this is about the sound of motown as a bigger picture, about artists different interpretations of arrangements, not just on the fours. we all love motown for its universally recognised musical signature, but through the 60's and 70's we listened to the ballads as well as the dancers and had a deeply affinitive appreciation for them. i must say that i do whole-heartedly agree with various people here,about the stevie wonder track...absolutely outstanding and it provokes bewilderment that it could have avoided daylight and airplay for so long, but the odessy that messers nixon and weinger have undertaken is primarily to do just that and....if it happens to make the hairs on the back of the neck stand and its NOT a backdropper then all well and good because at least youre showing your appreciation for the soundtrack of your life. at the end of the day everyone of these artists is our hero and the fact that we have waited a long time for this next installment, shouldnt necessitate a negative response....open your eyes.....youre still the kid in the candy store, still hearing motown youve never heard before....take pleasure in that fact....like the saying goes "youre a long time dead".

WOW!!!........HAVEN'T SEEN THIS FOR AGES......TO REFRESH THE MEMORY, WOULD YOU MIND POSTING UP THE TRACK LISTING PLEASE?? this has now, got to be quite rare along with the pebbles and choc soup for diabetics collections...they helped make the 2nd mod revival more colourful.

confirmed: i had to look it up as well to be sure and youre right, nick & the jaguars

dont forget the version on u.k. polydor by five a penny

why didnt i think of that posh word?......CARTEL......sounds like drugs dosnt it?, but an apt description and the reason why so many people who want to dj ,cant....so they start their own nights....BLOODY HELL GUYS ,WEVE BEEN DOWN THIS CUL-DE-SAC BEFORE and there's no point going any further because matters will not alter. just accept the fact there WILL be more and more gigs and if wannabees keep buying records with the purpose of djing and the establishment wont allow them into their circle, there WILL be more overcrowding. people on both sides of the arguement have hard and fast ( even stubborn) attitudes. im not going to attempt another run-in with our celestial leader and i suggest everyone else who's thinking of throwing in their twopenneth, drop it right now...it raises too many hackles including mine:angry2:

just thought i'd advise, as i recieved a communique from soulbrother records whom i have purchased hipo cds before. as youre all probably aware, hipo only release in the states and have had an export embargo to europe in force for nearly 10 years and there is no change in that stance. many of you may have contacts in the states who can quite easily ship you one anyway, but as regards using credit cards or purchasing by main retailers, its a no-go. its currently priced at $29.99. in the u.k. as and when soulbrother obtain copies, and they are suggesting no sooner that mid-november, it wll be priced at £39.99...of course thats not to say that john, tim or any of the other northern dealers wont be able to supply them, but failing that soulbrother will be the best bet. remember, these will be limited edition and, as its a anniversary comp, its liable to sell very fast...and they NEVER re-press, hence the motown years 1966 10 cd set selling for staggering money on e-bay.

fabulous cd, artist with an immense vocal range...dont forget, he did stuff for all-platinum as well...flashback, baby and i cant take it no more....three unreased treasures on one cd?...spoilt or what??

liar,liar...a bit of chantays/surfaris but with the added ingredient....words!

dave, dave, come and get yourself to stoke tonight and see your old mate adey in the side room, might relieve the pressure!

note a big space there ian,......was that a sharp intake of breath perchance? :lol: is that a pop-art film then? what was the yardbirds track in "blow-up"? have you heard the john barry instrumenal theme to "the beat girl" starring adam faith & shirley ann field?

no arguement there joan, like i said its just an acetate, not an original promotional one like des's, but unusual just the same. as for sandi golden the story is that this recording came direct from a studio tape of a show that richard was on ( not necessarily richard's show) amazingly it wasnt talked over so, its a perfect cut AND it was done before the genuine record got scuffed on the intro....or something like that. ive stuck to my guns from the point of view of not playing them, i bought them because they were there and like many, i like them both. the FOR & AGAINST lobby is omni-present on ss, no matter what the subject, but thats democracy for you, nothing wrong with freedom of speech. our breed has refined itself over the decades and things that werent paid attention to in the 70's are now held in disdain under the banner of political correctness so, everyone manjack who played acetates back in the day, wouldnt be given a minutes solace now...as bad as bootlegging you'd say. but, they're not bootlegs, on the sole point that they're individually manufactured, in most cases to people's personal preferences. if they're unissued cuts from cd's, i dont see anything wrong with that as i wouldnt be the only person doing that right now, otherwise HOW are the tracks going to get played and recognised. bootlegging constitutes not touching them with a bargepole and i wouldnt dream of playing bootlegs. there is a middle ground though, where a certain single can be so obscurely rare and heard so few times but nevertheless, appreciated by many who happen to be in earshot, that to get it heard in more places it should necessitate some acetates in the hands of more influential djs....thats something that happened years ago as well. on the back of that the much loved track would get, hopefully, an overdue release on legitimate vinyl through a major out let...such as kent. we rage against each other from time to time about exclusivity, its good and at the same time its bad. do we all go to our graves smuggly satisfied that we with-held a treasure to our dying breath or do we wring our hands and grieve that we never got to own a track?. have we overcooked the rule book? like they say about football....its only a game,...what about music?....what are we on this scene for, if not the music?. alright ive got these items....play them or not, i'll offend someone...in life offending is an everyday occurance...but we get over it. at this moment in time im not playing anything ANYWHERE.....bookings please anyone? guarenteed 100% records...no cds:lol:

brian, an original acetate is the one that was used by artists/publishing companies to sell the product to interested parties. having an acetate cut from an original vinyl record was probably more popular in the 70's when the appearance of emi-discs was common. djs who did not have the record at the time, but wanted the tune badly could, for a sum at the owners descretion, get an "emi" prior to any bootlegging. carver is a reference to vinyl carvers, as opposed to acetates, tunes are cut on thick, chunky vinyl and have infinitestimal wear, unlike acetates, a bit like bootlegging....but not!, its personal preference you see:rolleyes: