Rob Wigley

Just about every line from "Cashin' In" however modified for Soul-Sourcers I choose this one "When I found you had opened my record box, that was the last straw, I can't take it no more" Rob

'A crazy psychopath is off the streets. He thought he was too powerful to get caught, but justice has finally been done.' Total f**king nutter, many years of not paying artist royalties as well. Lala Brooks and several others have been on the "Wrong end" of his legal team ! Watch out for a Channel 4 documentry that has been waiting "In the can" for at least 3 years whilst this lot was sorted out. As always there's a thin line between genius and madness------where did I put that straight jacket ? Rob ps watch out for the appeal !

Ive only got as far as my small green sales box on my desk- -25 box is a good box and you missed a packer last night !

All above true-he's a good friend of ours and still lives in Sheffield The Precision connection comes from our time at Prestatyn where he impersinated a missing member , he also appeared there as the Velours along side Troy Keyes singing "I'm gonna change"- He is now an official member of The Invitations, doing gigs in the US along side Wilson "Gary" Gant, Bob Blanding & Lew Kirton when he gets the call. 70 years old ,still working as a vocal coach at Wakefield and don't look a day over 55 ! I want him to write a book, the stories he tells are brilliant. espcially about Andrew lloyd Webber Anyone wanting to book Richie or The Invitations "Live"-get in touch we'll sort it ! Rob

See list above for "Sold & Reduced" Rob

Soul Bowl--what packs they were Bought many over the years and wished I'd bought a lot more Mr Anderson keeps an eye on things on here from the tower of his castle in Scotland hello John, but as always seldom comments The packs were a way of making space for new stock and to keep things moving around. All originals, but maybe "Off tempo" or not in Vogue at the time they were put in the packs. Tape swoppers lead the way in getting a lot of these records into the public eye (didn't you Derek Pearson and Ray Mahoney) and loads have become todays classics. Rob & Karen

Soulsider you made me smile "Just like John Manship, I too collect bootlegs and have a good collection of them in a box, seperate from my originals." are they going to escape ? Will they try and corupt your originals? Still a great thread, I think its something we all took for granted that bootlegs were around. Now as we get older and to be honest there are items we are NEVER going to own, the hunt is on for the missing bootlegs ! keep em coming Rob gotta dash my bootlegs are trying to escape from the cupboard to mate with my British 45s

Quelle surprise. The guy may look like a geeky charted accountant from Surrey but whatta voice. Its Johnny Beggs, but with a shave and haircut I wondered where he had got to ! R & K ps great track, I thought it was a Jamie Cullen track with the Jazzy stuff

Gary Rusbrook, I think, he always played it !

Roy Hamilton "EarthQuake" EPIC issue -looks VG - play EX perfect to DJ with- Now £50 Bargain for a couple of days only !! Precisions "If this is love" Drew ex -Sold Roy Roberts "If you can't put it out" /I know what to do" Rock House Mint £20 (ltd re-issue from 2 years agao -all sold out !) Love Committee "Am I wasting time" Ariola American- Mint-- £30 big 70s-seen at £50 over the weekend ! 5 Wagers "Come and ask me" Tiara Mint £15 -Brilliant x-over PM to reserve post add £1.50 ist class recorded ta Rob

Lynn Vanardo "Wash and wear love" (she don't need no wash and wear love--although I don't think she really wants to let go ) Rob

Very true Searling played it as a new USA release 77/78 ?

Visiting Dublin's fair city in the very near future! Can anyone recommend any 2nd Hand Record Shops that I can take the wife too I have found the shops in Dublin do take trades, but usually for other types of music Steve, are you intending to "Trade her in" ? any info gratefully accepted as I can maybe squeeze it in before the Guinness Brewery trip Whats the name of that Antiques market on a friday lads where they have some second hand stuff for sale ? You can look at the "Well trawelled" boxes and Sue can look at retro clothes, jewelry etc. Rob

Top Sound Invitations "The Skate" ?

sat 5th July, lets "Crash" it ! long time since I ice skated but still got the Ice Hockey boots ! I'd be more like Todd Carter now I think Very interesting though. In the early days of Southport there wa s a Black kid from London who would Just skate around the camp all the time -then dance on his skates in the main room' didn't know his name but once he had a T-Shirt on with "Black is Back" did every fookers heads in ! R & K

Thank you for that Rick the more we hear about the club from the people that went-and now who DJ'd there the better, I will be in touch with you via PM in the not too distant future. Thank you very much Rob Wigley PS Keep the replies coming !!

Isn't there a Roller all-nighter in Derby ? (every month ?)

Richie Pitts sang the theme song on Black adder series 2 Richie Pitts coached the South African Athletics/Hurdles team in the 1970s Richie Pitts was one of The Precisions all true Rob

Above post shows Richie Pitts in the Japan production of Starlight Express-he learnt to Skate for the London Roll at the age of48 -ouch my F**king Knees-!There's hope for us yet Another strange fact I'm gonna post in Northern Soul Myths ! Rob

Richie Pitts Original Member of recording group The Velours and The Fantastics Place of Birth: Brooklyn,NYC BRIEF LIST OF TOURS SWITZERLAND: Golden Rose Festival, Montreux BULGARIA: Golden Orpheus International Contest for Singers, Slunchev Bryag Won 1st Prize for Best interpretation and arrangement of a Bulgarian song SOUTH AFRICA: Rand Afrikaans University, Johannesburg JAPAN: National Tour of Starlight Express played Poppa AUSTRALIA: National Tour of Starlight Express played Poppa EIRE: "Blues in The Night" Tivoli Theatre, Dublin Played The Man PORTUGAL: "Sweet Soul Music Show" Casino Espinho & Casino Vilamoura UNITED KINGDOM: "Buddy" played the Apollo Theatre Main man "Tapping Harlem", played old Avon. "To Kill A Mockingbird" played Reverend Sykes Films: Universal Pictures "Yanks", Siren Films "Wazungn Kids" Brief Experience "Pirates of Penzence" "Porgy & Bess" "The Wiz" "Jesus Christ Superstar" "Show Boat" Television "Brideshead Revisted" "I'm gonna change" Northern Soul Connection with skates on !

Bang on ! also ann D'andrea "don't stop looking" and JoBoxers "just got lucky"

Johnny just copied and pasted all the sales in one place -can you let us all know how they are going and whats Sold/ Reserved ? Thread getting clogged up with comments so a Bit confusing and may distract genuine buyers from the list, some excellent sounds on there Rob List ORFT WE JOLLY WELL GO THEN: Posting in three batches of five.. Delle VASHONS 'We'll Be Together' Ex (£750) Big Mack GRAND PRIX'S 'I See Her Pretty Face/You Drive Me Crazy' Ex (£600) NB: stamp on label Dot IDOLS 'Just A Little Bit More' Ex (£100) El Camino TROY DODDS 'Try My Love/The real Thing' Ex (£600) Kapp PATTI & EMBLEMS 'I'm Gonna Love You a Long Long Time' Ex (£350) NB: DJ Red 'A' on A-Side Batch Two of Three: La Beat AL WILLIAMS 'I Am Nothing/Brand New Love' Ex (£2250) NB: DJ WOL (writing on label) Magic touch MAR-J's 'Got To Find A Way Out' Ex (£750) Progress COOKIE JACKSON 'Do You Still Love Me' Ex (£325) Mutt DUSTY WILSON 'It's Going To Be A Tragedy' Vg++ (£600) Polydor (Australia) TONY MIDDLETON 'To The Ends Of The Earth' Ex (£350) Batch Three of Three: Reness GROOVETTES 'Think It Over Baby' Ex (£1500) Shrine RAY POLLARD 'This Time' Vg++ (£1300) NB: Autograph on label (WOL) Sutter PENTAGONS 'Gonna Wait For You' Ex (£400) Thelma EDDIE HILL 'You Got The Best Of Me' Ex (£300) NB: DJ slight label damage Up-Down LEO PRICE & BAND 'Hey Now Baby' Vg++ (£425) NB: WOL to flip side Okay.. Let's see how we go with those fifteen titles - I'll update with new titles throughout the day and as developments unfold

Danny Missed this reply as it's quite an old thread. Answer is "No", never on a 45 although he does a version "Live" and it is on the CD Melvin Davis -His greatest recordings-Rock Mill-see below We had hoped to bring him over in 2008-but he was caring for his elderly mother -who died at the end of last year. Melvin has now retired from his job at the Detroit US mail service and is back concentrating on his music, He WILL be back over in the UK in September-first gig is Goovesville Nighter--we are waitng for a couple of interested parties to confirm dates with us for gigs sept/oct. There is a posibility he may be here sooner----- Royalties from the film helped Melvin alot, however they were split 3 ways due to Melvin "giving away" writing credits to JJ Barnes & Don Davis- who have also got a share. There will be more to come on WorldWide DVD sales etc. Melvin has met up with the Dirtbombs-who are a Detroit based Rock/Punk/soul band with a black lead singer-the first comment to Melvin was "We love find a quiet place!!!"-at least 2 of the band have copies! Anyone who fancies putting Melvin on drop me a PM and I will give you details of costings atc. I have a few copies of the CD @£10 each plus £1 P&P-ALL MONEY TO MELVIN Rob & Karen

Right being really Controversial here what about Ray Agee "I'm losing again" Soultown Reputedly "Un-issued" and bootlegged for the "B" side "Good loving woman" I was told by John Hillyard years ago thet "I get want lists all the time from the UK and the first record at the top of the list is always the Ray Agee bootleg ! £2,000 worth of pressing if he's right ! Rob