Pete S

So probably best to either close this topic or run with Gene's original idea from his first post asking people to name their favourite blue eyed Northern sounds?

I didn't complain about you defending yourself, I complained about you attacking someone in an extremely aggressive way. Big difference. "Yet he gets annoyed when people try to shout down racist and bigoted bile that often used to be spewed on here, shouting about being beaten down by the "loonie left". Who is the hypocrite here?" Gene is of Asian origin by the way.

Quite possibly the best Northern record ever made.

OH my goodness, when the piano comes in after the intro, what a spine-tingler, I am ashamed to say I've had this since it came out and played it once and forgot about it until now, if anyone ever tells you that instrumentals aren't soulful, play them this...there's even a Mike terry solo in there

Sorry, I Missed that.

I jumped the gun thinking Chalky had re-opened it - he hadn't, but he might as well have, cutting and pasting from the original topic.

Russ I'll tell you what I;d ask for them but you'd probably best ignore it because people ask incredibly high prices for British on here. £50 £250

His daughter was Nadia Sawahla???

Nobody can deny that, and there are really very few 'real' soul records by white artists. There are though, hundreds and hundreds of Northern Soul records by white artists. And I think this is what causes the confusion. Northern Soul is, to be honest, a bit of an enigma.

Interesting that nobody even suspected he was white until the RCA lp turned up at the end of the 70's.

I really like it. Not really as a Northern record, just like it as a version of The Stones song. It's a good song, apart from the misogyny, good dancer too. Was in the chart at the same time as the javells as well. I know this because I bought them both a week apart.

chuckling away here

Bit of both - you must be a chob.

You've got to admit though, when you were going to venues back in the 70's, there'd always be certain individuals within your circle who you'd regard as 'divs' and thought you were way coller than. We had one, his name was Paul Clifford, boy would I love to know what happened to him.

To be honest I don't like to see people playing endless pressings either but the places I go, if I ever go, are just local things where nobody really cares, if it were a decent venue of course I'd want to hear rare and original soul, I just think sometiomes it can all get a bit too serious, and like I said earlier, those days of 74-76 where all sorts of things were thrown into the mixer and played, they were great great days and nobody worried about labels too much. Now where is my copy of Cat's Eyes, fancy giving it a spin.

soul snobs are those who look down on other soul fans who haven't got the money or the knowledge to amass a collection such as theirs then take the piss out of them for playing pressings of their (the soul snobs) originals. That's how I see it. A bit like how most of view chavs. Soul Chav. New name for them.

Shame really cos over on The Javells thread, there are people saying that they are soul snobs and proud to be so.

I don't think I've ever gone at anyone with a barrage like that, or sworn at anyone like that Chalky, if you can find an example of my doing that I'd be very surprised. And over nothing as well...

Sorry but what on earth does that mean?

Chalky it's not about what Jock said, it's about the way he said it, and I can bet you if I'd spoken to someone like that, someone would have had a word with me. There was just no need for it, it was like someone plugged him in and off he went on this mad sweary rant. He usually articulates himself without behaving like a madman. Well, I say usually...

Yes of course you have. That's really sneaky behaviour taking a massive quote and pasting into a new topic.

You can start a new topic but you can't take it upon yourself to reopen one that someone's closed just for your own benefit.

Close it again Gene.

o Chalky that's a disgraceful abuse of your powers as a moderator, it's not your place to open and close topics if a member feels it should be closed, just because you disagree with him. I'll report this, but seeing as it goes straight to you, what's the point.

Demo Joe, demo, only someone young and clueless would say issue