Pete S

Played at Stafford. Covered up as Little Jean. A load of bollocks.

Do you know what she's on about?

What do you mean 'or you'll what', I never said 'or I'll' anything

Yes Joan, if you want me to say that I will say it, anything to make you leave the thread again.

Only took you 3 hours to find that Joan, shame you ain't got nothing else better to do today

fantastic Mike!

No, I'm not disagreeing with you, just saying it was around a long time ago along with the instrumental version of I Hurt On The Other Side, round about the same time.

I've had that Nate Adams for nearly 20 years in fact I cut 3 or 4 of those for people in the late 90's so they are there somewhere. Proper metal acetates they were I never had the record but I had it recorded directly off it.

The reason I called this section Reggae 68-71 is because most people think reggae began in 69 when in fact it was of course 68, and those early reggae records are amongst my favourite Jamaican records ever - the really fast, early reggae sounds: Mix it up, Been so long, People grudgeful, I am losing you, Uncle Joe, Worries a yard, Sufferer etc. I don't like any of the UK productions that came the following year except a few of Dandy's, and I don't really like any of Leslie Kongs post 68 productions. But I can't fauly Liquidator, Red red wine, Reggae in your jeggae, The burner, stuff like that. By 1970 I've almost lost interest though...and 90% of Studio One music from this time I find completely boring and unlistenable.

I'm not sure I actually commented on that incident Joan

I do the exact opposite - I don't place any value at all on my Jamaican records but cherish the UK ones, and I'll swap you any day!

It's your attitude we find unbelievable Joan, right from the start

Great, bon voyage Sty-Letts!!!

Keep us informed on The Sty-lets progress mate, it's f*cking riveting

Good for you mate and I can't wait to see the replies to this one.

I'd be interested in all of your opinions on the post I made in response to Swoz's Canal Club not getting a very good turn out... Sadly I had a feeling this might happen, for a number of reasons. Sunday's never been the best day to hold an event, it wasn't so bad when we were kids and could do Wigan then the Locarno straight after and still get up for work the next day, but it's changed from drugs to alcohol and people who like to drink generally don't like getting up early next morning. Swoz you needed to get maps of the venue posted up, I still don't know where it is or where car parks are, I only think I know roughly where it is. Thirdly, I have said to you and I say it to any of the other local promotors that I will advertise your events free of charge on my mailing list, I won't do this for anyone else except locals, guess how many people have asked me to advertise? None, thats how many. I think we all have to face up to the fact that in this area there are too many chiefs and not enough indians. People can't keep setting up venue after venue and expect them to be a success because there are just not enough punters to go around, and people don't have the money or the time to go somewhere every weekend unless the kids have flown the nest. The most successful and long running night around here is, I think, Goodyears. How, I don't know, because the music policy is hardly ground breaking, but I noticed the last time I was there that it wasn't about the music, it was packed out because of the social side of things. If people set up a venue around here playing newies, obscurities, cheapies and rare oldies, you've got no f*cking chance because there's just nobody who will support this type of venue. Also, there can't be that many venues left to try can there? So Goodyears, Max's do, maybe one or two others will survive because they have their audience, anything else I'm afraid is doomed to failure and I think local promoters may as well face up to this, oldies rule the area ever since the Vic closed.

If it were me I'd prefer them to sign the sleeve!

the Paula Durante looks like the boot, it's very hard to tell without knowing the run off info

I'm sorry, I just don't believe that. That you've got a mate, I mean

I used to get tons mate, when Andy worked there - Tony Colton Pye demo, Billy Eckstine on Motown for a quid, Homer Banks Liberty demo, Apostilic Intervention Immediate demo, John Children Track pic sleeve, oh those were the days

I thought I had a mint white demo too but when Iplayed it, the right hand channel was mint, the left hand channel hisses all the way through

Theres no demos...

Tone I think you are thinking of Jesse Ed Davis, he can be seen playing lead with Taj Mahal when they do A Lot Of Love on Rock n Roll Circus

Well you'll find Ian Levine on here, he's got his own long running topic going, just PM him

Art Freeman sold. Slowly but surely