Pete S

It was right on the beach, I went to 2 of them in 1988 or 89, numbers were good to start but by the last one I went to they'd had to draw a huge curtain across half of the hall to make it look like there were more people in (in other words, reduce the size by 50%). Jon Buck always used to dj there. I remember seein Kim Styles there and I went with Anton, Brent Howarth ripped me off over a record and still owes me the thieving ****. I also saw the best dancer I've ever seen there, never saw him again...

Ian Levine managed to find him for his film..

Rare opportunity to own one of the best records ever made: MONIQUE - IF YOU LOVE ME (SHOW ME) / NEVER LET ME GO - MAURCI 04. Condition is VG+, both sides play great, bit of crackle at the start of both sides, does not sound like a frying pan full of bacon cooking though! Very powerful sound wise. Initials on A side. MP3 available. £400

major Lance was supposed to play the Casino in either April or May 77 but for one reason or another he didn't turn up. I did a tape that night and remember therewere more people in than usual.

Agree totally with you live acts broke up the night

PETE SMITH 28 JENKS ROAD WOMBOURNE WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0BL 01902 893569 Pete.smith@freeuk.com HELLO NOT PAID THE RENT YET THIS MONTH SO I THOUGHT I'D BETTER HAVE ANOTHER GO AT FLOGGING SOME RECENT STUFF AND ALSO THERE'S A FEW NEW PREVIOUSLY UNLISTED ITEMS TOO. COUPLE OF PRICES TWEAKED HERE AND THERE. ALL THE BEST PETE BETTY EVERETT - PLEASE LOVE ME - ONDERFUL M- 30 Superb early Detroit track THE VOLCANOS - IT'S AGAINST THE LAWS OF LOVE - ARCTIC DEMO EX 70 SOLD Beautiful one sided demo - with the correct title DEREK CHRISTIEN - SUDDENLY THERE'S A VALLEY - MAJOR MINOR (UK) EX 75 SOLD British stomper 150 in price guides ROBIN RICE - I'VE HAD IT - CRACKERJACK EX- 50 Nice issue, little bit of crackle, no problem PATTI AUSTIN - YOU'RE TOO MUCH A PART OF ME - CORAL DEMO M 125 Absolutely unplayed/mint demo in Coral sleeve, impossible to find a better copy JOHNNY BARTEL & THE SOUL MASTERS - IF THIS ISN'T LOVE - SOLID STATE SOLD ISSUE M- 135 The rare yellow stock copy in superb shape RUBY WINTERS - IN THE MIDDLE OF A HEARTACHE - DIAMOND EX 30 One of her lesser known 45's, nice midtempo LITTLE TOMMY & THE ELGINS - I WALK ON - ABC DEMO EX+ 40 Had several of these but they are usually well played, this one's the best I've had FAY SIMMONS - PLEASE TELL ME I'M YOURS - SENCA EX 75 Still massive LILLY FIELDS - I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU - HOLTON EX- 75 Few light marks but plays EX LARRY TRIDER - CARBON COPY - CORAL DEMO M 125 Beautiful copy BOBBY SHEEN - SOMETHING NEW TO DO - WARNER BROS M 70 Mint green issue WYNDER K FROG - I FEEL SO BAD - UA DEMO M- 30 SOLD Fantastic inst version using the Jackie Edwards backing track THE SHOWMEN - THE WRONG GIRL - MINIT ISSUE EX++ 70 SOLD Superb copy JEANETTE WILLIAMS - ALL OF A SUDDEN - BACKBEAT EX 75 SOLD Classic - nice issue THE PARAKEETS - I WANT YOU RIGHT NOW - BIG TOP DEMO VG+ 40 DIDI NOEL - LET THE MUSIC PLAY - BLUE CAT DEMO EX 20 THEE MIDNIGHTERS - EVIL LOVE - CANADIAN QUALITY M 20 Looks great, specially in the Quality company sleeve DEE EDWARDS - YOU SAY YOU LOVE ME - TUBA W. DEMO EX 30 DAVID & THE GIANTS - TEN MILES HIGH - CRAZY HORSE M- 40 SOLD BOBBY BLAND - GOOD TIME CHARLIE - DUKE VG 5 MARSHA BRODY - RIGHT COMBINATION - HOT SHOT M- 10 CHUBBY CHECKER - AT THE DISCOTHEQUE - PARKWAY VG++ 10 JUDITH DURHAM - AGAIN AND AGAIN - UK COLUMBIA DEMO M 30 THE FORMATIONS - AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS - MGM EX 5 JOHN GARY - HANG ON TO ME - RCA DEMO M 10 SOLD Old Searling spin MAMIE GALORE - IT AIN'T NECESSARY - ST LAWRENCE EX 10 SOLD THE HERBS - PUT A HURTIN ON MY HEART - SMOKE M 20 EARL HARRISON - HUMPHREY STOMP - GARRISON M 10 LOU JOHNSON - ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME / MAGIC POTION (INST) - QUALITY (CANADA) EX 25 GARNET MIMMS - A QUIET PLACE (JOHNNY DOLLAR) - UNITED ARTISTS VG+ 10 Brilliant big city soul THE PARIS SISTERS - LONG AFTER TONIGHT IS ALL OVER - REPRISE EX 30 Great version produced by Jack Nitzsche THE RUMBLERS - SOULFUL JERK - DOWNEY DEMO EX 40 THE SHIRELLES - YOU'LL BE SORRY - SCEPTER EX- 15 Peculiar issue as it's usually called "March You'll Be Sorry" SHADES OF BLUE - HAPPINESS - IMPACT M 5 THE SEEDS - PUSHIN TOO HARD - GNP EX- 10 Might keep this for me jukebox JOHNNY STEWART - CMON AND MONKEY WITH ME - START VG+ 15 SHORT PEOPLE - WHY'D YOU PUT IT TO ME BABY - GUSTO EX 10 LEON THOMAS - L-O-V-E - FLYING DUTCHMAN DEMO EX 15 ROY THOMPSON - SOOKIE SOOKIE - OKEH VG 15 Crackles at the start - pretty scarce on issue though WILLIE WILLIAMS - HAVE YOU EVER BEEN PLAYED FOR A FOOL - ABC VG+ 35 Bit crackly hence price - 100 quid for a minter, black stock copy LENNY WELCH - A HUNDRED POUNDS OF PAIN - MAINSTREAM EX 10 JOHNNY WELLS - LONELY MOON - ASTOR EX 40 Really nice early soul dancer PHYLLIS McGUIRE - RUN TO MY ARMS - REPRISE DEMO EX 50 If you liked Helen Troy, Betty O'Brien I'm sure you'll love this, early girl dancer which could really go big JOHNNY SAYLES - MY LOVE'S A MONSTER - CHITOWN DEMO VG++ 50 This is one of the rarest white demos there is - trust me, hardly anyones ever seen one DAVID `KING' THOMAS - YOU BETTER INVESTIGATE - JET STREAM EX+ 30 THE WHISPERS - I CAN'T SEE MYSELF LEAVING YOU - SOUL CLOCK M- 20 SOLD MADELINE BELL - PICTURE ME GONE - PHILIPS EX 10 MARK V UNLIMITED - FUNNY CHANGES - SAGPORT M- 30 THE MIRETTES - HE'S ALRIGHT WITH ME - MIRWOOD M 20 MARK PUTNEY - TODAY'S MAN - OVIDE M 25 SOLD EDDIE PARKER - CRYING CLOWN - TRIPLE B M 20 HEDY SONTAG - HE NEVER CAME BACK / BAD GIRL - PHILIPS DEMO EX 40 ALL CARD WELCOME / PAYPAL / CHEQUES / BANK TRANSGER POSTAGE 1ST CLASS RECORDED £2.00 SPECIAL DELIVERY £5.00

I'm sure you all know this, but this is Beverly Ann of RCA fame

Why do they do it? At the moment on ebay therearetwo bidders from the USA who bid on every piece of skinhead reggae, they don't pay and are booted off, then the next week they appear again with different ID's. I have to keep looking at bidders on my auctions to see if there are any bidders from the USA with zero feedback and then I have to ban them...every person selling this type of reggae has had this problem. Then of course there's the people who reserve a record off the list and never pay...why???

Oh grow up, if you don't want me to post any live tapes without asking you first, just say so. I got it in the post off Andy yesterday, I never heard it before so I thought I'd share it with everyone, I thought it was his and didn't know it was already circulating.

This is on my podcast site not on the soul source site

Leave it to me..I've got 2 or 3 of em

Del I was thinking exactly the same - I never went but my goodness, I wish I had! I also hadn't realised that many of my favourite records of that time weren't Wigan at all but were Cleethorpes sounds. Great stuff.

Hayes Cotton sounds exactly like Barney Gumble off the Simpsons

Except for that terrible Eve Of Eden record Parade Of A Bunch Of Fools - the one with the circus intro - terrible

Cheers. Fantastic sounds too. Even the 70's new releases were great!

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Richard Searling John Vincent Alan Rhodes Pep my 4 favourite dj's of all time nowadays, not bothered..

How many can you vote for, 1...3???

Thats right, levine never found anything did he. Oh I forgot, he discovered almost all of the records that the early northern scene was based on, thats all.

Blimey...sounds like he's royalty

You're gonna love this...tape kindly supplied by Andy Rix...Fantastic memories here from a legendary Northern Soul venue. The DJ is Pep and the sounds include Danny Monday, Delreys Inc, World Column, The Crow, King Errison, Mel Britt and loads more Cleethorpes classics...you can even hear the sound of dancing feet on the pier floor. There are two parts to this, the second part sits above the first on the website so make sure you play part 1 first. https://planetrecords.podbean.com/

It's all down to individual opinions Baz, Russ Winstanley is way more important to me than Butch because he was one of the top dj's at a time which was the most important (and best) era for me personally. Always loved Russ's first spot 12.30 til 2am at Wigan. Nowadays he may be irrelevant in most peoples eyes but I'm talking about 30 odd years ago and so is this top 40.

PETE SMITH 28 JENKS ROAD WOMBOURNE WOLVERHAMPTON WV5 0BL 01902 893569 Pete.smith@freeuk.com All cards welcome (no extra charge) - paypal also ok but I have to charge if over £50 (4%) Cash, cheques fine Post extra see below PATTI AUSTIN - YOU'RE TOO MUCH A PART OF ME - CORAL DEMO M 200 Absolutely unplayed/mint demo in Coral sleeve, impossible to find a better copy JOHNNY BARTEL & THE SOUL MASTERS - IF THIS ISN'T LOVE - SOLID STATE ISSUE M- 175 The rare yellow stock copy in superb shape RUBY WINTERS - IN THE MIDDLE OF A HEARTACHE - DIAMOND EX 30 One of her lesser known 45's, nice midtempo GORDON KEITH - LOOK AHEAD - CALUMET M- 50 sold Stafford monster LITTLE TOMMY & THE ELGINS - I WALK ON - ABC DEMO EX+ 60 Had several of these but they are usually well played, this one's the best I've had FAY SIMMONS - PLEASE TELL ME I'M YOURS - SENCA EX 80 Still massive LILLY FIELDS - I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU - HOLTON EX- 80 Few light marks but plays EX LARRY TRIDER - CARBON COPY - CORAL DEMO M 125 Beautiful copy DOUG BANKS - I JUST KEPT ON DANCING - ARGO DEMO EX 125 The far rarer demo copy - B side of this is great too LITTLE GIGI - I VOLUNTEER - DECCA DEMO EX- 60 sold Plays EX BOBBY SHEEN - SOMETHING NEW TO DO - WARNER BROS M 75 Mint green issue BOBBY SHEEN - SOMETHING NEW TO DO - WARNER BROS DEMO VG++ 45 sold Few crackles near the start otherwise fine POSTAGE 1ST CLASS RECORDED £2.00 SPECIAL DELIVERY £5.00

Surprisingly I know absolute sod all about him apart from he's a middle aged white bloke who dj's at reggae soundclashes, and thats only cos I've seen him on youtube. Not my era y'see.