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Northern Soul is anything from Paul Anka & Benny Troy to Bobby Womack & Linda Jones.................... it's not "pure" but nevertheless has been enjoyed by many for over 40 years.

Wigan Casino putting on it's 1st "Oldies All Nighter" - the start of the "same old ,same old" tunes being played over & over.

Not a new genre really - quite a few "northern" tunes have been housed/jazzed/discofied in recent years courtesy of people like Pilooski, Al Kent, Bamboos etc.

Yes it is genuinely live from his "Weekend In LA" album.

T Think the "live" version is the only one that he cut to vinyl - didn't Dave Evison play it at Wigan ?

In the early 70s in the Blackpool area the local midweek soul nights used to play Major Lance "Ain't No Soul" off The Torch album & "The Ghetto" from Donny Hathaway Live was massive in clubs in & around The Fylde Coast - it packed floors too !!!

Great work AGAIN Ady - I amongst many others really do appreciate all you do. Although I am more into the "modern dance" side of things these days I always lend an ear to all the stuff that you are involved with - you're a top man !!!

Kings Go Forth Scrimshire

We Got Togetherness - The Jewels Scratchy - Travis Wammack I'm Waiting - Bill Bush We Can Make It - Mello Souls (Somebody on here once compared it to The Del Larks - the only similarity is that both discs are approximately 7 inches in diameter !!!) Can't Live This Way - Barnaby Bye

Disco Funk - "Baby We Can Do It, Do It Tonight"

Perfect "girl-group" sixties soul alongside The Shalimars, Yum Yums, Blossoms, Glories, Fantasions etc. Love that sound.

Good stuff indeed !!! The Paramount Four is as good a tune as I have heard in the last twenty years - it is brilliant !!!

There was a version of The Exciters "Blowing Up My Mind" released on Contempo which was recorded later than the original RCA cut.

Whilst I applaud the ethics in this thread there is a part of me who says "you pays your money - you takes your choice". The records sold on ebay may have been bought buy somebody who doesn't know or even care whether that piece of plastic they bought is original - if it gives them pleasure that is all that matters to them.

Just Can't Trust Nobody - Chuck Holliday You're Love Is Getting Stronger - The Four Voices Put A Dime On D9 - Rotations Bobby Is My Baby - Barbara Mason Counting On You Babe - Barbara McNair Baby A GoGo - Barbara McNair + all the What Shall I Do, Moonlight, Music & You etc etc.

Darrell Banks - "Our Love Is In The Pocket" Great Intro - Hits you from the very first piano note !! Great Rhythm Great Song Great Vocal Great Sax Break What more do you want !!!!

Heaven Is In Your Arms - Admirations Make Up Your Mind - Dave Newman His Way With The Girls - Lornettes Thank The Lord For Love - Living Colour He Loves Me - The Chalfontes The Love Of My Life - Brenda Lee Jones Thunder - Lord Thunder

The Kon Kord issue is just a straight copy of the Brown Door album which is a very hard to find item these days.

I've played it out a few times simply because it sounds so much "crisper".