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In the world of the sightless the one eyed man is king.....unfortunately the king is a Cyclops and he is myopic! (...now, where did I hide that monocle.....?)

Disrespectful......it's the most obvious case of the Emperor's New Clothes since The Emperor's New Clothes...... Any way nurse, would you please wheel me around the day room once more? And please try not to burst my my colostomy bag......can we please put the wireless on, I do hope Al Bowlly has been rescued from that mineshaft he fell down!

And also make it obvious that they haven't got a clue.....posting f***king awful soundfiles and expecting some kind of appreciation......what for......go and tell the Teddy Boys.....more up their street.

It is easy to suss someone....especially when they are out of their depth......!!!

Far too many "Johnny Come (very) Lately's" knocking around in reality and cyberland.

Are you talking about Oxford Street between Whitworth Street/BridgewaterStreet and Portland Street/Chepstow Street.....was it called Romanovs.....later became The Long Bar?

Well, that's me told then!!!

It isn't Northern Soul! Just off to the Post Office to draw my pension and buy enough records with my £110:00 to become the "hip dj that everybody knows."

Sorry, I just do not get what you are after! If you want a pat on the back for travelling up and down the country you ain't gonna get one....thousands have done it, and probably younger than you..If you want recognition coz you are a champion of a certain type of music......you ain't gonna get it....why? Because you have done nothing that is different to anyone else. And if you think those 3 records you have just posted are anything other than crap....then you just don't get it at all!

Thanks...I won't bother then.

What nick are Twilights and Willie Tee in?

Northern Soul died a long time ago.....the halcyon days will never return.....we now have a scene that is akin to The Beach Beat thing....old people trying to dance to records from their youth. Sorry to shatter a few egos......it's gone!

Times, and tastes have changed.....also the quality and quantity of 40 years ago cannot ever again be matched.....it is what it is....c'est la vie!

I wonder if Sheldon Cooper will branch out and become a collector of vinyl?

Anyway the labels have wear....there is WOL....and let's face it if you have the cash it could be purchased from Tim Ashibende, presumably in better nick. Yellow vinyl....big deal.....it dosen't even look nice.......does it?

"Book Prices"......what does this mean? Do you have to refer to a hard document to find out what is after all a commodity in a fluid marketplace. Does it mean that it can't be sold for less? Who sets the "Book Prices".....the vendors of records......how many "Books" are there to refer to? It would be odd if it were a monopoly, or even stranger if a duopoly!???

Has anyone mentioned Druffy's in Dukinfield....Duckinfield Rugby Union Football Club.....Dave Stubbs was one of the dj's there......Dave Griffin?????

Used to go in The Flying Horse before slouching up the hill onto that cobbled street for Rochdale Tiffs. It was a place for "coming down" for a few of our chums after the excesses of the weekend. It got turned into a roller-disco place by Bernard Manning Jnr.....I think!?

Which pub are they showing it in?

Did the OSB become the Aqua Bar? I think Rod and Dave may have done a few spots there in the 80's. Do remember The John Bull pub in the city centre, near the entrance to the underground market, corner of Brown and Norfolk Streets....adjacent to Ivor's...Justin's.....Steve Glover's record stall?Probably around '78......Les Cokell used to play a few tunes on a Saturday dinner time. Al Jackson, Hutchy etc; used to go there.

Winstanley was an enigma.....he played things like Dee Edwards....Smokey & Fabulous Blades.....Chapter 3.....but some real shite as well.....and I genuinely think that he did know the difference between Northern Soul and Northern Dance Music. He was a DJ....."Russ Everysound Disco".....and I assume his priority was to keep the punters happy, and that to him was a full dancefloor. I don't think he ever pretended to be a Dave Godin or Ian Levine.....it was a business! I remember hearing him at Burnley Rose Room in around Christmas '74 I think...it was an alldayer on a Sunday.....The Chants were on as a live act. To be frank he was good, either Curtis or Levine was on as well and his set was top notch and played things like Eula Cooper, Detroit Soul, Jeanette Williams "All Of A Sudden". He didn't need to try too hard to acquire new sounds....people came to him with their tunes....as was the case for most DJ's in that era. And of course he always had his "uncle" from Fort Worth who used to send him the occasional package/container full!

Soul Boy....is he still walking back to Stoke from Wigan....again?!

Whoever the drummrs were on Yvonne Baker "You Didn't Say A Word" Rose Batiste/ Doni Burdick "I Miss My Baby"..."Bari Track"

"geared".....up?

Obviously if you are thinking of Revels or any other treats; go to Home Bargains or Poundland first.....don't get fleeced inside these cinema complexes....they are as bad as motorway services!