Steve G

Deffo looks 80s not earlier than Stang.....judging by the clothes they're all wearing and the "chicks in hot pants" etc Wouldn't have ben allowed on TV with legs like that in the 70s

Great record, but it has cleared the floor for me a couple of times which is very odd. Steve G

The B side is actually the better side......if you can find it.

Ian always has been a top fella and still is Steve G

Styrene - the worst! Same with the Joe Matthews......mentioned above

D'oh I am going to have to play through a few of them tomorrow.....Was going to do a big label feature on Shout in one of the mags -you know reviewing all the good ones on the label....ended up deciding there was too many of them, and it would probably send everyone apart from the 's to sleep.

Certainly went to a speckly yellow / brown label, as opposed to the multi coloured "Parrot". Think still NY based though. Seem to recall a couple of goodies in that 300 series. Actually just noticed Tony P's list includes most of them. Steve

Was DJing at a New Chapter last year. The DJ booth / area there was shall we say compact to the point where some of the Tellytubby DJ's would have struggled to get in thereat all. Anyway I was dancing to myself and lifted Halo off the turntable and it slipped out of my hands and landed on a metal pipe by the floor. Result 1/2" crack. It's an expensive record all right and fortunately it still plays OK. Once when I was in the Soul 24-7 studio I left a Houston Outlaws on the floor, forgot about it, and then promptly pushed back across the floor on my wheelie swivel chair......crunching it into pieces in the process. Left a Mary Love on Stateside on a shelf above a radiator and forgot about it. Warped beyond repair. I could go on, but this is proving too painful! Steve

I'll have a look to see if I can fill any gaps over the weekend. That's the first series, they continued with a 300 series as well. Steve

Hopeless list I am afraid, though some of the label names are funny! As I collected the label I'll see what I can dig out if no one else comes forward - it was a tremendous label with many good sides on it. Steve

Nice sweet soul Stevie! I have one. Steve G

Well I for one did not know that Mark.

Mind & matter was certainly a rare record for some considerable time. Sam had it too as did Richard, and I think Arthur as well. Did any of the S Yorks mafia ever get it (steve mannion etc)?

You might be right, he's had more comebacks than a swing door T'other side is fabulous deep soul. Will play it on Mick O'donnell's show when I am on it next year.

God who knows.....Vincent had it at one time for a bit, but it's like an old tart, been had by most of the DJ's at one time or another

Yes he would have done - he was very high up on the Soul Bowl "pecking order" back then.

Sam had it a lot earlier than that Simon, and I do think (but cannot remember for sure) that Searling had it as well. Would have been 81-2 so might have been Clifton Hall.

Are they boots or legit 2nd issues? Seem to recall they're Columbia stamped?

Presumably then they are running 500 hardbacks, and will only print more if the demand is there? A bit like records then?

Sam is mid 60s. Brian Rae is far older

...errr featuring one Sidney Barnes on backing vocals Perhaps the "tubbies"can't dance to the funkier vibes

This one goes down quite well in Northern rooms and has done for some time

Assuming you mean the uptempo funky stuff, rather than JB type, I think it is catching on. 8 years ago things like the Hamilton Mvt would have cleared the floor in a northern room. Same with Elipses, mixed Feelings, New World, Joseph Webster, Jerry Washington, Richard Marks (Lose something), Ice etc. They all seem to be doing the business right now. Are they really clearing the floors up north??

that was done in 77.