Steve G

Oh they've woken up at last……what a joke one of the biggest stories in British record collecting in the last decade…..and they were asleep at the wheel.

Picky, The Sammy Jones on Wand is deceptively hard to find…..got it for £3.50 years ago, but you rarely see it…..

Nice one!

I think if there are defects ion the B side the seller should note them. Like "WOL on B side" or something…..

Flanny, what a great choice, gonna give it a spin Friday

well it sounds suspiciously like her….

Mine is NM.

So there are many people who collect records on British labels as opposed to US ones. This record was thought not to exist on an issue for nigh on 50 years, so for the record collectors it's a massive find……not just soul collectors but general record collectors - they're not interested in having it on Revilot (probably have it anyway), for them this find is the holy grail of collecting British release records…..

You care about how the scene is perceived? Where have you been living for the last 15 years Mark, in a cave in the Himalayas?On an island in the Pacific? "Northern soul"'s reputation was dragged along the gutter years ago, and continues to be done so every single day. Just search it in ebay. A chance of "preserving how it is perceived?"….well that train left the station years ago and weeds have grown over the trackbed it's so outdated a view. We got into it because it was different from the mainstream…..is that what you are saying? Honestly these days I've got more in common with my next door neighbour than I have with some of the wallies I see out and about on me travels…..not all of course. As to The One Show - the director of the One Show is the guy who has editorial control over how the One Show is presented, not one of the guests ffs. Have a word with yourself man, it's a film, about a moment in time in the mid 1970s and a couple of lads growing up who discover northern soul. It is not meant to be a timepiece for the History Channel or an investigation for a House of Commons select committee. And as for promotion, what are the films producers supposed to do? They need to get maximum publicity to try and recoup the costs……It's really disappointing to read this type of outdated drivel in this day and age……and you're not even 60 yet Victor Meldrew world goodbye…...real world hello…..

https://www.mixcloud.com/steve-guarnori/soul-time-20614-100-new-selections-each-week/ Ely Bruna - Your love is enough for me Lil John Roberts - Closer to the source Illumination Experience - Challenge me to the rhythm The Soulutions - Mr Sun don't you hide Chanel - Believe Shining our spotlight on Southern soul William Calhoun - Room 229 Eric Mayweather - Ain't no stopping us now Gwen White - Ladies got to get that money ….. Maryanne Ito -With U Vaughn Phoenix - Love is all around Kindred The Family Soul - Get it got it Clifton End - So far away Jo-Us Band - Do you remember Summer Social - Let me know Smoove & Turrell - Coming home Alexia Coley - A beautiful waste of time Diazpora - Take off 2nd Hour Cracksteppin - What are we gonna do with this feelin Ellerine Harding - I ain't got much Harvey Mason - What goes around The Myxx - Don't leave me Mel Davis - Double or nothing Buddy Ace - It's all for you Circle O' Fire - Have it your way Sai Whatt??? - She's my woman Bobby Shannon - You're an uplift Ike Perry & Lyrics - Don't turn around (talking point) Darrell Banks - Open the door to your heart (talking point) Jimmy Burns - I really love you The Gambrells - You better move The Climates - Breaking up again Jesse Rico - Oh what a girl Maxine Brown - Oh no not my baby (RIP Gerry Goffin) Curtis Walker - I wanna be in your arms tonight

OK fair enough. But Elbert has also laid claim to things he clearly wasn't involved in.....back to the record - it's only a record :lol:

Yes, I have heard Donnie Elbert's claim to have written the song a long time ago, along with a number of other some fanciful claims. He may well have won a court case over it against an "empty chair" after Banks had been shot dead too.....but I am far from persuaded. I mean we don't have Bank's version to compare now do we. So Donnie has laid his claim on BMI, great, that's proof then -eh?

Perhaps we can help with the script..... Scene 17: (sad music plays in background commentator low key) Commentator: "When Wigan Casino closed the scene died" Ian: "Northern soul was tired, and ran out of steam, everyone was bored with it, I'd discovered all the good records, and they'd been replaced with failed pop records by 1976. Everyone moved onto Jazz Funk music. We were getting 5,000 people in at our alldayers at The Ritz. The New York disco thing was what was happening - I'd pioneered that at the Blackpool Mecca". (pause) (commentator enthusiastic voice) "But the northern soul scene has proved to be far more enduring than everyone thought and just refused to go away..... more recently enthusaists have bought it back to life and have recaptured the excitement of those Wigan Casino allnighters...." (Camera: a full Stoke Kings Hall) "..... and now the scene is once again healthy as many of the teenagers involved in the 1970s have come back, older and wiser" (Camera: toothless heavily tattooed baldie shouting into camera "We love it we do, we fookin love it. Keep the faith!". (symbollic 'two finger' jesture at camera) Scene 18: Russ "Yes when Wigan closed everyone left to get married and have kids, but now their kids have grown up, they have come back. But we also made a film about The Casino called "Soul Boy" and it was a massive box office success, ten million people saw it at the Cinema, and that film attracted a whole new generation of younger northern soul fans too". Scene 19. Member of Wigan young Souls: "Yes my Dad was into this music and he went to The Casino, and me and a few mates - we all thought this music was greeeet, so much better than the programmed pop you hear on Radio 1 all the time, so now we're carrying this music on to a new generation - it will never die". (Camera: Shot of youngsters dancing at Kings Hall) Scene 20: Commentator: "....And the reach of northern soul now goes beyond a heady cocktail of just staying up all night in an old dance hall in the north of England, dancing to obscure music and taking drugs to keep you going all night...(pause) Camera pans to shot of Johnny Boy singing "Out on the floor". Commentator: "...A lucrative industry has grown up in tribute acts to carry forward the classic songs to a new generation. Johnny Boy is kept busy working a repertoire of northern soul classics to enthusiastic fans every weekend". Russ "Northern soul is massive again, we held a weekender last year and we had over 7,000 people through the doors on one night. It was the biggest northern soul event ever, anywhere in the world. And it's gone international too, we've held northern soul all nighters all around the world - everywhere from Cyprus to Dubai. It's never been better". Scene 21: (Drum rolls of intoruction of Holly St James "That's not love").....etc etc......

Is this the original = yes

Tammi indeed wrote it, and it is about her stormy relationship with James Brown…..

Exactly……even one Mick Smith doesn't have…..

Perhaps some of us didn't know it existed on an issue……Just saying like.

Oh RC will be all over it if it gets sold for a big number……but us soul collectors have always been the poor cousins where they are concerned.

I doubt anyone would be bothered now…..certainly not Decca / London . In the world of coin collecting it's similar to the 1933 One Penny.

This weeks show….. https://www.mixcloud.com/steve-guarnori/soul-time-13614-100-new-selections-every-week/ Andreas Aleman - When you meet somebody Q Harper - Take it 2 da flo' Alo Key - Down with me Kindred The Family Soul - Lovin' the night John Aram - Stronger Ves - We do we Jr Blu - She's been good Breezy Malone - Run away Tedd Winn - Balance J Most - Oh so blessed Lee Fields - Standing by your side Stephanie Pickett - What one man won't do Geno Wesley - Ain't no fun 2 JM Edits - Thats the way love is Michael Johnson - Everybody praise the Lord 2nd Hour Norma Jenkins - You did it for real Keni Burke - It's the last time Solar Heat - Magic in my mind Merv Murphy - It's growing Ralph Jackson - I can't leave your love alone Ladee Luv - Real man Bill Coday - A man can't be a man Chuck Cissel - Don't tell me your sorry Body Heat - Spread love Honey & Bees - Love addict Young Ladies - I'm tired of running around Barbara West - Congratulations baby Chico Lamarr - What do you think I am Al Kent - The way you've been acting lately Jackie Beavers - A love that never grows cold Herman Hitson - Walking in the park Otis Jackson -Beggin' for a broken heart

Agree Track 1 tremendous.

Ive got a spare of this by accident, would let it go at £150.

Yes agree.

Hmmm a good example of a record you could put in your box for £1 and still not sell in months I am afraid…….just not fashionable, nobody wants records like that now. Sorry.