Steve G

I'll have to talk to the Scottish contingent to see why such a large venue wasn't "policed" effectively......It was clearly an oversight and quite possibly the soul police were overstretched....In the mean time please accept our apologies.. Seriously, glad it went well for you!

It's slow....better than collectorsfrenzy which seems to have gone......

Interesting diversion on this thread.....Keep the roller skating records coming! But what's the connection between Real Humdinger and Real Nice then. Similar sound for sure, same singer name too, but surely not the same guy as JJB? Cap City was from DC and owned by one Foster Johnson.....and yet the coincidences are there for all to see....anyone know for sure?

Some great stuff there for sure,.....

Yes well Edwin - no one could put on a show for the northern crowd like Edwin. Fabulous entertainer.

Yes a top nite for sure. I can remember being back stage with Pat Lewis, Al Kent etc and chatting to them all in a room.....but can't remember much about their actual performance

Found it on a website - No.1 in skating rinks??? In June of 1967,J J Barnes "Baby Please Come Back Home" jammed all over the Midwest, East Coast, South, and west of the Mississippi River. Unofficially, it was number one at inner city skating rinks -- skaters loved rolling to its cool, slinky, mercurial rhythm and pinging accents.

I'll post it up.

No he ain't related to Julius Brockington John. I also have the Arctic 45 and all their Hob stuff and some others by them. I spoke to Irv Brockington for my book......he's pretty old now and hasn't really got back to me. His son handles PR for the group these days....Please post up "Up above my head" if you can find it.....great catchy gospel...

Yes guy in Texas had a few Satins - certainly more than two...... Different Johnny Dollar (name is actually a slang term) although I seem to recall something else by the Fised guy. Right so please don't make me try and find my Manifesto article on this...... .....for the hard of reading there are two song titles here with the same music - "The Look on your face" is credited in BMI to Floyd Smith so my money is on Apache being the first reeleased version, with possibly Johnny McKinney being the first recording of the song if not Phelps. "Your loves got me" - credited to Charles Fisher as songwriter on BMI, so probably Fised (Johnny Dollar) (wasn't Fised one of Fisher's labels?) first and then Satin who credits the song as being by him and Smith-Smith. I do agree though that Nate Evans and John Edwards were later. Cheers ......Steve

Darling you do - chooooon!!!

Yes def. NY recorded for Henry Glover's label in the city 1964-5. Valerie was from The Bronx and Nick had gone to NY in search of fame and fortune.....Detroit came much later....

Ian Clark was the man in touch with Tom diPierro too back then in the early 80's. he got all sorts of Airwave things from Tom, some pretty, some bad. An interesting label though.

Hi Ian, both are known records. "City lights" even got a few plays a few years back at modern do's.....great tune.

Pay for a book? Goodness me man whatever will you think of next? Agree Mark's is the better read (I've read both) and in my experience many major Amazon US bookdealers do ship to the Uk for reasonable prices. Come on Roburt you know it makes sense! All that stuff you googled on The Appreciations is covered in far more detail in Mark's book along with other interesting northern / rare records.

Yes she was Ernestine Eady's sister.....the small world of Northen soul.....

Actually one of the most interesting things for me in your book Mark was Anthony & Aqualads thinking that George Goldner's little cousin had signed them to Scepter.....I checked around and it seems likely it was a bit of a false promise on Goldner's part (no surprise as far as the Goldner's were concerned - they were a bit dodgy at best and his uncle was always in debt to the mob) and Goldner Jr. only ever really had them on his Gold Bee label. An interesting story nonetheless and the Aqualads obviously believed they were signed.

Booted in the 70s with PAFTT as the B side Simon. One of them Soussan delta monarch thingies....

yes that's right Mark. Allen Toussaint and Marshall Seahorn were using Reflection Sound and Backyard heavies were the house band there with the two Branch brothers. Toussaint and Seahorn's new studio wasn't finished. It was Toussaint and Seahorn that got the BH to Scepter, remembering Toussaint's album also came out on Scepter at the same time after Tiffany Recordfs had mishandled it.

It was just the three of us Dave. Think you were in the back of the van going up and I had to sleep in the back of the van on the way back after Randy had ordered a "Full English" at the services somewhere south of Sheffield......

To be honest there's not too much in it of interest.....It's quite interesting without being a rivetting read. Still love the name "Chatty Hattiethough

John, i presume from the above you have bought a copy of her book? I tracked down a copy after reading Mark's book.

Yes saw him a couple of years ago. still in the Clowne area....

Cor blimey! Reminds me of the time Dave Greenhill and myself went up there in the back of Randy Cozens Ernest Wedge roofers van...like an Ford Escort van so not a lot of room. Went straight from work up to Soutgate - Took us hours to get across N.London / Herts and onto the M1. When we got to Rotherham Randy wanted a pint and we nearly got into a fight with about 20 local "civilians"....who didn't take kindly to the three "cocker knees" in their local. Seem to remember a good night at Clifton Hall, and Pat Brady leaving early Neil Page with his flashing record box with lights on! Preston Street Dancers with their whistles whooping it up....All good clean fun.

Actually I don't think I've ever seen an original Don Varner WD Only the black Quinvy's.. But is anyone really expecting these rock, pop and psych dudes to have a detailed understanding of northern?