Chalky

I’ve been told Keith was part of the lecture team at Salford university when they did a lecture about the scene. Ady Croasdell spoke too. I have all the notes and recordings somewhere. it will have to be good to come close to what is already on offer but if its aim is academic then it won’t worry too many. Either way I look forward to its publication.

No one knows everything, we are all learning every day or should be if yer doung it right. With the amount of records there is, even the most knowledgable can be forgiven for either not knowing something or forgetting what something is. As I get older I’m forgetting records I haven’t heard for sometime so I’m sure it is the same for others.

Thanks Rick. Its actually the first I’ve heard of the book and would have been happy to help. i’ve begun researching the 80s onwards for a book but I have little free time given the hours I work (60-70 and away all week) but I am working in it.

Don’t care who they are tbh, just as long as they or anyone else does a thorough job. I have a huge interest in the history of the scene especially post Wigan and would be glad to help in any way I can.

But if you state you have written or writing a book which is "A History Of Northern Soul" it is bound to cause some interest. I was curious and he might get more help.

From the Big Daddy mag..

Not just Northern but he seemed to know what was wanted regionally. What they wanted at Cleethorpes, what they wanted at Wigan etc etc.

I did ask previously but no reply as of yet what part of the scene it covers? There is very good historical books already, the Wheel (Central) and of course the scene up to the end of Wigan (The In Crowd). There is one covering the period after too but some facts are inaccurate. What depth will the book go in to, especially about the period after Wigan which covers more years than before Wigan closed. Will it just be a rehash of what has been said already by the media? What research was involved, who provided the factual information, venues, dates, Djs, promoters involved etc, is it an academic or a book for all.

Jimmy Mack on Hamster has been discussed and who he was has been mentioned previously on here. It is as Robb says Jimmy McMillan. https://www.rentistoodamnhigh.org/index.html Greg Tormo was the first to my knowledge who said it was McMillan. https://www.soul-source.co.uk/forums/topic/227645-jimmy-mack-a-woman-is-so-hard-to-understand/

He did but I bet the likes of Chuck Jackson and Carla Thomas are up for sale soon at a three figure sum. I’ve sold most lately cheapest £40. Same for Horace releases cheapest £30, some 60/70.

They rarely go down to 23-30, the ones not so in demand are 40/50, the in demand ones are well into three figures.

Another of the Fasades

Jimmy Mack on Palmer I think most of it is guess work and assumptions. Every lead has been dismissed and no one alive from the Detroit scene knows who it is. We do know the guy one Hamster and the West Coast Jimmy Mack but the Detroit one is still puzzling everyone. I've never heard it said the guy out of the Charades was he, again what was the basis of the claim or is it just an assumption?

About half dozen posts back Andy

Richard Searling posted the photo on Facebook and he used it with John’s permission in his book

Val’s tribute is in two parts, one in each hour.

Very good mate, hope the trip was fruitful.

A wonderful two hour tribute to John on Dean Anderson's Sound Of Soul. Worth listening to if only for the emotional tribute to John from his friend of almost 50 years Val Shively.

**** Sound of Soul - 10 October 2019 **** 📻🎶 **** Radio Newark from *** 8 pm till 10 pm**** 🎶📻 The Sound of Soul will tonight bring you our tribute to a true icon of the Northern and Rare Soul scene, and the wider Soul music scene John Anderson. The owner of Soul Bowl records, Northern Soul labels Grapevine (UK), Soul Junction not to forget Expansion records. John was involved in too many projects to name. All I need say the absolute fact is: none of us would be doing what we are doing right now, this interaction without this man. RIP(Sir) John 🙏🏿xx. Thank you to Alan Kitchener, Dave Welding and Karl White plus numerous contributors who have assembled some fabulous factual information for the show! You must listen to the show if only to hear Val Shively's emotional tribute he recorded for his friend of almost 50 years.

Christ I'm not surprised they are sold at those prices, Chuck Jackson has been selling 3-400, Carla Thomas 2-300

It was over ten years ago and "new" to the market. I guess with proper production and advancements in tech it would be a lot cheaper to make today. It cut what we know as vinyl carvers and I guess a few people set up with them.

112 has Class publishing as have the fowling two or three, I didn't look no further after 114. https://www.45cat.com/label/cenco-us

a comment on 45cat....

I don't think many of the early ones mentioned Spry. I've just looked the label up in R&B Indies and it has Mike Gradny as the owner.

These are nothing new, Vestax used to make one, it was at the start of the carver craze, was £7k or summit like but only 7p per disc.