Chalky

There is nothing better than listening to or dancing to a well thought out, imaginative set that flows effortlessly from record to record.......ok may be sex runs it close

i think what is actually meant is the set flows and the records compliment each other. I've heard some Djs with the rarest of the rare but styles, genres and tempos all over the place leading to a disjointed set and the interest of the dancers couldn't be sustained.

Just seen the link posted by Stuart Cosgrove elsewhere of the death of Al Abrams, an integral part of the Motown Empire, especially in the early days. https://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/music/brian-mccollum/2015/10/03/al-abrams-early-motown-publicist-dies-obituary/73283738/ R.I.P. Al.

Quite a few on discogs. https://www.discogs.com/sell/list?master_id=299987&ev=mb

All these podcasts are being added to mixcloud so go and check them out. https://m.mixcloud.com/Chalkster/ plent more stuff to listen to there as well.

yep

Will be a tenner well spent too. as an aside I was in touch a while back with the last surviving member of the group. I was planning to get his story of the group as little seems to be known about them. He was in a home but the equivelant of the social services moved him and my other contact couldn't tell me where for legal reasons? I might give her a shout at the weekend see if anything has changed.

it can take 5 years to break a record dependant on who is playing it and how many copies there are on todays more regional scene. So what exactly does upfront constitute? It used to be newies but they are few and far between these days. i remember some of Butch's spins from the early 90's, Johnny Praye and Tommy and the Derby's not getting wider recognition until the early Lifeline evenets when Andy Dyson got copies, that was ten years or so later. Prior to that you only ever heard them really was when Butch Dj'ed and maybe Carl Fortnum with Tommy.

Little guy, suit and glasses?

Twelve months possible too short these days, it can take 5 years plus to break a record depending on who has copies and hope many. Once upon a time 4 weeks and it was an oldie

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I don't recall seeing it on eBay, maybe in the early days. Although Popsicle doesn't show everything that's gone through eBay. I've seen it sold via dealers or collectors. One was £8k if memory serves another was half that.

I considered Ace Spectrum an oldie 18 years ago, it was in my sets late 80's. Personally just because someone missed out on a period in time doesn't alter the fact something is still an oldie. I still hear records from a period in time on the scene before I became involved. Although new to me personally it doesn't alter the fact that the record is still considered an oldie historically.

I'd agree with Sheffsoul, the term does relate to a timeline or a period in time no this scene, not one person's knowledge of a record or when that person first hears something. Yes they are "new" to someone who hasn't heard them but to the majority they relate to a period of time on this scene (or any scene) that was years prior. Anything else, or as you put it "how do you know where they belong on that timeline" is all down to knowledge.

Hear Gordon Keith now and then and actually heard Joyce Kennedy not so long ago. Tis underplayed compared with other stuff.

If they are "newies" then no hope is there

some deluded souls think Dolly Parton is northern soul so anything is possible.

Keele was the beginning of the end. Great big venue, good laugh and a great record bar BUT the music suddenly went back a decade and after what we had become accustomed too it was really disappointing.

People will pay for this regardless of the condition. Rarely comes up for sale. £8k the last one wasn't it?

I've been a little tied up of late with personal things. Still in touch wi r grandson and I will be getting some questions together soon. Just need to re-read the sleeve notes of the cd just to see what info we do have. Will try and speak with him this weekend or at least fore a few questions at him.

it's hard to put a price on records these days especially indemanders like this one. We can says a price based on past history, what copies we know are abput etc but all rhyme and reason and common sense seems to have gone out of the window these days.

you are probably right Rob

Rare soul exits in every facet of the scene. Rare sh*t also exists in every facet of the scene. Rare soul doesn't describe the records. It is as said used to differentiate those that move forward and look for something different and those that prefer to look backwards.

These days nearer £1200 IMO than the £800 it was a couple years ago or so.

Both the same. But Northern Soul now deemed divvy by many and many would prefer to disassociate themselves from the revivial, retro scene. Rare also used to distinguish a venue from your classic type event. As for quality......there has been god knows how much crap played in under the Northern Soul banner so how anyone can knock the "rare scene" is beyond me