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TRINI LOPEZ ON STATESIDE ???????????????? WHICH COUNTRY ???????????

The Victors Phillips 40475 - Not Only A Girl Knows / Hurt - 1967 Dave, never realised that the Victors on Phillips were the Blue Notes ? I'd like to see the source of that assertion !

Some Call It Love - superb and IMHO superior flip side of Manifesto : James Lewis and the Case of Thyme on Legend Gotta Strange Feeling - absolutely fantastic flip to Thank The Lord For Love : Living Color on Mad Hatter Oh What A Day - again magical flip of Get Him Off My Conscience : The Lovelites on Lovelite Nothing To It - great flip to Lets Make Love : Ronnie Love on Almeria I Wanna Thank You - flip to Baby I Like It : Godoy Colbert on Revue

Pete, There is an extremely rare Aussie only version of "Girl Girl Girl" that pisses all over Danny Harrison .... I'll drop it on the decks for you at the upcoming National in Perth ...

61.Harold Melvin-Reaching for the world- ABC E 8 62.Teddy Pendergrass-You must live on-PIR E+ 15 63.Teddy Pendergrass-Do me-PIR E+ 15 64.Teddy Pendergrass- Where did all the loving go-PIR E+ 15 (This guy can do no wrong in my book...4 awesome tunes) Chris, By the time of the fantastic "Reaching For The World" on ABC , Teddy Pendergrass had left the Blue Notes after his well publicised disagreement with Harold Melvin .... I believe his replacement David Ebo sang lead on "Reaching For The World" which was every bit as good a record as anything Teddy Pendergrass sang lead on. Ebo had as much vocal talent as Pendergrass and had circumstances been different he could have continued to carry the group at the top of the charts in the same way that Dennis Edwards did with the Temptations when he replaced David Ruffin. Pendergrass went on to solo stardom of course and the Blue Notes splintered into two groups - Harold Melvin put a new set of Blue Notes together and recorded for ABC Records (including Reaching For The World) as "Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes" while the others - who were original members from the 60's incarnation of the Blue Notes and who claimed they had as much right to the name "Blue Notes" as Harold Melvin - went off and recorded that great album on the Glades label out of Miami as just "The Blue Notes". There was much conjecture at the time in Blues and Soul and Black Music magazines as to who caused the big split and which member went where afterwards .... As one of soul music's greatest groups, there seems to be precious little biographical detail on Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes - especially before they struck it big at Philadelphia International in 1971 - and it would be interesting to see a complete family tree and discography of the group from their inception in the late 50's through the 60's especially in light of the fact that Get Out on Landa and What Can A Man Do on Arctic are Northern soul classics. In fact does anyone know of any other 60's records by the group other than the abovementioned ones on Landa and Arctic and one (or more) on Uni ?

What a super dancer this was, and still is, but now apparently almost completely forgotten. Can anyone please provide a complete UK discography of his releases, both as Little Dooley and Dooley Silverspoon ? Indeed did any of his Little Dooley records get a release in the UK or Europe ?

The greatest ever feelgood record is CALIFORNIA MONTAGE : YOUNG HOLT UNLIMITED

Fabulous Dimensions "I can't take it baby" (Sapphire) £100 (inner ring damage, plays perfectly) Is this now a 100 pound rated record ????

Yep , beige colour Aussie label RCA 7" (as with the Oz release of Midnight's "Keep Walking By"), actually the James Walsh was only ever a demo release Down Under , although the record itself looks like a normal RCA issue and does not have any indication that it's a promo; instead there is a black "promotional only release" stamp on the green and yellow paper RCA sleeve which is how the record company here was mailing out promos in the late 70's. I really must fix my scanner so I can post up pics of all these rare Oz and NZ releases for everyone on Soul Source... Incidentally, have I told you about the Oz 1970 A & M release of Billy Woods "Let Me Make You Happy" ????

Sean have you got the Aussie RCA 7" release of James Walsh ?

Post a scan of it and we'll tell you.

Both versions of "Zu Zu Man" were released on an extremely rare LP in New Zealand on the "Family" label , the LP is actually credited to "Dr John and the Night Trippers" ....

The eternal debate, isn't it ? Most of the 'pop' tracks and artists that people try to pass off as 'soul' ... well, the less said the better. But how about Labi Siffre ? Obviously not a "soul" man in the conventional sense, but he did possess a certain 'soulfulness' and there was a lot more to his recorded work than just "It Must Be Love". One of his other lesser known hits was "There's Nothing In the World Like Love". For something different, this could make a nice little ender at the end of a soul night, check out this great 7T's clip and tell us what what you think ?

BUMP ! Go on - "make my day" someone - please

Thanks Seb, I was going to mention your name in my post but didn't want to unduly bother you !!! Thanks anyway ! Guess the 12" is also longer than the seven as well ?

15) Curtis 'How Can I Tell Her' (Charm City / 12" / Ex) *£150* ( Truly amazing record. A Modern / Northern Soul standard and now picked up by the Disco collectors....finally!!! The 12" release rarely comes up for sale. Still always in big demand. And still just as hard to find....another BIG personal fave kids - one of THE first 80s Soul records I ever bought... )

Need an original, authentic, first issue in nice condition and not done the DJ rounds. Joe Dunlop just had one on his list at 200 UKGBP. Happy to pay that ... or less if you're a good kind-hearted soul... Thanks.

Can easily do without any form of alcohol or gear or whatever ... soul music is the greatest natural high there is.

For sheer feel good atmosphere .... the greatest ever NS instrumental has to be ... California Montage : Young Holt Unlimited

Pete, swap you a Tempests LP for a Carstairs ...

After either the LP on the Dobre label from 1978 which had this track or .... does it exist as a 45 ???????????

Perhaps one positive outcome from this rather heated discussion is that some promoter might now bring Lee Fields out to perform live and afford him some of the recognition he no doubt deserves, like so many of our soul heroes. Lee is still alive and very well, in great shape in fact and in fine vocal form, check out this recent performance of a superb tune ...

Love it - from '65 and way ahead of its time with it's fuzz guitar licks ....

That "Hunk of Funk" LP on Power Exchange was a curious but wonderful amalgam of sounds. Had not only the aforesaid "Call The FBI" but also Eddie Spencer's "If This Is Love" .... As well as Anne Byer's "This Man Is Rated X" , a super charged version of the Prince Johnny Robinson mover. And HB Barnum's fab "We're Having A Party" , which the Osmond Bros were originally given !!!

Released on a Virtue 7" in the US as "My Baby's Missing" . In the UK as a 7" on Power Exchange but under the title of "Call The FBI" ? And then also released on a Power Exchange various artists LP entitled "Hunk of Funk" in which the liner notes say that the title in the UK was an attempt to cash in on the spy records craze (eg I Spy For The FBI , Double O Soul). Really ? Anyone have label scans of both the US & UK 7" releases ? Did My Baby's Missing / Call The FBI get plays at all at the time ?