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Kings Go Forth ? Might as well play this one at the same time.

Funny ... had several people in recent times tell me that after collecting for many years , they won't touch a record anymore that has cue burn and, generally speaking , have stopped buying from UK sellers in particular .... logic apparently being that they simply don't want to have anything to do with a record that's done the rounds on the northern soul scene in the UK ... preferring to take their chances and wait to buy from a non UK source ... which in itself of course doesn't guarantee the product but it looks like there is this perception/trend (at least from non UK collectors) to stay away from UK northern soul sellers unless they are one of the top two or three recognised guys like Mr Manship ... plus the UK pound is so strong against all other currencies ....

What album ???

Try finding the Aussie release of Donald Jenkins !!!! https://capitolsoulclub.homestead.com/australianlistings.html

Wait until Duffy or Winehouse get a hold of it ....

So many soul legends fell victim to drink, drugs, lovers, domestics, their own failings etc ... However in the case of Curtis Mayfield, a freak wind gust caused a several tonne lighting rig to fall on him while he was on stage performing, rendering him a paraplegic. No one deserves to have a fate like that. Of all the legends who have fallen away over the years , Curtis' is surely the most tragic ...

Two immediately spring to mind ... First, seeing the you tube clip of the last year or so with the great Levi Stubbs in his wheel chair being serenaded by Aretha and the Four Tops. Second, seeing Curtis Mayfield being brought out also in a wheel chair by Jerry Butler, Sam Gooden and Fred Cash at a Grammy Awards a year or two before Curtis passed away. Tragic to see two absolute giants of soul music reduced to that ....

Well Pete, I always wondered how they did The Horse dance !!!

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How much was Audrey Royal ??

Take My Love is on their first LP as well. Some fabulous non-45 dancers on both their LPs

Steve, the Johnny Moore who recorded all those classic soul sides out of Chicago was a completely different person to the legendary Johnny Moore of the Drifters.

Thanks for that BUT the cognoscenti have always seemed to say that the lead voice on Gotta Pay Your Dues just doesn't sound like Johnny Moore and that the group was in a state of flux at ths time ??????

So much conjecture over the years on who sang lead on this classic northern dancer .... are we any closer to definitely knowing who it was?

And every bit as good, if not better and for those obsessed with rarity, much harder to find.

Mark, believe it or not, they even did a fantastic and rare LP on Checker , with More Love on it, and some staggering LP only tracks that would cause a storm on northern dancefloors !

This all makes me feel like starting a new thread on Amy Whine - House .....

Hi Pete ! The Blue "A" demos were introduced by EMI Australia in 1967 but the famous Red Bullet demo stickers continued to be used in Australia well into the mid 70's ... and sometimes demos were issued both with a Blue "A" and also with a Red Bullett !!! For example, I have two different Australian demos of David Ruffin's "Walk Away From Love" , one has the blue "A" and the other the Red Bullett !!! More than likely this was due to different pressing plants. Incidentally, the Red Bullett stickers weren't limited only to EMI Australia issued records. Astor (Australia) took over licensing of Motown in Australia from EMI in 1976 and for a few years continued to issue demos with the bulletts as well as the "A"s. Record collecting, don't you love it !!!

Quite tasty , although listening to the vocal , I get the feeling I am listening to something Los Canarios or Unit 4 + 2 would have recorded circa 1971 !!!

The Dennis Lee is a brilliant tune - so unusual and out of the ordinary in the best sense - and is also in demand with funk collectors for its flip Funky Penguin .

Yes, I agree with all the aforementioned posts, a sealed original of that Curtis LP would easily fetch 50 pounds .. and more.

You wanna see rare ? Have a look at the Australian issue of the Sapphires ! https://capitolsoulclub.homestead.com/AustralianListings.html

Sam , are you going all R n B now !

Barry, if you want tro see the future just take a look at the post in the lookbacks section on last weekend's Baltic Soul Weekender ... 2,500 predominantly young people getting off on the whole spectrum of soul music

Still going through my vaults to see if Donnie's "Along Came Pride" also came out on UK Direction or not ... for Sean and Tony's benefit anyway or it may well be just my imagination running away with me .......