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Can we clear this up please once and for all , which version is the one that gets most plays in clubs? The one with Person to Person on the flip or the one with Cottage for Sale ?

Yes of course he does , and no doubt it will - and deserves to sell - by the bucketload, not to the minutely small group of old cynics on Soul Source of course but to the many tens of thousands of northern soul fans around the world who couldn't care less what we on Soul Source think .... The Top 500 Book was and still remains an excellent book of its type and deserved all the kudos that it got on release. Remember, it is simply a book that focuses on the popular sounds on the scene over a 35 year period by a guy who - love him or loathe him - is as qualified as anyone to give an "objective" overview of the sounds that moved the scene (no, I'm not his personal promotions man , by the way, never met Kev Roberts in my life!) . No doubt people will suggest others are more qualified but if so tell 'em to sit down and write and publish a goddamn book like Roberts has done !!! (Incidentally, my conservative estimate is that there are indeed "tens of thousands" of northern soul fans dotted around the world. They might not all be presently active participants or even record collectors or restricted to the area of the UK north of Watford, but they are most definitely out there ...... )

Weren't the Magnificent Men also from Harrisburg ? Must have been a hot bed for Blue Eyed soulsters !

At 25 quid I'll have one too if anyone has another to sell !!!! By the way ,which version gets the most plays for the dance floor ? There is one raw version with just bass and drums , then there's another with rhythm guitar and strings ?

Right on cue !

Yes , and Warren Lee's original version of the tune is equally as good !

Tony, I appreciate what you're on about in this thread ... Allow me a bit of licence here as I'm thinking of US labels who issued earlier non hit recordings by major Soul artists as a way of cashing in. You mentioned Motown issuing Al Green's Take Me To The River but didn't Bell in the US issue on 45 (among others) Al Green's stompin' "Let Me Help You" which was a track from his (Detroit recorded) Hot Line LP issued in the 60's ? I know I have "Let Me Help You" on a tasty AUSTRALIAN Bell 45 anyway !!!!

While we're on about PJ Proby , how 'bout his version of That's The Tune ! Sound clip anyone ?

All on the one bill ... The Dells , The Dramatics , the O'Jays & the Isley Brothers (is Ronnie in jail at the moment ?)

Well , what's the music like ?

The clip again, superb ! Download Video Youtube Link

We recently eulogised about Levi Stubbs, and deservedly so, but let's now have a tribute to another one of the greatest soulsters of all time ... Tyrone Davis ... Chicago's finest ! And here's the real plus, look at this fantastic original colour promo film from late 1969 for his Turn Back the Hands of Time ... this is brill ... watch this ! Download Video Youtube Link

I won't be watching it because, well , you know, we Aussies HATE you lot !!! And we can't stand for England to win it again !!! Mind you , neutral observers will lose out either way , don't want South Africa to win it neither

Yep, my red issue is exactly like this but there's no ugly master stamp on mine ! Brilliant record and so few of the red issues around. I'm sure there just has to be be some interesting behind the scenes stories about this record , what with it being the first release on the label , and the scarcity of the record , perhaps it was pulled because of legal issues over the cover of the UK hit They're Coming To Take Me Away ..... and did Rose Brooks do anything else ?

Mel Williams' "Burn Baby Burn" is of course wonderful and rarer but Delilah's is the version to play ! Anyone out there with a nice Loma Demo or Issue ?

For a Northern Soul fan it's a one track LP. For a lover of all types of Soul music, it's great listening from start to finish and is definitely one of the most underrated sister soul / sister funk LP's ever made ... deserves comparison with all the great far more sought after LP's from the likes of Marva Whitney, Queenie Lyons, Doris Duke , Sandra Phillips etc etc

Someone please post a clip of Black Ice's fabulous "Post Card Love Affair"

Time , me thinks , for Soul Source to have an Ashford & Simpson (& Armstead) thread in Media Source. So many classic tunes to enjoy from these great song writers !

Yes quality LP if you are into "soul" music ... as against just plain northern soul !!!

How about a value then, John, for the issue ?

Inner Life, studio group creation, Patrick Adams strikes again.

Just occurred to me that whenever this turns up, it usually seems to be the white demos , whereas mine is a red issue copy. Is the issue a lot harder to come across ? What are the current values for demo and stock then ?

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Dean, good to have someone of your calibre on this site. Can you elaborate a little more on Scorpio's form and history as far as its issuing of vinyl goes ? I mean , are they doing deals with Sony/Motown and Polydor/Polygram etc etc ? Also a lot of the LP's were on indie labels which are of course long gone and for which surely there would surely be no masters in existence and no rights owners or label owners for them to have to answer to ?