Chris Turnbull

Re. Lillian Hale 'Don't Boom Boom' (Fretone), fantastic 70's track Martyn posted recently on the record club link Just bought one on Discogs but it looks like a boot to me - anyone any info? Martyn did say he thought it had been booted and the white ones were boots as opposed to the blue original. Mine is a pale green colour and just looks like a reissue to me, vinyl & label wise. Discogs doesn't show any reissues at all, and the photo on the advert for the one I bought showed the blue label Any info much appreciated as wouldn't have bought it as a reissue Cheers, Chris.

Interesting doc this, seen it a few times now and while some of it is excellent i.e. contributions from Searling, Levine, Curtis, etc, other things irritate, like the long section with everyone explaining how Four Tops 'Can't help myself' was the blueprint for the northern sound while the clip they use of the song is of the Four Tops live on TV with some laughable TV orchestra version playing rather than the actual 45 - casual viewers must wonder what they've tuned into Also Norman Jay saying the records played were little more than demos, which makes you wonder which records he is talking about. And Pete Waterman saying all the tunes had the same 'bang bang bang bang' beat with no deviation or swing Some good clips and photos though from the Wheel etc

Please pm if interested. UK first class recorded £2.50 / Special delivery £7.00 / Overseas to be confirmed. Paypal as gift. Full refund if not 100% happy. Youtube clips not my copies. Photos available on request. 1) Juanita Williams - Baby Boy (Golden World) M- £30 NOW £20 Very clean 'Rob Reeco' issue, few very light marks only, plays beautifully. 2) J.J. Barnes - Got to get rid of you / Snowflakes (Volt) Ex £65 NOW £50 Cheers, Chris.

Thanks John, very odd - wonder where they got that from

Discogs has first album year of release as 1970, the second 1971, and ICMIOMO single release 1970 - surely not??! Can't see a date on any of their photos. Someone on youtube also flags the 45 as 1970 but sounds much later to me

My other choice would have been Jasper St Co - will settle for a half if I am right

Fantastic list Mark - always pick up some top tunes from your playlists, and looking forward to the w/e My guess for most played soulful house track is Michael Proctor 'Love don't Live' - not sure about the 'soul' one

Please pm if interested. UK first class recorded £2.50 / Special delivery £7.00 / Overseas to be confirmed. Paypal as gift. Full refund if not 100% happy. Youtube clips not my copies. Photos available on request. 1) Juanita Williams - Baby Boy (Golden World) M- £30 Very clean 'Rob Reeco' issue, few very light marks only, plays beautifully. 2) J.J. Barnes - Got to get rid of you / Snowflakes (Volt) Ex £65 Cheers, Chris.

Great stuff, really interesting reading. Used to live in Mcr so like to hear about the old days there Just been checking Equals 'Black skin blue eyed boys' on Youtube and one of the comments says 'Mister Smiths, Brazil St, Summer 1970, enough said' - any memories of that club?

Top of the Town sounds interesting - tell us about it. Presumably on Spring Gardens? Was it a soul club?

lol Martyn You need a bit more variety in your life Looking forward to the w/e

Three top tunes there Patto - JJ Barnes a big one to have stayed in the can so long

Check this as well Pete, which samples a bit from the 12" - Patto and Martyn will love this lol. What a voice

Arrived in the post today from Chris Huggins on here. Been chasing a proper one for a while - the sublime Gene Townsel 'I'm Walking Away' (Dobre)

Top tune Rick - always imagined it was Stafford era rather than earlier - bet it sounded great at Clegg

Sorry Rick, meant to say presumably you would remember this - really interesting to see you on there

Not strictly record club but following the thread, some superb footage here of Cleethorpes back in the day

Loving this one at the moment, rarely off the turntable for long. The Friends of Distinction 'Long time coming my way (RCA), apparently an old Pat Brady Clifton Hall spin

Great stuff Martyn - bought it one time at Keele from Roger Banks for £6 and still around for not much more - a lot of record for the money IMO

Fantastic track that Rick, new to me. See one sold on here a couple of years ago for £1200 so well out of my price bracket. Some boots on discogs and even they are £50+

Any chance of posting up some Cleethorpes playlists Rick? As you say a lot of stuff like this you never hear these days - would love some more recommendations

Sad news - link below to interesting local news feature on him from Nov 16 https://wyrelife.co.uk/2016/11/20/kidderminster-mr-tee-northern-soul/

Thanks - forgot about the Vagabonds lol

Nice pic of DJ from discogs. Had a fairly short lived career by the look of it, all on Creative Funk. Surprising given such a powerful voice - reminds me of Linda Jones

Hi Pete, further down the thread he agrees it was probably UK recorded then leased to JA Any more info about the recording? Wonder who played on it. Sounds a bit like Foundations or similar Can you remember who spun it at the Casino? An idea who was behind the Miami release?