Pep

Howard Guyton... Catacombs memories of an ultra-classy tune. Don Varner was one on my H's favourites. She wrote her name in black on the label (fortunately you can't easily see it). Could tell you a great tale about this record. Perhaps another day.

Kenni Smith... class. Nice to see Lou Ragland in so many lists too.

Constellations and Paris in the same list. Chalk and cheese, but both great.

Like you say, chinstrokers! Pleased to see Judy Freeman in so many lists.

Buster & Eddie... unique Cats powerhouse. Underrated.

Arthur Freeman... now that's a goosebump sound if ever there was one! (Nice to see the Dealers in here too).

Roger Collins... lost a few pounds to that in my teens. Was my favourite record in 1969.

Bob Wilson... one of the biggest (and best) instrumental records ever, but rarely played?

Jackie Moore and the Demures... both brill.

Jamo Thomas... sounds better than ever. So atmospheric.

Nice to see Peoples Choice in the thread.

Nolan Chance and Billy Woods in the same list. Cool.

Master 4 - haven't heard that since the Cats, and Lynn Vernado... such class.

Nice to see Billy Keene in there... superb.

Judy Freeman and Terrible Tom in the same breath... and outsiders say all Northern Soul sounds the same!

Herb Johnson... love it!

Wally Cox... makes me cry. So uplifting, emotional and soulful!

The Van Dykes... unsurpassed!

The Ethics... stunning!

Kris Peterson... just superb!

How much is San.Fran TKOs on Golden State?

NB: I just added this comment/image for interest (I wouldn't have if it hadn't already been sold). There are a lot of sub-£ records worth hundreds now. I'd say most of the good collectables are worth 5x - 20x what they were just 8/9 years ago, many are worth several hundred times what they were in the 80s. Pep.

Just searching through a few old boxes from the old shop store room, to try and see what people are playing/buying these days. It's got 15p (yes 15 pence) priced on it in my handwriting. How times have changed. It sounds great now. Don't know how/why I priced it so cheap back then. Mint issue on Monarch styrene, plus slightly different wording under title.

Remember having this in the late 70s off our friend Simon (Soussan). It got a few plays and was sought after, but everybody was dubious it was one of his advance copies of a future pressing... which wasn't the case as it turned out. It probably had the wrong sound for its time. I'm sure t would have fared better had it turned up around/after the Stafford era. I don't remember there being any others at the time, although a couple turned up later.

I think some are missing the point here. This is all about seeing a living god(dess), breathing the same air. Paying homage to unsurpassed and timeless music. Music that will live forever, music that defined a generation. Music that our soul scene brought into the UK public's consciousness -when it had the power to do so. Music we should all be proud of. Music we should honour and pay tribute to, despite having now crossed over into popular culture. I always regretted not seeing Marvin Gaye. There won't be many opportunities to be in the company of such gods and goddesses again. There aren't many on this Earth. Even fewer like Martha and the Vandellas (the best of the early Motown girl groups) who will be remembered and listened to hundreds of years from now.