Steve Ss

caught the second half of the set. good musical choice. nice to meet you

Hi Peter, not noticing any delays at present. Not fast, not slow. Last "consignment" sent 27/09 and arrived 07/10. USPS first class, nothing special. December is the real slloooww time. Maybe they are just like me....slow at sending. Give them a nudge. regards Steve

Playlist 06.10.13 Morley, Shoulder of Mutton Half hour(ish) set~ 15:30 start~ graveyard slot The Ebonies ~ You got what I need ~ Midwest Ernie Marbray ~ Aint nobody's business ~ Wee The C and C Boys ~ My life ~ Duke The Parisians ~ Twinkle Little Star ~ Demon Hot Marion James ~ I'm the woman for you ~ K and J Ernest Sparks ~ I'll be glad ~ Soul O Sonic Joe Taylor & The Dominoes ~ You dont love me ~ HMF The Attractions ~ You don’t know boy ~ June Bug The Malibus ~ I just cant stand it ~ Duke Roy Wright ~ You changed my whole life around ~ Vick The Vala-Quons ~ I wanna woman ~ Tangerine The Jackson Brothers ~ I've gotta hear it from you ~ Providence Leon Haywood ~ I'm gonna wait ~ Fantasy Mighty Joe Young ~ Ladies man ~ Celtex Dave Mitchell & The Screamers ~ The Trrip ~ PS My first spot in a long time. Good afternoon. Local venue, relaxed atmosphere, good company. Reasonable priced Guinness. Half decent tunes? Many thanks to Steve for inviting me. Humble thanks to all those who were kind enough to pass comment on musical choice. Hope you enjoyed it. Looking forward to the next one. Sunday 03 November. See you there. Steve

Finally watched this....along with the last 2 weeks of the Almighty Johnsons....now there is real telly! I gave it 4. Well made. Bit obvious. Better than i expected. It's not the end of the world as we know it.

Hi Chalky, I paid a visit to the garage on saturday......I had a root in the boxes containing the tapes. good news is there are probably 100 or so.......bad news is about half don't have track listings. I have dug a couple out with track listings. Its a job for someone with more patience and inclination than I possess pm me if you want to know from who etc. best regards steve

Hi Phil, apologies mate. Was gonna tell you but thought if we made plans I would only fail to turn up like I normally do..... you know me ~ I can do a no-show at my own house!

That was a good spot from Andy at a nice local venue on a dismal Summer afternoon. He got the dance floor moving.... Good company. Good conversation. The Guinness was not bad either.....just not quite enough of it. His use of the mic left a bit to be desired tho...!

TAT. in the same way that parkas are tat. in the same way that Harley Davidson clothing is tat in the same way that spencers, vests and beer towels are tat. BUT it will probably attract a whole new crowd of returnees to the "life style" they enjoyed for half a summer in the mid 70s so it cant be a bad thing can it? oh and I can see both of my lads, and their mates, using the bags for college/sports, but I cannot imagine any of them suddenly wanting to join the "life style"

Hi Brad, wonderful gesture. Best regards Steve

Agreed. I believe more quality records were introduced to the scene after Wigan shut. (....pause for bricks been thrown....) Somewhere in the garage there are a couple of Live at the TOTW tapes. See if I can dig them out. I am very interested in seeing/hearing George's sets. I always liked Mr Sharp and think he is often forgotten. and under recognised. Him and Mr Pearson used to promote some very innovative nights in Bradford in the early 80s. Very educational/inspirational and sparked my passage from routine club classic sounds to rare/newies. Keep up the good work

this post made me dig the 45 from the "box to dispose of" in the garage.......... now in two minds....... thank you derek......... anyhooooo........no mention of the other side.......Little Richard does latin soul take on little piece of leather...... could go big...

yes i have one. will message you

Hi Ady you wanting to borrow "Boomerang"? Steve

Raelettes is best...the others are just versions...... .... it's that sort of uptown noise that used to make me run to the dancefloor and try to make myself fall over....... still not a stale sound even now. by the way, does anyone else find the visuals to the Ikea ad freaky? The sizes of the "dolls heads" had me do a double take...odd in the way that the "bingo ball head" advert is..........

cheers Phil. Is that my belated birthday pressie from you?

Thanks for the link. Worth five minutes of my time definitely. Reasonably well written: an enjoyable read.

Shane Hunter Sweet Things

thanks for the post.. just been into record cupboard to dig this out to play.........annoyed the dog and the kids but left a big smile on my face......what were they doing in the studio when they cut it? genuinely forget what a mad bonkers noise it is ..............forget the fashionable view that everyone wants to tell you northern is... instrumentals may not be everyone's cup of poison, but I would honestly rather hear this out than most of the crap pedalled as Top 500 sounds and played to death to a revivalist audience with painted on ears and baggy trousers........ it is rare on PS. What's it worth? Probably more than a lot of big ticket items...however as an unfashionable sound its not gonna go for book value....where's the kudos in paying through the nose for this ? However, I would love to see how Manship would wordsmith an auction advert for this........

Whilst busy working I was looking through some articles and came across this post. You can have my thoughts for what they are worth........ I have had a soft spot for the Little John Bowie "my love my love" on Phil-La since I heard it on a tape (Stafford tiime, lovingly entitled "Classy 6Ts rarities from Ion the Greek") I went and bought a copy thinking what a mega sound..... It always seemed to have to have an older sound to it than the "Go go Annie" side. I knew the numbering on the Phil-La singles was a little odd but thought nothing of the differences in the two matrix/catalogue numbers on each side. I always thought the Big John & The Philadelphians records were a bit "too old school" for me.....so I never bothered with them.......Recently I saw the Big John & The Philadelphians "My love my love" on Guyden on that well known internet auction site. This had a soundclip with it......a quick listen cant hurt......bazinga.... I suddenly realised why the Phil-La side sounded older...it was! One cheeky punt later I now have two records with the same track by two different named artists on 2 labels....oh well. Apart from the fact that it would save studio cost and the cost of a master, does anyone know why the same track was used spread across half a decade? Ok so I now know that John Bowie is Little John Bowie and also lead for Big John & Philadelphians. I know the Merben 45 is him but is there anything else worth buying? Also...what is going rate nowadays? Best regards Steve

Callum, How much did you pay? There's no cost structure on the web page. Regards Steve

Haha, is there no end to the lack of imagination in the mind of a rip off merchant? Lets hope they did the right thing and pressed it with the Cliff Richard version/song on the B side Is there really such a lack of good quality sounds around to play? Cant say i've played mine in the last twenty years....should I give it to Johnny Manship to auction?

There's a version of "Money" by Cherry Wainer, organ workout in a mod style....1960. Green Columbia. First UK cover of a Motown song?

This has just made me smile...I have the Billy Adams (£8 buy 20+ years ago). However I don't think I have ever played the "Go (Go On)" side since I bought it, and certainly didn't realise that it was a Keb spin. To my ears the better side is the other one: "You and Me" big Van McCoy thumper/beater....IMHO anyway. Cheers BTW Patti & Emblems is super spin.

hi my copy has same label design as the ebay scan. titles are 'i found a lover"/"stop it' constellation type label (dark blue colour/silver ink for type). matrix is scratched not stamp. had it a long time. wanted their other track but could not remember title at time and thought it was this..... why would anyone boot it? it was never mainstream so not worth bothering. ok tune. cheers