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...on it Stevie!x I have an old old mate from Halifax...Phil Webster,,,,about our age possibly a couple of years older?! He was a local lad and lived in Halifax in the 70's...ain't seen each other since....but i've asked at any opportunity......know him???!x He ain't a 'soulie'...as such....more of a wayward youth back in the day......but then again....perhaps he might have been....hehe!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X ....PEEEETE....u jest shirley???!!!!hehe!!x The pleasure is in finding them mate...as i;m sure you appreciate...X No money replaces them as such. I did make a decision to collect demo's of the 'classics'...through Boot sales and the like......and have amassed about 70-80 in the past 10-15 years.....probably paid about £100....150 in total for them all.....!x However.....IF it means it gets 'swapped; for a record that is higher up on me play list....and could shuffle sideways into me Northern stuff....then......perhaps!!! BUT...it would have to be 'good'....the Kiss N Run...to me...is Norvern!!!!x Like you say....i've never seen one....and probably won't again! I met Helen too....at the Abbey Road studios....by accident about 10 years...nope...15 years ago!! I was taking some 'tourists' to get the classic pic on the zebra crossing....and she was there doing some publicity stuff outside....! Luvly Lady and one of Britain's greatest assets from that era methinks!x I better shut up.....i'm talking meself back into keeping it......it has 'memory's attached'....and I could get it signed.....!!!! Would that 'kill it'....if I did??...in your book Pete??!! Or would it mean that Shrine tune is winging its way to me without fuss.....?!!!hehe!x How much is it worth would you say????.....out of interest.............! But ure not having it.....I don;t think..........i'm outta 'ere.....you'll have em all off me....like they did in the 90's........hehe!!x @@ ~

...managed to get to a Boot Sale for a quick buzz around on Saturday....and was so glad I did!x It is usually held on a Sunday...but they are trying to launch a new Saturday one to partner it.....and attract 'new' folk. They did...from a Boot sellers perspective! Many new faces and stalls.....so had to look at EVERY one...no 'oh yeah it' s him or them'.....all new! Super!x It is said and I believe it that we...'become a product of our environment'.....and after reading threads in here during the week...it did influence my approach to looking...I found!!!! Dunno whether to thank you all or wot???!!! You decide!!!....hehe!x Within the first 10 stalls I found this....a version of a 60's hit by Goldie & The Gingerbreads! Never heard of 'em....but knew the tune! I obviously had taken the 'covers' by 60;s bands a step further.....!! I have liked the Hermans Hermits version....but this....is betterer methinks!! Priced in me Record Collector 2012 book @ £15.....I paid 50p for a mint copy on UK Decca...! The interesting thing is....they 'toured'...with the Beatles...Rolling Stones...The Kinks and many more 'hip young bands' of the day.......an all Girl group.....wot 'stories' eh???!!hehe!x Would i have bought it.....without this sites influence....i'd like to think so...but...?!x https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgVg74N4KmU The 2nd tune I found...well 2 at the same stall...came from a Lady whose husband had dabbled as a DJ in the 70's....but had passed away 4 years ago and she had just sorted the loft out! She had brought about 20 tunes that a friend had said were 'worthless' to start. They were obvious 'classics' when I sifted through...'Reet Petite' on Coral....'Hey Baby' on Mercury....real obvious stuff....but then....2 nuggets together...the first...by The Impalas on UK MGM...'Sorry'....which is brilliant late Doo Wop! Knew the tune but never seen it!!! The band are interesting too....and their story touches the 'covers' thread in a different way! Whilst all the UK bands were 'white' in the main doing black singers songs.....the Impalas are credited for being the first...or certainly second...(Some dispute as to which!)...'mixed' race band to get aired in the USA!!! The vid is absolutely fantastic....that 'walk to nowhere' Dance is spot on!!!!x But the tune is marching on forever methinks.....and no apologies for saying so....except here is a 'sorry'..... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9j0NXdt6ZdU P.S....the 'oh ooooh' at the beginning was an apparent mistake he made when not ready for the first take.....the producer apparently decided to leave the 'mistake' in....and rightly so!x The tune that partnered this....I had to 'save'! It was Jimmy Ruffin's 'What Becomes of the Broken Hearted' on UK TMG. As said...all real obvious.....buuuut....this is the 'first' issue copy! (Or I was told it was in the early 90's!!') This issue has a tremendous 'B'....which Len may recall I played at does throughout the 90's......and would do still today! Priced in RC 2012 at £18.....and I don;t see this issue often...say once or twice a year in me travels.....and worth every penny! I didn't pay for this or the Impalas. Mandy had £1 each on the tunes for sale...I gave her Grand Daughter who was helping a £5......and as we all got on then I am going round Mandy's tomorrow night to help her price the rest and buy what i want for my collection......about 100 she says!!! So...'what becomes of the Broken Hearted'....???...they weep....because Baby....i've got em.......hehe!!! WOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOO.............!!!!!!!!!!x @@ ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXoDTbGyxAA Mandy may well be reading this as i told her I would mention her late husband....Sam....who certainly had an ear for music from what i saw he had put together....and can't wait to see how 'tuned in' he was in the 70's!x R.I.P Sam...and as Mandy said....sh'e's just glad someone appreciated them and will play them as he did....and I do....and will...X (Change of deal mandy for this tune!!x) I have said i will buy what i want for my collection and help her get the proper money for the rest. I 'saved' this tune....it was hot...sunny.....and in the open. I;ve seen vinyl 'die' in that environment within seconds.....! I have it on a mint Demo and issue already. So Mandy....whoever messgaes me first....can have it....for FREE!!!x Sharing the joy of good music!x It has a label tear on the A side...but the B plays fine and looks good.....and anyway....it's in 'the groove'...which don't crackle!x First PM gets it....post and delivery free!!!x The 4th tune I got before leaving the Boot Sale....is those in the freebasings forums fault......!!!! I have been influenced BIG TIME....but....am happy wiv it...!x I read every comment....then said....wtf am i reading this thread for....?!!!!! I don't even do 'em....for yeeeears...! I didn't contribute to the thread.....but...it has left an impression on me...subliminal.....and has lead to me getting an ABSOLUTE MINT DEMO copy of the below on MUMS records......for £1....sitting on it's own leaning next to a lamp shade!!!! I 'saved' it........and I can't get the flippin' thing outta me head.....and has shunted itself into me 'hippy' section in me collection.....!!!>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMz_YyXYpeU ....thanx to all you 'spotters'....u got me steaming ahead ...but on the wrong track.....Billy Butler would be wincing.............I reckon!!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X ...the first PM by time will get the tune and i'll announce it here who has it!!!x Sharing the joy.......X

...after just returning from the City of 'dance'...Rio.....then i am pleased to see 'we' have it in perspective when reading this thread to update meself as to how you all feel about Northern Dancing!!!x I agree with the essence of the majority.....it don't matter what you do or how you 'do it'...I reckon!x Good job too....cos' i've never been able to do what would be considered 'traditional'!!! I've always done me own thing....different to each tune....wotever it makes me do......and happy with it!x The dancing Lady on the first clip was 'in touch'....but...there are also many dancers whom do nowt of the kind....whom I could watch all night....just doin' their thing....which i think is marvellous!!x Here are some more 'individuals'...Northern Soul Dancing Part 2...(Dunno why the clips don't show in the posts anymore???...Mike??!x) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vYnFRZCsOQ&feature=youtu.be LUV SOOTY X ...'ere Len....just played me new 45's...the flips and all....cheapies every one....and are now my copys......they don't make John's book....but are proper....and are going in me box.....you'll be proud of me Lenny!x Will share them all later in me Best Boot Sales thread...!x ...now.....where's me bike clips......off to London............... oooOOOOOOOHHHH........ BOOORIIIIIIIISSSSSSSS.........................the Boys From Brazil....are back......hehe!x @@ ~

...wot Len sez!!!!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X ...the cameraman I took this night had never been to a Northern gig in his life. He was absoutely gobsmacked that everbody danced alone!! He had seen a film as a kid....and thought that's what he was coming to watch and film......the film??....Grease!!! Jiving is wot he was looking for!!!hehe!! As a then 24 year old.....he went home totally content and considered the below one of his favourite captures!x Nice 1 Matt...X https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDLhOcFA_lo ....Edit....can't get the utube to show in the post....dunno why?!x Soz!x

I apologise folks!!!x I hadn't heard the track 'Point of No Return'....by Gene...or amyone! I have heard all 3 versions including the above....and musically...for raw music...Georgie...Louis...Gene!...and 'voice'...for this tune......first Louis....Georgie....then Gene!!!! Out and out Pop song for Gene......and apologise for making a presumptuous judgement without doing me ear test and hair raising arm experiment....job done and survey completed!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X ...it's been mentioned above...Don Fardon.....back on 1974/5.....it was about the 8th 'Northern' record I heard in me mate Waynes bedroom! I remember it being played at the school Youth Club on a Friday night '75.....and I LOVED IT!! Still do! NEVER heard it played out anywhere since 1993....but have heard it on the radio a few times over the years! it sits proudly in me collection and i've put the Mr Custer song next to it as featured in the Best Boot Buys thread!!!!x Was it played at Wigan??? How did it become part of my mates collection of 'Northern'???

,,,here's a rareity....Dutch 60's band....!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X ...they have a decent version of Do The Dog on Utube too!!x Gimme Lloyds version anyday.....but they is groovy in their own way methinks!!x

...i'll Karaoke over me John Barry instrunebtla copy....he does a good job.....and I like to think I do ok too.....MOOOOOOAAAANIIIN'...MMOOOOOAAAININ'...YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH......MOANIN' ALL NIIIGGGGHT LONG.....brilliant! Apt too....gotta go to fix the hole I put in me boat yesterday....!!.......been MOOOOOANIN' all night long.....just preparing meself to face it again!...On it....and i'm up for a copy if u see/find one in your travles!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X

.....THAT's IT!!!!!!! Mark London!!! Was it issued???!!!x TUUUNE!!!x It was on a Pye metal disc 1 sided!x Ain't ever seen it since or i;d have me a copy!x LUV SOOTY X

....any bit of it would be nice Pete!!x I had a Pye acetate that 'the vicar' Tony took off me in the 90's that I din;t get a recording of....well...just one on a tape! 'Moanin' by....by.....I can't remember! ABSOLUTE stomper!! I think tit was issued too on Reprise??...but can;t remember who he was or wot the full script on the tune was!x Swopped it for Cards On The Table......I din;t know how to play it at the time!!!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X

...like to hear that Drifter Acetate Pete!!! As would we all???!!! Any chance???!!!hehe!x Roburt....perhaps me judgement is impaired....!x Gene McDaniels for me.....can't be bettered!!! Walk With A Winner was a 'Sooty Spin' throughout the 90's.....and luv the tune and his voice still today. Georgie Fame.......from my perspective....just can't come near it!!x I Llike Georgie....but have never considered him 'competition' with any of them...or comparable! The Jools of his time!!!x Music tho'...'sound'...an individual taste!x I respect yours and appreciate the info for me to explore and say wot I say! I like this tune better than the original....and tell 'the boys' every time we have met over the years....hehe!x It ain;t as 'amicable' a discussion as we've had i assure you......... FIIIIIGHT NIIIIGHT.....LUV IT!!!hehehe...x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X Thanx for the 'education' folks....lap it up!!x Indeed i've put a reply regarding 'education' to Krissii in the members freebasing forum to explain why I 'love' this scene!! It's.innocence for me....personified!x My 'Wonderwall'....!x Thank You ALL!x

NEVER HEARD IT Souljer6!!!!!...Nice 1!x Not 'offensive'...but I think the music kicks a bit more on the Long John version....but Don;s voice....spot on......along with the banging bass for the 'twirls' in the middle....definate dancer!x thanx for posting!x LUV SOOTY X

...nicely put Roburt...and in general I agree not many Black voices can be emulated or bettered...X You have surprised me with your Georgie Fame plug tho'!!!x If u consider that 'acceptable' to your pallet....what about this.....which i think hits a groove for me.....but in NO WAY better than Ray.....!x LUV SOOTY X https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd5Rft_HsNc

Marv Johnson....! I was en route to doing a gig in Boston circa 97. Met friends in a Pub in Boston...all locals. We were chatting...then this tune came on the juke box as we wos leaving to go to the gig.....never heard it...but went up to the box and read the credit! I did the party....7 hours non stop...Northern and everything went on.....and a great time was had by all...BUT...after such a night....I was singing this tune in my head....from the Juke box...all the way back to Cambridge!!!.! I bought a copy for £15 whilst in Brighton a week or so later...! Never heard it spun on the radio or anywhere ever...to this day! It would make me all time top 100 tunes! I have a mint London copy....sorry about the crackles on this one via Utube!x LUV SOOTY X

.....Woollies???!!!!! I've took the bu**ers home for years 'hoping' and never knew they were Woolies tunes!!!hehe! Nice 1!x I'll admit to keeping about 10...! The Typhoons do a few good Shadows covers and The Starlings do alright with Phil Spectre stuff....this being me favourite!x I like being innocent and learning Pete....it makes me laff too....thanx!x........now......Woollies.......i'll go see f they sell 'em still.....!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X

There is a complete genre i come across whilst rummaging which covered 'Soul' & Rock N Roll stuff throughout the 60's ......the Embassy records!x I see them all over and there are some decent covers of tracks by all kinds of club singers and B artistes of the day! Here's one of the few Motown covers they did....thankfully....hehe!! But at least u've heard it!!!x Rare record methinks.... Joan Baxter and the Beatmen!! ...i've heard most of the series over the years....and this is the best outta the bunch as far as a 'cover' goes! A rare record in its own right and sits nicely alongside the Ventures!x Steve stannard & His Orchestra....but on some foreign label?! ...off to launch me boat..........!x LUV SOOTY X ....walk don't run?...sink or swim.....hehe!x @@ ~

... .....I broke me own rules tday! I never pay more than a £5 for a record at a boot sale.....the joy is finding a tune.....for a £1 and under! That's me pleasure! But....the below was sitting in a 'dealers' box.....with £8 on it!!!....he took £7...! I have had the record since 1993 in me disco/wedding box stuff....all time classic init! I see the issue every week....for 10p.....! But a 'demo'....? Never seen one! Now...my copy has a sticker mark on it....which i moaned about and he took a quid off....! But I fooled him....and had me a bargaaaain!!! It wos the B side I wanted anyway....which is mint!!!! When I got the record home for me classic 60's stuff in '93....I played the B....as you do. LUV'D it since! I actually played it at an All Dayer in Kettering mid 90's....and at a Gloucester All Dayer around 97....but that's it!x Any Soulie that pops round gets to hear it among me stuff i play them 'obscure'....and no one to date had heard of it until i spun it to them! Here it is....Kiss n Run.....and I wanted to kiss the dealer......but I thought he'd add anuver £1 on....so i run.......and got away wiv it........!x https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMPNM4Mwt1I @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X

...i'm often surprised at Boot Sales as to how many 'covers' I come across by 60's bands on B sides etc! This one I found last year....I take them home to listen.....they either become frizbees...or stay in me box adjacent to the originals! Many of the above mentioned I have in my 60's collection and deserve a spot! This hasn't been mentioned........but it made the box......!x The above appears to be 'live' and is different to the 7"....but I liked the footage of folk and stuff...X Off to find some nuggetts at the Boot Sale!!x Have a happy day...X @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X

Left message on your answerphone Ady re Saturday...X LUV SOOTY X

Cleethorpes '96....I wos there!!! I remember Bub's set....rammed it as usual...and whilst I can't remember any particular tune...what I do remember is that he played more tunes off my 4 tapes with 100 tracks on that i'd had for the past 20 years in his set than i'd hear in any set...and perhaps any night.....in my 7 years of trekking! Needless to say....I was happy!x I went on the stage to say hi to him as he waved during his set! I had this new shiny shirt on....gave him a hug...and it instantly turned into a 'wet look' top!!!hehe!!x He did that to me wherever we DJ'd together....and....it was part of me night....luv'd it...and him!x Proper stuff folks....X LUV SOOTY X

....'ere Frankie......a question.....u reckon they'd go down well if we brought em over?...for a gig?! I do! I have only heard 3 of their tracks proper....and they is all in the groove methinks! Let me know what the CD's/tracks are like!x LUV SOOTY X Change of plan regarding Donations to Charity: I work with over 70 Charities both local to me in Cambridge and further afield. Having Stretch Limousines does attract interest....and rightly so!x I had said the money was going to a long term Charity i've supported...a Hospice for kids near me. Well...upon thinking on....and looking at the dosh that I believe these sales will raise...then I have decided to use it for 1 event instead. Then I can give Qdos to you Soulies who gave the money! I've worked with ex England and Arsenal Keeper Bob Wilsons and his wife Meg and their Charity for 10 years+...here it is... https://www.willowfoundation.org.uk/Home ...in memory of their daughter...the Charity funds terminally ill patients for days out. Originally I was approached to provide transport to arranged days but it evolved in me offering a 'total SOULution' and Bob leaving me to 'entertain' the folk for the day! It means I get a 'day off' too!! Generally it means collecting up to 8 family members...by Limo or suitable vehicle....take them to London....Tour...and history lessons....my versions!!...then FREE Dinner at The Ritz with friends/management of The Ritz all waiting for us to arrive to ensure 'special treatment' for the guests. Then Harrods/Hamleys with a donated £100 shopping voucher...and then we take in a FREE show...or FREE football match at any of the London based Prem Clubs...or have a FREE trip on the Wheel...depending on the families choices! It's their day! Due to the special relationships i've established around London over 30 years....it costs me to do it....about £250 in cash terms after I buy sweets/ice creams/petrol etc...with my time and vehicles donated free all in. For me to have a 'day off' in such a manner...is priceless...and full of incalcuable rewards...X. However...the figure it usually costs will equal the amount I envisage getting for these tunes. I had sold a few on Ebay already....and to date there is £183 in the pot. With what i've got left to sell then it will cover a trip for a day...and i will make it so. Therefore I will tell Bob I have a date free....and it will be funded by you all!!! I will get an article put in their website/mag or summink....and 'share the love' and get the scene plugged in the process....no probs! ok!x Thank you all...X They all get to go here.......THOUSANDS visit an attraction across the road every day....'The Wheel'...to 'see' London?!...yet none of them go to see 'the people'...at work! Every family have loved the experience and every time I go down the 'tunnel'...the last place in London that folk can 'graffiti' without fear of prosecution....the 'artists'....love meeting us all too! A 'happening'!x Up to 100 can be seen at the week-end spraying away....by those who value Britains youth and culture! Doing me bit!!x @@ ~

EEEEAAsssee up!!! The Psychiatrist din't believe that I knew all these famous people and stuff Charlie and that there was an ex convicted peedo on the Night watchmans staff and...and ...and I had Magistrates,...Police...and loooads of others in high office implicated in a peedo ring.....there wos.....honest.....believe me.....neeenup boing!x Told him that at our first meeting the 2nd day i wos there 'voluntarily;.....he sectioned me there and then....and dis-appeared fr 6 weks!!!!!!! I went f***king laaaary!!!hehe!!! Granted I was confused after some good marijuana arriving with a friend from Jamaica coupled wiv stress of 17 impending Court cases for non producersall being fuelled by an over-active thyroid Charlie.....but not that off me rocker!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X The Psycho and Night watchman did 2 weeks longer than me.....! I went back and saved them...produced me evidence...the only 'producer' I was happy to accommodate..........kinda guy i am!x @@ ~ ....a new kind of lovin'.......Eden explains it well.....!!!x https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akMn6yVR_4c FLAAAANNNNYYYY....everyones tunes have gone in the post.....but I ain;t got ure address......but had ure dosh!!! Just letting u know i'm off to Barbados.............ceeeya....!!x @@ ~

Glad to hear Salmon got the send of you all wanted for him....X One of my happiest gigs the Hollinwood Club and went whenever asked....super folk and nights....X Amother livly guy was Dave Boycott... We stayed friends long after I quit DJing on the scene and up until his early untimely death whilst abroad. If Salmon went to the Hollinwood....then we met as such. I hope so because at least then I had a chance to make a night 'happy' for him and his own too........X LUV SOOTY X ...The last time we were together after i'd left DJing on the Northern scene before Dave was killed....a private party in Blackpool with a 60's theme!! 11 hours we went non stop.....a happy night! He always kept me on me toes at A/Nighters....and if Salmon was of his ilk and approach to life....then i'm sorry we never met as we;d have got on no probs...X. Rest in Soul Heaven both of them....X I hope Jonas still having a go!x If Salmons folk are the same kind as what was at Hollinwood....then as said....i'd beg to come and do something to raise money for a good cause that his family see fit.....anytime!x 07521042699...we all need time out to enjoy life.....whilst we still can....I have no excuses for not.....I don't believe your end has either....let's do it.......X Nice to hear form you too Billy....X

THANK YOU ALL...who bought the above...and a special X who went the extra few quid for a charitable cause!x The prices are as they are...and if you were the one who offered that price...it's yours!!! I or Mike will be in touch to supply you details for payment or PM me back supplying address details to forward the tunes...and they will go today/tomorrow!x I have about 20 more but dunno when i can give justice to them for you all! It perhaps will wait until next Sunday....and i'll leave em up for a few days!x Thanx sincerely again for your 'support'...X As a gesture of good will to all you folk who bought the above....the postage....is FREE!!!! This time only....!x Sooty's 'Sound' sales.....I said it din't I...and meant it....X LUV SOOTY X ...have a good day all....i'm off to kiss them all 1 last time........tissue anyone....?x @@ ~

...I say this as a compliment Ady...but it was the easiest place I found to DJ in!x Every record was received by the folk....and it epitomises what a dance floor and environment should be aiming for!x Getting me bucket and spade ready for Cleethorpes mefinks!!!!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X

I've followed this thread and its machinations with interest....and here's my 'expeirence' to share...X Your property is YOUR responsibility. Any help to protect and do right is always a help....but ultimately...it is down to 'us'. This environment....the Soul Scene....whilst we would all like to think and hope we have a 'special' envirnonment.....and we have.....it is all encompassing and knows no prejudice! Each individual can dance as they like....or not. Collect what suits them....or not....and do whatever job in life they choose...or not! It also means it includes skally wags...craic heads...even some sexual deviants...and most definately thiefs!!! I live in the real world. This is a 'Community'....community sh*t happens. It did whilst I was 'living' among you each week. Be it an Eastenders episodes or informed educational one way chat from a Soulie chewing his head off....it wos all part of that Community...along with 'thrillers'!!! I had records stolen......and indeed knew who. But as Pete S comments above....sometimes it's wiser to keep your counsell....X It's served me well!!!x @@ ~ Now...whilst I speak of the Soul Community's 'downside'.....the biggest 'negative' I had regarding theft was the night of making the Togetherness film at Kings Hall 10 years ago....the very one i've been promoting as FANTASTIC!!! Yep! Here's why! I have a strecth Limo as a mobile office. A space was kept for me outside the front of the Hall as there is nowhere else to park....except in the loading bay just outside the doors! However...due to last minute changes...I went in me 'classic' BMW 730i I had at the time (I collect cars too!)....and am in it to start the film! Due to our filming outside and kit access etc....i parked it there for the night anyway. It was convenient for the nearly 3 hours we wos outside capturing all your chat!!! Eventually...we went in about 12 ish. At around 2am....someone came up to me and said me cars been broken into!! I went outside......and yes....me drivers window had been smashed and a 'tramp' was seen running away! They'd taken me phone out of its harness on the dash! I was realllllly pi**ed off! It's the 3rd time it had happened in me life!! What happening???....well...I have never locked a car...house....or anything....in 32 years of driving or having such responsibility!! As a result I've had 1 broken into in '83...unlocked....smashed driver window...took stereo. Then...in Brighton circa 1995....had a drivers window smashed....car stolen....with me records in the back....car unlocked!!!! Then this occasion....Togetherness night! WHY SMASH THE FLIPPIN WINDOOOOOWWWWW....the car was 'open'???!!! So...does it prove it ain;t worth 'the stress' of 'have you locked the car love' and stuff'...??....for me....yes! In my experience....whatever i did...they wos gonna do it anyway!! I think the same can be said for thieves in the Scene....if they are that way inclined...it is gonna happen...whatever!x Just because it's the Soul scene...doesn't mean everyone is Soulful!! Look at yer last deal....be it records...drugs...or round to buy!!!! Possibly a Soulie init....was you really happy wiv it...and them???!!!hehe!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X ...erm...me records??....a story in itself! But basically...the coppers colluded with me cos they couldn't do much....except gimme the details and address of the well known craic head tw*t! Me and Chris Eubanks and a few of his friends went steeeaming into the 'enclave' in his Yank lorry!!! I was there to help with his block of flats project...half way house for locals he wos funding and develoing...I was gonna do a gig for em at the time! A Community 'discussion' took place...and the car was recovered.....300 record box in back....opened....but not touched! the scallywag din't know wot they were!!! Just took all me clothes and stuff as I was heading for a hotel at the time! Me ties and socks trail lead to his house....dipstick!!!hehe!x Ah....and the phone theft outside of Kings Hall 10 years ago??? I wrote about it at the time elsewhere.....told the story of Kings Hall/Northern Soul...film...theft...and wot we discovered! .Read by over 180,000 including 540+ Councillors from me 5 District councils...cos I emailed em it!!!!!! Here is the essence of what i told them all! It was a few months into me becoming a research/investigation officer. I was pressing my Local Authority to pay up compensation for peedo victims in their care 20 years earlier! We had discovered many names of dignitaries ..ex mayors...Ex Mps...now Heads of Depts in Social Services...AND....several Police and Ex Inspectors ...and now Magistrates...who had 'buried'...and indeed some had taken part in this atrocity over 20 years. I was pressing them...blackmailing them to 'deal with the money'...or be 'outed'! In 2003/4....whilst making the film...I was stopped...17 times in 5 seperate Counties....and the coppers didn't know why they were doing it either!! My reaction....? I didn't answer the 'providers' etc which lead to court cases in 5 counties...non producers! I went to the first in Cambridge. Gave each Magistrate a letter prepared....naming and shaming EVERY ONE OF THEM and suggested it was the reason for my 'harassment'!!! That first occasion....only 1 out of the 3 magistrates returned! 2 of the others were 'compromised'...1 being married to one on the list!!!! Shaking..he said...we ain;t read it....and your free to go....!!!! The 2nd time a few weeks later i had an appearance in Norwich Magistrates! I went to them letters in hand......but I was seen in a Court room all alone....specially opened for me! 3 LUVLY Magistrates appeared...me...the Clerk....and they said....'we have reviewed this case of Non producing of documents...and decided there is no case to answer. We are sorry for your inconvenience...and...if there is any expense needs reimbursing then please let the usher know.'...he then finished with...'We wish you well with your endeavours..!" It seems the Magistrates have their 'Soul scene' too...with scallywags among them!!! The rest of the cases 'dis-appeared' and about 3 months after making the Togetherness film...230 victims got £4 million between them...no quibble...after 6 years of my Solicitor mate 'trying' through 'normal' procedures and paper trails!! The 'Tramp'...was discussed shortly after with 'friend's' in high places Police wise. They told me it was an undercover job to get my phone for info....!!! AN UNDRRERCOVER COPPER!!!....bet he'd never even heard of The Snake or owt!!hehe!x These police are just given a 'job'. They do it without question. That phone ended up my end to folk who were abusing their powers. All sorted amicably in the end....but it don't change the fact that....it was a Copper....who stole my phone whilst at an All nighter!!!!!! I was handcuffed to a young un in 1979 as we were being transported to Wormood Scrubs! Me heading to Borstal for fighting...him for knicking outta lost property! I was 17....and never forgot who the next thief could be!!!x They are everywhere....but not as prolific in this community as out there....i'm sure!!x Sleep safe!!x Let's have a song to celebrate....which has some police interest!! The siren at the beginning....is my producer mates wifes police car....she switched it on for him to record....like the 1812 Overture with 'real canons'!!!hehe Here's The Zoots-Bumblebeez and Rudeboyz.....wiv REAL police siren......!x https://www.skooters.cc/zoots/bumblebeesnrudeboys.mp3 ...and when i say that night was 'time out'...it wos. My pi** off is that someone tried to bring my work to my chill out zone.....that pi**ed me off. Which is why I sorted it! End of. Keeping the Soul scene 'soulful'....X Most of the DJ interviews took place after this event.....it got me mind off more important matters...and it shows!....so thanx to the Police...abd theiving....YOU all got a SUPER happy film!!!x Coming soon.......!!hehe!x @@ ~ Right....1 hour to go before the tunes are up....then outta here for a few days!x I will enjoy catchng up when i return!x