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Hi Pete, this Morrissey fan is seeing him tonite at an old opera house in Brooklyn, 29 years, 8 months and 13 days since first saw the Smiths, time flies!

Great VG+ copy of this excellent R'n'B winner, guaranteed original, flip "VooDoo Love" is a goodie too, $200 + $5 airmail p&p anywhere

Saw Spyder play a gig outdoors at the Lincoln Center here in NYC 2 summers ago and he was superb, got a chance to talk to him about his Cha-tok record backstage, wish had taken a copy out that day for him to sign duh, he still does his routine of spot-on imitations of other singers, the band did an almost garage version of Ride in my 225 for him and also a killer arrangement of You're good enough for me that was even better than the 45, Melvin Davis - excellent, Dennis Coffey and the Velvelettes were all on the same bill that day but Spider was the icing on the cake, know everyone will have a great time at this show.

Yes Roburt, we do have a legacy to live up to!! The Brooklyn gig I would have wished to have been at was on March 3rd, 1967 literally just around the corner from my apartment, at the St George Hotel - that's still there, was an SRO for a long while, now mostly expensive condo's - Bill Doggett supported by none other than.....Tommy Dent, wow wow wow. BTW Fulton St is named after the guy who ran the very first commercial ferries between Manhattan and Brooklyn btw, together with Robert Livingston who the street I live on here was named after, it's a small world. A very close friend of ours is a mine of information of "back in the day" venues, yes there were a whole lot for sure

Dora Hall's version of Yolanda and the Charmaines Hoochi Koochi Girl isn't actually that bad (and a good example of a fairly obscure r'n'b track for her to have covered)

Ray Pollard and the Chansonettes, rest are filler

Stupendous both times we've been lucky enough to have them on stage

I'm just gutted it's gone off to disappear into a Japanese collection and never get the plays out it deserves

You can try ask Frank directly - jamguy@gmail.com - they haven't found all of the backing tracks in the archives yet he did definitely say last night but do have a fair # of them so just maybe!

Scan does have a Sassy Kitten Production credit, hence the kitten logo again

Sadly the lead singer on this one last night forgot most of the lyrics and lost his way somewhat so stick with the record Flynny Plenty of people were recording including a professional looking outfit at the back so some footage is out there, hope you get to see some

Was lucky enough to be there at the launch party last night, stacks of the artists on hand, including members of the Volcano's, Royal Five, Honey & the Bees, Soul Brothers 6, Kenny Hamber, Winfield Parker, and musicians/studio guys too, Bobby Eli and Tom Moulton (finally got to thank him for the Carstairs!) in particular. Frank is a wonderful, genuine guy, and rightfully proud of the box set they've bought together, almost all of the artists took time to emphasise how he's always looked after them properly, that's a rare thing to hear in the industry as you definitely all know. Was great catching up with a lot of them that hadn't seen for a good many years, even better to hear them then perform, not a live band but taking it in turns to sing over the cd's, first up were the Volcano's doing A Lady's Man then Storm Warning, the latter coming out much better, then Kenny Hamber stepped in and was masterful, no surprise there he's a true pro and sounds great still, followed by John Ellison of the SB6 who was truly a force of nature, wow that man has a voice and then some, Some Kind Of Wonderful was an understatement, closed with our old friend Winfield Parker, no surprises he just captivated the crowd, since he blew the crowd away headlining a Dig Deeper last year have realised how under-rated he is, somebody in Europe wake up and book him please, pure soul. The box set itself was a day late in production but got to hold the proofs and it looks great, really classy job, very much hope it sells well like it deserves to.

Earlier 45 on the label with that design, Rika 104, by Ernest Scott actually called The Sassy Kitten (also "A Sassy Kitten Production"), obvious link to Tommy's 45, Rika 107, as Ernest Scott's band again do the backing and has the same production credit, did they do the backing/production on the Jimmy Slims 45 you have Brooky? Not seen that one from memory.

Hey Kristian, nice mix, have you heard this other version of the Willie & Handjives?

Gino Parks is a killer 45 and worth every penny at that price

Funk scene too, the first batch of Sonny Harris and the Soul reflections had the writer credits scratched out as that was the guy they were coming from the seller didn't want people to find

Prefer the Little Howard Rice on Powerhouse with the same label # as this, a darn sight cheaper too

That c/u Adam is playing isn't Little Nicky Soul (fairly obviously), it's a Louisiana 45, you can hear it on the Dig Deeper mix going up on Jesterwild later this month

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Looking for a copy of this blue eyed spin, PM if so, thanks!

I have a 45 by Little Eddie Taylor on Tropical 101 The State Song (oddball dance craze) / Just the way you are (ballad)

My Charlie Brown is a demo too, not seen an issue

The original Subway Soul Club in NYC was in the back room of a tiny shitty bar actually down inside the subway station at Times Square, funnily that squalid little room was possibly the first place in the world Two Plus Two on Velgo was ever played courtesy of Greg Tormo.

You should have seen him do these live for us last month, Tony is awesome!

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