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I could be persuaded. Didin't sound as good tonight as the last time I played it. It was a cheapo label you're right. But that was then and this is now Oops! Sorry. Started off playing the test pressings then ..... well you know how it is

Me neither. Too much music to enjoy. Now listening to... Mint Condition - Pretty Brown Eyes - A&M Temper Temper - It's All Outta Loving You - Ten Records Sold Out - Sine On (Joey Negro mix) - The Dance Division Tower of Power - You're Still A Young man Love It!!! Phil

Great stuff. Ooh I'll have to dig Emmett Garner Jr out. Ain't played it for ages - choooon! A few more I've been spinning, all British stuff at the minute .... Flirtations - Nothing But A Heartache - Deram Major Lance - Too Hot To Hold - Columbia Little Milton - Let's Get Together - Chess Marie Franklin - You Ain't Changed - MGM Junior Wells - Girl You Lit My Fire - Mercury Soul Joe Clemens - Ever, Ever - Plexium Dee Dee Warwick - Do It With All Your Heart - Mercury Five Stairsteps - Stay Close To Me - Buddah The Webs - Tomorrow - London The Fantastics - Ask The Lonely - Deram Bobby Hebb - Some Kind Of Magic - Philips Platters - With This Ring - Pye nInternational Phil

Think I have one of these somewhere. Is it a Philips subsidiary label with a chequered pattern on it? Cheers Phil

Don't know the Daddy Maxfield. I have the King Sporty tho' and agree - superb Phil

Stuff played at home tonight ... Bobby Bell - Drop Me A Line - RCA Victor Walter & Admirations - Life Of Tears - La Cindy Royal Five - Say It To My Face - Tyler 5th Dimension - I'll Be Lovin' You Forever - Soul City Aspirations - You Left Me - Peaches Valerie & Nick - I'll Find You - Glover Honey And The Bees - Why Do You Hurt The One Who Loves You - Arctic Victoria Williams And J.B. Ledbetter - Show Some Sign - Verve The Enjoyables - Push A Little Harder - Capitol Cody Black - Mr Blue - D-Town Jimmy Raye - You Must Be Losing Your Mind - JRE Don Gardner - We're Gonna Make It Big - Master 5 Salvadors - Stick By Me Baby - Wise World Tommy Scott - Pain Reliever - Wise World Foxy & The 7 Hounds - Mirror, Mirror - Wise World Phil Orsi - Lovin' On Borrowed Time - Wise World Laura Lee - I Need It Just As Bad As You (alt take) - Invictus test press Floyd Morris - The Equalizer (Summer Mist) - BBS The Sensations - I Guess That's Life - Way Out The Spindles - To Make You Mine - ABC Paramount Just Brothers - Carlena - Garrison Little John - Just Wait And See - Go-Gate Ronnie McClain - This Time I'm Gone - Triode Marvin L Sims - Get Off My Back - Revue Phil

I'm working on a jungle vbersion of Gary Lewis & The Playboys as I write this And just finished a bhangra / grime version of Ain't No Soul Phil

Who you calling slim ?

I have about 300 12" of this left. Anyone?

Here you go. Cheesy popcorn dance music. Note to moderator. Do not remove - this is my own copyrighted work. Phil Beat_Of_The_Year.mp3

Well I think that all tunes are tailor-made. Tailor-made for a particular market at a particular time. All the great, wonderful and varied music that we listen to on our scene were made with the soul (sic) intention of appealing to potential music buyers at that time. They were (mostly) not made just for our scene. So I don't have a problem with 'em. Good music is good music, and bad music is bad music. And it's all in the ear of the beholder anyway. I've got a tailor made that I did. I'll post it up one day. It's not northern or soul at all but does have northern roots, and sold 3000 copies in Benelux! Cheers Phil

If you do you could always join me on "The Wrong Side Of Town". Cheers Phil

PhilD's soul show going out live at 7:00pm. https://www.presencefm.com Cheers Phil

So, so many but a few I still love and still listen to regularly ... Billy Paul - Let 'Em In Linda Carr - Highwire Three Degrees - Year Of Decision Brenda & The Tabulations - One Girl Too Late Billy Paul - Only The Strong Survive Change - Searching Shalamar - Take That To The Bank Harold Melvin - Wake Up Everybody Cheers Phil

Yes. But dunno what it goes for? Cheers Phil

It must be worth more then? I'm selling the whole lot anyway (vinyl that is). About time methinks. Not been to a soul do for 3 years now, can't see me going again, and at home mp3's sound just the same as vinyl. I've been selling a fair few to people on here already. If you (or anyone else for that matter) has a want list, let me have it. I may well be able to help with one or two. Cheers Phil

Funnily enough I was playing this at home last night. Dunno what it goes for now. About £15?? Phil

I can help with a G copy of Dee Edwards and if the unknown track is Versatones - With A Broken Heart (Magic City) I can help with that too. cheers Phil

It would have to be The Cashmeres. Cos I've got all the others. Phil

I might have. Do you know what release number it was supposed to be, or do you have a sound file so I can maybe identify it? Most of these test presses don't have artist or title info just matrix and/or release no's Cheers Phil

Truly sad news. I met him in Detroit a couple of times, a real gentleman and a true talent.

I have a spare Just Brothers. I don't know price either. I also have quite a number of Hot Wax, Invictus, Music Merchant test pressings and quality control presses (from Capitol Record pressing, Sonic productions etc etc) including a number of unreleased items (one Eloise Laws track is stunning). Of any interest? Cheers Phil

I think there have been a lot of too obvious reponses. With people confusing awesome records with great DJ'ing (Butch etc). A good DJ doesn't necessarily have to have the best records. Butch has the best records (these days anyway) and is a competent DJ, but not the best. The definition of a truly great DJ is one who reads his crowd perfectly and plays to entertain those that are there. Amongst the best DJ's I have witnessed are (in no particular order) - Ian Levine - Mecca times (could have been a real contender ), Richard Searling, Dave Withers, Pat Brady, Steve Whittle - Casino days, Mark Bicknell (when he's not tired & emotional ) and Dave Evison. Phil