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Found out with a few hours to spare that it was showing last night - only - in Tunbridge Wells so made sure I got there. As virtually everybody else has said: marvellous. I was amazed by the quality of the footage and it is indeed a scandal that it laid, unloved and unwanted, for more than fifty years. Delighted it has finally come out now. To have thought up, and put something like this on, with such a variety of acts - all of which seemed to be enjoyed and appreciated by a huge, happy audience - was a major achievement by all those involved. As much as the musicians they deserved to be honoured.

Chris Clark Soul Sounds - UK Tamla Motown STML 11069 Record VG+ Sleeve VG £65, free postage. Pay by paypal please. Pm me if interested.

Yes, that is Roger on drums but not, I would say, a typical example of how he normally sounded. This, on the other hand, definitely is: ,

My favourite drummer and the greatest soul music drummer ever, IMO...thanks for posting this, I hadn't heard. RIP.

Please message me if anyone has one of these for sale in a decent condition and for a decent price...thanks John

Having, like many others on here, bought soul records for over five decades, I would also agree there are pros and cons as regards today versus the pre-internet era. Certainly back then it was easier to get bargains and also the turnover of stock was huge, records could appear in bulk anywhere - many times in Brighton huge shipments would arrive in places such as department stores or once, even, a greengrocers..... On the other hand, I am now finding records on discogs that I never had a sniff of before, given that we can so easily buy from pretty much anywhere in the world.. And bargains CAN still happen, of course. Got this cheap on ebay just four days ago. I was the only bidder. https://www.discogs.com/Various-The-Unfolding-Of-The-Book-Of-Life-Volume-One/release/2506143

It does look interesting but I hope it builds on / is different from the 100 page booklet he already wrote for the 1999 Malaco CD box set...I note the front cover of book (assuming that is what it is) is same as front cover of booklet.......

Good morning. No, it is not complete. There are no African products shown, nor any from Yugoslavia. I don't think there is anything from Taiwan either - but I would have to double check- but there is an interesting Earl Van Dyke LP from Argentina (which is on discogs) and a few from Japan. France, Holland, Italy and Spain are pretty well covered too. But I would have to agree that it cannot be considered to be definitive, not even for 1959-1971. I didn't learn much either, apart from some of the alleged sales figures of the LPs in the U.S. In short, it is a nice book to leaf through and look at, but is not one that is going to take long to read or add a great sum of knowledge to anyone who is reasonably au fait with Motown label LPs in first place. Best John

The book has now arrived, incredibly quickly I must say. I haven't been through it in great detail yet, and I'm certainly not one to go digging for errors, having made a few myself in my own books - it's inevitable - but an unfortunate one does jump out clearly : calling Bobby Taylor & The Vancouvers Bobby Taylor & The Governors on four occasions. I have to conclude, though, that it IS overpriced, but I certainly wouldn't describe it as 'hand-knitted' ; it is a proper, professional job with decent quality photos. ,

It certainly looks appealing to me and I've ordered it. Will report back once I've got it and read it.....thanks to Soul Source for flagging it up in the first place; I wasn't aware of it before.

Hello, am looking for Baby's 1965 LP on UK London HAC 8260 Please pm if you have a nice copy for sale Cheers John

I don't know if anyone else on here used to go to Brighton in the seventies but if you did, this - something I did back around 2008 - may be of interest. https://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/places/placeshop/record-shop-tour/record-shop-tour-11

You did well. I can't see any more of them appearing any time soon. Best John

Bloody hell, that is rare. Never heard of it before today and pretty sure it has only appeared on discogs in last few days....

I look forward to hearing about those best bits....I rate Harry Williams and Charles McCormick among the best and most under rated of all soul singers Best John

Hello, Pip Williams. I loved your work with the magnificent Bloodstone. Any good stories about them? Thanks

Their Stang LP ST-1002 Thanks

It doesn't look like anyone has yet mentioned Don Bryant's extraordinarily good new LP, "You Make Me Feel". His last set, "Don't Give Up On Love", was excellent, but this is in another league: in fact, I would go as far as to say it is one of the best records in a true 'southern soul' style for the last forty five years. I have now played it through three times and am amazed at the quality of musicianship, songs (many re-cuts, it's true) and his singing; it shouldn't be as good as it is at his age. To say I am impressed would be putting it mildly.

It is Sam Dees. Rod Dearlove had this as a 10" acetate and talked about it in issue #24 of his "Voices Of Shadows" magazine which came out in 1997. He also stated it was recorded in 1971. The other song on the acetate was "Found Love In My Own Backyard".

For my part, I have simply stopped buying records at this time from overseas as I'm not sure how likely they are to turn up. An LP I bought from the Czech Republic has still not arrived and was apparently - and I have no reason to think it wasn't - posted just over three weeks ago. I have never before not had a record arrive from Europe.

RIP, Bill... you were one of the finest - and one of the nicest - of all soul singers..

Yes, excellent, thanks Mark and Garry...

This may be of interest to some : https://lightintheattic.net/releases/6199-stone-crush-memphis-modern-soul-1977-1987

I would have thought it prudent to think hard about shipping from anywhere in the world right now. I haven't bought any records at all in the last ten days, and the last two I did were from Europe. Both would have arrived by now in the normal course of events but I'm still waiting. I imagine they will turn up but delivery times are going to be longer than usual, and that's even assuming they can be posted in the first place.