Woodbutcher

Have a dig through this lot ... https://www.discogs.com/artist/384077-Tony-Clarke-2

And baby makes five ... 😍 My own personal herd has grown ... After half an hour of playing hide and seek he/she eventually popped into a snapable position before mum came calling.

First week back under the Sun after a six month hiatus , had to capture the massive sunspot that's currently crossing the disc that's about nine Earth diameters across give or take ... Skywatcher Evostar 150 + Canon 6D + Baader ND3.8 Astrosolar Imaging film. Stack of 60 frames.

Any unscented talc is acceptable , that Johnson's sh*te is a dead giveaway that you've inadvertently stumbled into a handbaggers festival ... The stench started to stink up venues back in the 90s when the first wave of "returnees" appeared after "doing their duty" and contributing to the over-population of the planet , they had cupboards full of the baby stuff to get shot of.

I honestly found it as disturbing as walking through the entrance to an empty Auschwitz-Birkenau at the crack of dawn before the coachloads arrived. I apparently didn't utter a word for the entire 6 hours we were at the two sites ...

Just watched one I've been waiting for ages to come online , and well worth the wait , quiet and eerily gentle but truly horrific . "The Zone of Interest" And this evening I shall partake of the other new release on the similar subject . "One Life"

"The Rookie" has reappeared with Season 6 after a long wait due to the strikes ...

Gawd forbid that records that made #1 across most of europe ever get played out at a northern night , that would be barrel-scraping of the lowest order ... Donny bloody Osmond covered it ten years later , if that's not enough to get it sent straight to rare soul Room 101 then nothing is.

Still no response from the "EP" owner then , I thought it unlikely that a scan would appear ...

Just finished the brilliant "Mare of Easttown" , highly recommend this.

A quick forum search for "cover versions" will take you to a myriad of threads on the subject to get you started ... 🙂

Nice story ... But honestly I'd have been mortified if my parents had ever suggested 'escorting' me out on a Friday/Saturday night at 18. It was always a case of "Where you off to this weekend ... ?" , followed by "See you when you get back"... Very different times back in the 70s/80s and I dare say before that.

https://www.raresoulman.co.uk/292326-i-searched-for-soul-and-fiund-the-star-intrepid-tales-of.html

The only niter I remember being disrupted by a "bomb scare" was at the Wirrina in Peterboro' around the same time , early 80's. Some antagonism between the Wirrina and Fleet promoters I believe.

So where's the requested scan of this "real" EP ... ?

I've just started watching "Blackshore" , off to a promising start.

Ted Massey Rare Soul Tapes #1 and #2 are two of the first ones on my page sir ...

"Um um um um ..... " was his only UK Top 40 appearance.

None that I'm looking to get rid of but there's some old'uns on my Mixcloud page , have hundreds more that I haven't got round to digitising yet though. https://www.mixcloud.com/Woodbutcher/uploads/?order=oldest Karl has a few to peruse too on his page as well as his Stafford site ... https://www.mixcloud.com/Chalkster/uploads/?order=oldest

The High Numbers has always made good money , often above this.

Nastily overlaid track , the original sequence knocks that into a cocked hat , might not be "Norvern Soul" enough for the blinkered souls on here but it's classy and no mistake ...

Quick heads-up as to one to avoid ... "I.S.S." One word ... Garbage ...

The type of venues using dated cliched NS bullsh*t like KTF etc , etc ... !

Just finished bingeing on "The Tunnel" , fabulous Anglo-French drama series.

Looks just the same as the "World Championship" at Blackpool ... apart from the fact that the tune and dancing are way better ...