Tom C

I agree it's a high price for the Jimmy Ruffin but it's one of those early 60s releases that sounds great out on the dance floor...maybe underrated?

Van's acetate arrangements were usually better than the finally released song (unless he did these too)

went once...should have paid attention Latin B side is a winner too

Kenny Shepard - is it, was it ever a NS spin? Van McCoy double-siders certainly going up in price

The lady doing the vocals (Shelea) has a beautiful voice and will take it beyond tribute band territory. Heard her on Radio 4 on Monday evening talking about the show and giving a live version of Until you come back. Awesome!

put it this way...I will go and see any doc that beats this to the Oscar I'm also hoping for a SOS part 2 featuring the footage still left in the can (Chuck Jackson?)

Picture too - no doubt about it Jaxson Reese.pdf

https://www.bear-family.com/jackson-jerry/ Hopefully this link works

"It's Rough Out There" looked like a glorious Parkway (P-100) one-off for Jerry Jackson: in my view one of the great voices of the 1960s. This interview makes it clear that P129 "Hurry Sundown" and P142 "Pretty Girl" are also his work, though he uses the name Jaxon/Jackson Reese in an attempt to grab that elusive hit. Jerry Jackson - BCD15481 | Bear Family Records (bear-family.com) Once you listen to the records it becomes obvious that it's Jerry's voice, though I can't find any mention of it before. Neither have the same Northern impact of "It's Rough Out There" and sound out of date for 1967. I still love them all the same. The interview makes no mention of "Take Over Now", released on Capitol the next year by Jerry Jackson. Listening to this one again I'm pretty sure it's a different singer but happy to be corrected.

Sly and the Family Stone are awesome - never really liked their recordings

well I've bought both versions today - go stick that in your pipes

Rare (unheard of?) to see Clydie's record go for much more than £200 so I think you're wrong here. Her Imperial releases are now attracting interest beyond NS collectors so auction values may increase further

Oh Clydie! How beautifully you sing

Here's a radical thought: let's develop the scene by playing cheapish but unrecognised gems and leave the expensive old ones to others. Perhaps the pool is shrinking, perhaps not In my memory of the dim and distant 1980s this was pretty much the story then too

Yes would love a promo Rob

The Ray Pollard ep has great tracks and a super sleeve design. Worth a trip to France for some crate digging🍷

amazing clip of Billy Preston 36min into this crazy programme. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000pjdl/what-we-were-watching-song-and-dance-spectaculars check out The 3 Degrees with the Nolans and Cliff Richards too...odd! sorry if anyone else has posted about it

Popsike has it that since 2005 only 10 copies of the orange label version have been sold on ebay compared to hundreds of the blue. Looks like a very limited (local?) pressing unless no one wants to buy it for more than $20.

The on-line function worked really well apart from when we lost sound for about 15mins. I snapped up a few of the "interesting" and unreleased acetates along the way (Jessica James, Beverly Warren and one of the Fred Briggs) but the prices went high on anything that would impress a dancefloor. I've also bought some of this collection off ebay and they all arrived in fabulous condition. Shame that the sound files are now removed from the catalogue - I'll share some snippets here if anyone's interested

Hi Ady I have the C-Brand 7inch with "wired for games" on the B-side as a bonus. The Plenty of Love label is a bit bubbly but otherwise perfect. Can send in a Spring sleeve so it will look just perfect! Tom

This is on a blog site and gives some idea of what Bea moved on to after Motown (+ a picture) https://www.theancientstar-song.com/2015/07/bea-verdi/ I'm interested too - there's something a little subversive about her Motown work (Four Tops - Pool of Red, We'll Find a way - Chuck Jackson) so I think there's more to the lady than meets the eye

patti and the emblems is v. rare on an issue and a superb sound (loved it since kent's hot chills lp) Paul Sinbad not an easy find and a brilliantly executed big city latin

the Manship soul auction ending this wednesday has a near perfect selection of 45s I'm often non-plussed but not this time

Did anyone else notice that a mint- issue of The Chants Sweetest Feeling on RCA went for £362 last night? Has it suddenly become in-demand? Good record with a decent B side but that price blew me away