Simon M

.. They just believe in the records and play em .. Its all down to taste really and an attitude to play different records and break them ( not just rare records) .. Attitude is the thing .. Wheres Cosgrove he describes it much better than me

Whose Lemmy and Francis Rossi

Not Russ and Richard, Pete , they are far more funky

Two great DJ's of today

Best for Unknowns now , is Mr E Bay

I Have the 12 of Allan Harris , found a couple in Mobile many years ago .

Hahha Steve .. You must know I like everything soulful , but if theres a dancefloor and the crowd are young enough why not play it fast funky and furious .. Oh yeah you forgot to play Allan Arris ps. not sure on rarity of John Donvan..but probably very rare

I think another reason (apart from the monetary factors etc etc) why Butch is a magnet for rare NS/Modern records is because often collectors want a record to go to a good home .( and yes the best way to get great records is from collectors IMO and of course ebay ) He also has all the ticks in the boxes that gain you respect on the Northern scene ( if you dont have all of the ticks youve had it in some peoples eyes) Hes number one NS jock and no one can touch him !

Not sure on that one Steve ?? ..How comes you had it on the deck and then took it off and put it back in ya box without playing it at Yarmouth

Cant find the thread dam , 2 or 3 copies on the bay The BigO was bidding on one hes on here DJ's at Plinston ... Coverups , no I cant bring myself to do that ..Im putting them back in the racks now , far too funky and fast for today

Dont know it , oh are you talking about Larom B .. a couple turned up on ebay and the man himslef turned up theres a thread somewhere

Is that on 12 ?

Dont know about that Tony . I'll find the thread do you remember the coverup name , I bet Robin does ?

LOL .. Hey didnt people talk a lot in 1982/83 esp' that Soul Sam chap .. "Cant be bad"

Dont tell me you were Hot Sean ..lol I used to press record when your spot was coming to an end

But surely James having thousands of records to call upon on the shelf's is a big part of why Butch is number one in Northern soul .. The one in one out approach is actually quite difficult and fraught with danger. dont ya think?

It does seem Butch's sets change more when he's abroad .. well thats what he told me Ive not witnessed it Mixing up of genre's seems ok away from the Uk ..and thats why I'd like to see Ian Wright in the Northern rooms at events like Soul Rev .. but of course hes too scared

Jocko I was going to write along similar lines to you ..but I summarized maybe too much .. btw John A's place early 80' was very nice indeed ...

Butch is always on the look out for something new and does know of foriegn chaps with great sounds , his net is spread wide !! .. He's probably the only real newies jock on the NS scene now. I dont see Mick H as a newies jock at all , or even Soul Sam these days ..

Hahah Ted , I think said exactly that on here a while ago .. Might have been on the 60's Mafia thread

old Del Capri's coverup

yeah the clip on Manships site sounds the same as the Alston recording ?

Not tried that one yet cheers

Chocalate Buttermilk Band " Aint no way " CBB superb beat ballad flip of there Boogie dance cut " Cant let go"

I agree Pete , even with the internet giving everyone a voice .... there's still many silent collectors ,with some of todays big sounds and rareuns