Kenb

It doesn't answer your questions directly, but look in articles on here for... Northern Soul Connections #18

Clark

yup, correct. she was from Mississippi. 3 yrs younger than Ronnie. been together in the business since about 1961, and married about 1969. They sang with ( the unlikely but true name) The Prince Spaghetti Minstrels.

I'm not where mys stuff is...and it has more info. but... (Mr & Mrs) Ronnie & Deneen August

If anyone would like to part with a copy please PM me. I'm not a DJ or collector so VG would do. thanks Best Ken

R.I.P Ms Wilson

Think maybe 1970/71 possibly spring/spring bank. Me (youngest by at least 18 months), Judith, Ash, Paul + 2 more (they did the Pontins booking), Train to squires gate, holed up at Pontins. Long walk up to Central Drive & Mecca. Back to Pontins, still 'up' at 3-4am in the chalet only to hear a knock on the door and 2 x 30yr old guys "saying" they were security. In they came, they stayed for at least an hour and we we're Shi**ing ourselves. But we just talked them silly bored, and they left. None of us got any sleep. In 70/71 it was just called rare soul not Northern Soul, so maybe it doesn't qualify.

In March 1971 Rita was 'slatted' to marry jazz bassist Herman Wright ( maybe this was mis-reported at the time?), Of course it's possible she married at least twice, once to Wright & once Turrentine? here's a 1971 Pic.

The various posts about record prices/values/collectors (e.g. subject: JM auction results) prompted me to kick this off. Posts about collectors are like posts about mythical creatures to me. I don't know any. And only know i'm not one, and just have/buy records to keep & play. I did note in JM 6th edition (2013) it says over 6K collectors had been added since edition 5 and there are about 700 pages of tightly listed 45's. So...What's the definition of a NS vinyl collectors? Is there one? I don't know, but am genuinely interested (no other motive here). I know some collect by label, some by artist, some by UK, etc, BUT particularly in the context of prices & values what constitutes a typical NS collector? Is it someone who has 100K records, 30K records? 5K records? Is it someone who has 10 records with a value of £100K?, £500K? Is there a 'collector scale', small, medium, large, v.large...off-the-scale Are collectors mostly DJ's? Can you be a collector if you have 1K, 3K, 5K, 10K records each under £30 each? Can you sell your only copies of a certain record ('rare/obscure') and still be considered a collector? Is it rarity/obscurity that determines your collector status? If collectors are buying and selling between themselves, is that collecting or just a transfer of an asset. What's typical of soul-source collectors? Is there a definition?

We’ll I do know that Chino Feaster was billed as trio when ‘gigging’ in 1967.

https://www.sirshambling.com/artists_2012/F/chino_feaster/index.php hope it helps

i enjoyed reading this, and i'm glad you went with your option to post "incomplete" as you say. I'm not of the caliber of your authorship but have and do face the same dilemma. In that, when researching, i end up with interesting morsels and a potpourri. Mostly on scraps of paper, a dozen notebooks, jottings, and so on. And i wonder whether to wait and develop them, or 'publish'/post. I'm gettin' on (in age) which also means i make mistakes, so i guess at some stage i'm just going to put it all out there for someone else to take on maybe. yours was a nice read, cheers.

thanks for that. enjoyed the article very much.

does anybody know if there is there any family connection between Alice Ossman (Miss Ray's sister) and Al Abrams ( aka Stanley Ossman)?

#47- ABC

#99- tomorrow

i think...that's a patent for the image

Stephen Stevlor's book Dave Godin a northern Soul was both a highlight and a revelation

Martha & The Vandellas - Vandella...part of the name Della Reese and part of the name Van Dyke St (a street in their neighbourhood)

@Flamingemeralds thanks for the quiz. obviously a lot of hard work on your part. i do however think you tricked 'an ol timer' like me with No 62, but sixth place...hey.

62. Speed Up, The Impalas?

26. Nine Times? Moments on Stang

Thank you for the correction. @George G I hold the people i write about in high esteem- so it's gut-wrenching when i make a mistake like this. Why i put the two Sonny Harris's as one, i'll never know. A silly mistake. I sincerely apologise to anyone connected with either Sonny Harris. I'll amend the error, and ask Mike(admin) to repost the new version. NB. Even though there were two men with "Sonny" in their name, each living & working only 200 miles from each in Ohio, and each recording a 45. I am very persuaded they are two different men.

came across this thread looking for something else, thought you may like to know a bit more... Garry Garnette, ‘have you heard the news’, Capilano Records ‎– CAPS 158, composer Tom Baird. The Untouchables, Garry Garnette’s 1969 own group of musicians (lead & base guitars, drums, organ & piano) may be the backing on ‘have you heard…’, 45cat has it as 1969. In 1969 Garry was 27yrs old. Tom Baird drowned in 1976, he was 32 yrs old. There are a couple of Tom Baird composer sides (including ‘have you heard the news’) that reference Joani(e). He was married to Joani. Originally from Regina, Saskatchewan he (Garry) was a construction worker and one time logging truck driver. He did quite an extensive circuit tour of New Mexico & Texas. Apparently whilst in San Antonio he beat the US 1962 quick draw (think cowboys) champ by 1/100th of a second.