soulfulsaint

I agree with the sentiment most sites that have this level of support and content charge for subscription so we should be more grateful and modest. Thanks to all at SS

Always had a soft spot for 'Whose Got The ball Y'All" a cover version of Sweet Soul Music where Rosey Greir and the Fearsome Foursome pay tribute to the greats of American Football. Good song shame about the sport.

Dave Godin used to sell him sounds at the original Soul City shop in '60s and according to the late DG, Elton John has a formidable Uk label collection.

yes i'm still in love with her. should go for more money always liked it especially the silver label...

its called soul class and the black guy is my at steve ceaser from leeds.he won the fist wigan dance contest. now lives in west london.

Hi Moses Can you check details with your father-in-law again. J D Bryant and Leroy Taylor and the Four Kays were also recording artists with the Washington Beltway label Shrine in late '60s. Is this the guys he means? Names so close I suspect it is. If it is ask him if he has their previous records in his garage but don't tell anyone else on the forum. thanks

Yes Tim Coughlan was an organiser. He was by day a driver for Steve Woolley who was the former manager of Scala and by then a film producer for Palace Pictures. I went regularly and DJ'd a few times. The D-Mob crowd were regulars and so there was a big northern influence. Tim asked me to do a rare northern tape for Steve Wolley who at the time was working on the Shag, Beach Scene. Crap film, sountrack wasn't that brilliant either. Don't blame me its just the way hollywood works. Stuart Cosgrove

Got a copy of a really dire 12" electro record from North Carolina. The company packed it with two mint copies of Glenda McCloud. Kept one swapped the other to Ian Clark and he broke it. I appear in the inside cover of the CD "Reaching for the Best - the Northern Soul of Blackpool Mecca".I'm the one holding the 'Ronn' Demo. And sporting a bow tie becuse you had to have a tie to get past the bouncers at the Mecca.

Tearstained Face is remarkable - the Quinvy house drummer does a full shift throughout. Even Don gets a tea break half way through when the girlie vocals come in. But the drummer is still in there. Give him double time, and this is a Sunday too.

....I thought they were all burnt in the Washington DC riots when Waxy Maxy's was burnt to the ground - great to see this one survived and in such pristine condition....

Good memory it was Groove City Records Kings Lynn. But rare soul Scots can go further back to John Anderson's lists in Scotland. He originally operated from his mum's house in southside of Glasgow and got a lot of rarities via Black GI's at the Holy Loch naval base where the US submarines were docked. He moved to Kings Lynn to team up with a guy whose name I've now forgotton and the Groove City partnership folded. John set up Soul Bowl first in Portland Street, Kings Lynn and then the glorious barn full of lucious sounds. There a good feature on Soul Bowl at David Meikle's www.soulfuldetroit.com ....

....got a Wade Flemons and in the Florida packs a Lew Kirton 'Heaven In Afternoon'....

Get your coat driveller. Yes Dave Ball was a Mecca boy and was from Blackpool. But Marc Almond briefly worked in the cloakroom at Leeds Central. Not sure which one planned to murder 'Tainted Love'.

...You could buy a copy of 'Funky Eight Corners' by Willie and the MIghty Magnificents on All Platiunum they were a Turbo house band working with the notorious Sylvia Robinson. The song is very similar to Ton of Dynamite and arguably is a different studio mix from the same sesssion. Frankie 'Hollywood' Crocker was a big New York DJ of the era who was in fact a front man for the track and then nicknamed the Love Man. Cheaper solution if you want an original

Why did he play that - has he not got a copy of Hun's Review 'Dont Make Me Love You on Sorro. Apolgies couldn't resist a scottish football gag.

channel 4 just signed Paul O Grady he's into soul and so to is the former head of Coronation Street David Liddiment. He's originally from Huddersfield and as a young guy used to dance to Frank and Twink at the West Indian Club in Hudd.

I second that emotion. And I'd add Rose Batiste Miss My Baby too

Guilty as charged - my mate Ceasar also appears as the teacher on the old Kent Album Soul Class of 66. I'm In Glasgow now but still obsessed with the music.

Do me a favour? Never heard of him. Was that the Stuart Cosgrove from Echoes and the NME that used to write for northern soul fanzines. I thought he was arrested with Johnny Bragg. Does he still support St Johnstone? Pathetic.

I've got a Donna Colman Demo - 'Your Loves To Strong' on Avin. It was bought at Wigan. The name 'Ronnie from Oldham' is scratched in run-out groove.

landslide - can't resist that one so old and cool

just cause he's on the decks just now - i'd go for Ronnie McNeir

Blue Rooms in Sale was one of his 'rehearsal' rooms for big Mecca sounds. Remember him playing The Bottle there for first time. Bizarre thing about Ian was that his other big passion was Dr Who - he owns some of the BBC's early master tapes which they now have to get back off him to use in anniversary shows etc. What I most remember about him in his early northern days was the phenomenal spending power he had as a very young guy. His dad owned a big casino in Blackpool. He was the first guy I can remember that paid big big money for records. Guys like Les Cockell and Bernie Golding used to act as 'finders' and confidants for him too. The big story in early 70s was him hounding Dave Godin to sell him the Crow 'Autumn of Tomorrow'. He had this ambition to own every black american single ever and couldn't bear someone having a major sound he didn't own. I also know he used to drive through the night and camp outside Soul Bowl in a car waiting for John Anderson to wake up. A passionate guy and that's what divides opinion to this day. I loved the Mecca v Wigan feuds - partly becasue I was one of those 'sluts' that loved both - stompers like Little Joe Cook and 'funk' like Boby Franklin. It amused me how upset people got when he played things like Snoopy Dean and Run Nigger Run etc. Last saw Ian at his house in Ealing as ever he was surrounded by vinyl, by then mostly Hi Energy. Great character - we need more like him not less.

If anyone has an original mint or vg plus copy of Sam Ward's 'Sister Lee' can they pm me please? cheers Stuart