John Hart

Where,s the Bad ,Ugly,Warts n All , Exquisite ,Crazy ,Northern Soul . Cris Walker ,I Love You!!!!!!!!

Hi Chris ,Pm,d you LOL John.

Hi Mike , Motown and Northern Soul are indelibly ,Historically and eternally linked! The artists the producers ,the arrangers and of course those Funk Bros musicians are inspirational ! People as diverse as ,Ady Croasedale ,Dave Godin and RW, acknowledged the connection to the formation of the Northern Sound. Its easy to knock Berry Gordy jnr. but he started in 1959 with $500 and in 1988 sold the largest Black owned independent company for $88 million dollars from assembly line car worker to a current fortune of $350 million! Along the way he purchased Golden World to create DAF ,studio B,and also Stephanye, Maltese ,Impact lables using the production talents of NS legends Browner and Batemen etc ,etc,. Welcome on board Motown Man ,you are in the company of some of the Worlds finest Motown Experts ! { P.S. ,Talking of which ,Chalky ?.., Myself and some Spanish Motown /NS ,virgins Have booked for the February 2019 Benalmadena Weekender! Amongst the massive DJ Listing is one Chalky playing a Hitsville Set ,we look forward to enjoying, meeting and dancing to one of my S.S .Heroes Viva Karlos!!.LOL John Darrell Hart ,Malaga,Spain.

Hi Dave have PM,d you Sir ,Cheers John.

Thanks for Looking ,sorted at bargain 32 Pound plus Shipping ,to Malaga !! Stretford Ender SS Member ,Brill.

Looking for Clean copy, G, plus ,price to reflect ! Thanks for interest Pm please,LOL John.

Jay D ,{maybe Jay Z, was the Buyer}, Discogs ,March this year sold ,Low ,45 , Med 88, High 157 ,pounds , Popsike 2 years previous 100$ for a VG. If i can google that ,so can anybody . i have known some mega rich business people ,eg. Pete Waterman,and they could all split a penny , euro dollar ruple ,to get the "Real Deal"!.Also discogs is filtering out ,blocking Boots now so the originals problem is reduced, and JM sells unofficial releases, clearly stated ,of course . .

Good Condition copy ,G, please ,PM for details of my "Backstop" ? LOL.

Hi Dave , These so called popular/easy discs can be tricky to price on the market ! A near mint /mint-,means ,As good as it gets,virtually unplayed, Ex store stock!! Thats the Key ,Condition, stock copy 50 pound ,R/W Demo 100 {probably double that from Top dealers} Tmg 557 came out in April1st 1966,and did not sell ,only a hit when reissued tmg 668. Lots on Discogs ,Ebay ,but be careful one persons m- is anothers VG! Hope this Helps ,Cheers John, Malaga ,Spain.

My Partner dances Barefoot ,has done since the Wheel{Stone Floors} Casino {Sprung Maplewood} Queens Hall {Duckboards,OOh the splinters} Spain ,Portugal{Ceramic Tiles & Sand } Any more Sandy Shaws ,Zola Budds, ? Try it ,saves a fortune on Trainers !

Hi David P:M,d you Sailor.

Hi Stevi , Pm,d you . John.

Hi Frankie Crocker, Harsh Criticism ,I agree ,Villain wrong ,Architects of its lack of investment perhaps. Being an ex Wiganer I new the parties involved ! My post was focused on the loss of a great Building and social centre .In its NS heyday,the casino would have had a turnover of a million a year ,Russ Winstanley talks of 4 million plus visiting the venue in its heyday !!!. Perhaps some of that could have been put back into that " Crumbling Facade " { Tim Brown,s comment in his Excellent book Wigan Casino 73 to 81. Cheers ,John Hart.

Re Mannys ,Video , Now we Know what the guy is on when he writes those Delightful O.T.T. Record Reviews, A Cocktail of; Black Sheep Ale, Coke ,and 2 Cans of Petrol !

Hi Mark , Answering your follow on thread , ,Yes the Palais de dance was Mr Marshalls, 10/6 pence seems expensive ,but you got a Super Supper and The Olympics ,"Philly Dog" performed by Mrs Smallshaws Pupils ,Dance Troupe, would guess this to be mid late Sixties any clues on newspaper date? Sounds very " Grace Brothers ,Carry On " times ,Nostalgia Rules!! Wonderful ,Mark ! LOL john .

Mark ,Brilliant! Speed in the Empress Suite!. {the main dance floor } The Palaise Suite {Mr M,s of Course} featuring one Pete Conway ,father of Tunstalls finest ,Robbie Williams? In its heyday in the 50s and 60,s the biulding was a true leisure complex with Cafe {Beachcomber, and Billiard Hall } Google Empress Ballroom to see its true splendour ,sadly it became a sad shell under the auspices of Marshall ,Walker and Wigan Council members, the true villains of its sad demise ! Guess the advert would be around 71 ,due to arrival of decimal currency .The 50p for a night out equates to about 7 quid in todays money ,Cheers John,Malaga ,Spain.

Hi Pat, As a picture cover 45 Motown fanatic ,need support for those fragile P/Cs so acknowledging Mannys warnings changed to 250 g polythene Covers ! after 2 years no problema ,from my experience its all about conditions of storage, ; pack loosely , in ambient temp ,;damp , in the garage or attic is a killer, well ventilated room, I always handle with surgical rubber gloves , Cheers ,John .

Hi Si , In answer to your question about number of records played ,the esteemed promoter and DJ,Kev Roberts said on Dean Andersons T:N:T. radio show{ March 2018},, that things had not changed since his glory days at The Casino and true dancefloor fillers amounted to 50 /60 records !

Diana Ross& Supremes,& Temptations ,Portugal issue EP, TMEL 2013.

Hi Tom and Malcolm, Many thanks for your help ,very welcome , Cheers ,John.

Got a a project going and need to access any of those cheesey old jingles relating to Motown . Kev Roberts used to feature one on his Solar Radio Show { I no longer can access} Any ideas ,very Welcome . Thanks for your time ,Cheers John ,Malaga Province ,Spain. mmm

"The motown Sound : A Collection of 16 Original hits" ran to 8 UK, Tamla Motown{Far from All were actually Hits.} .The US series ran too 12 {the earlier ones ran to just 12 tracks and are different titles from UK. " Motown Chartbusters" UK did 12 {some in pretty coloured Vinyl },US about 6. Motown various Artists Comp,s are a minefield everything from " Hits Of Gold","Winners Circle"etc,etc,.Leased by everyone from ;Readers Digest ,Telstar, Ktel, All are all over Ebay, Discogs cheap as Chips .How about compiling a Discography Dodger? LOL John , Malaga ,Spain.

The fantastico Charlie Hatcher by a Million %!! D,Burdock like his Fizzy namesake is pure Pop !! Doni just exemplifies all that is bad in the obsession with the rarer version , the ChipTyler over Jerry Williams ,the Formulaya over O, jays ,"Act" and Lenny Blackburn over Doris ,s "Anything". No Contest.! LOL Johnny ,Espanol.

Sorted , Many thanks.

Joey , Can,t Beat a good Hallucination, I imagine Im a ,teenager again at every Soul Session I Attend ! To help your Thought process further,there is an Instrumental Version of J.W.I.M.S.,s by D.E.B.an Electro Trance band ,Google it .? ¨{ Other Motown Instros it could have been , Henry Jerome " Uptight",or Bill Cosby,s semi instro? "Law of The Land" Alfie Khan?} Perhaps we should stop this O.T .Rambling ? LOL John , Malaga Spain.