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Hi Mike Are there more to follow?

Rosco Gordon - You Got My Bait - Jomada Mint £50 - SOLD Buddy Lucas - Bo-Lee - Luniverse Ex- £45 - ON HOLD

Here's 5 more New Breed R&B records for sale: P&p extra. PayPal acceptable but as a Gift. Otherwise, a good old fashioned cheque will do instead. Tippie & The Clovers - Bossa Nova Baby - Tiger Mint £40 Rosco Gordon - You Got My Bait - Jomada Mint £50 Buddy Lucas - Bo-Lee - Luniverse Ex- £45 Chico Leverett - Work Work - Bethlehem Ex+ £80 Johnny Nash - Ol Man River - US Warner Brothers Looks Mint but would grade at Ex++ £60 PM me to reserve.

A touching tribute, written from the heart. I'll be giving my copy of 'I'm In Your Hands' a spin when I get home, in memory of a great Soul singer. RIP Mary Love.

RIP Bobby 'The Man' Bland. You will be sorely missed. Your legacy to the world is and has always been your music, which will live on forever in all of us.

Great detective work lads, I'm impressed.

This was being played back in the 70s. Picked up my Demo copy by chance when I was on holiday in Jersey. Used to be a brilliant record shop there back then. Forgotten the name of the place. Does anybody else remember it?

Or will they keep quiet and make some financial gain from it?

Yep

Can anybody tell me who Bobby Guy is also known as?

I agree

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Nicely put. It was only when Pat Costigan & Stan Evans instigated the re-opening of the Sink did a Soul venue in Liverpool attract visitors from outside of Merseyside. But during those short few years that it remained open, it attracted visitors from all over the country. And not to come and listen to 'Northern Soul', but proper, early Soul and R&B.

Memories of what kind of music was played, in any given city or town, are obviously based on which clubs you chose to go to. And having said that, I can now see what you were trying to get at earlier. So, as you say, let's call it quits. BUT, not on any suggestions from others that Liverpool was devoid of Soul. Plus, isn't Funk just another branch of Soul music? Anyhow, good chatting with you Barry, hope to bump into you sometime. Dennis.

Barry, I’ve NEVER said that Liverpool was a “soul hotbed”, just that it wasn’t devoid of Soul, as was being suggested. And how does “I don't remember going to any Funk clubs” translate into me talking twaddle? I think we’d best call it a day, cos this is getting a bit like a table tennis match of innuendos. And like I said at the start, I don’t want to get into any arguments, it’s not worth it.

Seem to remember one next door to Liverpool Lime Street but never went. Not sure how long it lasted, or whether it was just a one-off. Anybody else remember that one? I THINK Ian Levine was involved in some way??? Nick Cowin, yet another old pal of mine. Used to knock around with me and Frank Jackson. In fact we did the odd Radio show with Terry Lenaine. Nick was a lecturer at the Liverpool Blue Coat School up the road from Picton Clock in Wavertree. After a few slurps of Draught Bass and the odd Pub Quiz at the Coffee House pub, we'd pop back to the school and raid the kitchen for our supper. He's retired now. Haven't seen him for years. He was a great ambassador of Soul music and turned a few of his pupils onto the music over the years. Nice bloke. That's Birkenhead, not Birkinhead.

Christ knows, I don't remember going to any Funk clubs. Well, not on purpose. And if I did, they weren't necessarily known as Funk clubs but no doubt played a bit. My memory is not as good or as specific as yours, perhaps it's cos I'm older?

That's Scousers, not scoucers. I got into Northern whilst living in Liverpool and I still live on Merseyside. Went to nearly every nighter going, if only the once to see what it was like, but mostly all the usual haunts.

I used to get dragged around a few of them back in the early 70s by Dave Stubbs I think?

That's right. There used to be a cracker on the edge of Toxteth, on or just off Upper Parliament Street.

Plus, many of the ships docking in Liverpool used thousands upon thousands of old American & Jamaican imports as ballast. I've since found out that certain clued up collectors used to buy up box loads off the ships crew for buttons. Wish I'd known. Mind you, I wouldn't have had the money in those days.

A bit!!! He was bringing over live American Soul acts at the same time as the Twisted Wheel and others. Great Soul club. Another old pal of mine, mostly when he was selling me records.

There were Funk clubs in all major cities during those times, doesn't make Liverpool any more a "funk influenced" city than any others, it was generally a sign of the times.

Yes, that included myself and Frank Jackson. There were a few others that I can't remember? Brian Flynn? was another. Mainly consisted of collectors, each taking a small box and DJing on an ad-hoc basis throughout the night.