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I never saw him at Stafford.

Don't bother with the Detroit or Memphis ones ones by Cosgrove, either. Pointless, badly written rubbish.

I'm sorry but imho Mr Flood's Party is a f****** terrible record. Canadian rock band, weren't they?

Agree. A turgid, over-cooked read. Nothing I didn't know already and many inaccuracies. Poor.

All right mate. Haven't heard it played out myself for years... Is that ok? Blimey......!

I can't go through 18 pages but have we had this yet? Do we know anything about who Fluffy Falana was?

Back in the 80s when I used to hunt records fairly obsessively, finding out about the delta numbers was like a revelation. It's not that difficult really, you just need to have some awareness of when the first digit was used and when it went from 5 to 6 digits.

This is on a par with Caroline Sullivan. Fucking awesome:

This was definitely played quite a lot at one stage...

Does this ever get played these days? Chinese trappings and a mandolin solo!

Sounded like nothin' else at the time but worked so well. Still an all time fave.

Great, great record. Soul inflected rock really rather than soul. David Cassidy did a version which is also great,

Oh ffs! DJs have always done this. Where does this clueless idea about virtuous OVO playlists come from? Utter nonsense!

Can I put in an order then? I'll take 100..

Agree. Very hard to track down too, I seem to remember.

Had the green one off the stall outside Cheapos in Soho in the mid-80s. Assume it was a real one given other things I picked up there at the time. I think they got them off Soul Bowl) Didn't really know what was what in those days tho, and always assumed such things would always be easily available for a few quid. Think it got left in a dodgy flat we had to vacate quickly, or something...

Edwin Starr, obviously. Doni Burdick sounds a bit weak heard through this medium but I'm sure it sounded better cranked up through a primitive sound system in an atmospheric dancehall. Or maybe it was the drugs? Lol!

Hi folks, selling the following: Some great but lesser[known items here so some YouTube clips added (the ones on YT aren't my copies of the records). Exits - 'Under the Street Lamp' / 'You Got to Have Money' GEMINI. VG+ (Plays better. surface marks but nothing serious or affecting play, WOL). All time great double sider: £95 The Nu Page- ‘A Heart is a House’ Mowest. NM. Awesome semi-known 70s / crossover. This side only on hard to find issue. £80 Two Tons of Love - ‘What Good Am I Without You’. Paramount issue. EX. Incredible, midtempo latino soul killer £150 (clip is not my copy, mine is the rarer grey issue) The Fantastic Puzzles –‘Come Back’ Pye (Portugal). EX £60 (pic cover) Gloria Taylor “Had It All the Time’ / ‘What’s Your World’ Selector Sound VG++ / EX £75 Madeline Bell ‘Picture Me Gone’ UK Philips EX £35 UK. This is the OVO way to own this record. British recording - US release was licensed from this. Ernie Garrett ‘Small Town Bring Down’ / ‘Who Who Song’ Barclay (Spain) Pic cover with small writing. NM. Spanish only release of this great French-recorded version of Tony Bruno recorded by Europe-based US singer. Other side is a creditable version of the Jackie Wilson classic. £35 John Edwards / Loleatta Holloway ‘Ain’t that Good Enough’ / ‘This Man’s Arms’ Kent 100 Club 16th Anniversary. VG++ (minor surface marks) SOLD Looking for quick sales on these, so priced to sell but sensible offers considered. PM to buy (payment within 24 hours via PayPal). Add £4 postage UK. Overseas, please enquire. Thanks for looking!

It was never a *'youth'* culture. It's our culture that we created when we were young. It remains ours forever.

Never knew this but the Roulette is obvs a remix or even a different take (backing vocals absent on the P&P which also sounds slower). Was it played at Blackpool Mecca? I think I have read or been told it was well-known in underground clubs in New York, etc as a new release (a lot of the 70s records we like were picked up by or even aimed at, the US gay disco scene). I remember it first really taking off in the late 80s on the London modern/northern soul scene. Pretty sure it was an Ian Clark record. Long, long time ago but fairly sure it was the Roulette one that was played but knowing Ian, I wouldn't be surprised if he played the P&P and the Roulette (which was about £10 -£20 back then) was the one we all bought!

Utterly brilliant record - Knocks the quite dreadful 60s rarities and new discoveries of today into a cocked hat! So good. Just grows and grows on you.

What about this? 'Sleeve only'! Lol! Be worth at least another couple of quid if it had the record in it!🤣 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MEGA-RARE-6-SUPERB-NORTHERN-SOUL-DJ-AUTOGRAPHS-WIGAN-TORCH-MR-MS-SLEEVE-ONLY/173313712982?hash=item285a4d6356:g:6qgAAOSwft9avNHn

I always remember rumours that the white demo of this was a boot. One of them is it?/isn't it? debates that went on. Did that ever get resolved?

Wow! The US was waaaay ahead then. We didn't even get a list! (..Thinking back about the provincial UK record shops of my youth in the 70s, they were usually staffed by Charles Shaar Murray / Mick Farren lookalikes who would just sneer at some kid coming in asking for things they'd never heard of. Lol! No wonder those shops all went out of business!)