Colnago

To be honest I thought your question was what people thought of the returnees/born agains that pretend they’ve never been away etc bull shitting.

It’s not a problem, and I am cheerful, honest,😊 just merely responding to BabyBoys post which has some validity on the matter . Life is what you make of it .

Erm been going since 77 , sorry but it’s not has good as it used to be despite the numbers going up , in the last decade, it’s like the old t shirt said “ eat sh#t , 50 million flies can’t be wrong “ lol

Nothing against the young ones , it was likewise for me . Nothing against returnees either , just the bull shi#ters .

No anecdotes for you (as yet) only just read your post , when you say the ‘new lot’ do you mean new blood or the returnees / born agains who stayed away for 25-30 years telling folks they’ve never been away , personally it’s put me off over the last few years, and I don’t bother going anywhere,and I’m sure I’m not the only one ! I’ve only just joined this site and I’m not too sure why ??? Lol

Little Milton at colne r n b festival, class sam Moore at colne , yes he was/is getting on but bloody hell the power he still had was incredible.

Should give a member on here a shout out too , Eli Paper boy Reed . Thoroughly enjoyed his show , lays it all out on stage and well worth going to see .

Thanks chalky.

Re- lee fields , yes top quality, saw him at Leeds , superb performance up there with the best of them .

Reminds me of a tale of a dj who was playing aLeroy Hutson track and was asked about an album track request , “he’s done an album has he , didn’t know that “ was the reply , anyway he was left to do his spot educating the crowd , bless him . By the way this was recent !!

Yes I agree , seems to me he got his timing right in selling the big guns he had , enjoyed the proceeds ,no doubt the money will have made him secure , good on him , what a smashing fella he was . R.I.P John

Almost forgot , Betty lavette , Kim Weston , Frankie Gaye , one Thursday October night early mid nineties, king George’s Hall Blackburn , superb despite only a couple of hundred there , tut tut.

Ann Sexton at the Wilton, Bobby Patterson at Cala gran fleetwood , ditto Prince Philip Mitchell, Charles walker( little Charles) at a r ‘n’b event I attended .Also what about Edwin Starr , he never let you down and gave his all on stage , and hung around among the crowds afterwards.

I know Edwin Starr was 5th May 79 , I’ve a photo or two with the date written on , bloody hated having to look after the camera , never took a camera again, alas !

Did all the aforementioned artists perform at the all nighters ? I take it the original poster is asking this . I heard Betty Wright was one of the best , wouldn’t know myself was too young , just saw Edwin , shit hot , he’d just hit pay dirt with ‘ contact ‘ and was just releasing “happy radio” that intro when he was revving up on stage ! Might be a bit poppie but gives me a tingle anyway!!

Would you admit it ? 😄

“Can you play some tunes made in Wigan instead of this american stuff “ I kid you not!

WHEN WE GO OUT TO A NORTHER SOUL NIGHT, ITS FOR THE TUNES OF OUR YOUTH THE MEMORIES OF THE CLUBS WE WENT TO , AND THAT IS THE TRUTH BUT SOME DJ’S DONT SEEM TO KNOW, THAT IS WHAT NORTHERN SOUL IS ABOUT. “Not for me it isn’t”

Always find Ely paperboy reeds shows stimulating, and of course Steve g on solar , also derek p on Bradford radio,and ‘spectrum of soul’ on drystone radio with Dave longbottom for crossover , deep with a beat etc . Amongst others....

I know a guy who took his collection to a well known dealer to sell , the dealer said he’d give him 60% of the market value , trouble was the dealer didn’t give him the market values, the guy trusted him and at the time he wasn’t savvy with the internet and trusted the dealer 😳, thing is if he were making 40%why not be honest on the valuations. I don’t know if this is relevant to “why prices are rocketing “ but just thought I’d tell it so some potential sellers can beware of some shenanigans

Also, while Ernie Johnson cds are being discussed, may I recommend Ernie Johnson “in the mood “ cd Waldoxy , just for “ loves on the other line “ track alone is well worth a purchase, so much quality soul has been missed by such artists from dare I say the twilight of their careers.

Of course yes , then the old supply and demand scenario kicks in

Re “records getting rarer” my problem is if there is say 1000 copies of Jesse James “love affair “ kicking about in collections etc , to me it’s not rarer but yes there is less on the market but my take is that the genuinely “rare” records are just that , genuinely rare . So sounds like jj aren’t getting rarer as in they are becoming like white 🦏, just my take on it , and yes £150 for broadways is just another typical example !!