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Pikey and Steve. None of them Im afraid. Another three suggestions somebody. ROD

OK tidy up! No to "Make sure" so nowt left again. P or TSU with 3 suggestions? I do get the feeling this is impossible. There's only a handful on here and we can't agree. ROD

SOS and Tainted Love already suggested and gone, sorry. From last three posts only Frankie Beverly remains. P you wanna add a couple of suggestions? ROD

No to first two so just Jackie Wilson I've lost you And add a couple to replace your first two Dells Run for cover Frankie Beverly If that's what... Think NZ said boots or re-issues do count. ROD

Im sure you know that by 1970 Curtis had lost all credibility by replacing the original Impressions with Martin Peters,Martin Chivers and Alan Mullery. You might consider that spurious but I..... ROD

OK so none in running again. Do you want to put forward three titles Mark? ROD

Maybe. But just to avoid any confusion and in the absence of NZ let's go with JJ Barnes Please let me in JJ Barnes Real Humdinger Laura Lee To win your heart

I think Im right in saying that grading has always been on the basis of what it looks like. And whilst you're right that you can get visually Mint 45s that have a fault or poor sound quality it's often down to the actual pressing and it's not that common and maybe limited to the odd independent. You can grade both audio and visual but for a collectible 45 solely grading on audio, especially without a picture, is a no-no. Had Roger been selling that 45 I think most collectors would have sent it straight back had they bought it based on sound alone. ROD

I think it would make an interesting thread as to why some people don't have these records in their collection. ROD

Of course but remember it's not only us educated intelligent Northeners who are playing this game. ROD

A favourite of the wife actually but whilst Im here it wont pass the doorstep so Im sorry but that's out. Still Bobby and Tony then. ROD

Simon S used to have these. Were they bootlegs or did he find a load? ROD

That's already discounted Gareth. Mark b and Trevski don't appear to have any of those earlier listed. So we need a new title. Bobby Hebb Love love love? Tony Clarke Landslide?

In the bin!! ROD

Showstoppers - Houseparty Contours - Misunderstanding You're doing it right P. So just these two in the running for now until someone comes on and does not have a copy ROD

Im afraid you can forget modern or 70's as containing the common denominator as I for one have only a handful and Ace Spectrum isn't amongst them. ROD

Again not Northern really [so you wouldn't expect a NS fan to have it] and more suited to it's place on the album. Even then there are better tracks like "We are the people darker..." and "The makings of you". ROD

"Move on up" Sorry no. Bobbins!! ROD

I think you've got the wrong idea here. Im assuming we have to say which 45s we HAVEN'T got to eliminate them from the running. What's 00Soul then. TMG I guess? ROD

I know that Sean but if you're coming from Northern angle then "..Heard.." is not Northern so unlikely to have it. And we are trying to arrive at a 45 everybody owns. I have the two you mentioned but then I collect Motown but you're right they're not Northern either. And just to pre-empt you as to why I don't have Marvin if I collect Motown I did buy it at the time but when I got to hear the back catalogue I just thought it wasn't a very good 45 as representative of the Motown sound. A bit pedestrian really. I still don't know where we're up to!! ROD

Im guessing most come to this forum via Northern so why on earth would anyone have that 45? It's a good game but I think NZ needs to exercise a bit more control so not too many titles are put forward at once as it gets confusing. Where are we up to now. Which 45s are still in the running? ROD

I read that as tongue-in-cheek. A couple of smilies and it's not offensive at all. ROD

Nowt by Rufus Thomas. How about Artistics "Im gonna miss you"

I'll listen to em both together tomorrow but just checked and Profs is 2.35 and Mancha 2.37. No idea how accurate those timings are but if so suggests different somehow. ROD

Rowntrees Sound was a pub/club on Corporation St just down from Marks&Sparks going toward Ralphs and Victoria Station. Don't know if it was actually a soul club but a lot of guys used to hang around there on a Saturday afternoon. As for Al Devine Im guessing he was an old mod and deffo not a guy getting on the early bandwagon. He probably was one of those who got that bandwagon rolling!! ROD