Baz Atkinson

FLIP IS BRILL ALSO JOAN [MAYBE ONE FOR SOUL OR NOTHING] BAZ A.

first one to play as far as i can remember also TRUE IMAGE,MILTON PARKER [WARM UP TO RARE OF RARE AT MANCHESTER YEARS AGO] UNIQUE BLEND -MANY MORE AS WELL .

LOTS HAVE SHORT MEMORIES CANT REMEMBER ANY OF THESE DJS DISCOVERING THE LIKES OF THE JUST BROTHERS -GO ON AND LAUGH,MASQUERADERS ,THE AWESOME JESSE JAMES ,BARONS OF SOUL,THE LIST IS ENDLESS .

BUTCH THE REST ARE PLAYING CATCH UP! AND HAVE BEEN FOR 25 YEARS. ANDY DYSON CLOSE SECOND. THEN SAM FOR DURABILITY AND PURE CLASS.

YES ABSOLUTELY AND IN MY VIEW AS A COLLECTOR FIRST AND FOREMOST ABOUT TIME.RECENT BARGAINS INCLUDE LOVE LOOKS GOOD ON YOU -THE PEPS FOR £16 EBAY,SAM DEES SOUL SISTER -LOLO £5 AND THE BRILLIANT BERNIE MOORE TRACK ON SDI FOR £10 ,IVE NOTICED WHEN SELLING BIGGER ITEMS ON EBAY THAT THE MARKET HAS PETERED OUT. AS FOR THE BIGGER DEALERS THEN THE MARKET WILL LEVEL AND THE PUNTER WILLCATCH ON.

BLOODY GREAT LOGO SOME OF MY FAVS FROM MY COLLECTION ARE THE INTERTAINS-I NEED YOUR LOVE ALSO I SEE THE LIGHT AND THE BRILLIANT AMBASSADORS BEAR WITH ME.LOVE ALSO TOMMY MOSELY I CRIED LOVE DIED AND THERES A GREAT LESSER KNOWN ONE BY BJ AND THE ECHOES CALLED ITS GONNA RAIN OUTSIDE. THE INTERTAINS -GOTTA FIND A GIRL BRILLIANT MID TEMPO TUNE. JUST A FEW I LIKE.THERES LOADS MORE.

HI JOAN HOPE YOUR WELL ,JUST PLAYED THE FLIP OF IVE GOT TO FIND A WAY CALLED DONT LEAVE ME ITS BLOODY BRILLIANT ,WHAT A TRACK.WHILE I WAS IN THE VAULTS JOAN PLAYED THE BLOODY AWESOME DONT BLOCK THE ROAD,NOW THERES ONE FOR THE TRUE SOUL FAN ON MALA.FORGOT HOW NICE THAT MID TEMPO GROOVE IS TOO BUSY PUMPING IRON AND DIGGING OUT 100MPH NORTHERN SOUL RECORDS FOR THE SON ANIVERSARY ! FOUND SOME LEG SHACKLES FOR A CERTAIN KEV J . SEE YOU SOON JOAN ,PS ALSO PLAYED THE BRILLIANT FAITH MELVIN DAVIES ,FEW MEMORIES IN THAT ONE ALSO.

Same style I know mymate Paul Sadot plays sailboat ,and I got the other track on a recommend from Andy Dyson bloody brilliant so so soulful.

GREAT TRACK SO IS SAILBOAT AND IVE GOT TO FIND AWAY,ANY LABEL INFO ON MODO ANYONE.

SPUN BY PAT BRADY IN THE EARLY EIGHTIES,GREAT TUNE AND GREAT LITTLE DETROIT LOGO! ALWYS BIG FAV IN THE NORTH EAST.

What trades your after?Let me know. BAZ ATKINSON.

TOP TUNE LOVE YOU AND ME BY SAME OUTFIT,ITS FETCHING A FEW QUID ON EBAY NOW,ID PUT IT AT £50.

think i have a spare one ill check when get the time.Il pm you. Baz Atkinson. ps one of the definitive logos [knocks spots of most]fav tune hal hardy tears of joy,and pat lundy one woman.

YOU GOTMY SUPPORT PAUL,SEE YOU AT NEXT SOUL OR NOTHING. BAZ ATKINSON NORTH EAST.

GOT MOST OF THEIR OTHER STUFF ON ENJOY ETC,BUT THIS ONE HAS SLIPPED THROUGH THE NET TILL I BOUGHT IT BLIND LAST NIGHT ON E BAY.I PRESUME ITS GOOD AS THEIR OUTPUT IS FANTASTIC.ANYONE GOT ANY INFO ON THE LABEL ETC. CHEERS BAZ ATKINSON.

I THINK THE MUSIC IS BETTER NOW WITH OBVIOUSLY MORE KNOWLEDGE OUT THERE! THE MUSIC HAS WENT FULL TILT AND GOT ALOT QUICKER WHICH IS TOTTALY IRONIC BECAUSE WHEN WE WERE ALL YOUNGER IN THE EARLY STAFFORD DAYS THE MUSIC WAS MID TEMPO,NOW MUST OF THE BETTER DOS PLAY 100MPH STUFF. THATS NORTHERN SOUL ,NO LOGIC!

THIS WAS A FAB NIGHT WENT WITH PETE FINN WHO OCCASIONALLY DJED AT STAFFORD,INFACT THE NORTH EAST WAS WELL REPRESENTED THAT NIGHT.LAURA LEE BLEW THE ROOF OFF AND WAS AWESOME ,WOULD OF LOVED TO SEE HER DO SOME OF HER DEEPER STUFF LIKE CRUMBS OF THE TABLE ETC. ONE FOR THE MEMORY BANK DEFINETLY.

PERSIANS-TOO MUCH PRIDE-ABC CANDI STATON-YOU DONT WANT ME NO MORE-FAME HERSEY TAYLOR-LET ME MAKE YOU HAPPY-FUTURE STARS PEGGY SCOTT-CANT GET SOMETHING FOR NOTHING -SST. MARVELLOS-IM WITHOUT A GIRL-ABC. WILSON PICKETT-TOUCH MY HEART-ATLANTIC TRENDS-CHECK MY TEARS-ABC OLLIE NIGHTINGALE-YOUR LEAVINGME-STAX IKE NOBLE-YOUR LOVE -CONNIWOL ORIGINALS-GAME CALLED LOVE-SUL THESE ARE A FEW OF MY FAVS LET ME KNOW IF YOU WANT MORE CAN GET THSE FOR BETWEEN £10-20.

JUST REMEMBERED A FEW MORE,DOWNSTAIRS RECORDS NEW YORK 1992 WENT IN HAD A BIT OF A CHAT WITH THE OWNER GOT A FEW NICE BITS AND PIECES BUT SAME OLD STORY MOST OF THE BIGGER STUFF IN UK,FELT GOOD ABOUT MYSELF SO CELEBRATED WITHA BIG MAC JUST ROUND THE CORNER,ONE OF THE FEW IN NEW YORK WHERE YOUCOULD EAT OUTSIDE,JUST REMEBERED THAT I HAD LEFT MY SAUCE INSIDE SO WENT IN AS I WALKED BACK OUTSIDE A TRAMP WITH A TROLLEY NICKED MYLARGE FRIES I WAS FUMING SO GIVE HIM CHASE AND AS I TRIED TO CATCH HIM ROLLED OVER! GOT SOME GOOD LEADS IN BUFFALO NJ SAME YEAR SO HIRED A QUIDE [iNFACT A DISTANT COUSIN]FROM CHIPAWA A SMALL TOWN ON THE CANADIAN SIDE OF THE FALLS ,HE PULLED UP VERY EARLY MOURNING STICKING OF LAGER ,WE TRIED TO GET OVER THE BORDER BUT HE WAS TURNED BACK,THE SAME MAN AT THE AMERICAN SIDE OF THE FALLS TOOK MY PASSPORT AND ASKED IF I HAD HAD DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY I THINK HE WAS NEW TOHIS JOB[WE BOTH FELLOVER PISSING OURSELVES LAUGHING] SURE THERE IS A FEW MORE IN THE MEMORY TANK.

ITS A GREAT TRACK GOT A LOT OF SPINS AT THORN ALONG WITH OTHERS FROM THIS AWESOME LOGO CHECK OUT. MEVIN DAVIS -YOUMADE ME OVER- BARRINO BROTHERS-WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED TYRONE EDWARDS-CANT GET ENOUGH [MYFAV] HOLLAND AND DOZIER-DONT LEAVE ME STARVING BARRINO BROTHERS-WHEN LOVE WAS A CHILD POINT TO NOTE THAT HOWARD PRIESTLY WROTE A CRACKING BOOK ABOUT HOLLAND AND DOZIER THINK IT WAS CALLED THE HOLLAND AND DOZIER YEARS? THERES SOME GREAT FUNK ON THE LOGO ALSO BY NEW YORK PORT AUTHORITY,ETC. PS THE FREDA PAYNE DEEP TRACKS ARE BRILL ALSO. [PEOPLE WAKE UP THERE MORE TO SOUL THAN 1000 QUID RECORDS!

OC TALBOT-MEMORIES -NEW DAY[ THANKS AL CONEY] ACT 1 -BETTER MAN THAN I-CUB ALCON SHADES-ALL IS FORGIVEN-BLUE ROCK RONNIE AND THE MANHATTANS-COME ON BACK-ENJOY SPRINGERS-WHAT YOUR GONNA DO-JAMIE GUYDUN TEST PRESS. JIVE FIVE -IF I HAD A CHANCE TO LOVE YOU -DECCA JOHHNY ROBINSON-CANT TAKE NO MORE-OKEH PROMO [FLIP TOGONE BUT NOT] CURLY MOORE -DONT PITY ME -SANSU PROMO [FLIP YOU DONTMEAN] FAB APPOLLOS -DETERMINATION-VALTONE KENNY HAMPER-ANYTHING YOU WANT-ARCTIC[NEVER SICK OF THIS] REV OC TALBOT -YOU GOT A HOLD ON ME-ROYLAT BUTCH AND THE NEWPORTS -ONLY A MAN-BLACK ROCK. DELLS -SHOW ME-CADET LOU BOND -YOU SHOOK ME UP-BRAINSTROM.

NICE SOUNDS JOHN ALSO LOVE GOT TO GET ON BY JOHNNY MAE MATHNEWS,AND THE COMBINATIONS WHAT YOUR GONNA DO.LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING YOU AT SOUL OR NOTHING . BAZ ATKINSON.

BARONS OF SOUL-YOU NEED LOVE-UNISSUED JESSE JAMES -LOVE IS ALRIGHT-UNISSUED [uNTIL BOOTED] JUST BROTHERS -JUST GO ON AND LAUGH-COVER UP. MASQUERADERS CURRENT COVER UP [bUTCH] MAC STATON AND NOMADS-THERE SHE GOES-PROBE TURBINES-GOT TO START OVER-CENCO JAMES LATELY -LOVE FRIENDS AND MONEY-TEMPLE[ALLTIME BEST] COULD GOON ALL NIGHT. ALSOJOE MATHNEWS ON KOOLCAT [bOTH SIDES].