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UP153 Debbie Taylor - Don't Mess With My Baby / Stop UP159 Hesitations - Yes I'm Ready / That's no way to treat a girl UP193 Persians - Detour / I Can't Make It Anymore ...and an Al Hirt 45 that is currently 'filed' in my lock up rather than on the shelves...can dig it out if you wish? All are on luverly green GWP labels and have fab pic sleeves with song lyrics...ideal for karaoke! Acetates...I think you put them Next to the Jesse Davis CDR

Don't forget that there are two variants for this one folks...different mixes! Mossy, you're first in line should I turn up another R.Rand!

A cracking tune for sure...will appeal to folk liking their uptempo dance tracks to have a slight Latin flavour to 'em! Back in the 80's I used to put this on tapes as 'Sammy Ambrose' or was it 'David Coleman'...you get the picture! Anyhow, this is the same Dean Jones who appeared in Disney movies...played the lead in the Herbie movies...after the car itself, of course! He also had an album on Valiant with the flipside being the album title...can't recall if 'Women' is on the album, sorry. Love it...worth £80 for sure imo...loadsa potential!

Middle Of the Road...a Music Industr term...on the verge being Easy Listening...not leaning towards a specific genre...safe!

Oh! Lordy, I suddenly feel old!

There were a few vinyl albums in the mid-80's released on Charly and licensed direct from Major Bill Smith. Agree that a CD or two (or three!) would be an interesting project, as like Ian says there are so many alternate takes of this and that..a discographers nightmare! Here's a scan of rather nice 1st issue of the Sons of Moses classic stomping piano-driven instrumental...awesome played loud:

Also worth noting that, 'Wait', used to feature on the tape-swappers circuit back in the mid-80's, when big midetempo tracks were in favour.

I defo flogged two copies last year...maybe one per year for a few years prior to that too come to think of it (have notes of selling copies in 2005 and 2007 for sure) I think Prophonics had one for sale on here within the last six months...may still have it...worth PM'ing him A pretty enough tune that's maybe not well known to the masses as it isn't 4x4 Northern...but certainly well known to any collector worth their salt imo Here's a few scans from my sales pages...plus a Romey Rand

Kinda agree with Tony...certainly not a £500 disc. The last two copies I had for sale took a long time to move...very little interest... eventually went for £150 and £125. There's a bunch of Lee Rogers on my sales pages at the moment...with their varying design labels. And let us not forget the Devotional series.

Four 45's were issued on GWP in Japan...sadly one of them was Al Hirt. Oh! The joys of label collecting!

Did I tell you I also have her singing this one in Japanese!?! (There is a clip on Youtube somewhere.)

Most of these saw the light of day in Japan too...nice looking 7" tri-center Cameo labels with pic covers...some 10" mini-LPs too (rare). Not found any of his Northern recordings yet, mind...can only live in hope.

Oh! Those pesky mysterious shelves in Japan!

Respect all round Out of interest, would y'all consider Don Varner's 'Sweetest story' to be Northern? (By the way, I know you may be interested to learn that I found a third label variant to that one recently...a WD with the logo (East Coast)...to go alongside the Mid-West press WD with no logo (italic font Quinvy) and the West Coast styrene grey label with logo demo. Full house!). Of course the best thing is Jocko can now buy Sean's spare Tower 45!

You got me worried...better go and play 'Something wonderful' again...I'm back and suprised, as to my ears it is defo what I would consider to be Northern Soul...and totally scene-playable!? It is awesome danceable Soul...powerful production and performance...stunning brasswork throughout including a instrumental break...spot-on vocal and a decent enough lyric. Agreed it is not a 'Tear stained face' soundalike as it hasn't got dreadful sceaching backing vocals (never really got on with them!), but c'mon it has the Northernsoul-o-meter needles peaking quite nicely in the positive...surely?!

Here's a rather nice Canadian copy of Bill Brandon...the flipside is awesome Northern (same as the Tower flip). Gotta be rare?!

There's a list and some chat about the label here >>> Mir-A-Don <<<

Shellack with matrix CO50758 machine stamped in...label states the cat#7026...so probably US?

Chuffing excellent, Des...as did the Stokes 'Fortune teller'! Even a 'live' recording would be appreciated!

Nice one...thanks for sharing.

I have a copy of the 78rpm on Okeh...dead rare but belongs more in a frame on a wall rather than in the DJ box?! Surely collectable being the oldest recorded 'Northern' scene spin with a 'Northern' sound? I may be tempted to part with it.

On checking back, I played the instrumental at the Dome mid-way through 2001...you sure you didn't buy that copy from me, Jerry? Shame there are no WD's otherwise I may have kept one...same goes for Richard Anthony (anyone got a recording of the instrumental of 'No good', by the way?!)

It is pants...ignore it mate. Pops up over here fairly regularly.

Here's the other label colour a kinda washed out pink. Had this within my sales pages in April this year...gone now...let it go for less than £75 within a deal on a few discs.

Love that one!