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Thanks for that so there are still lots of people that enjoy the genre Still a rich vein to be tapped into regarding djs spins I feel.

for example he dropped this in his set at Leeds I had no idea what it was but it sounded so good loud Never heard anything about this record since I did obviously secure my copy and have enjoyed listening to it but this is why I went out in the 80s and 90s to hear people with great taste play great records that I didn’t know fair play to Guy he hasn’t changed one bit maybe the appetite on the soul scene for new things generally has changed? let’s be honest if he had played this record at Stafford it would be fetching hundreds of pounds by now and it would be a tune that everyone would know

Another nice track off that lp which is soulful i bought my copy from Craig Moerer probably 20 years ago it’s a great lp , one of those lps you can play right through both sides without picking up the stylus Look forward

Is this the tune you meant? 😂,probably a bit to funky and Latin for most on this site the lp as far as I can see was Harvey Avernes last lp Really good lp

Great boogaloo madness on a soul classic really hard to get on a 45 Released on the live it up lp but 2 releases if this lp One on musicor which has this single version on it and one on atol which has a different version with no vocals on it definitely a great dancer that has been forgotten since the 80s mod times

great soulful boogaloo dancer Sounds amazing really loud but as outlined , it’s a soul scene not a boogaloo scene Use it before you loose it 😂

Another super soulful thing that is really rare on 45 the original lp is also a difficult thing to find but this 45 is included on it Just a great soulful boogaloo needs playing

This is really rare on the original 45 But turns up more often via the original lp soulful and funky should be played 😂

I saw Guy djing in Leeds a few years ago at Rich Buckleys night his set was fantastic, full of fantastic under the radar tunes he has his own way of doing it and his great taste in music is what comes over he just does his own thing doesn't he. is he still out and about playing records? He had not changed a bit since the 80s whatsoever great obscure things being played by someone with great taste

Yes boogaloo had a really short lifespan in the USA didn’t it , probably no more than 3 years from Joe cubas bang bang million seller? then things moved on to salsa Latin seemed to have zero influence in the uk at the time I have all the uk fania los George Guzman introducing Joe bataan riot Ralph Robles taking over ray barretto acid I have a uk mercury release of Louie Ramirez taste of Spanish Harlem which I stumbled on, I didn’t even know it was released in the uk so Pete terrace on pye and hector rivera on polydor ray baretto x2 on Columbia and one on London A couple of releases by Mongo Santamaria on direction and cbs the Joe Cuba on pye as you mentioned I can’t think of any other Latin uk releases That’s a small footprint of uk releases inst it

Another interesting thing is the boogaloo 45s that are popular on the northern soul scene now were mostly first played and became popular over the late 80s and 90s aside from pow wow which became popular early 2000s just an observation interesting as to why this would be?

When I reference lp scene I am talking about the output in the 60s so the Latin scene in the 60s seems to me was lp driven most Latin musicians would include on their lps many different Latin styles including usually a boogaloo or two I think mostly boogaloo 7 inches were aimed for promotion at the time as nine times out of ten you will always find the lp has the single on it I agree the soul scene is the soul scene, not the boogaloo scene I just find it interesting that the soul scene sort of accepted a number of things massively but didn’t expand on the genre but as you say, it’s the soul scene , not the boogaloo scene

I just find it odd that it’s a small selection of boogaloo things that have gained popularity hector rivera chance for romance bobby Valentin use it before you loose it harvey averne never learned to dance manny corchado pow wow Tony Middleton Spanish maiden yes there are others that may get a play now and then, Subway Joe, Hey Sister, heads head , already satisfied, true love etc the genre has so many good soulful tunes, yes often on long players but it’s interesting to me why only a handful of boogaloo tunes sort of made it massive on the soul scene and then that’s the end of it

So I am wondering why the soul scene sort of has a handful of boogaloo acceptable big sounds but seems to ignore the genre as a whole just wondering

Any boogaloo fans still going ?

I have collected boogaloo records since I first heard soul drummers and Joe bataan gypsey woman when I was 16 Why are there only a couple of popular tracks like Hector Rivera and Bobby Valentin , Tony Middleton etc that have sort of broke All the boogaloos are on the lps it was a lp scene not a 45 rpm scene Just a point of view

I haven’t the answers I just love collecting things I like I’m from a mod point of view to me if I like it, it’s Mod I won’t stop collecting records , I collect Jamaican 60s and also boogaloo things, along with soul and rnb but also British mod and soul things Everything I like is mod and if it isn’t mod if I like it becomes mod I couldn’t give a shit bury me a mod

Or alternatively you can buy couple of 3000 watt DAS audio speakers and put them in the house in your record room 😂 this set up ensures ear blowing sounds in the comfort of your record room 👍 What’s not to like !!!!

Thanks Chalky haven’t been on the scene properly / regularly since the 90s Apart from odd thing here and there. Just get my fix from collecting so expect the odd daft question from me now and again 😂

Is it getting popular and played again tho Chalky ? Hence £480 on JM this week ? Imagined it was one of those tunes that had been mostly forgotten since the 80s / 90s I don’t go out to events anymore, thats why I was enquiring . I think I only paid about 75 quid for my copy, probably 10 years ago. off craig Moerer. i deffo first heard it a 100 club , and from a tape swap with Alan Handscome around the same early 90s

that’s where I first heard it early late 80s 90s used to be there regular at the time as I lived in Colliers Wood / Mitchum I know the meaning was played more at the time as far as I remember

Rose St John , fools don’t laugh Fantastic record, sort of reminds me of Monique never let me go and Nothing in this world by Dottie and Millie I’m guessing this has started to get played at events ? was always my fav side of this 45

Love the flip of Linda Lewis

Linda Lewis - you turned my bitter into sweet . Polydor

It also came out on uk island lp same version as uk single