Happy Feet

Hi Rick , it could only be Esther Philps or Pinky & Perky , vocally sounds bloody awful sped up , but a decent backing track .( I meant to say or Esther Philips on a bad day )

Earlier on in the year spring / April time , we where on our way out and there was a quite a noise coming from the neighbours, we bumped into a friend walking her dog a long the lane , & she also could hear the noise asking was anybody flying a drone , we all looked up and in the neighbours very tall Ash tree, which overhangs our back garden was a swarm of Hornet's attacking a Bee's nest , the volume was amazing . Our friend legged it with her dog , the neighbours who by now had cottoned on what is was , asked shall we phone the council ( she asked the same question when the embankment on the SVR was alight ) I told her to go in shut all the windows, and we jumped in the car & continued on our shopping trip . Pleased to say when we got home 3hrs later it was eerily quite , but thankfully all over . They do look even bigger in the evenings when they're head butting the bay window , or when they fly into the house on occasion scary buggers , close up .

Living in the Wyre forest I've noticed the number of Hornets have trebled in numbers , and have witnessed first hand their hatred of wasps , let alone bees , they literally grab them roll them over on their backs and decapitate them , then onto the next , and the noise they make is quite frightening . The wasps work very hard in the pre-spring pollinating the Ivy , which then grow berries which a lot of the wild birds depend on especially the Wood Pigeons , so no wasps no Ivy berries etc etc . Sparrows , Blue , Long tail , Coal , Great & Blue tits , Robins , Blackbirds , Cuckoo , Collar Dove , Wood Pigeons, Magpies , Wood Peckers all types, All types of Finches , Wrens , Kestrels , Peregrines, Buzzards , Sparrow Hawks ,Crows & variants and this year ( We've been here 10 yrs.) our 1st Red Kite , we do get various types of waders on the Severn , Geese , ducks , Swans & Seabirds , kingfishers being so close to Trimperley Resovoir, and insects , bats etc seem ok too . Maybe being out in the sticks we've yet to see the changes , but now I'll take more notice , but there is a lot of birds , Magpies for instance which take a lot of young birds , Kestrels live on Voles , Sparrowhawk's, and the Migrating birds suffer too from having to fly over places like Lebanon & Italy , it's not just the weather.

Glad to hear your back at home and getting better Big Man , All the best Mark , Dave & Joolz x

About 6rs ago a neighbour who never mentioned what kind of music he was into , was selling his property to move into a rest home nearer to his family in Tamworth. At the time he , like us was living in Bewdley. I was building a new house for his neighbours,who had volunteered to assist him in clearing his house ready for selling . Anyway at no time music had ever been mentioned and so Derek moved to Tamworth and the 2 ladies emptied the house for him and the house went on the market . They in the meantime where renting a house, very close and used to pop in every day to see what progress we had made . During one of these visits I was listening to some Northern via my DeWalt radio which has a socket that you can plug in an MP3 player, in this case it was my Sony Walkman . Lesley one of the ladies , out of nowhere said what's that playing , I told her and she said " oh Derek liked Northern Soul & Reggae" my response was "Oh really " & she answered " Yes , he asked us to drop them into the Kemp Charity shop in Bewdley for him ". 10 minutes later , I was in the Kemp and in a bit of a state , praying that no one had got to them first , if they had they where not Northern Soul addicts , Bobby Sheen Dr Love , Shirley Ellis Soul Time , Chuck Woods , Barbara Mason , Jackie Wilson ,Aiton Ellis , The Artistics Hope We Have and lots of other Northern & Reggae nothing rare but still worth more than a £1. each . In all I spent £125. have kept them all except the Reggae which went in swaps , I had only ever spoke to Derek a few times he was in his 70s & more interested in the Steam trains ( The SVR ) which run at the back of our property . I reckon I could do a decent Oldies spot with what I picked up that day , Derek survived COVID but died following a fall and unfortunately , I never had an opportunity to ask him about his record collection and his passion for Soul music .

Well it arrived today as promised, but not from Charly HQ , but direct I assume from the pressing plant ,Sonic Wax , looks great in it's very colourful picture sleeve and solid center (small hole not large ) Thanks to all involved.

I Think it's possibly down to how , when you & where you 1st heard Mr Big Shot , can't remember personally but when you saw the dance floor re action & was apart of it , wether Main room or Mr Ms , and I'm sure it was booted prior to the Casino , great record , that said , "I Can Take Care Of Myself" & "Bet You Never Thought" for me .

60s Pop at best , done very badly , not a miligram of soul to be heard , don't give up the day job ,& for goodness sake please drop the YouTube posts , so the divs don't start requesting them if they happen to pop into a real live Northern Soul do , with real remember them , vinyl !!!

Had another update , Due to unexpectedly high demand , we've temporarily run out of stock for this title .To ensure you receive the best possible product, we are in the process of restocking, but this means that the shipping date for your order has been pushed back to August 14th. We sincerely apologise for this inconvenience and understand how frustrating delays can be. We're working diligently to get your order out to you as quickly as possible , and we truly appreciate your patience and understanding. If you have any questions or need further assistance , please don't hesitate to reach out to us . Thank you for your continued support . We look forward to delivering your vinyl soon! Kind regards, The Charly Team . Strange as it may sound , I then had a shipping notice , complete with a Royal Mail tracking number . So chin up Steve , they look to have it hand , victims of their own success ?

Morning folks , have just been on the Charly Website and there is an update on the Mill Evans , now shipping 14th August (Wednesday) .

Hi Steve , Have Pmd you, but it does say shipping from August 6th , I hope that means 2024 not 2023 ( Yes it is 2024 , it's part of their 50 yr Anniversary promotion )

Lorraine Ellison, Stay With Me (Baby) c/w I Want My Baby Back , great dancer on the b side , rereleased at least twice must have sold a million eventually ?

Absolutely wonderful tune, Sounds Ridiculous, but it's true .

I noticed 3 weeks ago , a 200grm. jar of Kenco coffee was £6. Last week it was £7. Luckily we had a sachet 150 grm. in stock purchased the week before at £4.25 , This week the 200 grm. jar is down to £5. What's that all about , so I bought 2 lol 😂

Hi Ben , Have Pmd , Dave ,

Ha ha , I wasn't in any way blaming you , it was more an open question , I am amazed at the price of the cd , same track listing as the original Vinyl album which is much cheaper .

What, why is the cd commanding such a high price ?

Probably because only a limited few can be squeezed into the Northern Soul bracket, lots of great dance tunes but maybe require another genre to show their true potential , maybe Popcorn or just Latino who knows , it could be the next big thing on Strictly Come Dancing at the Blackpool Tower , every other type of soul music has been squeezed in somehow 🤔🤔

My number 3 , Allen Toussaint connection,,,, Benny Spellman , Fortune Teller

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_McCracklin My 2nd choice, Jimmy McCracklin ,The Walk ,Chess records 58 .

The one that probably started the whole shape of things to come ,, Ray Charles , What I'd Say , 61 ish , I'll have to think or work on the other 4 .

Hi Roger Have pmd Dave

I'm sure Clarkie when he found a batch at the time , said he had made contact with Jan Jones and she was supplying him with copies , I know they where very reasonably priced he had that many copies , he currently has a black & white promotion photo of Jan Jones for auction on eBay if anybody wants one .

Something must have clicked because we're now going forward and actually pressing, instead of sitting back and letting the opposition keep us in our half , passing the ball from left to right inviting pressure. Well done England , Ollie Ollie Ollie , Ollie Ollie !

Hattie Littles , Love , Trouble ,Heartaches & Misery , at least two members of the selection team at Motown back in the day had no Soul , Great work Alex muchas gracias senor !