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Somebody , must have still a copy of Blues & Soul which would have posted the Pre Anniversary Alnighter, event that flopped , I was still a regular Saturday night supporter , but living and working in Llandudno at the time , and used to make the pilgrimage via Crewe , and if early enough get off the train and spend an hour or so at a pub close to Crewe Station , where they actually held a Northern night and then onto Wigan with quite an entourage of fellow soulies , but that was the regular Saturday night , not the one mentioned earlier that was cancelled before it really got going, would be interesting to find out if anyone turned up to find it closed , The early session in Crewe I'm pretty sure was still going during the Colwyn Bay Alnighter years , same thing get off at Crewe into the Pub , medication, then back onto a packed out carriage cassette player blasting out the latest floorfiller and and a good night had by all ,at the Casino . I seem to remember at the time Dave Evison , leaping off the stage between introducing records and then climbing back up in time to introduce the next one, Sammy Davies Jnr , then followed by Eddie Parker , he earned his fee not easy at some venues with out steps onto the stage , I was at the doomed Alnighter in Colwyn Bay when the doormen had allowed in a few of the local piss heads in and it all kicked off , big style , tables , chairs ,glasses ok if your up for it , but most weren't.

The album cd is available to sample free on Spotify and to pre order price is in Euros due out in May , my IT capabilities prevent me from putting it up on SS lol, but a wonderful around cd album , the last track Yeah Yeah Yeah well I won't spoil it for you , try and listen to it ,

Found it , currently pre order cd at the moment , From the fourth coming , Truth & Soul album cd , tracks that stand out depending on personal preference, Better. Days Go By, Trust, Better Days ,a definite Northern floor filler, Yeah Yeah Yeah another storming track made for the dance floor , Just found it on Spotify , not one I regularly use , but glad I did .. Just hope the last two make it to a 45 release .

Help required searched all over the net , usual suspects etc . Tonight on 6 music Stuart Maconie is sitting in for Craig Charles and 2nd tune up was Michelle David & The True-Tones, Better Days , can not find any info or the record anywhere , great tune , is it or has it been released ?

Having read all comments in this topic , had most of The Ethics releases at some time over the last 48 hrs ,and still have a few and the CD album , if the track had been released at the time as the others where ,would it be worth any thing at all , it's nowhere near as good as most of the others , ok now with "Low rider " being a relatively new collective style of the soul genre ,if a 1k or so copies where in circulation a £15 tune , is it just the fact it's rarity value and not a great tune , would make it a collectable item if any at all had been released ? , was there even an acetate , just contemplating ,, This it not a dig at Low rider by the way I do have a vast and varied collection and most only have to flipped .

Hi Dave have pm'd

That's right Chalky , backed with Marvin Gaye ,Love Starved etc ,and have seen it on a white Tamla two globes design boot knocking around on eBay

Yes that's right ,but it had its own entrance from the street at the rear of the main building , not forgetting it was a separately run business and nothing to do with the Main room Alnighters , until 21st September 1974 as a one off overflow room due to the demand for tickets , and to alleviate the mass crush in the main room ,I can tell you it was very full , hot and no room on the dance floor and still people on the street outside trying to get in, things could have easily have got out of hand Mike Walker RIP , I don't know how he pulled it off because it was Gerry Marshalls newly refurbished "baby " and we weren't going to get in , we did and the rest is history so they say . If any one hasn't yet got their hands on a copy of Steve Whittles The Inside Story Of Mr Ms ,a fascinating look back at one of the most interesting eras of Northern Soul history warts and all

Yes it did ,at least 5djs at least 3 soulies and 15 mins in Mike Walker came in arms waving in the air shouting " turn it off turn it off ,I told you it wasn't going to work " and immediately the event was called to a halt ,, and the 3 off us where kicked out into the streets at the rear entrance into the September morning which was the main entrance to Mr Ms , I at the time was living ,working in Llandudno but had planned to do both nighters as had a week end free If memory serves me correctly Kenny Spence , Keith Minshull , Richard Searling ,possibly Dave Evison not sure of the others but Ms stage was full , people might think I'm mad but it did happen and maybe some one still alive can possibly verify it .I know one of the lads was local to Wigan but pretty sure the other lad like me had arrived by train .

I have checked on their website Angel City Records L.A.s premier soul and reggae label some very interesting new releases ,"check it out" as they say looks like they are

Being kicked out at 12:15 am on a Friday night oldies Alnighter in Mr Ms because only 3 soulies and at least 5 djs turned up , the Friday before the 3rd anniversary was very strange when your off your head with nowhere to go and miles from home , and just had to wait 24hrs to do it all again , At least we got our entrance fee back , and yes Wigan like most places in the 70s spooky in the dark

Very Brazilian , looks like a festival going on there , great artwork , this is what we want lol

Hi Dave have just PMd

Could it be this one

1st I guess was a sleeve for maybe some Heavy Metal release , Flag Records The 2nd albeit a round card found in a Polydor sleeve from 69 worth a read , how times have changed ,exact size of a 7" disc. The 3rd an home made Job I found on a car boot , I presume he no longer needs it ?

Check out Roger Banks in the sales section a copy up for auction

And I still can't believe it wasn't released , unless someone knows different , should have at least been on the CD album , great version

I have a black label release of Fontella Bass ,Rescue Me , must be the chart hit from 1965 CRS 8023 etc and a 1969 yellow Chess Promo CRS 8090 , that definitely has no backing vocals , and I thought I was going mad lol .

I was just looking and Daptone at the moment seem to be the only outlet posting to the UK , so I put 3 copies in my basket requested shipping and 3 copies $ 24 + $ 27 total $51 , that's equates to £13 each better than the going rate , but will be surprised if Daptone UK don't get any eventually but will probably be classed as an oldie by then , maybe 2 or 3 get together and buy a few save on postage costs

I don't think the time of purchase guaranteed the number on the picture sleeve , I saw the earlier post regarding midnight sales , good film on the Beeb so decided to check and my sale was 00.05 and received no 28 , but when so few are being sold best to keep an eye on any updates regarding sales . I totally sympathize with any one who missed out but surely one record per sale should be the way forward . Some of the comments regarding the one for sale on discogs ,parasites etc could then be avoided , Good luck with your search fletch

For anyone still looking for a copy , have just seen copies on the Daptone site and Rough trade not sure how many

Brilliant all round service , and very helpful, got me out of a pickle and records already here 36 hrs all in ,as I said , Brilliant

For any Steam train enthusiasts , we had for its test run , following its complete overhaul Sir Nigel Gressley running back and forth along the Severn Valley Railway today , photos a little rushed taken on my mobile phone , at the top of our back garden , but what a beauty .

Hi Jo ,can you guarantee the music will be loud enough so I can hear it without my hearing aids , they have been known to fall out on the odd backflip , good luck with the project , sorry couldn't resist lol X

Bricomaligno ,probably the best virtual record collection in the world , unless you know better . Sound wise definitely very good , so technically probably good with IT. And definitely prefers rare soul music , or selling it for a living , just a thought ,,,,,