Happy Feet

If you want to ignore this topic ,, your choice On the other hand if like the 4200 or more plus lurkers who have tuned in over the last 15 months decide to pop in and say thank you to the BVAN Team ,,,see you there , from 7pm folks ,

Thank you never realised he'd done Glastonbury

He new how to enjoy life and always lit up the room for sure ,great character and new his roots RIP Bub

Another sad day in Soulville ,. RIP Dean , condolences to your family and loved ones

In Between The Heartaches (came the pain ),,,,Donny Elbert ,,, RIP Jon you will be missed my friend

And not forgetting , Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head ,,B side ,,I Never Had It So Good ,Ashford and Simpson tune on Wand UK

Again arrived this morning, Great version complete with release card cheers Kitch

Sorry forgot that bit twas late and getting moaned at, Edwin Starr,, Stop Her On Sight / I Have Faith In You Ric-tic or Polydor should do it, and 2 for the price of one,

Northern Soul, probably named so because Dave Godin at the time, thought that because a few deejays played a certain style of uptempo dance music to a mostly young and chemically fuelled audience, in order to differentiate between the southern funkier disco dance style commercially available all over the country, so basically Northern Soul is anything really that was ignored by the media, for a while, not played in your local disco, radio station or youth club unless somebody saw a chance to exploit it,and they did, but to explain the style of music to someone who asks who doesn't know, at the time is was Uptempo Soul music very similar to the Tamla Motown sound of the sixties, but as we grew older it was the mid tempo soul music very similar to the Tamla Motown sound of the late sixties, as we grew older and more tolerant we flipped them and played the b-sides too and the odd album track thrown in as well, but really it doesn't exist as a music style, but like minded Souls

If you're serious about collecting, only want the originals, only collect the originals and have deep pockets, surely that's a different market from reissues of anything made legally and affordable so allowing the artist possibly if still alive, to make a living and the younger generation a chance to own a copy. Bootlegs a different subject and hated or should be by everyone, but still especially the early ones fetch a few quid and I bet the artists never received a penny. I think legitimate reissues have a place, go back in time most of the early Motown, released twice or more, most UK releases are effectively re-releases of U.S. first releases, yes a few but not bucketfuls UK only, it's all about demand, the first issue, promo, picture sleeve, acetate, market will always endure .

Arrived this morning, hope to play it out soon, thanks SS store,

Just picked these goodies up today

The plot thickens if you look closely at the Supremes a rough edge to the label ?

Could have been water damaged, lots of flooding over the years, a lot of them no release dates either

Very interesting Rick, the only acetates including the Tony Clark above that I was ever lucky enough to find, came from a collection of records previously owned by a Pye company rep. who sadly is no longer with us but so many acetates and promos and rare releases from associated labels.

Hi Andy have pm,d you

Recently found one of these on a charity eBay site, looked like it had been nailed to a wall at some point in its life, and it was priced albeit reduced over £300. Great pity not a copy of "Landslide " This is not the above mentioned copy Lol

Hi Ste, just had a look on eBay white demo one up for £600. Starting bid and even an O.O.T.P. £ 49.99 ,unbelievable !

Hi Dave the Etta James was released on vinyl in the chess singles box set no 1 , they come up as single sales on eBay occasionally not sure on the others good luck

I for one am glad you did Chalky, thank you much appreciated

Hi Wally just had a look on the website £130.

Lady Wray "Piece Of Me" Big Crown ,,,, at the present ,a sound that sounds like its been around for ever but you know it hasn't, future classic?

Bobby Cutchins for me, but did find this emidisc complete with home made label in Mr Tees recently

So very, very sad , a true legend so many fond memories, will be missed for sure RIP keith

Could have been worse had it been found during the Casino years, I know a few djs who wouldn't have worried about the vocals