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You have to question why the need for promo's in what is a predominantly reissue market , unless a previously unreleased tune and pre-released to the media and djs only but as history as proved there seems to be a market for them , look at the prices of the early Grapevine demos and even some of the Disco Demands and again they where all known on release ,nuts.

Surely these are the collectables ,,, deleted sounds like a collectable already ,

Womack and Womack ,,, Warwick Uni Was told to sit down , brilliant Martha Reeves , great and very charitable , so many kids to feed (in Detroit) And best of all Rod Stewart Blackpool Winter Gardens ,72ish in his prime , And then possibly better than Sir Rod , Betty Wright , Wigan Casino Why Wigan , They didn't play her tunes there ah well lol

What a damn good tune though , Can still remember travelling home from work listening to Richard telling us how rare it was , , , could the represses be rarer than the originals ,,, if only

Such a great read ,thanks Ady

Amazin' Five Russian Soul on an Italian label,, get one while you can , future collector's item ?

I'm so pleased that he made the Guardian , Bricks Broken Bottles And Sticks Is in there too ,all in all a nice obituary , and thank you the Guardian

Here's a design of crate I came up with , reinforced handles on the exterior , fits singles completely allowing stacking and can be used layed on their side and stacked as a shelf system , 4 sizes ,cube ,40 cm ,50 cm 40cm double and album crate , more of an hobby but have sold a few, these all went ,

In the past there have been lots of these cover sounds ,and they still command a lot of money to own , I'm just surprised that somewhere down the years it wasn't covered by Texas , Cher or Banarama if only ,it may have sounded better ,,,,

Not telling ,just in case you find all the bargains that are still out there ,,, like these three ,,,,,,,,

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.