John Reed

I quite like Don't Follow Me, but Stepping Out of The Shadow is a terrible Ian Lavine clone, nothing soulful at all in that side.

I'm in the minority here as I don't really care if the "Northern Soul scene" dies, with this generation. Music aside, it's a youth scene which just happens to have had a prolonged life and I'm sure when people are dead and buried, the music will live on and be picked up by the youth again as an alternative to "current" music culture. Let the youth pick it up and then develop it in the best way for them and if it means mixing it up a bit, so be it. Continually harking back to "Wigan", wearing fancy dress, telling them how to dance or what the need to do or play, just alienates younger people. Also, the concept of "leaving a legacy" is just a ridiculous idea, let the next generation decide what works best for them - At the end of the day this is another iteration of "Club Culture" and not really a way of life.

Its probably the same DJ's you listened to 22 years ago. As new younger blood is not generally joining the "scene" (although it does happen), its just the same youth scene(s) of old, just getting older. To me promoters aren't that keen on trying out new DJ's as they want ticket sales, sticking the the same established people who's been playing for the last 30 odd years. Not getting into the boot/reissue playing, I believe that is the major reason for the multiple smaller events popping up in recent years.

One way to check for the US reissue is to look at the font on the labels, on the reissue they're more squashed together. If you want an original release, you could buy a non-US released copy as I believe only the US version was reissued.

Isn't there still a rule that states that royalties do not have to be paid on demos as they're technically not meant to be for sale. So unethical label owners could be earing income on selling demos and not passing on income to the artist/writer as they would for selling issues. Personally, i feel the selling of newly released demos unethical as these are deliberately created to extract the last bit of juice out of their priduct rather that what they were historically created for.

I believe the solid centre record Rod played was We Can Make It Happen.

Under distance selling rules goods that are sent are still owned by the seller until the buyer accepts the merchandise. If there is an issue in transport, the seller has to reimburse the buyer and make a claim against the shipping company.

I think membership cards are nostalgic reminders of the past and don't really have a place in the modern world. In peoples youth, there was a sense of belonging and they were proud to have a card, but not so much now, especially for someone over 50. People talk about them as a way of keeping out the riff-raff or drunk people, but really this should be the responsibility of the venue door policy or security. If the venue doesn't provide security, hire a registered security guard and inform them of your admittance policy. I don't go out much these days and i'd be very disappointed if I arrived at a venue and was turned away because I didn't have a bit of card or laminated paper in my wallet. Also, if I was then given membership on the spot, what would then be the point of membership in the first place.

Who is the target market for this release? I would have thought it was people like us, but as many have said, its too expensive for what it is.

I noticed that the label design and text of the one sold on Sunday is different to the one pictured earlier in the thread. Also the typed details are also different. I understand differences with different pressing plants, but would that be the case with an acetate, would they not be all pressed in the same place?

It also originally came with a poster too

The reason why I used the words ""potentially shady" was on the back of a previous thread. There doesn't seem to be a consensus as whether the Balance Town release was was official or not.

Originaly an LP track and then there was a potentially shady release on Balance Town, unsure if people know where it originated from. Then Gary Dennis released an authorised reissue on his Carzy Beat label.

If something goes wrong and you need to claim from the postal service, you can only claim for the value you have declared.

I've got no issues in receiving a record in a second hand mailer, but do not expect to pay for the cost of the used mailer.

It sounds like it might be a copy from Soul Bowl when it was a new discovery. John Anderson did that to protect his sources and I don't think it would affect the price that much and still thinking you should get around £6/700 for it.

All my notifications for Diggin' Deep releases are via email, which contains a link to the web site. So you don't have to be on facebook to be in time to order their product.

looks South African to me.

Think these were done when Ian Clark contacted the group or Label owner, so I believe they're legit.

it sold out on pre-release.

Personally, I think there are a lot of misconceptions about new releases. Generally speaking most new releases are pressed in quantities between 250 - 500 copies, so in the grand scheme of things and the size of the market this amount of records in initial circulation mean that these releases aren't rare. As some of these releases are currently in high demand and people want them means the price goes up and has little to do with actual rarity.

There is also a w/d of the Mona release as well. I don't think i've seen anyone mention that the fonts used on the Mona & first Jewel release are identical and I don't think this font matches any font used on any other Jewel or devotional releases. I guess as Peppermint Harris is from Texas, that could be where the connection was formed and as he was signed to Jewel records, this could have been released as a favour to him or part of his deal.

A day too late for April fools. Over the last couple of years, decent copies have been selling for £7/800

I posted this in the Nichelle Nichols thread. As someone who buys new and old releases in all formats from both online and in physical shops, looking through the releases unlike other genres I think this is again another poor year for people who collect Funk/Soul. More laziness of the record companies, with straight reissues of LP's just on different coloured vinyl, singles box sets containing already released 7" material and previously released LP tracks on 7" or 12" formats. There are things to be found or these smaller labels wouldn't be releasing both new and unlreleased stuff on vinyl throughout the year or is it that companies like Warmers, Sony or Universal have nothing in their vaults or have no real interest looking through their vaults knowing that they can get someone to recycle the same old stuff over and over again and people will just buy it. If you like instrumentals then the Parliaments and Darrell Banks is something for you and New York Soul, New Orleans Soul, Texas Soul & Soul Slab Vol 2 compilation LP's look quite interesting, but I think they all contain only previously released music. The only one of real interest for me is the Super Disco Edits LP, which does have 5 formerly unreleased tracks. Is it that with regards to Record Store Day, record companies have little respect for the Soul/Funk buyers?