John Reed

I'd rather have 1,000 great soul records as a pound each, than one crap record thats valued at £1,000 and I really do mean that. Sometimes there are very good reasons why a record is rare..... Also, this thread will just turn into a dick swinging contest.

What about these controversial ones.... How's Your Wife (And My Child) - Ebony Rhythm Funk Campaign on Innovation II The Baby Is Mine - Swamp Dogg on Canyon or Oscar Toney jr on Capricorn

I think that too. I also listened to them side by side and couldn't tell the difference. But I'm sure a knowledgeable person will be able to tell us of any differences. I got the Reginald release I think about 1990, was this when that version was released?

Tell It Like It Like It Is, is on the LP and was previously unreleased before then

"Lets Talk It Over" is the side for me and is a rawer version of the flip of his Tower release. The other side doesnt really do anything for me, but for others it may do. It is a rare piece.

Brett, I completely agree with you that it’s an addiction and I'm getting back in again after 5 months of self-imposed cold turkey. The Classical music collector can be as, if not more picky than the soul collector, looking for that elusive recording by certain orchestras, conductors or venues. I worked with a classical collector, who in the late 80s'/early 90's was a heavy collector of Japanese pressings and would think nothing of paying £100's+ for one of his wants.

I thought this was well know for a few years and it's one I kept missing out on as I was always too tight with my bids, should have leared by my mistakes

There was an interview with him in Voices and I'm sure it discussed things like this, so if someone can dig it out, it might answer the question?

With the numerous threads on the OVO debate, I never really thought about its pronounciation and have always been of the opinion its "oh-vee-oh". Nice to see there could be another layer for conflict when discussing OVO.....

Paul, this one?

It's got such a fantastic intro piano, strings and I just love those maracas

Its rare and i'm not convinced you'll find any sales data for it on the internet either. I've been searcing for it for a while, as its the last piece for my Doris Duke collection.

Does any one know the story behind the lone Oscar Perry release of Come On Home To Me/Gimme Some on Phil.La.of Soul? Was it a local hit on Peri-Tone and then re-released to gain a wider distribution?

Good choice Gareth One of my Favorites is A Fat Boy Can Cry Not forgetting Crazy Bout You Baby

So where does the Orbit release fit in, as its got all the same ref numbers as the confederate release?

I didn't realise until a little while ago that he's Beau Williams

Kev Briscoe and I had a long conversation about Blue-eyed Soul at Soul Essence this year. When I was younger, I too was blinkered as to the acceptance of white singers being soul artists, maybe it was a maturity thing. But, I did have some form of an epiphany when I grudgingly listened to Eddie Hinton's Very Extremely Dangerous LP, after it was recommended to me. That one LP changed my view on what soul music was in an instant. For me Soul is all about emotion and feeling irrespective of colour and there are a few Motown records that don't really do it for me soul wise as IMO they're too poppy. I do still think there is a line between singing soul and singing soulfully as I don't accept the likes of Billy Joel, Hall and Oats and Michael McDonald as soul singers and I'm still in two minds over Dusty Springfield although her Dusty in Memphis LP, is full of goodies. Also look at some of the names behind some great soul records: Dan Penn, Rick Hall, Steve Cropper, Chips Moman, George Soule and Spooner Oldham to name a few, all these are white, so surely soul can't just be a colour thing. I suppose at the end of the day, it's down to individual preferences and links back to the eternal questions "What is Northern and what is not?" and "What is Soul and what is not?" Here are some of my Favourites: Lou Roberts - Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Love - MGM/SOM George Soule - Get Involved - Fame Lindell Hill - Ramone - Arch Troy Seals - Mama Hold my Hand - Rising Sons Eddie Hinton - Very Extremely Dangerous - Capricorn LP Johnny Daye - Stay Baby Stay - Stax Billy Joe Young - I Had My Heart Set On You - Jewel Soul Survivors - City Of Brotherly Love - TSOP (Chicano rather than white, but that moves into a completely different direction and I'm sure a different thread....)

Personally I think there's something special about US Polydor releases with their red label and simple logo. Get a few of them lined up in the racks and they look so fantastic. But like many labels in the 70's, pressed many single sided demos and it was only when finding the issues were we able to hear many fabulous flips, which sadly never saw any exposure due to the official A-Side being a flop. Oh the joys of record collecting.

A few people have said that some records mentioned have been played in Northern rooms and this is where I think arguments start, as one mans Northern can be another mans crossover and vise versa. A lot of peoples perception comes from what type of venue they heard the record first. For me crossover is about mid-temp records from the late 60's - early 70's (maybe 67-73, like Johnny Moore's Blue Rock, Jadan and Brunswick stuff). The Northern dance scene has embraced many different records at different periods of its evolution and so does the term crossover as more 'old style' modern records now seem to be put in this classification which differs from my understanding of what crossover is. Its horses for courses I suppose. I do like reading these types of threads as it does highlight records people either don't know or haven't listened to for ages.

My take on this is the greatest crossover records of all time for around a tenner...... Tyrone Davis - You Keep Me Holding On - DakarArtistics - Glad I Met You - BrunswickBetty Everett - I'm Falling In Love - Uni LPBobby Bland - Where Baby Went - ABC DunhillBobby McClure - Was It Something I Said - Hi

Also came out on Canadian SSS International, which was distributed by Quality

Acording to this web site https://www.paulevans.com/discogra.htm 187 - Paul Evans - I'm Giving Up My Baby / Down At The Bluebird

Yep, typed this one wrong as its release 106

I wonder what the chances are, that they're Sunny & The Sunliners releases????

7602 Black Cloud Express Flea Market (Disco Version)/Flea Market (Edited Version) 7611 Big John Hamilton Free Me/I've Got To get Myself Somebody 1279 Crescendo Songs/Ain't That The Truth (strange number, but the same label design)