Solidsoul

Yes he's the Drew Pritchard (Salvage Hunters) of Northern Soul😁

I went to many Keele allnighters. Really good atmosphere. Dance floor was usually always full. I remember great dj's like Mick Smith, Butch and Bob Hindsley and many more of that high standard. The large record bar was really good as well. Always well attended, and mostly everybody was friendly, but you were taking a chance putting your records in the car halfway through the night, if you wanted to see them in the morning😉

Is it ok to call a soul night an all-nighter on events that close before 6am? All-nighters used to be till 8am. Then some started being 7am then 6am. Now some are ending at 3am!!!! What's the limit of stretching it! What do you think?

Definitely played many times up at Allanton Shotts allnighters. Although a lot of dj's and punters used to travel up there from England. I was one of them🙌.

No they were not a white rock group. Chalky put up an article about it. If you want read it, go on the search box and put this search on.....The MVP'S Uncovered! The identity of one of the scenes iconic groups revealed.

The red label copies are vinyl as well as the multicoloured. Maybe just the sound clip has recorded it at a different level. As you may well know, the Combinations later became the M.V.P.s. It was revealed in an interesting article about them on S.S. several years ago.

I had some great nights at the Wilton. I spent many hours on the dance floor. The music policy was excellent. 60's discoveries/collectors sounds and lesser played classics. A lot of good sales boxes as well.

Well they sound great to me. Take for examples, Yvonne Baker on London, Vel-Vets on Pye, Doris Troy on Mojo or Invitations on Mojo . They sound just as good or maybe even better than the original USA singles. I have got great copies of all of them to compare.

There was one on the sales section a year or two ago. Think it was Ex+ and was around £1700. I was tempted to go for it, but decided to leave it in the end. Your right though, it does not come for sale very often!

Somebody was after this a few weeks ago on "wants". They offered a very large amount to anyone who would sell it😨

I do like legal reissues from the 70''s on big labels like London, Brunswick, Pye, Mojo etc. They are usually great quality sound productions from the master tapes, when the vinyl record industry was at it's height! They are all proper analogue recordings just like they were made. I can't define it, but I think digital recordings lose some of the atmosphere. Also it saves wearing out my originals😉

First time I heard Johnny Hampton was in the mid 70's Wigan Casino main hall. Richard Searling played it right after Ronnie McNeir. I thought those are the kind of records I want!👌

Nice to see Rod Looker is still playing the records. I have not heard his set since 1978. I remember he had good records and kept the dance floor busy.

The coming of the internet has caused all this price madness. Before 2000 the only people who knew all these great classics were dedicated Northern Soul collectors and the hard core allnighter fraternity. The internet has opened it all up to any Tom, Dick and Harry! You tube, Goggle, Ebay and online auctions etc. The internet is here to stay so we have just got to live with the consequences.

Yes, the footwork was so good they seemed to float just above the floor! Also the guy's used to do more of that working along the dancefloor with a sideways step, moving from side to side. It's hard to explain but I know it when I see it.

When I see all these records going for big money, it goes two ways! If I haven't got it I think it's crazy😡 But if I have a copy I'm a little pleased about it😉😚 Even back in the 70's the monster sounds of the day seemed to go for relatively high silly money! Also hardly any copies of these records are being found in the wild anymore, so the supplies are dwindling!

Thanks for the excellent info. So I was on the right track, but should of gone with The Platters, Detriot productions instead of Stanley Mitchell. Things like "Going Back To Detroit" etc.

That pink reissue has the number 802 on it. That is wrong. That's the number that was used when Red Coach was distributed by GRT Chess and is on the original white demo. No stock copies were made. When Red Coach(Red Lite) repressed it for Global records in Manchester they were up to about release number 808. But they stuck the old 802 number on it and that has made it look like it was the issue to the white demo. Gene Redd ran three different labels using the Red Coach name. The first Red Coach label had Appointments on it. The second Red Coach label had two releases distributed by GRT Chess. 801 and 802, the Carstairs release. The third Red Coach label was distributed by Red Lite and that had many releases on it. This third label started on number 803 onwards. They used a plain red label with black lettering for releases 803 to 806 then went back to the old Chess GRT pink label design. So sometime later, after 806, is when they did the special pink label press of the Carstairs for export to the UK market. Global records in Manchester paid Gene Redd, the label owner, to press a 1000 pink issue copies to sell to the UK Northern Soul scene. Because it was a monster sound in 1974/75 but only existed on white demo copies from 1973.

If There's Anything Else You Want - Roddy Joy - Red Bird.content://com.android.chrome.FileProvider/images/screenshot/16361997188711877267207.jpg - Red bird.

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"You Succeeded" - Sandra Phillips - Broadway. (Rarer gold label issue) Condition is Ex. Small drill hole in label. Looks and plays great. £75 + £3.50 recorded delivery. Bank transfer or Paypal (by friends & family) Great Northern Soul classic.

Well if you want an true 1973 original, you need a Sterling stamped vinyl white demo.The original 1973 release only got to demo stage. There where no pink issue copies made at that time. If you are happy with a legal reissue that was pressed up for the Northern Soul scene in 1975 by the label owner, buy a pink styrene issue. Both play well, but the demo is high quality vinyl.

If you type "Indelgents" into the Soul-source search box you will find several topics covering this. I remember it being discussed a number of times. I think it's a great record and a good one to hear in a venue!

Yes there are plenty of yellow label copies, as well as green. Most other releases on the label have green labels. They may have run out of green paper at the label printers! Great double sider!

A friend of mine was dj'ing with an original vinyl copy. It was late and we had all had a few beers. He missed the sleeve and dropped it. Landing on it's edge, it rolled along the floor and he had to chase it! 😨We were all frozen with horror, but luckily it was alright! 👍 Gwen survived! We can laugh about it now, but it could have been costly!