Rushden Vic

huh huh huh

baz i think your spot on with your comments about 2 scenes , scene 1 - there as certainly been a upsurge in the nostalgia /oldies type venues , i think one of the reasons is theres a lot of 40 somethings who are to old to go clubbing so they see a advertisment for a northern soul night and think eh didnt we like a bit of motown and norman soul when we were teenagers and of they go and have a nice time trying to relive there youth and suddenly there born again soulies who generally venture no more than 5 miles from there doorstep nothing wrong with this but the question his where were these people in the 80s and 90s .these venues remind me very much of the rock and roll nights of a few years ago . these people i would say are greater in number than the other scene . scene 2 - allthough smaller this is were the dedicated soul connoisseurs are , wanting to hear fresh and different sounds with djs and collecters continually trying to source new records ,for the vast majority of these the rare 60s/70s scene as been a passion since they first got into the music not just something to do when it suites . its there for life .With venues like the wilton . lifeline , burnley etc etc keeping the scene moving forward into 2007 not stuck playing the same records that got overplayed years ago . each to his own but i know which scene i want to be part of .

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slight variation on the bedford label

not often seen in this format with the two heavy black lines in middle , this was jim wensioras old copy

ted bet that song sheets handy when your practising your karaoke in the bath

always found one of the great things about collecting soul 45s is the vast array of labels and designs so thought it would be a good idea to post your favourite looking labels heres two of mine chicago,s betty label and from the west coast reness

jason is that a red issue or white demo

hey ady shame this is not one of those lovely white copies

rarer demo

pete just found it in completed items no bids at £14.99 german seller puresoulie although it was only a vg and looked pretty beat

hi roger gw 27 as always been one of the harder numbers ive never seen a demo but my copy also as the demonstration copy sticker this came via soulbowl about 25 years ago

a nice vinyl multi colour demo red issues and white demos are styrene

can anyone post a demures - raining teardrops - issue its something i had but alas no more i have to make do with the demo

jamie i dont think the acetate i have is the final take as freddies vocal is more in the background and not as powerfull as in the old town release looks like they were having problems with other side as its take 8 my other half thinks im a sad old git , think she as a point

jesse johnson issue looks much nicer than the demo

a little off topic as this is a acetate but thought it would still be of interest as it as the old town label details and a recording date

mgm issue carol and gerri

very scarce think ive only ever seen one copy on issue that was in the mid80s , would love to see a tamiko jones - spellbound - golden world issue

harder yellow issue

all time classic not often seen on a demo

always seem to see white demos of this

think this is harder on a issue

would love a copy of that mate any chance

cats was the first venue i ever went in july 1973 as a very naive 15 year old , remember myself ,tony horn (tank) ,mick gavin and gary jones + his morris minor , making the 180 mile round trip which anyone whos ever travelled in a moggy minor will know was quite a epic journey , can remember standing near the dancefloor in complete awe of the unbelievable dancers id never seen anything like it , and the music completly blew me away , id heard motown stuff and things like tami lynn at my local youth club so i knew it was soul i thought i liked . but that night at the cats changed my life forever . the sweets - satisfy me baby ,duke browner - crying over you ,leon haywood - baby reconsider one great record after another and the atmosphere was amazing i was hooked .i needed to own every record id heard . happy days