Nocker

Cheers for that TOAD, just done a search on ebay and there are a load of the new blue and red lable's. I won't tell the missus...expence, expence Cheers John

I thought i had bought all of the the last two batches of Kent singles, but I have just seen the new blue Kent lable with Loving by the pound, Otis Reading and Barbara and the Browns Gonna start a war on t'other side.. Have i missed one or is there a new batch????? Cheers John

I was chatting to a couple of people over the weekend about this sort of thing at the Rat pit in Bredury Stockport. The reissues that are flooding the market now with lookalike lables are to me a right load of ballo**ks and who ever is putting them out wants shooting, In the main i have no real issue with the stuff that came out in the seventies, late sixties and in some instances go for a fair amount of mony, that was a case of unable to get it on an orginal so a boot will do untill a proper one comes along, but it wasn't usualy a blatent copy of the original label as it is now, or i should say in the main you could tell it wasn't the right lable, and the other point about the recent stuff.. a lot of it isn't that rare anyway. Thats me gripe over. To the main question. It is worth checking out a lot of old pressings (and for that matter some recent ones) as some of them have either a different mix to the played out version, or the reason i have started buying reissues, boots etc again..quite a few have a previously unreleased track on them and i personnaly would have no issue if someone was to play a boot of a previously unreleased track. What i have also noticed value wise, a lot of records given away at alnighters are bringing a fair few bob now. Besides the very collectable and valueble Kent singles i have just paid over £20 for an anaversary single from a German alnighter ( could do with a definative list of of freebies from venues, I may start one on another thtead) Then you have the old EMI disc's from the 60ts and 70ts, again i collect these as well. A lot of them were given away up here in the North West during the Torch/Wigan days as a sort of promo to local DJ,s I used to go to Dukinfield Rugby Club during this period which was a Friday night do, we would go there then cadge a lift to Va,Vas ect...oh no you got me reminising, back to the point..a lot of the top tracks were being played at Duki and i wondered for years how they could do it. Years later Dave Stubbs told me the used to get EMIs given to him by the top DJs, as Dave was and still is dealing in records, he used to sell and buy to Richard S etc, besides djing at Duki. He came by them on a regular basis..anyway back to the point some of them have a lesser know/played track on them besides a top sound of the time. But they go cheaply in most cases so i buy them up when i can. The sound quality isn't always up to much as they have had a good turn table battering but its nice to have a 7" in your hand if you pardon the pun. Last point, about reissues. The Grapevine (7ts label), Kent etc which are legit!!!! are in my view, mostly the only British issue and not stricly speaking reissues and deserve to comand the prices they are, if they had come out on lables like Decca, Columbia et al in the sixies people would be clammering to buy them and hold them in up as fine examples of soul music that escaped only to be rediscovered by this wonderful movement we know as Northern Soul... So check out your pressings, reissues, free singles, later British singles, as you can raise a fair few bob if you come to sell them..but remeber at the end of the day, a pressing is a pressing and will never be a original!!!!! Cheers John

Hi Godz!! Dave is djing at the Rat Pitt in Stockport on friday 14 June. I will ask him about it..You are correct about his UK collection, although when i was speaking to him a few weeks ago he was selling some off to buy new stuff, not just UK either.. also a very nice chap is Dave Cheers John

Its just a list of records, no samples, has he actualy got them??

Move on up, super track in its full version. Just got a sealed Italian copy of the LP off the bay for 12 quid pls P&P

Thanks for that Sebastian, a great start, although i know about it, i am thinking more along the less commomn boots, reissues.. but again a good arting point.

Looking at the Diane Lewis thread i got to thinking... A. Do we have a list of unrelesed items that have been booted/issued, ala Simon Sussannes, Belles track on Soul Fox, out of the Mirwood listing. This would include the Goldmines, Sevens, etc also what is the sound quality of the track as in my view the Blssoms isn't good recording quality B. Free discs from Anaversary nights, I collect these, so you have 100 cub, obviously, Winsford, Trentham Gardens, The Marvin Gaye freebie, etc the list goes one, can anyone complete it. C. What was the first free single?..No not CDs please as i know there are CDs out there that have been given away with some top unreleased tracks on them, thats for another tread. And last, the most contensious point...If we have a previously unreleased track and its issued would the Soul Police allow it to be played out???

This is a cracker, I have been playing at Denton Royal British Legion for over a year now, always goes down well, and quite a buzz from the collectors, buy it!!!! Cheers John

My view for what its worth, First Mick Hucknall comes for my locality, ie. Houghton Green/Denton, I am a Denton (Manchester) lad myself and although i don't know Mick personally i know plenty of people that do know him, and i can assure everyone on this forum that Mick Hucknall is a Soul fan and in particular has a great affinity for Northern Soul, yes at one time he was a member of a punk band so what!!! and some of his tracks are...... I find it unfair of people being critical about his music, when all he is doing is catering to a mass audiance, its his "job" at the end of the day His musical style leans towards soul in most of his songs, by the way most self penned, and most if not all of his albums contain at least one cover of a soul/jazz/funk/reggae track as a tribute to the original singer or writer. Therfore i think he has demonstrated his love of soul music more then once. As for a tribute to BB all i can say is "well done Mick" there should be more artist like you that are willing to see icons of "our" scene get some reward for years of being ripped off, and recogising their influances in a positive way......... Cheers John ps.I have seen Sinply Red twice but i not really a big fan

Hear it yesterday afternoon at Prestatyn,can't remeber who played it though....Cheers John

Stick with it say's I. This is just the type of night we do at Denton Royal British Legion. The first year went down a storm, with a peek the Christmas before last at just under 200. Numbers have dropped off over the last year to about 30 per month, Sad really as most people seem to enjoy the nite but the lack of traditional oldies keeps people away in my view. But its what we want to do, so we are sticking with it, no mega bucks stuff, underpalyed soundsf as per your night. There are other trad oldies nights in the area, so good luck to them, but if people want something a bit different Denton RBL is the place. So again all the best to you and keep on in there.

On friday this week i was kiling time in Ormskirk town centre, tried all the charity shops. The last one I picked up mint, yes mint "Something keeps aclling me back. Wayne Fontana", british, for a quid...may not be a big sound now but it will replace my nackered copy. I did also left the Beatles Can't buy me love, mint UK...I bought a mint Sweet Sensation album instead from the same shop.. Cheers John

Steve. As the one of fist to cast doubt on the sequence..I now accept PINK first Blue second, but what i will say is the blue ones were more readilly available before the pink ones surfaced Cheers John, great info and a good debate....

Steve Sorry mate but i am not so sure!!!! I am still convinced in my mind the blue was first, as i said i bought mine when it was still a "played" sound not when it had peaked and the pink one appeared. But i am willing to be convinced. Cheers John

That white lable on ebay is a rip off!!! Funny the comments as i bought the blue one at Wigan from Russ's little shop on the balcony whilst is was still a played sound, a few weeks later the pink ones appeared and i always thought them to be the second/boots especially with a label like nu.vj....it always struck as as being a not quite right...well you live and learn. By the way is the DJM one the same as the pinlk one or the blue one??? Cheers John

What is the blue, normal looking VJ lable then, is that a boot??

You wouldn't believe this, i was amazed. Just before Christmas last year i bought a record off a guy in US and I got it within about four days...the best part was, i got it before i paid him!!!! Apparently he bundled all his sales up to post once people paid up., mine got slipping with the paid for's and he posted it out by mistake. I wish they worked like that!!! Cheers John

Even though it is one of those "cheepies" It took me ages to get hold of one. I got mine last year off the old evil bay for £10.....Cheers John

Thats the one Tony....Thanks

On US release I can't rest has another top sound on the "b" side, just can remenber the title at the moment. Buy it if you see it as it doen't usually go for big bucks.

I can only commiserate, as someone must have a great collection, this has happend to me twice in the last year or so, first Mandrill, Too late, then Jackie Wilson Beciuase of you...no matter where i look in the house, no sign so the only option is i have missed paleced then whilst doing a spot!!!!! Cheers John

Have look on youtube, it's on there, everyones digging it!!! Nice one IMO...

Talking to Steve B over Christmas and he tells me The Rat Pit in Stockport has had the licence pulled for the next Northern Soul nite, 27th Dec, and maybe for future events...What a f***ing liberty at such a late date. No fault of the club or the organisers, This is Stockport Council acting the goat...Oh well it will probably go down as a legend in the area!!!!

Heres one for you, not soul packs, but if you lived in Tameside during the 80ts and collected records you could get 30 for a quid, yes 30!! from Dave Stubbs in Hyde indoor market, and if you know Dave he is a Northern Soul fan himself, I got loads of 60 and 70ts from him, I know i wasn't the only one as you had to line up to look in the boxes, in fact i used to call in about three times a week. a massive load right across the board, soul, reggae, funk motown, rock, punk.......mind blowing. I still ask him w if he has any left!!!!....Nocker