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Mel, is this the same track as the Lupine flip to "Sliced tomatoes" which is called "Things will be better tomorrow"?

It appears on Motown Delights - Soft Centered Soul 3.

One Duke and Leonard demo through e-bay last year went for $223.

Dave Rimmer has a discography at www.soulfulkindamusic.net

Excellent stuff, as always, Bob and such a great tribute to Dee Dee Warwick.

2014 Ron Wilson - "Gotta give me lovin' babe/I won't do you wrong" 2023 Lamarr Thomas - "My soul woman/Leave me alone" 37006 Barbara & the Uniques - "Take me as I am/He's gone" Flip to 37000 is "Only a fool" Flip to 237 is "Everybody's got a story" The label appears to be connected to Arden for which Barbara & the Uniques recorded a number of tracks.

101470 The Creations - "Take these memories/Don't let me down" 4575 New World - "A friend who is not a friend/To be a man" Flip to the Past Due track - Virtue 71676 - is "Something else"

I got it, Winnie

It's in Refosoul, if you do a search.

Mega rare on Gogate. Big ticket item.

You're right, he put out a couple of fantastic CD's, so top respect to him. Maybe he'll have to charge for the next lot after this

Joe, 100% in agreement. Hairs on the back of the neck stuff, even after all those years. For me Sam Dees - "After all", the most bitter,damning indictment of a lost love.

F**k me, must have gone to the Mecca on my own Nobody else prepared to offer up Mecca no1's?

Where do you start? First track I ever heard at the Mecca and therefore forever will be associated with it was "Little Queenie" which I guess was probably a Wheel/Torch track first. "Just don't know" "I just can't live my life" "Girl across the street" "If that's what you wanted" Absolute stone cold Mecca no 1's amongst many.

115 Soul Severes(?) - "I got it/Unknown" 123 Lilly Fields - "How you give me love/I can't stand the hurt" 125 Angela Simpson - "Little children Pt.1/Pt.2"

Count me in. PM on it's way.

Funny enough, it's currently for sale at the cool price of £99,995. Go on I'll say it. You would have to be a dick to want this plate

It's actually PEN 15 that's been issued. It's certainly been previously owned by Steve Parrish, the former motorcycle rider.

Quite right, Ian. What I was trying to illustrate is that a good DJ should have enough good tracks at his disposal (and I don't necessarily mean those that everybody has got) to keep matters fresh over an extended period. There is surely enough variety out there, by way of a combination of different styles, unknowns, oldies, underplayed cheapies etc, etc to be imaginitive and not resort to a staid, unadventurous set which might incorporate other formats, just to appear to be ahead of the game.

Spot on Chalky. From a different perspective, consider this. In a hypothetical situation a collector/DJ with, say, 2000 original singles of which, say, 10% have great flips, could do a 1 hour slot per week for over 80 weeks without playing the same track twice. This assumes that the collection is made up of a wide variety of styles - stompers, beat ballads,70's etc but have been acquired to reflect that collector/DJ's personal tastes and not full of tracks to simply complete a label or copy the latest trends. Price is not entirely relevant but you can assume there is plenty of stuff at the cheaper end, and that the collection has been amassed over an extended period. In other words a collection that is likely to gain appeal in the broadest sense. You can play around with the numbers but what it would illustrate to me, is that a good DJ with this kind of (hypothetical) collection can keep the floor interested by being imaginative. The product is there, perhaps there needs to more self belief from those that feel they have to adopt a safe stance, including a divergance from original vinyl. Just a thought, mind.

Little Anthony, of course. Little Stanley, Little Richie, Little Hank. Little Beaver (oh really!) Little Rose Little - so good they named her twice. Big Frank ( and the Essences) Big Ella

Kae Jnr was in Breakwater, wasn't he?

Andy, yes it was in Marston. As you say, a nice little Friday night crowd and a good warm up for the weekend. Mike J

That's how I remember it too, Mark. Lots of stuff "prepped" for the Mecca, so there was every chance that you would hear future classics, for the first time at Sale. Great nights and I probably didn't miss one whilst it was on. Ian, do you remember a short lived spell at the Welcome Inn(?) in Blackpool on a Friday night? I remember driving from Rochdale, which was not an easy trip, pre motorway days, only to find that it wasn't on. We were gutted! On another night the decks packed in and we took you back to your house to pick relacement decks up, if I remember rightly. On another night John Peel turned up as the vibe of the scene was being picked up by the mainstream music press and he published a column in Sounds the following week about the scene. Unbelievable days and so great to reminisce about.

See Pete, that's my point exactly. All this shit slinging is tiresome. Enough already!