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Eddie Floyd - Holding On With Both Hands Astors - In the Twilight Zone Ruby Johnson - Weak Spot Ruth Brown - Yes Sir, Brother Ilana - Where Would You Be Today

I have a JA blank for sale tiny edge crack plays stronger than the Doctor Bird

Andy you are a shining example. gold star stuff all the way Nij

Thats one thing we agree on chum...No contest, no doubt.... Jackie had the look, the moves, the voice, THE LOT!!! Nij

Saw her at Koko in April : best live act seen inna long long time and her band are supatuf...I mean how can any band led by a guy called BINKY GRIPTITE not be er, totally awesome??? Taking a squad with us for this one...

Not banging my own drum or 'owt but personally I think my voice has never sounded better whaddya think Ken? Nice to see you last Sat at Soulgate...Nij PS Bulldog cut all the way for me

AS I remember there was a period of a year or so when Graham Parker was on everywhere, you couldn't avoid that man...Don't think I went to see ACDC with you but we certainly saw ole' rubberlips & his band at Knebworth as I have the pix to prove it. In between backdrops we did catch a bunch of punk gigs too, all the usual suspects many times plus eccentricities like Johnny Moped. I remember Graham Parker at the Nashville and the Hope & Anchor plus many other venues. At the end of 1976 I was transferred up to Aberdeen so that was the end of all that as Aberdeen in those days was a desert ( a f*****g freezing desert but a musical desert for sure)

Tone, Just dug out an old Polaroid pic of you, me & Clarkie taken on the stall in 1975. My firm had moved me down to their Gt Portland St office early 1975 so I used to spend lunch hour in Soho hunting food & vinyl. I bumped into Ady across the stall & we knew each other from somewhere that turned out to be the Torch so common ground sorted there began an enduring friendship. I ended up moving into his shared flat in Highbury with a squad of his university mates. I remember someones girlfriends dog ate my brand new pair of tan tassel loafers I'd just bought back from Spain. Never even wore 'em! She left a note saying "The dog ate Wotsits shoes". I wasn't even worth naming.... Great memories of the stall included sitting helping Ady to parcel up 100s of Bluebeat 45s to send of to Belgium. We thought it was hilarious that anyone would fork out good money for a load of what sounded like Spaghetti Western soundtracks. Happy daze...

Chester - Back in the late 60s early 70s no rare soul just commercial pap in the local clubs. 15 miles down the road Warrington was the border post of Northern soul. Chester followed Liverpool's lead which was JB funk & all of that. If we wanted to hear proper soul we went Up the Junction in Crewe on week then the Torch the other. If we were on the pull and wanted a bit of funky git down we headed across the Mersey. I knew of no Rare soul scene in Liverpool at that time but had some great times at the She Club & others I struggle to remember.

Frankenstein is a killer alright I'll post it up on here if its not in the Refosoul section already. Others to check for are Slow Run (JAD) which I put on here sometime back, and Ska Doo Wah which is a Hammond thing which I think I sold some years ago. I think it came on UA over here. The price on an original Frankenstein on JA Soul is probably £50-60 nowadays for a VG+ but Phil Etgart at Enthucol can sort you a repress if youre not fussed Nij

[ Keb used to play the Combinations too, was that a plate as well? PS Keb used to leave his play box round ours when we used to live up the hill from him, probably to stop wife #1 from selling off a couple to pay the Visa bill. We'd had a party one night & somehow during the cleanup we managed to break his newly acquired copy of the Mark IV on Brite Lite clean in half. Didn't faze him one bit, just "thats eighty five f****n quid ye owe me ye c**t". Star player...

No copies of this vile outing were ever purchased by Mancunians of the Red persuasion & if they mistakenly did they would never get through the scanners on the East Lancs Rd Nij PS Nice to see yer at the Social for Donna's do the other week

Ty Karim "You Really Made IT Good to Me" Totally Murderous Bassline..

Agree with the Chester comment but we're trying to educate the f***ers. Warrington 15 miles away heaving with proper people too. Whats the point of this thread exactly anyway? I bet theres not many in that town in Anglesey with 158 letters in its name but hey guess what theres loads in Manchester and London and Bradford and Barnsley and zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

I'd be up for a copy Pete Ta, Nij

Male:Jackie Wilson Female : Irma Thomas

Salvadors hard to dance to??? Maybe now in me dotage but thats just an age thing & f**k all to do with the tune at all. At the Torch people got killed in the stampede to get on the floor when the first bars cut the place up. Mind you a visit to the medicine cupboard beforehand made most things possible... Nij

Agree with that, top goodtime tune, always reminds me of Randy! Got to add the following : Too Late - Williams/Watson (Okeh) Its Gonna Be Me - Buddy Ace (Duke) Before 2001 - Rufus Wood (Espanola) You Really Made It Good to Me - Ty Karim (Romark) Its a Sad Thing - Ray Pollard (UA) Nij

Robbie Lang is a retired millionare in Naples Fla but still waiting to hear from the rest...

Chuck, Johnny, Robbie, Desi, Pete T, Melvin?? champion the benefits of conspicuous consumption. If this picture came with a soundtrack it would be Jerry Cook, no doubt....From the time when a Wheel badge, one black "Dents" driving glove & a braided blazer meant something...Nij (with the polaroid camera)

Sir, You'd do much better in the "honest" Northwest away from all those southern "Arthur Daley" types. Send me up a list and I will happily act as your guide through these treacherous waters. Your faithful servant, Nij PS All those red/white english Studio 1/ blue Coxsone releases are of no commercial value however parcel them up & send them to me & I will dispose of them safely without environmental concerns

Think you're looking at £120 or so. Demand for this one seems firmly in the soul corner. I was given my Gayfeet blank by a top ska man a few yrs ago who described it as "one o' dem likkle soul 'tings you like". Of course the Buster version is good too..."Earthquake in Orange St" only seen on Olive Blossom blank. Nij