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https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=-CgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA28&dq=weldon+arthur+mcdougal+chips+record+distribution&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwil3sfL4Yn2AhUUiFwKHVeuA5MQuwV6BAgEEAY#v=onepage&q=weldon arthur mcdougal chips record distribution&f=false Pictured with Martha & The Vandellas in 18/02/67 (ha! 55 years ago to the day) Billboard magazine. Described as working for CHIPS and being Philly promotion man for Tamla-Motown.

So sad to hear of Syl's passing. Had sometime to myself today so spent all afternoon listening to his records. So much quality output from his Federal days right through to the 70s when he was on Hi. I think it was probably Dave Simmons' Radio 1 show that first made me aware of him and I was lucky to find two of his Hi albums (Diamond In The Rough and Total Explosion) in a record shop sale back in '75-76 I think. Still have them and they are cherished possessions. Kris Holmes dedicated his whole show (The Long Way Home) to him last week. A great listen. https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/112537 RIP Syl.

Back in the late noughties I was the only bidder on Joni Wilson - Let Hurt Put You In The Losers Seat at $9.99 Those were the days - $2 to the £ and shipping only about $6.

He has a great taste in music too. A year or two ago he used to fairly regularly fill in for Guy Garvey on BBC6Music. The show was greatly improved when he did and well worth a listen . Hopefully Garvey will be off touring again soon so we can get some more decent music on a Sunday afternoon.

Actually you would be just behind the game as taking inflation into account £20 in 1977 equates to £125 now. https://www.in2013dollars.com/uk/inflation/1977?amount=20 I started playing a game recently with some old mailing lists from the mid 70s taking records and looking them up to see their likely worth now. All over the place, there were some serious bargains hiding in the 3 for a £1 sections, but of course plenty that have not shifted at all being worth only a couple of pounds now.

Just a few off the top of my head from mid-late 70s. All of have been favourites of mine for many years and I think are strong all the way through. Gloria Scott - What Am I Gonna Do Leon Ware - Rocking You Eternally People's Choice - We Got The Rhythm Barrabas s/t Roy Ayers - most of them really. I really like You Send Me Early Jean Carn as has already been said.

Thanks for sharing this sad news about Johnny Daye. I had missed his passing. That is an excellent article, lots of detail on his life that fills in lots of blanks.

I have never though it was a black artist singing. Although it is undoubtedly sung from the soul and has deep meaning (I think ). Black artists have covered many rock and pop songs over the years . Just imagine the first time you ever heard Whiter Shade Of Pale is was Aretha singing , or maybe Stevie would be a better fit, would you conisder it a soul record? It gets difficult. As it happens in my case the term blue-eyed soul immediately conjures up songs that are typically of a light pop soul confection. But it's not as simple as that. I see Rod Stewart got a mention up thread A good shout for someone who I think has buckets of soul (particularly anything in his catalogue before the mid 70s). Also I must mention the Average White Band. In my opinion they had more soul and funk in their bones than many black groups (and much as I love and respect James Brown I thought when he recorded as AABB that was a bit disrespectful). Sir Shambling has a great article on his site which incidentally includes the Average White Band in his list of 25 blue eyed soul winners. Pete Nickols follows up on it too. https://www.sirshambling.com/articles/blue_eyed_soul/index.php https://www.sirshambling.com/articles/brown_eyed_soul/index.php In John's list he also includes Johnny Daye - Stay Baby Stay which is certainly no light pop soul confection.

Had a similar wtf moment a couple of years ago when I heard Bettye Swann My Heart Is Closed For The Season in a local cafe/restaurant. I asked how they chose the music, they said they were centrally compiled playlists. Thos playlists were quality over the next few months.

Wouldn't the mis-spelt "I'd Be Greatful" be the first issue, which was then corrected on further issues?

Tucked away on a B side this is soooo good Patty & The Emblems - You Took Advantage Of A Good Thing

Terminal by the looks of things then. A shame. I wonder what happened to the stock?

Anybody ever find out what happened here? Feeling nostalgic. It was a good source.

This is a 2nd issue. As stated above the 2nd Issue had an R after the matrix number. Also the song title (and to a degree the artist name) are in much bigger fonts on the original issue. btw it's the B side that does it for me, and for that the 2nd issue might be the one to get because I don't think it fades so quickly.

An Elvitrue "company sleeve" !?

I do it all the time and there is no blur (nothing fancy - a very old Fuji Finepix camera with flash and auto setting).

I am really missing buying records from the US. Haven't indulged since the US postage hike in January, and recent talk of Global Shipping Program debacle and customs tightening up have not helped. Also, your comment could easily be simply edited down to "Bollocks to ebay its gone down the tubes" - taking commission on P&P value is another worrying step too far.

This is a staged shot isn't it? Note the switch is in the off position so the idler would have been disengaged and the platter wouldn't be spinning. (Dim and distant memories were stirred yesterday when I was trying to work out why a BSR deck wasn't working).

Waiting now for this CD! Re the top 100, these would have to be in my top 10: Roszetta Johnson - Who You Going To Love (what an arrangement!) RIP Roszetta Doris Duke - I Don't Care Anymore (the lyrics! - Swampdogg at the top of his game) Jaibi - You Got Me Eddie & Ernie (not sure which one though!)

Thanks Mick re that Joni Wilson thread on Soul Detective - that was actually Red Kelly taking up my original question (with my blessing) that I had posted on my blog a few years ago now! Red usually gets a lot of response to his "burning questions" but in this instance there was virtually no response at all.

I have the 45. I can record it onto mp3 and give you a link to it if you want. (Won't get time to do this 'til Friday 20th now).

Smokey Robinson - Madam X Simples ;)

And it is The Parliaments "All Your Goodies" as the backing track, with Joni singing isn't it? Anybody know anything about Joni Wilson? Manship site says it was Joyce Vincent Wilson who was in the group Dawn. Is that definitely true?

A few not mentioned yet I think (dancer/known side in brackets): Josephine Taylor - Depend On Me (Smooth Groove) (Right now this would get my vote for the greatest deep track ever and this was the A Side) Alfreda Brockington - I'll Wait For You (Chained & Bound) (just a shame this one fades a bit too quick, it's about 15 seconds longer on the reissue I think) Tyrone Davis - A Woman Needs To Be Loved (Can I Change My Mind) (was the A side when initially released - I have it on a solid black Dakar label - flipped after a few months)

This answers the question "who were The Marvels?"pretty well: https://hearthesounds.blogspot.com/2009/06/rock-steady-with-marvels.html And I have a big soft spot for a 1978 LP they released called "In The Middle Of The Night" https://darcysfeelit.blogspot.com/2010/05/marvel.html