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What's with this loneliness for me too. I remember buying a copy on Stardust from Rob's in Hurt's Yard in Nottingham out of a tatty old suitcase on a pile of dusty and mostly sleeveless records.

Sad to hear. I'm glad that he was still alive to see The Funk Brothers at least get belated acclaim via 'Standing in the Shadows' etc, though those who worked with him like Dennis Coffey quoted in the article clearly didn't need that to know his qualities.

I've just had a look on the Ace website but can't see a way through to Kent Select - can you pre-order?

Same as Chalky - the handles click into place to hold the lids very nicely and so you lift the box as a whole rather than just by the handles - works fine. As noted re large versions full of 12" and LPs, the limit seems to be more about your ability to lift the weight than whether the box can take it!

I agree. Very good product, make sure to specify that you're needing the extra height lids (3L, as shown on Chalky's link) - you can find the boxes in stores like Staples but I've never seen them with the necessary height for the lid other than by ordering direct online. They do sizes to fit 12" / LPs too. I made the mistake of ordering large ones and if you fill them they're too heavy to realistically move comfortably, so we use them for bedding now and I got some of the 19L size which are fine. One thing to watch when ordering though - they don't stack inside themselves (due to being designed so that it's possible to stack them on top of each other). Delivery costs make it worth ordering whatever you need all in one go, but you'll potentially get some very big parcels on the doorstep when they arrive!

You might like to go to this thread too, all the issues of Shades of Soul (Derek Pearson's magazine):

Agree - both sides are great and certainly keen to see what's next. 'Two paces' had a small jump on the first play but thankfully fine on subsequent plays, think I must have had some fluff on the needle.

I get my white card sleeves from Covers 33 here in the UK: https://www.covers33.co.uk/shop/for-your-vinyl/7-vinyl/7-card/7-white-card-sleeve-pack-of-100/ The outside is a sort of matt / gloss, and the inner is white, but not as much of a finished gloss surface. £15 for 100. Sorry if I've misinterpreted your message and you already know of stuff like this and are trying to find something of higher quality.

Sounds great, got my order in (at last I think so, jumped into Paypal and it went through).

Another monster but surely this should feature in this thread too?

I kept hoping to see Eric on all 4's trying to offer her one of his work boots after shifting some scenery à la Shirley Bassey appearance on their show! Nice post thanks.

Don't think an apology is needed Steve - it's a good spot and may trigger more posts.

Mike started a similar thread a little while back:

I don't know much about it but Ian Whittington posts some great tracks on YouTube that are related to this: https://www.youtube.com/user/ianwhitt100

Excellent opening sets by the Witney guys, and thanks for posting the list above John. Attendance was very good and a great atmosphere developed from the off. Hoping we can keep going at the Labour Club, the space works well for a soul night, plenty of room to dance and the circular tables make it a bit easier to get to the dance floor when you want to as well as being more sociable.

Soulful Kinda Biscuits posted this on Youtube:

Just going with the title of the thread: Diamond-hard vinyl A neighbour with an unknown stock of 45's in the attic All the time in the world to just listen to this stuff I've got now, let alone what I might find next.

The book itself was definitely an interesting read, but maybe like me you prefer the physical item to the virtual.

Loved Notre Dame, as you say, great venue and it felt like a weird secret, bang in the middle of London.

The sister also sent this to me...

My sister emailed this to me a while back...

Sorry to read of his passing, I was another of the lucky ones to see them perform in Coventry and I am indebted to all you people posting on this (and so many other threads re so much more); I had no idea he had been so much of a part of sounds I've loved for so long. I'm guessing Rob Moss's upcoming release of 3 records links around these connections.

Great thanks Rob, looking forward to these.

Bit more info Rob please - when are these coming out?

This sounds like a great project. Given you're updating the technology could you incorporate Bluetooth so that the user can just hear the sound via Bluetooth headphones? Lots of settings where no matter how good the speakers are, us oldies with failing hearing might struggle to hear the record!