Barry

Yes but you must also remember the balls it took to play them.

Dionne's looking good there too.

I do prefer the bright sound gained from styrene.

I said that didn't I? Nice one anyhow.

I'm out the game at the mo' but wasn't there a Phillip suchabody, lead singer, early 80's...not showing up on my Googles.

I find it amazing that Brian has actually found the time to knock about with other clowns (myself included that is) as well as putting so much into this scene. Some say that his knees have been rented out to the Statue Of Liberty. Others say that he's still alive. To us he's called simply 'Bri'.

Apparently, f you stare into Brians bizarre shirt long enough, you know like, cross your eyes an' all that, you're able to see Clyde McPhatters kitchen!?

I've noticed an edit there son - come on.

I have since understood that I have possibly made a faux pas, giving you the opporunity to big yourself up on your undesrtanding of all things vinyl. So! I've done you a favour in reality - don't get on me case, you can rattle on about this for ages now.

G'night.

John Virgo and Bill Werbeniuk come to mind.

...listen to 'I Can See Him Making Love To You'. keep these two lads in mind:

Another B.Hamilton composition that enjoyed a moment in Soul History - 'I Enjoy'! Bah-Bah-Bah-Bah!

This may be a re-post but it's too late to be digging and I feel the need to get it out. I was in The Lion last weekend, arseholed, after the match and felt compelled to ring Rich (Francis) up as I had noticed that Bernie Hamilton, ...had popped his clogs. As I was ringing him, he was trying to ring me (from Hackney) to tell me the same thing. Northern Soul....bloody hell. RIP Bernie. Apart from Tenafly (James Mack), the only US detective type guy that infiltrated my primary school years on a visual level and my 20's in an auditory manner, unbeknownst to me at the time. Never forgotten Bernie.

This - is a feckin' great thread. I mean it.

One of the lads I used to play records at venues with occasionally, Ray Rose (ex-Marcher Sound), used to spend silly money on Linn and I think Pink Triangle decks etc - but he only ever played , his love, 70's soul 7" vinyl on this really expensive gear. Never made much sense to me.

I'm not up on this subject enough to really add anything to this discussion but would CBS and it's satellite labels ever have needed to cut corners and press stuff on reconstituted styrene?

Just done a tad of Spinners Googling on the back of this thread, was Frank Washington (ex-Futures) the same Frank Washington responsible for the Arthur Fenn 80's Bradford killer 'Ice'.

A particular favourite of mine is 'Love Is Such A Crazy feeling'...to place it in a time-scale, an Earlestown Cricket Club play, early 80's.

She makes a belting pan of chips.

This is a nonsense reply in some respects but I must say they are very reasonable prices. Will you accept three weekends (over the year) with my missus for the Gene Toones?

Apologies - 'Wally'.

Thanks for taking the time to reply Ken. We went a wedding a that was held there a couple of months back and was impressed by the room it was held in. Looking forward to it.