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A number of these I've listed before but those that are relisted are reduced here for a quick sale. A right mixture and some real bargains if you look carefully I think. I've tried to (visually) grade them really tightly but, as per, any problems / you're not happy for whatever reason you get your dosh back, no hassles. Ppal as gift (Philip@threlfall.fsbusiness.co.uk) , cash, cq etc all ok. PM if you're interested in anything. Add UK postage in line with how you want em sent. Anywhere else will check: This batch as priced Chymes - I've lost (Teako) NM £45 (total stormer now starting to get playys. Sold for 100 recently) Commands - no time for you / hey it's love (Backbeat) NM £50 (immaculate copy) Creations - I wanna talk to you (Paul Winley Productions) Ex (visually - see below) £250 This has some background hiss virtually all way through. Plays out ok with treble down a tad. Rare record and price more than reflects condition IMHO Marvin L Sims - get off my back (Revue) vg++ (1 or 2, literally, v light marks dnap) £45 Larry Wedgeworth & Clique - no more games (Groovehall) Ex (odd v light scuff dnap) Morecambe 80s monster £50 Gigi and Charmaines - I don't wanna lose him / Mysteries - too late now (Kent) Ex+ £60 Moody & the Deltas - everybody come clap your hands (Daisy) Ex £40 Old Sam Cook c/u from Morecambe. You can still see the sellotape mark Spyder Turner - ride in my 225 / Fortune Bravos - one stop (Fortune) Ex £75 (hard record!) BB Carter - cool it baby (Kris w/d) Ex+ (small sol) £150 Another genuinely hard record these days and the superior version by a country mile IMHO Masters of Soul - do you really love me (Ovide) vg+ (the odd light mark dnap) £40 Awesome & their hardest by a considerable distance. Starting to get plays again and seen for 50+. Spare copy Billy McGregor - the great creation (Mellotone) vg++ / Ex £50 (half price!) Falcons - good good feeling (Big Wheel) vg+ (TT in felt pen on one label) £120 Not a mint record by any means but not knackd either and plays great. Bargain Vince Apollo - I bear witness / can't turn my back (Pentagon) vg++ / Ex £200 Tammy Wayne - have a good time (Boom) Ex+ £50 Tony Matthews - my wish (Convoy) Ex+ vinyl (slight ring on label) £325 - bargain! Lamont Dozier - dearest one (Mel-o-Dy) vg++ (slightly grubby label and a bit of light label damage) £40 Buddy Lamp - save your love (Wheelsville) vg++ (small wol) £150 Thelma Lindsey - prepared to love you (Magic City) vg++ (v. slight ring and the odd v light mark) £150 - bargain! Florence Miller - I believe in love (P&P) Ex+ £40 Check the books, some real bargains below: £30 each (or all 3 for £75) Fabulous Mustangs - I won't let you go (Stang) vg++ Low fi recording, great record, had spins c/u Lee Wilson - lonely boy (USA) vg++ (some biro one side label) Values - return to me (Invicta) vg++ Marshall & Chi-Lites - love bandit / pretty girl (Daren) vg/+ (grubby label, loads light marks and the odd crackle, fine to dj with) £25 each (or these 6 records for £100) Carltons - ooo baby (Argo) Ex Patti & the Emblems - you too kadvantage of a good thing (Herald) Ex Gene and Eddie - sweet little girl (Rujac) Ex Four Sonics - where are you (Triple B) Ex Debanairs - feel all right (W-BS) Ex+ Bit of a buzz on this recently, great dancer Luther Ingram - I can't stop / you got to give love (Ko Ko) Ex £20 each (or these 13 records for £200) Leevert Allison - I want to give my heart to you (Poncello) Ex+ The Groove - love (it's getting better) Wand vg++ / Ex Kenneth & Delroy - let me hold you close (Steeltown) vg++ / Ex Casinos - if I told you (Del Val) Ex Garland Green - angel baby (Uni) Ex Sophisticates - back up baby (Sonny) Ex Kelly Bros - love time (Sims) vg+/+ (slightly grubby label) Thelma Jones - souvenirs of a heartbreak (Barry) Ex and magic! Tommy Payton - mountain of soul (Staff) Ex Shirley of the Soul Sisters & Brother - what more (Rujac) vg++ / Ex (seen at 50+, brill) Tempests - out of my life (Smash w/d) vg++ / Ex 5 Stairsteps & Cubie - tell me who (Buddah) vg++ (this is absolutely brill IMHO and has had recent spins) Top Shelf - no second thoughts (LoLo) Ex (I've always rated this, still v underplayed) £15 Each (or the remaining 11 records for £125) Mike Finnigan & Serfs - bread and water (Parkway w/d) Ex (quality underplayed oldie, proper dancer!) Reggie Sadler Revue - so long sweet little girl (De-Lite) Ex (really superb cross-over and a steal) Righteous Bros Band - rat race (Verve) vg++ / Ex (v minor ring on label) Butch Baker - the fat man / working at the go go (St Lawrence) Ex (def original, small address) Jackie Lee - oh my darling (Mirwood) vg+/+ (the odd v light scuff / mark but nothing major) Maxine Brown - one step at a time (Pye UK) vg++ Clarence Reid - I refuse to give up (Wand) vg+/+ (bit of label wear but nowt horrendous) NoNo Starr - swing your love / pull yourself together (Midas) Ex (magic Stafford dancer) Chuck Jackson - I only get this feeling (ABC w/d) NM Lennis Guess - working for my baby (New Faces '68) Ex (great rnb) C Alexander & the Natural 3 - pay them no mind / somebody special (GuyJim) Ex good semi-known, just pitch it up a touch and get it played! PW Cannon - beating of my lonely heart (Hickory) Ex Ascots - miss heartbreaker (MBS) Ex (got em all and this is as good as any!) Irma Thomas - the hurt's all gone (Imperial w/d) Ex (it'll make you blub! Awesome slowie) Stagemasters - baby I'm here just to love you (Slide) Ex Barbara Lynn -p this is the thanks I get (Atlantic) Ex £10 each (or these 5 records for £40) Willie Harper - but I couldn't (Alon) Ex Josephine Taylor - good lovin' (Mar-V-Lus) Ex (superb gritty dancer!) Festivals - you've got the makings of a lover (Smash) Ex (superb mid tempo!) Vontastics - feel kind of bad / anything you do (Chess) NM - never did a bad record! Kenny Hamber - time (DeJac w/d) Ex £6 each (or these 4 records for £20) Chuck Jackson - love lights (All Platinum) Ex Lenny Welch - hundred pounds of pain (Mainstream) Ex Bull & Matadors - I can't forget / move with the groove (Toddlin' Town) vg/+ Lee Williams & Cymbals - I need you baby / shing-a-ling USA (USA) Ex Obviously, I'll amend / update as and when anything goes.Happy hunting! Cheers Phil

Used to play it at Horwich and they all feckin sat down as per

had em let em go and want em again PM me with price and condition cheers Phil

Just by way of a flavour, here's a batch of the tunes I can recall playing 10.45-12.00. Mostly oldies as you can see and in no particular order here. Hope the other lads can maybe post a few of their plays too: Ivy Jo Hunter - I can feel the pain (VIP) Velvelettes - lonely lonely girl am I (VIP)(request) Performers - I can't stop you (Mirwood) Bobettes - I've got to face the world (RCA) Saxie Russell - psychedelic soul (Thomas) Isley Bros - it's out of the question (TMG) Marvin Smith - have more time (Brunswick) Artistics - hope we have (Brunswick) Edward Hamilton - call me (Carrie) Mary Wells - can't you see (you're losing me) (Atco) Fabulous Peps - with these eyes (Wheelsville) Joe Matthews - good thing going (Thelma) Len Jewell - bettin' on love (Fontana) Vontastics - why must we part (Chess) Les Chansonettes - don't let him hurt you (Shrine) (request) Johnny McCall - you can't get away (Sattellite) (request) Otis Lee - hard row to hoe (Quaint) Daisy Burris - four strong winds (Deesu) Little Stanley - out of sight loving (Vance) Timothy Wilson - hey girl (do you love me) (Veep) Ascots - anytime (Mir-a-Don) Pinkertones - it's not the way you walk (Queen G) Imperial Cs - someone tell her (Phil La) Turbines - we got to start over (Cenco)(request) Celebrities - didn't tell the truth (Boss) Don and Juan - the heartbreaking truth (Mala) Trends - not too old to cry (ABC Para) Monique - if you love me (show me) (Maurci) (request) Thanks for having us

Depends who is on doesn't it Personally, I'd expect to hear / play: - quality oldies - bit of crossover - rare things and the odd semi known - bit of rnb / grittier stuff Hear what you're saying though folks and have been bored sh*tless countless times

Just a couple for sale. I'll do Spec Del in UK on both. Paypal (gift) Philip@threlfall.fsbusiness.co.uk, cash or cq fine. Bits N Pieces - keep on running away (Nasco) vg++ /Ex £100 Rarer multi-coloured label, floor packer from '74 The Chymes - I've lost (Teako) Ex+ £75 Played at -2 or thereabouts this is the absolute dog's doodahs of a storming uptempo group dancer IMHO. One or two starting to play it out now and has sold v recently for 100+. Label maybe a tad off centre but dnap Cheers Phil Chymes Lost uptempo group stormer.MP3

After a nice clean copy at reasonable money please PM me Cheers Phil

Need some cash quick so these two belting and very in-demand dancers for sale. Both in Excellent condition - see below Pinkertones - its not the way you walk (Queen G) £300 Very slt warp which dnap and tiny bit of staining (looks like water) on label. Vinyl immaculate! Huns Review - don't make me love you (Sorro) SOLD Paypal preferred (as gift) Philip@threlfall.fsbusiness.co.uk I'll do Special Deliv in UK cheers Phil

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Fantastic black music and eminently danceable; not averse to it at all and good stuff in its own right IMHO If I heard em all night at a soul all-nighter though: a. I'd be bored sh*tless b. I'd have a migraine by midnight; and c. I'd know for sure that I was on the wrong bus. Good records IMO as I say and I'm certainly not knocking them per se. Come on though Tez, either or both of em Vs Johnny Rodgers? That's putting an also-ran and a selling-plater up against a thoroughbred The main problem I have with lots of these sounds - just the same as I do with RnB and crossover when I think about it - the majority of em are just stocking fillers IMHO and even an hour of em might as well be an LP to my ears. For sure, the odd thing 'crosses-over' and is sufficiently soulful and good enough to warrant it's place in the pecking order. However, the majority are neither knew or exciting to my ears, they're just not good enough when sat alongside the other things that are already out there, many of which still haven't had their time and are, in my opinion, infinitely better, more 'soulful' [in the scene sense] records. While I'm ranting, same deal with not rare and/or inexpensive records; if they're good enough and slot in play em , however rare, expensive or not they are, doesn't matter a sh*te. All I ask as a punter is that folk don't expect me to pay a tenner to eat spam disguised as steak or, worse still, insult my intelligence by assuming that I can't taste the difference. If we're not careful it'll end up like that re-formed chicken roll stuff you get from the supermarket, all beaks n feet. Once a breast man ... ...

Just a handful of decent tunes, mostly spares and a number re-listed and reduced (sorry if you've seen em all before). If there's anything you fancy PM me. Not really interested in offers or trades on these as they're already pretty competetively priced and I need cash to be honest. Paypal (gift), cash, cq all ok. All graded conservatively, money back if you're unhappy. P&p standard rates. (Overseas we'll sort it and over £100 it'll need signing for). Anyway, have a butchers: Two Plus Two - love will conquer all (Ditto) Ex £100 Butch's old 'Servicemen' c/u. Bargain! Buddy Lamp - save your love (Wheelsville) vg++ £175 v. light marks dnap and 'good' on both sides in biro. Proper Detroit dancer and floorpacker. Tony Matthews - my wish (Convoy) ex £350 Bargain! Slight ring on one side of label but vinyl is Ex maybe better. Top record IMHO Hal Miller and Rays - love another girl (Amy demo) vg++ £120 Bargain! Great group sound

Anyone who has ever heard me DJ will know that accusations of any planning or thought having gone into it at all are obviously wide of the mark

Some top tackle there Steve Enjoyed flitting in and out and many thanks to you two for the cards and to Bob of course for the, erm, memorable prezzie I'll never eat another mushroom long as I live!!!!!! If you wanna part with that cracked, worthless thing PM me :no:

Cheers Phil

Just missed one for 50 Nice, clean and bout £70 tops I reckon for a w/d Cheers Phil

Bloody hell, been looking for a Bobettes back @ sensible money If anyone's got a spare PM me - will post in wants anyway atb Franco, catch you soon mate! Phil

Agree totally Personally, I like to hear a mix, not just across a night - that should be a given, surely - but also across a set. The best dj's have tended, IMHO anyway, to be those who could cut and paste different tempos, genres etc and find the right records to bridge the gaps and for the floor at any given time. Any clown can play an hour of one genre and most of us tend to favour one over others, although most are probably more or less eclectic outside the main stuff, in collecting records I suspect. However, very few are able to draw on the depth of collection to cover a number of bases and/or, if they do, to make best use of it. If you're dj-ing regularly at different venues I'd think that'd be prerequisite wouldn't it? For me, where breaking sounds is concerned, promoters are just as important as dj's, especially these days. Those who put events on that I want to go to and who will facilitate folk trying to push boundaries tend: - to book only djs who they think can cut the mustard at their night: i.e. not their mates, not half-arsed promoters / wanabee djs, not clowns with no records or a box full of expensive records (simply because they're expensive); - to plan ahead in terms of trying to strike a good balance across the night; - keep tabs on who is playing what and how it's going down; - tell prospective punters exactly what they can expect on the night. Similarly, any self-respecting dj will turn a spot down if they ain't got the tackle for that particular night. If all that doesn't happen it all becomes a bit of a lottery I reckon. Don't envy anyone trying to promote and keep it fresh at the mo though. I can't imagine how much organising goes into a multi-room event, not to mention the outlay involved in terms of staff, equipment and a whole raft of djs. Maybe if ... ... main room crowds had more eclectic taste and, gulp (tin hat on), genuine passion for soul music and the scene as opposed to 'their' bit of it and ... ... (tin hat again) if only those who had the records and skill to dj were asked to the whole thing would be less fragmented, easier to promote and more enjoyable? It would also make it easier to break newer tunes in main rooms I think. Obviously, some will disagree for whatever reason; fair enough, just my thoughts. I honestly do think that punters and would-be djs have it far too easy though these days and that these are primary reasons for things standing still all too often? Mine's the brown leather safari one ...

PMSL Great post Baz btw!

Hi Ian You'd have to ask him but I don't think Butch would want to be doing 2-3 gigs per week these days. Much as I'd love 1% of the records he has and has broken over the years - head and shoulders in my opinion, as others have also said - it must actually be pretty boring for him at times. As has already been said, I don't think there's either the 45s or the mindset anymore to drive and break the newies like there used to be. People seem to me to have different priorities insofar as collecting / dj-ing / promoting, even dancing are concerned and I'm not sure the scene is healthier in the longer term for that. However, it always had to come to terms with it's own mortality at some stage and adapt to things like people having more disposable income (happy days they were), an ageing crowd, the massive increase in venues and, generally, a more global take on the thing. It's still evolving and sorting itself out of course and will continue to do so. As ever, there will always be folk and records who step up to the mark at different times; they won't always get the credit they deserve but I think that's always been true too: one person plays it and it clears the floor and a 'name' plays it and it's rammed, them's the breaks. The days of records being turned up and over at a rate of knots are long gone of course and, even if they were around, I'm far from convinced that the appetite for them exists amongst the vast majority. Sure, the odd thing will cross over into the large rooms and venues but, other than Lifeline, I'm not sure where you'd go now to hear high quality newies on a consistent basis? For me, that's where you're most likely to hear some of the big lads pushing each other and I'm not sure that happens as much now as it once did. If anything, they all, or a few of em, have to have it to get it out there, as other's have said already. It's rare for those breaking new records to be playing to 500+ I suspect and the audience isn't, therefore, as captive as it once was. For me, it is how it is and what'll be will be. It'll never be like it was or maybe even how I'd like it to be. I reckon we might as well accept that and get on. Those in the know and who are genuinely passionate about the music and keeping the momentum going will always push on and, mostly, drag the rest along kicking and screaming. atb Phil ps. The short answer then is no, you couldn't play an upfront, in your face set peak time at one of the massive 500+ venues IMHO. Here's one for you though, post Wigan / Mecca /Stafford, where could you?

Marc - that's cos you've got a good ear mate (possibly even two) and are constantly on the lookout

I agree wholeheartedly with that Mark. One of the things myself and a couple of mates have often said is that we'd love to get a line-up together of people who we respect as DJs and who have good collections in terms of breadth and depth. Then we'd make em play out of one another's boxes. (Would be interesting I think to see what they pulled and played and chances are if someone looked in my 'playbox' they'd use things I tend to bypass as a matter of course, for whatever reason). It's like anything, when they're right under your nose it's all too easy to miss em. Bagsie having first pop at Butch's This is precisely one of the reasons why I've always really rated Joan as a DJ, because if she thinks it's good enough she'll give it an airing and things I can think of off the top of my head that she's really revived - not necessarily singularly of course, she certainly wouldn't thank me for claiming that on her behalf or claim it herself, but she's given em 'airtime' when most had forgotten about or overlooked em, include: Performers - I can't stop you Incredibles - miss treatment Five Stairsteps & Cubie - tell me who Ambassadors - I need someone Incredibles - crying heart Garnet Mimms - prove it to me All pretty tried and tested over the years of course, some more than others obviously, but good enough to play anywhere IMHO. I hear loads of 'DJs', and I've probably been guilty of this on those rare occasions when I've played out in the past, who simply play the 22 most expensive records they've got. No flow, little thought or creativity and it all gets a bit dull to be honest, not to mention difficult to dance to in terms of a 'set'. Great also to hear the likes of Chalky playing 45s other than the monsters that tend, by definition, to predominate on the decks at major events like Lifeline. (That's certainly not me being criticial - one of the reasons why that is an awesome nighter is because you get chance to hear stuff you don't hear much any place else - but it's also great to hear things like the Grier Bros getting an outing alongside their much more expensive counterparts; just as good too IMHO). The other 'clue' I think, and this is what Mark and one or two others have alluded to already, is that I don't think you need to try too hard to bend, redefine or even bastardise (maybe a bit strong ) genres to keep it fresh; there are plenty out there that are known and which deserve their proper 15 minutes in the sun IMHO without resorting to stuff that simply isn't up to it. It's not whether it's 'new' that matters so much to me, it's whether it's good enough. Without wanting to revive the 'top tips' thread we had recently - which goes to show that, thankfully, the hounds and some sounds are still out there pushing, prodding and pulling us also-rans along, albeit they are inevitably in much shorter supply than was the case years ago, for various and some pretty obvious reasons - get your lugs round things like these; I wouldn't and don't bat an eye at playing em alongside 1k+ records: Jimmy Norman - I'm leaving, Vontastics - let me down easy or why must we part, Vanguards - thought of losing your love, Herbs - must be an answer, Invaders - best is yet to come, Gladys Knight - tell her you're mine, Turks - you turn me on, Drake and Ensolids - fight for love, Patti Austin - too much a part of me, Bull and Matadors - if you decide / love come down ... ... Not new stuff necessarily Jim and not fortunes either but all good enough IMHO. Insofar as rarer new discoveries are concerned we are still, by and large, in the hands of people like Ady, Andy D, Rob T, Dave T, Butch et al i.e.those with centuries worth of knowledge and contacts who've kept turning em up fairly consistently over recent-ish years. I've heard some shite these last few years but I've also heard some absolutely awesome records that I'd never heard of before (which has been the case for about 30 years as far as I can recall). That's got to augur well I reckon and fair play to those who keep rooting, reviving and/or turning em up and those with the nads to play em. atb Phil

O'Kaysions clip is magnificent! Still love this. Indecent trouser alert though Reckon that's where the lead singer of Mud got his idea from. It always appalled our mam when they were on TOTP as she maintained "he's not wearing underpants the dirty bugger":ohmy: