Neil Rushton

Here is promo film clip for the forthcoming book NORTHERN SOUL STORIES Neil

Managed to obtain some more copies., First come - first served. Please PM me to reserve. AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH - MARVIN GAYE,TAMMI TERRELL...AND DIANA ROSS (MASH UP/EDIT 12") MASSIVE FOR TERRY JONES.. £10 PLUS £1 POSTAGE AND PACKING - TOTAL £11 PayPal - sales@soulvation.biz Or can take cheque - PM for info.

Northern Soul Stories - The Scene Club.pdf Here is one of the "Northern Soul Stories" in the book - trailblazing R'n'B journalist Norman Jopling talking about The Scene club getting busted.

Northern Soul Stories - Cover.pdf Here is design for front cover of the book. Northern Soul Stories - Cover.pdf

Um - I haven't done any other books unless you mean the Booklet that was part of the Sanctuary "Keeping The Box" set? The new jobbie is a proper stand alone 256 full cololur book. Been luckily to get some great interviews - some great stuff from the 60's about Guy Stevens at The Scene, Dan Penn blagging his way into Fame to watch Otis Redding produce "Sweet Soul Music", Eddie Levy talking about his Dad owning Oriole Records and Berry Gordy falling asleep at their flat after Sunday lunch in London, Norman Jopling on being "the world's first R'n'B journalist", Tony Cummings on nicking records and the start of the Soul fanzines, Donnie Elbert being arrested for being found with a gun during a police raid, Emperor Rosko making a prat of himself, Sidney Barnes on forming Geo-Si-Mic productions with Mike Terry and George Clinton, Golden World promotion man Casablanca on the ways they tricked the radio stations into playing Ric-Tic singles, Georgie Fame discovering jazz and how his Live album had to be re-recorded on a Tuesday night as the tape recorders didn't work on the Saturday which has down in legend as the night it was recorded....the list goes on. Seventies section being finished now...John Manship's stories on the drugged up cat that led to him finding the first copy of Larry Clinton and the lad who in the middle of Wigan Casino looked at a covered up copy of "Trypt On Love" and memorised the matrix number pretty good too, and the Levine haters will no doubt be entertained by his stories of death threats and clearing the Higland Room with the first UK play of "You Left Me" - The Admirations because the crowd wanted the likes of The Carstairs. And Graham Warr's account of finding records in Miami in 1971 is jaw dropping. What I could so with - some mad stories about the druggy side of things in the 70's.] Thanks Neil

My first big money purchase turned up from America and was one-sided. No One Can Else Can Take Your Place - The Inspirations (Breakthrough) 74/75 - from Bob Catanneo in Daly City,San Fancisco. Cost me £30 which was a lot at the time and Bob ,who I was getting loads of stuff from, insisted I buy it blind, wouldn't even play it down phone, but insisted it would blow my mind - which of course it did.Was first copy in the UK and I used to play it at the Ritz All-Dayers until persuaded by the North Wales crew I should sell it, probably in 76, for £125 I think. Almost persuaded the owner of the label to sell me another copy for $50 in 1979 when at his place in LA, but in the end felt lucky to get out of the place in one piece, never mind without the record.

Pete Lyster is Pete Lyster,from Manchester originally and now lives in Somerset where he and Cathy promote the excellent "Soul Nights @ Bridgwater" A top top bloke and DJ and has one of the best Soul collections - British and USA - imaginable. He is not a liar or confused. The quote comes from pre 1971 - when he was a kid in Manchester, Pete used to catch a bus on a Saturday morning to Ralph's and stand in the shop for hours watching what was going on and that's when he saw the centres knocked out.He loves his British stuff so much the horror of it has never left him! Neil

Below all UK labels. Postage extra. PM me to reserve. A LITTLE BIT OF SOMETHING - LITTLE RICHARD (COLUMBIA DEMO) £60 STAY - VIRGINIA WOLVES (STATESIDE DEM0) £50 THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY - SOLOMON KING (COLUMBIA) £100 HE'LL NEVER LOVE YOU LIKE I DO - CHARLIE GRACIE (STATESIDE) £80 UNDER MY THUMB - WAYNE GIBSON (COLUMBIA DEMO) £100 I'VE BEEN HURT - RAY WHITLEY (HMV) NO CENTRE £125 SAVE IT (NEVER TOO LATE) - MELVIN DAVIS (ACTION DEMO) £60 BETTER - RUBY WINTERS (STATESIDE DEMO) £200 I DIG YOUR ACT - THE O'JAYS (STATESIDE) £150 SHE BLEW A GOOD THING - THE AMERICAN POETS (LONDON) £90 RHYTHM AND BLUES BEAT STYLE - LULU REED/SYL JOHNSON (EMBER EP) £60 Thanks for looking, Neil

Just read this and am totally in shock. Spent a lot of time with Chris in the 70's, he was a big supporter of our All-Dayers at The Ritz and Blackpool Mecca and used to come round to see us on lazy Sunday afternoons and talk music. He came up with a Darrell Banks demo on London with the titles typed on, not printed, told me for ages he had it and I told him no way, one day he duly turned up and sold it to me. Apart from his love of Soul Music he was a lovely human being! R.I.P. Any plans for a memorial night? Neil

THE GREATEST GIFT/LOVE SHOPPING - RICHARD LACKEY (SOLID FOUNDATION) £350 BLUES IN THE NIGHT - JOHNNIE TAYLOR (FRENCH STAX EP) £150 SHE BLEW A GOOD THING - THE AMERICAN POETS (UK LONDON) £90 SAVE IT - MELVIN DAVIS (UK ACTION DEMO) £60 TRYING TO BE GOOD TO YOU - LINDA CARR (UK STATESIDE DEMO) £75 I DIG YOUR ACT - THE O'JAYS (UK STATESIDE) £150 BETTER - RUBY WINTERS (UK STATESIDE DEMO) £170 HIP TEENS DON'T WEAR BLUE JEANS (UK BLOW UP MINT) £70 RHYTHM & BLUES BLUE BEAT STYLE - LULU REED/SYL JOHNSON (UK EMBER EP) £60 IT WILL BE DONE - EDDIE CARLTON (SWAN W/DJ) £150 THE CHEATER - BOB KUBAN AND THE IN-MEN (CANADIAN BARRY) £30 YOU ASK FOR ONE GOOD REASON - LARRY WILLIAMS (O-KEH W/DJ) £90 I'M GONNA RUN AWAY FROM YOU - TAMMI LYNN (ATCO W/DJ) £25 YOU BETTER SAY YES - WILLIE TEE (ATLANTIC W/DJ) £50 A DREAM/GIVE ME ANOTHER CHANCE - PEARL JONES (JOE BOY/SIDRA LOOK A LIKE RED VINYL) £20 SUCH MISERY - TIMMY WILLIS (SOUL HQ) £10 YOU'VE GOT THE POWER - THE FALCONS (JOE BOY) £10 PRESSURE - DRIZABONE (JOE BOY) £10 GONE WITH THE WIND (IS MY LOVE) - RITA & THE TIARAS (JOE BOY PIC BAG) £10 IT REALLY HURTS ME GIRL - THE CARSTAIRS (SOUL HQ) £10 TAKE ME BACK - CROSSFIRE (VIRTUE) £20 BE'S THAT WAy SOMETIMES - BOBBY WELLS (GRAPEVINE DEMO) £20 SAVE THE YOUTH - MELLOW MADNESS (KAY-DEE) £10 POSTAGE AND PACKING £1 FIRST DISC, 50P EACH EXTRA. CAN TAKE PAY PAL,CHEQUE OR CASH. PLEASE PM ME TO RESERVE

YOU'VE GOT THE POWER - THE FALCONS (JOE BOY) £10 THAT'S WHAT LOVE IS - THE HESITATIONS (SOUL SERIES) £10 PRESSURE -DRIZABONE (JOE BOY) £10 COOL OFF - THE DETROIT EXECUTIVES (PAMELINE) £30 I CAN'T FIGHT YOUR LOVE - THE MODULATIONS (UK BUDDAH) £15 I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING - JACKIE WILSON DUET WITH ERMA FRANKLIN (JOE BOY/SOUL HQ) £15 PLAYGIRL'S LOVE - THE FIVE STAIRSTEPS (WINDY C) £10 TRYING TO GET BACK TO YOU GIRL - JACKEY BEAVERS (JAY BOY MINT/UNPLAYED!) £25 IT REALLY HURTS ME GIRL - THE CARSTAIRS (JOE BOY/SOUL HQ) £10 SUCH MISERY - TIMMY WILLIS (SOUL HQ) £10 BE'S THAT WAY SOMETIMES - BOBBY WELLS (GRAPEVINE DEMO MINT/UNPLAYED) £20 postage and packing £1 Ist disc, 50p each extra disc. Can take PayPal/cheque/cash. Please PM to reserve.

Sorting out loads of old stock, found a few copies of PRESSURE - DRIZABONE (JOE BOY) £10 I'LL HOLD YOU - FRANKIE & JOHNNY (INFERNO) - £10 HOW TO MAKE SAD MAN GLAD - CAPREEZ (GRAPEVINE DEMO) - £10 all mint/unplayed. Add £1 postage and packing Ist disc, 50p for each additional. Can take PayPal,cheque or cash. PM me to reserve copy. Thanks, Neil

DANCING ON A DAYDREAM - FLORA WILSON/THE SOULVATION ARMY BAND (SOULVATION ARMY) £20 YOUR SHIP OF FOOLS - RAY MARCHAND (JOE BOY PIC BAG WITH SOUVENIR POST CARD £10_ STOP (DON'T GIVE UP YOUR LOVING) - THE TWO FELLOWS (FRED & SKEETS) (MUTT) £10 THE WAY YOU BEEN ACTING LATELY - AL KENT (RIC-TIC) £10 SAVE THE YOUTH - MELLOW MADNESS (KAY-DEE) £10 GIVE ME ANOTHER CHANCE/A DREAM - PEARL JONES (SIDRA LOOK A LIKE/JOE BOY ISSUE) £10 TAKE ME BACK - CROSSFIRE - (VIRTUE) £20 IT REALLY HURTS ME GIRL - CARSTAIRS (INFERN0 - ONLY 500 PRESSED!) £20 BETTER - RUBY WINTERS (STATESIDE DEMO) £180 I REALLY LOVE YOU - JIMMY BURNS (TOP DOG/TRENTHAM SOUVENIR) £10 JANICE (DON'T BE SO BLIND TO LOVE) - SKIP MAHONEY (SOULVATION) £10 MY OH MY - BILLY FLOYD (ARCTIC 2ND ISSUE) - £15 PRESSURE - DRIZABONE - £10 (JOE BOY) RUNAWAY LOVE - LINDA CLIFFORD (CRC) £10 HOW TO MAKE A SAD MAN GLAD - THE CAPREEZ (GRAPEVINE DEMO) £10 BECAUSE OF YOU - JACKIE WILSON (TRENTHAM FINALE) £10 DON'T FIGHT IT - MAJOR LANCE (SOUL SERIES) £10 BRILLIANT O-KEH DANCER BY THE MAJOR, RECORDED IN THE 60'S BUT STUCK IN VAULTS UNTIL THE 9O'S. FLIP IS HIS 60'S VERSION OF "NOTHING CAN STOP ME" YOU DON'T MEAN ME NO GOOD (ORIGINAL PLUS PEVIOUSLY UNRELEASED EXTENDED VERSION) -THE JELLY BEANS (SOULVATION) £10 SIMPLY GRATEFUL - KIM ENGLISH (suSU SEVEN INCH) £10 SO SOON - DONNIE ELBERT (JOE BOY PIC SLEEVE, GREEN LABEL WITH X ON IT TO DENOTE EXPORT EDITION) £15 I DIG YOUR ACT - THE O'JAYS (UK STATESIDE) £150 ADD £1 POSTAGE AND PACKING FIRST DISC, 50P FOR EACH EXTRA DISC. ALSO ON TWELVE INCH - £10 INCLUDES POSTAGE AND PACKING AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH - MARVIN,TAMMI AND DIANA (MASH-UP EDIT) PayPal easiest way to pay, my PayPal address is - sales@soulvation.biz Or can take cheque/cash. Please PM me to reserve. Thanks, Neil

Had a few people querying the artist credit? The singer is David Rhodes butr Danny Leake wrote and produced it, and it his name on the acetate. All the best, Neil

THE PRECISIONS - THE COMPLETE SIDRA/DREW RECORDINGS 1966-68 (JOE BOY/INFERNO CD ALBUM) The definiive Precisions CD. Fab Joe Boy artwork Sleeve notes include foreword by Detroit legend George McGregor. TRACK LISTING 1 - SUCH MISERY 2 - A LOVER'S PLEA 3 - SUGAR AIN'T SWEET 4 - WHY GIRL 5 - WHAT I WANT 6 - IF THIS IS LOVE (I'D RATHER BE LONLEY) 7 - YOU'LL SOON BE GONE 8 - INSTANT HEARTBREAK (JUST ADD TEARS) 9 - DREAM GIRL 10 - A PLACE 11 - NEVER LET HER GO BONUS TRACKS 12 - I DO, DON' YOU 13 - SUCH MISERY (FEATURING PAUL MERRitt) 14 -SEND ME A SIGN - (ROGER FLUKER) 15 - BABY YOU'FRE MINE (LOU RAGLAND) Absolute brilliant compilation. £10, 2 copies for £15, 3 copies for £20. Can take PayPal/Cash/Cheques. Thanks, Neil

Lovely vinyl and sleeve One of those chic French EP's BLUES IN THE NIGHT - JOHNNIE TAYLOR (FRENCH BLUE STAX) Also includes OUTSIDE LOVE,TOE HOLD, I HAD A DREAM £140 Happy to take PayPal. cheques, cash. All the Best, Neil

Have always found this a hard one to get. I DIG YOUR ACT - THE O'JAYS (UK STATESIDE SS 2073 ISSUE) £150 Happy to accept PayPal/Cheque/Cash Neil

LOVELY UK STATESIDE DEMO IN GREAT CONDITION. BETTER/I WANT ACTION - RUBY WINTERS (STATESIDE SS 2090) £175 Happy to take PayPal/cheque/cash One of the best on Stateside.

THE STREETS GOT MY LADY - BILL BRANDON (PIEDMONT) £225 Happy to take PayPal/Cheque/Cash

A legendary part of Blackpool Mecca history. HUNG UP IN MID AIR - DANNY LEAKE (PYE RECORDING STUDIOS CUSTOM DISC CUTTING SERVICE ACETATE) When Danny Leake came over to the UK he had made just 4 acetates of this Mecca awesome floater classic - two on 12" and two on 7". This is one of the two 7" ever made ....Highland Room history!! Acetate still smells as good as when it was played at the Mecca!! Awesome rarity and archive piece. £500

Serious offers invited for - SLICED TOMATOES /THINGS WILL BE BETTER TOMORROW - JUST BROS (LUPINE) Thanks, Neil

Does anyone have a copy of the Emperor Rosko compilation on (I think) UK Atlantic which he fronts but is made up by tracks by various artists? I don't want the album (!) but am desperate for front cover of it for book I am working on. If anyone could scan me the front cover, needs to be 300 dots per inch, and e-mailed to me neilrushton2@btinternet.com I would be grateful and will happily give a credit on the book. Alternatively if the scanning to this spec is diifficult,can someone please loan me the album or I will buy it from them. Thanks in advance, Neil

In response to enquiries - all above are mint/unplayed. Neil

ON ORDERS OF £50 OR MORE TAKE £10 DISCOUNT . ON ORDERS OF £100 OR MORE TAKE £30 DISCOUNT Runaway Love - Linda Clifford (CRC) £15 Make Me Yours (great 1980 version) - High Inergy (Gordy WDJ) - £10 The Ladies Choice - Boby Franklin (Fee)- £10 It Really Hurts Me Girl - The Carstairs (Soul HQ/Joe Boy) - £10 Dancing on A Daydream - Flora Wilson/Soulvation Army Band (Soulvation Army) - £20 Pressure - Drizabone (Joe Boy one-sided vinyl in Advance Sampler bag) - £10 The Way You Been Acting Lately - Al Kent (Ric-Tic) £10 (can you ever spend a tenner more wisely?) Stranger in My Arms - Lynne Randell (Columbia Spdecial Producs) - £10 Captain Of My Ship - Seventh Wonder (Grapevine demo) £30 Save The Youth (Kenny Dope Mixes) - Mellow Madness (Kay-Dee) £10 If This Is Love - The Precisions EP (Pic Bag Joe Boy/Drew lookalike label,also contains Such Misery,Sugar Ain't Sweet & Baby You're Mine) £10 My Oh My -Billy Floyd (Arctic 2nd issue) £15 Making My Daydream Real - Frances Nero (Charly pic bag) - great version of We The People -£15 You've Got The Power - The Falcons (Joe Boy/Uptown Down South) lovely version of The Esquires, unreleased until this 1997 Joe Boy limited edition, lead vocals reputed to be Deon Jackson on the Ollie McLaughlin composition. Lovely sweet Detroit,every record box should have a copy) £15 Take Me Back - Crossfire (Virtue) - £20 All Over The World - Chuck Jackson (Strange World Of Northern Soul) - £10 Gone With The Wind (Is My Love) - Rita & The Tiaras (Joe Boy pic bag plus Dore gems from The Superbs and The Vel-Vetts) £15 Trying To Get Back To You Girl - Jackey Beavers (Jay Boy) £25 Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) - Eddie Foster (In) £30 Janice (Don't Be So Blind To Love) - Skip Mahoney (Soulvation Anniversary 45) £10 You Don't Mean Me No Good (orig and previously unreleased longer version) - The Jelly Beans (Soulvation Anniversary 45) £10 Trouble - Ronnie Walker (Impact pic bag) £10 Trouble - The Agents (Grapevine demo) £25 Because Of You - Jackie Wilson/Let Me Come Back - Walter Jackson (Trentham Finale All-Nighter 45) £10 Back By Popular Demand - Jean,Scherie & Lynda (Formerly Of The Supremes) w/The Originals (Motor City) £10 Hurting - Eric & The Vikings/My Baby Ain't No Plaything - Willie Jones (Wylie/Hester at their best)/In The Pocket - Detroit Stings (Kool Kat) £15 Soul Galore/I Get The Sweetest Feeling - Jackie Wilson (MCA) £10 That's What Love Is - The Hesitations (Soul Series) £15 I'll Hold You - Frankie & Johnny (Inferno) £10 If That's What You Wanted - Frank Beverly & The Butlers (Inferno) £10 It Really Hurts Me Girl - The Carstairs (Inferno) £20 Postage and Packing - £1 first disc, 50p each extra disc. PayPal - sales@soulvation.biz Or can take cheque. PM me to reserve discs. Thanks, Neil