Goldsoul
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Tone- I'm not defending him as a whole, I am merely pointing out that he did have a relationship with Randall Wood and, certainly had rights. I should know, I saw correspondance between both parties.
From a positive point of view, Goldmine released a chunk of it and made available a terrific catalogue.
Kent enhanced that work and have given us fantastic quality and packaging.
Trust me, I'm not Simon's number 1 fan, but I knew him well. He did certain things right, as much as you want to believe otherwise.
On a separate note, Westbound Northern Soul is simply.. Fantastic! How good is the Detroit Emeralds- Holding On.
Great job.
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No, they were two unissued tracks that Soussan stole from Mirwood. They're now owned by Ace and are legitimately available on Kent CDs.
Jackie Lee's real title is "Anything you Want". The Belles
is also mistitled but i can't be arsed to walk round to the
Ace CD library to see what it was really called! If Ady's
lurking he'll tell you...
Tony is way off in his description of Soussan stealing Mirwood tapes. Randall Wood the former owner used Soussan as a cash source when he hit hard times(fact!)
SS was certainly a colourful character, but he was legit in his purchase of Mirwood tapes.
The problem is, he didn't tie up paper work correctly, hence the conspiracy theories.
Ace dealt with another 'Mirwood owner' and they believe they have the rights. Good luck to them.
As former label manager at Goldmine, I helped Ace along with Goldmine reach a satisfactory conclusion.
Soussan on this occasion has cleanish hands....in my humble opinion.
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Some great posts on here.
What does it all mean?
Really there are at least two very different scenes that like similar music and dance the same. And it's as simple as that.
The dominant one in terms of numbers is oldies based and
is relatively commerical these days and has little to do with the aspirations of an underground music scene as say existed in the days of The Wheel, 70s etc. Retro clothes / Baggie trousers, beer towels, Top 500, Frank Wilson and Sandi Sheldon, Wigan revivals, patches and varying levels of memorabilia from the mildly puzzling to the downright
offensive. The members of this scene are trying to relive something that existed decades ago.
Then a much smaller scene in terms of numbers that also likes some oldies, but also likes to hear different music too. No fashion beyond casual, little / no memoribilia. Very
much not trying to relive the memories of the past.
Both scenes are broadly friendly, and clearly there is a degree of crossover between the two, but let's just be honest and recognise there are two different scenes here with a completely different outlook.
Steve- Just a reminder.... The Northern Soul Top 500 is full of all time greats. I doubt that 300 of them rarely get played by the, well.. Top 500 crowd!
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Maybe a few could share a mistaken identity moment at soul events..
I have had quite a few folk ask me at Prestatyn weekenders..." what time are you on "
, they seem to think with my dark features i must be one of the acts..setting up a table at future weekenders and charging for autographs, could make a few quid out of it maybe
Also had a guy at Crossfire ask " are you Carl Fortnum "
Plus another at Cleethorpes but i really can't tell that story
on here
Lydia and a certain lady at Cleethorpes last year, even i got them mixed up by the Sunday night..
Please share your mistaken moments.. A little light relief is welcome i think..
I get you mixed up with several characters. None of which I'm prepared to name!
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If any promoter is interested, Rujac/Atco recording artist
Winfield Parker is available for UK gigs.
Contact:
Winfield.Parker@comcast.net
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Thanks for the interest. Seriously though, I will decide on which comes first later this year. The NS Top 500 did very well and has been out of print for 2 years, so my distributor is banging on the door for a re-print or new version. As we have pretty much come full circle, I want to complete the 'definitive' version and leave it at that.
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To me last year during the 50th celebrations may have sounded a good idea, but would it have lost sales owing to the amount of other 50th stuff being issued ?
I will buy one whenever Kev, and if you do not mind me asking, what basis has been used to place titles in order? and are unreleased tracks included ?
Looking forward to a good read.
Will you be at Glanford Park next Wednesday?. I am looking back over my shoulder at the moment.
Steve
The basis of the book takes into account the all time great club plays ie The Elgins, Isleys-This Old.... with Northern winners Suspicion etc.
I have the final 'definitive Northern Soul Top 500' to come first, as people have bought into that brand.
A decision on the Motown one will be taken later this year.
As for Glandford Park......what is it?
Cheers,
KR
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The track was recorded and manufactured in 1965. George Blackwell pressed it for Sammy Campbell.
Source: SoultripUSA 2006 but told to me in 1977 by Sammy when recording with Ian Levine as Tyrone Ashley.
Goldsoul put the group back together for the first time in April 2006 at the Hilton, New Brunswick, NJ
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Soul Night needed on the way to stoke please
The South Yorkshire Soul Searchers are doing the New Years Party at Stoke, we will be coming from the Barnsley/Sheffield area and we are looking for a "Soul Night" warm up prior to the Nighter, any suggestions/recommendations? We aint interested in doing the "5 4 3 2 1 Happy New Year" thing, we just wanna party like its 1999!
https://www.youtube.c...h?v=_3rN7Txg48g
A no brainer......WESTGATE SUITES,WESTGATE,LONG EATON JNCT 25/M1 Special group admission if you text me.
Expecting 5-600! Only thing that might put you off.....it's usually full of women!
3 rooms,10 DJ's
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can anyone talk about the stuff on shrine. like who discovered eddie daye and the four bars, how did the rest start to surface. turn up . were there really only twelve singles. a mte of mine talks about owning an album on shrine. was this a re-issue or are there originals floating about?just spent last couple hours on this thread bloody marvelous,thanks to evryone who has shared .
No idea where the first Shrine single surfaced from. What I can say is, following my hit in Baltimore in 1978, I found Shirley Edwards, Ray Pollard multiple copies. That was the first time I had ever seen the label.
The JD Bryant was discovered in '81 when I cleaned out a guys appartment in New York. His landlord ordered him to sell them or be evuicted as the ceiling below was starting to crack.
Off topic....if I had kept what I found in the Jay D load, you would be staring at half a million quid today.
Every Columbia,Epic,MGM,Decca,Coral,Swan demo imagineable! 250,000 45's for a grand!!
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Hawksbee and Jacobs use Bo Junior's-Coffee Pot as their theme. Featured on the Hipshaker album from Goldmine.
Andy Townsend and Mike Parry use Bongo Rock-Incredible Bongo Band US Pride/UK MGM
Billy's Bag as mentioned is a current background filler along with Jimmy Fraser. Obviously one of the behind the scene's team is fascinated by the Mod/Northern cd's.
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Good call. That would have been my fourth choice. Played it at the last Move On and it sounded great out loud. I'll be spinning it again next year.
Gives the lie to that bollocks that we don't like new releases on this scene, they have to be quality though (unlike Jimmy Abney) 
Trying to be realistic....and this from promoters who see real crowds;
THAT DRIVING BEAT- WILLIE MITCHELL is certainly the most popular revived 45, largely due to Pete Roberts and his incredible success at the Wheel.
And...as a new giant...BACK SLOP-BABY EARL
Both appeal to the masses right now!
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No, they are different. The Showstoppers now reside in Rhode Island with the lead singer attending SoultripUSA 2006. The Four Perfections were high school kids led by Marvin Steals.
The song incidentally was recorded at Cameo Parkway's studio in late 1967.
Irononically they failed to meet each other while at the event. I did manage to reunite the original engineer on the session(Joe Tarsia) with Marvin.
I expect most of the musicians became MFSB.
Kev
Belles, The / Jackie Lee - Let Me Do It / I´ll Do Anything
in Look At Your Box
Technically they are originals, although no one takes Soul Fox seriously, but then again that happened to Goldmine, until Ruby Andrews(GS 009) just went for £62!