Kev Cane

Lot of admirers in the NE John Kev

Don,t go to many do,s now for this reason, not many people have their own minds when it comes to records, too much liking a record through association instead of hearing something that no one in particular plays and nailing your colours to it and saying "what the f---k is this, its brilliant" Kev

Lee Fields was getting played in the NE years ago Kev as you probably already know and had been kicking around for years long before Butch played it, so lots of people had heard it being played by collectors who had been asked to DJ at the odd nighter but mainly at Soul nights, then those same people who had heard it played and probably ignored it are suddenly reaching into their pockets for their cheque books as soon as Butch plays it, this has always stuck in my teeth with regards to the soul scene, all of a sudden its a great record cos so and so is playing it, pathetic when you think of it, same scenario with the Flairs, it was kicking about for years so people had heard it. Always prefered flip of Flairs "Where you live" and hopefully if the campaign for mid-tempo ever succeeds it could be a monster Kev

Tis right Nev, remember when the internet was just starting to kick in, when collectors used to scan the Discoveries paper to buy from American dealers before Manships guide, Rod Dearlove who we know was selling stuff through "Voices" was urging people to snap stuff up saying, "When the net kicks in, The Japs will clean up" Kev

Had Flairs for years Mark, in fact theres 3 or 4 in the town where I live, personally I don,t think people suddenly realised it was quality, just an opinion but I reckon theres a lot of folk out there who only became interested because Mr Dobson was playing it, dito with Lee Fields, sorry, but nowt to do with quality, the "sheep" syndrome comes to mind, not Butch,s fault, the mans always played quality. Kev

Not far wrong IMHO Steve Kev

Missed this Andy Deano, you will have to upload it, looks like a big demand for this Best Regards Kev

Ady Harley from Halifax way, great miss for us Aycliffe lads, had some good times with him, came over to Aycliffe one New Years Eve and never went home for days went to Aus I last heard, last time we saw him was in the warm up do for The Ritz Manchester, The Temple Of Convenience in 1999 and we had a riot Kev

No paypal, cheque or cash please All good clean copies Johnny Summers-I,m Still Yours-Yorktown Very Rare White Demo £400 Debonairs-Please Come Back Baby-Soul Click £350 sold Betty Moorer-Speed Up-Wand £70 Kool And The Gang-Chocolate Buttermilk-£40 PM If interested Cheers Kev

HI Steve, how are you my old mate, good honest reasoned reply, obviously it doesn,t float your boat however it certainly does a lot of other soul lovers including myself and at the end of the day its all about opinions hence the need for forums, you,ve picked a few examples of records you deem unneccessary, and i suppose some would agree, but over the course of a full night its a very small percentage of records we are talking about, if you get in early doors especially, Andy, Bully, Kev and Sean play some great unknown and semi knowns, and to be honest if there was one criticism I could level, its that they go too far sometimes away from playing rare stuff, a few of us reckon they should throw a few rare but goodies in. The term or title Just Soul was coined to emphasise no pidgeon holing, eg Modern, Crossover, Northern, 60,s 70,s 80,s 90,s 2k, rare, unrare, cheapies and on, in other words "we are playing, Just Soul" hope to catch up with you soon Steve Best Regards Kev

Played your 100 shows one last night Scott, mirrored nearly identical to some of my all-time faves, will be a keen listener in the future, great stuff Kev

As I thought, a lady with great taste Kev

Saw it last night Miff, what a performance from Russell Thompkins JR of the Stylistics, made the hairs on my back stand up, as a Falsetto, up there with Eddie Kendricks and Johnny Carter of the Dells IMHO Kev

Hi Samantha You could throw in the Eunice Collins aswell to make a deal even more attractive Kev

Could it possibly be the other Professionals who did that absolute gem "My Heart Belongs To You" on Action Pac Boba ? Kev

Remember Rob playing a different take, it had a longer intro if I remember right, round about 1991 I think he got it, think I have it on a tape somewhere. Kev

Its a long shot, but yiou could try Miss Goldie on here, she has one, but like anyone else who has it, its that good, they aint going to part with it easy Kev

Absolutely Barry, slips into same groove as Steve, Tina and Steve, Bettye Swan, Bobby Sansom, et al, right up my street, love it Kev

What a f-----g set add that to Steve Eedgar and Tina, thats some session Kev

Turn it over Smudger Kev

Turn it over Dean Kev

James Dee, fantastic record, and starting to get noticed Kev

Ditto that Manus, first time for me, great voice, plenty of big names in there, Wally Roker, Jerry Williams and Big Dee Irwin Kev

The flip "True love is hard to find" is an incredible piece of soul music, absolute bargain, this will soar soon Kev

Somebody buy Jo Jo and The Outcast, the flip is as good as it gets "Why Baby" Kev