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Is this him being punished for recording 'Pretty Little Angel Eyes' and 'Under the Moon of Love' earlier on in the 60s thereby giving a number one to the horrific Showaddywaddy? Seriously, 'Is She In Your Town' sounds very much like him and his band trying to imitate Elvis circa '67 trying to imitate a blues group. Having said that, I rather like it...

Looks like a great LP. 'Going Back To Where I Belong' is a superb track; I took an age to find a decent 45 copy on Vel-Tone. Since this is a Checker LP, I assume the version on this is a re-recording? Does anyone know?

According to a Keb Darge interview, he had enough when he went one night and they played The Who...when did this happen? Towards the end I imagine.

Not too disimalar to Andrew Loog OLdham's rants on the back of the early Stones LPs. Now didn't Meaden work with Oldham and the Stones at some point? Maybe he is another one to try and contact. I also think Meaden worked with Georgie Fame as his PR guy.

I suppose you can differentiate between the more rootsy music produced in Memphis or Muscle Shoals in the 60s compared to the rather more slick material that came out of Detroit, which in terms of musical style i.e - 'slightly delayed back-beat' is the fundamental cornerstone of the 'Northern soul sound'...er, isn't it?

Well the 'ultimate rarity' "Do I Love You" gets played by Kenny Burrell on a regular basis. It's quite interesting seeing £15,000 revolving at 45 rpm...

AKA Diego Maradona

As for 'Scene' playlists...When I lived in London, I worked with a guy called Pete from Barnes who used to frequent the Scene Club. As a 1979-era mod (boy, did he scoff when I told him that...) I asked him about the sort of stuff they played there, I was quite surprised when he said that along with the expected early Motown and RnB material, there was also a lot of stuff like Jerry Lee Lewis's or Ray Charles's country recordings, loads of slow blues, doo-wop, 'Brill Building' tunes and even calypso music played. As he pointed out, this was 63/64 and 'soul music' as we know it now really didn't exist.

It's when you find records that have been 'personailsed' by their previous owners either by scratching their name in the run-out grooves (seemed to be popular with DJs once upon a time) or writing on the label or sleeve. My favourite is a French EP of the Mar-Keys with 'George from Fulham High Street. I brout (sic) it in 1965' on the cover. I still wonder who George from Fulham is whenever I see that record.

Oh, I keep at it! Less stuff found than when I was a student or on the dole of course, due to less free time. But I know in my heart that there's some nice old lady out there whose long-lost son left all these old singles in his bedroom and would I like to have them? "They've got these big red or greens 'A' on them!"

Just went out for a quick wander in the 'charity shop district' of Edinburgh - Stockbridge, if you know the city - stopped off at a couple of places to look for the usual; vintage suits, books, videos and records. And the first place I go to turns up an excellent copy of 'Long After Tonight is All Over' on Stateside for 99p. This sort of thing isn't supposed to happen any more...is it?

The legendary 'Peanut Duck' of course...

Arthur 'June' Alexander "Sally Sue Brown/Girl That Radiates That Charm" Mint copy on Judd. Lovely even if customs kicked my ass! Sugar Pie DeSanto "Back Where I Belong" on Veltone. Superb track. Good cover for Amy Winehouse...? Roy Pierce "Chicago to LA" on Angel Town. Blind buy. Pretty good RnB guitar-based dancer, and for £7... Baby Washington "Leave me Alone" Sue. Another classic. Another cheapie

On the subject of Patrice Holloway...Was her recording of 'DJ shows' ever released on vinyl in any form?

You should all the ladies (of all ages) doing The Slosh to this at weddings. Okay, it's not 'Ten Guitars' in this vid but you get the idea.

One thing I always thought different about the rave/clubbing scene compared to Northern Soul was the total lack of any social division in the mass of people who were into it. It simply took over a whole generation of young people and introduced them to the pleasures of gettin' on down. Northern Soul was, and maybe still is, a fairly working-class pleasure that mystified many of my fellow middle-class friends when I described it to them. "You mean you go all over the country to dance all night to records? How odd." was the general reaction! Fast forward a few years and the same people were all heavily into dance culture. The drugs sure helped I'll admit!

Well my very own soul, obviously!

A truly great record Roddy - in fact I've been playing the download on Soulgirl's jukebox a fair few times this afternoon after reading your post. Myself, I FINALLY got a copy of June 'Arthur' Alexander's Sally Sue Brown on Judd. An important piece of southern soul history and a near mint copy too. Now to cut up that credit card before I ruin myself!

A few that I don't need or want any more. Postage and packing is FREE in the UK since I'm using recycled mailers, so why not? International postage rates, please contact me Cheques made out to: Liam Paterson Address: Flat 5, 28 Brandon Terrace, Edinburgh, EH3 5DZ. Returns no problem, but obviously you'll need to pay the return postage... US Originals £5.00. Irma Thomas - It's Raining/I did my Part. Minit. G+. Nice double-sider. Condition and sound is generally good but it does click a fair amount on my record player and a visual check confirms a few nasty groove gouges! Should be 'good for DJing' but you have been warned... £10.00. Emotional Upsets - Maintain Your Cool. Laurie demo. VG Nothing to do with the Volumes classic! Bought as a blind buy and...it's not a bad record. A bit of a garage sound, so maybe more of a mod club dancer than soul track. £5.00. Baltimore and Ohio marching band. Condition Red. Jubilee issue. VG £5.00. Al Kent. The way you've been acting lately. Ric-Tic. EX UK originals £15.00. Virginia Wolves. Stay. Stateside green demo. No centre, WOL. VG+ £10.00. Hollywood Argyles. Sure know a lot about love/Alley oop. London. EX. £10.00. Harold Betters. Do anything you Wanna. UK Sue. EX £10.00. Billy Stewart. Secret love. UK Chess solid centre. VG £5.00. Billy Stewart. Every day I have the blues. UK Chess solid centre. VG £10.00. Soul Sisters. Good time tonight. London. EX £10.00. Marv Johnson. I love the way you love. London. VG £5.00. Ben E King. What is Soul. Red Atlantic. VG £5.00. Bobby Womack. What is this/What you gonna do. UK Minit. EX £10.00. John Roberts. Sockin' 1-2-3-4. UK Sue. VG WOL Re-issues etc Jimmy Frazer. Hopes, dreams and tombstones. Stardust. EX AND Lorraine Chandler. What can I do/I can't change. Ashford. EX AND Tempests. Someday. Stardust. EX. All 3 for £10.00. £10.00. Barbara Mills. Queen of Fools. Hickory 'boot reissue' VG High-end of the 70s boot market. Almost identical to the original in appearance and of a sonically high quality. £10.00. Rose Batiste. Hit and Run. Revilot 'boot reissue'. VG And yet another 70s boot of one of the scene's classics. Again a vinyl rather than the original styrene 45. Has clearly been round the block over the years, but the sound quality remains excellent. £5.00. Case of Tyme. Manifesto. Legend yellow 'boot reissue'. VG £10.00. Tony Galla. In Love. Swan promo reissue. EX Not a boot but apparently this was a legit reissue to coincide with the release of a CD. One-sided!

Revised... A few that I don't need or want any more. Have tried to keep the word 'classic' down to a minimum in descriptions, but it ain't easy! Postage and packing is FREE in the UK since I'm using recycled mailers, so why not? International postage rates, please contact me Cheques made out to: Liam Paterson Address: Flat 5, 28 Brandon Terrace, Edinburgh, EH3 5DZ. Returns no problem, but obviously you'll need to pay the return postage... US Originals £10.00. Irma Thomas - It's Raining/I did my Part. Minit. G+. Nice double-sider. Condition and sound is generally good but it does click a fair amount on my record player and a visual check confirms a few nasty groove gouges! Should be 'good for DJing' but you have been warned... £10.00. Emotional Upsets - Maintain Your Cool. Laurie demo. VG Nothing to do with the Volumes classic! Bought as a blind buy and...it's not a bad record. A bit of a garage sound, so maybe more of a mod club dancer than soul track. £10.00. Baltimore and Ohio marching band. Condition Red. Jubilee issue. VG Eccentric and much-loved instrumental. How did they manage to take a Hammond organ on a march? Must have had a trolley of some kind... £10.00. Al Kent. The way you've been acting lately. Ric-Tic. EX Classic! UK originals £25.00. Virginia Wolves. Stay. Stateside green demo. No centre, WOL. VG+ Sadly, lost its centre somewhere along the line, but otherwise a nice example of a classic sound...which I personally can't stand, but you might love it. £20.00. Hollywood Argyles. Sure know a lot about love/Alley oop. London. EX. Two great doo-wop standards. £25.00. Harold Betters. Do anything you Wanna. UK Sue. EX Mod club classic sound on the mod club classic label! £20.00. Billy Stewart. Secret love. UK Chess solid centre. VG+ AND £15.00. Billy Stewart. Every day I have the blues. UK Chess solid centre. VG+ Warbling Willy Stewart ain't my cup of tea but you may love his unique sound. £20.00. Soul Sisters. Good time tonight. London. EX Yes, it's another 'classic'. Top-drawer 60s party-time dancer with a particularly endearing out-of-tune (i.e. pissed) trumpet solo all adding to the charm! £20.00. Marv Johnson. I love the way you love. London. EX- Along with 'Money', this was one of the early records that put Berry Gordy's Detroit operation on the map. A total delight. £10.00. Ben E King. What is Soul. Red Atlantic. EX Archetypal mid 60s club/soul sound. £10.00. Bobby Womack. What is this/What you gonna do. UK Minit. EX Two funky-soul work-outs from 'the man'. £20.00. John Roberts. Sockin' 1-2-3-4. UK Sue. VG+ WOL Great if (nowadays) chronically unfashionable rave-up that once reigned supreme in 60s clubland. Would probably still get a great response from almost any audience after enough liquor has been consumed! Re-issues etc £5.00. Jimmy Frazer. Hopes, dreams and tombstones. Stardust reissue. EX+ If you had spent those formative years listening to soul records and spending your weekends at 'nighters instead of doing your homework or revising higher maths, then this is the song for you! B-side is some Helen Shapiro dross... RESERVED. £5.00. Percy Wiggins. That's loving you. Abet. EX Legit reissue of a nice dancer. £5.00. Lorraine Chandler. What can I do/I can't change. Ashford. EX- Legit re-issue of two of Chandler's classic 60s sides. Might save you a few hundred quid if you don't want the originals... £5.00. Tempests. Someday. Stardust. EX+ Stafford classic and only originally available on an LP, but issued 'due to public demand' on this 45. RESERVED. £15.00. Hesitations. I'm not Built that way. Kapp 'black issue'. VG+ High-quality 70s boot. Vinyl copy rather than the original's styrene, so doesn't that make it a 45 of higher material quality? Whatever, the sonic quality is excellent as is the label condition. £10.00. Barbara Mills. Queen of Fools. Hickory 'issue' VG High-end of the 70s boot market. Almost identical to the original in appearance and of a sonically high quality. All together now - "I'm a fooooooooooooool they talk about" RESERVED. £15.00. Rubin. You've been away. Kapp 'white demo'. EX- Another good-quality 70s boot. One for all you cat lovers out there! No red 'A' is the give away as a 'reissue' but a nice example of the classic stomper. £10.00. Rose Batiste. Hit and Run. Revilot 'issue'. VG And yet another 70s boot of one of the scene's classics. Again a vinyl rather than the original styrene 45. Has clearly been round the block over the years, but the sound quality remains excellent. £5.00. Case of Tyme. Manifesto. Legend yellow 'issue'. EX- Chaotic dancer that was once oh-so popular on the scene, hence the numerous boots like this one. Great fun after about 10 cappuccinos and a fistful of Pro-Plus... RESERVED. £10.00. Hank Jacobs. Elijah rockin' with Soul. Call Me 'issue'. Good quality boot of a popular if truly dreadful instrumental. Clean label and good sound...yes I forced myself to listen to it all the way through! £15.00. Tony Galla. In Love. Swan promo reissue. EX+ Not a boot but apparently this was a legit reissue to coincide with the release of a CD. One-sided!

Now is that the one with the line: "Fetch me my night shirt and put on your evening gown, I ain't tired baby, but I feel like lying down.." Whatever can he mean???

A few that I don't need or want any more. Have tried to keep the word 'classic' down to a minimum in descriptions, but it ain't easy! Postage and packing is FREE in the UK since I'm using recycled mailers, so why not? International postage rates, please contact me Cheques made out to: Liam Paterson Address: Flat 5, 28 Brandon Terrace, Edinburgh, EH3 5DZ. Returns no problem, but obviously you'll need to pay the return postage... US Originals £10.00. Irma Thomas - It's Raining/I did my Part. Minit. G+. Nice double-sider. Condition and sound is generally good but it does click a fair amount on my record player and a visual check confirms a few nasty groove gouges! Should be 'good for DJing' but you have been warned... £10.00. Emotional Upsets - Maintain Your Cool. Laurie demo. VG Nothing to do with the Volumes classic! Bought as a blind buy and...it's not a bad record. A bit of a garage sound, so maybe more of a mod club dancer than soul track. £10.00. Baltimore and Ohio marching band. Condition Red. Jubilee issue. VG Eccentric and much-loved instrumental. How did they manage to take a Hammond organ on a march? Must have had a trolley of some kind... £10.00. Al Kent. The way you've been acting lately. Ric-Tic. EX Classic! UK originals £25.00. Virginia Wolves. Stay. Stateside green demo. No centre, WOL. VG+ Sadly, lost its centre somewhere along the line, but otherwise a nice example of a classic sound...which I personally can't stand, but you might love it. £20.00. Hollywood Argyles. Sure know a lot about love/Alley oop. London. EX. Two great doo-wop standards. £25.00. Harold Betters. Do anything you Wanna. UK Sue. EX Mod club classic sound on the mod club classic label! £20.00. Billy Stewart. Secret love. UK Chess solid centre. VG+ AND £15.00. Billy Stewart. Every day I have the blues. UK Chess solid centre. VG+ Warbling Willy Stewart ain't my cup of tea but you may love his unique sound. £20.00. Soul Sisters. Good time tonight. London. EX Yes, it's another 'classic'. Top-drawer 60s party-time dancer with a particularly endearing out-of-tune (i.e. pissed) brass solo all adding to the charm! £20.00. Marv Johnson. I love the way you love. London. EX- Along with 'Money', this was one of the early records that put Berry Gordy's Detroit operation on the map. A total delight. £10.00. Ben E King. What is Soul. Red Atlantic. EX Archetypal mid 60s club/soul sound. £10.00. Bobby Womack. What is this/What you gonna do. UK Minit. EX Two funky-soul work-outs from 'the man'. £20.00. John Roberts. Sockin' 1-2-3-4. UK Sue. VG+ WOL Great if (nowadays) chronically unfashionable rave-up that once reigned supreme in 60s clubland. Would probably still get a great response from almost any audience after enough liquor has been consumed! Re-issues etc £5.00. Jimmy Frazer. Hopes, dreams and tombstones. Stardust reissue. EX+ If you had spent those formative years listening to soul records and spending your weekends at 'nighters instead of doing your homework or revising higher maths, then this is the song for you! B-side is some Helen Shapiro dross... £5.00. Percy Wiggins. That's loving you. Abet. EX Legit reissue of a nice dancer. £5.00. Lorraine Chandler. What can I do/I can't change. Ashford. EX- Legit re-issue of two of Chandler's classic 60s sides. Might save you a few hundred quid if you don't want the originals... £5.00. Tempests. Someday. Stardust. EX+ Stafford classic and only originally available on an LP, but issued 'due to public demand' on this 45. £15.00. Hesitations. I'm not Built that way. Kapp 'black issue'. VG+ High-quality 70s boot. Vinyl copy rather than the original's styrene, so doesn't that make it a 45 of higher material quality? Whatever, the sonic quality is excellent as is the label condition. £10.00. Barbara Mills. Queen of Fools. Hickory 'issue' VG High-end of the 70s boot market. Almost identical to the original in appearance and of a sonically high quality. All together now - "I'm a fooooooooooooool they talk about". Crackles a bit at the end. £15.00. Rubin. You've been away. Kapp 'white demo'. EX- Another good-quality 70s boot. One for all you cat lovers out there! No red 'A' is the give away as a 'reissue' but a nice example of the classic stomper. £10.00. Rose Batiste. Hit and Run. Revilot 'issue'. VG And yet another 70s boot of one of the scene's classics. Again a vinyl rather than the original styrene 45. Has clearly been round the block over the years, but the sound quality remains excellent. £5.00. Case of Tyme. Manifesto. Legend yellow 'issue'. EX- Chaotic dancer that was once oh-so popular on the scene, hence the numerous boots like this one. Great fun after about 10 cappuccinos and a fistful of Pro-Plus... £10.00. Hank Jacobs. Elijah rockin' with Soul. Call Me 'issue'. Good quality boot of a popular if truly dreadful instrumental. Clean label and good sound...yes I forced myself to listen to it all the way through! £15.00. Tony Galla. In Love. Swan promo reissue. EX+ Not a boot but apparently this was a legit reissue to coincide with the release of a CD. One-sided!

Last four records I bought cost £15, £8, £250 and £25 respectively and to me they are all worth owning as I regard them as little plastic works of art (they sound good too). If I have to do without other consumer goodies for them, then so be it. But saying that, my credit card has now been cut up...no more temptation for a while!

Poor old BB has already had the misfortune to have one of his best songs 'Turn on Your Lovelight' covered by the dire Grateful Dead amongst others...hasn't he suffered enough for the blues?