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At Soultrip Orlando, I had the chance to meet Spyder Turner and chat (top chap!), sitting with Frankie Gearing, and meeting Jock Mitchell. This last Saturday, I had the chance to see (and was blown away) by Mickey Murray. I got 2 LPs signed plus got some photos with him.

Hi Everyone, Someone on Facebook tipped me to this. This is an 11-minute French documentary shot in black and white that tours Fame and Stax Studios in 1969. The narration is all in French, but features Brook Benton singing in the studio, Booker T. and the MG's and the Mar-Keys. I've never seen this before. Fascinating stuff. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.c...&v=amo2PQKHmq4#!

We'll miss you, Etta. Thanks for the great music you left us. We'll be sure to dedicate a pair or trio of our favorite 45s tonight at Twin Cities Soul.

The Current, our public radio station, just did an excellent 1-hour in-depth interview with Mickey Murray. Here's a link to it. Just click on the link for 89.3 The Current and it'll play. https://secretstashrecords.com/home/ Enjoy!

Hello Everyone, I just wanted to give you a quick update on a great weekend taking place next weekend in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. On Friday, 20 January, Twin Cities Soul takes place at O'Gara's Bar and Grill, 164 Snelling Avenue North (Shamrock Room), St. Paul. Twin Cities Soul runs from 9PM-1AM. Admission $3/person or $2 with a valid college ID. More information at www.twincitiessoul.com On Saturday, January 21, 60s soul singer Mickey Murray performs in concert to celebrate Secret Stash Records' release of People Get Together, an album released on Federal/King that ended up being shelved. Mr. Murray is playing live at the Cedar Cultural Centre. Doors open at 8 p.m. with 2 DJ slots, followed by Mickey live at 10 p.m. More information at: https://www.thecedar.org/events/2012/01/21/mickey-murray-djs-jim-mcguinn-and-bill-deville Finally, the MSP Music Expo record fair is Sunday, 22 January from 10A-4P at O'Gara's Bar and Grill, 164 Snelling Avenue North (The Shanty), St. Paul. Admission $3/person or $10/person during early admission. More information at www.mspmusicexpo.com Hope you can make it to the Twin Cities. It'll be a great weekend.

December 2007 I began a rummage through an unpicked collection of 45s from central Texas, found that copy of The Demures' Raining Teardrops and tons of others. Northern Soul found me, and it's been an amazing experience since then!

Thanks so much for letting us know about it. Just listened to a few tracks and am really impressed!

There's a short, but interesting, 18-minute documentary about Howard Tate online. You can see it at: Enjoy!

A mate of mine and I spent the day record shopping in Orlando. The stores didn't have much, but we got lucky and found a Craig's List posting where a former 60s/70s radio DJ was selling 1500 45s. Nothing rare in the soul department, but found some clean Motown and a slew of Beatles original picture sleeves I was able to trade for soul 45s. I pulled about 300 records out of the group.

How about a CD comp of all of the Charger releases?

I always include at least one Dobie Gray track, usually Out On The Floor, in one of my sets. Thanks for the great music you gave us, RIP.

Just caught this performance from 2008 of Stop at the Richmond Folk Festival -- good stuff indeed!

Sorry, that should have said Mickey Murray Saturday, 21 January.

Hi Everyone, I just found out that Mickey Murray (yes, Shout Bamalama) will be playing in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA on Saturday, 22 January as part of a record release party for the "People Are Together" LP reissue that will be coming out in January. https://www.thecedar.org/events/2012/01/21/mickey-murray As if that's not enough excitement, there will be a record fair the next day. Great start to 2012!

Currently spinning the limited edition Howard Tate - The Complete Verve Sessions CD whilst on the computer. What a blinder of a release! Thank you so much for the music, Mr. Tate.

What a bummer. "Half A Man" is an absolutely brilliant track. Just played it out in September.

I had a chance to sample tracks from this release and was really impressed with the quality of the songs!

Hi Everyone, I was organizing my desk over the weekend and found a couple of the Philco Hip-Pocket 45s released for a short time in the States. Were these released in the UK? If you haven't seen any of these before, I've put a photo of the front and back of the sleeve and the record itself. Enjoy! Tim

I read through his feedback, and he's got a lot of negatives in the past, always followed by some excuse as to the reason for the issue.

The soul scene ain't bad, it's fabulous! I stumbled into the soul scene by accident after purchasing a huge 45 collection with a ton (and I mean a ton, but the best bits are gone) of Northern Soul, funk, crossovers and the like, and I was hooked. I went to SoulTrip in Chicago for just a couple of days (we were going to the UK a week later, so $ was tighter), but had an absolutely incredible experience hanging out with Indiana Dave, Johnny Redpants, and the ultra-cool Barry Simpson from Australia. Had a chance to meet a bunch of other top people and have continued to soak in the knowledge that everyone has been so incredibly gracious to share. The soul 45 collection (and LPs) has continued to grow nicely during this time as well. I had a chance to play my first-ever soul set at SoulTrip Orlando 2011 and was hooked on DJing! The amount of amazing and lovely people I met in Orlando was incredible. Met up with Mr. Redpants, Indiana Dave, the lovely Chris L. and loads more. It's an amazing scene, and someday hope to do a little DJ set in the UK and catch a soul nighter or two. Cheers!

Just watched the first part of this documentary. Absolutely excellent so far!

Godzilla, Cheers. I was using Google and Discogs and a few other bits, but this one was proving difficult.

Hi Everyone, I was digging through some soul records I bought from a store that got hit by Hurricane Katrina and found a Northern Soul 45 I can't find information on. It's 20th Century Fox Records 523 with What About Mine w/In This World. The label is faded enough that I can't see the artist, and searches online have not identified the artist. Any help would be great! Cheers.

Definitely not.

I'm still looking for a copy of Sweet Music on 45!