Mattbolton

Miff, this is pretty much a mediocre album, apart of course from the KILLER 'Sad Little Girl' cut which was LP only. If you don't count it getting booted. Doesn't get played as much as it ought to. No reason why this should be a lot of money. Every one I've seen in the states has been real cheap. Only UK dealers who bump the price up. I'm positive it's a thrift store LP out stateside. It was never re-issued cos there would be little point.... You've got yourself the real deal. Enjoy.

ERm, no it wouldn't since anything less than an inch thick in a microwave cooks from the inside out. And is therefore likely to fry your pretty grooves from the middle outwards! I wouldn't expect many grooves left on it. Though I'm happy for someone to prove me wrong. But I want a full video of the experiment.....

£400 FOR the Betty LLoyd! IS it pressed in gold?! Do you know something we don't?! Even Butch has got one for £300! And that's a rather large mark up.

As far as I was aware.... Some guys in Finland found the acetate, pressed it up, and backed his biggie on the other side. Apparently he's still alive and that's where the 'tate came from. The unreleased one ain't great, but '....Holler' is a great track. Cheap as well. As simple a story as that I think...

The Out On The Floor rare Black Magic issue went for £431.

I've gotta hold my hand up on this one. When I first heard it played out, I thought it was a boring piece of music. I thought it went on and on.... But the more I listen to it, the better it's starting to sound and 'I'm Sure' is actually getting me up to dance. That pleading vocal is really starting to break down walls... Actually looking forward to hearing it again... Butch still won't entertain me on the flipside though, which is faaar better. And I've only heard it once.

Personally, I'd have to pick 3. Firstly Richard S, because it was his shows on Radio and at local do's at home in Lancashire which really got me into Northern sounds. His influence is MASSIVE. Top man. Secondly Ady C, probably for his ear as much as anything. Luther Ingram, San Franciscan TKO's, Nancy Wilcox. Need I say more? Although he has the magic key to a million unreleased records, the ones he choses to pull to play are always top notch. Great taste. And not afraid of spinning cheapies next to unissued stuff and keeps the rubbish in the bin where it belongs. Lastly, Gareth was right in citing Butch as the foremost digger around. Gets paid nowt, but instead uses his contacts and his extensive knowledge to bag the greatest set of QUALITY rarities any DJ could wish to play. The only man who can turn Tim Brown greeen. Martha Jean Love, The Saints, Chase Is On..... as goes the list. If he isn't one of most DJ's more inspirational spinners at the moment, I'll shoot myself in the foot. Quality choices from a truckload of rarities and one-offs... Sam and Arthur might sound like a Yorkshire double act, but their stubborness and faith to play tunes no-one else is spinning, and make them massive, is commendable in the extreme.

My demo of The Vashonettes has a warp in it. It's perfect in everyway apart from the little molehill in the opening section of the 45. I got it for an astounding £5! Off a well known dealer as well. It plays fine on most stylus' but there's no way I could have spun it at the 100 Club cos the Stantons there are real flat. Best way to cure a warp is to put it between two plates of glass and put it in the airing cabinet with a book on it. Not too heavy mind. Overnight, it's melted VERY slowly and should be like a pancake by the morning....

OH MY GODZ! Do you want it still? I used to have parties to that as a kid. Honestly. As I remember it's got summat about Hot potato on it? I'd seriously like a copy if you're willing to part with it. Memories like..... It can stand proud next to my '84 Keith Harris & Orville christmas 45 and 'Turtles shaped picture disc. I tried to get the latter in my box for the 100 Club for the killer flip by Splinter but Raphael's flailing nunchucks meant it wouldn't fit.....

Is that BAB record any good? It doesn't sound too promising does it?

Is that BAB record any good? It doesn't sound too promising does it?

Of course. Got a few things up my sleeve for Saturday. Namely a rabbit and a pack of cards. It'll at least entertain a few while I dish out my usual overdramatic anachronisms. However, something has been bothering me for years. And that is I've listened to the quality of the small handful of Patrinell Stattens deteriorate substantially since they first turned up. And I'm positive that before long all the known copies are sadly gonna sound like a fry-up in a mess-hall to the point where they're unlistenable. I love this song to bits like the rest of you. But what do we do when it dies, as, sonically, most copies are evidently suffering the inevitable wrath of the stylus ... Are we gonna stop playing it altogether cos no-one has a real copy? Just a thought. And this isn't exclusive to this record.....

Errmm.... No. I sold my Roy Hamilton and bought a spanking new Ipod mini especially. And gold plated connection leads to bolster the crisp sound quality.....

But you said you LOVED that Twisted Wheel tattoo I paid for you for Christamas........

CD's are crap. They skip. Get yourself an Ipod(skip free), plug it into the back of the mixer and you've got a million tunes at your fingertips. Via this medium, I shall be playing all of Ady, Keith and Butch's big coverups/acetates from the last 5 years down the 100 Club on Saturday. Request whatever you want. I'll probably have it at the touch of a click wheel...... There's some Prince and Rod Stewart's "The Motown Song' on there as well if anyone fancies a bit of a change around 7am.

Have you found a copy on UA? Can I have it please?

Sold one of these a bit ago then I saw one for £75!! Not even close to that. Think I sold mine for £20. Old mod thing from the late 90's as far back as I can remember. Actually heard Boo Boo played out by a friend last week. Forgot how catchy it was....

1. David Godin 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. For ease of reference. Fill the other numbers as you see fit......

To omit Dave G from the list is absurd really. Aside from simply imparting a few fancy words (words which probably wouldn't have been wasted on reviewing some of the shite that's spun today) he's responsible for taking rare soul to an entirely different plain. In the UK in the early 60's, Motown WAS, for the most part, pretty rare in the UK. It was Dave who allowed us to sample its magic to the extent that we do here in 2005. People seem to have some kind of fucking memory loss. When he passed away, a million and one people on this list barked on about how he was their 'guiding light'. Offering insights into those beautiful cuts in Blues and Soul every week/month to some spotty kid stuck out in County Durham. And before anyone starts sprouting on about how that was all in the past and that he probably never even went to Stafford. I'm just curious if anyone else managed to take records by The Knight Brothers and Jaibi into the pop charts and the CD collections of builders and lawyers alike. Methinks not. There's only one other person I know who has had such a massive influence on the dissemination of soul into the real world. And you can't even spell his name right. If we're gonna get down to the nitty gritty on this as it seems some people have, then the dictionary (behind it's Hindu connotations) cites a Guru as 'a teacher and especially intellectual guide in matters of fundamental concern'. Dave was incredibly intelligent and, more than anyone, has guided EVERYONE in matters of Soul, our fundamental concern. As much as I respect greatly a lot of people we've already listed, they simply mean f*** all to people who have had things like Will and Gareth shoved down their throats(sic). All you need to do is read the Amazon reviews for DST Vol 1 to get a perspective of the man's influence. Until any other collector/dealer/anorak can claim to achieve the things that he did for soul, past present and future, common sense dictates he stays at number 1. Relegate whoever you like.

Radiants every time for me. Lush piece of cheap wax..

To be honest, I'd imagine that seeing the success of their Motown contemporaries so evident they'd probably have aspired, musically, to the same ambitions. They all had to pay the bills. And Motown seemed to be paying them better than most... Most of the time..... To rubbish Motown off the scene for being made for white people seems kind of odd Ernie. Unless you can claim some mighty afro-american heritage, then your points don't seem particularly salient. Especially in light of fate dictating that it was arguably white people who uncovered most of the best black soul music in the last 40 years which subsequently appears never to have been made for a black audience anyway. I bet your bottom dollar 'Papa Was A Rolling Stone' wasn't written for the white man, though would agree that it isn't a Northern record. If you ever went to the Wheel (around the time when i wasn't even born), then you'll know that Motown was key in introducing soul music to the UK. Far more than Stax I'd imagine. And besides, correct me if I'm wrong, didn't the whole 'Northern Soul scene' come into being with tracks like 'I'll Keep On Holding On' and 'Heatwave'?!

I'm sure I've seen it on Diamond....?

Massive on the Mod scene for years. And still is by all accounts, though they tend to collect the harder, Don Fardon, version on Youngblood. Got f*** all to do with Northern. What on earth would ever qualify it as a Northern record? Cos I's on the same label as Kurt Harris and Ruby Winters?! This question is a bit like asking if Louie Louie is a Northern record cos of The Kingsmen's labelmates......

As I sat in his living room with a wall full of original, obviously expensive, Disney artworks from some of the most famous of Walts films, I couldn't help but think the sale of at least two of them would have paid for a decent band to go into the studio and record the tracks with some sort of dignity. Tho I guess that decision wasn't mine.

>Fact is the artist's we have been watching on this programme are of course the successful one's >who made it. Perhaps the likes of Jackie W, Sam Cooke, Otis & Motown artists are more worthy >of having documentaries made about them because of their massive record sales, fame and >popularity. I'd argue that Jackie warrants inclusion on his vocal merit and not his popularity. Unlike Otis. Whose vocal talents, in my opinion, were very ordinary compared to his contemporaries. And whose husky range is shatteringly poor next to the emotive complexities of the Brunswick hero. Besides, they've mentioned him about once in three weeks covering the birth of soul. The fact that Berry wrote all those amazing records for him surely should have dictated that he ought to have been slotted in previous to the Motown episode. Am I on too much of a Jackie trip? I guess so. But I love him without equal. >friend Ian Levine do a documentary esq thing 'Strange World of Northern Soul'. I've not seen >it. Would be interested to know what extent of folk on ere own a copy? I'm in it tho still haven't seen it. When I saw the preview at the Ealing mansion, and sat horrified as a toothless Billy Butler sang 'Right Track' in his humble living room to a horrible track and crass psychedelic visuals, I knew I couldn't watch any more. >Polished Motown Cool of the Temps, Marvin & Smokey, or Raucous from the heart Southern >STAX of Otis, Sam & Dave. Mmmm How about the social desperation and complexities in Motown records like 'I'm A Struggling Man' by Edwin Starr? Absolutely from the heart. And more telling than anything Stax ever released. Though I'm sure a ton of people will prove me wrong. Interesting how Motown managed to act as a voice of Black oppression and STILL shift 45's, despite being rubber stamped as black music for white folks. I'd argue that Stax played the more prominent role in selling soul to white folks.....