NORTHERN SOUL/FUNK/DEEP COLLICTOR'S GUIDE TO DETROIT ROD DEARLOVE PRIVATE PRESS
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Nov 14, 2014 Sold Date
Nov 4, 2014 Start Date
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Issue 84 of Soul Up North is out NOW!


I HAVE BEEN COLLECTING NORTHERN SOUL FANZINES FOR OVER FORT YEARS

ALONG THE WAY I HAVE ACQUIRED A SIZEABLE NUMBER OF SPARES FROM COLLECTIONS

SINCE I HAVE ONLY ONE PAIR OF EYES I NEED TO CLEAR SOME ROOM

SOME OF THESE FANZINES DATE BACK MANY YEARS


A COLLECTOR'S GUIDE TO DETROIT
FIRST EDITION FROM 1982
(ONE PAGE IS A LATER SCAN)

THIS RENOWNED PRIVATELY-PRESSED BOOKLET HAS ALWAYS BEEN A MUST-OWN FOR SERIOUS COLLECTOR OF RARE DETROIT SOUL

IT'S SIXTY A4 PAGES ARE CRAMMED WITH DISCOGRAPHIES OF ALMOST EVERY DETROIT SOUL LABEL ACTIVE DURING THE 60s:

FULL CONTENTS:

WHEELSVILLE, D-TOWN, PEANUT, MARY JANE, ART, BONNIE, M-S, ASHFORD, REVILOT, TOP TEN, RIC-TIC, PREMIUM STUFF, AWAKE, U.S.D., LA BEAT, RAMBLER, VELGO, MELLO, GROOVESVILLE, DRUM, PAMELINE, TRU-BA-DOR, SPORT, MANDINGO, SEPIA, GOLDEN WORLD, WHIP, THELMA, GE GE, GROOVE CITY, IMPACT, CORREC-TONE, SIDRA, INFERNO, BOO-GA-LOO, COOL SCHOOL, VINEY, LA SALLE, WASHPAN, RED CAP. VALTONE, RAMBROCK, CLISSAC, PRIME, ALLRITE, STEPHANYE, DOTTY'S, SOLID HIT, KAREN, ROMAC, EMPIRE, PALMER, DIAMOND JIM, RILEY'S, DREW, EXIT, KOOL KAT, TRI-SOUND, MAGIC CITY, MAH'S, BIG D., ERNSTRAT, SCOPE, SOUL HAWK, TRIPLE B, SHOTGUN, AND CARLA

I DON'T THINK I'VE MISSED ANY!

(NOTE: DANNY MORE IS MISSING FROM THE ALL RITE LABEL LISTING BECAUSE IT HADN'T YET BEEN DISCOVERED)

NEARLY FORGOT PERHAPS THE MOST INFLUENTIAL OF ALL
THE MOTOWN LABEL (UP TO 1064 INCLUSIVE)

AS IF THAT WEREN'T ENOUGH, THERE ARE TWO SPECIAL FEATURES:

THE DETROIT SOUND ON UK LABELS, BY KEITH RYLATT
ALPHABETICAL LIST AND LOTS OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION

BACKING TRACK MANIA, BY BOB FOSTER
SAME BACKING TRACK - DIFFERENT LYRICS
BACKING TRACK INSTRUMENTALS USED ON OTHER 45s
SAME BACKING TRACK - SAME LYRICS - DIFFERENT ARTIST

ALL THIS IS TOPPED OFF WITH NUMEROUS SCANS AND ORIGINAL ADS

THIS IS A GENUINE FIRST PRESS FROM 1982
SINCE I HAD ACCESS TO A PHOTOCOPIER AT WORK, ROD ASKED ME TO PROVIDE THE INITIAL BATCH OF PRESSINGS (100?)

THAT MEANT I RECEIVED A MENTION IN THE CREDITS, ALONGSIDE MORE WORTHY SCRIBES: BOB FOSTER, DAVE HITCH, KEITH RYLATT, TREVOR SWAINE, TOM CREEDON, STU PETRIE,  TONY COLEBY AND RICHARD WATT

I KEPT A PERSONAL COPY OF THE PRESS IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION (NOT EVEN STAPLED)
ROD HAD ALL THE REMAINDER, WHICH HAD COME OUT MUCH FAINTER THAN I HAD HOPED
AFTER ADDING THE PAGE NUMBERS, ROD SENT THEM TO SUBSCRIBERS
THIS IS A COPY OF THE FIRST SALE BATCH THAT ROD ALSO SENT TO ME

CONDITION: VERY GOOD ++ TO EXCELLENT
ONE PAGE HAS BEEN LOST (57-58), SO I AM PROVIDING A SCAN FROM MY LIBRARY COPY
AS I MENTIONED, THE PRINTING XEROXED FAINTLY. BUT IS STILL FULLY LEGIBLE
THERE IS A TINY AMOUNT OF WRITING TO CORRECT ONE OR TWO MISTAKES
PAGES 35/36 WERE STAPLED IN THE WRONG WAY ROUND (AS ON ALL ORIGINALS)

LASTLY. THE BACK TWO PAGES BECAME DETACHED OVER THE YEARS
I RETRIEVED THE BACK PAGE IN A SLIGHTLY WORN CONDITION, WITH A LINEAR EDGE TEAR
AS MENTIONED ABOVE, I HAVE HAD NO LUCK IN FINDING THE PENULTIMATE PAGE (57-58)
THE PHOTOCOPIES I HAVE PROVIDED ARE FROM MY OWN COPY, AND ARE DARKER


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