Belfast Soul Club 3rd Anniversary Weekender

What an absolutely fabulous couple of days this was. I'd never been to Ireland before, but everything I had heard about the hospitality of the Irish is absolutely true. Big thanks to Liam and Phil for looking after me, and all the other DJs so well.

Saturday night was held in two rooms, and after a little bit of consternation because the decks in the freestyle room were jumping when people danced we got it all sorted. Both rooms were busy at various times of the night, as well as the bar area, and I know that the DJs between them covered the whole lot from R & B, to Oldies, to rarities, to unknowns, to Crossover, with a few Seventies thrown in as well.

On the Saturday the two spots I did were crowd pleasers rather than anything else, and although I intended to do an R & B spot in the Freestyle Room a camera crew were there from Irish TV so Liam asked me to play some uptempo Oldies to fill the room and get them dancing (No flies on this lad when it comes to promotion )

The Main room spot on Saturday got the floor really busy, and I even coped with having the lights turned on three records in (I just ignored it, and decided if people kept dancing I'd keep playing records, eventually that was sorted and the lights went off again, which in a way was perhaps a bad thing because Liam couldn't see where he was dropping his bag and managed to knock all the sound off later in the spot :whistling: )

The Sunday all dayer was supposed to be a bit more laid back, and certainly that's how Phil Shields and I started the session off, however by the time I did my second spot people were dancing away and requesting uptempo things, so I threw a real mixture in.

Unfortunately I had to leave for my flight half an hour after my spot finished so don't know how the last three hours went, but I'd just like to say thanks to all the people who came and spoke to me on the way out, it's nice to know that the records you've played have been appreciated.

In the words of Jimmy Wallace 'I'll Be Back'

The playlists are alphabetical rather than in the order I played them, I had enough trouble remembering what I played in each spot, never mind in what order !

Saturday - Freestyle Room

Doni Burdick - Bari Track - Sound Impression

Mickie Champion - What Good Am I - Musette

Dick Jordan - I Want Her Back - Jamie

Johnnie Mae Matthews - lonely You'll Be - Atco

Ripple Blast Singers & Band - Sadie Sadie - Power LP

Johnny Sayles - I Can't Get Enough - St Lawrence

Joe Simon - I See Your Face - Hush

Tommy T & The Targets - Sales Pitch - Big R

Ted Taylor - Miss You So - Ronn

Valentinos - Sweeter Than The Day Before - Chess

Saturday - Main Room

Lavern Baker - Wrapped Tied & Tangled - Brunswick

The Belles - Don't Pretend - Mirwood

Brooks Brothers - Looking For A Woman - Tay

Caressors - I Can't Stay Away - Ru-Jac

Cooperettes - Shing-A-Ling - Brunswick

Joanne Courcy - I Got The Power - Twirl

Troy Dodds - Try My Love - El Camino

Enchantments - I'm In Love With Your Daughter - Faro

Edward Hamilton - Girl I Love You - Carrie

Andrea Henry - I Need You Like A Baby - MGM

International GTOs - I Love My Baby - Rojac

Charles Lamont & The Extremes - I've Got To Keep Movin' - Challenge

Thelma Lindsey - Prepared To Love You - Magic City

Magnetics - I Have A Girl - Ra-Sel

Johnnie Mae Matthews - I Have No Choice - Big Hit

Sparkels - Try Love - Old Town

Van Dykes - Save My Love For a Rainy Day - Mala

Vondells - Hey Girl - Airtown

Jimmy Wallace - I'll Be Back - Alpha

Mel Wynn - Stop Sign - Wand

Sunday - Double Decking with Phil Shields

Douglas Banks - Ain't That Just Like A Woman - Guyden

Bobby Bland - Sweet Lips Of Joy - Duke LP

Garland Green - Girl I Love You - Revue

Sandy Hollis - I'm Tempted - Big Wheel

Sherlock Holmes - Standing At A Standstill - Part III

Rose St John - I Know The Meaning - Veep

Sunday - On my own

Larry Banks & Jaibi - My Life Is No Better - Unissued GWP

H B Barnum - It Hurts Too Much Too Cry - RCA

Solomon Burke - Stupidity - Atlantic

Brice Coefield - Ain't That Right - Omen

Frank Dell - He Broke Your Game Wide Open - Valise

Delcos - Arabia - Ebony

Joe Douglas - Crazy Thinks - Playhouse

Eptones - A Love That's Real - Jox

Mill Evans - Why Why Why - King

Beverley Gibson - A Three Dollar Bill - Jubilee

Major Harris - Call Me Tomorrow - Okeh

Battye Lavette - One Thin Dime - Unreleased Scepter

Syng McGowan - That's What I Want - Hope

Servicemen - I'll Stop Loving You - Unreleased Wind Hit

Tommy Navarro - I Cried My Life Away - De Jac

Betty O'Brien - She'll Be Gone - Liberty

Trends - Not Too Old To Cry - ABC Paramount

Ike & Tina Turner - Dust My Broom - Tangerine

Bobby Freeman - Swing Me - Unreleased Autumn

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