Lookback to Sweetsoul Friday 8th July with guest Ginger

   Sweetsoul Friday 8th July special guest GINGER TAYLOR

Early start ,set up Thursday night to save time and then eagerly await the arrival of Wigan legend Ginger Taylor.

We open early on the Friday night,everything is set up and as with Soul Sam in February and Dave Rimmer in May,we are hoping for a good night in terms of numbers slight drawback is that their are 2 Accidents on the aproaches to Newark,thus making the doors and people coming through a teensy bit slow.

Jacko does first warm up spot,and plays his new buys to an ever increasing audience, Doug plays a couple of new motown tracks recently released on a Cellar full of Motown vol 2 Jez then does the first spot in full playing an excellent warm up to the man himself, Ginger arrives after travelling from his home to Newark in a little under 2 hours does the usual hello's that go with a world famous original DJ,checks the venue and with an exalting comment "This is a nice old fashioned venue,smashing Im going to enjoy playing here.

Ginger started his set at 21.30 hours a little earlier than the guest DJ would normally due but having agreed to also do a spot at Lowton at 01.00 am he had to get away and with the traffic on the A1 and M62 beset with roadworks,he needed to get away asap,we neednt have worried he went on to play a cracking spot of current monsters and classic original Wigan Casino tracks the list is as follows no labels although every one was a vinyl original

01  If this is Love                                    Precisions

02  Stick by me baby                               Salvadors

03  Gone with the wind is my love          Rita and the Tiaras

04 Hurt on the Other Side                      Sydney Barnes Orchestra

05 Is it Love Baby                                  Lanes    ( female vocal Checker board Squares )

06 My Life                                              Joe Jama

07 Im Waiting                                          Bill bush

08 Catch that Teardrop                           5 Royales

09 Try my Love                                       Tony and the Showmen

10 Turning my Heartbeat up                   MVPS

11 Im not Strong Enough                         4 Perfections

12 Believe it or Not                                  Nabay

13 Cant Escape                                         Ritchie Adams ( at this point the pen broke so Gingers writings poor)

14 Dont it make you feel funny                Joe Hicks

15 You left me                                           Admirations

16 slowly molding ?                                   Cody Black

17 When I feel the Need                           Marvin Gaye

18 Just a little misunderstanding              Funk bros (instrumental ) went down a bomb

19 Somethings Wrong                               Chris Clark (alt take )

20 Baby without you                                  Danny Monday

21 Lester Tipton                                        This Wont Change ( Jez Langley in awe of n original copy)

22 Say Something Nice to me                   Bobby Kline  Doug Jacko & Jez  droolin asked him to leave it

22 It will Never be Over for me                Timi Yuro

Ginger left the stage to a tumulteous round of aplause,Well deserved after playin an Absolutely excellent Hour of cracking Northen Soul/Motown .

Quote "You have got to have me back "  deservedly so as Newark is fast gaining a reputation as a friendly place to enjoy oneself. and Ginger did us proud.

Off to Lowton for Ginger and I hope and believe he would be as enjoyed there as at Sweetsoul Club, Newark www.sweetsoulonline.co.uk

Next up, after his Excellent Spot  at The Whitby weekender on the Friday in the Modern Room.  

Andy Jackson with a shortened spot, and some great across the board Northern Soul inc.

Hand it Over -- Chuck Jackson , Gene Chandler --Mr Big Shot , Drifters -- Pour your little heart out  (fast becoming a major floorfiller in the North) the male vocal to Driza's "Pressure",,his fav at the moment 70's biggie Sean Oliver " You and Me "  Angel Rissots version of the Temps " I want a love I can see" 

Finishing with the current Archie Bell PIR release "Where Will You Go when the parties over"

and finally the last spot by Doug Hall inc a tribute to The Late "Obie Benson" 4Tops favs "Something About You " Since Yove Been Gone "Where Did You Go" and a couple of UK unreleased Tops Motown tracks from the American Released "Lost Without You "album "Sweet Was the Love" and "Deep in the Pit Of Your Heart"  Ad to that Ronnie Mcneir "Sittin in the Class" Frank Dells"He Broke Your Gme Wide Open plus Linda Jones beautiful "My Heart Needs A Break"

Finishing as usual with a multitude of thanks to all and sundry for a great night. Sweet Soul Jr Walker,

To all those who came many thanks to those who didnt or couldnt you missed a great night out.

KTF

SEE YOU ALL SOMEWHERE SOON.

Doug Hall