Grumpy Soul Today

3 hours ago, Jumpinjoan said:

Can't wait 

Get those thumping tunes on girl!

Me to hope the dancing catch still going strong

Couple of weeks to go.

Proper, old style, no B/S night. Expect high quality soul records, a buzzing dance floor and great atmosphere from start to finish. 
 

We’ve always tried to book guests who have great records but aren’t on everywhere. Ady fits the bill perfectly

17 hours ago, Philt said:

Couple of weeks to go.

Proper, old style, no B/S night. Expect high quality soul records, a buzzing dance floor and great atmosphere from start to finish. 
 

We’ve always tried to book guests who have great records but aren’t on everywhere. Ady fits the bill perfectly

Quite right Phil, the quality of the guests has been superb and Ady Potts being a prime example   

Staying Over?

If you are travelling to Grumpy Soul and looking to stay over, here’s a list of hotels available within a 10-15minute taxi ride of the venue

Pentahotel Warrington

The Glazebury Pub

Premier Inn Winwick

Travelodge Lowton

Premier Inn Haydock Park

Treat yourself to something a little bit different!...

In an effort to deliver something special at CULCHETH we look to bring you quality music, while maintaining the ethos of the scene, rare soul music in all its styles delivered to discerning ears through a great sound system, if the original format; vinyl!

To that end, on SATURDAY NOVEMBER 2ndwe bring you GRUMPY SOUL! Looking forward to welcoming back GRUMPY SOUL residents PHIL THRELFALL and ‘JUMPIN' JOAN LIVESEY behind the decks, together with respected rare soul DJ CARL FORTNUM expect a healthy slice of Stafford, Shotts biggies and never afraid to dig deep and showcase some under the radar quality cheapies, just how we like it!

Always looking to pull something just a bit special out of the hat as far as guest DJ’s are concerned, the GRUPMY gang have done it again in the form of Ady Potts. Ady is resident along with Carl at the long-running STEWARTBY SOUL NIGHTS and a long-standing favourite DJ with those ‘in the know’

Based on our past GRUMPY SOUL events this promises to be an absolute cracker with a feast of rare, underplayed but most of all, quality soul music for you to enjoy…The Servicemen, Eddie Daniels, The Intentions, Chance & Tony, Ernie Wheelwright, Diplomats, Joe Wilson, Johnny De’Vigne, Clara Hardy, Billy Hambric, The Corduroys, Truetones, Rodd Keith, The Prophets, Vee Gees, Delegates of Soul etc.

Join us on SATURDAY NOVEMBER 2ndand don’t forget there’s a superb Modern Room as well with DJ’s STEVE PLUMB and co…DON’T MISS IT!

Gettin' mighty excited, lookin' forward to that 'Grumpy' feelin'...

Won't be when I hear Phil play this...

I'll take that with me Baz (never a hardship playing it to be honest LOL) 

It'll be the usual [Grumpy] script record-wise, i.e. the full shooting match: unissued acetates, 10-20 quidders, proper oldies, things you've maybe forgotten about, rarities that you're less likely to hear out very often and a smattering of high class crossover. Not an 'oldies' night, not an 'upfront' night, just a proper soul night.

If it's good enough and danceable its in mate 

1 minute ago, Philt said:

I'll take that with me Baz (never a hardship playing it to be honest LOL) 

It'll be the usual [Grumpy] script record-wise, i.e. the full shooting match: unissued acetates, 10-20 quidders, proper oldies, things you've maybe forgotten about, rarities that you're less likely to hear out very often and a smattering of high class crossover. Not an 'oldies' night, not an 'upfront' night, just a proper soul night.

If it's good enough and danceable its in mate 

Phil, i had a word with Phil Blacknell yesterday...he said he dosn't look like you at all

4 minutes ago, Agentsmith said:

Phil, i had a word with Phil Blacknell yesterday...he said he dosn't look like you at all

Told you! PMSL. 

Now here's a proper tune you don't hear played out very often...why? I'll leave you to decide, except to say GRUMPY SOUL @ Culcheth Nov 2nd    

Rumour has it that this ABSOLUTE GEM and the stuff of legends, could get an outing...

There's such a buzz about the next installment and rightly so with the quality that will be delivered by the box load. As alluded to above there will be rarities a plenty, alongside quality from every price point, something for everyone for sure. To say Ady is looking forward to it is an understatement. He doesn't DJ anywhere outside of his hometown these days, and he's genuinely excited to dig deep and join us on Saturday, we're in for a real treat. Add Messrs Fortnum and Threlfall into the mix, what's not to love. 

In a nutshell then, expect the finest tunage, blasting out of an exceptional sound system, in a class venue, packed to the rafters with the best soul folk, and a dancing cat. Phwoarrrr, see you in a week! 

Hope everyone’s getting set for a great weekend! Alsager tonight with Colin Curtis, Soul Sam, PEP, Tim Ashibende, Nige Brown, John Kelly and aLl the Newcastle Tiffs faithful, then looking forward to next weekend and the ultimate ‘twofur’ GRUMPY SOUL @ CULCHETH with the MODERN ROOM in the lounge…Can’t Wait!

20 hours ago, Jumpinjoan said:

There's such a buzz about the next installment and rightly so with the quality that will be delivered by the box load. As alluded to above there will be rarities a plenty, alongside quality from every price point, something for everyone for sure. To say Ady is looking forward to it is an understatement. He doesn't DJ anywhere outside of his hometown these days, and he's genuinely excited to dig deep and join us on Saturday, we're in for a real treat. Add Messrs Fortnum and Threlfall into the mix, what's not to love. 

In a nutshell then, expect the finest tunage, blasting out of an exceptional sound system, in a class venue, packed to the rafters with the best soul folk, and a dancing cat. Phwoarrrr, see you in a week! 

 

Quite right too Joan, looking forward to a great night of absolute TOP quality tunage

One of your favourites I think?

10 minutes ago, Bazm said:

Quite right too Joan, looking forward to a great night of absolute TOP quality tunage

One of your favourites I think?

 

Absolutely 100% right Baz!, we both up dancing to it at Ashton....

What can one say ..... the best of the best, Grumpy Soul and Culcheth compliment each other perfectly!

Grumpy has been so missed as a regular event and the takeovers at Culcheth are a great feature....a line up to die for!

Personally I'm very much looking forward to the return of Mr Fortnum alongside great expectations from a well respected collector in Ady Potts...do yourself a favour and make the effort you won't be disappointed 

Must admit I actaully thought this record had been 'lost' into one of very few colections BUT we can now look forward to it making an appearance at GRUMPY on Saturday...AMAZING RARE SOUL!

One of Carl’s that Baz; unbelievable record! Nearly as awesome as his Mott the Hoople cover up

1 hour ago, Philt said:

One of Carl’s that Baz; unbelievable record! Nearly as awesome as his Mott the Hoople cover up

Yes Carl has one Phil. He managed to put the full set of pink Teri de's together many years ago. I think that's one of the reasons that I got inspired to go over to the west coast in the first place, in search of Teri de records lol By absolute chance I managed to put a full set together as well. But here's a photo of the two Jimmy Greshams...

I suspected you might have it too Ady. Really looking forward to seeing you and hearing your records mate.

Two Jimmy Gresham's (not to mention anything and everything else on Teri De) floating around then. It'll be rubbish 

9 minutes ago, Philt said:

I suspected you might have it too Ady. Really looking forward to seeing you and hearing your records mate.

Two Jimmy Gresham's (not to mention anything and everything else on Teri De) floating around then. It'll be rubbish 

I'm really looking forward to the night, and to chat with you mate. It'll be lovely to be with other like-minded collectors.

The pink/flesh colour Teri De label is incredible when you think about it because every record is a dancer, and some of them being double siders. So it's a good little label to collect.