Lowton Civic Celebration Alldayer

Name: LOWTON CIVIC CELEBRATION ALL-DAYER
Start: 2025-02-01T13:00:00+0000
Location: Culcheth Village Club
Rating: 5

Bazm · January 21

Room 3 Rare and Underplayed 60’s 70’s Soul and Crossover

During its 20 plus years, LOWTON CIVIC had a rich history of pushing the musical boundaries not only in the main room with an exception guest DJ list but also in the two back rooms, with everything from the very sadly departed, Pete Coulson’s R&B sessions to a brief flirtation with Soulful House. But it was the ‘Room With a View’ and the superb DDA sessions hosted by Paul Sadot, Joan Livesey and the late, must missed and much loved Karl Rhodes along with their guests, who made such an effort to be a part of these back room sessions…

The LOWTON back room sessions became the inspiration for the Kenwood Suite at the BURY TOWN HALL ALL-NIGHTERS, which in turn was continued and kept us all sane during lockdown as the Bury Virtual All Nighter online stream broadcasts.

We are pleased to confirm that the Rare and Underplayed room at the Anniversary All-Dayer continues that ethos and many of the DJ’s involved in some of those brilliant sessions as well as some new faces will be digging deep into their collections to bring you an unrivalled selection of rare soul sounds from the 60’s and 70’s

Edited January 21 by Bazm

Micksmix · January 21

Some great nights in the Kenwood Suite, which ended up outshining the main room, such was the quality of the music and yeah fond memories during a dark period via The BVAN sessions, including recording a live session or two at Simon's, remember Pete and our Anthemic opening record? Great memories!!

Bazm · January 22

Simply Soul - https://www.firstexperiencerecords.com/ - will be selling @ the next Culcheth event on February 1st - just like we were each month all those years ago on Friday nights @ Lowton in the 'Modern Room' !!

Bazm · January 22

Modern Soul Memories ...Room 2 Saturday afternoon

Calvinlee · January 23

Very much looking forward to this.. be great to catch up with some of the old lowton crowd and the kenwood suite lads! been a while since I’ve been behind the decks for “lowton soul” in fact last time I dj’d was actually at lowton civic.. can’t wait

Micksmix · January 24

15 hours ago, Calvinlee said:

Very much looking forward to this.. be great to catch up with some of the old lowton crowd and the kenwood suite lads! been a while since I’ve been behind the decks for “lowton soul” in fact last time I dj’d was actually at lowton civic.. can’t wait

See you both next week mate

Eddiefoster · January 24

22 hours ago, Calvinlee said:

Very much looking forward to this.. be great to catch up with some of the old lowton crowd and the kenwood suite lads! been a while since I’ve been behind the decks for “lowton soul” in fact last time I dj’d was actually at lowton civic.. can’t wait

Be good to catch up Calvin it's been quite a while!!!!

Bazm · January 25

ONE WEEK TO GO...THREE ROOMS WITH RUNNING SOUL!

Eddiefoster · January 26

5 hours ago, Bazm said:

ONE WEEK TO GO...THREE ROOMS WITH RUNNING SOUL!

What's not to like? - all that under one roof with like minded folk, bring it on :thumbsup:

Bazm · January 26

Looking forward to highlighting some of the records played at Lowton Civic over the years, both in the big room and back room...

This enjoyed a place on the LOWTON CIVIC story as a back room spin from some of the DJ's playing 70's and Crossover in there before many of the sounds gained more acceptance and literally crossed-over to main rooms...including thjis current floorfiller

STEVE CONNOR Take a bow

Micksmix · January 26

48 minutes ago, Bazm said:

Looking forward to highlighting some of the records played at Lowton Civic over the years, both in the big room and back room...

This enjoyed a place on the LOWTON CIVIC story as a back room spin from some of the DJ's playing 70's and Crossover in there before many of the sounds gained more acceptance and literally crossed-over to main rooms...including thjis current floorfiller

STEVE CONNOR Take a bow

Those were the days, when you could pick quality records up without breaking the bank. Mine was £25 of Johnny Manship and round about the same time bought Pat +The Blenders for £30 in the record bar at Lowton off Flanny I think. A sea of Sharks was probably the best way to describe Lowton Record Bar, all waiting for a feeding frenzy of the vinyl kind, some proper bargain buys to be had. I remember Plumby having multiples of The Philharmonics, Jeez oh for a time machine and a bucket load of cash!!

Bazm · January 26

3 hours ago, Micksmix said:

Those were the days, when you could pick quality records up without breaking the bank. Mine was £25 of Johnny Manship and round about the same time bought Pat +The Blenders for £30 in the record bar at Lowton off Flanny I think. A sea of Sharks was probably the best way to describe Lowton Record Bar, all waiting for a feeding frenzy of the vinyl kind, some proper bargain buys to be had. I remember Plumby having multiples of The Philharmonics, Jeez oh for a time machine and a bucket load of cash!!

Quite right Mick, we wont mention the night some unsuscpecting soul turned up selling their collection, now that was a feeding frenzy to behold, mentioning no names

Going swiftly back to the music, a Saints 'On THe Real Side' 70's spin when 70's was most definitely NOT in vouge, the aforementioned Philharmonics, for your aural pleasure...happy days

Jessie Pinkman · January 27

17 hours ago, Micksmix said:

Those were the days, when you could pick quality records up without breaking the bank. Mine was £25 of Johnny Manship and round about the same time bought Pat +The Blenders for £30 in the record bar at Lowton off Flanny I think. A sea of Sharks was probably the best way to describe Lowton Record Bar, all waiting for a feeding frenzy of the vinyl kind, some proper bargain buys to be had. I remember Plumby having multiples of The Philharmonics, Jeez oh for a time machine and a bucket load of cash!!

Mick, are you one of the lucky ones, does your copy have clean labels or like mine water damaged.

I'm just thinking, now you've mentioned The Delegates of Soul does that mean you've licked your finger and stuck it in the Delegates of Soul pie and claimed it as your play this Saturday. It's a sure fire floor filler so well played mate.

Micksmix · January 27

8 minutes ago, Jessie Pinkman said:

Mick, are you one of the lucky ones, does your copy have clean labels or like mine water damaged.

I'm just thinking, now you've mentioned The Delegates of Soul does that mean you've licked your finger and stuck it in the Delegates of Soul pie and claimed it as your play this Saturday. It's a sure fire floor filler so well played mate.

Probably one of a few potential spinners of said tune mate and yeah luckily mine has a clean label

Jessie Pinkman · January 27

1 hour ago, Micksmix said:

Probably one of a few potential spinners of said tune mate and yeah luckily mine has a clean label

You're probably right considering the event is spread over 12 hours.

Bazm · January 27

Takin' a look at some of our assembled 'spinners' for Saturday...

Here's the first

Calvin Lee Hughes – North Wales

So taking a look at some of our DJ’s looking to entertain the crowd on Saturday, the first being Calvin Lee Hughes. Calvin hails from North Wales and is one of the younger members of our brilliant scene. It’s fair to say that over the years, Calvin has grown in stature and reputation as a bona-fide collector of Rare Soul and an excellent DJ as well.
Calvin was a regular at LOWTON CIVIC and was taken under the wing of LOWTON main man, Kev Murphy, so we are looking forward to Calvin appearing in the main room at the LOWTON ANNIVERSARY ALL-DAYER, here’s just a few of his favourite memories from LOWTON and a selection of his current spins

Calvin's Lowton Faves
Anthony And Delsonics- Every Time
Ellusions- You Didn’t Have To Leave
The Group- I Don’t Like To Lose
Johnny James- Tell You About My Girl
Moses Dillard- I’ll Pay The Price

Calvin’s Current Featured Spins
Mixed Feelings- Shalala United
Jerry Washington - Don’t Waste My Time Glades
Masqueraders- That’s The Same Thing Soul Town
Innersection- I’m In Debt To You Group 5
Don And Ron- I’m So So Sorry White Cliffs

Bazm · January 27

4 minutes ago, Bazm said:

Takin' a look at some of our assembled 'spinners' for Saturday...

Here's the first

Calvin Lee Hughes – North Wales

So taking a look at some of our DJ’s looking to entertain the crowd on Saturday, the first being Calvin Lee Hughes. Calvin hails from North Wales and is one of the younger members of our brilliant scene. It’s fair to say that over the years, Calvin has grown in stature and reputation as a bona-fide collector of Rare Soul and an excellent DJ as well.
Calvin was a regular at LOWTON CIVIC and was taken under the wing of LOWTON main man, Kev Murphy, so we are looking forward to Calvin appearing in the main room at the LOWTON ANNIVERSARY ALL-DAYER, here’s just a few of his favourite memories from LOWTON and a selection of his current spins

Calvin's Lowton Faves
Anthony And Delsonics- Every Time
Ellusions- You Didn’t Have To Leave
The Group- I Don’t Like To Lose
Johnny James- Tell You About My Girl
Moses Dillard- I’ll Pay The Price

Calvin’s Current Featured Spins
Mixed Feelings- Shalala United
Jerry Washington - Don’t Waste My Time Glades
Masqueraders- That’s The Same Thing Soul Town
Innersection- I’m In Debt To You Group 5
Don And Ron- I’m So So Sorry White Cliffs

Agentsmith · January 27

2 minutes ago, Bazm said:

Top class rarity, amazing tune!

Kevmc63 · January 27

20 hours ago, Bazm said:

Quite right Mick, we wont mention the night some unsuscpecting soul turned up selling their collection, now that was a feeding frenzy to behold, mentioning no names

Going swiftly back to the music, a Saints 'On THe Real Side' 70's spin when 70's was most definitely NOT in vouge, the aforementioned Philharmonics, for your aural pleasure...happy days

Will be in my set unless I stick with my all female singer only tunes

Eddiefoster · January 27

On 26/01/2025 at 18:12, Micksmix said:

Those were the days, when you could pick quality records up without breaking the bank. Mine was £25 of Johnny Manship and round about the same time bought Pat +The Blenders for £30 in the record bar at Lowton off Flanny I think. A sea of Sharks was probably the best way to describe Lowton Record Bar, all waiting for a feeding frenzy of the vinyl kind, some proper bargain buys to be had. I remember Plumby having multiples of The Philharmonics, Jeez oh for a time machine and a bucket load of cash!!

I'm thinking of giving this a spin on Saturday :thumbsup:

Micksmix · January 27

3 minutes ago, Eddiefoster said:

I'm thinking of giving this a spin on Saturday

Could get played in the modern room as well

Les H · January 27

Wow some great posts posted above. Looking forward to my return behind the decks at culcheth in the spirit of Lowton

ATB Les

Bazm · January 28

Ian Cunliffe – Lowton Leigh

A LOWTON ORIGINAL, Ian was there from the start, although it would be true to say Ian has been there from the start of EVERYTHING! A real Soul ‘fan’ collector, record dealer, DJ and punter, in fact, Ian has a rich history of being either a customer or a DJ at many venues all over the North-West and beyond. Ian was very much part of the fabric of LOWTON, and so it’s a great pleasure to have in DJ at the Anniversary Special as looking at his current plays, his set will be a bit ‘special’ in itself…

Lowton Faves
Freddie Butler Save Your Love For Me Wheelsville
Matt Lucas Baby You Better Go-Go...Karen
Pat Lewis No One To Love ..Solid Hit
Jokers Soul Sound...Sko-Field
Mac Staton & The Nomads There She Goes Prelude

5 Current Plays
Talmadge Armstrong & the Escorts Give It Up...Spindletop
The Mar-J's ..Got To Find A Way Out Magic Touch
The Attractions..You Dont Know Boy June Bug
Tabby Thomas..One Day Soul International
Wally Co Co Message To Society Part 1 Florence

Looking forward to welcoming Ian and his box of QUALITY goodies to CULCHETH on Saturday

Jessie Pinkman · January 28

13 hours ago, Bazm said:

Ian Cunliffe – Lowton Leigh

A LOWTON ORIGINAL, Ian was there from the start, although it would be true to say Ian has been there from the start of EVERYTHING! A real Soul ‘fan’ collector, record dealer, DJ and punter, in fact, Ian has a rich history of being either a customer or a DJ at many venues all over the North-West and beyond. Ian was very much part of the fabric of LOWTON, and so it’s a great pleasure to have in DJ at the Anniversary Special as looking at his current plays, his set will be a bit ‘special’ in itself…

Lowton Faves
Freddie Butler Save Your Love For Me Wheelsville
Matt Lucas Baby You Better Go-Go...Karen
Pat Lewis No One To Love ..Solid Hit
Jokers Soul Sound...Sko-Field
Mac Staton & The Nomads There She Goes Prelude

5 Current Plays
Talmadge Armstrong & the Escorts Give It Up...Spindletop
The Mar-J's ..Got To Find A Way Out Magic Touch
The Attractions..You Dont Know Boy June Bug
Tabby Thomas..One Day Soul International
Wally Co Co Message To Society Part 1 Florence

Looking forward to welcoming Ian and his box of QUALITY goodies to CULCHETH on Saturday

Edited January 28 by Jessie Pinkman

Micksmix · January 28

On 28/01/2025 at 10:34, Jessie Pinkman said:

Edited January 29 by Micksmix

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