just listening to r.searlings last ever wigan spot part three,name the tunes he plays at about 3 mins just after i.d.l.t.lose and at about 9.24 secs after the Q,thats the way,i stopped going to wigan and other nighters around 1978/79 ish so missed quite a few tunes,and a big up to whoever posted this on s/s,

  On 18/11/2009 at 20:13, de-to said:

just listening to r.searlings last ever wigan spot part three,name the tunes he plays at about 3 mins just after i.d.l.t.lose and at about 9.24 secs after the Q,thats the way,i stopped going to wigan and other nighters around 1978/79 ish so missed quite a few tunes,and a big up to whoever posted this on s/s,

Combinations - Like I never did before - Kellmac

Main Change - Sunshine is her way - Nebula

thanks for the reply simon,they are only a couple of cheapo 45s then,!!!!

  On 18/11/2009 at 20:31, de-to said:

thanks for the reply simon,they are only a couple of cheapo 45s then,!!!!

At the time they were played out as The Chessmen - What you gonna do & Rock Candy - Makes me feel this way, respectively.

off my topic slightly but this picture of wigan (top left piccy) in 1980 made me feel a bit sad after going to wigan loads and loads of times between 1973 to 1978/79 ish,what happened to the casino it looks so empty !!!,no smart answers like russ w had just started his spot !!!,

  On 18/11/2009 at 20:40, de-to said:

off my topic slightly but this picture of wigan (top left piccy) in 1980 made me feel a bit sad after going to wigan loads and loads of times between 1973 to 1978/79 ish,what happened to the casino it looks so empty !!!,no smart answers like russ w had just started his spot !!!,

It got to a point when they were only opening M's, which was a bit crap cueing round the back.

They left the Main Room doors open, so was a bit spooky looking at a completely empty Wigan.

  On 20/11/2009 at 12:35, Barry said:

It got to a point when they were only opening M's, which was a bit crap cueing round the back.

They left the Main Room doors open, so was a bit spooky looking at a completely empty Wigan.

when was that barry? after the official last niter?. must have been a wierd feeling seeing that

  On 20/11/2009 at 12:38, grant said:

when was that barry? after the official last niter?. must have been a wierd feeling seeing that

Round about late 1980 if my memory serves me mate.

It went on like that for a while, it was a shame but it came back with a vengeance.

barry,blimey i cant believe an empty wigan casino in 1980 and only mr m`s open,!!! im sort of glad i stopped going now because the last time i went to the casino it was absolutely banged out queues to get in main room packed out mr m`s packed out record bar area packed out baking hot and sweaty all night every all-nighter we done was brilliant i still cant hack the fact that mr m`s was only open so why did the casino go so quiet and then pick up again because it shut in about 1981,

  On 18/11/2009 at 20:40, de-to said:

off my topic slightly but this picture of wigan (top left piccy) in 1980 made me feel a bit sad after going to wigan loads and loads of times between 1973 to 1978/79 ish,what happened to the casino it looks so empty !!!,no smart answers like russ w had just started his spot !!!,

I think it was me that originally put the live clips up, was a while back.

As for Wigan looking quiet, I remember there being just over 100 in on particular saturday after the oldies night. Good thing they didn't open Mr M's

  On 24/11/2009 at 22:16, Awake 502 said:

I think it was me that originally put the live clips up, was a while back.

As for Wigan looking quiet, I remember there being just over 100 in on particular saturday after the oldies night. Good thing they didn't open Mr M's

Some of the best nites, where had by the "selective connoisseuers" , who welcomed Mr M's closure - (Darren??) after the oldies niters. It was a nite for a dedicated handful, who could intergrate the love of the "newer" 60's and 70's sound back then. Thanks to Pat, Nev and Richard.

i attended wigan casino until its demise and can never remember the main room not open on a saturday barry, the sats after the oldies were the best nites for me most times only a couple of hundred in but there was a magical mix of 60's n 70's that will never be forgotten by the few

  On 24/11/2009 at 23:35, diddy morgan said:

i attended wigan casino until its demise and can never remember the main room not open on a saturday barry, the sats after the oldies were the best nites for me most times only a couple of hundred in but there was a magical mix of 60's n 70's that will never be forgotten by the few

Would agree Diddy, always Mr M's closed after the oldies previous evening session. The the main room always open and only a few in the record bar.

nick, i attended the casino from 78 to 81 and the main room was never shut on a saturday . once there was motown allnighter on a mid month friday held in mr m's cos it was so poorly attended only time main room wasnt open to my knowledge,would ave been about 1980 though

  On 25/11/2009 at 00:03, diddy morgan said:

nick, i attended the casino from 78 to 81 and the main room was never shut on a saturday . .

  On 25/11/2009 at 00:03, diddy morgan said:

nick, i attended the casino from 78 to 81 and the main room was never shut on a saturday . once there was motown allnighter on a mid month friday held in mr m's cos it was so poorly attended only time main room wasnt open to my knowledge,would ave been about 1980 though

I must have gone mad then.

  On 25/11/2009 at 17:47, webbydublin said:

Think l've mentioned this before on here.l once went to a mid-month Oldies once and they only opened M's and everyone thought it had been cancelled...Dec 1980

Last "normal" saturday i went to must have been early '81 maybe late'80 (pretty sure I heard Alfie Davison if thats any guide,) & main room was practically deserted,very small groups here & there & a handful of people at best on the dance floor which was a bit of a bummer seeing as I'd travelled up from London on National coaches on my own Not one of my best decisions !!!!

Sure they opened M's & I think most people disappeared up there, possibly what Barry remembers ? After that I never went on a saturday night until the last one..................& then the next last one. I stopped going to last ones after that but are those what you are refering to Barry with "but it came back with a vengeance". I just can't imagine a saturday night picking up after being so empty ?

  On 18/11/2009 at 20:35, simon t said:

At the time they were played out as The Chessmen - What you gonna do & Rock Candy - Makes me feel this way, respectively.

well there's not a track by the combinations called "like I never did before" either on kellmac so was he covering up a cover up with another cover up? the flip of "whatcha gonna do" is a ballad called "good bye".

  On 25/11/2009 at 17:47, webbydublin said:

Think l've mentioned this before on here.l once went to a mid-month Oldies once and they only opened M's and everyone thought it had been cancelled...Dec 1980

Age does things to a memory, so it may be that is the answer - although I'm sure I went to three nights where M's alone was open, I remember as me mates bessie mate turned up with me mates bird.

  On 26/11/2009 at 03:21, boba said:

well there's not a track by the combinations called "like I never did before" either on kellmac so was he covering up a cover up with another cover up? the flip of "whatcha gonna do" is a ballad called "good bye".

so who is the track by if its not the combinations,

  On 21/12/2009 at 21:46, de-to said:

so who is the track by if its not the combinations,

whatcha gonna do - is by the combinations mate

The Combinations "What'cha Gonna Do" was played covered-up as The Chessmen "Like I Never Did Before".

I stopped going in Spring 1980, when there was still a reasonable crowd and then went again towards the end of the year, when it was poorly attended. However, once the news of the closure was confirmed attnedances picked up again with the last few nights being absolutely packed. I think that if it had not closed when it did, all-niters would probably been reduced to once a month or even died away totally.

  On 26/11/2009 at 03:21, boba said:

well there's not a track by the combinations called "like I never did before" either on kellmac so was he covering up a cover up with another cover up? the flip of "whatcha gonna do" is a ballad called "good bye".

that sounds like a guy hennigan trick....and swopping the names round!...the only way to know for sure is a midnight recky in richards garage....with a torch!, watcha reckon?

  On 22/12/2009 at 18:18, AGENTSMITH said:

that sounds like a guy hennigan trick....and swopping the names round!...the only way to know for sure is a midnight recky in richards garage....with a torch!, watcha reckon?

thanks for the replys so is this tune available on a cd,???,

  On 22/12/2009 at 18:36, de-to said:

thanks for the replys so is this tune available on a cd,???,

The Combinations "What'cha Gonna Do".This is available on a Goldmine CD GSCD 110 FOR MILLIONAIRES ONLY VOL 3

Posted it a couple of years ago in refosoul.

COMBINATIONS - WHAT'CHA GONNA DO -

  On 22/12/2009 at 19:06, Cunnie said:

Posted it a couple of years ago in refosoul.

COMBINATIONS - WHAT'CHA GONNA DO -

Straight back on the hallowed floor whenever I hear this.

Quality.

How fast does that sound now ??

Superb does sound fast but then the bluies were good

just found this clip on e-bay of the combinations didnt realise that the combinations were a mostly white group,i cant stop playing this tune at the moment,!!! i would have loved dancing to this at wigan early years but this came in the late years at wigan via a r.searling cover up thingy, ,

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