St. Ives 1977

[Mick Howard]

Back on thread.

Probably not first played there or even discovered during the St Ives years but the three that remind me most of the place are:

Chubby Checker - You Just Don't Know

Interplay - Derek & Ray

KayGee - The Nitelighters

Mick

[Mick Howard]

Great shouts....Zoomsoulblue on here....Keith Wilcox from P'bro(Anyone know him....l remember him well!! ) has that CC down as his fave of all time

Is there a St.lves revival this year anybody got any details out there....TA!!

Webby

Used to know KW well back in the day (thats the trouble with monikers - you can't tell who they are).

I think that CC was an all time fav of many including me (CC for Prime Minister we used to say).

As for a revival, check this out

https://www.soul-source.co.uk/calendar/1/event-13673

Mick

[macca]

Chubby Checker transports me back to the pitch black oldies room there, as does Major lance 'You Don't Want Me No More'. Were I three or four years older they would transport me to the Torch, no doubt, but you have to live your own time and you only get one crack of the whip. Cod philosopher now...

[Guest mobbsy]

I wouldn't call Billy Whizz, Steve Mobbs and Kev Laws supermodels!!

Mark C

i model for airfix (test pilot)

[dthedrug]

Right then here's the question then........Are you all going to The Revival on October 30th.......please!

SEND 2 TICKETTS AND I WILL MEET YOU ALL THERE "NO JOB NO MONEY AND NO HOPE !

DAVE"AINT TO PROUD TO BEG" KIL

[Guest soulfullbabe]

We used to travel on a coach to St Ives from Nottm. In them days St Ives was my fav venue and holds very dear memories for me. I met my first love there oh yes to be 17 again. My fave tunes that remind me of The Ivo centre are.......

Tommy Sands.... The statue.

Mary Saenz....Would she do that for you.

Carol and Gerry....How can I ever find away.

Donna King.....Take Me Home

Frankie And Johnny....I,ll Hold You.

I used to love to hear Nev Wherry play there an amazing dj and a great guy very well respected and very sadly missed R.I.P. Ive been to St Ives and still that East Anglia sound is going strong oh and yes the first love is still there too .

[macca]

Funny how different sounds mean different things to different folks. I remember all those records from later on, at The Fleet. I went to one all dayer at St.Ives, but it was crap in comparison to the all-nighters 76-77...

[macca]

Yep l went to an-dayer in 79 but yes it was crap compared to the all-nighters in years previous.....not gonna stop me going in October though!

The same all-dayer probably webby. A bank holiday perhaps?

[Guest red or dead]

Do we need tickets?? l'll pay you in though....no probs!

Tickets not out yet for 30th but deffo on will post flier and mob numbers nearer the time

[Guest martyn]

We used to travel on a coach to St Ives from Nottm. In them days St Ives was my fav venue and holds very dear memories for me. I met my first love there oh yes to be 17 again. My fave tunes that remind me of The Ivo centre are.......

Tommy Sands.... The statue.

Mary Saenz....Would she do that for you.

Carol and Gerry....How can I ever find away.

Donna King.....Take Me Home

Frankie And Johnny....I,ll Hold You.

I used to love to hear Nev Wherry play there an amazing dj and a great guy very well respected and very sadly missed R.I.P. Ive been to St Ives and still that East Anglia sound is going strong oh and yes the first love is still there too .

Remember those sounds from the dayers in 79 too

[macca]

couldn't stand frankie & johnny when first played, but I can appreciate it today for what it is.

same goes for carol & gerri, but I remember being at the 100 club in the early 90s and hearing

mark bicknell spin it and came over all emotional. ain't that weird?

[Guest martyn]

couldn't stand frankie & johnny when first played, but I can appreciate it today for what it is.

same goes for carol & gerri, but I remember being at the 100 club in the early 90s and hearing

mark bicknell spin it and came over all emotional. ain't that weird?

TBH , although I remember them both getting the odd spin at St Ives dayers , I always associate them more with Yate ...............Don't recall either of them being played at the nighters at St Ives

[macca]

TBH , although I remember them both getting the odd spin at St Ives dayers , I always associate them more with Yate ...............Don't recall either of them being played at the nighters at St Ives

And definitely at the fleet, amongst all the other garbage. Enough to make you get into Jazz Funk!!

[dthedrug]

Do we need tickets?? l'll pay you in though....no probs!

HI THAT'S COOL, I NEED A DRIVER OR IF I DRIVE MYSELF INEED SOMEONE TO CPME WITH ME, REMEMBER THAT I AM ON LOYS OF MEDS INC 10X5mg DX DAILY AND DONT WANT BLOCK EYE! DO I? DAVE KIL:yes:///IT'S TATTY BUT IT'S THE REAL-THING

[Guest martyn]

HI THAT'S COOL, I NEED A DRIVER OR IF I DRIVE MYSELF INEED SOMEONE TO CPME WITH ME, REMEMBER THAT I AM ON LOYS OF MEDS INC 10X5mg DX DAILY AND DONT WANT BLOCK EYE! DO I? DAVE KIL:yes:///IT'S TATTY BUT IT'S THE REAL-THING

I remember there was a Stylistics one as well on a Friday evening .For some reason I went with a bird who wanted to see the Stylistics .The Rivermill disco was crap , The Stylistics set my teeth on edge & I didn't get a shag either .

[Mick Howard]

I have an old cassette tape of Jr Walker & The All Stars that I taped on a Bush recorder at St Ives (probably haven't even listened to it for 30 years and its probably rubbish - but I did manage to capture them doing I Ain't Going Nowhere - effin tremendous).

Does anyone remember that gig and the year - think it might have been just before Christmas 76(ish)...

It was absolutely rammed not only with UK soul folk but also a bunch of US servicemen and women from the bases in East Anglia.

Mick

[dthedrug]

HI THAT'S COOL, I NEED A DRIVER OR IF I DRIVE MYSELF INEED SOMEONE TO CPME WITH ME, REMEMBER THAT I AM ON LOYS OF MEDS INC 10X5mg DX DAILY AND DONT WANT BLOCK EYE! DO I? DAVE KIL:yes:///IT'S TATTY BUT IT'S THE REAL-THING

HI ALL HERES A 1 MORE TATY ONES FOR YOU ALL:shades: DAVE 2

[Tricky]

Happy days.how about andre maurice,cream of the crop and bits n pieces,keep on running away.also down in the dumps,tony hestor and major symphony,metal heart.St I'ves and Kettering central hall kicked it all off for me.happy days.

[Guest bedfordsoulie]

Here's One That was played in the main Hall always Dena barnes -These Heartaches also Milton Wrright I belong to you & samatha Jones Surrounded by a ray of sunshine I remember a mad dash off the stacked chairs to Reflections Like adam & Eve brill Venue We Never Missed One Going to The Reunion in October

[Guest Johnny61]

Went to St ives from early 76. The tunes that stand out for me are, Todays People - S.O.S (all we need is time for love), Sam Ambrose -They'll Be Coming, High Voltage - Country Roads, Gwen Owens- Just Say Your Wanted, Roscoe and Friends-Broadway cissy, Felix Cavaliere-Never Felt Love Before, Living Color-Thank The Lord For Love. Tunes from the leftbank (Mecca Tunes Spun now and again) Luv-Crazy Changes, Weapons of Peace-Just Cant Be This Way, Brass Construction-Ha Cha Cha, Thelma Houston-Dont Leave Me This Way and Willie Brown-Get Out and Get It. Could go on and on and on but I wont. Just to say the place was the best experiance of my teenage years, frightning to think I was only 14. starting at the Phoenix Soul Club 75 up to St ives closure in 77 I have to say the magic disappared for me after that although I carried on until around 82 it was never ever the same.

[Guest martyn]

How about this , don't ever remember hearing it anywhere other than St Ives

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3-V31ntQTM

[Guest Pete Higson]

Yes, the one that stands out for me was

Carol & Gerri "On you heartaches look good"

Lent it out with the intention of getting it back the following week at Wigan.......never

saw the man again !..........More fool me.

[Indywoman]

maud liked to think she had her pulse on the yoof back then. I wonder if cox tried to choose 'sensible', 'responsible' types to talk to their excellencies. you can imagine the state of some of the candidates...

Just seen this thread ...

I remember it well. I was looking for somewhere to get changed and found myself in a room where the Mayor and his cohorts were meeting pre their inspection.

Being keen to get on the dance floor I asked if it was ok for me to get changed and proceeded to switch into my glad rags in a corner of the room - behind a screen I think.

They asked me about the soul nights and people and I was keen for them to meet everyone - so for some reason I took time out from my usual place as one of the early birds out on the floor to introduce them to some people.

I do remember being asked by one of the mature ladies to introduce her to the fit young guys dancing their socks off!

[Guest gordon russell]

I was slightly too young to go to the original Niters but was told Mickey Moonshine - Name it, you got it - was banned in the Oldies room for being too funky. Anyone confirm?

Thanks

Mark C

more likely because it was utter shite ......still when did that ever stop em lol.......this thread opened with two pop tunes and thereafter is littered with em err is it called northern soul lol

p.s happy new year mark

Edited December 31, 2010 by gordon russell

[Guest martyn]

The first two might be pop....But they're Northern Soul!

Dont think anyone gave a flying f*** about whether the soul police classed them as pop or not at the time .The Soul Police were a small minority in those days , dancing , verballing & having a good night came before the whether Billy Arnell or Burning Bush were of the right colour or not .......Most of the records played WERE soul records & most of the ones that were not soul records were good Northern Soul records anyway

[Davetay]

Didn't they do something else?

The other side of Carol & Gerri was played at Wigan "How can i find a way", I always liked "On You Heartache Looks Good" alot better.

That the side we all played at Accy Band Club 1976.