BrianB Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 I ofter hear the term Youth Club Record on SS. Someone yesterday said the Love On a Mountain Top was one. Also heard Bobby Hebb LLL classed as one recently. To me, these were great records at the time, played at the Catacombs and the Torch. I didn't hear them ever in a youth club, but in the venues of the day. Is there an age thing at play here or is it lack of knowledge from some as to what was played where? I presume the Youth Club title means it was re-released and anyone could get it, therefore played at YCs by youngsters who were then on the fringe? I am not trying to have a dig, I am genuinely interested in the viewpoint of those who are maybe 45 to 50, as opposed to us mid fifties relics who remember them being played prior to being re-released. ATB Brian Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Matt Male Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 I think it is an age thing. One person's youth club sounds are another's classic oldies in my opinion. It depends what was being played when you attended youth clubs i expect. I used to go to school discos and local discos aged 12 - 14 and around that time DJs in Nuneaton were bringing back and playing certain sounds from various northern venues around the country, notably Wigan. In Nuneaton Dave Hall played stuff like If You Loved Me, On A Magic Carpet Ride, Nine Times Out Of Ten, Coloured Man, The Champion, The Snake etc... School discos and working men's club discos were where i first heard these sounds so i suppose they are my 'youth club sounds'. I don't think it's a derogatory term btw, but a nostalgic term. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Brian Ellis Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 I started DJing at my local YC in 1968/9 playing things (from memory!!) like The Invitations - What's Wrong With Me Baby', The Incredibles - 'There's Nothing Else to Say', The Virginia Wolves 'Stay', Bobby Sheen 'Dr Love', Mary Wells 'What's Easy for Two.....', The Formations 'At The Top of The Stairs', JJ Barnes 'Real Humdinger', Gene Chandler & Barbara Acklin 'From the Teacher to the Preacher' Tami Lynn 'I'm Gonna Run Away from You' The Sapphires 'Got To Have Your Love' etc. To me YC records are these. Brian Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
KevH Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 (edited) Simple.For me a Youth Club record was one i heard at my local YC ,Shades ,while still at school,and before i entered the wide world of NS (as it became known as).Records played by the older guys who were already out there. Edited August 30, 2010 by KevH Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
macca Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 (edited) I was 13 when I first heard (and was told that it was) 'NS' at my YC in 1973. Things like Landslide, Love On A Mountain Top, and Bok to Bach, plus lots of Motown like This Old Heart Of Mine. I was a year away from my first all-nighter (at the same YC!) and prior to attending that, the summer of 74 was crucial in my conversion, with records like The Joker, Furys I'm Satisfied With You, The Poppies He's Got Real Love, Faye Ross 'Faith Hope Trust', Al Kent 'You Gotta Pay The Price, Sam & Kitty etc - those were records I associate with the YC 'cos when I did attend my first all-nighter, with John Manship guesting, I obviously knew very few of the records played, and what an education it was! Brave new world!! p.s. So yeah, like Kev and Matt say, an age thing probably... Edited August 30, 2010 by macca Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 Your right it is an age thing BUT ages differ so YC sounds could be anything! Mine were "This Is Soul" album "Wildest Organ in Town" Billy Preston Miracles "In The Beginning" "Otis Live In Europe" etc etc etc so my YC daze were when? Sometimes these "new/hip/trendy" sayings just get used to let others know that "I know whats what" Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Matt Male Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 (edited) Mine were "This Is Soul" album "Wildest Organ in Town" Billy Preston Miracles "In The Beginning" "Otis Live In Europe" etc etc etc so my YC daze were when? 1966 - 1968? Edited August 30, 2010 by Matt Male Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Dean Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 I think there's a NS geography thing here. As Kev H mentioned above the youth club sounds were played to a younger crowd by older guys (always male at the time) who we looked up to for having a few records. In the early 70s NS was mainstream around Nottingham with many youth club dj sets including a representation at least. Mine was Blidworth Miners welfare youth club, Nick Ackerman (still does weddings I think) had a Reparata 'Panic' on Mala to play along with Bob Wilson Strings-a-Go Go and other Soul Galore and 70s current soul issues and re-issues. As mentione dabove, youth club sound will refer to whatever the dj had in his box . . . . . . . . and played week-in week-out to very eager ears. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Cheltsoulnights Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 I think it is an age thing. One person's youth club sounds are another's classic oldies in my opinion. It depends what was being played when you attended youth clubs i expect. I used to go to school discos and local discos aged 12 - 14 and around that time DJs in Nuneaton were bringing back and playing certain sounds from various northern venues around the country, notably Wigan. In Nuneaton Dave Hall played stuff like If You Loved Me, On A Magic Carpet Ride, Nine Times Out Of Ten, Coloured Man, The Champion, The Snake etc... School discos and working men's club discos were where i first heard these sounds so i suppose they are my 'youth club sounds'. I don't think it's a derogatory term btw, but a nostalgic term. Same here. As most people at that age didn't have a lot of dosh that is why 50p records (at the time) ruled in the youth clubs Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Citizen P Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Guess it depends on which Wave you rode in on, but definitely a term of affection. My youthclub tunes include I'm Gonna Run Away from you Girls are Out To Ger you At The Top Of The Stairs Breakout You're Ready Now Freedom Train Tons of Motown In fact the very stuff hat made you want to seek out more Tony Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
BrianB Posted August 31, 2010 Author Share Posted August 31, 2010 I started DJing at my local YC in 1968/9 playing things (from memory!!) like The Invitations - What's Wrong With Me Baby', The Incredibles - 'There's Nothing Else to Say', The Virginia Wolves 'Stay', Bobby Sheen 'Dr Love', Mary Wells 'What's Easy for Two.....', The Formations 'At The Top of The Stairs', JJ Barnes 'Real Humdinger', Gene Chandler & Barbara Acklin 'From the Teacher to the Preacher' Tami Lynn 'I'm Gonna Run Away from You' The Sapphires 'Got To Have Your Love' etc. To me YC records are these. Brian Hi Brian, Thats exactly what I started out listening to, plus the Mitch Ryder stuff, Quitter Never Wins, the Major Lance/Jackie Wilson stuff, but I heard them at the Mecca in Burnley on Sunday nights. Probably the guys from the Wheel brought them, or the DJ, Mick the Fed had them, but the thing is, we didn't have them as they had not been re-released and we were hearing them for the first time knowing nothing at all about rarity/imports etc. Also we heard the Ric Tic stuff and were exposed to the Soul Sounds boots! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest in town Mikey Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Same here. As most people at that age didn't have a lot of dosh that is why 50p records (at the time) ruled in the youth clubs TheYC near Dursley, I used to go to, had a lad who I often saw in the record shop next to Gloucester bus station, buying as you say 50p records. We had things like Interplay/God Knows Romeo & Juliette Personally And had to also make great use of Red Light Spells Danger Third Finger Left Hand Band Of Gold Rescue Me. And we did with gusto. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Anoraks Corner Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 TheYC near Dursley, I used to go to, had a lad who I often saw in the record shop next to Gloucester bus station, buying as you say 50p records. I remember the Gloucester Music & Disco center as well! My local YC was in Longlevens, Gloucester...talking '76/'77 and the 'big lads and lasses' made us young ones leave the dancefloor so they could shake their things to the following before disappearing off to some club up North that started at midnight (soooooo mysterious and intersting to a young would be anorak!): Interplay Like Adam & Eve We got together At the top of the stairs ...and later still at Cinderellas (remember that one, Mikey?!) in '81: You're ready now Loving is really my game Like her This is the house (PattiB) Love on a mountain top ...and then there was a night when I took along Dena Barnes and the Majestics (OVO of course!) Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Brian Ellis Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Hi Brian, Thats exactly what I started out listening to, plus the Mitch Ryder stuff, Quitter Never Wins, the Major Lance/Jackie Wilson stuff, but I heard them at the Mecca in Burnley on Sunday nights. Probably the guys from the Wheel brought them, or the DJ, Mick the Fed had them, but the thing is, we didn't have them as they had not been re-released and we were hearing them for the first time knowing nothing at all about rarity/imports etc. Also we heard the Ric Tic stuff and were exposed to the Soul Sounds boots! At the time it wasn't really cool to play UK releases, everyone wanted to see US imports on the turntables. The giveaway sign of a UK release (not that many kids knew which labels were UK and which were US) was the small spindle hole in the record's centre. So to make everything look like an import we used to 'pop' the centres out of the UK releases. Just from the list I posted above, I had 'popped' - The Invitations, The Incredibles, The Virginia Wolves - all on UK Stateside as well as the Tami Lynn on Black Atlantic . Some £££ damage done there! Brian Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest in town Mikey Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 I remember the Gloucester Music & Disco center as well! My local YC was in Longlevens, Gloucester...talking '76/'77 and the 'big lads and lasses' made us young ones leave the dancefloor so they could shake their things to the following before disappearing off to some club up North that started at midnight (soooooo mysterious and intersting to a young would be anorak!): Interplay Like Adam & Eve We got together At the top of the stairs ...and later still at Cinderellas (remember that one, Mikey?!) in '81: You're ready now Loving is really my game Like her This is the house (PattiB) Love on a mountain top ...and then there was a night when I took along Dena Barnes and the Majestics (OVO of course!) Did Cinderellas have the sunken dancefloor? Near the leisure centre? You're ready now. Yes, another one we used to get. One guy once brought along Paris Blues. It may have been Dave Thorley's brother. But the Cam YC crowd werent really up for such oddball tunes and apart from 2 of us, the record bombed Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Anoraks Corner Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Did Cinderellas have the sunken dancefloor? Near the leisure centre? That's the one...changed name a few times...I'm sure Hippo will recall as he probably DJ'ed there in some capacity over the years!? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Anoraks Corner Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 So to make everything look like an import we used to 'pop' the centres out of the UK releases. Oddly enough the industry term for doing this is/was to 'dink' a disc! I recall when I worked for HMV there was an old cast iron 'dinker' machine...kinda looked like a big stapler and was very simple to use...you placed the disc in it, lined it up and then thumped down on the top of the dinker to knock the middle out. ANyone got a picture of one? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Davetay Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Oddly enough the industry term for doing this is/was to 'dink' a disc! I recall when I worked for HMV there was an old cast iron 'dinker' machine...kinda looked like a big stapler and was very simple to use...you placed the disc in it, lined it up and then thumped down on the top of the dinker to knock the middle out. ANyone got a picture of one? Our local record shop had a dinker machine, I had all my new records done back than. It seens a really cool thing to do at the time circa 1971-1973. Dave. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Netspeaky Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 YC term means the period 1967-1970 to me, when the older guys were spinning the club records of the day, remember the mass importation of US 45's hadn't happened so most of the 45's played around this period were on UK released 45's. The likes of the Tams, Robert Knight, Frankie Valli, Formation etc went into the charts of the back of this YC scene when the were re-issued because we couldn't wait to get are hands on them. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest JIM BARRY Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 my youth club records circa 70 71 your ready now....6x6.....wetdream...at the top of the stairs...band of gold...ressurection shuffle..double barrel....hey girl dont bother me. young gifted and black. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Mike Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 laughing here our youth club had a team of 3 djs who did it 4 nights a week they were working and took it all seriously all 3 of em bought latest chart, club sounds and easily available northern would say they had it off to a tee when they packed it in somehow i ended up doing it no dosh as the dole was in couple of boxes of northern with a distinct 70s touch think i lasted a month .... which all things considered wasn't that bad Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Codfromderby Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 for those from the chadd/ breadsall areas of derby the youth club sounds for us from 73-76 were as follows war- me and baby brother james brown-sex machine kool+gang-jungle boogie sam the sham-woolie bully lunar funk-mr penguin gwen and ray-build your house new york city -reach out frankie valli-your ready now elgins -heaven etc playgrounds-this old man (what was this all about ?) barbara acklin- love makes a woman oh to wear those 28 waist jeans again with my long leather coat (that for some reason i never took off even when i danced) Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 (edited) I ofter hear the term Youth Club Record on SS. Someone yesterday said the Love On a Mountain Top was one. Also heard Bobby Hebb LLL classed as one recently. To me, these were great records at the time, played at the Catacombs and the Torch. I didn't hear them ever in a youth club, but in the venues of the day. Is there an age thing at play here or is it lack of knowledge from some as to what was played where? I presume the Youth Club title means it was re-released and anyone could get it, therefore played at YCs by youngsters who were then on the fringe? I am not trying to have a dig, I am genuinely interested in the viewpoint of those who are maybe 45 to 50, as opposed to us mid fifties relics who remember them being played prior to being re-released. ATB Brian Well I am still in my 30s and the youth club records I remember were by Madness and The Jam King Kurt or the Clash Youth clubs were violent and crap ! you old buggers were spoilt ! Edited August 31, 2010 by mossy Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest JIM BARRY Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 a couple more youth club biggies.....jimmy james...a man like me. martha and vandellas.....jimmy mack..and he b side third finger left hand....harlem shuffle...chubby checker..at the discoteque. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Well I am still in my 30s and the youth club records I remember were by Madness and The Jam King Kurt or the Clash Youth clubs were violent and crap ! you old buggers were spoilt ! Thank God we were - and still are Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Sjclement Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 I ofter hear the term Youth Club Record on SS. Someone yesterday said the Love On a Mountain Top was one. Also heard Bobby Hebb LLL classed as one recently. To me, these were great records at the time, played at the Catacombs and the Torch. I didn't hear them ever in a youth club, but in the venues of the day. Is there an age thing at play here or is it lack of knowledge from some as to what was played where? I presume the Youth Club title means it was re-released and anyone could get it, therefore played at YCs by youngsters who were then on the fringe? I am not trying to have a dig, I am genuinely interested in the viewpoint of those who are maybe 45 to 50, as opposed to us mid fifties relics who remember them being played prior to being re-released. ATB Brian Lucky enough to have a mobile disco crew who were "in the know" so we followed them most places in the late 60s early 70s Tunes that spring to mind are Rescue Me Higher and Higher 123 Unsatisfied (that on original London!) and loads of Motown Happy Days Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Jerry Hipkiss Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 That's the one...changed name a few times...I'm sure Hippo will recall as he probably DJ'ed there in some capacity over the years!? Yes, variously playing disco/funk, pop, and even NS (at different times...)...remember Pep putting a dayer on about 91-ish as well. It was a Tiffanys, Cindarellas, and various other names over the years! BTW my youth club spinning days were 69-71, Frankie Valli, Formations, Jerry-O, Jamo Thomas, loadsa Motown, and plenty of people who are still around on the scene today! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
nrc Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 I ofter hear the term Youth Club Record on SS. Someone yesterday said the Love On a Mountain Top was one. Also heard Bobby Hebb LLL classed as one recently. To me, these were great records at the time, played at the Catacombs and the Torch. I didn't hear them ever in a youth club, but in the venues of the day. Is there an age thing at play here or is it lack of knowledge from some as to what was played where? I presume the Youth Club title means it was re-released and anyone could get it, therefore played at YCs by youngsters who were then on the fringe? I am not trying to have a dig, I am genuinely interested in the viewpoint of those who are maybe 45 to 50, as opposed to us mid fifties relics who remember them being played prior to being re-released. ATB Brian It all depends on when you either went to, or played records at a youth club.If like you went when the Casino was going ,you maybe would have heard some cuts from there .As for myself when i used to go to youth clubs it was the time of the Wheel so sometimes you would hear tracks from there. The only thing that still amazes me though is that the same records were being played in youth clubs in Bury ,Rochdale,,Burnley Bolton etc by young kids who hadn't been to the Wheel either. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Andy Kempster Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Well I am still in my 30s and the youth club records I remember were by Madness and The Jam King Kurt or the Clash Youth clubs were violent and crap ! you old buggers were spoilt ! think we must have gone to the same youth club LOL Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Koolkat Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Boogaloo party..........Queen of fools.........You get your kicks.........I spy for the FBI. These were all youth club sounds for me. It definately was an age thing. You had to start somewhere. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest WPaulVanDyk Posted September 3, 2010 Share Posted September 3, 2010 youth club is more to do with the songs played in youth clubs a lot of the songs being popular Northern soul tracks many which charted. when i went to clubs as a kid well when i was like 11 it was all stuff from late 80's and remember hearing Bros. Michael Jackson, Yazz etc Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
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