Driveller Posted June 1, 2011 Posted June 1, 2011 100 Club, December 1984 Tommy Navarro - I Cried My Life Away Sam Fletcher - I'd Think It Over Melba Moore - The Magic Touch First 'nighter I ever went to, and the first night "Magic Touch" ever got played. Ady had just got back from a US visit and there was a massive buzz about the unissued Scepter/Wand stuff he'd got. Top of the pile was "Magic Touch", but Maxine Brown's "Torture" was in there as well, plus a ton of other great bits. Fantastic night, and I had the bug good and proper after that. Nick
westrex Posted June 13, 2011 Posted June 13, 2011 (edited) my first allniter was held in a farm barn in the village of BLETSOE (bedfordshire) Haydons farm.(1972) it started at midnite satnite/sunmorn, and finished at 6am. the top three sounds that l remember were. . . . . Patti Austin "MUSIC TO MY HEART" Detroit Road Runners "SWINGING CAMELS" Dobie Gray "OUT ON THE FLOOR" As you approached the entrance, there was a sign hung over the barbed wire fence saying "DISCO CLUB" in white emulsion paint that hadn't dried properly, making it impossible to read. but despite having a petrol generator, 50 gallon petrol drums and a very leaky roof, it had the best wooden dancefloor of all time. Tony Warot Edited June 13, 2011 by westrex
Pauldonnelly Posted June 13, 2011 Posted June 13, 2011 my first allniter was held in a farm barn in the village of BLETSOE (bedfordshire) Haydons farm.(1972) it started at midnite satnite/sunmorn, and finished at 6am. the top three sounds that l remember were. . . . . Patti Austin "MUSIC TO MY HEART" Detroit Road Runners "SWINGING CAMELS" Dobie Gray "OUT ON THE FLOOR" As you approached the entrance, there was a sign hung over the barbed wire fence saying "DISCO CLUB" in white emulsion paint that hadn't dried properly, making it impossible to read. but despite having a petrol generator, 50 gallon petrol drums and a very leaky roof, it had the best wooden dancefloor of all time. Tony Warot how are yow ole buggar
westrex Posted June 17, 2011 Posted June 17, 2011 hi steve smith, just when u thought it safe to go back in the water up pops tony warot (me) never mind. does anybody remember jeff king's SOULSOUNDS label, l have got the entire series.
westrex Posted June 17, 2011 Posted June 17, 2011 hi there mr donnelley, l thought you mite be reading the bletsoe bit as you were there also, l can't remember there being any toilets there, not that it mattered, cos just as always, a dark corner outside usually did the trick, even the girls did the same AND IN PAIRS!! some things never change Tony Warot.
jam66 Posted July 2, 2011 Posted July 2, 2011 Sure i saw gonna fix you good little anthony on a bright orange label soul sounds???? way back when!
Greety Posted July 2, 2011 Posted July 2, 2011 Hello Tone. Just had a couple of beers, saw your name. Thought I was hallucinating!! Hope you're well.. Dave
westrex Posted July 13, 2011 Posted July 13, 2011 hiya dave, yeh well you weren't hallucinating, it really is me. whenever people mention YATE dj's they don't remember that l also used to dj there but not when barry thomas (dinks) ran it but never mind, l haven't done too badly in 40 years tone.
steve Posted August 8, 2011 Posted August 8, 2011 Never mind these trendy abbreveations...Sure it was Out Of Mind -Rain (Featuring Charity Brown.....think she was Canadian) Got this on Canadian London
hullsoul Posted August 14, 2011 Posted August 14, 2011 My first nighter would have been Unity Hall,Wakefield........late 76 maybe early 77 (Malc will know) Sounds that remind me of that time that haven't been meantioned yet......... Fabulettes-The Bigger They Are Eddie Regan-Playing Hide & Seek Jeanette White-Music Not sure if they'd been played before at other venues but they are tunes that remind me of those early nighters at The Unity. Cheers Martyn
Markw Posted August 15, 2011 Posted August 15, 2011 Ones that stick very clearly in my mind from my first few niters were: Tammy St John - Nobody Knows What's Going On In My Mind But Me Phil Coulter - Good Thing Going Kiki Dee - Magic Carpet Ride (c/u as Chris Clark 'Touch The Sky' I think) Billy Arnell - Tough Girl Beverly Ann - He's Coming Home Isley Brothers - Why When Love is Gone Baja Marimba Band - Along Comes Mary Not a great deal of actual soul in there, I know............ but that's how it was I guess.
Guest MrC Posted August 15, 2011 Posted August 15, 2011 Soul or not, Phil coulter still sounds great, very loud, in a big room! Tough Girl was one of my all time favourites from Wigan - even if it always reminds me of the theme to "Marine Boy" for some quite obscure reason!
Guest Jim G Posted August 15, 2011 Posted August 15, 2011 First biggie was Torch. still remember dancng to Younghearts Fathers Angels Eddie Parker Duke Browner Johnny Jones Sappires Earl Wright Also went Aycliffe Youthy at that time an the North Brit.
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