Belfast Soul Club 3rd Anniversary Weekender
What an absolutely fabulous couple of days this was. I'd never been to Ireland before, but everything I had heard about the hospitality of the Irish is absolutely true. Big thanks to Liam and Phil for looking after me, and all the other DJs so well.
Saturday night was held in two rooms, and after a little bit of consternation because the decks in the freestyle room were jumping when people danced we got it all sorted. Both rooms were busy at various times of the night, as well as the bar area, and I know that the DJs between them covered the whole lot from R & B, to Oldies, to rarities, to unknowns, to Crossover, with a few Seventies thrown in as well.
On the Saturday the two spots I did were crowd pleasers rather than anything else, and although I intended to do an R & B spot in the Freestyle Room a camera crew were there from Irish TV so Liam asked me to play some uptempo Oldies to fill the room and get them dancing (No flies on this lad when it comes to promotion )
The Main room spot on Saturday got the floor really busy, and I even coped with having the lights turned on three records in (I just ignored it, and decided if people kept dancing I'd keep playing records, eventually that was sorted and the lights went off again, which in a way was perhaps a bad thing because Liam couldn't see where he was dropping his bag and managed to knock all the sound off later in the spot :whistling: )
The Sunday all dayer was supposed to be a bit more laid back, and certainly that's how Phil Shields and I started the session off, however by the time I did my second spot people were dancing away and requesting uptempo things, so I threw a real mixture in.
Unfortunately I had to leave for my flight half an hour after my spot finished so don't know how the last three hours went, but I'd just like to say thanks to all the people who came and spoke to me on the way out, it's nice to know that the records you've played have been appreciated.
In the words of Jimmy Wallace 'I'll Be Back'
The playlists are alphabetical rather than in the order I played them, I had enough trouble remembering what I played in each spot, never mind in what order !
Saturday - Freestyle Room
Doni Burdick - Bari Track - Sound Impression
Mickie Champion - What Good Am I - Musette
Dick Jordan - I Want Her Back - Jamie
Johnnie Mae Matthews - lonely You'll Be - Atco
Ripple Blast Singers & Band - Sadie Sadie - Power LP
Johnny Sayles - I Can't Get Enough - St Lawrence
Joe Simon - I See Your Face - Hush
Tommy T & The Targets - Sales Pitch - Big R
Ted Taylor - Miss You So - Ronn
Valentinos - Sweeter Than The Day Before - Chess
Saturday - Main Room
Lavern Baker - Wrapped Tied & Tangled - Brunswick
The Belles - Don't Pretend - Mirwood
Brooks Brothers - Looking For A Woman - Tay
Caressors - I Can't Stay Away - Ru-Jac
Cooperettes - Shing-A-Ling - Brunswick
Joanne Courcy - I Got The Power - Twirl
Troy Dodds - Try My Love - El Camino
Enchantments - I'm In Love With Your Daughter - Faro
Edward Hamilton - Girl I Love You - Carrie
Andrea Henry - I Need You Like A Baby - MGM
International GTOs - I Love My Baby - Rojac
Charles Lamont & The Extremes - I've Got To Keep Movin' - Challenge
Thelma Lindsey - Prepared To Love You - Magic City
Magnetics - I Have A Girl - Ra-Sel
Johnnie Mae Matthews - I Have No Choice - Big Hit
Sparkels - Try Love - Old Town
Van Dykes - Save My Love For a Rainy Day - Mala
Vondells - Hey Girl - Airtown
Jimmy Wallace - I'll Be Back - Alpha
Mel Wynn - Stop Sign - Wand
Sunday - Double Decking with Phil Shields
Douglas Banks - Ain't That Just Like A Woman - Guyden
Bobby Bland - Sweet Lips Of Joy - Duke LP
Garland Green - Girl I Love You - Revue
Sandy Hollis - I'm Tempted - Big Wheel
Sherlock Holmes - Standing At A Standstill - Part III
Rose St John - I Know The Meaning - Veep
Sunday - On my own
Larry Banks & Jaibi - My Life Is No Better - Unissued GWP
H B Barnum - It Hurts Too Much Too Cry - RCA
Solomon Burke - Stupidity - Atlantic
Brice Coefield - Ain't That Right - Omen
Frank Dell - He Broke Your Game Wide Open - Valise
Delcos - Arabia - Ebony
Joe Douglas - Crazy Thinks - Playhouse
Eptones - A Love That's Real - Jox
Mill Evans - Why Why Why - King
Beverley Gibson - A Three Dollar Bill - Jubilee
Major Harris - Call Me Tomorrow - Okeh
Battye Lavette - One Thin Dime - Unreleased Scepter
Syng McGowan - That's What I Want - Hope
Servicemen - I'll Stop Loving You - Unreleased Wind Hit
Tommy Navarro - I Cried My Life Away - De Jac
Betty O'Brien - She'll Be Gone - Liberty
Trends - Not Too Old To Cry - ABC Paramount
Ike & Tina Turner - Dust My Broom - Tangerine
Bobby Freeman - Swing Me - Unreleased Autumn
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