Tezza Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 There ain't one there I don't like. Don't understand today's pooh-poohing of intsrumentals. They remind of the way we were. Should be a rule of DJing. Put an Instrumental on at least 3 times in a set. There are enough out there to play a full set of shear quality 3 or 4 an hour isn't too much to ask is it ?? 3 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Jaco Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Yeah Willie Mitchell Bari Track Exus Trek Ton Of Dynamite Do the pearl girl Don't Pretend Same old thing Cigarette ashes The gallop Right On FRANTIC ESCAPE! For those that don't like instrumentals it's normally because of a perceived lack of soul via the absence of vocals but to me the very best instrumentals including most of these listed, it's all about atmosphere and the creation of that unique sound that underpins most dance sounds. They may be unfashionable now but we cannot deny the place they hold in the scene overall. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Sheldonsoul Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Talking of instrumentals used think Harley hatcher soul hustler(discotheque alibi ) was awesome pounding out the Wigan speakers, listened to it just on you tube and its still awesome !! 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Autumnstoned Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 (edited) Two great Earl Van Dyke instrumentals missing from Pete's list - 6x6 and All For You. Booker T still making great instrumentals. Edited December 10, 2012 by autumnstoned Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest MrC Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Two great Earl Van Dyke instrumentals missing from Pete's list - 6x6 and All For You. Booker T still making great insrumentals. Think Pete was listing the good ones.... I did notice there was no: Coloured Man Theme from the Fantastic Plastic Machine or Joe 90 on his list! BUT there was no Peter Hamilton 'Hey Girl' either..... AND I used to love Phil Coulter 'A good thing going' in that big main room, always packed the floor, not many would give it the time of day now, I still think it sounds great! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Jem Britttin Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Love Instrumentals always have..wether fashionable or not, I personally think in some cases the backing track sometimes carries a poor vocal either way essential part of any record personally. I prefer the instrumental of Betty Boo and Ronnie Mcneir Sitting in my class the latter I think is just to cute! both have great Detroit arrangements though a pleasure to listen to in their own right. On topic "Used to be cool" distinctly rememember this being a monster tune in its day, still have a tape i recorded at Wirrina Allnighter circa 1978 with people (including me) chanting ESPERANTO! when the record pauses two thirds the way through I played it as end record at last Soul in Bowl...cleared the floor ah well you gotta try, havent given up gonna try Harry Betts, Fantastic Plastic Machine next time.........Cheese is the new cooool ! 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
macca Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Davis & Tyler. Cool, very cool Northern Soul back then. Great NOLA label too. Who cares if people turn their noses up? :-) 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
The Tempest Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 (edited) Edited December 10, 2012 by 123-motown 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest jkidd Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 not to keen on instrumentals but the detroit strings "in the pocket" is a belter. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Jem Britttin Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 (edited) Fantastic LOVE IT!! played to a full dance floor at a packed allnighter with all the claps in time ...back in the day ...my youth and proud of it . Edited December 10, 2012 by GOGOPRO Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Jem Britttin Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 And another one for the "dancers" not neccessarily the collectors Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Northernjordan Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 I think a few select instrumentals can help underpin a set and help change direction... A personal favourite. 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Jem Britttin Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 (edited) I think a few select instrumentals can help underpin a set and help change direction... A personal favourite. Was this more of a Mod tune ? like it a lot, but not one i remember hearing much on the Northern scene but then i dint really get into it till late 70s Edited December 10, 2012 by GOGOPRO Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Ian Parker Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 On topic "Used to be cool" distinctly rememember this being a monster tune in its day, still have a tape i recorded at Wirrina Allnighter circa 1978 with people (including me) chanting ESPERANTO! when the record pauses two thirds the way through I played it as end record at last Soul in Bowl...cleared the floor ah well you gotta try, havent given up gonna try Harry Betts, Fantastic Plastic Machine next time.........Cheese is the new cooool ! This is what I find fascinating about the NS scene. One mans meat etc. I played Esperanto to an appreciative audience a little while ago, but at he soul bowl it cleared the floor ?? Yet Interplay gets a spin and folk go in a frenzy ! What makes Derek and Ray more soulful than The Grand piano company? Dunno myself, but one is hammered, the other ain't. Mind you, California montage is an instr to behold, now that oozes soul, lovely. As for cool ? little Lisa, Hang on Bill was a big tune many moons ago, but I doubt it would fill a floor nowadays! Great thread, enjoying the input Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
macca Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Cool then and now and bugger the naysayers. The video collage ain't bad either. ;-) https://youtu.be/_yHLzDwEfTY Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Pete S Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 And another one for the "dancers" not neccessarily the collectors Baja Marimba Band - that is FANTASTIC. As for my list above - it wasn't meant to be definitive, I was just chucking out some good titles off the top of my head. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Len Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Was this more of a Mod tune ? like it a lot, but not one i remember hearing much on the Northern scene but then i dint really get into it till late 70s Yes, very big on the Mod Scene mid 80's, ain't heard it in ages so enjoyed playing that clip. Len Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Len Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 (edited) ......As was this - Len 'Frank Foster - Harlem Rumble' Edited December 11, 2012 by LEN Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Swifty Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Earl Wright - Thumb A Ride , still sounds awesome Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Northern Soul Uk Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 (edited) Don't see how anyone can dis the instrumentals, they have been a staple diet of the scene since it began. The Gallop BRILLIANT!, Exus trek, BRILLIANT! The Champion, BRILLIANT! Thumb a ride, BRILLIANT!, and even Little Queenie filled the floors back at the Torch and still fills the floors and gets Whoops of joy when it's played today! Edited December 11, 2012 by Steve Luigi Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
KevH Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Davis & Tyler. Cool, very cool Northern Soul back then. Great NOLA label too. Who cares if people turn their noses up? :-) Parlo,Macca.Great storming instrumental. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Northernjordan Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Yes, very big on the Mod Scene mid 80's, ain't heard it in ages so enjoyed playing that clip. Len I think it was also big in the 80s as a northern track on the scooter scene? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Len Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 (edited) I think it was also big in the 80s as a northern track on the scooter scene? Yes it was.....Mod Scene first though All the best, Len Edited December 11, 2012 by LEN Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
macca Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Parlo,Macca.Great storming instrumental. Indeed, Parlo is a corking NOLA label. A lot the Meters stuff is on it too. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
KevH Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Indeed, Parlo is a corking NOLA label. A lot the Meters stuff is on it too. ,Indeed you are right Macca. Didn't realise Parlo was part of Nola.In fact only just made the connection with location/label name.Thanks for making me dig out this info,live and learn.Cheers. 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Northernjordan Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Another stormin' instro' 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Mart B Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Most tunes that have been metioned do sound average,but put into context "full on in your face when heared at The casino"they all sounded pretty Good - wether they was cool & now crap those days they was neither. As a late casino attendee 1977/81 my mates & I was on a steep learning curve for tunes etclooking back we had great times. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Steve L Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Another stormin' instro' Now thats a corker!! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Indeed, Parlo is a corking NOLA label. A lot the Meters stuff is on it too. Actually the meters records recorded for Josie initially and later Reprise. Maybe you're getting mixed up with Sansu where they were the house band. Parlo was in fact gone a couple of years before they formed. The label only put out a handful of 45s before going under and - ironically - it was Aaron Neville's huge hit "Tell It Like It Is" that sunk it. I recall the story from the John Broven book Rhythm and Blues in New Orleans (although my copy is titled Walkin' to New Orleans). Well worth a read. 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
macca Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 well mixed up! maybe I'm confusing the neville brothers with the meters. good lord. dementia sets in. thanks godzilla! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Torch55 Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Before he became a regular DJ at the Catacombs, Max used to do a Friday night at the Connaught Hotel on the Tettenhall Road in Wolverhampton. He played a lot of stuff from the charts, as well as some classic Northern; the crowd was not the most discerning I've ever encountered. Nevertheless, he would push sound like "Festival Time" and "What about the music" to the extent that they became regular dance floor fillers, along with whatever was top of the Hit Parade in the summer of 1971. One night he played, "Charge" by the Dreams Band, on Shout, the Jay Boy issue had not been released at that time, three times. With each airing the crowd reaction became more pronounced,even shouting out, "Charge!" at the appropriate moments and all this with a strobe light creating a visual effect akin to looking through a photograph album of frenetic dancers. Not strictly speaking an instrumental, of course,and I wouldn't rate it against a Duke Browner or an "Exus Trek" but still...... Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Andyj Posted December 12, 2012 Author Share Posted December 12, 2012 For those that don't like instrumentals it's normally because of a perceived lack of soul via the absence of vocals but to me the very best instrumentals including most of these listed, it's all about atmosphere and the creation of that unique sound that underpins most dance sounds. They may be unfashionable now but we cannot deny the place they hold in the scene overall. I wasn't 'dissing' instrumentals, just that I prefer a vocal track, however there are certain instros that are atmospheric and have great 'danceability' such as the Champion, Exus Trek etc, and these I'm sure are still cool on the scene today but what about Afternoon of the Rhino etc? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Pete S Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 what about Afternoon of the Rhino etc? Totally brilliant Northern Soul! 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Geeselad Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 whats people opinions on the fife piper? Never heard it played out, so dont know how it goes down. I know it was a classic, im tempted to play it out. But wondered what people thought. a great quircky wheel classic, there's another version that Johnny b played at the torch revive a few years back too. 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
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Andyj Posted December 13, 2012 Author Share Posted December 13, 2012 Getting back to the thread topic use to be cool now crap what instrumental tracks are still loved or hated or should I start a new thread!! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Matt Male Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 I think a few select instrumentals can help underpin a set and help change direction... A personal favourite. Covered up as Boogaloo Investigator for a while. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
MartynJJ Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 I love coming across great threads like this every once in a while a joy to read Burning "fooking" Bush, always had a bit of a soft spot for this as it reminds me of Sunday nights at Gedling Miners welfare (Notts) in the late 70's where the floor was shared with the punks, teds and rockers in the evening. Each "tribe" would get two 30 minute sessions by the resident DJ and when this came on we knew it was our turn to own the floor for a wee while. Boch to "fooking" Bach, now there's a tune that brings out the irrational hatred in me, hate it to the very core of my being and then some Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
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