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The night is billed as Northern Soul - Across The Board.

The DJ spins The Sounds Of Blackness - I'm Going All The Way.

Is it acceptable?

Are we either a 'broad minded church' or a 'narrow minded tribe'?

Just a bit of fun......

Col.

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Across The Board Poll - I'm Going All The Way

  1. 1. This sound is quite acceptable

    • Yes
      68
    • No
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some promoters who bill their night as across the board haven't a clue, they think across the board extends only as far as Drizabone or Angie Stone :rolleyes:

hasn't this been done before :thumbsup:

I voted yes,great record :rolleyes:

  ken said:
I voted yes,great record :thumbsup:
DITTO SIR KENNETH :rolleyes:
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  chalky said:
hasn't this been done before :rolleyes:

Possibly. But couldn't resist it.

Picked up the CD 'The Collection' by Sounds Of Blackness in HMV for £4 on saturday.

Thought it would be good to share it with everyone.

  Soulsmith said:
Possibly. But couldn't resist it.

Picked up the CD 'The Collection' by Sounds Of Blackness in HMV for £4 on saturday.

Thought it would be good to share it with everyone.

I have a cd of theirs somewhere, I'll see if I can find it :rolleyes:

voted yes btw :thumbsup:

YES, love it,

and

Optomistic

and

Pressure

and------- the one with the same backing track as the Spinners Its a Shame.

What's that called and where can i get one??

Tony

YES, love it,

and

Optomistic

and

Pressure

and------- the one with the same backing track as the Spinners Its a Shame.

What's that called and where can i get one??

Tony

  tonyp said:
YES, love it,

and

Optomistic

and

Pressure

and------- the one with the same backing track as the Spinners Its a Shame.

What's that called and where can i get one??

Tony

YES, love it,

and

Optomistic

and

Pressure

and------- the one with the same backing track as the Spinners Its a Shame.

What's that called and where can i get one??

Tony

Say again!! :rolleyes:

  ken said:
Say again!! :thumbsup:

and again!! :rolleyes:

Have several SOB albums. Great stuff.

J.

Love SOB......... :rolleyes: , great soul music........... its a yes from me.

Your in the next round

  tonyp said:
and------- the one with the same backing track as the Spinners Its a Shame.

The track's called 'Try' - came out in 2000 on the Reconciliation album.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00001X...ateway&v=glance

Cheers

Roger

Awsome tune, love it, want one ,can i get it on vinyl,

That will be a yes from me then :rolleyes:

  miff said:
Awsome tune, love it, want one ,can i get it on vinyl,

That will be a yes from me then :thumbsup:

Should be easily available on vinyl for very little. Proper 'modern' SOUL. :rolleyes:

Edited by Dodger

the sooner across the board nights come the better

30 odd years of soul and I want to hear most of it - would anybody dance to this lot?

the above SOB for starters

Anthony white "hey baby"

Buddy Lamp on Wheelsville "Save this Love"

Norris Vines - give in

Randy Brown "Always in the Mood"

Volcanoes - laws of Love

Donald Byrd - Lovin You

Womack - Trust your heart

Solo - blowin my mind

Lynn White - I dont know why

and finish with Annabel Fox "lonely Girl"

Empty Dance Floor? :rolleyes:

  steve w said:
the sooner across the board nights come the better

30 odd years of soul and I want to hear most of it - would anybody dance to this lot?

the above SOB for starters

Anthony white "hey baby"

Buddy Lamp on Wheelsville "Save this Love"

Norris Vines - give in

Randy Brown "Always in the Mood"

Volcanoes - laws of Love

Donald Byrd - Lovin You

Womack - Trust your heart

Solo - blowin my mind

Lynn White - I dont know why

and finish with Annabel Fox "lonely Girl"

Empty Dance Floor? :thumbsup:

I'D BE ON THERE FOR STARTERS :rolleyes:

It's soul, but is it northern soul? :thumbsup:

Col did say 'northern soul' across the board...

Is everything northern now..? :rolleyes:

Funny one this, most of the tunes listed go well at our charity soul nights frequented by "normal" punters, when played at our Northern nights, Coppertops, they invariably clear the floor.

rob h.

  Matt Male said:
It's soul, but is it northern soul? :thumbsup:

Col did say 'northern soul' across the board...

Is everything northern now..? :rolleyes:

Northern,deffo`,not cheesy

  Matt Male said:
Col did say 'northern soul' across the board...

Can one genre be across the board?

  Matt Male said:
It's soul, but is it northern soul? :huh:

Col did say 'northern soul' across the board...

Is everything northern now..? :thumbsup:

well if it's played at a northern soul night then yes :rolleyes::lol:

  Dodger said:
Can one genre be across the board?

That's what he said...

I took it to mean R&B, Oldies, Newies, 60s, 70s, 80s, whatever.. :rolleyes:

  chalky said:
well if it's played at a northern soul night then yes :rolleyes::thumbsup:

anything played at a northern night is northern..? wacko.gif

  Soulsmith said:
The night is billed as Northern Soul - Across The Board.

The DJ spins The Sounds Of Blackness - I'm Going All The Way.

Is it acceptable?

Are we either a 'broad minded church' or a 'narrow minded tribe'?

Just a bit of fun......

Col.

Noice!! :thumbsup:

Not my usual cuppa but really liked that. Would sooner hear a few like that than say, Because of You yet again! :rolleyes:

Drizabone have been mentioned... there's a couple of better tracks than Pressure (much as I like it) on the Conspiracy album IMHO! :huh:

  soul shrews said:

Yep! Got it in one!
:(

Ok again for the simple minded 'anything' played at a northern night is northern? :yes:

surely the question has answered itself ....if it is across the board then let it be across the board and play the full gamut

  steve w said:
the sooner across the board nights come the better

30 odd years of soul and I want to hear most of it - would anybody dance to this lot?

the above SOB for starters

Anthony white "hey baby"

Buddy Lamp on Wheelsville "Save this Love"

Norris Vines - give in

Randy Brown "Always in the Mood"

Volcanoes - laws of Love

Donald Byrd - Lovin You

Womack - Trust your heart

Solo - blowin my mind

Lynn White - I dont know why

and finish with Annabel Fox "lonely Girl"

Empty Dance Floor? :yes:

no not at the seaside soul club nights in morecambe

we play across the board soul in one room

www.seasidesoul.co.uk

great playlist by the way

A definate yes from me too, but only one little quibble...why do you need it on vinyl Miff ? ... would you like it less if its only on cd??????

x

  soul shrews said:

Yep, got it in two
:yes:

Cheers "Simle minded Shrew"

Sorry didn't mean to insult you :(

  Matt Male said:
Sorry didn't mean to insult you :(
HE'S USED TO BEING INSULTED AND HE IS SIMPLE MINDED I'VE KNOWN HIM MOST OF MY LIFE :yes:

  Dodger said:
Should be easily available on vinyl for very little. Been playing this remix version quite a bit recently in my own sets. Proper 'modern' SOUL. :yes:

Just got a copy on 7 inch for a fiver on a buy it now on ebay hope its the right one (not the remix) therse loads of 12 inchers on there if any ones intrested fill your boots

Edited by miff

I'm Going all The Way was Huge as a new release at PITCHES, Rotherham.

I just cant fathom (and never have been able to) why the Northern scene often needs to have a 10 - 15 year incubation period before it can accept a Soul track (see the Al Mason thread - i.e. only just acceptable now!).

Tragic... but you've heard my rant on this subject before!

Across The Board... was a phrase first used at PITCHES to mean just that.

Soul Music... Across the board... all eras, all tempo's for all tastes!

Sean Hampsey

  Catriona said:
A definate yes from me too, but only one little quibble...why do you need it on vinyl Miff ? ... would you like it less if its only on cd??????

x

Just to prefer to play records on my decks rather then a cd player its just seems to be more perosnal :yes:

  Sean Hampsey said:
I just cant fathom (and never have been able to) why the Northern scene often needs to have a 10 - 15 year incubation period before it can accept a Soul track (see the Al Mason thread - i.e. only just acceptable now!).

Sean Hampsey

I agree Sean but it hasn't always been this way. New releases got played at Wigan all the time e.g. N.F. Porter - Keep on keeping on, and at Stafford too, Atlantic Star, Jeffrey Osbourne etc..

Maybe it's just a recent thing.

it sounds soulful enough to me, what a great tune, im looking for one right now :yes::(

Bearsy

  bearsoul said:
HE'S USED TO BEING INSULTED AND HE IS SIMPLE MINDED I'VE KNOWN HIM MOST OF MY LIFE
:yes:

Alway's knew I could count on you for "big up's" Chris!

Cheer's Paco

danceable , soulfull,, i liked it :yes:

  miff said:
Just got a copy on 7 inch for a fiver on a buy it now on ebay hope its the right one (not the remix) therse loads of 12 inchers on there if any ones intrested fill your boots

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Too right!

Couple to add:

I Believe

Everything Is Gonna Be Alright

All should be able toi be had for less than a fiver -

Can't fail with them! From the ' From Africa to America ' LP I think!

The period of late 80s to mid 90s - Esp. from the UK saw IMO some great music - Affair / Paul Johnson / etc etc Labels such as Boogie Back etc. Across the board indeed.

ATB

Rich

Great Modern Tune.

Fits the across the board tag and well worth a play to the open minded.

  Matt Male said:
I agree Sean but it hasn't always been this way. New releases got played at Wigan all the time e.g. N.F. Porter - Keep on keeping on, and at Stafford too, Atlantic Star, Jeffrey Osbourne etc..

Maybe it's just a recent thing.

  Matt Male said:
I agree Sean but it hasn't always been this way. New releases got played at Wigan all the time e.g. N.F. Porter - Keep on keeping on, and at Stafford too, Atlantic Star, Jeffrey Osbourne etc..

Maybe it's just a recent thing.

Agree Matt that 'some' tracks have been played as new releases (I've made a bit of a career of it myself) and infact the Northern scene was founded on records that were either new or only 4-5 years old, but that's why I stated that the scene 'often needs to have' rather than 'always'needs to have'.

Sadly, though, I think you'll agree, its more often than not that Soul Music itself is way ahead of the 'Northern' Soul scene's ability to absorb it.

There are dozens of tracks that should have been played when new, snubbed at the time, only to be later 'discovered' or deemed acceptable many years later.

Good to see the above track getting the thumbs up though in the poll, if only belatedly.

But dont ya' all just wonder what tracks came out in the last 12 - 18 months... that the Northern Scene should have played... rather than waiting until 2010.

Sean Hampsey

If I went to a venue advertised as "across the board" I would expect and hope to hear music from 60s R&B through to contempory dance tunes, after all irrespective of year of issue they are all branches of the same tree and....it's still growing :yes:

S o B gets a thumbs up and it's a yes from me.

:yes: this is right up my misses street!! shes converting me slowly :(

not a bad track - but in my opinion - i'm looking for a certain something from soul tunes, not sure if this will ever do it....maybhe it will maybe it won't - i'll stick it on the old mp3 player and see if it cooks...

anyhoo - we are entering into a world of..........

wait for it......

my mix is better than yours!!!!!! oooeeeerrrrrrrrrrr!!!!

:yes:

Edited by Dodger

across the board means i'm expecting to hear a few decades of quality soul music - 1960 to 2006 and beyond, in't nothing wrong with that !

I went to the Without Boundaries Summer Ball on saturday and that was a fantastic array of good quality tunes spanning afew decades and stuff due out in the near future- most people got up and stayed up dancing.. a few sat down when the different DJ's came on ...but it is a free world, each to their own. I went home with sore feet so i was happy enough !

  miff said:
Just got a copy on 7 inch for a fiver on a buy it now on ebay hope its the right one (not the remix) therse loads of 12 inchers on there if any ones intrested fill your boots

Nice tune indeed!

I don't mind 12"... which is the best choice between the different mixes?

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