Popular Post Soulboyslim Posted November 2, 2014 Popular Post Posted November 2, 2014 THE RAFA CLUB 1st NOVEMBER 2014 SERIOUS SHADES OF SOUL — NORTHERN SOUL NIGHT. Special guest DJ was Sean Tasker from Newcastle Upon Tyne, Sean has been living in the North East for a number of years now and going from his playlists on the night why hasn’t he been at the RAFA club before now????????? Sean arrived real early with his lovely wife Gwen and the pair of them settled in really well with the RAFA club crowd and Sean agreed to do 2 sets on the night but before he took to the decks we had an interloper taking control of the” wheels of steel” whilst Paul was at the bar and there she stayed for one hour — Karen Shoulder just played to the early punters through the doors and such a good job she was doing, well.... we just left her to it. This is what she played, just cos’ she likes them.... Karen Shoulder 7.30 — 8.30pm The Falcons — Love look in her eyes — Big Wheel Betty Lloyd — I’m catching on — BSC The Falcons — Love you like you’ve never been loved before — Big Wheel Jackie Wilson — Because of you — Brunswick Brown Sugar — The game is over — Capitol Lee Williams and the Cymbals — It’s everhting about you (that I love) — Carnival The Topics — Hey Girl (where are you going) — Chadwick Patrice Holloway — Stolen hours — Capitol Beverly and the Del-Capris — Mama I think I’m in love — Columbia The Debonaires — How’s your new love treating you — Golden World The Four Tracks — Like my love for you — Mandingo The Tan Geers — What’s the use of me trying — Okeh Bobby Hutton — Come see what’s left of me — Phillips Beverly Shaffer — Where will you be boy? — One-Derful Bee Jays — I’ll find you — Prime The Checkmates Ltd. — All alone by the telephone — Polydor Velvelettes — These things will keep me loving you — Soul Jack Montgomery — Dearly beloved — Scepter Brenda Holloway — When I’m gone — Tamla Jackey Beavers — Love that never grows old — Revilot Carstairs — it really hurts me girl — Red Coach How good was that little lot eh? Well done Karen — I taught you well mmmmmmmmmm... Sean Tasker our main guest DJ Agreed to do 2 sets and this was his first offerings on the night. Sean Tasker 8.30 — 9.15pm The Dynells — Let me prove that I love you — Blueberry Rhonda Davis — Can you remember — Duke Rick Sheppard — Can we share it — Columbia Johnnie Mae Matthews — I have no choice — Big Hit (eveyone’s fave Detroit #) Tommy Navarro — I cried my life away — De Jac Almetta Lattimore — These memories — Mainstream (crossover heaven) 100% Pure Poison — You keep coming back — EMI 7 miles an hour band Playing your game — Music City The Casanova Two — We got to keep on — Early Bird (Kev Cane’s fave from the early days) Frederick Hymes III — Time ain’t gonna do me no favour — Fab Vegas ( was big for Kev Cowey) Ivories — please stay — Despenza The Masqueraders — I ain’t gonna stop — AGP The Ellusions — You didn’t have to leave me — Lamon (Station Road monster) Maxine Brown — Let me give you my loving — Wand The Isonics — Sugar — Kammy Melvin Brown & James Matthews — Love stormy weather — Philmore Sound (mega sound) What a superb start to the night from Sean, well what can follow? Paul Ackleyy that’s what... Paul Ackley 9.15 — 10.00pm Billy Bird — Lost in the crowd — Scream Belita Woods c/up — tell me baby — C/U Carla Thomas c/up — Say it — C/U Vivienne Jones — Money can’t buy my love — Lark (Oooohhhh!!!) Louise Whitney — Got to keep on — Whiz Tamala Lewis — You won’t say nothing — Marton (Another monster from The Emp’) Charlene and the soul serenaders — Can you win — Volt ( on everyone’s wants) Paul Vann — One track mind — Chance Flash McKinley — I’ll rescue you — Bombay (Paul S’s fave...) The Sensations — Demanding man — Way Out New Wanderers — Aint gonna do you no harm — Ready Tommy and the Derbys — Don’t play the role — Swing Fortson & Scott — Sweet Lover — Pzazz Robert Tanner — Sweet Memories — Megatone ( can it get any better) The Earles — Everybody’s got somebody — Tee Ti Donald Thomas — Calling me home — PMRC (see the text below about this track tinternet is amazing — AND WHAT AN AMAZING RECORD ESPECIALLY THE PAUSES IN THE TRACK WITH DONALDS DEEP DEEP VOCALS — WHAOH — 3.38 sec on crossover bliss, get it on youtube and revel in it’s brilliance!!!) “My name is Don A. Lackey and PMRC was and is my company. I started PMRC back in college, and we produced, managed and recorded a number of individuals and groups. This particular song was brought to me on a cold winter day by Donald Thomas. He had the words mostly written out, and no other concept of how the song should go, tempo, chord changes or melody. He had no recording or professional music experience at that time. I gauged him to have a lot of potential, and so made a modest investment in my time and production money to put a recording session together. I regret that I have lost track of Donald Thomas over the years, and have askED other folks in the Beaumont area about him several times, to no avail. Back to the song, I put all the rest together, including the arrangements, strings and rhythm section. I played guitar on the cut. It was recorded at Mickey Rouse's Lowland Recording Studio in Port Neches, Texas, and Mickey engineered the session. As I remember, we used the equivalent of a 4 track recorder be bouncing some tracks on two-track recorders. Mickey did not have a four-track up and running yet. I can vouch for the fact that this recording IS original and indeed RARE. Please feel free to contact me, should anyone want any other information. PMRCmedia@Gmail.com Don Lackey, Katy, Texas. Carl Hall — What about you — Columbia Well that’s that for session # 1 from Sean and Paul, so to give them a little break Paul Shoulder up next for 30mins. And as he said on the night “ me now for the next ½ hour — so if you want to go home to feed the dog or get a Kebab, then, now’s the time to do it” Paul Shoulder 10.00 — 10.30pm Robert Parker — I caught you in a lie — Nola Glen Miller — Where is the love — Dr Bird Paul Varisco — Tell me where love goes — Kapp Barbara Lynn — I don’t want a playboy — Tribe Mack Rice — I’m coming home — Lu Pine Sonny Til — Hey, Little woman — Charlie Parker Records The Vanguards — Good Times, Bad Times — Lamp The Martells — Where can my baby be — A La Carte Soulful Twins — Can’t let you go — Sable Fantastic Four — Live up to what she thinks — Ric Tic Continental Showstoppers — Not too young — Seventy Seven Joe Hicks — Don’t it make you feel funky — AGC A bit of an interlude there so back to the main guys on the night.... Sean Tasker 10.30 — 11.30pm Natural Four — I thought you were mine — ABC Stevens and Foster — I want to be love — Jerri Seville — Show me the way — KAYO (superb mid pace modern dancer out of washington DC..withdrawn due to the bands name change) Tavasco — Love is trying to get a hold of me — Rampart Soul Bros Inc. — Pyramid - Golden Eye ( stills fill the floor and reaching such a big audience now, covered up as Mel Britt at Stafford from years ago... how ahead of it’s time was that place and the dj’s... mega guys) Soul Communicators — Those lonely nights — Fee Bee The Tropics — Hey you little girl — Topic (first played by Butch in late 80’s? Commands cover up. The Tropics were one of the “Beach Bands from Washington & Lee University in Lexington VA.) Differences — Five Minutes — Mon’ca - old Mick Jackson (Darlington) play bliss crossover Brand New — Thousand years — Du Vern ( 1976 magic from Brand New, recorded in Florida) Wee - Try me — Owl (Sam play from years ago, The Guv,nor for sure) Bobby Rich — There’s a girl somewhere — Sambea Patrinelle Staten — Little Love Affair — Sepia The Moments — You said — Deep The Ascots — A few feet from the gutter — American Playboy Lil Major Williams — Girl don’t leave me — Palladium (Paul Ackley thrashed this to bits and it’s finally getting recognition in the NE) Bad Weather Inc — I never knew — Bad Weather (play for Carl Willingham at the Cumby, our old venue decad ago) The Montclairs — Hey you — Arch The Mark IV — If you can’t tell me something good — Brite Lite (fab modern soul. Cheers Sean) Corey Blake — How can I go on without you — Capitol Jeanie Tracey — Making new Friends — Brown Door (old last hour spin at The Mecca and revived at Thorne in the 90’s one we all missed) The Constellations — I don’t know about you — Gemini - final track from Sean and one of the most beautiful Northern Soul record ever made. Thanks Sean for everything you put into the night Folks , just book the guy......... Paul Ackley — 11.30 — 12.30am and close Magnetics — Count the days — Sable Sweets — Something ‘bout my baby — Soul Town Jimmie Bo’ Horne — I just can’t speak — Dade Betty Wilson — I’m yours — Dayco Eddie Billups — Ask my heart — Peachtree Appointments — I saw you there — De-Lite Milton Parker — Women Like it harder — Closet Poets — Wrapped around your finger — J-2 Marteniques — If you wat to call me — Reo Karmello Brooks — Tell me Baby — Milestone James Lately — Love Friends and money — Temple Buddy Smith — When you lose the one the one you love The Blendells — Do you mean — Dontee (Paul’s favourite play of the night) Young Bros — Baby — Soul Power Chuck Cockerham — Have I the right — Mala David Thomas — I’ll always need you — prime Little Al and the Maxydimes — Lonely days of my life — Shell The Overtones — What would I do — Hip City (Delaware magic this 45) Upperhand Band — Get it together — Spy. Well that’s that for another soulful night of entertainment . £3.00 and a free CD of Most of Sean’s plays on the night. Next instalment is 6th December with DJ’s to be announced — fancy it Guys and Gals??? Call me........ The wine is calling and it’s getting late so the Sauvignon Blanc is gonna win. Until next next time folks — take care and keep it soulful. SOULBOYSLIM............ 10
mid tempo Posted November 2, 2014 Posted November 2, 2014 Wow... top notch sounds there... must av been brill.....gaz.
Guest Aaron Darcy Posted November 3, 2014 Posted November 3, 2014 THE RAFA CLUB 1st NOVEMBER 2014 SERIOUS SHADES OF SOUL — NORTHERN SOUL NIGHT. Special guest DJ was Sean Tasker from Newcastle Upon Tyne, Sean has been living in the North East for a number of years now and going from his playlists on the night why hasn’t he been at the RAFA club before now????????? Sean arrived real early with his lovely wife Gwen and the pair of them settled in really well with the RAFA club crowd and Sean agreed to do 2 sets on the night but before he took to the decks we had an interloper taking control of the” wheels of steel” whilst Paul was at the bar and there she stayed for one hour — Karen Shoulder just played to the early punters through the doors and such a good job she was doing, well.... we just left her to it. This is what she played, just cos’ she likes them.... Karen Shoulder 7.30 — 8.30pm The Falcons — Love look in her eyes — Big Wheel Betty Lloyd — I’m catching on — BSC The Falcons — Love you like you’ve never been loved before — Big Wheel Jackie Wilson — Because of you — Brunswick Brown Sugar — The game is over — Capitol Lee Williams and the Cymbals — It’s everhting about you (that I love) — Carnival The Topics — Hey Girl (where are you going) — Chadwick Patrice Holloway — Stolen hours — Capitol Beverly and the Del-Capris — Mama I think I’m in love — Columbia The Debonaires — How’s your new love treating you — Golden World The Four Tracks — Like my love for you — Mandingo The Tan Geers — What’s the use of me trying — Okeh Bobby Hutton — Come see what’s left of me — Phillips Beverly Shaffer — Where will you be boy? — One-Derful Bee Jays — I’ll find you — Prime The Checkmates Ltd. — All alone by the telephone — Polydor Velvelettes — These things will keep me loving you — Soul Jack Montgomery — Dearly beloved — Scepter Brenda Holloway — When I’m gone — Tamla Jackey Beavers — Love that never grows old — Revilot Carstairs — it really hurts me girl — Red Coach How good was that little lot eh? Well done Karen — I taught you well mmmmmmmmmm... Sean Tasker our main guest DJ Agreed to do 2 sets and this was his first offerings on the night. Sean Tasker 8.30 — 9.15pm The Dynells — Let me prove that I love you — Blueberry Rhonda Davis — Can you remember — Duke Rick Sheppard — Can we share it — Columbia Johnnie Mae Matthews — I have no choice — Big Hit (eveyone’s fave Detroit #) Tommy Navarro — I cried my life away — De Jac Almetta Lattimore — These memories — Mainstream (crossover heaven) 100% Pure Poison — You keep coming back — EMI 7 miles an hour band Playing your game — Music City The Casanova Two — We got to keep on — Early Bird (Kev Cane’s fave from the early days) Frederick Hymes III — Time ain’t gonna do me no favour — Fab Vegas ( was big for Kev Cowey) Ivories — please stay — Despenza The Masqueraders — I ain’t gonna stop — AGP The Ellusions — You didn’t have to leave me — Lamon (Station Road monster) Maxine Brown — Let me give you my loving — Wand The Isonics — Sugar — Kammy Melvin Brown & James Matthews — Love stormy weather — Philmore Sound (mega sound) What a superb start to the night from Sean, well what can follow? Paul Ackleyy that’s what... Paul Ackley 9.15 — 10.00pm Billy Bird — Lost in the crowd — Scream Belita Woods c/up — tell me baby — C/U Carla Thomas c/up — Say it — C/U Vivienne Jones — Money can’t buy my love — Lark (Oooohhhh!!!) Louise Whitney — Got to keep on — Whiz Tamala Lewis — You won’t say nothing — Marton (Another monster from The Emp’) Charlene and the soul serenaders — Can you win — Volt ( on everyone’s wants) Paul Vann — One track mind — Chance Flash McKinley — I’ll rescue you — Bombay (Paul S’s fave...) The Sensations — Demanding man — Way Out New Wanderers — Aint gonna do you no harm — Ready Tommy and the Derbys — Don’t play the role — Swing Fortson & Scott — Sweet Lover — Pzazz Robert Tanner — Sweet Memories — Megatone ( can it get any better) The Earles — Everybody’s got somebody — Tee Ti Donald Thomas — Calling me home — PMRC (see the text below about this track tinternet is amazing — AND WHAT AN AMAZING RECORD ESPECIALLY THE PAUSES IN THE TRACK WITH DONALDS DEEP DEEP VOCALS — WHAOH — 3.38 sec on crossover bliss, get it on youtube and revel in it’s brilliance!!!) “My name is Don A. Lackey and PMRC was and is my company. I started PMRC back in college, and we produced, managed and recorded a number of individuals and groups. This particular song was brought to me on a cold winter day by Donald Thomas. He had the words mostly written out, and no other concept of how the song should go, tempo, chord changes or melody. He had no recording or professional music experience at that time. I gauged him to have a lot of potential, and so made a modest investment in my time and production money to put a recording session together. I regret that I have lost track of Donald Thomas over the years, and have askED other folks in the Beaumont area about him several times, to no avail. Back to the song, I put all the rest together, including the arrangements, strings and rhythm section. I played guitar on the cut. It was recorded at Mickey Rouse's Lowland Recording Studio in Port Neches, Texas, and Mickey engineered the session. As I remember, we used the equivalent of a 4 track recorder be bouncing some tracks on two-track recorders. Mickey did not have a four-track up and running yet. I can vouch for the fact that this recording IS original and indeed RARE. Please feel free to contact me, should anyone want any other information. PMRCmedia@Gmail.com Don Lackey, Katy, Texas. Carl Hall — What about you — Columbia Well that’s that for session # 1 from Sean and Paul, so to give them a little break Paul Shoulder up next for 30mins. And as he said on the night “ me now for the next ½ hour — so if you want to go home to feed the dog or get a Kebab, then, now’s the time to do it” Paul Shoulder 10.00 — 10.30pm Robert Parker — I caught you in a lie — Nola Glen Miller — Where is the love — Dr Bird Paul Varisco — Tell me where love goes — Kapp Barbara Lynn — I don’t want a playboy — Tribe Mack Rice — I’m coming home — Lu Pine Sonny Til — Hey, Little woman — Charlie Parker Records The Vanguards — Good Times, Bad Times — Lamp The Martells — Where can my baby be — A La Carte Soulful Twins — Can’t let you go — Sable Fantastic Four — Live up to what she thinks — Ric Tic Continental Showstoppers — Not too young — Seventy Seven Joe Hicks — Don’t it make you feel funky — AGC A bit of an interlude there so back to the main guys on the night.... Sean Tasker 10.30 — 11.30pm Natural Four — I thought you were mine — ABC Stevens and Foster — I want to be love — Jerri Seville — Show me the way — KAYO (superb mid pace modern dancer out of washington DC..withdrawn due to the bands name change) Tavasco — Love is trying to get a hold of me — Rampart Soul Bros Inc. — Pyramid - Golden Eye ( stills fill the floor and reaching such a big audience now, covered up as Mel Britt at Stafford from years ago... how ahead of it’s time was that place and the dj’s... mega guys) Soul Communicators — Those lonely nights — Fee Bee The Tropics — Hey you little girl — Topic (first played by Butch in late 80’s? Commands cover up. The Tropics were one of the “Beach Bands from Washington & Lee University in Lexington VA.) Differences — Five Minutes — Mon’ca - old Mick Jackson (Darlington) play bliss crossover Brand New — Thousand years — Du Vern ( 1976 magic from Brand New, recorded in Florida) Wee - Try me — Owl (Sam play from years ago, The Guv,nor for sure) Bobby Rich — There’s a girl somewhere — Sambea Patrinelle Staten — Little Love Affair — Sepia The Moments — You said — Deep The Ascots — A few feet from the gutter — American Playboy Lil Major Williams — Girl don’t leave me — Palladium (Paul Ackley thrashed this to bits and it’s finally getting recognition in the NE) Bad Weather Inc — I never knew — Bad Weather (play for Carl Willingham at the Cumby, our old venue decad ago) The Montclairs — Hey you — Arch The Mark IV — If you can’t tell me something good — Brite Lite (fab modern soul. Cheers Sean) Corey Blake — How can I go on without you — Capitol Jeanie Tracey — Making new Friends — Brown Door (old last hour spin at The Mecca and revived at Thorne in the 90’s one we all missed) The Constellations — I don’t know about you — Gemini - final track from Sean and one of the most beautiful Northern Soul record ever made. Thanks Sean for everything you put into the night Folks , just book the guy......... Paul Ackley — 11.30 — 12.30am and close Magnetics — Count the days — Sable Sweets — Something ‘bout my baby — Soul Town Jimmie Bo’ Horne — I just can’t speak — Dade Betty Wilson — I’m yours — Dayco Eddie Billups — Ask my heart — Peachtree Appointments — I saw you there — De-Lite Milton Parker — Women Like it harder — Closet Poets — Wrapped around your finger — J-2 Marteniques — If you wat to call me — Reo Karmello Brooks — Tell me Baby — Milestone James Lately — Love Friends and money — Temple Buddy Smith — When you lose the one the one you love The Blendells — Do you mean — Dontee (Paul’s favourite play of the night) Young Bros — Baby — Soul Power Chuck Cockerham — Have I the right — Mala David Thomas — I’ll always need you — prime Little Al and the Maxydimes — Lonely days of my life — Shell The Overtones — What would I do — Hip City (Delaware magic this 45) Upperhand Band — Get it together — Spy. Well that’s that for another soulful night of entertainment . £3.00 and a free CD of Most of Sean’s plays on the night. Next instalment is 6th December with DJ’s to be announced — fancy it Guys and Gals??? Call me........ The wine is calling and it’s getting late so the Sauvignon Blanc is gonna win. Until next next time folks — take care and keep it soulful. SOULBOYSLIM............ Paul Ackley second set awesome lots rare records in that lot
Guest BENSON BOY Posted November 3, 2014 Posted November 3, 2014 What a fantastic night,envy comes to mind,talk about spoilt . Well done everyone. Maz
Guest Posted November 3, 2014 Posted November 3, 2014 Great playlist my kinda stuff, sound like a great night...
Agentsmith Posted November 3, 2014 Posted November 3, 2014 can't comment enough about fabulous varied playlists at some tremendous venues across the uk....particularly love viewing the one's from here ( along with horse & groom, doncaster etc ) it's what makes the scene endure...people really do have a wide choice...surely, that's got to be a good thing? big up to paul & guests for keeping it real.
Guest chorleybloke Posted November 4, 2014 Posted November 4, 2014 Proper sets! And a top club that reminds me of the Irish Club down under - thoroughly enjoyed my visits to NA (except that 3 hour slog through the UK's worst ever blizzard!)
tosspot Posted November 4, 2014 Posted November 4, 2014 (edited) Some great tunes here , in fact not too many that doesn't get played at Pure soul, take for instance the blendells, I played this one on a one off Acetate lol Keep up the good work with keeping the soul scene real Edited November 4, 2014 by tosspot
Andy Reynard Posted November 4, 2014 Posted November 4, 2014 This sounds Great have been on shift everytime It's been on Thankfully not from the end of the month Must make it on the next night if possible Just my bag and then some Good stuff played by all !!!!
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