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Art Gentry - Merry Go Round

Wasn't this one of Richard Searlings C/Ups?

 

No Russ used to play this, as Art Gentry, only played it 3 or 4 times in the main room, it's definitely on a tape from April 77 that I posted up

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No Russ used to play this, as Art Gentry, only played it 3 or 4 times in the main room, it's definitely on a tape from April 77 that I posted up

Cheers Pete wasn't quite sure

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Jerry can't find your reply but got it in my feed I thought no one would get that What sad bastards we are : ).......and yes you're correct

Funny, I can't see it either! BTW in the "Soul Survivors" book, Russ lists it by its cover up artist...which begs the question, did he actually have an Arctic copy or just a dub he was fed?

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One or two from late 70s 

 

Esko Affair Salt and Pepper ( yuck ) 

Sergio Mendes love music

Patrick Bradley One more chance

Phil Coulter Good thing going 

Susan Farrar The big hurt

Patti and the Emblems 

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Bands of Gold - it's over.      Still play this when i have the chance.   :thumbsup:

 

 

Bands of Gold - it's over.      Still play this when i have the chance.   :thumbsup:

 

bands of gold - gr8 tune - who played it at wigan 

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Yeah, there were lots of girlie tunes late 70's wasn't there?
Thinking of stuff like GERRI THOMAS, LOOK WHAT I GOT, PEGGY MARCH, IF YOU LOVE ME or even PAULA DURANTE'S IF YOU WERE MINE, all big floor fillers, the place was certainly in touch with it's feminine side at that time.

All the real manly hard edged vocals seemed to have been from earlier, you know the stuff, Del Larks, Don Varner, even Johnny Sayles, REAL MAN SOUL, the soul equivalent to Steak & Chips as opposed to Smoked Salmon Blini's  :wicked:

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Yeah, there were lots of girlie tunes late 70's wasn't there?

Thinking of stuff like GERRI THOMAS, LOOK WHAT I GOT, PEGGY MARCH, IF YOU LOVE ME or even PAULA DURANTE'S IF YOU WERE MINE, all big floor fillers, the place was certainly in touch with it's feminine side at that time.

All the real manly hard edged vocals seemed to have been from earlier, you know the stuff, Del Larks, Don Varner, even Johnny Sayles, REAL MAN SOUL, the soul equivalent to Steak & Chips as opposed to Smoked Salmon Blini's  :wicked:

Ade. I was certainly in touch with my feminine side . Sorry it was someone,s feminine side. And my God was she a woman. Sorry got distracted. Prefer the girly stuff. Shh !!!

Steve

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Ivories Please Stay.

Was an oldie even in my time, but was big,

Don't seem hear it it much, not saying its forgotten, just I don't hear it.

Smells of Wigan Casino.

My all time number 1 of all time.. Will always be a class record. My copy came as a gift in the early 9t's, cost $1.75 on a trip to the US. One of the most magical moments of my life..

Guest enchantedrythm
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more rock and roll includes charlie gracie he'll never love you like i do-stateside 402 (its first play guise)

Guest enchantedrythm
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ian dewhirst used to play kenny bernard what love brings on a pye issue with sellotape across the label as a protection or spoiler

stella starr bring him back

later at wigan:

leon bryant mighty body, hotse totsie

walter and sisters how long

earl connerly on macon

remember john vincent playing the visitors im in danger as a cover up-steve elliot from selcta disc sold it to him as such

youre love is drawing me closer-chandlers 

talkin about ya baby mighty marvellows and this towns too muchmaybe im so confused

 

 

capitols on omen

plus two on omen by the wooden nickels nobody and should

heard russ play allan ruess zorba

joel christie since i found you

john wesley on vivid

joe murphy so blue and its a weakness

syl johnson on special agent x two differnt cuts red label and yellow label

carl douglas serving up 1206

    ditto          marble and iron buddah

danny wagner this thing called love

tobi bowe slip away patheway

the mirwood men are you angry

tyronne ashley aka sammy campbell aka del larks i want my baby back

lynn vernardo second hand love

california in crowd happiness in my heart

freeda payne on easy street

bobby king if you want my love l.p track

brother to brother i must have realized suger hill L.p

jack mcduff - on sugar hill l.p

 

 

did anyone ever play gene chandler you dont have to be lyin???? someone told me it was but i never heard it them days-but in retrospect what a piece of soul dance magic that is

and its not fully recognised by many

king george drive on james

soul fay on audio forte

boss man or b k marcus youre moving to slow???? ga,mble

eric lomax seven the loser

sking in the snow- beach girls

leroy and the drivers blow wind

twilights shes gonna put me down harthon

tropics on topic

tony rome-pour yourn love into my heart philips

nat jones moving forward  (was even booted) 

blenders on mar v lous   didn,t i first here the Ultimations on mar vus at wigan too

tate love shop

sammy ambrose on stateside

jerry williams run run roadrunner

holidays ive lost you

phil orsi on wise world

born to love you mr lucky

reggie alexandra its better

my town my guy and me mercury lesley gore

focused on you harthon

tobi lark happiness is here

obrey wilson i want to tell you about my girl loma

nickeyn soul on shee

(bobby womack so many sides of me

eric mercury give me a sign mercury 9LOVE IS THE KEY)

TRACK OFF THE HOWARD JOHNSON L.P THE STAND

zingara haunted house wheel

lamont dozier track off the l.p on  m&m

charles mann sho nuff no funny stuff love

(and its all over)

magictones holding on west bound

jimmy castor -? hey leroy - one on jet set Gone gone gone?  magic saxaphone? d

90 days in the county jail on smash

jimmy gresham this feeling i have terri de

soul partners just fun amazing

the beas where do i go dee gee or pama

bobby thurston the last drop, just ask me, 

les chansonettes

d c blossom both shrine

magnetics i have a girl ra sel

mystics i relly love you teako

freddie paris on rca

william cummins on bang bang

l

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Joey Dee - It's Got You

And I'm not so sure,but One I had on a tape in the late seventies was Mardi Gras - Girl I Git News For You!!

oops typo....Mardi Gras - Girl I've Got News For You

Guest DeeJay
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Funny, I can't see it either! BTW in the "Soul Survivors" book, Russ lists it by its cover up artist...which begs the question, did he actually have an Arctic copy or just a dub he was fed?

Funny you should say that .......remember as plane as day looking at it. No label, able to see. Just a "Mod" targetBullseye where the label was.

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anyone mentioned

 

Chris Serf - Sweet Music

Frankie Karl - You Shouldve Held On

Wall of Sound - Hang On

Sam Williams - Love Slipped......

Executive 4 - I got a Good Thing Going

Crow - Your Autumn of Tomorrow (probably played elsewhere before Wigan)

 

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Sharpettes - lost in the world of a dream ?

Al Wilson - passport ?

Tojo - Broken hearted lover ?

Shirtails - I want you to stay with me? 

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Bobby Goldsboro - Longer Than Forever

Baby Dolls - Got to Get You Into My Life

Jerry Fuller - Double Life

Newbeats - Crying My Heart Out (first record I ever heard at Wigan)

Betty Boo - Say It Isn't So

Pat Lewis - No One To Love

Pat Powdrill Do It / Together Forever

Herbert Hunter - I Was Born To Love You

 

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On 26/12/2014 at 05:13, Guest enchantedrythm said:

 

(bobby womack so many sides of me

 

The Poet album wasnt released until 84,  so i very much doubt it was a station rd spin.....

 

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56 minutes ago, grant said:

Bobby Goldsboro - Longer Than Forever

Baby Dolls - Got to Get You Into My Life

Jerry Fuller - Double Life

Newbeats - Crying My Heart Out (first record I ever heard at Wigan)

Betty Boo - Say It Isn't So

Pat Lewis - No One To Love

Pat Powdrill Do It / Together Forever

Herbert Hunter - I Was Born To Love You

 

Baby Dolls and Herbert Hunter,   St Ives for me.       Oddly enough,  i heard the Baby Dolls last saturday,     first time out for a good 40  years !

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In no particular chronological order, and a mixture of excellent, and the good bad and ugly from Wigan; all were big though, and some beyond huge! Some are just plain funny.

 

Little Joe Romans (Still super rare)

Night Owl (Nothing was bigger than this mid 70’s at the Casino!)

Danny Monday (Likewise this)

Wakefield Sun Trypt on love

General Assembly Sensitive mind

Detroit Landapples

Ollie Jackson Day my heart stood still.

The Jewells

Construction 

Lamont Cranston Band

Colouredman

Gary Lewis My hearts symphony (I kid you not!)

Baja Marimba band Along comes Mary

Paul Peek Im movin uptown

EJ Chandler

Jackie Forrest Show me how to love

Lindy Stevens Pennygold Decca

Johnny Vanelli

Lou Roberts (All)

Deadbeats No second chance (Probably more speculation about this as a cover up than any other RS record ever.... rumoured to be the rock group ‘Whitesnake’ at some point!)

Seeds Pushin too hard (horrible horrible record but huge for Russ)

Trade Martin She put the hurt

Cherry People And suddenly

The Poppies Pain in my heart 

 

 

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2 hours ago, IanP said:

The Poet album wasnt released until 84,  so i very much doubt it was a station rd spin.....

 

  "The Poet" album actually came out in 1981(October?/November?) so it's possible but doubtful that it was played at Wigan.

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16 minutes ago, the yank said:

  "The Poet" album actually came out in 1981(October?/November?) so it's possible but doubtful that it was played at Wigan.

 

Nov 1981, highly unlikely it was played and the one who probably would have played it had left after the first “last” all-nighter in September. Played at Clifton Hall and Stafford. 

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On 26/12/2014 at 05:13, Guest enchantedrythm said:

ian dewhirst used to play kenny bernard what love brings on a pye issue with sellotape across the label as a protection or spoiler

stella starr bring him back

later at wigan:

leon bryant mighty body, hotse totsie

walter and sisters how long

earl connerly on macon

remember john vincent playing the visitors im in danger as a cover up-steve elliot from selcta disc sold it to him as such

youre love is drawing me closer-chandlers 

talkin about ya baby mighty marvellows and this towns too muchmaybe im so confused

 

 

capitols on omen

plus two on omen by the wooden nickels nobody and should

heard russ play allan ruess zorba

joel christie since i found you

john wesley on vivid

joe murphy so blue and its a weakness

syl johnson on special agent x two differnt cuts red label and yellow label

carl douglas serving up 1206

    ditto          marble and iron buddah

danny wagner this thing called love

tobi bowe slip away patheway

the mirwood men are you angry

tyronne ashley aka sammy campbell aka del larks i want my baby back

lynn vernardo second hand love

california in crowd happiness in my heart

freeda payne on easy street

bobby king if you want my love l.p track

brother to brother i must have realized suger hill L.p

jack mcduff - on sugar hill l.p

 

 

did anyone ever play gene chandler you dont have to be lyin???? someone told me it was but i never heard it them days-but in retrospect what a piece of soul dance magic that is

and its not fully recognised by many

king george drive on james

soul fay on audio forte

boss man or b k marcus youre moving to slow???? ga,mble

eric lomax seven the loser

sking in the snow- beach girls

leroy and the drivers blow wind

twilights shes gonna put me down harthon

tropics on topic

tony rome-pour yourn love into my heart philips

nat jones moving forward  (was even booted) 

blenders on mar v lous   didn,t i first here the Ultimations on mar vus at wigan too

tate love shop

sammy ambrose on stateside

jerry williams run run roadrunner

holidays ive lost you

phil orsi on wise world

born to love you mr lucky

reggie alexandra its better

my town my guy and me mercury lesley gore

focused on you harthon

tobi lark happiness is here

obrey wilson i want to tell you about my girl loma

nickeyn soul on shee

(bobby womack so many sides of me

eric mercury give me a sign mercury 9LOVE IS THE KEY)

TRACK OFF THE HOWARD JOHNSON L.P THE STAND

zingara haunted house wheel

lamont dozier track off the l.p on  m&m

charles mann sho nuff no funny stuff love

(and its all over)

magictones holding on west bound

jimmy castor -? hey leroy - one on jet set Gone gone gone?  magic saxaphone? d

90 days in the county jail on smash

jimmy gresham this feeling i have terri de

soul partners just fun amazing

the beas where do i go dee gee or pama

bobby thurston the last drop, just ask me, 

les chansonettes

d c blossom both shrine

magnetics i have a girl ra sel

mystics i relly love you teako

freddie paris on rca

william cummins on bang bang

l

 

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3 late Wigan spins from the Motown stables  -  21ST CREATION - TAILGATE (Gordy / UK Motown)  //  MARY WILSON - YOU'RE THE LIGHT THAT GUIDES MY WAY (UK Motown) //  REUBEN HOWELL - YOU CAN'T STOP A MAN .. (Soul)

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Massive floor filling tracks they may have been but to most on the scene today they may as well be the Rarest of the Rare given most clueless Jocks just focus on the same old few tracks whenever Station Rd is mentioned. 

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1 hour ago, Winsford Soul said:

Anyone remember these  monsters . Some of them where definitely big at Wigan 😎

Steve 

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😮😮😮😮😖😂😂😂 bad lad.mad as a hatter youu. Atb baz n shelly 

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2 hours ago, Winsford Soul said:

Anyone remember these  monsters . Some of them where definitely big at Wigan 😎

Steve 

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I remember all of those in sections 1/2 but where sre the blueys? Unless the colour is a bit off on 8/9. I'm pretty sure I've seen that chart before, or something very similar, in a police station.

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2 hours ago, Winsford Soul said:

Anyone remember these  monsters . Some of them where definitely big at Wigan 😎

Steve 

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Was that the Pick & Mix shop on Bank Quay Station Ste?...

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17 minutes ago, Kegsy said:

I remember all of those in sections 1/2 but where sre the blueys? Unless the colour is a bit off on 8/9. I'm pretty sure I've seen that chart before, or something very similar, in a police station.

My mate  sent it via what's app  yesterday and I thought it was quite apt for this thread. As you say colour not very good. I thought No 8 looked like Decs. But could be anything. 

Ste

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2 hours ago, chalky said:

 

Nov 1981, highly unlikely it was played and the one who probably would have played it had left after the first “last” all-nighter in September. Played at Clifton Hall and Stafford. 

i just had a butchers.    yes..      it was Poet 2 that was released in 84

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