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Guest in town Mikey

Now that we have the book 'Who The Hell Is Frank Wilson'

all that remains is to publish 'How To Clap On The Off Beat'

Surely its just a matter of time.

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Colin (It is colin isnt it?)

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My publisher wont give me the £1 million advance now. :lol:

he recons you have applied for the copywright swoon.gif

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Ben Zine - Village Of Tears.

AND Bernie Williams. That was the first track I thought of. At Yate not only did you get the three claps at the appropriate spot in the record, you would then imediately get an 'echo' three claps, and then everyone would clap once together. When you are 15, at your first allnighter, and watching/listening to all this, its impossible not to be sucked in. :lol:   :unsure:

It is also a much under-rated dance move. As we are all getting less agile :lol:   and the backdrops and swallow dives are becomming less and less (ahem) graceful, a good clap is a wonderful thing to do, or watch.

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Spot on Mikey, didn't get down/up to Yate that often so not sure how often this happened but remember one night to Epitome of Sound ( I think)it seemed the "echo" claps just went on & on from different parts of the floor. Brilliant memories, Time machine please

Thanks for backing me up on Tobi Legend Kolla thought it was just me ;-)

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Jack Billy has his own way of expressing himself, he's a carrott cruncher from Norfolk so if you need a translator talk to Binty Crane  :lol:   :lol:   :unsure:

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Thanks alot John, mind you 30 years of allnighters has probaly took its toll! Talking about Binty, I am not in her good books, hope you and Alison are keeping well.

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The Dome at its peak was good for clappers - Sunshine Girl developed a life of its own there.

Also, I have a superb tape (copied from the late Paul Fisher) of a storming Butch set at the 100 Club about 5 years ago - superb hand clapping!! Particularly on his Jerry Williams c/u, Temptones c/u and his ender, Eddy Hughes "Soul Searcher" (then c/u as George Lemons). Not such a dead art in the South.

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I'll agree that the 100 sometimes got a decent clap going, but it was very rare at the dome. Sunshine girl, was an exception, and perhaps the Allen Sisters, but in general it was a very quiet venue. IMO better clapping ooop north, mainly cos the records played were better known.

Winnie :-)

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Guest in town Mikey

Winston,

Its Mike from the ONS.

Good to see you on here mate.

Been transferred to Newport, so I wont be interrupting your xmas office party this year :lol:

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Hi Wendy.

There are two types of clapping along. Both require Winston's large arm movements and thunderous bringing together of hands.

Take 'Crying Over you - Duke Browner'. The opening bars are dramatic and there is a pause. This is where dancers clap. (bear with me 'duh duh, duh duh, CLAP')

Or 'Epitome of sound - You dont love me' when there are three rapid beats, dancers clap to each beat.

Sometimes the way is to clap on a beat, on other's its the missed beat. I think thats the one Kolla is refering to in 'Time will pass you by'.

I have probably got that wrong and the old lads like Winston :lol: will take me to task.

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Old lads....what a bloody cheek :unsure: Personally I think the secret with clapping is to mean it, you can get away with anything if you're positive, and not all wishy washy. If Toby Legend hadn't reached such elevated status, the claps would probably have been different, the only reason it's difficult to master is there aren't a 1000 plus people clapping to it in unison anymore :lol:

Winnie:-)

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Ah think with the clapping thing you've either got it or you haven't. I remember my mate Chris at Stafford clapped so loudly his hands REALLY bled..and he was in time even tho he was always on another planet. Records that springs to mind include Larry Houston.Let's spend some time together or Marva Hicks,Romance Watson any of those Stafford type tunes.. We all liked clappin then... to anything really. I still clap along in my car when I think nobody's looking :lol:

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Spot on Mikey, didn't get down/up to Yate that often so not sure how often this happened but remember one night to Epitome of Sound ( I think)it seemed the "echo" claps just went on & on from different parts of the floor. Brilliant memories, Time machine please

Thanks for backing me up on Tobi Legend Kolla thought it was just me ;-)

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Nobody's mentioned "Do I love You". Even the most inept of clappers get this one right :lol:

Winnie:-)

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Guest Johnny One Trout

The Dome at its peak was good for clappers - Sunshine Girl developed a life of its own there.

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Oh deary deary me Flynny has such a lot to answer for :unsure::lol: I'd say you were a letter out :lol::lol: though with Clap in association with this particular record swoon.gifswoon.gifswoon.gif

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having collected 'live' wigan tapes for years ,,got some scorchers over the years from 73 - end of an era with the atmosphere captured

highlighted 'clapping' sessions for me include

afternoon of the rhino from 74

footsee from 75

stemmons express - woman love thief

holly st james - thats not love all from 78

sergio mendes - love music

bari track - 75

peter jarrett / tommy james - run run baby run - 79

cecil washington - i dont like to lose - 1980

currently writing some memoirs on my escapades on my collecting the tapes and trying to find the records from them like searching 10 years for the legends on pumpkin and waiting 8 years to uncover allan rhodes sounds from 78!

ringing up pete smith at 10.30 at night asking whats this instrumental from 75 pete??

great times and some fantastic tunes from the wigan era!!

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Old lads....what a bloody cheek :unsure: Personally I think the secret with clapping is to mean it, you can get away with anything if you're positive, and not all wishy washy. If Toby Legend hadn't reached such elevated status, the claps would probably have been different, the only reason it's difficult to master is there aren't a 1000 plus people clapping to it in unison anymore :lol:

Winnie:-)

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Guest Johnny One Trout

having collected 'live' wigan tapes for  years ,,got some scorchers over the years from 73 - end of an era with the atmosphere captured

highlighted 'clapping' sessions for me include

afternoon of the rhino from 74

footsee from 75

stemmons express - woman love thief

holly st james - thats not love                all from 78

sergio mendes - love music 

bari track - 75

peter jarrett / tommy james - run run baby run - 79

cecil washington - i dont like to lose - 1980

currently writing some memoirs on my escapades on my collecting the tapes and trying to find the records from them like searching 10 years for the legends on pumpkin and waiting 8 years to uncover allan rhodes sounds from 78!

ringing up pete smith at 10.30 at night asking whats this instrumental from 75 pete??

great times and some fantastic tunes from the wigan era!!

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Good god man you're obsessed :lol::unsure: Good call on the Cecil Washington though Mark fantastic with 1000+ happy clappers doing their thang :lol:yes.gif

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Old lads....what a bloody cheek :unsure: Personally I think the secret with clapping is to mean it, you can get away with anything if you're positive, and not all wishy washy. If Toby Legend hadn't reached such elevated status, the claps would probably have been different, the only reason it's difficult to master is there aren't a 1000 plus people clapping to it in unison anymore :lol:

Winnie:-)

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I was talking about 1000 plus Winnie ! it always seemed out of time & a rush to get the last clap in ( & no I wasn't chemically enhanced, maybe that was the problem) ;-)

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Was you talking old days, or nowadays? Everybody seemed to know when to clap in yesteryear......not sure if being chemically enhanced would have helped or not yes.gif

Just thought of another one

Adams Apples.......blinding record to clap to :lol:

Winnie:-)

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Was you talking old days, or nowadays? Everybody seemed to know when to clap in yesteryear......not sure if being chemically enhanced would have helped or not :unsure:

Just thought of another one

Adams Apples.......blinding record to clap to :lol:

Winnie:-)

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Good god man you're obsessed  :lol:   :unsure: Good call on the Cecil Washington though Mark fantastic with 1000+ happy clappers doing their thang  :lol:   yes.gif

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youre right i am obsessed!!!!!!!!11

but every tape i get theres at least one or two ive never heard of

recently

cortez greeer - very strong on you

absolutel fantastic atmospheric oldie (IMO)

but ive never heard in 24 years of all niters!!

regards

mark

the casino kid that never was!!

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youre right i am obsessed!!!!!!!!11

but every tape i get theres at least one or two ive never heard of

recently

cortez greeer - very strong on you

absolutel fantastic atmospheric oldie (IMO)

but ive never heard in 24 years of all niters!!

regards

mark

the casino kid that never was!!          1 anniversary at Wigan was tops atmospere was unbilevible after all these years I honestly say [iMO] nothings touched it since it's was nice to be a part of that error still got few more years in me yet

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There's great clap a long moments during the instrumental breaks of Jackie Wilson "Because Of You" & carla Thomas "I'll Never Stop Loving You". When I first got into the music, I used clap to "Sliced tomatoes", "Fortune Teller", "Ghost In My House" & "The Right Track" ....would probably seem a bit naff now.

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There's great clap a long moments during the instrumental breaks of Jackie Wilson "Because Of You" & carla Thomas "I'll Never Stop Loving You". When I first got into the music, I used clap to "Sliced tomatoes", "Fortune Teller", "Ghost In My House" & "The Right Track" ....would probably seem a bit naff now.

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OOOOh I'll never stop loving you, one of my top ten all timers.....awesome

Winnie:-)

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Guest in town Mikey

I knew I would track this thread down.

Speaking to a guy from Torquay over the Xmas period who used to go to Yate. He reckons he can remember me saying I didnt like Stafford as much as Yate one night, because people hardly ever clapped, (I assume it was because most of the records were unknown) and therefore the atmosphere was crap.

My opinions obviously changed over time, as its still my fave allnighter, and I only missed about 3, so I couldnt have been put off that much.

Happy new year everyone. I'm back at work, so will probably be boring people to death daily again :)

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Big clappy sounds back in the day I remember 73-74

LOUISE LEWIS - WEE OO I'LL LET IT BE YOU BABE

COMMODORES - THE ZOO

MIKE POST - RHINO

GLORIA JONES - TAINTED LOVE

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Intro to 'Really Hurts Me Girl'

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