Guest Gogs Posted May 9, 2018 Posted May 9, 2018 Following on from a couple of recent topics, what records do you remember most from your youth club days? Mine
Popular Post Jez Jones Posted May 10, 2018 Popular Post Posted May 10, 2018 Annie Braithwaites older sister............phwoooaarr !!! :-) 5
Zed1 Posted May 10, 2018 Posted May 10, 2018 Trying to Dance to 'Better use your Head' and thinking you'd be better using your feet instead as I had all the grace & style of a Baby Giraffe in Diving boots. 1
Popular Post Patto Posted May 10, 2018 Popular Post Posted May 10, 2018 1978 to 81 My 13-- 16 year old self ventured to the local youth club and became hooked on the Northern Soul sounds that some of the older kids were bringing back from The Casino and other venues.I did venture to a few all dayers and local soul nights but the Youthy was the main place until at 16 i started work and a year later ventured to my first nighters. The youth clubs at that time were massive and you had to que up to get in lock outs were not uncommon.The youth club was populated by several different music factions who all pestered the DJ for their records.The result was a slot of around 15 minutes for The sub cultures of the time which were The Heavy Rockers, Punks, Ska and Mod revivalists, Disco, General Chart Stuff, Soulies. We always secured a longer spot mainly due to the fact that amoung the Northern crowd were some hard core loons that gently persuaded the DJ to play a few more.The Hammered sounds at the time were Rain Out of my mind Bobby Diamond Stop Mistura The Flasher Andre Brasseur The Kid Willie Mitchell The Champion Just Brothers Sliced Tomatoes Exciters Reaching for the best Gerri Thomas Look what i got Judy Street What Sly Stone Dance to the music Danny White Cracked up over you Dean Parrish Im on my way Seven Dwarfs Stop Girl 6
Popular Post Kegsy Posted May 10, 2018 Popular Post Posted May 10, 2018 My youth club days were mostly pre my northern days, plus many of the lads/lasses there were West Indian. Therefore these were some of the tracks I remember most. 5
Guest Spain pete Posted May 10, 2018 Posted May 10, 2018 Tighten up vol 2 , that's the one with the booby on the cover, gotta love a bit of reggae .?
Guest Posted May 10, 2018 Posted May 10, 2018 7 hours ago, gogs said: Following on from a couple of recent topics, what records do you remember most from your youth club days? Mine So many, so very many. But apart from one or two rare wheel tunes spun by the DJs whenever they acquired any, here are the more common ones that immediately spring to mind. Dean Parrish - Tell Her Human Beanz - Nobody but me Mitch Ryder - Devil in a blue dress Tams - Hey girl don't bother me Sam & Dave - Soothe me EVD - 6x6 SRS - Festival time Booker T - Time is tight Travis Wammack - Scratchy Wynder K Frog - Green Door Marvin Gaye - Little Darlin' Velvelettes - Needle in a haystack Andre Brasseur - The Kid Plus of course, others that would never see the light of day in a dedicated soul club ShangriLa's - Leader of the Pack Chiffons - Sweet talking guy Kazenatz Katz - Run Joey Run , Quick Joey Small Frankie Valli - Sherry
manus Posted May 10, 2018 Posted May 10, 2018 36 minutes ago, Joey said: So many, so very many. But apart from one or two rare wheel tunes spun by the DJs whenever they acquired any, here are the more common ones that immediately spring to mind. Dean Parrish - Tell Her Human Beanz - Nobody but me Mitch Ryder - Devil in a blue dress Tams - Hey girl don't bother me Sam & Dave - Soothe me EVD - 6x6 SRS - Festival time Booker T - Time is tight Travis Wammack - Scratchy Wynder K Frog - Green Door Marvin Gaye - Little Darlin' Velvelettes - Needle in a haystack Andre Brasseur - The Kid Plus of course, others that would never see the light of day in a dedicated soul club ShangriLa's - Leader of the Pack Chiffons - Sweet talking guy Kazenatz Katz - Run Joey Run , Quick Joey Small Frankie Valli - Sherry They used to play Kazenatz Katz at the Oxford Galleries , Newcastle 1969/70 along with mainly Motown and Reggae . I also remember someone giving it a spin at Wigan maybe around 1976 which was bit unexpected but about power for the course back then.
Roburt Posted May 10, 2018 Posted May 10, 2018 My earliest youth club memories (music wise) is getting to hear the Drifters "I'll Take You Home" (London) & Mary Wells "My Guy" (Stateside) played as new UK 45 releases in late 63 & the summer of 64. 1
Paul R Posted May 10, 2018 Posted May 10, 2018 St Maries youth club in Southport in 71. Scratchy The Snake Cool Jerk Little Piece Of Leather Barefootin' Backstreet Plus a few chart things at the time, but it was the listed ones plus Mitch Ryder & the usual motown things that really made an impression. Paul 1
Martyn Pitt Posted May 10, 2018 Posted May 10, 2018 Has to be early 70's all the skinheads bouncing around to 6 x 6 ... god knows how they danced in the DMs' 3
Mark S Posted May 10, 2018 Posted May 10, 2018 (edited) Al Capones guns dont argue Funky street - Arthur Conley , Monkey Time - Major Lance I feel love coming on - Felice Taylor Hey girl dont bother me - The Tams Everthing is Tuesday - Chaimen of the board I spy for the FBI -jamo Thomas The Penguin breakdown - LJ Reynolds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEtB86R_47Q Edited May 10, 2018 by Mark S 2
Steve Foran Posted May 10, 2018 Posted May 10, 2018 Jay and Techniques Apple peaches pumpkin pie Isleys Bros This old heart Newbeats Run baby run Four Tops I cant help myself All around my home village in Bedfordshire and my school town St Neots. 1
Guest Spain pete Posted May 10, 2018 Posted May 10, 2018 Double barrel , Dave and ansill Collins,( iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii am the magnificent)
Koolkat Posted May 10, 2018 Posted May 10, 2018 Back Street, You Get Your Kicks, Boogaloo Party. Two tone parallels and star jumper. No whiskers just bumfluff on the chin. Whats not to like. God I feel proper old now.
Ian Parker Posted May 10, 2018 Posted May 10, 2018 julien Covey susan coleman Judy street human beinz The Fabulettes Arthur Conley The Capreez Derek n Ray Tim Tam (honestly) loads more, very vivid
Soundsokeh Posted May 10, 2018 Posted May 10, 2018 Denton youth club in the late sixties (and the Moon in Dukinfield and the Birdcage in Ashton) I remember motown and atlantic and stax records being played a lot , including Girl why you wanna make me blue - Temps The way you do the things you do - Temps When you`re young and in love - Marvelettes Heaven Must Have Sent You - Elgins Going to a Go Go - Smokey Funky Street - Arthur Conley Sweet Soul Music - Arthur Conley Booker T - Green Onions Little Piece of leather - Donny Elbert Sam the sham - Wooly Bully and all the usual suspects given I was collecting those labels UK from about 13 onwards what turned me onto the more NS scene records were the wheel tunes and imports filtering to local clubs, like FRANKI VALLI - YOU`RE READY NOW - red SMASH Mitch Ryder - BREAKOUT - YOU GET YOUR KICKS - DEVIL WITH A BLUE DRESS - BREAKOUT lp on Stateside (or singles) Wynder K Frog - Green Door - pink Island Rex Garvin - Sock it to em JB - Atlantic Willie Mitchell - The Champion & That Drivin Beat - London Chubby Checker - At The Discotheque - Cameo Parkway Andre Brasseur - The Kid - CBS Flamingos - Boogaloo Party - Philips Donnie Elbert - Little piece of leather - Sue Phil Upchurch - You cant sit down - Sue James & Bobby Purify - Do Unto Me and Shake a tail feather - Bell Homer Banks - 60 minutes , a lot of love on Minit double header Impressions - Cant satisfy & You`ve been cheating - Stateside double header Marvin Gaye - Little Darlin - Tamla Fisth Dimension - Train keep on moving Ike and tina - We need an Understanding + Crazy bout you baby etc George Torrance - Lickin Stick and they all still do it for me , plus loads I have forgotten to add but will remember after I press submit reply , lol 2
Monny1916 Posted May 10, 2018 Posted May 10, 2018 CORBY youth centre 1969 boxing club, trampoline,table football with all the latest Motown getting us ready for the long journey ahead and then topped off with the best fast food ever ,,THE WIMPY,,oh what a life
Guest Spain pete Posted May 10, 2018 Posted May 10, 2018 4 minutes ago, monny1916 said: CORBY youth centre 1969 boxing club, trampoline,table football with all the latest Motown getting us ready for the long journey ahead and then topped off with the best fast food ever ,,THE WIMPY,,oh what a life Nothing better than a wimpy mixed grill.
Soul Shrews Posted May 10, 2018 Posted May 10, 2018 This one for me But then again I am a youngster !! Cheers Paul 1
Monny1916 Posted May 10, 2018 Posted May 10, 2018 tomato sauce fights were quite special ,,, everyone coming out as if they had been in a spaghetti western
Monny1916 Posted May 10, 2018 Posted May 10, 2018 tomato sauce fights were quite special ,,, everyone coming out as if they had been in a spaghetti western
Monny1916 Posted May 10, 2018 Posted May 10, 2018 28 minutes ago, soundsOKEH said: Denton youth club in the late sixties (and the Moon in Dukinfield and the Birdcage in Ashton) I remember motown and atlantic and stax records being played a lot , including Girl why you wanna make me blue - Temps The way you do the things you do - Temps When you`re young and in love - Marvelettes Heaven Must Have Sent You - Elgins Going to a Go Go - Smokey Funky Street - Arthur Conley Sweet Soul Music - Arthur Conley Booker T - Green Onions Little Piece of leather - Donny Elbert Sam the sham - Wooly Bully and all the usual suspects given I was collecting those labels UK from about 13 onwards what turned me onto the more NS scene records were the wheel tunes and imports filtering to local clubs, like FRANKI VALLI - YOU`RE READY NOW - red SMASH Mitch Ryder - BREAKOUT - YOU GET YOUR KICKS - DEVIL WITH A BLUE DRESS - BREAKOUT lp on Stateside (or singles) Wynder K Frog - Green Door - pink Island Rex Garvin - Sock it to em JB - Atlantic Willie Mitchell - The Champion & That Drivin Beat - London Chubby Checker - At The Discotheque - Cameo Parkway Andre Brasseur - The Kid - CBS Flamingos - Boogaloo Party - Philips Donnie Elbert - Little piece of leather - Sue Phil Upchurch - You cant sit down - Sue James & Bobby Purify - Do Unto Me and Shake a tail feather - Bell Homer Banks - 60 minutes , a lot of love on Minit double header Impressions - Cant satisfy & You`ve been cheating - Stateside double header Marvin Gaye - Little Darlin - Tamla Fisth Dimension - Train keep on moving Ike and tina - We need an Understanding + Crazy bout you baby etc George Torrance - Lickin Stick and they all still do it for me , plus loads I have forgotten to add but will remember after I press submit reply , lol
Monny1916 Posted May 10, 2018 Posted May 10, 2018 a little piece of leather ,,WOW,,, still to this day reminds me of the FAIR ,, anyone still got their goldfish.?.?
Mark B Posted May 10, 2018 Posted May 10, 2018 st alphonsus school disco Dj was one of my freinds big brother and his mate, 1968/9 onwards 6X6 was my favourite but all the usual stuff Carl played all stax, atlantic, motown, so all the usual stuff elgins marvelettes supremes four tops temptations some blue beat, an introduction to soul.
Guest Shufflin Posted May 10, 2018 Posted May 10, 2018 12 hours ago, Patto said: Judy Street What pretty much that one, Green Onions, lots of scraps, he said she said, hormones
Guest Posted May 10, 2018 Posted May 10, 2018 1 hour ago, soundsOKEH said: Denton youth club in the late sixties (and the Moon in Dukinfield and the Birdcage in Ashton) I remember motown and atlantic and stax records being played a lot , including Girl why you wanna make me blue - Temps The way you do the things you do - Temps When you`re young and in love - Marvelettes Heaven Must Have Sent You - Elgins Going to a Go Go - Smokey Funky Street - Arthur Conley Sweet Soul Music - Arthur Conley Booker T - Green Onions Little Piece of leather - Donny Elbert Sam the sham - Wooly Bully and all the usual suspects given I was collecting those labels UK from about 13 onwards what turned me onto the more NS scene records were the wheel tunes and imports filtering to local clubs, like FRANKI VALLI - YOU`RE READY NOW - red SMASH Mitch Ryder - BREAKOUT - YOU GET YOUR KICKS - DEVIL WITH A BLUE DRESS - BREAKOUT lp on Stateside (or singles) Wynder K Frog - Green Door - pink Island Rex Garvin - Sock it to em JB - Atlantic Willie Mitchell - The Champion & That Drivin Beat - London Chubby Checker - At The Discotheque - Cameo Parkway Andre Brasseur - The Kid - CBS Flamingos - Boogaloo Party - Philips Donnie Elbert - Little piece of leather - Sue Phil Upchurch - You cant sit down - Sue James & Bobby Purify - Do Unto Me and Shake a tail feather - Bell Homer Banks - 60 minutes , a lot of love on Minit double header Impressions - Cant satisfy & You`ve been cheating - Stateside double header Marvin Gaye - Little Darlin - Tamla Fisth Dimension - Train keep on moving Ike and tina - We need an Understanding + Crazy bout you baby etc George Torrance - Lickin Stick and they all still do it for me , plus loads I have forgotten to add but will remember after I press submit reply , lol Aah, the old Ashton Bird Cage. Remember it well. Only a twenty five minute bus journey on the number9 from Oldham, via Bardsley. Happy days indeed.
Britishbarry Posted May 11, 2018 Posted May 11, 2018 Mid 60ts Jamo Thomas - I spy for the F.B.I Charlie Rich - Love is after me Edwin Starr - Stop her on site 2
Back Street Blue Posted May 11, 2018 Posted May 11, 2018 Woodpecker, Players No 6, Brut and Doc Martin's 1
Guest ganesh Posted May 11, 2018 Posted May 11, 2018 my first introduction to northern soul was when I was about 13 (1976ish) at a local church youth club in Aldershot with peter crampton and a guy called mark simpson dancing to William bell's happy. My mates and I got into the music from there by getting tapes of another lad called Gary Jefferies and within the year we went to reading top rank dayers and bisley all niter. the first northern sounds we got into: Case of tyme - manifesto/some call it love Dena barnes - walked out Dana Valary - interest Derek and Ray - interplay little Anthony - better use your head billy arnell - tough girl (instro) jewels - we got togetherness micky moonshine - name it we also went to the Capricorn youth club in the grounds of our school - heron wood - also in aldershot
Hooker1951 Posted May 11, 2018 Posted May 11, 2018 It weren't a youth club but it was a club full of youth full SOULIES The inn Crowd . Dobie Grey Needle in a Haystack Velvelettes 123 Len Barry Mr Pityful. Otis Reading Dont fight it. Wilson Pickett Jenny take a Ride. Mitch Ryder and Ds Can't help my self. Four Tops ML
almanc Posted May 11, 2018 Posted May 11, 2018 Ardwick lads club (it was mixed) for me , Vietnam Jimmy cliff , my baby must be a magician marvelettes , Angie girl Stevie wonder, wet dream max Romeo, there was another sexually explicit reggae number , wreckabuddy ?? 1
Bourne Fox Posted May 11, 2018 Posted May 11, 2018 (edited) Heres a few I remember from those days Paula Parfitt - Love is wonderful. Dobie Gray - Out on the floor Chuck Wood - 7 days too long Weakspot - Evelyn Thomas Where is the love - Betty Wright The Flasher - Mistura Moody Woman - Jerry Butler + anything off Jumping at the go go and Motown chartbuster albums. Edited May 11, 2018 by Bourne Fox 1
Span Posted May 11, 2018 Posted May 11, 2018 Those were the days at Toll-bar youth club in donny ( 1972 - 1980 ) with the regular fights between the local mods/skinheads against the bikers/greasers all against a backdrop of these tunes : skinhead moon stomp - Symarip spirit in the sky - Norman greenbaum ghost in my house - R Dean Taylor love on a mountain top - Robert knight backfield in motion - Mel & Tim Romeo & Juliet - the reflections like Adam & Eve - the reflections better use your head - little Anthony plus the usual batch of Motown interspersed with slade/T-rex/candi staton etc.................. it didn't matter what was played as only the girls danced ( the lads would have got filled in if they tried back then ) ! I think the DJ only had about 25 records so he rotated them through the night Lol . I took over the decks in 1977 and started to play some northern soul and some classic soul such as edwin starr/Otis Redding/Al green as well as some jazz funk And the lads did practice their dancing by now before going off to the Top Rank and later Rotters in town ! Great times but I didn't know it back then Neal. 1
souljoe Posted May 11, 2018 Posted May 11, 2018 They would play these 2 and it would all kick off!! https://youtu.be/OTn01jjEFfY https://youtu.be/JzsvWbgMaUA
Guest Posted May 11, 2018 Posted May 11, 2018 35 minutes ago, souljoe said: They would play these 2 and it would all kick off!! https://youtu.be/OTn01jjEFfY https://youtu.be/JzsvWbgMaUA Oh sweet Jesus, yeah! Just played both, and all of a sudden I'm thirteen again
Guest Gogs Posted May 11, 2018 Posted May 11, 2018 1 hour ago, Joey said: Oh sweet Jesus, yeah! Just played both, and all of a sudden I'm thirteen again Can i borrow your time machine lol.
Roburt Posted May 12, 2018 Posted May 12, 2018 (edited) Back in late 67 & thru 68, if you'd been down the youth club, you'd know this lot ... .... and you'd soon be sending off to get some auction / set sale lists through the post to top up your collection ... UK 45's by the likes of Felice Talor, Moses & Joshua, Jackie Wilson, 4 Tops, Temptations, Willy Pickett, Chuck Woods, Eddie Floyd were all up for grabs at the same time (or afterwards off lists if you missed them on release) ... Brenton Wood's "Gimme Little Sign" was a top dancefloor tune at clubs like the King Mojo that summer (before it shot up into the Top 10 of the UK Pop Singles charts) ... Edited May 12, 2018 by Roburt 2
Stateside Posted May 12, 2018 Posted May 12, 2018 The 66 Club in West Kirby 1969/70 - Don't know if anyone on here ever went. Boogaloo Party - Flamingos Polk Salad Annie - Tony Joe White Holy Cow - Lee Dorsey Pucker Up Buttercup - Jnr Walker Come See About Me - Jnr Walker Reaching for Something - Marvelettes I'll Turn to Stone - Four Tops Don't Tell Your Mama - Eddie Floyd 7 Days Too Long - Chuck Wood Na Na He Hey - Steam Happy - William Bell Played pretty much every new soul release as they came out at least once and depending on popularity many times more Kev
Modernsoulsucks Posted May 12, 2018 Posted May 12, 2018 On 10/05/2018 at 20:49, Joey said: Aah, the old Ashton Bird Cage. Remember it well. Only a twenty five minute bus journey on the number9 from Oldham, via Bardsley. Happy days indeed. I used to go there too between 69-71. Quite a trek from Hazel Grove. Was it Sunday night ? The Moon in Duckinfield as well usually on a Thursday I think though think been on a Saturday too. Al Devine was the dj at the Moon. Mate [souljer6 on here] lived opposite the Moon.
Guest Posted May 12, 2018 Posted May 12, 2018 17 minutes ago, modernsoulsucks said: I used to go there too between 69-71. Quite a trek from Hazel Grove. Was it Sunday night ? The Moon in Duckinfield as well usually on a Thursday I think though think been on a Saturday too. Al Devine was the dj at the Moon. Mate [souljer6 on here] lived opposite the Moon. Yeah, Sunday nights. I probably only started going there on a more regular basis in 72 though. Duckinfield? Never did the Moon, but did the rugby club umpteen times. Souljer6? That wouldn't be Richie Hillel by any chance would it? Knew him from the Pendulum etc.
Modernsoulsucks Posted May 12, 2018 Posted May 12, 2018 9 minutes ago, Joey said: Yeah, Sunday nights. I probably only started going there on a more regular basis in 72 though. Duckinfield? Never did the Moon, but did the rugby club umpteen times. Souljer6? That wouldn't be Richie Hillel by any chance would it? Knew him from the Pendulum etc. Yes, Richard. Was in sixth form with him. Stopped going by '72. Went to Rugby club a few times. Poco Poco in Stockport ran a night on a Sunday as well which was more or less Wheel records so went there too as closer than Ashton. Pendulem now and again when on Hardman St but regular at MSG.
Guest Posted May 12, 2018 Posted May 12, 2018 58 minutes ago, modernsoulsucks said: Yes, Richard. Was in sixth form with him. Stopped going by '72. Went to Rugby club a few times. Poco Poco in Stockport ran a night on a Sunday as well which was more or less Wheel records so went there too as closer than Ashton. Pendulem now and again when on Hardman St but regular at MSG. If you were in 6th form with him, you're probably couple of years older than I then. Last time I saw him was at Stoke, ten or so years ago. If you were a regular at the MSG Pendulum, then I would imagine we must know each other, even if only by sight.
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