Nicking tunes

[Gogger]

A while back when I started getting interested in rare soul music again , a friend of mine who had never left the scene was telling me about someone who had wired into the sound system and was recording another djs tunes, does anyone know of this and who was involved, or is my memory playing tricks, thanks in advance

[The Tempest]

Do you mean like how people use to record dj spots in the 70’s and 80’s with a tape recorder ? Just a bit more advanced nowadays ? 

[Woodbutcher]

 

[Gogger]

  On 22/09/2024 at 13:49, The Tempest said:

Do you mean like how people use to record dj spots in the 70’s and 80’s with a tape recorder ? Just a bit more advanced nowadays ? 

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Sorry I don’t know the full story, I got the impression he was recording them to use for himself to dj with, I believe he was djing himself and was stealing the tunes , I just wondered who it was , this story was told to me around 10/15 years ago and was a recent event around then I believe, 

[Gogger]

  On 22/09/2024 at 13:58, Woodbutcher said:

 

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What happened to the perpetrators, banned for life , disappeared of the face of the earth, he seemed a bit hard faced , thanks 

[Eddie Hubbard]

Gavin has passed away a while back 

[Gogger]

Sorry to hear that 

[Gogger]

  On 22/09/2024 at 14:59, Eddie Hubbard said:

Gavin has passed away a while back 

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Did you know him Eddie 

[Eddie Hubbard]

  On 22/09/2024 at 19:45, Gogger said:

Did you know him Eddie 

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In the early days of The Rocket all Nighter ,yes .What he did was obviously wrong .

[Chalky]

  On 22/09/2024 at 14:01, Gogger said:

Sorry I don’t know the full story, I got the impression he was recording them to use for himself to dj with, I believe he was djing himself and was stealing the tunes , I just wondered who it was , this story was told to me around 10/15 years ago and was a recent event around then I believe, 

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He wasn't using them for himself, he distributed cds of Butch's set from which other low life's took cuts and played out.  

[Gogger]

  On 23/09/2024 at 10:54, Chalky said:

He wasn't using them for himself, he distributed cds of Butch's set from which other low life's took cuts and played out.  

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Thanks chalky, just wasn’t sure of the story, I’ve read the post wood butcher put on and it’s a lot clearer now , can imagine at the time it caused shockwaves, thanks again 

[Tony Smith]

  On 23/09/2024 at 10:54, Chalky said:

He wasn't using them for himself, he distributed cds of Butch's set from which other low life's took cuts and played out.  

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Gavin who did on the behalf of someone else...

 

[Peter99]

  On 23/09/2024 at 18:15, Tony Smith said:

Gavin who did on the behalf of someone else...

 

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Someone else......................?

[Tony Smith]

  On 23/09/2024 at 18:18, Peter99 said:

Someone else......................?

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Well he worked for a certain person

[Woodbutcher]

  On 23/09/2024 at 19:16, Tony Smith said:

Well he worked for a certain person

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A certain potty-mouthed individual ? 

[Chalky]

Daren't anyone say Levine 

[Woodbutcher]

  On 23/09/2024 at 20:50, Chalky said:

Daren't anyone say Levine 

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Didn't want any of his minions sending word that his name had been mentioned here inducing him to make a bile spraying reappearance  ... 

[Benji]

  On 23/09/2024 at 21:16, Woodbutcher said:

Didn't want any of his minions sending word that his name had been mentioned here inducing him to make a bile spraying reappearance  ... 

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Him to appear you would have to say his name thrice: levine, levine, ...

[Geeselad]

I know someone got sacked from the casino for the practice, allegedly. And a certain individual played a cut of the admirations at winsford allnighter, it didn't go to well

[Chalky]

  On 23/09/2024 at 21:16, Woodbutcher said:

Didn't want any of his minions sending word that his name had been mentioned here inducing him to make a bile spraying reappearance  ... 

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He's just a bag of wind

[Julianb]

  On 22/09/2024 at 14:59, Eddie Hubbard said:

Gavin has passed away a while back 

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Not read the whole thread. Are you talking about Gavin Stearn?

[Chalky]

  On 24/09/2024 at 16:42, Julianb said:

Not read the whole thread. Are you talking about Gavin Stearn?

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yes

[Julianb]

Thanks Chalky. Good to see you at Culcheth the other week

[Arthur Fenn]

I heard GS on a radio show with a certain guy spouting "how wonderful" they were to be finding and playing ( Butch's ) 1 off's to us mere mortals. Quite sickening i remember .

[Chalky]

  On 24/09/2024 at 18:15, Julianb said:

Thanks Chalky. Good to see you at Culcheth the other week

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Likewise mate, its been a while

[Eddie Hubbard]

  On 24/09/2024 at 16:42, Julianb said:

Not read the whole thread. Are you talking about Gavin Stearn?

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Yes Julian 

[Ted Massey]

  On 24/09/2024 at 11:51, Geeselad said:

I know someone got sacked from the casino for the practice, allegedly. And a certain individual played a cut of the admirations at winsford allnighter, it didn't go to well

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it was the Mello Souls at Winsford wasn't it 

Edited September 26, 2024 by Ted Massey

[Siz Sale]

I must admit i taped one of Richard Searlings spots when he worked for me and it  had all his cover ups at the time (Vicky Baines Cecil Washington  ect) on it of a very high quality  ,i just used to play it in the car . Tony Just   let slip to "Les McCutchen"i had all Richards songs and it was a case of name your price which was substantial as they would told Tony they would just boot them under the cover up name .I flatly refused and got that guilty and paranoid i immediately fessed up and gave the tape back to "Richard" who wasn't impressed i had  taped him but was grateful his crown jewels were kept out of "Simon Soussans" hands . This was Early 79 so its not a new thing.

  

[Peter99]

  On 26/09/2024 at 17:42, Siz Sale said:

I must admit i taped one of Richard Searlings spots when he worked for me and it  had all his cover ups at the time (Vicky Baines Cecil Washington  ect) on it of a very high quality  ,i just used to play it in the car . Tony Just   let slip to "Les McCutchen"i had all Richards songs and it was a case of name your price which was substantial as they would told Tony they would just boot them under the cover up name .I flatly refused and got that guilty and paranoid i immediately fessed up and gave the tape back to "Richard" who wasn't impressed i had  taped him but was grateful his crown jewels were kept out of "Simon Soussans" hands . This was Early 79 so its not a new thing.

  

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Tony who?

 

[Carty]

Just.

[Simon T]

  On 26/09/2024 at 18:19, Peter99 said:

Tony who?

 

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Jebb?

[Chalky]

  On 26/09/2024 at 18:19, Peter99 said:

Tony who?

 

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Tony Just

He has a sales page in the magazine I uploaded here other day

Edited September 26, 2024 by Chalky

[Keamus]

Used to buy loads of records from Tony’s Manchester store on the market in Manchester in the mid 80s. He now lives in Blackpool.

[Geeselad]

  On 26/09/2024 at 09:06, Ted Massey said:

it was the Mello Souls at Winsford wasn't it 

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Well I thought that, but someone recently told me admirations, I remember being there but couldn't be 100% on the record. I spent most of my time at winsford in the modern room.