Records That Shouldnt Have Been Played 1st Time

[Ady Croasdell]

There is always a lot of conflict about what should or shouldn't be played on the scene particularly when it comes to "pop" stompers etc.  In the early days of the Wheel etc there was allsorts played i.e Round Robin "Kick That Little Foot Sally Anne" .  Generally the scene revolved around predominently "black" records of a soul or R&B style coupled with "white" sounds withe the appropriate beat or sound and all the punters was happy(I think).  Then Dave Godin (RIP) with all the good intentions went to have a look at "The Northern Soul Scene".  From this day on the it was labelled a Soul scene and the arguments started.

Please discuss

Paul

PS I am predominantly a soul fan, but also there are many white pop tracks that have been played that I personally love.    And others I hate!

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Right and wrong! It was called a soul scene before Dave coined the phrase; it was known as "Old Soul" round our way (we weren't very imaginative). In fact the first ever Northen boots by Jeff King of Leicester were on that label.

However you're right that nobody minded pop records being played in the slightest. Apart from Round Robin, the Human Beinz, Frankie Valli and the Swinging Medallions spring to mind. Also Chubby Checker's Cum A La Be Stay is more poppy than any of those and was equally big.

[Dennisoul]

Stomper again I think you are partly right. This whole thread is about knocking things that did fill dancefloors at one time. I too see a distinction between Northern and rare soul, which is why I seperated the two in my post. Whoever was the first to spin the Futures in a Northern room didn't know what dancefloor reaction it would get, a feeling I am all too familiar with BTW. I question the choice of this as an appropriate sound for a Northern room even before a reaction, good, bad or indifferent, from dancers can be gauged.

They obviously had the courage of their convictions, I just wonder how many other cases they need to have taken into consideration

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I remember Soul Sam playin The Futures "Party....." at the Calton Studios in Edinburgh around 1986.in the main northern room.At the time it hadn`t been played much up here if at all.It absolutely brought the roof down bodies everywhere.The right record at the right time.

Andy D.

[Paul R]

Right and wrong! It was called a soul scene before Dave coined the phrase; it was known as "Old Soul" round our way (we weren't very imaginative). In fact the first ever Northen boots by Jeff King of Leicester were on that label.

However you're right that nobody minded pop records being played in the slightest. Apart from Round Robin, the Human Beinz, Frankie Valli and the Swinging Medallions spring to mind. Also Chubby Checker's Cum A La Be Stay is more poppy than any of those and was equally big.

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I agree Ady. But what I was trying to say was that it was that the small amount of pop stuff was accepted. It was just that mid term at Wigan they took the p*ss a lot. I think many people around the scene from its start to the present day are a bit selective about what is pop crap and what is acceptable. Personally(no pun), I loved Paul Anka "Can't Help Loving You" but hated Johnny Vanelli. And to this day there are loads of "white" records being accepted on the scene. The same can be said about '70s sounds also.

Paul