Unbelieveably Played At Wigan

[Guest]

The Northern Soul Scene is always known as A Rare Soul Scene

But some of them weren't rare and l remember these been played

at The Casino just before they hit the charts;

Queen of Clubs-KC and The Sunshine Band

I'm on Fire-5000 Volts

and.................................................

First,last everything-Barry White

Anymore out there??

[Guest Matt Male]

Candi Staton - Young Hearts Run Free

[Pete S]

Candi Staton - Young Hearts Run Free

I swear I never heard that there, even before it was released here

[Sean Tasker]

In 78 there was a time when M's use to open early before the Casino (8-10 I think). We use to go in for a shift pint of Burtonwood's (bloody awful stuff) and get warmed up for the main event. My mate Alec swears that Leo Sayer - Thunder in my heart was once played, now I cannot verify this as I was outside in search of some hurry up. Anybody else remember it?

Sean

[Davetay]

I swear I never heard that there, even before it was released here

Pete, Richard was playing it in 76, but i don't know about at the Casino, cause i was not going there myself at the time.

[Tabs]

Biddu Orch - Exodus

[kevinsoulman]

detroit spinners working my way back to you was another,as for northern being rare it goes back to the same old argument,if it had that beat it got played and if they danced it got played again,now whether it was soulful or rare

kev

[Guest Matt Male]

I swear I never heard that there, even before it was released here

I thought i remembered you saying it was ages ago, that's why i posted it. Too early for me.

[Guest BigPaul]

Carwash-Rose Royce

[billb]

Curtis Mayfield - Move on up?

[Pete S]

I thought i remembered you saying it was ages ago, that's why i posted it. Too early for me.

no not me Matt, I know it was played at Blackpool but I didn't hear it at Wigan

[Pete S]

The thing is, records like Queen Of Clubs shouldn't be derided just because they got in the charts; Blackpool was playing 70% new releases so Wigan also played new imports; two of the very biggest records 76 were Don't take away the music and Heaven must be missing an angel by Tavares - I remember hearing Car Wash played there on import too, and Center City, Do what you wanna do (T Connection) - they all charted eventually

[Rob Wigley]

detroit spinners working my way back to you was another,as for northern being rare it goes back to the same old argument,if it had that beat it got played and if they danced it got played again,now whether it was soulful or rare

kev

Very true Searling played it as a new USA release 77/78 ?

[MikeHinNewJersey]

Wasn't that the B-side of Summer of 42..and where did Moses come into this ..

Hang on heres The Girl Across The Street coming to tell me!!

'twas the 'B' side to Rain Forest from the album Blue Eyed Soul

[doublecookin]

different venue, but I remember donna summer - love to love you baby, being played at sammys

[Guest TONY ROUNCE]

I once heard a rumour that some soul records occasionally got played at Wigan, but frankly I find that a bit 'unbelievable'...

(Before Pete lambasts me I should point out that this is a half-baked, late night attempt at humor, accelerated by 4 pints of Hog's Back 'Hop'...)

Edited April 9, 2009 by TONY ROUNCE

[Tabs]

George Benson - Supership

[Guest topcatnumpty1]

Nice one!!! Cracking tune!!!!!!

Why did it take Wigan 4 years to play Dooley Silverspoon??

( cos it charted!!!???)

Sean T.--DEFO CONFIRM that Leo Sayer was played upstairs in M,S early doors Sat nite---Pam and i nearly fell off the balcony

T.C.

[Pete S]

Nice one!!! Cracking tune!!!!!!

Why did it take Wigan 4 years to play Dooley Silverspoon??

( cos it charted!!!???)

Wigan did play Dooley Silverspoon, everyone played Dooley Silverspoon, when it was released it stayed played for ages too.

[Guest BigPaul]

different venue, but I remember donna summer - love to love you baby, being played at sammys

Also heard I Love Music-OJays at Samanthas

Me memory always was better on a Fri than

a Sat, not sure why

[SteveM]

Also heard I Love Music-OJays at Samanthas

Me memory always was better on a Fri than

a Sat, not sure why

Esther Philips "What A Difference A Day Makes" was a big record at Sams as well, along with the Tavares DTATM, played off the album before the 45 release.

Both great records and obviously played elsewhere at the same time.

Edited April 10, 2009 by SteveM

[Ian Parker]

I heard "I love music" at the casino, a fine record in my opinion. also remember hearing keep on running (spencer davis group) in M's .

[Diddy Morgan]

I heard "I love music" at the casino, a fine record in my opinion. also remember hearing keep on running (spencer davis group) in M's .

also gimme some lovin was very popular in mr ms'

[Guest Leigh J]

I heard "I love music" at the casino, a fine record in my opinion. also remember hearing keep on running (spencer davis group) in M's .

This was played a few years later athe Top of the World along with Harold Melvin the love I lost and they sounded brilliant.

Steve Arrington and Booker Newbury were also played ahead of release , If I remember right a version of 'going back to my roots' was getting played at that time too , not a clue who it was by though.

[Sean Tasker]

Sean T.--DEFO CONFIRM that Leo Sayer was played upstairs in M,S early doors Sat nite---Pam and i nearly fell off the balcony

T.C.

Bollocks, that means I've got to stop taking the piss everytime he mentions it!!

Sean

[Guest TONY ROUNCE]

If I remember right a version of 'going back to my roots' was getting played at that time too , not a clue who it was by though.

...Richie Havens, maybe?

[Pete S]

Are you sure there, l know it was played,but can't remember it been

played Pre-79 and it was released in 76.... Great tune tho'

thought it was released in 75...or played off the lp - I have it on a 75 tape

Edited April 10, 2009 by Pete S

[Ezzie Brown]

a little off topic but..................i heard "i just cant get you out of my mind " the four tops a few years ago at wilton .........i didnt do 400 miles round trip for that i can assure you.......ezzie

just thought!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i heard "i love music " at prestatyn,sunday last hour a few years ago!!!!!! not been since,coincidence??????????

Edited April 10, 2009 by ezzie brown

[SteveM]

Wasn't that a cover up of Eddie...and some other group??

Are you thinking of Eddy Jacobs Exchange "Cant Seem To Get You Out Of My Mind" on Columbia, which was covered as Ronnie McNeir "Back In The Streets Again" depite being a UK released Four Tops b side ? Thats a different record to the one Ezzie mentioned.

Edited April 10, 2009 by SteveM

[Guest aintgotit]

also gimme some lovin was very popular in mr ms'

that got played the first time i went ,along with green onions and backfield in motion.judy in gisguise as well.

[Guest aintgotit]

...Richie Havens, maybe?

lamont dozier?

[SteveM]

lamont dozier?

[Guest gordon russell]

there ya all go......bang tidy list of oldies.....still if they were played at wigin they are now classic northern soul

[Diddy Morgan]

probaby...................l sounnd like an advert for CarlinG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

still got my issue of eddy jacobs exchange, was a pat brady spin if i remember rightly

[Guest Nick Harrison]

Very true Searling played it as a new USA release 77/78 ?

Rob that would be 1978, when Richard was championing it, soon after it was released as a UK 45 release and shot to number one in the uk pop charts and was still being played by Mr Winstanley. Along side Isaac Hayes - Disco Connection.

[Guest Nick Harrison]

lamont dozier?

Or was it not Idris Muhammed...........!!!!!!!

[Rob Wigley]

still got my issue of eddy jacobs exchange, was a pat brady spin if i remember rightly

Gary Rusbrook, I think, he always played it !

[Ezzie Brown]

i think i prob owned all the records mentioned in this thread around the 70s ...new release us soul did very well in the charts,lots after exposure on our scene,cant say i would listen to any of it now tho, ezzie

[Pete S]

Rob that would be 1978, when Richard was championing it, soon after it was released as a UK 45 release and shot to number one in the uk pop charts and was still being played by Mr Winstanley. Along side Isaac Hayes - Disco Connection.

Isaac Hayes was way earlier wasn't it, 75-76?

[Tabs]

Think it was released late 75.

Isaac Hayes was way earlier wasn't it, 75-76?

[Guest Nick Harrison]

Isaac Hayes was way earlier wasn't it, 75-76?

Yes - 1976 Isaac Hayes Movement was released on Uk (ABC 4100) and charted. Was later played/reused during 1978 by Winstanley.

Edited April 10, 2009 by Nick Harrison

[Pete S]

Yes - 1976 Isaac Hayes Movement was released on Uk (ABC 4100) and charted. Was later played/reused during 1978 by Winstanley.

Where?

You sure you don't mean played by Dave Evison?

Edited April 10, 2009 by Pete S

[Pilgrimsoul]

a little off topic but..................i heard "i just cant get you out of my mind " the four tops a few years ago at wilton .........i didnt do 400 miles round trip for that i can assure you.......ezzie

just thought!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i heard "i love music " at prestatyn,sunday last hour a few years ago!!!!!! not been since,coincidence??????????

"I love music" is still getting played along with "The love i lost" and i must say they go down very well down lincolnshire way

[grantdyche]

Or was it not Idris Muhammed...........!!!!!!!

No it was by Lamont Dozier,It was also used at the time as a jingle on a TV advert for a packet of crisps called Kp Disco's,

TRUE not a myth I remember it well,it was later covered by Odyssey,

The Idris Muhammed track was called "Could Heaven Ever Be Like This.

Edited April 10, 2009 by grantdyche

[grantdyche]

Curtis Mayfield - Move on up?

This track is now a part of The Casino legend,

Apparently Dave Evison was doing a spot in the main hall and had forgotten to cue up is next track,as the last few bars of whatever he was playing started to fade out he just reached into his box and pulled out the first thing he got his hands on"Move On Up" was the said track It went down a storm I'm led to believe,This one thing was to lead to the opening of Mr M's as an oldies room in the following weeks.

[Guest familytree]

The thing is, records like Queen Of Clubs shouldn't be derided just because they got in the charts; Blackpool was playing 70% new releases so Wigan also played new imports; two of the very biggest records 76 were Don't take away the music and Heaven must be missing an angel by Tavares - I remember hearing Car Wash played there on import too, and Center City, Do what you wanna do (T Connection) - they all charted eventually

what about the four seasons 'who loves ya' or something like that? heard it on smooth tonight and thought im sure they played it at wigan???

[Guest Awake 502]

Anymore out there??

Trammps "Hold back the night" played everywhere

Roger Collins "Sexy sugar plum"

Phyllis Hyman "You now how to love me"

This was huge at Wigan before it charted.....

[grantdyche]

Trammps "Hold back the night" played everywhere

Roger Collins "Sexy sugar plum"

Phyllis Hyman "You now how to love me"

This was huge at Wigan before it charted.....

I wrote about Phyliss Hyman on a facebook Northern page a while ago,I heard it at at Heywood civic hall,and all of my mates looked at me and I looked at them,Yep it's a disco record about 80ish I think,

Yes Iam an old bloke who came back to the scene!!,

The Trammps when you think about it?

It was released in 74 ish,and it does have a good beat,The instrumental is called "Scrub Board",and it features on many Northern collection cd's,

Sexy Sugar Plum,Ah well ummm,

I bought it and tried to dance to it at the Ritz,

I was 16-17 should I have known better???,

If it was a newie today would they dance to it??

If you were a newbie on the scene would you dance to it??

It's all up to you folks,

After all this is a discussion,

No point in saying it should not have / or be played,It was and still is,

"You sexy sugar plum look what you've gone and done"

Cheers

Grant

[burt weedon]

I swear I never heard that there, even before it was released here

pete,trust me mate,i remember it being played,i bloody danced to it and monie,monie..jim gilstrap;im on fire....elton john;are you ready..(keith minshall)..mind you folks there better than sum of that pop\soul crap of the 70,s...9 times out of 10...10 fckin wot.....aaarhhhh.

[kevinsoulman]

i seem to remember another tavares track played too it only takes a minute

kev

just going off topic for a mo, i always remember going to one of kojacks do's down in portsmouth in 1977 and he played hot chocolates first no 1 so you win again, because he said if anyone deserved a no 1 they did,one of the few groups to have a top ten hit every year that decade i believe.

kev