Unbelieveably Played At Wigan

[Guest aintgotit]

And what about everybodys favourite harpsicord "stormer", INTERPLAY.

Edited October 31, 2009 by whatsthiscalled

[Guest nubes]

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.

yep Leigh..that Steve Harrington track..was played by Adam at Stafford...the reason why i remember so well..is on the Friday night Viki and myself went to the Tithe Barn over in Wellingborough ..where it was played and the whole place erupted...in a dance frenzy...then on the Saturday night ....went to Stafford ..was played ..and think Viki and myself made enough noise for every fooker there..when it was played!!!!...xxxx

[Paul R]

I've flicked through this thread and I haven't seen it mentioned, but at least 50% of these unbelieveably played at Wigan but hit the charts records, were originally Mecca spins. Also another IMHO crap record that passed off as a Wigan sound is the Present "many's The Slip" which is a Levine discovery played by him in 75 as the vocal to "Bok To Bach"!. Othe Mecca Records that are thought of as Wigan are the two David & The Giants pop ditties. Don't get me wrong, I know a lot of shite was played at Station Road, but the same can be said for all "Northern Soul" venues then & probably now. Including Blackpool Mecca & Cleethorpes.

As for the mentions of LJ Johnson, yes, it was played at Wigan, but was an Ian levine Tailot made along with doomsday & weekspot etc. More Mecca that Wigan methinks.

I was a regular at both the casino and Mecca form 73-76 and the the thing that did it for me at Mecca was when they stared pl;aying the same records in the Highland Room that they were playing downstairs for the "divs" i.e "What A Difference a Day makes"

Paul

[Guest Swish]

Just give me 5 green and clears and 5 red and browns , then I'll know.

[Guest Swish]

I don't mean to be disrespectful, but sometimes you guys just don't get the score.

[Pete S]

Hindsight is a fantastic thing but Manys The Slip used to sound FANTASTIC in the main room at Wigan with a thousand people clapping along to it.

[Paul R]

What contemporary Soul Music?? Heaven forbid!!!!

I take it you are referring to the Esther phillips comment. I was just saying that I used go to "Northern" venues to hear the sounds that were not played at the "Normal" discos. Don't forget that it was you that started the thread Unbelieveably Played At Wigan, commenting on the playing of contemporary soul records, oh yeh! and contemporary pop!. I was putting the record straight, that most were unbelievably played at most other venues at the time.

Paul

[Paul R]

Hindsight is a fantastic thing but Manys The Slip used to sound FANTASTIC in the main room at Wigan with a thousand people clapping along to it.

So it did Pete, but I just didn't really get it at the time. Probably because the first time I heard it was at the Rose Room in Burnley, when Levine introduced it as the vocal to Bok To Bach. I just remember thinking "Feckin' What!"

Unbelievably did like the carstairs though, once I got used to it

Paul