Mike

FROBISHER SUITE - 28 FEBRUARY 2004 A cold and snowy night in Yorkshire, compounded the soul night promoter's nightmare - how many events clash with us tonight? Well, the answer to that question tonight was - many: New Century nighter, Stoke Togetherness nighter, a charity do in York, the list went on and on. Will anybody venture out because of the weather? Will they be saving themselves for next week's Prestatyn Weekender? Will anybody come through the door tonight? Questions, questions. Yes, numbers were a bit down on normal, but with guests MICK H and DEREK ALLEN, the Trent Soul contingent, joining residents DAVE BOX and FRED WARD, the quality of the sets guaranteed a full across the board mix. Dave kicked off the warm-up spot, 8 til 9, and as usual gave an airing to some soulful mid-tempo gems from his collection, many played for the first time at the venue. Dee Dee Warwick - We've Got Everything Going on Mercury; Fresh Flavour's - Without You Baby on Buddah; Patti Jo - Stay Away From Me on Scepter; Al Williams - The Other Side Of Your Love on Crajon; Denice Chandler - Mama, I Wish I'd Stayed At Home on Lock; Sonny Fisher - Oh Love, This Is Sonny on Tousea; Ralph Graham - What Am I To Do on RCA; Gene Chandler - Without You Here on Curtom; Tony Diamond - You Mean Everything To Me on Capitol; The Four Tops - Are You Man Enough on ABC Dunhill. Fred followed with his first set of the night, featuring classic oldies, as the crowd steadily built up. Mel Britt - She'll Come Running Back; Roger Collins - She's looking Good; Larry Laster - Go For Yourself; Bok to Bach - Father's Angels; Ethics - Look At Me Now; Saxie Russell - Psychedelic Soul; Edwin Starr - Back Street; Soul Twins - Quick Change Artist; Young Holt Unlimited - California Montage; Darrell Banks - Our Love Is In The Pocket; Chuck Jackson - These Chains Of Love; Ann Sexton - You've Been Gone Too Long; Illusions - You Didn't Have To Leave; Bobby Freeman - I'll Never Fall In Love Again; Lenis Guess - Just Ask Me; Crusaders - Put It Where You Want it; Impressions - You've Been Cheatin'; Ramsey Lewis - Wade In The Water. Third visit for Derek Allen, with his own unique style - how the hell he managed to cue in Cody Black's Slowly Molding between his frantic dancing and spins only he knows. A great set, resulting in a steadily filling dance floor. Sam Cooke - Sugar Dumpling on RCA; Richard Popcorn Wylie - It's A Girl's World on Soul Hawk; Jimmy Ruffin - He Who Picks A Rose unissued; Gladys Knight - No One Can Love You More on UK Tamla; Betty Swann - Kiss My Love Goodbye on Atlantic; Kenny Thomas - Crazy World; Bonnie Herman - Hush Don't Cry on Columbia; Paulette - Love You Baby on Contact; Dee Dee Sharp - I'm Coming Home from the Cameo LP; Beverley Ann Sharp - A Three Dollar Bill on Jubilee; James Fountain - Seven Day Lover on UK Cream; Patrice Holloway - Stolen Hours on Capitol; Linda Perry - I Need Someone on Mainstream; Will Collins&Will Power - Anything I Can Do on Bareback, Next up was Mick H guesting for the second time at the Frobisher. Mick over the last few years has built up a tremendous reputation spinning monster sounds a major venues all over the country and tonight was no exception. Mick laid down an incredible spot, kicking off with 70s monsters which he skilfully merged into a "rarest of the rare 60s" finale: Unique Blend - Yes, I Am In Love on Eastbound; Bobby Rich - There's A Girl For Me on Sambea; Ujima - I'm Not Ready on Epic; Eugene Smiley; Innersection - Let Me Love Yuh on Group 5; Eric Lomax - So Good To Me c/u; Nu-Rons - All Of My Love on Nu-Ron; Hamilton Movement; Poets - Wrapped Around Your Finger on J2; Aspirations - You Left Me on Peaches; Don Gardner - Cheatin Kind on Sedgrick; Kenny Gamble - The Joke's on You; Joe Jama - My Life on Optimum; Sensations - Demanding Man on Wayout; Appointments - I Saw You There on Delite; Jimmy Bo Horn to finish. Requests from the floor were Appreciations - I Can't Hide It on Aware, Professionals for Fred and Andy Fisher for Dave - it doesn't get any better than this. The crowd filled the floor and showed their appreciation by applauding every track. Now Follow That!!! Well, Dave had that job, tough as it was, and started his main set with a track he's been featuring for some time, namely Shelly Fisher - Girl I Love You on Dayla. Shelly wrote the song, and Garland Green's version on Gamma/Revue has been a classic for years. Methinks the time for Shelly Fisher's version is long overdue. Dave's set went something like this: Constellations - I Don't Know About You on Gemini Star; Darnells - Call On Me on Atco; Ruby Andrews - Just Loving You on Zodiac; Johnny Howard - The Chase Is On on Bashie; Casanova Two - We Got To Keep On on Early Bird; Masqueraders - Do You Love Me Baby on Wand; Soul Communicators - Those Lonely Nights on Fee Bee; Ascots - Another Day on Mira-don; King Ernest - You Gonna Miss Me on Sonic; A request from Mick H - Bold Breed - Mood For Love on Bold Breed, not many copies of this about - great up tempo sound; Tammy Lavon - It Takes Two on Nation; Geraldine Hunt - Winner Takes All on ABC; Fascinators - In Other Words on Bombay; Mystiques - Put Out The Fire on Twinight; Jimmy Hughes - It Ain't What You Got on Atlantic; Betty Turner - Be Careful Girl on Liberty; Baby Washington - Leave Me Alone on Sue; Volumes - Ain't Gonna Give You Up on Karen. Dave responded to a request for Jerry Williams classic If You Ask Me, which completed his set, and with a full dance floor, set things up quite nicely for Fred's final hour through to the finish at 2am. Fred's spot featured more classic oldies from both the 60s and 70s eras, and satisfied many requests - definitely keeping the dance floor busy. Moses Smith - Girl Across The Street; Younghearts - A Little Togetherness; Velours - I'm Gonna Change; James Barnett - Keep On Talking; Pattie&The Emblems - I'm Gonna Love You A Long Long Time; Nolan Chance - Just Like The Weather; Johnny Wyatt - This Thing Called Love; Nella Dodds - Come Back Baby; Exciters - Blowin Up My Mind; Dobie Gray - Out On The Floor (a request for the bar staff at the Frobisher); Johnny Sayles - I Can't Get Enough; Earl Jackson - Soul Self Satisfaction. To sum up the night - although down on numbers the crown responded and created a great atmosphere. It was a very enjoyable night full of tremendous soulful music. The Trent Soul duo and residents did the business. Thanks for your support - it can't happen without you the punters. 27 March is an All Yorkshire Event, with all the DJs coming from Yorkshire - guests John Britton from Wakefield, John Benson from Mexborough, and Dave and Fred from Normanton. See you there.

As may know the soul talk list is a email discussion soul list,. One of the regular and main posters on the list is John Pugh from West Midlands way. Has given ok to post one of his recent posts below. A review of the recent Lifeline event, thought be worthwhile as it gives others chance to read it. Bit late I know, its been in the queue for a bit, but as next one coming up soon and have a couple more of Johns writings to pass on, it nudged me to get it out Despite the travelling making me really rough for the last 3 days ( and probably at least the next 3 as well ) I wouldnt have missed Saturday for the world. Its kinda hard to top the Right music, the Right venue, the Right people in attendance and run by the Right people, etc., but Im sure they wont rest on their laurels and that itll go from strength to strength. Speaking to one or two who dont get as far south as even Manchester very often, I think theyll really get the benefit of having interesting guests like Marco & the forthcoming Steve G. One comment I read said "1000 pound rarity after 1000 pound rarity", and of course thats the basis of the rare soul experience, but for me I thought the 4 Tops** track was an absolute master stroke (as well as some of the other well thought out, superb but relatively available tracks, and forgotten oldies) I know this might seem at odds with some folks ideas, but the way I look at it is that youve got to have some punctuation, otherwise some of the less well known ( but brilliant) tracks can sort of blend into one another and they can lose their impact. " You gotta have a slice of plain bread every so often to appreciate how wonderfull cake is" was how one person described it and thats how I see it too. If one punter can go home and dig out some cheap but wonderful track and give it another listen then thats another type of success to judge the night by. After all most of us can never hope to own a copy of lots of the tracks that will get aired, so its nice to have a few dotted throughout the night that you can go out and track down without paying a kings ransom. I think thats why I enjoy Andy Ds sets so much because he generally digs something out that fits into this category (Ive probably played Laws of Love at home more times in the last few months than I have in the last twenty years, purely because id heard and enjoyed hearing Andy play it in his set) Having said that the main thrust of the nite for those who werent there, was wondrous obscure soul that downright deserves to be heard, because its just too good to be kept as a hidden gem. At one point in the nite Max and I sat and listened to Butchs set and just melted !!! He had two runs, think the one was five records and the other four, where it was as close to soul music perfection as you can get. Each tune just flowed perfectly into the next and its virtually impossible to put into words the feeling they generated, the emotional experience, the sheer joy of it, in my very humble opinion it was Northern Nirvana. Id have gone if it had just have been Butch and Andy on their own, but I understand that other folk have their favourite djs too, and the other djs on the line up all bought something to the dance as it were. The idea of piping the music through is a winner for the old farts like me and watching folk dash off in the middle of a conversation reminded me of myself in happier times. You know how it goes, the opening bars hit you, the drink goes on the table, fag in the ashtray, quick mumbled appology to whoever you were talking to as you zip off, literally dragged onto the floor by the time the first word of the song comes in :-) Often tho at most run of the mill doos you can tell when the djs change without looking by the music, but with this piped through idea, and the high quality maintained by ALL the djs it had me scratching my head at times wondering who was on. Thinking about it now, that makes me realise just how good all the sets I heard were. Finally it was great that so many true rare soul fans had made their way from all points of the compass. It makes such a difference to be able to enjoy the company of those who share a similar interpretation of this music of ours. With so many venues going on all around the country hopefully this will become the one place that every rare soul fan decides to make the effort to support ( tho I dont think many more folk could have been fitted in ?) Congrats Andy & Co, more power to ya !!! cheers john p.s. the ** above was to remind me to ask has anybody heard how Levi Stubbs is doing ? Last I read said he was very seriously ill, anybody heard different ? thanks to John for the ok to use, soul talk email list can be found at http://www.smartgroups.com/soultalk

Thought a great read so a worthwhile pass on Asked John P for a few possible "watch outs" for this upcoming Sunday. Well all will say that his reply was such a enjoyable read, I had to ask for permission to pass it on .... Planning and Prep - John Pugh Hi Mike, re plays at NCSC - talking to Max today he told me that hed spoken to someone who was Monkeying on Saturday, whod said theyd enjoyed hearing the Jackie Edwards duet with Joyce Bond version of I Feel So Bad from the vogue e.p. ( guess Carl W had played it ? ) so think Max says he is gonna stick that one in. Should find room somewhere for the Detroit 5 cover up weve been pushing ? Unusual and less well known things, A Bell Sound beauty that I keep wanting to call Shirley (& the Four) Temples, but thats just me being daft ! (was asked to play it at the last NCSC, but too late to fit it in, so if the same lad is there must try to play that one) Do you know the J.B. Willingham "Dont Want To Be Hurt No More " ? meant to play that last time too. That Laura Lee that shares a similar backing track to Al Kents "Way You Been Acting Lately" went over well last time we were there, so might try that again, to be honest apart from Detroit 5 and Laura Lee cant remember much of what we spun at NCSC ? (lost the playlist I posted, dont suppose youve got a copy ?) Might do a couple of old Albrighton things that have now got their second, third, or fourth wind - A few weve been playing again lately include, Bitter & Sweets "I Wont Have Any Babies For You" on Anything Everything Records, Percy & Thems "Look In The Mirror Of My Eyes " on Roulette, Ultimates, Vanguards ( cause you usually get asked for it but to be honest Im getting a bit fed up of it now after all these years) How about Target "Give Me One More Chance " on Kama, or Z.Z. & Company, which strikes me as almost a clone (but better) of the overplayed but still very popular Clarence Carters "Messing With My Mind", Whichever, I wouldnt be surprised to find at least a couple of x-overy tunes showing up towards the end. On the rougher almost RnB side, been enjoying playing Jock Mitchells "I Got To Know" and Demetriss Tapp "Ring Dang Doo" on the back of a few classics like Ted Taylor, but around our way the King Curtis one that sounds like Jnr Walker to my ears is going great guns, which leads nicely into the Catacombs oldies that Guy has been spinning Jenny & Jewels, which, if he isnt going to play it, we might ? Our heads have started to get into Cats anniversary mode so might drop a few if asked, but with so many to choose from I honestly have no idea. Was just listening to Cajun Heart "Got To Find A Way" in the house, and every time I get it out to play I cant help but think itd make a good big room revival sound, you know how certain sounds lend themselves to big rooms, with the way the brass leads the beat in places, the breaks for the dancers etc. Im prejudiced I suppose as I used to love to dance to this - when I was capable but never hear it now, which is a shame, imho You know how sometimes just one person can make a sound popular by bugging every dj in sight to play a particular tune. Recently I keep getting repeat requests for The Demures "Raining Teardrops" and the old Pat Lewis "No One To Love" on Solid Hit. Im sure that in both cases just one person started to ask for these two, and because of them other dancers having heard them again after a few years off the playlists, and now ask for these same two tunes. Nothing wrong in that, I love it when folk ask for requests that you actually have in your box. So to sum up what is the genuine answer to your question about what we will play - What we normally do is this, Max comes round my house on Thursday nite. We drink gallons of coffee, smoke endless cigarettes, start with a blank sheet of paper, and play our way through piles of records while discussing the weeks news, football, gossip and scurrilous rumours, making notes on the standout tunes as we go (with big arrows connecting stuff that sounds like it would be a nice fit with some other tune that we hadnt noticed might go together before, if were lucky) When weve got about enough tunes listed to do almost a complete 10 hour Niter, we condense the list to about 30 tunes we really would like to play. By now its usually close to 3 oclock in the morning and Max says for the umpteenth time " Ill Have To Go In A Minute, Gotta Open The Shop In A Few Hours", so we have our tenth final final cigarette and coffee, pack the tunes away, and in the process manage to forget if weve put the right ones into the playboxes, then call it a nite, which usually includes one of those twenty minute conversations on the doorstep about all the stuff weve forgot to say to each other in the previous seven or eight hours. Whether its a Friday, Saturday or Sunday club it doesnt matter, because our routine stays the same. We go out to the venue, forget virtually everything we decided on the Thursday nite and make it up as we go along, based on what the other djs are playing, what tune the previous dj is ending with, what the dancers are reacting well to, what requests you are asked for, and what the dj on after us is likely to be playing etc. while keeping the flow going and hopefully the floor pretty busy. If we get a chance we like to have a light-hearted post-mortem in the car on the way home. We usually realise that weve managed to play maybe two tunes from our Thursday Nites must play list. Honest !!! cheers John

Latest line up - Event now cancelled Just in case missed the news elsewhere Keith Williams added to the line up Friday 12th -Sun 14th November Latest line up The Djs: Friday and Saturday Mick H, Andy Dyson, Roger Banks, Dave Rimmer, John Weston, Chris Anderton, Cliffe Steele, Derek Pearson, Stevie Z, John Mills, Chic, Cookie, Keith Williams and Nige Shaw Sunday nite - north wales sweep up -Steve Thomas, Mark Speakman, Chico, Ritchie Andrew, Phil Blacknell, Mike H

The weekender at Rhyl 12 -14 Nov 04 has been cancelled The weekender at Rhyl 12 -14 Nov 04 has been cancelled The main promoters have made this decision as had very little response for the weekender and made this decision as felt to be fair to the hotel While dmsc were involved this was purely on the promotion side and not the decision making side, so while can pass on any comments to the main promoters on this matter, cant answer any. cheers mike h

Dave Godin died peacefully in his sleep on the morning of Friday October 15th. He had been ill for some time and was fully accepting of his fate, though true to himself he put up a brave fight. by ady croasdell Soul News Announcement Dave was a pioneer of Blackamerican music and soul music in particular throughout his life. The highlights of his endless championing of the cause were his working with Berry Gordy in establishing Tamla Motown as an entity in this country; his passion for, and the coining of, the genres Northern Soul and Deep Soul and his series of four CDs of “Dave Godin’s Deep Soul Treasures” which he claimed were the proudest achievements of his life. He was the world’s foremost soul music journalist for many years and wrote intelligently and illuminatingly on the subject, particularly in his Blues and Soul magazine column in the 60s and 70s. His grasp and understanding of Blackamerican social and political life gave him an insightful perspective on the music that made his writing so vital. He was also a renowned expert on films and a passionate Animal Rights activist as well as being a committed anarchist, vegan, pro-life, Esperanto speaker and supporter of the Jain religion. Details of his funeral will be posted as soon as we have them. It is hoped that there will be a celebratory soul dance on the evening of the funeral. Cards can be sent to Dave Godin in memorium 27 Clifton Crescent South Rotherham S Yorks S65 2AR Dave wished any donations to be sent to: Dr Elizabeth Svendsen The Donkey Sanctuary Sidmouth Devon EX10 0NU UK Cheques payable to the Donkey Sanctuary We have set up a message board for any thoughts or reminiscences on Dave’s life at the 6TS website www.6ts.info The direct link is http://pub18.bravenet.com/guestbook/1467978738 A fuller obituary will be released after the weekend.

Craig W recently posted up a photo of a 60s soul playlist from WCIN Radio, this set me off on a dig for more info and on my travels found a website devoted to the station. Recently celebrated its 50th anniversary the site whilst a bit brief, and the anniversary was last year, would say it may be of interest for those with a interest in the history of soul music, with photos and recollections from some of the djs from over the years. From the first time 1480 WCIN did its first broadcast in 1953, the station has proven itself to be an integral part of the Greater Cincinnati metro community and the national music industry. It was in October of 1953 when the city of Cincinnati heard WCIN on the air with its first show. That broadcast was an early morning one hour gospel music program. In the span of 50 years WCIN would lead in promoting some of the best music in the industry. 1480 WCIN introduced people to music greats like Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson, James Brown and Aretha Franklin. WCIN set the important precedents that have made radio a viable part of the music industry.......... visit the WCIN site here

check latest updates out - a worthwhile way to spend a few hours The worthwhile Soul Generation site had a fair amount of recent updates, including recent interviews with Skip Easterling and James Bell As always site is well worth a visit and deserves to be on your " regular check it out " list, link below get over there now couple of lead ins on the interviews below James Bell was the lead vocalist with legendary Indianapolis soulsters The Highlighters Band as well as being the songwriter and arranger of most of their classic recordings highly valued on both the funk and soul scene. I interviewed James about one of his 45s that strangely seems to be swept aside in interviews about the Highlighters Band yet remains one of the most desired and highly prized of his releases. Interview conducted: Martin Lawrie July 2004 New Orleans rhythm and blues singer Skip Easterling recorded for the legendary Joe Banashak throughout the best part of the sixties and into the 70s. He is best remembered for the classic funk reworking of "Im Your Hoochie Koochie Man" recorded under Huey Piano Smith. I interviewed Skip about a lesser known but much coveted soul stormer he recorded under Eddie Bo called "keep The fire burning" Martin Lawrie July 2004

2 hours of soul from downtown bradford via Derek Pearson Thanks to Hippo , if you were out and about at weekend and missed Derek Pearson on Bradford Radio doing 2 hours of solid quality, be glad to know can now catch it up in the Source Sounds Section streaming loud, clear, vibrant and all that sort of thing Recommended - Part 1 up 60 minutes, part 2 up next

Sat morning at 10 am on Solar Radio. DONI BURDICK JOINS KEV ROBERTS THIS SATURDAY MORNING AT 10AM ON SOLAR RADIO, SKY DIGITAL CHANNEL 879. THE WEEKLY PRIME TIME SHOW HAS SHIRLEY ALSTON, THE SOUL SET, THE DRAMATICS, MITCH RYDER, ARCHIE BELL PLUS AN ENDLESS STREAM OF NORTHERN HALL OF FAMERS. GUESTS, AT LEAST £100 IN PRIZES GUARANTEED WEEKLY.

Kev Roberts Radio The Northern Soul Hall of Fame Presenter; Kev Roberts Stations; Solar, Sky Digital Channel 879(www.goldsoul.co.uk) Saturday 10am-Noon. The show is rolled out to Sunshine 855am(Shropshire) and Mansfield 103.2fm(North Midlands) for air on Sunday at 5-7pm. USA listeners can hear the show on the ESN format www.beachshag.com at 12 noon USA and 5pm UK time every Sunday. Some selections are featured on Saga 106.6(East Midlands) every Friday at 8pm. THIS WEEKS SHOW(playlist, competitions, guests) Hour 1(Northern); Soulville All Star-I'm Gonna Get To You(1968), What's Her Name-Keni Lewis(1968), Ten Times A Day-Malibus(1967), Shirley Alston introduces 'Look What You've Done To My Heart'(1969), Just Don't Know-Chubby Checker(1965), It Takes Love-Delilah Moore(1974),GIG GUIDE then Linda Jones-I Just Can't Live My Life(1968),Mel Britt-She'll Come Running Back(1969), Wally Cox-This Man(1967),The Originals-Temporarily Out Of Order(1977), Andrea Henry-I Need You Like A Baby(1966), COMPETITION WIN £100, Then The SOUL SET talk about their obscure 45 'Will You Ever Learn' Hour 2; A great selection of CLASSIC SOUL(60's-present) Requests and info to; kev@thesoulshow.com

Sunday Night on Solar Radio...Sky Channnel 879 @ 8.00-10.00 Fellow Soul Sources just thought id give a small review of Mark Bicknells Sunday Night radio show on Solar radio, Sky Channel 879 time start 8.00pm while 10.00pm.......(this just isnt long enough)....... The quality of rare soul on this fellas show is nothing short of fantastic, this is a raw,thumping,pumping, powerhouse 2 hour rollercoasting ,spine tingling shirt ripping, dancing,..... Experience......... Only last week we were given the "god" given oppurtunity to be treated to such awesome vinyl 45s as George Freemans "Down and Out".....does it get any better than as Mark puts it ..."Sam Fletcher 2".., well believe me it really does...what about the Inspirations and there fantastic unreleased "Gonna find A New Love". You also missed the chance to hear the the totally underplayed Dells and their showstopping Cadet sound "Thinking About You", previous weeks have littered my own living room with drop -dead tracks such as Terri Bryant "Genie"/Carol Fran "You Cant Stop Me"/Magnetics "Ill Keep Holding On"....plus the earth shattering Otis Leavill "One-Derful " recording "Tired Of Falling In and Out(Of Love)",plus such luminaries as Clara Hardy and "I Dream of You". The list is endless and as we on this forum are privy to such inside information, i can only say if you have not yet heard "Big Daddy" on the airwaves, then what in Gods name are you doing on a sunday night, i for one never miss this feast of Rare Soul, and armed with an (Ever Growing) A4 book and indelible ink pen, my wants list and "Wifes" patience grow ever longer..... If You Have A Soul.....you must listen to this Preacher...... site note original member details have been trashed, think know who it is , ask get in touch to confirm and will alter