Mike

Just a reminder that the Charity CD mentioned earlier, done by Andy Dyson is available. Already a big sum has been raised and had rave reviews address for cash is Andy Dyson 12 MICKLEBRING GROVE , CONISBROUGH , NEAR DONCASTER , SOUTH YORKS DN11 9UT

If at DMSC last nite between 0910-1000 apart from being able to participate/fight at the bar in the last 10 minutes of the " 2 for 1 drink " offer! You would have had chance to catch yet another quality sessions in one of our pre-main guests spots Andy Killick did the latter one of these spots this event, and his playlist is below. mike NOMADS SOMETHINS BAD MO-GROOV PROFESSIONALS THATS WHY I LOVE YOU GROOVE CITY CASHMERES SHOWSTOPPER HEM FACINATORS IN OTHER WORDS BOMBAY VENTURAS HEART OF LOVE GREEN LIGHT TOMMY SOUL ILL BE RIGHT HERE GASLIGHT SOUL COMUNICATORS LONELY NIGHTS FEE BEE MARTINEQUES IF YOU WANT TO CALL ME ME-O GEORGE HUGHLEY THATS WHY I CRY BUDAH LA SHAWN COLLINS WHAT YOU GONNA DO SINCERE EPSILONS MIND IN A BIND HEM SKIP JACKSON IM ON TO YOU GIRL DOT-MAR AGE OF BRONZE IM GONNA LOVE YOU GUAVA HOLLIDAYS SET ME ON MY FEET RIGHT HOLLIDAY CELEBRITIES I CHOOSE YOU BOSS NEW WANDERERS LET ME RENDER MY SERVICE READY DE-LITES LOVER CUPPY WADE FLEMMONS TWO OF A KIND RAMSEL JOHNNY MAE MATHEWS I HAVE NO CHOICE BIG HIT

News from Paul Cross last nite which is well welcome by meself and sure by others. Manor Lea Hotel, Albrighton, the once highly regarded venue is to return With first event being a Soul Nite on 13 Dec 02 Music being 60/70s format Been told Martin Bradley and Des Parker also involved. And those great words "punter friendly attitude " were used. So all looks and sounds good and a definite candidate for the ever growing must go event list Futures so bright...........!

DMSC Soul nite was on last nite at the Springfield Hotel A55 Third one in the series and the final sort of see how things are going one. Well how did combination of a line up featuring likes of KEITH MONEY, ION and DAVE THORLEY, a well smart venue and monkey attitude go? Well need to hit read more for my own view and will just say watch out soon for next years dates, more top quality line ups and some near future news Third Monkey happened Nite looking back seems to have been a succesfull one. All feedback got on nite and so far was that all enjoyed it . Crowd: A fairly mixed crowd, a good "here to enjoy" feel was all over place Fair few regulars hardcore now and hats off to the long distance ones such as St Ives and also the Irish contigent who flew in and paid the door in Euros! Fair few new faces, some regonisable. Found out hotel has been advertising nite in its own leaflets and reckon had a couple coming in cause of that. Full marks to the girls who turned up in a white stretch limo for the nite though not as impressive as my 24 hour hire nissan micra but was very close Djs Main regs Andy R and Rob T were on sidelines due to a double booking so a few last minute signings and reckon we had a well a strong line up Main room Keith Money, Ion, Dave Thorley being the main striking force and they went for goal big style. Some great sets, and some great sounds. First guest up was Chico doing the "local" spot, went for a 70s feel as doing 60s later and did good things. Andy Killick another local (Chester) dj/collector up next, weve been warning people off about him as knew what he was going to dish out and he certainly deserved that warning with some top dog sounds. Ion making a rare appearance up here next and carried on from last time caught him with quality set Dave Thorley again a name not often seen round these parts, stepped up and lashed out with some great sounds Scotlands Keith Money was last of the all-star guest line up, and ouch, so good it hurt, know that now has a well strong dmsc contigent to his fanclub. Great stuff. Last half hour was the "monkey till you drop" finish with as normal the "local" boy taking it on. Chico dug deep and come up with a half hour feel good mix of classics, quality and good to hear agains. No excuses Play lists hopefully will follow soonest, Second room Bit of confusion about this sometimes, as heard it called in past the "modern" ? room, the "R&B" room amongst other things!! Loose 6ts "across the other side of street format", is what we are after delivering and we try and get a varied mix of djs, who offer a varied mix of 6ts soul and reckon certainly had that this time. Allready this room seems to have got a bit of rep after the last one, with even a "undercover" reporter present. Didnt go as planned really due to one dj late and one dj doing what asked not to- what can you do? Martin Thomson made long journey up from London and gave us some quality These Old Shoes Style for the last hour set, some great stuff, and gotta say big thanks to Martin for making the journey Pete Coulson - was lynch pin for room, did early bit, then finished the nite off with a top selection of uptempo R&B which had place jumping Brian Rae - Brian dug deep for some classy little heard vinyl spins to take us on a voyage of discovery Mark Morgan - Mark pushed out a popular set that went down well on floor odds digital cameras were out and about thanks to Anne, so some visual shocks should be up soon biggest suprise of nite was when Nick Brown just turned up outta blue -double take time online - always good to meet online people, hat off to Scotty and wife from Carlisle, plus all usual suspects news - lea manor is coming back soon venue hotel seems have well busy turnover of staff, but gotta say not many if any of previous hiccups showed up, few minor tweaks with sound, normal barstaff confusion with hour long two for one drink promotion but everything else seemed to work good. Was a fair few record sales doing the rounds, with some good buys to be had future - next one is a one-roomer with main guest being Andy Dyson and regs Rob Thomas with Carl Willingham standing in for Andy Rix whos on holiday. Plus Mark Speakman and Soul talks very own Steve T Plan is to cram everyone in, look door and see what state all are in after 5 and a half hours of rare soul mayhem. Nov 16 being the day. own view - ok as one of the team, my view is coming from a different angle that the "punter",all feedback got was all seemed to have well enjoyable time, after 3 events now have a great bunch of regs and supporters, and know that theres a fair few "revitalised" (word some used to explain it) people hungry for even more fresh sounds. So what seen and heard feedback all good. Thanks - gotta say many thanks to all the guest djs, a fair few did some well long journeys to show up, and am sure their efforts are appreciated by all as their sounds were. Know they enjoyed themselves and had a great time, which is what its all about. Thanks as always to those who helped with flyers, spreading the word, supporting us and and more. Thanks to main sound crew Lawrence and arabians And Pete Coulson for 2nd room gear plus his roadies ....his family Thanks to DMSC door crew team Sue, Julie and Dave And of course thanks to all DMSC members, the ones who put the monkey in it DMSC ps we thrive on feed back and ears always open , so lets us know any thoughts, views, criticisms etc etc on nite always scrounging stuff for site if wanna do a review , shoot away either email dmsc@soul-source.net website - www.soul-source.co.uk should be updated soonest, if want to see video clips - give Dick John a kick when see him next.

Keep telling you that that were neck deep in quality rare soul this Saturday... check out the Top 5 of most requested tunes from Pete Coulson Who is just one of the 9 djs lined up for this Saturdays Monkey Pete will be found lashing out in the second room the likes of: George Cameron- My heart tell me so Dean Barlow - Third Window From The Right Stu Garner - Expressing My Love Roscoe and Barbara - Could This be Love Albert Washington - Im The Man

Well after all views, reviews etc it seems that the event of the weekend was The Keele Allnighter, been told next one is in Dec. For interest here is a playlist from Keele from Irish Greg which went down really well to a packed floor. Of course Greg is co-promoter of CSC whose next event is on this Friday in London Town (see prev post). Check site out for more info and details. Plus just for info, this was originally posted on the rare soul discussion list - SOUL TALK (If feel a bit like you are missing out and fed up of egos, abuse, off topic crap and just want the latest on-topic, friendly , worthwhile rare soul discussion, just hit that sign up link matey!) ....and this is what Greg played at Keele, although not necessarily in the correct order: Pat Lewis - No one to love - Solid Hit Utopias - Girls are against me - La Salle New Wanderers - Aint gonna do you no harm - Ready Flash McKinley - Ill rescue you - Bombay Other Brothers - Its been a long time - Modern O.C. Tolbert - You got me turned around - Unissued Topper Fuller Brothers - Moanin & Groanin & Crying - Keyman Tamala Lewis - Just don't say nothing - Marton Other Brothers - Nobody but you honey - Unissued Modern Joe Matthews - Ain't nothing you can do - Kool Kat Mary Saxton - Losing Control - Beechwood LP Brand New Faces - Brand new faces - Lu-Juna Judy Freeman - Hold On - Unissued LP extended version Gary Dean - You can say - Young Betty Lou & Bobby Adams - Dr Truelove - Trax Kindly Shepherds - Lend me your hand - Checker Velvets - Got to find me somebody - 20th Century Joanie Sommers - Don't pity me - Warner Bros Johnny Maestro - Stepping out of the picture - Scepter Nat Hall - You don't know how I feel - Loop Cliff Nobles - My Love is getting stronger - Atlantic Gloria Edwards - My love keeps gettin' stronger - Unissued posted via the comments:

Busy weekend after Runcorn and Wilton, it was off to Broughton and then Keele Niter last nite Got there about 1.30 Been told that earlier on wasnt much dancefloor action But from 2am caught 3 great sets by Irish Greg, Butch and Roger Banks Dancefloor packed, place had a good buzz Three hours worth of then oldies spot by Rob Jones which wasnt my cup of tea Keith Minshull finished nite with a good set. Doors open at 10 so missed 4 hours of the niter inc sets by Mick Smith, Dave Welding, though got to say the 3 hours 2-5 were great stuff. Overall ...from what I saw Well what an improvement, when last year the event closed down, it was said that the event had run its course. And to tell the truth my experience there agreed with this. This one though was a completely different affair. Crowd was from all over UK Down South, London, Cambs, Yorkshire etc etc and of course many from North West and North Wales. A lot of familar faces and a lot of catching up Place had a good buzz, Greg, Butch and Roger did great things and the crowd responded. Look forward to seeing future dates, regulars and line ups. Going by those 3 hours if go for same am sure this new version will be a winner. And will be another recent addition to the decent soul events list. Broughton was a good one, main guest was Arthur Fenn with Mark Speakman doing the North Wales slot. The normal guest timings had changed so only caught a bit of Arthur Fenns spot. regulars Soul Sam and Brian Ellis pushed out what they are good at, a good quality mix of all era soul Version of Family affair by Misia ?? was a stand out.

Yes folks, go get em out and check that your dancing shoes are polished...your drinking arm is in good working order...and that your record-searching-fingers are fully exercised, ready and able, cuz as is by magic, yes tis time once again for you to enjoy an evening of fine quality Northern/Rare Soul at: THE CAPITOL SOUL CLUB, at THE DOME, in Tufnell Park London, THIS COMING FRIDAY 27th September! Guest DJs on the night are Russ "Show us ya knickers" Vickers and Ian "BlowUp" Jackson...joining the regular crew of Alan, Greg, Carl and David. 9.30 to 3am...doors close at midnight...£7 in. For directions, membership details (cuz its members only!), lotsa pictures of soulies enjoying themselves at previous nights* and playlists of the kinda thing youre gonna hear, go to: http://www.capitolsoulclub.homestead.com/cscindex.html *-if you have any decent snaps of you and your mates larging it at the CSC nights at The Dome, then feel free to email them in (link on-site...jpegs only!), and if they scrape past the stringent rules of decency and depravity, then we might just post them up for the World to see! gmcallinney@westminster.gov.uk

Llandudno Risboro plays -Sep event Last event was a bit down numbers wise but the sounds more than made up for it A classy mix of all styles soul was well appreciated by both ears and feet. Details of next Oct event to follow soonest Knocked together a few playlists from the guest and regs on the nite Phil Blacknell Septembers guest Big Daddy Rogers- Im a big man-Midas Johnny Nash- What kind of love is this-Groove Gillettes-Same identical thing -J&S Sugar&the Spices-I have faith in you-Swan Collins&Collins-At top of the stairs-A&M Bobby Thurston-Just ask me-Mainline (LP) Betty Wright-Man of Mine-Alston Chuck Ray-I dont mind-Tam-Boo Bay Brothers-What does it take to win your love-Millennium Esther Philips-Nobody but you-Roulette Shirley Lawson-One more chance-Soul City Johnny Caswell-You dont want me no more-Decca Jerry Cook-I hurt on the other side-Capitol Carol Anderson-Sad Girl-fee Mike h - reg - mix of 10 current, requests and populars -sep Isonics - Sugar B J Thomas - Keep It Up Tyn Tymes - Baby I Love you Eddie Floyd - Thats All Houston Outlaws- Aint no telling Judy Freeman-Hold On test lp version Gayle Adams - Baby I need your loving -12 GQ - Make Your Dreams A Reality - 2002 mix -12 Eddie Wilson -Toast To The Lady Albert Washington - Im the man Mark Speakman -reg- current, requests and populars -aug Imperial Cs - Somebody Tell Her Virgina Blakely - Dont Let Nobody Love You Bunny Sigler -Girl Dont Make Me Wait Moses Smith -Girl Across The Street Sweets-Something About My Baby Adams Apple -Dont Take It Out Of This World Soul Bros Inc - Pyramid

Posted on soul talk by a "concerned dealer" and passed on with permission as may be of interest to some WARNING!!! Whilst selling records at Keele last night I turned to talk to a mate and someone took 3 records out of my box and walked away with them. Fortunately I saw him out of the corner of my eye and challenged him, took all the records from him and recovered my STOLEN records, by the time I`d found the promoters the guy was nowhere to be seen. The strange thing was that he`d actually bought some records from me earlier although the value of the records he bought was £10, the ones he`d stolen £100! A brief description of the guy; mid 40s, yellow polo shirt covered in old patches and a beige Nike cap, keep a look out for him around the venues.

Bit of travelling last nite, hit read more for quick look back at Pavillions - Runcorn And a long journey and a short visit of Wilton All Niter Plus some odd bits of other news, gossip, etc mixed in After a week of car and washing machine trouble, weekend was well anticipated. As always North Wales confusion crept in as thought was going to south Manchester event, but turned out was off to Pavilions at Runcorn, which for some reason thought had already been on this month. Steve T (Holyhead) was main guest and had a space so off we went with a shady north Wales crew Dick John, (if anyone wants to catch dmsc soul nite video online, when see him tell him "sort that video"), Chris and Dave F being rest of bunch. Pavilions was still where it was last time, and still as smart inside. Venue well plush, and good layout and feel. A enjoyable venue.Those who dont know event its run by Bernie OBrien and Steve Fletcher, helping out was someone who had a fair bit of chinwag but didnt catch name, know youre online mate so apologies. Way have had event described to me in past, is this is a selfish thing for promoters, they do run another event where emphasis is on popular play what crowd want, which is mainly an oldies event. But this one is the balancer, the fun thing, a "let the djs do their own thing" and no policy. Dont like that "across the board" term as been misused a lot. Feel of nite to me was a classy mix of all era soul. Bernie on decks at first then followed by Cogs (not that sure on name, may be wrong and guy on door was cogs??) Heard some nice stuff , crowd was a bit down on last time was there, though werent that many early on, gotta say the early dancers were well impressive, rare nowadays to say that but well smart and stylish. Was a strong 70s+ feel overall, highlights included likes of the great jerry butler - dont step on my dreams and more similar style grooves, had mentally noted a lot more but gone west at moment. With the odd classic thrown in , Soul Self Satisfaction was dedicated to the late Martin Ellis. Steve T was on next at 11 as the main guest, asked my advice earlier as I have guested here before, I told him the crowd was all into early R&B the earlier and the more down tempo the better. Of course he wisely ignored my advice and continued the set trend with a smart mix of 60s current plays, few classics and 70s+. Not a representive mix but some examples being - Pretty Little Girl Next Door - Bobby Day , Holland Dozier - New Breed Kinda Woman, Gayle Adams- Baby I need your loving. sure Steve will add when recover as didnt catch all. Bernie finished of nite with bit more of a good mix of all era soul Odds Alan B wouldnt give out details of that other version of Vooddo Working apart from a few clues as it was actual legal issue not dub. Did say other stuff but gone west. Mentioned next weeks main guest at Viaduct is Ginger. Overall, numbers down, but still an enjoyable nite, some great sounds on the 70-2k trip, some could have done with out, but "something for everyone and all that Orig plan was just the one event but come 1am most of us had a strong desire to crack on, though Steve t had work in morning, such was our thirst we sweet talked steve t into just making a flying visit to wilton, suppose steve is more than likely cursing us right now at work. Yeah and we deserve it Wilton Enough is enough, someone tell me what is it about yorkshire, every time in last couple of months been there, have had a right bundle of laughs. This time no different, as was planned just to nip across for a few hours time was tight. So as wanted to get most was in a rush, first thing we found out that exit number we were given was wrong!! Which made the mobile phone directions we were trying to follow a bit hard. Cut the crap - think one hour 50 odd miles, another motorway exit, 3 security guards, a 24 hour garage, and 30 mins of Pete Coulson mobile phone credit, later we found the place If someone wants to tell why does it seem that all events in yshire seem to be located in the middle of industrial estates feel free Off topic: just worked out why Yorkshire Rider crew had probs finding DMSC, wasnt my tip top directions, it was fact that there was no industrial estate within 10 miles of it." That might be it " said our young soul fan "...nay lad dont be daft. Has thou seen all that green stuff around here, and wheres all security gates and wire fences, nay lad thou is wrong, keep thy foot down, now weres my snap box" - advance apoligies By time got there, worked out what time had to leave as Steve T was at work in morning, mmmm we had one hour A quick haggle on price with door staff , in, catch up with a fair few not often seen, not sure who was on when in but played some nice stuff, was told numbers were down, 2 cups of tea, Chris Sheppard then was on and Let It Be Real- George Hobson hit the spot, (seen this had spins at wigan 78, how did it go) Steve T pointing at his watch, a quick attempt to flyer every one in 2 mins, and that was it, a 2-3 hour journey ahead, and to make matters worse found out that a bloody security guard had given us long way directions, and when driving around were just 50m away from venue Back home at 7 Final thing on wilton is was it worth it? My own view yep, even though spent more time industrial estate touring than in actual event (check out the argos distribution depot for a superb example of the latest version of the highly rated secur-r-us gate barriers) Event been trying to get to for a fair while but usually either clashes, or plans failing means no go. As said was told numbers were down, and dance floor reaction was a bit on/off , but even short time event there , place had that "feel" you associate with a good quality event . And as recently some events happenings have left me wondering "am I on different planet" well that hour cleared it all up . Definitely be going again, a hour not really long enough for fair view suppose, but what saw, felt and all the rest despite numbers down, will undoubtely result in yet more battles with those bloody Yorkshire industrial estates. WEEKEND OTHER GOING ONS Reports that Bury was bit quiet, though was early like, Stockport been told was a packer and a stormer, featuring those masters of rare soul destruction Andy Rix and Rob Thomas Broughton and Keele tonite Buzz about Keele tonite with it seems a fair few doing it. mike Anti-hype checker report : As on Saturday, September 21, 2002 11:42 AM 1234 occurances of the words DMSC, Monkey, and Drunken were found and removed in this message