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6th Anniversary - Niter Looks like its going to be a good one 8-6am 10 quid in, limited to 550 DJs inc Shaun Livesey, Paul and Dave, Pat Brady, Chris king, Tim Brown, Ginger, Keith Money,George Hunt, Bob Hinsley, Robbo Plus modern room Chris Anderton, Mark Grice, Mick Allen, Tony D, Paul H, Barry M

Soul At The Social Soul Nite - This Friday at Bangor City Social Club North Wales Soul Nite at Bangor City Social Club Friday 01 Feb 8 till Late £3.00 Northern Floor Fillers Current, Revivals, R&B, 70's, Club Classics, Motown Guest Djs: Kev Murphy Steve Thomas Mike H Email: bcsc@soul-source.net Phone: 01248 362357 Social Club 01248 717524 Johnny J Note No event in March due to North Wales Weekenders. bangor city social club grosvenor house deiniol rd bangor map link http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=257718&Y=371670&A=Y&Z=1

Dome last nite, ok did say more details but will keep it a bit brief as going over old ground here as it was a case of yet another Quality Top Nite, Top Sounds, Top Crowd - if youve read the reviews over the last 2 years...well its still going strong. One of the UKs TOP events, its as simple as that. Playlists should follow soon hopefully. Great crowd there from all over the place, UK and beyond, good to catch up with stacks of people there and as always good to see all from all Londons quality events there, from the big ones to the small. Showing just how good and healthy the scene is down there. Way to do it! News: Prestayn weekender looks like going to be a right old shindig, read 700 plus tickets already sold so get over to http://www.soulweekenders.com Second week in March, great venue, great line up, low prices. Jo Wallace passed on word of forthcoming CD comp Soul Satisfaction - The Motown Connection Vol 3, the classy Vol 2 has already been lauded as one of the cd releases of last year. She ran off the listing and it sounds to me like its a going to be a sure fire winner. More details and hopefully a review closer to release date. Good to hear that some top North West Djs know the score with current going ons. If out and about and at any quality events, get your views in, use submit newslink on left, comments or just email them

Originally posted a week a go, bit out of sync due to crash but seems still valid news as seems that one top Northern Dj has returned his copy, as wants his money back!!! Four Vandals Well mentioned this a fair while back, but now it seems its official. The next Goldmine all-nighter cd, will feature both tracks by the Four Vandals. Apparently it seems that the source where they licensed the tracks from wishes to remain anonymous Comments are owned by the poster. We arent responsible for their content. Re: Four Vandals due out on Goldmine(Score: 1) by benji on Jan 22, 2002 - 10:00 AM (User info | Send a Message) (IP: 212.89.109.125) doesnt surprise me at all that the source wants to remain anonymous. this either means that both 4 vandals tracks are ian levine productions or that goldmine didnt licencse them at all which they already did in the past on some stuff. anybody disagree? BTW, i have to say, that IF both tracks are levine made he did well compared to the below average shite he put out in the past.

Well after seeing there was much going on last Saturday night in London, myself and Louise decided to travel a few miles the small town in Desborough in Northamptonshire to see what the soul night at the Ritz was like. we travelled up late on Saturday afternoon, after booking ourselves into the local travel lodge at weekend special rate (£25.00 if you book on a Saturday not bad) so we would not have to drive back and both could have a drink. After having a few beers with the locals in this small town with only one cash point (glad it was working) and then thinking had we done the right thing travelling and booking a hotel but both off us were surprised at the venue, very nice place to have a soul night, much like a small Wigan casino, fair size dance floor, balcony going all the way round, large area to sit and a small bit for record dealers, the bar bit on the small side but did not take to long to get served and very good prices also, small modern room upstairs. As the night went on the music was right across the board playing modern right though to classic northern soul which makes a nice change. few face had also come up from the London area Johnny , Michelle, Reg and Dave Townsend, Ross . I think all in all it was a good night even 100 club dj and promoter ady crosdale was djing (must have been like coming home for him) so for a off the cuff night and with a small out lay very enjoyable night, we will go again later in the year .the only small think i would have said about the whole night was the sound system, music was not that load which was a bit off a shame, but still a very good venue and well worth a visit. by robbo (?) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Re: Desborough (the Ritz) Review by IanG on Jan 21, 2002 - 04:52 PM We also travelled down to Desborough again (from Langley, Derbyshire ) on Saturday night. We had a great time and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Thought that Simon ? (sorry dont know second name) did a brilliant spot - playing a lot of my favourites mostly from the Stafford era I guess (somebody no doubt will put me right). Have to agree about the sound system - it wasnt quite loud enough with the conversation in the larger seated area sometimes getting in the way of the music. That aside, I think the Ritz is a great venue with a buzzing atmosphrere and worth travelling for, heres looking forward to the next one. Ian and Roz Gregory

Into the third year and still doing the business. A great nite at the Dome in Tufnall Park London with the CSC at full steam ahead, great spots by the residents, top drawer stuff by guest Andy Dyson, and Ady Lupton, crowd somewhere around 375-400 (a guess), dancefloor packed solid most of nite, normal top atmosphere, normal top sounds, a most enjoyable nite at one of the UKs top venues. More details, news, odds and sods to follow later Re: Dome Last Nite - Top Nite(Score: 1) by Soulgirl on Jan 26, 2002 - 06:19 PM (User info | Send a Message) It sure was... and for me it was my first visit! I was hugely surprised at the quality of the music most of which I had not really heard before let alone danced my socks off to so It was a real treat for me and I shall certainly be a regular now! It was lovely to meet you Mike even though you probably thought I should be in an Institute instead of a Soul night *grin*. Steve Scordas made me laugh by speaking into his dictaphone every time a record came on... thats dedication for you. It was truely a stomping night... I think I died and went to heaven

Known as one of the most respected Djs/collectors/dealers around. Heres Andy Dysons current Top Ten Can catch him regularly spinning quality like this at one of the Norths leading Niters - The Wilton and can also catch him at the CSC Dome event this Friday in London 25th Jan. HOLLIDAYS - SET ME ON MY FEET - HOLIDAY TURBINES - WE MUST START OVER - CENCO MELVIN BROWN - LOVES STORMY WEATHER - PHILLMORE ROBERT TENNER - SWEET MEMORIES - MEGATONE ALFREDA BROCKINGHAM - DONT CRY OVER SPILT MILK - UNISSUED STIMULATIONS - CAN YOU DIG WHER IM COMING FROM - STIMULATION INSPIRATIONS - TREAT MYSELF TO A NEW LOVE - UNISSUED SAM WILLIAMS - LOVE SLIPPED THRU MY FINGERS - TOWER BOBBY BENNETT - ALONE WITH NO TEARS - V.TONE ELLA WOODS - I NEED YOUR LOVE - MERGING

Heres details of the next Soul In The City Event Tue 5 Feb 02 Soul In The City At McNab and Co 21 Colleage Hill London EC 4 Playing the "Best" in Northern Soul Free Entry 6.30pm to late DJs Dave, Mac, Paul and Rob Plus guest Martin T from These Old Shoes Tel 0780 3133782 souninthecityuk@yahoo.co.uk

Heres the latest newsletter from those Sour Mash people at the forefront of 21k soul in London, if this is your thing and want regular dose, just send email to address at the end Hit read more..... to read more! Chocolate Soul - The Movie??? Earlier in the day, Chris will be giving an interview for TV Production company, Blenheim Films on "The Soul Scene" and the film crew will be sticking around for most of the night for some extra footage for the program. So if youve always fancied being on TV, nows your chance!!! Details of our guests for the rest of the year are still to be confirmed, but when they are, they will be posted on our web-site WWW.SOURMASH.CO.UK A Happy New Year to all of our friends and supporters World-Wide, its only been four weeks, but Christmas seems like it was a very long time ago!!! I hate January myself, its such an anti-climax!!! Thank goodness its almost over. The only good thing about January is the forthcoming Chocolate Soul Hands, up all those that were at the last event in December? - Did we have a good time or what!?!?!? Tsk tsk to those of you that missed out, you wont be making that mistake again will you? it was good to see some old faces (Paul & Potty, where have the two of you been hiding???) and plenty of new ones too! Next Friday, January 25th sees the welcome return of Chris Brown who will, if judging be his last appearance, be playing yet another unforgettable set. The Soul Village Weekender With the backing of UK based Blues and Soul Magazine and East West Records, the inaugural Soul Village Organisation Weekender takes place over the Bank Holiday Weekend of June 1st, 2nd & 3rd, 2002 at the Corton Holiday Village, Corton near Lowestoft, Suffolk. The event boasts two rooms of music hosted by - Bigger (B&S), Steve Wren (Choice FM), Dr Bob Jones (Radio London), Snowboy, Max Rees, Stretch Taylor, The Sour Mash Collective and a whole host of others. The on site radio broadcasts will be provided by www.soul24-7.com and guests. The cost is a very reasonable £60 per person. Deposits are being taken now. Call +44 (0)1493 651487 or check www.soulboys.co.uk www.sourmash.co.uk for further details. Please feel free to forward this update to your friends and colleagues. TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE SOUR MASH COLLECTIVE LIST SEND HERE subscribe@sourmash.co.uk

Review below was posted recently on Soul-Talk and thought it be worthwhile passing on for all to read as gives a top insight to current Berlin Scene. Sounds like its worth the bus journey . Stacks of playlists etc (just read below then hit read more) january 12. saw the first Hip City Soul Club event at its new venue, the privatclub in berlin-kreuzberg. a nice, quite 60ish venue,situated in the basement of a bar/restaurant (you actually have to go through the toilet doors to find its entrance, with no sign of the club being there outside). Entering the empty club at 11 (the time the doors were supposed to open), we found a nice fridge filled up with beer right behind the dj-booth, a decent sound system, and a very friendly booker who told us to PLAY LOUD, so what more could you want? Max and me were the first on the line-up and did it the good old double decker style were infamous for, and the place filled up much quicker than we had expected...after half an hour, marc took over and gave us a treatment with some more than decent classic sounds, the crowd went wild and asked for more...the atmosphere was overwhelming... about an hour later, the place was absolutely packed, you couldnt squeeze a sheet of paper among the dancers on the floor, every track played got an immense dancefloor-reaction, and i took over. during my second set i was almost wondering if people enjoyed themselves and the sounds played so much or if they just kept on dancing because they couldnt leave the floor due to the place being packed anyway;-) people were obviously in a very party-mood, so i pulled out some more stompy sounds than usual. By that time, the whole event actually was a lock-out for several hours with people queing up down the stairs. The crowd was very responsive to almost every track that got played, no matter if it were uptempo stormers, midpaced/beat balled stuff or an exploding RnB-bomb, both marc and me did a second set, max joined me again, and we all did our best to give people what they wanted. the place kept being packed till about 4.30 in the morning, i even found it appropriate to spin dean parrish as the last record (more of a post - modernist reaction towards the fantastic atmosphere, the drops of condensed water falling from the ceiling, the mighty volume we were allowed to blast the sounds out, etc :-) judging by what ive experienced that night, it seems to me that marcs activities finally get the response they deserve, and the new venue defo did uplift the whole feel of the night. thanks to marc, max, the crowd, and the place the night ended up as a 120% success, Much better than we could have hoped for. see you next time at the HCSC!!! franz --------THE PLAYLISTS (well, only excerpts in no particular order:-)--------------------------- max 1 barbara mason - aint got nobody - arctic joe simon - when - sound stage 7 the celestrals - i feel it coming on - don-el the fabulous peps - with these eyes - wheelsville bobby jones - talkin bout jones - expo barbara lewis - someday were gonna love again - atlantic 2 joe simon - just like yesterday - irral eskew reeder - undivided love - instant fred hughes - i keep tryin - exodus anita humes & the essex - what did i do? - roulette devotions - same old sweet lovin - tri-sound thee midniters - evil love - chattahoochee detroit soul - all of my life - music town the lollipops - love is the only answer - rca johnny bartel - if this isnt love - solid state me patti & the emblems - all my tomorrows are gone - kapp pat lewis - cant shake it lose - golden world edwin starr - backstreet instr. - ric tic charles spurling - she cried just a minute - king doc & the interns - baby i know - now drake & the ensolids - please leave me - alteen emeralds - baby youve got me - king edward hamilton - im gonna love you - jameco dorothy berry - dont give me love - big 3 christine kitrell - call his name - king jimmy robins - i cant please you - jerhart darrel banks - open the door to your heart - revilot pat lewis - warning - solid hit billy lamont - so called friend - branT curtis griffin - i gotta lump - jewel mabel king - go back home young fella - amy johnny sayles - dont turn your back on me - marVlus little stanley lippett - packing it up - C/U big daddy rogers - Im a big man - midas tony middleton - to the ends of the earth - mgm james conwell - the trouble with girls - 4j eddie bo - our love will never falter - blue jay dorothy berry - shinding city - planetary orlons - dont you want my lovin - cameo orlons - spinning top - calla jimmy norman - this i beg of you - samar richard simmons - brother where are you - mala the majestic - send my baby back to me - equator del chontays - baby i need you - steeltown tony owens - this heart cant take no more - soul sound steve carmen bigband - breakaway instr.- UA marc 1. Set Baby Lloyd I Need You Atco Barrett Strong Seven Sins Atco Tommy Ridgley I want More Money Johen Marion Black Who Knows Capsoul Otis Lee Hard Row To Hoe Quaint 2. Set Jock Mitchell Not A Chance In A Million Impact Edward Hamilton Baby Don`t You Weep Mary Jane Jimmy Mack My World Is On Fire Palmer Connie Van Dyke Don`t Do Nth. Wheelsville J.B. Troy Live On Musicor Dickie Wonder Nobody Knows S.O.S. Al Reed Sorry ÃÆ’Å¡´bout That Axe Johnnie Mae Matthews True Love Northern Betty Adams& Boby Lou Dr. Truelove Trax George Jackson Don`t Use Me Mercury Hayes Cotton Love Plays Funny Games Claire C. Vaugh Leslie Ain`t It Like I Told You Mastertone Little Stanley The Stran Vance Pat & The Neurotics I Like The Way You Do Your Thing Crown Rubin You`ve Been Away Kapp Jay Holman Love Is A Sweet Thang Falew Cleveland Robinson Love Is A Trap Nosnibor Darlings Two Time Looser Mercury Marva Josie Later For you Time Jewel Akens My First Lonely Night Era forgot to add marcs third set, should be of interest for takers of a good RnB-tune every then...:-) Johnny Guitar Watson Wait A Minute Baby Highland B.B. King Think It Over Bluesway Irma Thomas Hitting On Nothing Imperial Marie Adams Thats The Way To Get Along Encore Jimmy Preacher Ellie I`m Gonna Do It By Myself Jewel Yvonne Fair Say Yeah Yeah Dade Bobby Guy Good Enough APT Ronnie Love Chills & Fever DOT Bobby Hamilton How Come APT Margie Simms If I Never Get To Love You Cardon Willie Jones Wher`s My Money Mr. Peacock King Coleman Down In The Basement Togo Charles Sheffield Voodoo Working Excello Art Fuller Doomsday Zen Johnny Wells Lonely Moon Astor -- Have a soulful 2002 on *soul-talk*. -- Have a soulful 2002 on *soul-talk*.