SHEFFSOUL

a really nice modern type sound..midtempo..something like ...things aint like they used to be..

i thought it was summer of '74..i recognise the guy with the beard and the chap with glasses as being regulars..i remember it being rammed during those heady summer nights..

the Gallop, dont stop looking (inst),thats the way he is (inst) keep on dueces wild (sing a long)...

i have the inst version..got it off refosoul...good but not as good as the original..

two good insts..prefer the tomorrow track...

ive heard the vocal..it would be nice to hear the inst version..

can you post an mp3 of the inst so we can hear/judge?

Sebastian Williams -shucks, was this the only version played at the Torch? or another version..Satang?..on a UK label..

my first vist to wigan casino Apr 1974.4pmTrain -Skegness to Boston, wait-Peterboro wait -Doncaster-long wait-Crewe-Manchester..dash cross town missed last train to Wigan.Walked aimlessly trying to (thumb a ride) thru Salford..in no mans land.Walked back into Manchester..spent my last £5 record on a taxi to Wigan....finally arrived at Station Rd..approx 3am..phew...

get what?

think i remember the guy you refer to as 'Les'..always on his own..used to bump inro him at various train stations..had a very jerky almost out of time beat..and he had longish straight hair..always a vest or maybe once,a well worn white(ish) T shirt..never knew him name..i think he may be on here..and might have seen him some years back at a skeg weekender..sound about right?

A-ston villa.

i'd just turned 18 when i first attended the Casino in Apr '74..initially the only older guys i remember where those who looked and may have been a few years older..the chaps with beards etc..plus guys like Frank Elson, Dave Godin ( i never saw at wigan close up)..and Colin & mary Chapman..there were those guys from the Torch then VA VA's who were a little older..but i think overwhelmingly Wigan Casino was populated more by younger people than older with the 17-22 year old making the majority..this being 74-75..after that with national press/tv coverage the crowd seemed to get younger..helped by the availability of coaches to run the trips..once in late 77 i walked in and it resembled a youth club..the writing was on the wall...for me anyway..

a typical Levine put down (attempt)

IF YOU CHECK THE LATE 73/74 CLUB ads in B&S the steinways was popular at many clubs..before Wigan opened..

i love it..

from memory it says 'its a gas'...

yes the Twans is a bit early for the anniversary..att is a scan of a letter i wrote to back music dated 26th Feb 1977.it basically bemoans the playing of the same old same old (which i meant to include in a totally separate thread..like underplayed oldies-nothing new) however it places the Twans as a sound Searling had aquired but didnt always play..for the reasons in the letter..i rememebr the night that Richard bought the Twans from Levine at the Casino.I think he'd had it on loan for a short time and i was entertaining thoughts of buying it myself but that quickly evaporated when i learnt of the price around £90 i think..the Twans had been a favorite of mine since i heard it at the Mecca..then i captured it on a Cleethorpes tape in exc sound quality being played by Soul sam..who proudly announces hes actually managed to borrow it..(from Levine) when i learnt Searling was now the keeper i mythered him to play it which he did but not that often..it became much popular later on..a good 2/3 years after Levine had made it a Mecca favourite.

I stand corrected..i read it somewhere and knew both were actors..ah, the beauty of tinterweb..

is this the same Corey Glover (son of Danny) who was vocalist with living color?..sounds very different..more like Al Green

i ruined a few...

well on one Sunday morning summer '74..outside the Casino..i watched as you and your girlfriend came out and were carrying a holdall (one handle each) crammed with 45's..might that have been the same time? i always wondered what records were stuffed in there..some beauties i bet!!!!!

yeah..well i came across it in his box still covered up with small white stickers..at Cleethorpes..he had the only copy ( or so he thought) of Chris cerf..i had another covered as Shane Martin..jonathon Woodliffe wanted my CF copy so we were trying to do the deal..cant remember if AP was offered or not..but a deal couldnt be done..soon after i sold it to Kev Roberts thru Dave raistrick...

the Jades 'i'm where its at' was Richard Searling..and a wigan exclusive..he told me ''a guy offered it to me for £6, i bought it because it looked rare'..( im sure he played it first)..

ann perry..i thought the inst was first played by Sam..as 'what soul is' Butch Baker..