SHEFFSOUL

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..

RW..had a few copies in early '74..so i'm sure he was playing it..

bit harsh innit????

thats another subject for a thread..tunes that took a while...

er..not sure of the meaning?..was this another boot label?

yep..and speeded up..which ive always preferred..changing the subject slightly..when visited LA many years ago..i found lots of weird 45's with the same or similar logos found on many of the bootlegs of the day..sandbag, pussycat etc...

moses smith on ootp?..which one?

no..i didnt think they did..but always wondered if one or two survived the 'fire'..obviously a case of advertising stock they didnt have..

i think there was a glut of the white ootp's..and some surfaced years later in quantity..the verve ambers was always very common, many thru bostocks and bradford market..

yes apparently so..and thats the way i remember it..stars first..i think my first buy was 'skiing in the snow' invitations bluish green stars..sound quality not brilliant..followed shortly after by 'Stranger in my arms' i think around mid 73 ish maybe bit later..and the white ones were being sold at the end of the queens hall niter by the bucket load..mostly the less in demmand titles..bill black , persionettes etc..btw have never seen detroit land apples, jean Carter, Milton wright etc on this label...

samantha jones Samantha Jones was massive just about everywhere in 74..and especially at Wigan..lots of emi discs about with this and connie clark for £5 was really big