Is that you Tony?
I think there will be more people on here who will know what you're talking about than would have thought possible!
Colin Murphy had the exact same problem with a do he ran in Preston.
He was adamant about the music policy he wanted... same as yours... just good quality soul music.
I was a resident there... and he had some great DJ's on... Karl Heard, Karl Rhodes, Ged Parker, Fred Krol, Geoff Buckley, Phil Threlfall, Paul Sadot... Kev Fearnhead (Soulbarner)... you get the picture...
Anyway... he has stopped running them now due to the fact that he's fed up with banging his head against a brick wall.
And yet... a couple of mile down the road you've got another Preston soul nite packed to the rafters every month... and why?
Because they give them what they want... the same old same old...
Don't be dictated to... do what you feel to be right...