Dave Abbott

yep, so sad. RIP Eddie

"England" angelic upstarts

really?! i'd thought halve that

Mines like yours on the right - but mine doesn't have a big sticker on it...

MINE IS THE SAME

..Tory club was... as expected, Steve very good nite though, great venue and packed

Blame the promoter(s). naming and shaming the DJ does no good - it is not their fault. they have been asked to do a job and done it. The promoter should know who he/she is getting on to DJ. And if the promoters policy is to hire DJ's who play boots etc then that is their perogative. i used to be firmly up my own arse about this and get really pi*sed when DJs played boots; but then i mellowed and saw the bigger picture. These promoters are putting on soul nites for the enjoyment of their punters. I am of course not talking about 'big' soul nites or niters who aim to bring in peolpe from a far, but the 'local' soul nites - and i don't mean to be degrogatory with that term, there are plenty of excellent 'local' nites; but generally at these venues it is for the 'local' catchment area whose punters want their monthly, or 2 monthly fix of northern soul - and that generally means they want to hear oldies and don't care what format it comes in - original, reissue, boot or cd. They do not want to hear £10 to £50 records they don't know - they want to hear stuff they know to go and dance. And lets hope that some people attending these nites then want to broaden their horizons and then want to go on further to other venues where the music policy is more to 'our' liking. But don't diss (that is apperently a hip saying) these events for their music policy - they are providing what is needed for them and their paying punters; and have been a part of the soul scene way before my time, and hopefully way after my time. After a while you get to know the DJ's and promoters who offer this sort of nite and if you don't like it, don't go. I used to co-promote a nite down here, with Steve C, and our policy was origianls only. And we only booked DJs who would satisfy that - hence alot of local DJs did not get booked and so may have had their noses put out of joint. Tough, that was our policy and we made it clear. And lets not forget that most DJ's at these events are playing golden oldies to please the floor, so if you have the original - go buy some other different original (i will of course change my stance on this if i start hearing things like the Mello Souls at these do's - then the magic of hearing an original will be gone) I think there is room for both sort of events within this scene and as i said, hopefull some people at the nites playing boots will go onto the other nites. And this is from Me, who has NEVER played a boot or reissue in his part-time DJ life.

NO, actually Mark, i was - and, about 5 minutes before this thread, i started my own "i am back first thread" but it was too soon and it returned an error. Still, i am happy to be numbers two to your one just as long as i get my prize from you

am i the first back on?? whats my prize?? second prize?

ditto

it is...or should be

agree; normally "till Late" does not mean late, that we are accustomed to, probably means 12

maybe their father used to hang wallpaper??

yeah, excellent chrimbo spent with my friends the Vickers. be patient and you will get them, both not hard, unless you're desperate and you want to buy my Lou bond for 3 times its worth and i will get another when it comes along

check ebay Paul, both on there regular as something thats regular

don't think he is am i alone in thinking this is complete over-rated. it's not crap but....

wouldn't make sense calling their vehicles that though https://www.tvcentury21.com/content/view/113/53/

it's just short for Fabulous

...and i wanted Emory &Dynamics; but i remembered the end date, it just went for more than i wanted

no, it is probably me that's wrong Roger; it happens quite a lot

i have Jimmy Mack on Soul Galore (as well as the orig) thought it was a legal 70's thing as opposed to a boot?

yes...and you could buy a few on Atco and Vent for the price of a Gene....

Can't make my mind up if i prefer this version, or the Passions. Both good, switch betyween the two

demos are yellow...