Dave Rimmer

Just as last month saw over 100 discographies updated on Soulful Kinda Music, the last eight days have seen 42 completely new discographies added. Click on the link under my name at the bottom of the post to find discographies for the following artists and labels: Billy Butler, Buddy Smith, The Epsilons, Joe Matthews, Junior McCants, The Kelly Brothers, Laura Lee, Lee Rogers, Lee Williams & The Cymbals, Lillian Dupree, Phil Terrell, Willie Kendrick, The Fabulous Apollos, The Flaming Embers, The Just Brothers, Veda Brown, Wendy Rene, Willie Gauf & The Soul Brothers, Willie Harper, Eddie Carlton, Yvonne Baker, Annette Snell, Earl Van Dyke, Gloria Jones, Margie Joseph, Roy Redmond, Shirley Lawson, The Dynamic Superiors, The Enchanters, The San Remo Golden Strings, The Valadiers, The Wallace Brothers, Theresa Lindsey, Jackey Beavers, The Astors, The Ambassadors, and Al Wilson. New label listings for Memphis, The Sound Of Memphis, Murco, Perception, and Mayfield Records. As always, any additions or corrections are welcome. Back to doing updates to existing discographies in November !

The question marks are there because I didn't know what the flip side was. I do now, and one of the question marks will have magically disappeared in about ten minutes You don't happen to know what year it was released as well do you ?

Completely wrong about Germany. R & B is popular, but no more so than in the UK. The German scene is I would guess (Having DJ'ed in Germany, Italy, France, and Ireland) the biggest outside the UK. There are at least four weekenders a year, the biggest (Baltic Soul) covers the whole spectrum of Soul from 60s through to current stuff, and puts some pretty good live acts on as well, with well over 1500 in attendance. Nuremberg, which is the one I have DJ'ed at most, regularly attracts 600 to 700 people every December, and has been running about 15 years now. The first Hamburg weekender had neary a 1000 in on the Saturday, including around 60 Brits. (Sorry Bamberg, never been:thumbup:) There are also regular Soul nights and allnighters all across the country (Some of which have been running nearly twenty years now) I hadn't realised that the Australian scene was attracting numbers like this to support your claim that it's the biggest outside the uk There are also some very serious collectors and DJs out there as well. People who would be able to slot into the line up of any allnighter in the world. Hmm, yeah quite a lot do get shitfaced though Wrong about Italy as well. The Vicenza allnighter and the Pisa allnighters have a heavy Sixties bias, and again quite serious collectors and DJs. I've just come back from France. Very few regular events I'm afraid, but the ones who do run things are both committed and passionate collectors and DJs Spain, never DJ'ed there, (But would love to) but know enough Spanish lads to agree with what you say. Ireland, both Belfast and Dublin (DJ'ed in both several times) - As you said, just as busy, passionate, as the UK, but with a real party vibe going all the time. They really do go out to enjoy themselves rather than moan about so and so playing Oldies and so and so playing Modern. Scandanaia, never been, but there is something on in Oslo every year, Ginger Taylor DJs out there regularly, and I think Butch has been over a couple of times. Japan and the States, never been. My one remaining ambition as a Northern Soul DJ is to DJ at an allnighter in the States, sort of taking it full circle if you know what I mean Australia, never been, they're all descended from convicts anyway . But is there an Australian Northern scene ? Or is it just an extension of the UK scene ? If you took all the ex-pats away, how many would be left ? Seriously though, I think the way the different cities all run their own soul nights through the year and then take it in turns to host the annual weekender is great.

He's doing an hour show on BBC2 on Sunday night at 11pm as part of the Electric Proms series. Smokey Robinson with his six poiece band and the BBC Symphony Orchestra celebrating 50 years of Motown

I DJed 4-5am on the Sat night / Sunday morning and didn't see any one removing a banner from the stage if that helps pin the time down a little better.

It got played out at the French weekender last Friday night

Read the Blog for the full expose The French weekender Lookback Blog

Not yet Ken, not yet

It WAS Margie, I'm the bloke that walks in front of the camera a few seconds into the video

Following some rather imaginative dancing by some of the French patrons of the weekender Sian decided to show them how it's done:whistling:. It's quite a long video, but well worth watching to the end. By the way, I value my safety, so will at this stage point out that it was Margie who did the filming, I just encouraged Sian Oh yeah, to spread the blame a bit, the arm you see move out of the way at the beginning belongs to Phil Shields. A Blog entry, exposing more people will be made later this week Mike has embedded the video in the next post

I'm confused now. Do you want the Dells track ? If so I've got one of those in my sales box.

You sussed me ! Mind you I gave the clue in the signature to my original post....Dave 'Bored at lunchtime' Rimmer. I thought the album bit was especially good ! I stand by what I said in the first sentence though, original vinyl has only one meaning, and that is the first legal issue on vinyl irregardless of label or country of origin. But........... There again, what about Frank Wilson ? Never legally issued in the States, so does that mean that the UK copy is the original vinyl ? And if the UK release is the original vinyl, what status does that mean the copies on Soul have ?

There's always one isn't there The question of local / national releases didn't slip by me, I just couldn't think of a reasoned way of explaining it, so I did what any good debator does, and ignored it completely I suppose you would have to say that even with these there is still only one original release, being pedantic. It's up to you, or any other DJ for that matter as to how legitimate the playing of the second issue is !

Original vinyl can mean only one thing. The first legal issue, thus whether it be an LP track, or a 45, that's the original vinyl, irregardless of it's country of origin. If a track was issued on the UK Grapevine label for the first time, ie it was previously unreleased, that can legitimately lay claim to being the original vinyl. By the same token, if the track is a UK issue of a track that was previously issued in the States, it's a UK reissue (I know that some people would claim that it is the original UK issue, but it's still not the original issue if it's already been issued somewhere else) It doesn't matter what label you are talking about though, the clue is in the word 'original'. there cannot be two original vinyl issues because by simple deduction, if one follows the other, only one is original. The only distinction I would make from this is between LP tracks and 45s. Given this as a scenario: Group XXX release a single in January. It becomes a huge hit in February. Record company YYY decide to release an album as quickly as possible in March, to cash in on group XXX's current popularity. Group XXX release a follow up single in May, the flip side of the single is a track they recorded for the album, and it is now, forty years later, the indemand track by group XXX. So, because the single was released after the album, technically, this makes the album the original vinyl ! So, I would say that if a track is LP only, that has to be the original vinyl, but if a track is on an LP, and released as a 45 (at, or around the same time as the LP), the 45 is the original vinyl as far as we, in our enclosed little world of NS, are concerned. Go on then, argue about that Dave 'Bored at lunchtime' Rimmer

Hardly call them unsung heroes in the UK though, or did I imagine the live show they did at Cleethorpes a couple of years ago ?

Tjhis is what the Acid jazz website says about the single "As Duffy's timeless pop classic was crowned the hit song of last year, south London production team The Third Degree hit upon the idea of recording it again, but this time with the proper 60's soul sound the track deserves!Think big heavy horns, a driving funky beat and a crisp and clear soulful vocal. It's what Mark Ronson would have done and Duffy should have done. The single is being released in March on an extremely lim-ited 7 inch vinyl only run, so if you want a copy, you had better put your name down. Heavy support already from BBC Radio Two, BBC 6Music and Radio London has en-sured that the buzz is beginning to grow. The b-side is that classic northern soul staple "the instrumental"!" Funnily enough it doesn't say whether they 're-recorded' the vocals, or just the backing.

Mint unplayed copy for sale. The first one on Ebay went for over seventy quid, and I've heard of them being sold for over a ton, so: £60 including postage. PM me if you want it, but be quick because it won't be there long. I'll be away from a PC until this at least late this afternoon, but will reply to all PMs as soon as I can.

Phil Dick may have been involved, but I know Pat Brady was.

Things obviously are still a blur. Helps if you read the post you are replying to properly. Nobody said other allnighters didn't serve alcohol, but the Bolton Pigeon Fanciers club served alcohol all night, legally, well before any other allnighter had an all night license.

The Allnighters at Bolton Pigeon fanciers club were nothing to do with Derek or Phil. It was me and John Mills that promoted those. And yes, as far as I'm aware it was the first allnighter with a legal all night bar. It was to do with the Club's licence, because the pigeon clocks had to be returned to the headquarters of the Pigeon Fanciers Association (and this could be any time of the day or night if it was a big race from Europe) their licence to sell alcohol was any 35 hours a week. When we ran the first allnighter there they took more money on the bar that one night than they had in the previous three months ! Sadly, once they realised the money they could make from running all night Jamaican Blues Parties every fortnight they told us to bugger off, so the Northern fans couldn't have been buying that much beer !

Still agree with that. I work on the basis of getting 22 or 23 records into an hour spot, quite regularly before I get to the decks I've had 6 or 7 requests. Now these are people who have heard me DJ before, and know I have the record they are asking for. The reason they ask for certain records is they have heard me play them before, which means there is a fair chance I'll be happy to play them again. So, a third of my spot is requested before I get to the decks, a third is what I, as a DJ, feel the dancefloor needs at that moment, and a third is what I want to play. I've never forgotten that people who request records have paid to come into the venue, hence they are paying my wages on the night. Fortunately, I don't get many requests that are totally out of sync with what I am playing at the time, so I don't often have to turn people down. More to the point of the original post, If I haven't got a record, I'll say I haven't got it ! Quite often people who ask for records I haven't got will ask for several records, if I haven't got any of them I'll say so, but it also gives me an idea of what they want to hear, so I'll tell them I'll find something they will like and play that. By the same token, in the past I've been in the middle of an R & B set and someone came and asked for Muriel Day - 'Nine Times Out If Ten'. I don't own it, and even if I did, wouldn't have played it in the middle of an R & B spot, so I'll politely explain that I haven't got it, and also explain, if asked, why I wouldn't have played it even if I had got it. The ones that really wind me up though are the people who come and ask for a request when I've only got three records left to play. Give me a break, if you want to ask for a record, do it early in the set, not when I'm 53 minutes into it. Then if I've got it, I might have time to work it into the set. Otherwise I'll just say I've only got three left, and I've already pulled the last three up to play. It also depends what venue you are at, and what spot you have during the night....the last spot of any night is always the 'send 'em home happy' spot, so I'm more likely to play requests then than any other time. I've just got home from the Rugby allnighter, and in my first spot played no requests (11.15 to 12.30) and in my second spot played five or six requests (5 to 6 am), but as I said earlier, these were records people had asked for before I got to the decks. By the way, If it's something really cheesy, chances are I haven't got it, and I might say ask the next DJ, he'll play it for you. Derek Allen (God rest his soul) was a favourite for setting up like that, but bugger me if Derek didn't normally play the request and get a full dancefloor to boot ! I have to add the simple fact that the above refers to how I DJ, and each and every one of us who DJs is different, and will have their own view on this subject. So don't take what I say as gospel !

I got £550 when I sold mine, mind you it was still very much in demand at the time.

Harry, Des was right. that Mace is a c**t, but I have to say that Bidds is a top niter, with a real variety of music from rare Soul, and R & B, to Latin, and even the odd Disco record, in a venue that has no fancy aspirations to say the least. Rugby you know about, and I'll see you on Saturday Bishops Wood is another top night, great venue, great people, great music. Lifeline, well, just look at the DJ line ups (Although there is sometimes a little too much '70s and Modern for MY taste) and that should tell you what you are going to hear. Very busy record bar as well. Loughborough have only had one niter so far, and it was packed, very much Oldies based, but that's what the people who paid the money on the door wanted. Crewe, although it isn't really in the Midlands, has good niters at the Metz Club with three floors of differing music. Six Hills in Leicestershire is another great niter venue, and the last few have been really good. And of course there is the Kings Hall in Stoke. I can't think of any other Midland niters, and if I've missed anyone, my apologies. As far as Soul nights go, they range from busy to very quiet rare Soul nights to busy Oldies nights, probably very much the same as the rest of the country in all honesty.

I'll have a look which issues I've got left and get back to you by PM

I've got back issues of Soulful Kinda Music, loads of them.