Paul R
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Can anyone lend me a couple of shrine releases oh!, and a frank wilson on soul demo? Paul
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Had totally forgotten about one track until I heard it at a nighter in Barcelona the other week. It was one of those back of the neck hair standing on end moments when the DJ played "The Pain Gets A Little Deeper". Havn't stopped paying it since. One of the best. I hope things got better after your "Young Misery" Hi Darrow! Paul
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He was playing the CD "The Northern Scene" on Decca. Some strange tracks on it, but the tracks I heard on Corrie was Flirtations. Billy Sinshine by Billy Davis and "Raise Your Hand" Britherhood Of Man. He also said that the Flirtations track was "Classic Wigan Pier"?? BTW Craig Charles does a Funk Show on BBC Radio 6. On it he has a Talcum Powder spot where he plays a couple of Norther Tracks. You can pick up the play list at https://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/craig_ch...cklisting.shtml Paul
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Back to the Northern on TV again and last nights Coronation St(yes, I know but it is life to some people). The cabby played by Craig Charles trying to convert 2 young passengers to Northern. He was playing the odd Decca CD "The Northern Scene" and he turned the car radio up during The Flirtations "Nothing But A Heartache" declaring it "classic Wigan Pier"???. Paul Note to myself: I Must get out more.
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Wayne County & The Electric Chairs "If you don't wanna f**k Me F**k Off".
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I have always been confused by this speed dating concept. Do you verbal to some bird for 3 hours about the colour of a record label and then find out your d*ck has shrunk Paul
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Yeh, I think the Leeds boys played NOTW, and Dave played I'm Your Pimp. In all it was a great if somewhat surreal night. I was just a bit upset that you didn't arrange a soulnight in Tunisia last week!. Honestly this job is hell! Hope to see you soon. Paul
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At my last allnighter, Barcelona 3 weeks ago these two were played. Cheers Dave!.(A lot of toher good stuff was also played)
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I went to my first allnighter, Vava, in about the first week in Sept 73 and the track playing was Alice Clarke "You Hit Me". Still a favourite to this day. Paul
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Sad news indead, especially as he was the writer of the first "northern" record I fell in love with-"The Snake" RIP Paul https://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story...1496464,00.html
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Back in 1975 when all the media were jumping on the bandwagon, I believe it was a Sunday Times reporter hung around the scene for a few weeks taking in Wigan and Mecca etc. I seem to remember he did a reasonable unbiased write up. If I remember correctly I think he was "hosted" at the venues by Ian Cunliffe. I may be wrong though. Was it you Ian?. I remember meeting him at Mecca.
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I think that it's a Fame recording, and I believed it was leased to Chilean Capitol in about 1969 Paul
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Wasn't it the LA Power & Light Company I think on WB?. Nearly as good as the old soul classic played around the same time, mid 73, "Judy In Disguise" by Offenbach! Paul
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What's The Best Unissued Track Ever Discovered?
Paul R replied to Pete S's topic in All About the SOUL
Might be splitting hairs a bit, but if the stories you hear are true it was more likely stolen as a demo after the rest were destroyed. Whatever the stories are, it still wasn't officially released until the UK issues in 79. I know that it goes aginst the general concensus in the "scene" nowadays but no matter how over hyped, over played and over here it is, in my opinion it is still a bloody good track. Paul -
The B side of the GWMB DJM single is pretty good from what I remember, if you like instrumentals. Paul
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What's The Best Unissued Track Ever Discovered?
Paul R replied to Pete S's topic in All About the SOUL
I know the general attitude to it nowadays, but has anyone mentioned Frank "Bloody" Wilson yet. Paul -
In its day I thought it was just a nice sound now because of various other versions, a thread on here and a new cover by Darrel Ball and John Scroates. I have rediscovered "I'll Be Around" Detroit Spinners Paul
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A couple of years ago in the Sunday Star there was a CD called something like Lazy Sunday Soul. It had Frank Wilson, Sliced Tomatoes, Band Of Gold and a few others including the added extra tracks in a similar style that they thow on these discs. I bought the paper specially for it and it was crap. Paul
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Hero is the wrong word actually but he was someone who was a good laugh to be around. I knew him from around 73 and last time I saw him was 84. I think character is a far better word. Paul
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Only ever went to one Karaoke night about 10 years ago. The tracks were obviously very US based because while looking at the listings I noticed "Nobody But Me" Human Beinz and "More Today Than Yesterday" Spiral Staircase, both US hits. Fortunately I didn't get pissed enough to try, but was tempted with the Human Beinz track. Me and my mate did do "Blue Moon" with me attempting the bass bit. It sounded good to us. Paul
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Pete Lawson
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But infinately better than "Stronger Than Me" IMHO Paul
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I agree, it's not a particular favourite if mine, but a good dancer. And is it any worse than say, Joey Delorenzo? Paul
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I agree totally, but at my first allnighter at Va Vas just pre Wigan, Someone(probably Dickie S) was playing "Under My Thumb" by the Rolling Stones. Oh and "That's The Tune" by PJ Proby.(and I still have the Album with it on!). The problem was, you could cope with good danceable pop/"Blue eyed soul" being played amongst the majority of true uptempo soul. It was just that the plot was well and truly lost by about 76, 77.and to a certain extent from 74. Oh1 and I have always loved "The Snake" since I first heard it at a youth club in 1971. The thing is, my other favourite sound at the time was "Scratchy" Paul
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Just remebered "I Miss My Baby" by the Lebarron Strings all time classic, and what about "We Gotta Keep On Keepin On" by the Casino Brothers. Paul
