Paul R

Didn't he have a track called "Magic Saxones"?

That would be ye olde Interplaye wouldn't it? Or possibly "Baroque to Bach"?

I remember the Ritz floor from around '75 when "The Flasher" or similar tracks were being played. The sort of dancing done caused the whole floor to bounce, and any drinks on tables within a mile of the epicentre of the dancefloor bounced in time to the music as they made their way to the edge before falling to the floor. But the worst had to be the concrete and tramtracks of Leeds Queens Hall, as mentioned in another thread.

The worst soul night I ever went to consisted of a Ian Levine playing CDs of Paul Weller cover versions of bootleg Hearts Of Soul eurovision Northern tracks in a tram shed. Or was it just bad powder?

Yes he definately Turned up, but it was a pity I did!!

It was the first time I saw Major Lance , JJ Barnes, The Exciters and Mel & Tim. They were all hightlights of a night that promised much and could have been so much better. Anyway is the Hearts Of Souls saga now put to bed, I hope so!!

Cheers Mike, the scary thing is I was right about the clash of top class entertainment that night. And ABBA won the better one!!!!!

I've just given them a googleing too and yes they were a Dutch group who performed in the Eurovision song contest in 1970. I don't know how I remember this one, but I think that the 1974 eurovision song contest was on the same night as the aforementioned "Leeds Soul Festival". Now isn't that amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Oh yes, I was at the festival rather that glued to the screan with Katie Boyle)

Weller got into Northern and used to get compilation tapes from a mate of mine in the early '80s.(apparently one of his favourites was "Terrible Tom"). This probably led to the northern influence of "Walls Come Tumbling Down" and "Shout To The Top" amonst others. Perhaps Weller is recording tracks such as these as a tribute to them.

Actually I mentioned the Hearts Of Soul because at the time nobody I knew had heard of them(and as far as I know still haven't) , and alongside the other well known icons of the music they were something else to remember the awful night for. As for your other comments ........................................................... KTF Paul

Carrying on with the Rosemarys Baby tack, I remember when Popcorn Wylie "Rosemary What Happened" was just starting to get plays at Wigan, Pete Lawson sold a couple of the soundtrack LPs of Rosemarys Baby for about a fiver each telling the ususpecting punters it was on there.

I think I've got it, Rosemarys Baby-Rosemary Clooney-mother of George Clooney-George Carrow, Angel Baby-Stevie Wonder Record from Detroit-Popcorn Wylie recorded in Detroit.........No, i've lost the link now. Where were we? Signed Confused

I wondered what happened to the old Blackpool Mecca crowd after 1975!!

Talking about song contests, aparently Jimmy Cliff won a brazilian song contest with the wonderful "Waterfall"

Hey Dayo, I get the feeling that you were stalking me in the '70s before it was fashionable Paul

Oh there it is, no wonder I couldn't get home.

Oh my god yes Major Lance, JJ Barnes, The Exciters, Mel and Tim, and THE HEARTS OF SOUL---WHO!!!. The funky Sisters were also billed to appear but that was just Chris Burton trying to make it sound good!!. It was a tram shed with a dusty concrete "dance floor" complete with rails in places. By 5 am it was raining yellow sweat as the glass roof had its fill od evaporated perspiration and nicotine. Apparently there were approximately 7,000 there, but I remember a lot of people leaving to go to Wigan before the end of the night. Oh and the sound system was attrocious . All that and bum gear!!

One strange one was an allnighter at the Centre, Newton Aycliffe, I think it was the week before Wigan First Anniversary. Anyway it was in like a modern youthclub buiding, and as well as the soul room I'm sure you could go to another room to watch "Diamonds are forever". Or was I hallucinating. It was a bad night as I got arrested for jumping the train without paying the fare, something that happened the week later on the way to Wigan.

Can I just say, I saw Millie Jackson at Preston Top Rank in 1973..............Just thought I'd mention it!

What!! AC, a soul DJ?

On the subject of dodgy CDs and classic tracks performed by the original artists, I thought I had a bargain when I purchased "Northern Soul Stompers" although I had most tracks on CD there were several gaps that this CD would fill. Nowhere did it say that they were re recordings. Am I alone in thinking that although it was good getting all the old artists back to perform the old tracks of yesteryear, I actually do not want to buy a CD full of the re recordings when I was expecting the original versions to feed my nostalgia. Cheers. At least other cheap CDs you see have the warning "these tracks have been re recorded by the original artist etc"

There is another on sale in Asda with a similar title, but it is a single CD with most of the KFC tracks and other decent things. I only had a quick glance and the only really duff track was the "Lorraine Chandler" Simon Soussan tailor made version of Love you Baby.

Cheers, thought it sound like them.

Can anyone tell me what the latest KFC backing track is. It's the one with the wishing well advert.(and that's KFC as in the food, and not the definition in Rogers Profanisaurus in this months Viz) Cheers Paul

Some of the animal noises also turned up on the Fugitives "Human Jungle" but it's not surprising as the are all Teddy Vann productions.