Soulsmith

Molly, when you go past Fleet Services wind down the window & give me a wave.

Regret I'm not going to make it as I'm sick. Not in bed with your sister sick. Just running around Prestatyn with no clothes on sick. Have a good time chaps

Yeah it was about 1977, sent me 2 quid off to join the 'Inter City Soul Club' Got me badge an all that, but the buggers wanted another 2 quid to join the 'inner circle' Well I wasn't havening, that was I? Still I think I'm over it now.....

Hi Karen - good to meet you. Cheers for the introductions over the week end. Much appreciated. Regret have to agree with Baz above. That record is a friggin anachronism. I have now heard it played out 3 times in 2 months. I cannot take it any more! I had been raving about Prestatyn for a few years to some mates. They surprised by popping up on the Saturday night - a 5 hour drive. That last hour was just uncomfortable for most of us. Normally I wouldn't be complaining, I'd have been off to one of the other rooms. But from what I recall they were almost all closed.

Musical highs for me: spots by Carl Willingham, Arthur Fenn & Steve Hobbs. Musical lows for me: The last hour on Sunday morning 7-8am. An hour that mainly consisted of 100 mph Wigan Stompers. The crowd at that time was small and after 2 all niters it basically consisted of the walking wounded. Something a little more mid tempo or spititually uplifting would have been appreciated. In the modern room Sunday evening 1 DJ started his set & then interupted his first record on 3 seperate occasions to chat & do requests. I noted that the 3rd interuption was for a dedication for a group of people who had missed the week-ender. I've never seen such an angry reaction on the dance floor. Still the highs far out weighed the lows.

ps .......after a cabaret performance a mate asked Martha Reeves if she'd ever considered putting 'No One There' in her live act. She denied knowing the song & was absolutely sure she hadn't recorded it!

Agree Gwen Owens at Prestayn......just amazing. Words can't describe it, but I was in Soul Heaven Also Martha Reeves live at Wigan..77ish? The atmosphere in there was like a cup final in a sauna! Just prior to her going on stage the crowd were chanting "One Way Out" which was a massive sound at the time. She ripped into her set and blew us all away. Near the end we were treated to an acapella cersion of "One Way Out". It had to be acapella as the band didn't know the tune & the stand in vandellas didn't know the words. Superb. Saw her again a year later in cabaret. It was awful. Her voice had changed totally. After Fleetwood & Prestayn I never want to see another soul singer at a sit down venue. Well maybe not never

Don't get too comfortable there sunshine.....next year you will get the oppotunity to experience 'economy class' syndrome. When you're out me & the boys are popping round to whip your windows out.

The team is up to 6 now. Prestatyn worked well as we met up for our first tactical team talk. We now have a team name & have resolved to get some T shirts printed. The Ts will of course be much better than those worn by the SSDCT

A truly awesome weekend. I'd also like to reiterate some of Ian's comments and say a big thank you to the guys who organised it. Must have taken a massive effort. It was a pleasure to meet Mike (aka the voice of reason) & many others 'faces' from Soul Source. Twas also good to meet some of the SSDCT regulars who normally lurk in the basement section of this site. In my infrequent visits to that section of the site I had come to the conclusion that the light was not always fully on down there. Well let me just say that I was pleasantly surprised. I was told that 2000 people have rebooked for next year. Thats 50% of capacity which is some testament. There were a couple of negatives which I might post up later.....or which I might post tomorrow, the day affectionately known to us daaarn saaarf as "Suicide Tuesday"

Raced enduros for a few years. Found it really expensive & it ruined my body. Just like northern soul in fact.

Don't worry lads I think you are all safe. I spoke to Tim recently regarding s/source & he said that he never looks in. He thinks its full up with annoyong anoraks. I'll get me anorak

Do you have a problem with talc or do you really have a problem with big girls?

You guys make me smile.

Just skipped through the debate & thought I might stick my 2p in. The laws of supply & demand are fixed. They apply to the world of northern soul promotions in exactly the same way as they apply to all other promotions. Hope that makes things clearer.

"does any one know who this is" Think this may be the same guy

I must have been wrong about the origination of the term 'Blue Eyed Soul' First heard by me in the 70s, but as mentioned by a few people - in use much earlier. Not the first time I've been 10 years behind the times. Won't be the last.

"Never went and never wanted to go, everyone knows that people from that area are the most unfriendly in the country" Never a good idea to generalise. Especially when you can't back it up. What about those people who travelled 100+ miles to make up the crowd? Are they tainted by association?

TRY - Undisputed Truth: You + Me = Love Have heard it played at both Northern & Funk dos. Its cheap & should be easy to track down (try the Gemm web site)

Post from cover up: "Is "blue-eyed" a more politically correct way of saying "white"? I always find this form of inverted racism slightly bizarre, since generally the people who won't listen to "white" records usually ARE white..." Bloody hell mate - you think too much!! The term blue eyed soul first became a sort of generic term in the early 70s. I think it was the name of an album by Biddu Orchestra. Biddu was asian. Inverted racism, what a crap comment. This is a pleasant discussion about some favourite records, or it was until you wound me up.

Well apart from that......... I thought she was brilliant live! She was a little nervous which was to be expected. Her voice was superb live. I hope someboby gives her a second bite.

Thanks for posting the jimmy beaumont track. Hadn't heard that before, so was good to hear. Dean Parish has one of the most amazing voices. However I now think that I regret seeing him in concert. It was just a surreal experience. It was impossible to take it in. That voice, that sound coming from a man who looked like my uncle Tony. Hope that doesn't actually put anyone off going to see him, I just found it incomprehensible.

Thanks for info Dave, assume Levine handled the production as well. Nick, thanks for sound file. The sound comes across as a bit fuzzy on my mac, but much appreciated anyway.