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  1. macca
    Word got around afterwards that he had to be 'guarded' for the rest of the night, Billy, due to the considerable prize money he'd won. Wigan could be intimidating back then. Paul will confirm this...
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    Yes, I let one go a couple of years back and now regret it. Great tune. Thanks for the info folks...
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    Picked up this thing "HENRY RALPH", produced by Bill Sheppard. I was looking for "MY SWEET BABY" but bought it out of curiosity with it being a cheapo. I haven't been able to play it yet (deck in storage) and I can't find a soundfile anywhere. Anybody know anything about it? The title doesn't sound very inspiring, admittedly...
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    Knew him too, right back to the Tuesday night discos at the Wirrina in 1974 when he would blow people away dancing to stuff like Needle In A Haystack. I think Bill & Paul schooled him in the moves, but the creativity was purely his. He's the only guy I've seen win a dance comp without resorting to 'stunts'. Last saw him in the late 80s or early 90s. Always a smiling face. RIP Steve.
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    Ripe for UK release on Shotgun, Kent etc, I'd say. Fabulous then and now...
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    Rest in peace Salmon, onto a better place for sure...
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    Some ageing old duffer in a leather 'mac' and furrowed brow should have burst in there like Jesus in the temple. Thou hast turned the house of my Father into a casa de putas!
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    Q: What are you into then? A: Obscure, uptempo American Soul music roughly from the mid 60s to the mid 70s, stuff that never really made the charts. Q: On i-tunes? A: Yes, you can find stuff on there, but also on CD compilations from Ace/Kent though I prefer to collect the original vinyl, whether singles or albums, either through Ebay or through private record dealers. Q: So you've got something to play them on then? A: No, I just like to look at them and touch them (this usually signals the end of the chat).
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    So Jack Montgomery's Do You Believe It/Dearly Beloved was a hard one years ago then? They seem to be quite common today.
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    My only experience of them in latter years was extremely disappointing. I ended up junking two thirds of them, and there were a 100 45s altogether. I'd rather buy piecemeal to tell the truth...
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    I think speculating on the man's reputation forty odd years after the event is pointless and insulting to his survivors. Why not just reflect on his musical legacy? Every time I hear 'I'm The One Who Really Loves You' I hear a great, great performer. It's such a shame there's no live footage of the man (or is there?)...When you look at other 60s artists who were given a second lease of life in the 70s, it's not hard to imagine Darrell doing a Leon Haywood, Al Wilson, Gene Chandler etc on Soul Train and getting interviewed by Don Cornelius. Not hard for me to imagine, at least. :-)
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    Seriously though, McCartney attracts a lot of flak today but in the 70s everyone used hang on his every word, especially on Parkinson and other talk shows of the period. Beatle power meant something then. I wonder if Lennon would be so villified if he were around today.
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    I knew this one was gonna be hard to live down...
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    Arnold Blair on Gemigo was definitely intended to be danced to, I'd have thought. There might be some who prefer it in the intimacy of their dining room though...
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    Lovely piece Dave. Mel Britt. What can you say? In 1978 I was pretty much disillusioned with the way the scene was going music wise and one night at Wigan, around 6am, sat upstairs on the balcony in the middle of a 'grump', who should come to my rescue but Mel Britt. It was a supremely uplifting moment, and one I'll never forget as long as I live. RIP Mel Britt...
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    meanie, meanie... it's disheartening and one of the reasons I don't sell on ebay anymore.
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    It's connection to the Northern Scene, as far as I know, is via Dave Evison who played it 'by mistake' one night at Wiganin the late 70s. He was keeping an eye on things for a DJ who'd gone for a leak and had to pull a record out quickly and stick it on.... The crowd must have reacted favourably as it came to be identified with Dave Evison... So the scene never really had a part in the record's success, unlike stuff like Tammi Lynn, The Tams etc...
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    Because they lack obscurity/rarity? I know what you mean. As a teenager it was drilled into me that NS had to be rare, obscure etc. I felt ill at ease one night at Wigan when they played "Nowhere To Run" and "Another Saturday Night" in the main hall. I absolutely LOVED (and love) these records outside the NS context but I felt I'd been sort of short changed that night, even though it was an oldies all-nighter. "Move On Up" gives you wings, it's an incredible tune, but I'd rather hear other stuff out to be honest...
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    Nearly 18 months after it being premiered then...
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    FW would have had about a year of exposure before it went on general UK release, right? My first memory of it is from mid 1978.
  21. macca
    Lainie Hill "Time Marches On" 07.25, morale flagging, that intro, familiar buzz, tingling... Now there's a monumental Wigan Pop record for you and I feel certainly privileged to have heard it in those 'conditions'. Could this have been Russ?
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    Agree. I loved I'm Gonna Change The Four Seasons, a Russ sound (?) and not what most "non northern" Soul fans would recognise as a Soul record. If that's Pop crap, then I'll own up to liking it. It's also better than the Velours in my opinion... Christ.
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    Dunno about that. If you'd asked anyone in 1972 what music they were into they'd have said Soul, but not the 'commercial type'. Soul was the word on most people's tongues. Then again, what do I know? I was a mid to late 74 arrival knowing that I preferred 'I'm Satisfied With You' 'I've Got Something Good' and 'Just Ask Me' to Win Place Or Show (She's A Winner). I considered myself a Soul fan, then and now...
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    What does this mean? It's a genuine question.
  25. macca
    I think it's more about how the above records sounded, and also the impact they had on you in that venue, packed to the rafters with hardly any space to dance front, back or middle, or hardly any space on the surrounding carpet to even be a voyeur. Like all of us, I heard lots of records at other venues before venturing to Wigan, but hearing stuff like Wombat or Don Thomas for the first time at Wigan was phenomenal. Seemed to give the records another edge. Could it be like hearing Richard Temple at Blackpool one week then hearing it at again at The Torch on your first visit there?


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