Geoff

Thanks Simon.

Another superb podcast with loads of tunes I didn't recognise, thank you for posting. Could you please post a playlist?

The night after the last 100 Club I awoke in agony with pains in my legs, due I think to back problems. As I sat on the edge of the bed I thought you must be mad to do allnighters and dance, etc. Perhaps it's time to give them up and only attend afternoon sessions. The next day I saw the video of the last 5 or so minutes at the 100 Club on Facebook, with loads of my friends dancing, even a glimpse of me at the back, and I knew I couldn't give this up. It is my life, sad individual that I am. Going out to soul nights with my friends after I lost my wife was a lifesaver. If I give up now what would I do? Watch TV every night? And there is something about a nighter and coming home when your neighbours are just waking up. I'm still an 18-year-old inside. Therefore I intend to carry on as long as I physically can, and of course while I enjoy it. Luckily I enjoy most styles of soul music so there is enough out there to satisfy me for ages to come. I just don't want to embarrass anyone.

Thanks for compiling these and posting them on Mixcloud. Plenty I'd never heard before, and good dance material. I look forward to the next one.

I remember Do You Want To Dance when I was a kid, really liked it at the time but you rarely heard it on the BBC Light Programme. Occasionally you'd hear his releases, usually on Saturday Club. But in 1964 his record of C'mon And Swim Parts 1 and 2 was a big record in Mod clubs and was, if my memory is correct, played on Ready Steady Go and featured Patrick Kerr and Theresa Confrey demonstrating the Swim. I still like that record, might get me up on the dance floor now. Some of his later records were popular on the Northern Scene and I remember Swing Me and Fever being played at the Capitol Soul Club. Sad to read he's died but you can only hope his latter years were healthy and comfortable. I wonder if he knew that some of his records were still popular over here.

I've just gone to the website for this book and found it costs £99.99. It's hardback with loads of pictures so that makes it pricey. A shame as I fancy it but not to pay that. Perhaps I can persuade my local library to purchase a copy. Would be more relevant than many books there.

I'm glad I'm not the only one Steve. I seem to know the lyrics to so many records, can sing them while dancing. Perhaps I should have put all that effort into work, lol.

Dave told me that he compiled various Latin compilations for Charly. We were sitting in the R&B room at the Va Va Voom NYE nighter at the time and he'd included the records being played in his compilations. I bought the Rare Soul Uncovered when it came out, I came across it yesterday when going through my LPs for Facebook thing. Little did I know that I'd be dancing to the Montclairs at the above mentioned nighter years after purchasing the album.

I think it was Ian Dewhirst who mentioned this in a post on SS a few years ago. I'd not heard it but loved it and bought a copy, nice and cheap. I've played it out, at the MonuMental Soul weekender and other places, always popular. But there will be some who will decry it as "disco". And of course it being cheap doesn't help either.

Thanks Steve.

I like all 3 versions mentioned of this song, my preference is Jimmy Radcliffe. Here's a link to the Buck Ram Platters' version of the song. I have this on a CD and know nothing about it, date, record company, etc.

I am so sorry to read this awful news. I knew Paul through the MonuMental Soul nights in London initially. He was a man of superb musical taste but more importantly a thoroughly nice decent guy. My condolences to Clare and the family. RIP Paul

Unreleased so far I'm sorry to say. One of my favourite 100 Club tunes.

I really enjoyed this. Any chance of listing song titles as well as the artiste please? I've heard some great podcasts on Mixcloud recently, Pete Smith's come to mind. Might try to do one myself but would I get moaned at if I included tracks I didn't have on vinyl?

What a great thread this is. Loads here that I don't recognise, but here's some that get me out there. Martha Jean Love – Old Time Lover / That's The Way The Story Goes Jean Carter – I Wanna Know Just Brothers – Go On And Laugh Diane Lewis – You Ain't Got A Chance Mighty Lovers - ??? Chuck Jackson - ??? (Butch and Kitch play this) Esther Grant (?Norma Jenkins) – Here I Am Love Is The Answer – played by Arthur Fenn from an unissued LP Demures – I Wanna Be Good To You Gerri Grainger – Why Can't It Be Tonight Holly Maxwell – 3 Strikes (think that's the title, Ady plays it at the 100 Club) Kae Williams – Our Love Is Dying Kenny Lewis – Not The Marrying Kind and one that has been issued but always got me on my feet at Scenesville: Brenda Holloway – Crying Time I'm sure there are plenty I've missed, sad that some of these will never be available on vinyl or CD but it makes going out to soul nights and allnighters really important if we want to hear tunes of this quality.

The only legitimate vinyl release as far as I know is on Kent Select from Ace Records.

I was shocked when I read the headline to this thread. I knew John mainly through Soul In The Sun although I've not attended for several years. A thoroughly decent guy who loved soul music. My condolences to Bev and his family. RIP John.

Sorry to read about Lee's death but he had a long career. As far as I know he started recording in 1954 and carried on till the mid 60s. He made some lovely doowop sides, my favourites of the ones I know are Try The Impossible and Long Lonely Nights. Of his sides played on the Northern scene my favourite is Quiet as It's Kept. RIP Lee.

I'm sad that Toby has passed away, but thinking of him makes me smile at the good memories of time with him. I can see him in my mind's eye. RIP Toby.

I've heard this out a few times, I think Steve G told me what it was but as usual it's slipped my mind now. Very nice tune.

When I was working on a Monday after an allnighter I was all over the place, not sure if anyone really noticed except the girls in the H&S office opposite who always asked what time I'd got home on Sunday morning. Yeah Steve, Shake Cheri on your brain might make work slightly tricky. Trust you are well.

Hi Des, Thanks for replying. The Teardrops is the same song as the Hassles, a similar arrangement but it wasn't the version I heard. That was the Appointments as I was told. Cheers, Geoff Hi Dazz, Thanks for your reply. You're right, it was the Appointments I heard at the 100 Club and Lifeline, different arrangement to the other two versions. Cheers.

Yesterday on Sounds of the Sixties Brian Matthew played Every Step I Take by the Hassles, an American group whose personnel included Billy Joel. I'm sure I've heard this song at recent soul nights I've attended including the last 100 Club allnighter. I did ask someone there who it was by and was told the Appointments. I checked on that most useful website SoulfulKindaMusic but it wasn't listed under the Appointments. Are there any other versions of the song by soul singers or groups or is it likely to have been the Hassles version I heard? It's a good record whatever genre you'd call it. I hope this is the right forum for this query.

Sadly there's truth in that. I remember ages ago before I went to Lifeline someone described the records I liked, which weren't that unusual I think, as "London sh*t".

Superb Don.