Briles

That's your opinion, and you are, of course, entitled to it

Love a lot of the Mirwood stuff, also Arctic, Harthon, St. Lawrence, Chess etc, and didn't wish to imply Detroit is the be all and end all. With regard pound for pound Chicago/Detriot you could be right, not going to try and analyse statistics myself. I'm happy enough with what you said about the years too, so generally agree with what you said Mark. Best Dave

For me Northern Soul is the only music I like generally. I personally feel the proper classic stuff I grew up with, known and worshipped in the mid 70's has never had much quality added to it. Yeah there's been a few, but percentage wise at least 80 percent of the decent stuff which helped coin the phrase was by then discovered. The genres of crossover, R&B, doo-wop, popcorn, rare soul are poor cousins of proper Classic Northern soul which eminated mainly from Detroit in 1966-68. Modern Soul which started around 1970 and is generally best split into a seperate room imho. Soul patches, baggy trousers, sport bags and retro effects are fine if you're into that sort of thing, up to the person. For me though, proper classic Northen Soul should never be tainted by these offshoots if that's the right phrase. Keep 'em seperate, keep the real deal real. Northern Soul was coined by a great man with great musical taste, all again imo. Best Dave

Just played part II through to the end for the first time, had no idea the last third was vocal, nice one Roger

It's a great record, got the VJ demo myself, but what is that Bunky's pick all about ? Best Dave

Had a nice lady ring twice today enquiring about the next Warwick Night. She said the Duffy track got her and 3 mates think about Northern Soul, then luckily she spotted our flyer in the Club on another night out. She is intrigued by the dancing, obviously from the Duffy video. So we have 4 Nurses from our medical pactice coming, and I've taken the trouble of doing CD's and playlist to sample. We also have a few young 'uns at WSC, all sons and daughters and regulars at our do's, but also now wanting to travel, so have a few coming to Banbury on Saturday, and they'll be up dancing. The more exposure Duffy or Amy can give our scene the better chance it has of surviving us imo. Best, Dave.

Check your pm mate

Terrible news, I do hope he can make a full recover from this. Chalky please pass bestwishes from all involved at Warwick Soul Club, me and Tabs met him briefly, and he was great. He gave everyone who saw him an example of his quality at the Stables, certainly something I personally will never forget, be great if he were to perfom again.

https://www.netsoundsmusic.com/nsudsii/2/333128643/612/2.html Simon, Found this using the shopping tab on google, hope that's ok for you mate Best Dave