Mark Bicknell

Who?????lol Mark Bicknell

Stevie...I TOLD YOU NOT TO POST THAT PICTURE, I LOOK MUCH BETTER NOW THE BEARD IS OFF...LOL, or does it remind me of someone else????now let's see who could it be????? Brilliant Mate - Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Beautiful Joan, just beautiful...have a fantastic Christmas and a brilliant Birthday night, sorry we can't be there......see you soon. Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Trouble with this bright idea of mine is you are gonna forget people.....Big shout to Rachel, Gavin Page, Soulgirl AKA Karen...Happy Christmas. Mark Bicknell.

Almost forgot a big shout to 'Mace' from Stoke, see you at Bidds mate in Feb 2006. Mark Bicknell.

Bugger me, really...... Mark Bicknell.

Thanks for a brilliant show Jo, you should have the three winners details for the competition which i sent to your work email address, let's do it again real soon...thanks again. Regards - Mark Bicknell.

I thought it would be a nice to idea to start a thread so we can all send Christmas messages and best wishes to friends on the scene, saves on stamps at least...lol So i'll start, all the very best to friends old and new here on Soul Source, have a soulful Christmas and wonderful 2006, special shout to Neil Jones, Jayne Malone, Sean Livsey, Brett Franklin, Jamie Hartford, Rich Buckley, Mark Ethridge, Karen, Jocko, Trevski And Jo, Shane Higgins, Andy McCabe, Jo Wallace, Jumping Joan and Tony Livsey, Mandy, Big Shute and Angela, Little Annie, Jon And Sue Buck, Steve And Carol 'C', Eddie Hubbard, Rob Moss, Chalky, Lucy From London, Catrina Smith, Nige Shaw, Nige Brown, Pete Smith, Ted Massey, Mick Howard, Richard and Sharon, Kevin Roberts, Ady Croasdell, Big Kenny, Chris Waterman and Marcelle, Dave Rimmer, Dave Moore, Russ Vickers, Jannine, Dave Abbott, Alan Eames, Kim Cook, Stevie 'Z', Steve Cato, Paul Sadot, The Greatstone Boys, anyone i've missed...lol, everyone who listens to the Soul Shack on Solar, all promoters who have booked me this year which ain't many...lol, all at Soul Source with special Christmas cheer to Mike Hughes for all the dedicated hard work he does for the site and everyone else who passes through this superb site. Big shout to all the record delears, record companies, venues, promoters, magazines, shops and everyone who plays their part in this wonderful scene of ours. Soul is for life, not just at Christmas, have a beautiful time. Don't forget THE SOUL SHACK CHRISTMAS DAY SHOW - 8PM - 10PM CHRISTMAS NIGHT - SOLAR RADIO - CHANNEL 879 SKY DIGITAL - www.solarradio.com 'MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE AND A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR'. Regards - Mark Bicknell

keep them coming. regards - Mark Bicknell.

Just list the tunes...lol Mark Bicknell.

COLLECTION SELECTIONS PART TWO.......... I thought it a nice idea to carry on with a thread i started a few months ago 'Collection Sellections', the perfect spot....what's yours?, just one rule all selections must be from your own collections and kep it to approx 24 records which is about average for an hour's spot.... think everyone is open minded and go for it...lol Just played this little lot which made for a most enjoyable afternoon...........Don't think STOMP! think SOUL..................................................Either a spot for the record room or dancefloor. Billy Keen - I Finally Got Wise - Galaxy 726 Artistics - I'll Leave It Up To You - Okeh 7193 Matthew Barnett - If Your Love Is Real - Puff 1005 Bobby Guitar Wood - It's Mighty Nice To Know - Colt 9332 Johnny Rodgers With The Nu Tones - Make A Change - Amon 815 Lee Williams And The Cymbals - It's Everything About You (That I Love) - Carnival 537 Margie Joseph - "One More Chance - Volt 4012 Claude (Baby) Huey - Keep It To Myself - M.I.O.B. 1281 Little Charles And The Sidewinders - Talkin' About You, Babe - Decca 32095 Four Tracks - Like My Love For You - Mandingo 489 Vernon Greene - Look At Me, Look At Me - Minit 32034 Falcons - Love Look In Her Eyes - Big Wheel 1971 The Fabulous Peps - With These Eyes - Wee 3 Emanuel Laskey - (I've Got To Run) For My Life - Thelma 110 Drake And The En-Solids - Please Leave Me - Alteen 8652 Shawn Robinson - My Dear Heart - Minit E.J And The Echoes - You're Gonna Hurt - Diamond Jim 3A Wayne Anthony - Blow Me A Kiss - Walana 102 Terri Bryant - Geni - Verve 10508 Don Gardner - Is This Really Love - Cedric 3003 Jackey Beavers - Bring Me All Your Heartaches - Grand Land 19000 Johnny Newbag - Sweet Thing - Port 3008 Esther Phillips - Just Say Goodbye - Atlantic 2324 Jimmy Wallace - I'll Be Back - Alpha 006 Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Jo's arrived...looking forward to a good show. Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Panic over, the response to my recent plea via this web site was just fantastic, i have had several solid offers from wonderful new sponsors which has secured at least the next six months possibly longer, thank you all from the bottom of my heart for all the many messages, emails and support, proves to me at least that this scene is second to none. Special guest this coming Sunday is 'Jo Wallace' reviewing her superb new Motown compilation 'Soulsatisfaction' Volume Five from Universal..future guests to folow in the new year include 'Steve Plumb' from The Orwell in Wigan, 'Stevie 'Z'' and the Greatstone Boy's' Mark and Tony', 'Paul Sadot' from Soul Or Nothing anfd Lifeline, Mick Howard from Heywood, Bury Town Hall, and many others TBC. There will also be a Christmas Day show going out as it falls on a Sunday, for any requests, mentions, dedications please keep those emails coming markbicknell@solarradio.com or bicknellmark@aol.com Solar Radio - CHANNEL 879 SKY DIGITAL - www.solarradio.com - The Soul Shack every Sunday 8pm - 10pm UK time and 9pm - 11pm Central Europe and on the net www.solarradio.com Again thank you all for the generous support, i really thought i was going to lose the show but we turned it around....now best i get my train to Jon Bucks RSG Christmas Special tonight...see some of you there i hope. Sincere Best Wishes and Thanks. Mark Bicknell.

Heartbeat now there is a good show....lol Almost sold a Sofa Bed at my day job to one of the actors from Heartbeat, don't know his name but it was the blond guy who's been in it since it started, if he pops in again i'll tell him you watch the show...lol Regards - Mark Bicknell.

I can now confirm that the Soul Shack is now safe certainly for the next six months basically down to three very decent investors, i'm still looking at the bigger picture and welcome any further help, ideas and suggestions, again thanks for helping me out. Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Personally as with most people Ebay hooks you when you first get involved with it, it's a bug and pretty soon you tend to spend a great deal of time and money searching for records at all hours of the day and nightr, i sold a few things on there and picked up some nice records at a reasonable price a couple of years ago until i was stung for about £80.00 paid via Pay Pal i might add, and guess what nothing back, no redress what so ever, Ebay are not interested in cleaning their act up or rather the methods of some people who use the service, to be honest despite the fact that there are some very nice records on there still i have not been on there for ages and have little or no interest in it. It seems to me that almost on a daily basis someone is at it on there and it leaves a very nasty taste in the mouth, so as with Jocko perhaps the old fashioned way of collecting and selling is by far the best way....remember Soul Bowl's list dropping through the letter box and the scramble to get on the phone, first come first served fantastic fun. Ebay is a cold and often empty way to chase and sell tunes,yes you can pick up some bargains, but with all the bad press i would think that there is always going to be a major doubt in peoples minds when bidding on records, with the thought of is this one gonna rip me off, the whole ethos of collecting records is based on trust and i feel there is little or no trust with some people who play Ebay, bid snipe, false bidding and all the other crap that goes with this menace is a minefield for fraud and deception. Ebay need to tighten and clean up their act FFS they make enough money from fee's. Pay Pal etc. anyone caught out should be made public and banned for life from trading on there it's that simple. Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Thanks again to everyone who has helped here, the response to this has been fantastic, the show must and will go on now, Jo Wallace is my special guest this coming Sunday reviewing her new Soulsatisfaction CD Volume Five for Universal from 8pm - 10pm - CHANNEL 879 SKY DIGITAL and www.solarradio.com Also broadcasting at the same time on Christmas day. For any requests, mentions, dedications please send all those wonderful emails to markbicknell@solarradio.com or bicknellmark@aol.com Thanks again - Mark Bicknell.

There are as i say several people who have offered some support and i'm sure in time if they wish then they will be made public, i'm just glad there are some wonderful gems of people out there who are simply SOUL, what can i say? I'm still getting emails from all over offering support and can they help, it's magic. Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Not half as pleased as i am Stevie let me tell you, panic over...lol Mark Bicknell.

I can't believe the feedback i've had on this, i'm sorry again for the begging bowl method but i had to try something, i've been on this for the past twenty four hours and the good news is that several people have offered to help all to a satisfactory conclusion, i'm out of the woods and very much ok through the next few months, the kindness, support and ideas to help out has been fantastic, the soul scene is a community of people second to none, i'm only sorry i had to burden you all with my troubles but i did not want to lose the show after five years, thank you all for your support it humbles me so much, Solar have also ben very generous to me without a sponsorship deal to fund the show, so thanks to them for sticking with me, all i want to do now is get on with playing a few tunes on a Sunday night....More top guests to follow and some top tunes in the Soul Shack...panic over for the time being...lol Regards - Mark Bicknell.

I have a mint VIP White Demo of Chris Clark, i've sent you a PM, i'm unsure of the current value but know it's a pretty hard record to find, perhaps someone could shed some light on value, a decent fair offer will secure this for you. Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Who say's i've got a big money collection ? lol.......plus when i started at Solar five years ago i self funded for ages to pay towards the running of the station etc.I constantly promote gigs, review CD's etc. and as Solar is a commercial station i'm simply trying to stay on the air, i thank you for your comments and suggestions, i trust you were not having a dig here...lol Regards - Mark Bicknell.

I can see myself getting a small dog and begging outside venues next....lol, I've been working on this allday and there seems to be some light at the end of the tunnel, still keep the suggestions and ideas coming, what a wonderful scene this is when people want to help. Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Thanks Steve, i have replied to you, some good ideas mate but i really hate asking for friends to bail me out, i've had one offer from an old friend so i'm hoping i can save the show from going under.But still need help so keep the ideas and suggestions coming. Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Mike, I need to keep this current can you maybe move it so it stays on for a few days, thanks. Mark Bicknell.