Johnny Brizzle

Dear all, if anyone wants to give something new a try, Chepstow Radio (www.chepstowradio.com) have a show called Reggae Got Soul at 7pm on a Sunday evening playing a mix of northern soul, Motown, r'n'b, reggae, ska and two-tone. We're new, but it's refreshing! Give us a try.

I attend about 5 rallies a year on average and have to say that I'm finding the scooter scene a little bit stale at the moment. Like Spacehopper (I think I bumped into him on the dancefloor if hazy memory serves), did Weston earlier this year and enjoyed the Sole Room in the rugby club more than the main event. Also preferred the northern room to the main room at Woolacombe: SWSC events seem to be so formulaic that you can set your watches by them. Whilst the scooter scene clearly embraces northern soul, the tunes played either in the main dos or the northern rooms are the same ones that have been aired at every rally for the last 15 years - we all know them: Alfie Davidson, Kim Weston, Al Wilson, Sister Sledge, Nolan Porter etc. There's nothing wrong with it necessarily and I guess it's all a question of choice. To my mind, I would prefer to see/hear DJs taking a few risks and dropping in some rare and unknown numbers. But maybe that's the way the scene works: the northern scene breaks the records and then the scooter scene picks it up three years later?

Cheers Kev, appreciated.

Also, does anyone know of any compilations that this track is on? Thanks for your help.

There's a song that's been bugging me for over a year now and I still don't know who it's by. It's a popular tune on the scooter rally scene, female vocal. Starts with a bassline, almost the reverse of The Magic Touch by Melba Moore before it breaks into strings. The chorus has words somewhere on the lines of "but last night in my room" before the singer calls something out. It then goes back to the bass and builds to a frenzy. Just never been sober enough to ask the DJ what it's called! Any ideas?