Len

Whereas I admire his superiority complex. I wouldn’t have the nerve to actually admit that I think I’m superior to some purely based on their awful music taste. Len

Well it's been 'weddings, weddings, weddings' for me of late - What is the matter with people?! This weekend gone, I was Best Man, and a 'Whiskey' prank I played went so much better than expected - Almost to the point of it back firing! I was downing huge measures of this bottle of 'Whiskey' as I was wading through my speech, but even after my first gulp, I could feel the slight 'comfortableness' in the room.......After I sank a few more, the wife (Nina) gave me daggers, and lipped....."No more"..... from the top table - At that point I had to cut the joke short, letting everyone know that it was in actual fact Peach Ice Tea Apparently my daughter was saying....."I don't want Daddy to get drunk"......(She could see how worried mum was) You can see the relieved look on her face in one of the photos below. Hopefully other posts on this thread will be 'Soul related' All the best, Len 'The Whiskey' 'Me' 'The Family' (A happy daughter, oh, and wife) 'A photo I used to embarrass the Groom right of pic' (From one of his trips to The Blackpool Mecca) 'My Son Bailey and me' (Getting in to 'The Wedding spirit')

Around the time I first heard you / and Gary Spencer play it (Which influenced me to get one) I know a few people who have this (4 DJs in 'The Kenwood Suite' alone for a start) ((Bob H, Simon I, Matt S, and myself)) Fetches big bucks now because (as mentioned) it's a 'keeper', so not for sale that often. 'Keepers' are more frustrating than 'Rareers' as you know there are copies about, 'squirreled' away in various collections... Len

Oh no they're not! Happy hunting Len

Both lovely records - Just in case you don't know this, the other side to 'Sandy Golden - When We're All Alone Tonight' is also beautiful. Enjoy! All the best, Len 'Sandy Golden - When We're All Alone Tonight'

I'm a '+2' man myself - Some say doing so is sacrilege Len

I have a suspicion that these version battles are meant to bit a bit of lighthearted fun - Keep smiling All the best, Len

Yeh gets on ya wick don't it? As said above, there are places about, lots of pubs doing this type of night - Hope you find a suitable venue. All the best, Len

Kyp - A great guy, see him regular at 'The Bury All-nighter'. Remember him from Huntingdon do's / Leeds All-nighters and local events during the 90's. lost a lot of weight recently, but still the same old 'Kyp' - Used to hang with 'Johnny Fingers' A great bloke! Len

Of course Mark S - 'Slipknot' rules in our house! Len

The wife (Nina) and I were sitting at a table at The Ritz All-nighter, Ginger walked past us........(Nina) "Is that Ginger Taylor?"........(Me) "Yeh I think so, he certainly looks like a Taylor".......Nina 'rolled', and couldn't stop laughing for ages! (A 'had to be there' story I suppose) Glad this thread's still going - Great to see you all 'face to face' as it were. All the best, Len

That's the spirit! All the best, Len

Hi Mick, I've spoken to many people about The 100 Club over the years, and fully except that it is a place one either absolutely loves, or not! As you saw, it isn't your 'huge hall' nighter that lots do prefer, more a 'club' feel that doesn't suit some people. And as has been said, being the capital, it does attract some you don't want there, but Ady does try to keep a tab on this. I'm in the love it side, but also love the 'huge hall' nighters of course. (The Christmas p*ss up is exactly what it says on the tin) All the best, Len

Great weren't they? Len

Putting a do on is a lot easier than it used to be, for lots of reasons - 24 hour licences (so can put on all night if so wish) / Lots of venues are desperate for the extra business - Christ, I used to have to go to committee meetings at working men's clubs to be interviewed, and having to talk them in to allowing me to hire their venue!......"The thing is.......(Dramatic pause).......I don't really like nowadays music, I much prefer 60's music"......"Yeh, now you're talking Sonny".......I was in! As said, flyers easy now / internet promoting of course etc etc, so loads of events is bound to lead to some not being a professionally run quality event. Hey ho Len

Personally I think too bigger deal is made about repeat plays. As long as it doesn't happen loads I'm fine with it - Helps if it's a 'good' repeat play though Len

Not their job to really, so shouldn't expect this to happen. But always a bonus if they become part of the team by spreading the word. Nor is it their risk of not many through the door - A deal is a deal, so the offer of pay should stand. Some DJ's do kindly refrain from a wage / or reduce it if an event is low on numbers, which again, is a bonus if this happens - Their choice though. (Sorry, slightly off-topic that last bit) All the best, Len P.s - Normally 'dreading to play a few'

Christ, I wouldn't know where to start! I'll look forward to reading this thread - All written in the nicest possible way of course Len

The term 'Northern Soul' is now back in vogue. Catch up Len

To be fair to the program, it was in keeping with what some people would have been up to at that time - I just wanted to beat the 'upsurge' on here I like the program. Len

BBC 2 'Back In Time For Tea' Just now - Did you see it? Let's go!

Oh absolutely, I get the your day / your choice of course, but the party needs to 'happen'. Mind you, if you get 'us lot' in a room to celebrate, it will 'happen' no matter what is played! 'Our world' is the best at celebrating! Len

At me and Nina's wedding (back in 2002) we had 150 guests - 142 soul people / 8 relatives / One rule - No kids! We had Adam & Roger Banks looking after the DJing, along with Marco, Rob Holmes, and Teff. To save the hassle of setting up kit, we hired a 'normal' disco, but told the two guys that they were to simply set the kit up, but not to DJ - They didn't understand, and seeing how the evening was going so well on the dance floor they insisted on having a 'piece of the action'. Completely cleared the floor and were kicked off soon after (They didn't mind) In this instance, including 'what we do' so much so in our wedding worked well because at that time Nina and I were still out every weekend, seeing the very people that shared our day with us. First dance was 'Al Wilson - Show and Tell', then 'the signal' to fill the floor straight after was 'Jackie Wilson - Because Of You'......We cut the cake to 'Isaac Hayes - Shaft' But - Had our wedding been more of a ratio of 'normal' people, I wouldn't have dreamed of mixing the two. Maybe getting a few played later to appease, but that would be about it. Same with Birthday's, if lot's of 'normals' are there, it's not fair to force our stuff on em - The party is the important thing! All the best, Len

So many events, I personally don't bother looking anymore as it just makes the mind boggle scrolling down loads both on a Friday & Saturday. I'm sure one day (pretty soon actually) all of a sudden there will be hardly any events. Hopefully this will be a good thing, but depends what events are still standing when this happens. keep enjoying where you can though! All the best, Len