Len

See above post......Give it a go........imagine you were really 'dancing hard' to it at a nighter........(Let me know if you change your mind) ......I'm still convinced - I don't normally go for instrumentals, but for some reason, this one really 'jumped out' at me. All the best, Len

.....Sometimes I worry about myself! I'm now convinced I must have got so wrecked one night, that I had my record box the wrong way round (It has been said) .....But - play the whole record, I'm sure there's a lot more 'going on' than in the vocal........um, imagine you were wearing my ears........ Len

I always play 'Jesse Fisher - Waiting' (The instrumental to 'Your Not Loving a Beginner') I like both, but I definitely prefer the instrumental. All the best, Len https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxWdI0DKK04 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQofoYKczc8

...There's me thinking you lot are out 'Disco Dancing' every weekend! I watched Simon Pegg's 'The World's End' (I thought it was rubbish)......oh how times have changed - More on 'what we watched' next week folks See you at Life-line mate (very more than likely) Len

.....Unfortunately it has the adverse effect - 'The Pendulum' is always in time with another record! Len

Confusingly - Yes! Len

'Bobby Valentin - Use It Before You Lose It' Great track https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2Gf4x4qXM4

He don't much, but we did manage to 'prize' him out a couple of months ago to D.J in 'The Den' - He did a great job, one of my all time fave D.J's........I may ask him to do the same night as Mark Bicknell, and do a 'spirit of' kinda thing. Thanks again for posting these clips - You may have just inspired a whole load of '80's returnees' All the best, Len

Oh go on - take the credit! Good point ref 'Comedy names', I think most (if not all) use these 'names' as descriptive only, and yes some descriptions may have a funny side, but no malice intended.......'Our' Terry once decribed mine as......"that silly Mid-tempo dance"......Owch! - But ya gotta laugh ain't ya? All the best, Len

.......Have you tried the flip? .....Nor me...... Len

Indeed. The brightest stars shine then are gone - they don't just fade away.......I don't care what the 80's returnees wear - they were cool as far as I'm concerned, and still influence me. Len

Abso'f*ckin'lutely - Look at your friend Baz on the video I mentioned - I've now played that clip 4 times!......I know what he would have said about eBay....... Len

I warm to these types, I really do. Len

....You ain't missed much......but I recon this is the start of a new era - the 70's returnees are now 'settled or gone'......and now 10 years later, it's time for the 80's returnees to hit it - HARD!.....There was this guy at the last 'Len's Den', ain't been out since his Stafford days - Danced all night in there, and absolutely loved it! Right, that's a date mate - Bring whatever records you have...but most of all bring that ethos you and the guys had through the 80's Over to you Jem - Book Mark up for the event after Bob Hinsley and Robbo - Mark, you'll be in the Main Room, as well as 'Len's Den'....and you will smile! Be in touch Len

Sorry to hear he's gone. He comes across as one of the great characters that made our Scene - Can you tell us anymore about him - Did he D.J regular? All the best, Len

Hi Jon, Brilliant footage mate Len

No we do not! 'Son' ......We don't need to, and nor do others 'of the same mind' .....btw our event ('Soul in the Bowl') is going pretty well, and I'm gonna 'put that wrong right' and get you DJing at it (if it kills me!).....even if I have to send a f*ckin' chauffer! (over 250 at thisun, and they respond to good soul music!) Great to see the footage of Sue Buck. All the best mate, Len

I ain't that much older, I was 15 in 1985, that's the 'back end' of this magnificent era that I mean - attending The Fleet All-nighters in Peterborough, and Leighton Buzzard (just the once) If I don't get sad, I get angry......but this is the world we live in - I get angrier at that..... Len P.s - I love Mark Bicknell!

Psssst...You were never supposed to understand what they said.......that's what they learn at D.J School .....but how infectious is that guy? I've just watched that bit again.....and the fact that no one has named him yet, makes it even cooler - He ain't got a 'big name' Len

......Long gone....... See ya Thanks again for the vids.....now well depressed Len

I think he's fantastic - and I'm sure I've had the same coffee in the past - Whoooo Hoooo! - He ain't a D.J that just 'Stands there waiting for the record to finish'......... Len

Mark Bicknell interview - In the back ground they're playing 'What have I Done Wrong'.....I feel like crying...maybe that's just nostalgia getting to me..... Len

Nina (the wife) just walked in my record room (where this computer is) and said........."Chr*st why ain't the music like this anymore?"........ I'm lovin' these videos, just watching the Adam interview - he's saying he's p*ssed off that 2 nighters are clashing, and that promoters should be talking to each other.......oh, how times have changed.....oh how I'm enjoying my 'Northern Soul Gap Year'...... Len

Who's the guy D.Jing at 27.29, playing 'How High Can Ya Fly', then 'Use It Before You Lose It'? - F*ckin' brilliant! Len

So glad I at least caught the back end of this special era - Just Brilliant. Catch Dave and Lisa Vanner at 13.46 walking in, and Lisa dancing at 31.51 (amongst many other faces) Great stuff - Thanks for posting. Len