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Wish we had a few younger members on to give their two peneth, or bitcoins worth. But I'd guess for some of the few young guns who attend non young focussed nights, appreciate the formality and respect as an alternative to what they've seen in mainstream meat markets. The kind of mickey taking, dancing, arsing round, ale swilling followed by a fight/ snog/ kebab we all spurned when we were young. Something don't change, there's always been that crowd who don't have take going out that seriously. And there will always be an alternative, it might not be northern soul but imho it won't really be northern soul anyway without the respect for the heritage and culture of the scene.

The fondness that many have for bidds, that closed relatively recently. Can pay testament to you sentiments. The affection that many of is hold for the 100. Personally the more run down the venue the better for me.

Pm if Interested, uk post £3. Frankie pigee and the soulettes - ex £60 Admirations NM- £22 PRINCE HAROLD -EX-£10 MARVIN GAYE- VG £10 JG LEWIS- EX £12 JAMMERS- VG PLAYS GREAT £20 BUDDY LAMP- VG PLAYS GREAT £15 INNOVATIONS-. EX-. £12 CHARLIE PALMIERI-.EX £22 EDWIN -EX - £10

Pm if interested Tension- it's a fact- poison ring- vg+ £10 Persians- I don't know how to Fall out of love- GWP- EX £10 LEE DORSEY- wonder woman- Amy MN - £15 JOE HICKS- IM GOIN HOME - SCEPTER- EX peice missing from b side label £10 Singing disciples - ain't no way- hob- ex£10 Prince Harold- born to please- verve- vg+ £10 Younger brothers- I can't forget you- roulette- ex - £10 Jive.five- you'll fall in love- musicor- NM- £12 TROY KEYS-LOVE EXPLOSION- ABC- vg+ bit of gold on label £10 prince johnny Robinson- girl is rated X- andee- ex £10

So what were the records that weren't northern, out of curiosity?

Thing is the alternatives are so crap. Dance music in all its incarnations is plastic and corporate.

Loved the last 100 club anniversary single but having played it a few times there's definitely a bit of a dodgy stereo effect with the recording, sounds like some 60's album tracks where you get an almost phased echo sound. Anyone else noticed? Apologies in advance adey, it's not a gripe, it's amazing work you do bringing this music to the world in any format!

Muck Fe! Who knocked that up! Woss than the champion vocal.

Pm if interested, post. £3.00 UK. Kent Meade And The Remington Sunshine - Funky To Me / The Bad One magic carpet WDJ- EX, JUST A LITTLE PEN ON LABEL. £35 Charles Earland - Drifting MERCURY EX now £45 Mongo And Mc Call* - So Help Me, Baby / Mongo And McCall audio arts- rare uptempo dancer WDJ- vg+, plays great. £25 Lou Courtney - Please Stay / You Can Give Your Love To Me EX BRILLIANT FUNK EDGED SOUL verve £40 Frankie Pighee & The Soulettes - Soul Feeling / If You Don't Think ex great and rare driving dancer, with great deep flip £70 The Ad Libs - Nothing Worse Than Being Alone / If She Wants Him share- ex £25 now £20 Patti & The Lovelites* - Love Bandit / I'm The One That You Need - cotillion- NM! Nice copy. £38 now £28 Joe Tex - All The Heaven A Man Really Needs DIAL NM! £20 now £18 Marva Whitney - Daddy Don't Know About Sugar Bear / We Need More (But Somebody Gotta Sacrifice) forte ex-. £30 now £25 Leon Austin* - Steal Away / Yesterday - king- ex now £100 now £85 Anderson Brothers I Can See Him Loving You (7", Promo, Unofficial) gsf- 70's styrene issue- ex £40now £30 Bobby Freeman - I'll Never Fall In Love Again- autumn ex Vinyl has light marks and pressing bubbles which do not effect play £70 no w £65

Huddersfield, was happening at the time, thats where 'hardtimes' started. In terms it f soulful house, the daddy of all nights.

Geoff Oakes, a big Wigan guy face, according to Dave shaw's book,was very influential for us on biddulph. He went onto to start renaissance, in Mansfield and later all over the place. They alway asked where you were from at the hacienda, if you said Stoke, you were listening to f**king indie at the brick house. If you said biddulph, you flew in. Sunday's we'd see Sasha's blue Porsche, personal reg, RE1M1X, outside Geoff'ss house in town

We followed him from mid 90, him and Steve Williams, who tbh, Sasha ripped off big-time. Both dj'ed in various venues in Blackpool, Saturdays. As you said it kicked off proper at Shelly's from late summer 90. By spring 91, it was all over imho.

I acknowledge it wasn't quite as simple as that, Sasha played the eclipse in Coventry, for example, but he did throw in more beltram, bones and Frank de wolf into his sets. Lot of interest locally in Shelly's revivals at the moment.

I studied fashion in London from 87 till 90. Returning home at weekends some of my northern soul friends had started to go the hacienda. Mike Pickering, talked about the musical split between north and south clubs, with the north being first to accept house music. For a short time there was a definite split between the type of house being played, Sasha and others initially pushed a soulful sound that contrasted sharply with the 'headf**k' as we termed it, that Fabio and grooverider offered. Shelly's Friday night attracted people from all over the north west, Saturday's eclipse crowd was drawing ravers from the south and Midlands.

Really heart warming this, these old ladies will always be young, the music is timeless.

The eclipse club, I reckon?

Well, I'll quote my brother who attended the Torch was there when Major played, plus many Wigan nighters. We stood on the balcony at the hac and said; ' the young ones who missed the torch used to ask how good the torch was, when we stood on the balcony at station road. This, he said, as we looked down on the madness of a 'nude' night, is on another level.' The halcyon days of house, were truly something else. But atm going to Burnley, or the hundred is so much more musically satisfying than any retro house night, for me at least. That would be something if we could see a renaissance of modern and northern played together in one room in a big venue. Just think, JJ callier and Michael proctor on the same playlist.

Pm if interested, post. £3.00 UK. The Ad Libs - Nothing Worse Than Being Alone / If She Wants Him share- ex £25 Patti & The Lovelites* - Love Bandit / I'm The One That You Need - cotillion- NM! Nice copy. £38 Joe Tex - All The Heaven A Man Really Needs DIAL NM! £20 Marva Whitney - Daddy Don't Know About Sugar Bear / We Need More (But Somebody Gotta Sacrifice) forte ex-. £30 Leon Austin* - Steal Away / Yesterday - king- ex now £100 The Tripps - Give It Back / Here Comes Those Heart'Aches - victoria A side has a pressing Bubble which is just noticable near the fade out. B side has a little pen, otherwise, really clean. Amazing slow flip £45 now£40! Freddie Houston - Soft Walkin' / To Be In Love toto- vg- Lots of marks, but plays great with no issues.£45 now £40! Anderson Brothers I Can See Him Loving You (7", Promo, Unofficial) gsf- 70's styrene issue- ex £40now £35 Bobby Freeman - I'll Never Fall In Love Again- autumn ex Vinyl has light marks and pressing bubbles which do not effect play £70 Charles Earland - Drifting - Mercury-ex now £45

Pm if interested, post. £3.00 UK. Leon Austin* - Steal Away / Yesterday - king- ex £110 The Tripps - Give It Back / Here Comes Those Heart'Aches - victoria A side has a pressing Bubble which is just noticable near the fade out. B side has a little pen, otherwise, really clean. Amazing slow flip £45 Freddie Houston - Soft Walkin' / To Be In Love toto- vg- Lots of marks, but plays great with no issues.£45 Anderson Brothers I Can See Him Loving You (7", Promo, Unofficial) gsf- 70's styrene issue- ex £40 Bobby Freeman - I'll Never Fall In Love Again- autumn ex Vinyl has light marks and pressing bubbles which do not effect play £70 Charles Earland - Drifting - Mercury-ex £50

Hi mate, you still got Jo Anne Garret?

Think your right there, thought it had been pressed, officially elsewhere.

Right, might have brought this up before but I'm convinced that the soul fox boot is an alt take. For a start it doesn't have that the first drum strike, as in the red coach release. The intro sounds slightly different, it's in the bass and use of snare drum in one section. I've compared the two, wonder how this came about? One of the few boots I've kept, its on the flip of, ' change your ways'. It t has Dean Courtney, then the Carstairs on the other side. Anyone else compared the two?