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    Venues Value For Money

    in All About the SOUL

    Posted · Edited by DaveNPete

    I don't think you can expect to get a professionally run venue on the cheap.

     

    It's not so much to enable the promoters to make loads of money (though WHY shouldn't they if they do a good job - were the Torch, Wheel and Wigan not all big money making propositions?) ...but if they're sailing close to the wind financially and they have a couple of bad nights (due to bad weather or venue clashes) they're seriously out of pocket and making substantial losses. I know back when me and Pete were involved in The White Heather at Carlisle, though it was well liked for its music policy by those who went, we only made any money a couple of times and lost A LOT several times.

     

    In the past we often used to get offered in free but always turned it down to ensure profits remained sustainable (with the exception of the Ritz guest list because we helped out here and there).

     

    Personally I think nighters should be of the order of £15+ to get in - not unreasonable on any level IMO for 8 hours of music that's very expensive to finance as a DJ (I bet the number of OXO spinners who actually really cover the costs of their records can be counted on one hand - at best) - and if it leaves you short of beer money then BLOODY GREAT as far as I'm concerned - the licensing of nighters was one of the worst things to happen in modern times IMO (more gear = more fun for everyone).

     

    Dx

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    Music Released On Artist Owned Labels

    in Look At Your Box

    Posted · Edited by DaveNPete

    Lloyd Price's Double L label springs to mind. No dynamite tunes here in the few I have but they do turn up regularly so must have sold well enough back in the day.

    Isn't Ludix also Lloyd Price?

    What about Washpan?

    Dx

     

    PS Wasn't Reprise owned by Frank Sinatra?

    Sticker Residue

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    Posted · Edited by DaveNPete

    WD40 removes the residue from sticky label.

    Hope it helps without any damage .

    NO!!!! Adding oil to your labels - mad!

    Petrol lighter fluid - back in the days we still did artwork on drawing board we always used it for degreasing and removing spirit glues, also great for degreasing vinyl.

    Felt tip - unlikely you will ever really succeed.

    Dx

    Another Collins House / Northern Comparisson

    in All About the SOUL

    Posted · Edited by DaveNPete

    Frank Webster and myself went to a Niter in Coventry quite a few years ago, when we arrived the queue was massive and we both thought it's gonna be one hell of a night. Turned out that Amnesia was on upstairs and as the Northern room was crap we, along with most of the others from the Northern room, spent most of the night in there. 

     

    Certainly not a night to forget

     

    Mark C :huh:

    First time I've ever had my trousers taken down for a search going in to a nighter... Remember some very phased rave kids coming to see what was going on with all these old guys off their tits downstairs - yes it was a crap night in the Northern room BTW.

    Dx

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    Northern Soul The Film - See It At The Cinema

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    Posted · Edited by DaveNPete

    Went to the premier last night (thanks for the invite) - overall I have to say it was EXCELLENT - the dancing very good and not-overly reliant on silly acrobatics and the characters well portrayed and convincingly 'us'.

     

    A few minor and rather nuanced criticisms:

     

    The music selection was great, some real benchmark 'proper' Northern Soul sounds, though it DID represent a cross section of sounds spun from the early 70s right through to the early 80s rather than the sounds specifically to be heard around the 1974ish? period portrayed (though this is quite understandable I guess as the film will be serving as a musical introduction for many of the people watching it rather than a historical document) - with a couple simply unknown altogether before Wigan was closed.

     

    My other mild criticism is that there was a fairly overbearing drug presence - whilst obviously it would be foolish to deny their almost universal existence on the scene (especially in years gone by) - they are in my view of secondary importance in that use of uppers is (and I think it'd be fair to say this for most people) 80% about making it easy to stay awake - and the popping of the 'giant' black and whites and strange green and white capsules whether going out or not portrayed in the film (hey guys get your gear right!) was a bit too in yer face - I for one have almost never touched anything when not going out and find being wrecked with nowhere to go positively irritating.

     

    Would have also been nice to have seen more structured portrayal of the weekend life, its fraternity and the 'living for the weekend' cycle - Friday Soul Night/Nighter; Alldayer; Saturday Night Nighter, maybe another alldayer etc... come back to life Tuesday (maybe a soul night Thursday) and start organising the next weekend etc (though I guess for the Rochdale/Bolton/Bury type location local to the epicentre portrayed in the film this was less of an issue than it was for me in the 80s having to travel a gazillion miles to most nighters).

     

    Of course the scene is such a massively complex web of different features, sounds, trends and viewpoints (not to mention something that you can only really understand from within) that a dozen films couldn't capture it properly (and CERTAINLY not for someone on the outside looking in) - and so as a lovingly crafted, brave snapshot of the life I have to say it did do EXTREMELY well.
     

     

    Dave

     

    PS Was great to see everyone - pity me and Pete couldn't stay for the nighter.

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    Northern Soul - Is It A Trademark ?

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    Normal design copyright laws prevent you from trademarking images/designs that are already clearly in the public domain (a bit like patents - you can't patent something that already exists) - surprised it even went to court - but WHAT a bunch of slimey profiteering little turds to even try it!

    Dx

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    Barbara & The Castles

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    Posted · Edited by DaveNPete

    The boss think it sounds like Brenda too (agreed the voice is deep for Patrice) - he's a major BH fanatic. More reminiscent of her earlier Donna period vocal sound.

     

    I know Brenda was doing the odd sneaky vocal foreigners under the Motown radar during her sessions at the Mirwood studios.

     

    Dx

    How, Wow

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    That Paulette record is f&cking terrible, it might as well be by Lulu it's that poppy - someone paid $2000 for it?

    Got my vote on that - how could you possibly compare the staggeringly brilliant Masqueraders with that piece of third rate clippy cloopy shite?

    Dx

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    Never Had It So Good

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    Always thought the over-use of the mic was 90% egotism on the part of the DJ - unless he was imparting worthwhile info (the artist and title of a little known record for instance), something surprising about it or an interesting link with a preceding spin, and as noted you can rarely hear what is being said... After all - are we about the music or just doing our version of the local disco?

     

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