Gilly

Listen mate if one of the Dynamics on Dyna comes up i'm having it so please bog off,nice shout,its insane and should be detained under the mental health act.Gilly and Nicola

My tip for the future is Rich Evans from Leeds,hes up for it plays good tune and he seems to be a very polite young man,good luck for the future Gilly and Nicola

Its good to have you on here,first met you in 85 when i came to your studio,seen you perform on every one of your visits(brill every time)did you get that photo i coppied for you.God bless Gilly and Nicola

Iam not surprised,i thought back in march this maybe the last time we will be here at the great Prestatynn weekenders.When i just think of the artists we have been so so lucky to have them grace the stage,ive often said that iff some one had told me in Wigan record bar in the later 70ts that one day you will see the likes of Gwen Owens,Don Gardner,The Hesitations,The Volumes and the Del larks to name a few you would proberly think that person had had more than his share of a DDA box but it really did happen,memories till the day i die.Can i thank-you Mr Mark Fletcher,Mr Poole and all the rest of the team for making it happen and the kindness they showed me on all but the first Prestatynn that i didnt attend.MY HAT GOES OFF TO YOU AND THANKS FOR MAKING MY LIFE THAT MUCH BETTER.GILLY

Jonathan old friend from years ago,nice guy and knew Lewie very well,he was banned from the Casino unfairly after a spot of trouble with local Wigan boys and never saw him again,good guy was he

Send me a copy,you never know,or i will get Nicola to do it.

Hi Dave,bet you had a great time,i would have done

So do i

Isnt that just wonderful,lucky enough to say hello to Mr Kingfish whilst in United Sound Studios with Don Davis

Yes i remember him DJ early Wigan,sadly left us too young

No it was a club in the middle of nowhere with a house,spoke to the owners daughter recently,she told me it was now an housing estate.

What about Kirby Belars(Painted Lady)a Mr Manship promotion

Bretby for me was as goood as it gets,i had such wonderful times there.It should never be forgotten this was Chris Andertons event it was his baby and he ran it in excelant fasion.As time went on i got to know the owners of the building and i have to say that the physical lay-out of the venue was as good as anywhere ive attended prior or since.Thankyou Chris for asking me(making me express) my self in the form of spinning a few,there was some great records played at Bretby,they also allowed me and my then wife to bring along our daughter for the alldayers so enableing us to attend.Great times and such happy times.Thank-you Chris.Gilly

Unlike Wigan(too serious)Yate was a bizzar place to be in,in fact men dressing as women was seen a normal thing to do,nobody batterd an eyelid.I remember when it was Dave Wises night i would laugh from start to finnish and in the morning i left the car park with my jaws aching.One thing that really sticks in my mind was when the dj over the mic said "would the owner of an Austin 1100 please go out to the car park as its on fire"and went straight into the next record as if nothing had happened,brill

On a simlar note what about fairground records,you could end up with Carlena Weaver Jealousy Audel

You could well be right,as to my first post on this topic its what was being said at the time.It is a brill record but not as good(in my opinion)as the Magnetics,both sides in my top 20 of all time but never owned one,did have 2 of the Holding on 45

No not bootlegs a product that someone has done with the owner of the master tapes so bootleg isnt the correct word issued years after they were first laid on a studio tape.

When this record was adout as Keith said a fiver would buy it,i understood that Mr Anderson(i think)had some coppies knocked up from the master tape,but it was a long time ago.Gilly

Hi Ed,yes ive had it for years now,if my memory serves me right?it came from the same master tape as Andy Fisher hearts beating stronger Fat Fish.Gilly and Nicola

As i posted before we used to call him the mummy

The one i have always raved about(dont have it anymore)is Mary Moultree There trying to tear us apart King 6038.Still not that well known

Prestatyn is brill Lifeline is brill,cant friggin wait,i think it will be double brill.Gilly and Nicola

Some of the tunes here take me back,remember some others ie Out on the floor,Queen of fools,Stop her on sight.Dig your act,Real humdinger,Girls are out to get you,Unsatisfied/Magic potion,You get your kick/Breakout,Playing both ends,Prove youself a lady,Furys,6x6 and god knows what else.When youve had a tast of those things 70/71/72 no wonder i stuck around and still love the unknowns that keep turning up.

This book has nothing to do with me directly but with me going out with Nicola its in your face anyway(the book that is).Some years ago Andy D started to pester me about writing my own pesonal stories and he continude to pester me for a long time,now with me being a bit of an arsole it took me a long time to actualy do it.Once i made a start that was it i was away and loving every minute of it,some of my own trips have and are being put in The Soul Up North mag and im glad to say the feed back has been great so when this book comes out god knows what the response will be,the skys the limit.What im asking is this,if you have a story to tell no matter how big or how small please send it in,if youve been on one of these record digging trips then your a part of it,so it now needs to be put into writing(documented).Many thanks for taking a look at this post.Gilly