Russ Vickers

I am pretty sure they are one & the same person.........i quite enjoy her Brunswick stuff. Russ

Can anyone post up some of Ians Modern play's, either from Modern only do's or those which he mixed into sets of NS. Thank you. Russ

I cant really add a lot to what has already been said, but Ian is an awesome DJ & inspired to say the least, a really friendly, knowledgeable guy who always has time for people & great laugh too, for me he's up there with Richard Searling as one of the all time greats. It would be totally unfair not to mention Ians huge contribution to the Modern scene also. Aswell as the records already mentioned, I would like to add Franky & Johnny, Soul Communicators, Bernie Williams & many many many others, a lot of which travelled very well & in some cases were attributed to other DJ's/Venues, ................personal faverourites were Ramona Collins & the fantastic Tony Middleton - Spanish Maiden. He personally inspired me with regards to playing sets of records together that were very diverse at times, but deffo worked, the venues that influenced the whole NS Scene for the better, were the venues where Ian graced the decks Yate, 100 Club & Stafford to name a few, but there were many more including the Modern Venues. I miss Ian's presence on the scene & I really hope that Ian will DJ at some point again, I know I'll be at the front of the line. I f you read this mate, say hello to the rest of the family & I hope all is well. Russ

He's a very nice chap indeed........I dont understand the relevance of when you got into soul music tho'................so long as you get it, who cares. Russ

Remember some clown clocking Winston round the head with a bit of two by four outside the 100 Club one night..........I was doing some window shopping along Oxford St , saw what happened & went off in hot pursuit, with Winston a close second & Ady bringing up the rear (pardon the expression), realising this chap still had his plank I armed myself from a skip (?)...............only to realise I was making ground & would soon catch up, not being a partcularly aggressive person & realising, 'sh*t' this guy just decked Winston !!!' & that I had acted on the spur of the moment.......... I suddenly thought 'What the f**k am I going to do when I catch this guy', subsequently I slowed down slightly..........the guy had faded into the distance by the time the others caught up & needless to say we never did catch him..........alway's smile about this, Winstons 'head' apart, cos I remember being quite concerned that Ady & Winston might rumble me & think I was a right puff if they ever realised what had really happened, luckily was never rumbled until now . Russ

Roger Banks used to play this years ago & it always did the biz......great record & still got masses of plays in it. Russ

Does anyone have a soundfile of the Showtime inc they could PM me with please. Thank you. Russ

Sonny Till - Sonny Till Returns - RCA Chuck Jackson's VIP LP Gloria Scott on Casablanca Betty Everets Uni LP Archie Bell - Tighten Up - Atlantic Roy Hamilton - The Impossible Dream - RCA Ralph Graham - Differently - Sussex Mike Jemison's LP on GeNEVA Gene Townsel - Time Wounds all Heels - Dobre The absolutely essential Rhetta Hughes - Relight My Fire produced by Mike Terry & Jo Armstead Betty Crutcher - Stax LP Several Jerry Butler LP's Terry Callier several LP's Jackie Wilson - Some great LP tracks on several lp's Wow could go on forever........great thread BTW. Russ

Yep, just checked this & its there in all of its glory...........great tune BTW happy memories from dancefloors past........& just right for today's more funky dancefloors I might add. Russ

I think you'll find its on the soulclub website. Best Russ

When I spoke to WJ earlier this year he was very keen to perform..........not sure how long ago he performed, but he was keen. Russ

I havnt got it yet but will do shortly, I'll let you know mate. Russ

MP3 anyone ????????????? Russ

Id like to see Sharon Jones in an Allnighter/Soul Night Venue, saw her in Richmond not so long ago & she was f**king awesome.........I had not bothered before even tho I had, had the opportunity, cos I thought she would be too funky for my personal taste...........no worries, she was brilliant & would rip up any soul venue. Also a few years ago at Newbury we were very lucky to witness Jeff (Jefferee) Perry, he was relating to me that the 'Perry' Brothers were thinking about getting in the studio together to record some stuff, dont think this ever happened............but could you imagine the material that they could perform together particularly the stuff they wrote for others too..........Im thinking in particular of the Jackie Wilson LP, did the demos sung by Jeff that were rumoured to exists ever surface or was it just wishful thinkin' ???? Russ

You should wear what you feel happy in regardless..............however I was under the impression that people on the whole had stopped wearing them before Wigan had shut !!!!!!. Russ

Dont want to be negative, but I saw Archie Bell recently & was quite disapointed, great voice & stage presence tho'. Apparently he refused to sing many of the songs we would love to hear in favour of more commercially succesful releases, spose you cant blame him really. I would like to see the Volumes, great repetoire too. Also what about a Southern Soul Revue there are scores of brilliant artists still recording today, who would take the roof of a venue. Oh yes & someone really needs to book the Brothers of Soul................what a night that would be & what a fantastic repetoire, particularly if they included some songs from their writing & production back catalogue, with guest vocalists too. Russ

The promo has the better mix, the issue & the LP have the inferior (IMO) mix. A clutch turned up this year that a US dealer got from Carrie, unfortunately most were the stock copies with only a few of the Promos............I spoke with Carrie earlier this year (thanks Trev) & she confirmed all the copies she had were now gone. Hope this helps. Russ

Thanks for the tip matey.............awesome tuneage, nice white demo too. Russ

Thanks for that matey.........didnt realise it was the same production team as Tearra.........explains a lot. Thanks again. Russ

Waddaya mean snobbery....its crap . Russ

Waddaya mean snobbery....its crap . Russ

I cant beleive we are even having this discussion on a Rare Soul Forum,,,,,,,,,,,,,I cant beleive Im wasting 2 mins of my life even acknowledging it, its inane pop drivel & anyone who even contemplated playing this should be frog marched outside & put out of thier misery...............JW may also be bored & wondering who is going to bite tonite . Russ

Thats what I mean mate..............ok you can just fade out when your Djing, but would be so much better if there was a shorter mix, particularly as I quite like the end bit too. Russ

Just chillin' & playing some toons today & dragged out TW 'My Love with You' Coastal Records..............forgot just how brilliant this was.......even tho it goes on a little bit..........got me to thinkin' whether there was a 7 inch edit ????? I think it only came out on 12 but you never know. Probably common knowledge, but worth mentioning just how much this sounds like Tearra.........worth a few spins again methinks . Russ

Mines snagged............yahooooooooooooooooo !!!!! Russ