Russ Vickers

Yes, agree entirely & thats the point, its not about a particular record, but about the vibe that is created within the said night as a whole by all the records played, it might be instigated by the vision, if they had, one of the promoter & resident DJ's, if it works the 'sound' becomes asscotiated with that venue......most long running venues have a particular sound, the 100 Club for instance has evolved through many phases & sounds over the years. It isnt even intentional a lot of the time...only with hind sight.......the whole 'sound' thing is pretty indefinable to be honest.....you just know & feel it......... Some DJ's have thier own sound too, Karl Heard for example. Russ

Simon Soussan eat your heart out - tailor made tosh to make a buck. I would very much prefer that we leave this thread alone now, so it sinks without trace, otherwise we're just giving it free advertising. No doubt there will be some 'big' reveal as to who the artist actually is...yawn!!! Best Russ

Top tune Dave - I prefer this by far to his other rarer outing......a little more melodic & a fab dancer too.... Best Russ

One of the best NS mixes I have heard in a long time Phil, really appreciate you doing it......if that is an example of a set you would play when DJing I'll be at a Nighter with you on the rosta some time soon. Now all I need to know, is how to do it myself....... Best Russ

Etta James - wonderful, earlier Little Anthony & the Imperials... Russ

Kills me every time Dave, a very special quality indeed, a disc I could never tire of hearing. Hope you are well mate. Best Russ

Mines an oldie today, blow the dust offa this n sit back & enjoy..........simply sublime, doesnt get much better really....... OMG Just how good is that........

In the late 7ts I went to lots of mid week Jazz Funk gigs in the South, mostly trendy clubbers & on the South Coast they called themselves Funkateers, the main club in this area that promoted nights all over the South Coast area was Black Velvet, they even had a Weekender on the Isle of Wight. In the early 8ts I went to lots of Rare Groove does mid week in the South, again, mainly trendy white clubbers. This was my mid week soul fix but at weekends I was still doing the Northern/Modern Soul Nighters/Dayers ooop North & the Midlands. The proper Two Step Scene was London based & mainly black, it was something I was blissfully unaware of, as I think most people on NS/MS scene were at the time, I stumbled across a Two Step Alldayer in a bar in Brixton after a 100 Club Nighter, whilst wandering around London in a post Nighter mess looking for something to do.....we were the only white punters & we had never heard any of this music before, we didnt quite know what we had stumbled on, we were made very welcome & had a great time, there were some records played later on Modern Scene which had been played on the Two Step scene previously, Two Step was a scene based on a sound/dance. A 'Stepper' is now mainly referred to by the Modern scene, referring to a slower beat, which is just about danceable. Hope this helps a bit too Bob. Best Russ

'kin tune David my man........ Russ

Was it Shifty that had 6t 5oul on his Porsche ? Russ

Apparently there is a TMG 500 plate ?. Russ

I think it was first played out at Bretby when Chris Anderton did the Soul Nights there. Best Russ

OKEH Russ

I meant whats the plate you have.........??? Russ

Go on then.......... what is it, ya know you wanna Russ

Sh*t.......thats proper good that...nice one. Stepper anthem !!!.......hands in the air, singalong anthem, end of the night, luvved up to f*ck.... I WANT ONE Russ

Sorry gonna cheat, as I havnt posted for a couple of weeks, again aimed firmly at the dancefloor this huge, huge sound......I dont think anyone could improve upon Bessie Banks, but this certaily adds something.........

Gonna up the tempo a bit for this relatively recently played banger....

My copy of Shirley Edwards on Shrine was the copy Ion loaned to Dave Thorley to play at Stafford, it has the label missing from the 'Dream' side, over the years a few people have offered high def label scans which I could stick on, however I;m just fine with it like it is. Best Russ

Why would this have been cut to a 45........... presumeably because at some point it was being considered for a release ?. Is there any evidence any where that supports this ?. Was there anything in the dead wax that can support this is what it is being described as.........why would this have ended up in a collection (?) NJ........ . Genuine questions/musings.........anyone ? Best Russ

I'm very interested to hear it, but in Baghdad . Best Russ

C'mon Simon, get a sound file up mate....dont leave us dangling dude. Best Russ

My passion is SOUL music & my soul pass covers all eras, genres & tempos, if it has the Rare Soul X Factor & you can dance to it, even Two Step, then I'm in........ Russ

Thanks Ben.........if I'm ever at home when its on I'd love to pop along for old times sake too. Will be speaking to you soon Ben, you on Facebook ? Best Russ

Yes, you could be right. Long time ago now. Shifty definitly played the Phonetics when he DJ'd, sure John may have had a copy too. Nigel sold Johnny almost all of his records, not a massive amount, but it was a collection of sorts. As well as Johnny Rogers I had, Anthony & the Aqua Lads, The Stoppers, Continental Showstoppers & a couple more. Not sure if all were from John now, may have had some direct from Nigel. I'm sure John would have given JRogers a spin before passing it on. One thing is for sure, John was very kind with regards to payment, allowing me installments, otherwise I could never had afforded a record like that, thats for sure. Gary Todd did DJ once or twice, altho he didnt attend often. Molly definitly DJ'd, see posts above, maybe when Keith & Maxine took over. The point is 'Voice of Reason', the Blue Lagoon was a great venue & there were some brilliant records spun there. I have very fond memories of the place & it was one of the best Soul Nights in the area for many years were I met many of my closest friends. One thing I would like to ask tho, is why the initial rude comment ?. I'm sure we know each other, so dont be shy get in touch. Happy New Year Russ