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Someone should write a book about the politics on this scene........it would put Whitehall to shame and probably a best seller......only joking about Snoopy Dean

What was Richard banned for....(playing Snoopy Dean????!!!!)

Popcorn records have crossed over to the northern soul scene Kurt Harris-Emperor Of My Baby Heart,,Doug Banks-I Just Kept On Dancing,Freddie Houston-Soft Walkin......IMHO they should have stayed on the popcorn scene.This may help and make it a bit clearer. The Belgian "popcorn" style began in 1968 in Oostende. There is a nightclub that was called 'The Groove". The first notes of music came from this nightclub wich was called at that time "Soul Music". I was seventeen. I never heard such beautiful music. Now I'm 41 and I'm still crazy about that type of music, "The Oldies Popcorn" as we call this music in Belgium. At the time in the nightclub Groove the classics were : Billy Larkin - 'Hole In The Wall' and Leon Haywood - 'Soul Cargo'. Ska music was also played : Roland Alphonso - 'Doctor Ring Ding', 'Sake A Lady' and 'Song ofMy Father'. Even some instrumental music such as Ramsey Lewis - 'Wade in The Water', 'China Gate', Alvin Cash - 'Twine Time In the seventies about ten nightclubs began to play popcorn records! They were the best DJs in Belgium at the time, and some of them still play today. For the nightclub The Groove, the best DJ was Gilbert Govaert and Pepe Lucien. At Popcorn the great DJ was Jeff Callebaut and Pepe Lucien. In the Versailles Georges Toniotti was the top DJ. Two guys, Eddy and Kurt, were tops at Viertap. The Viertap is always open. My brother Paul and I give people lots of enjoyment in many Belgian nightclubs. Sometimes we organize one or two evenings per year. Still today, after 25 year, the popcorn style is still around and the best records that can be heard are James Conwell on 4J; Jeff Lane - "Carmelita", Bruce Cloud - "Let Me Come Back Home", Kurt Harris - "Emperor Of My Babys Heart" - Douglas Banks - "Ain't that Just Like AWoman", alse many by Major Lance Despite the release of oldies popcorn on compact disc, (about 30 so far) more than 1.000 collectors still look for original "Belgium Popcorn" classic singles. If you visit Belgium don't forget to go to a nightclub where you can hear Belgian Popcorn. People who really like 50s and 60s music can't miss this opportunity, because the popcorn music is something that you can hear and dance to in a nightclub and the atmosphere is super Heres a taster https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvbvgzCizz8

I wish I could find records that quick in my collection..................

Not dead he's still selling on the net..just stick his name in.Massive list of originals.Think he got into comics as well.Wish I had ordered a few more of his soul packs at the time.He couldn't give the Contenders or Boss 4 away all minters.....got my fare share of Ric Tics though and that record on the red/blue label Together We Shall Overcome .... r Used to ring up soul bowl as soon as the lists came....sorry mate it's gone.Never mind there's Domar.Ring him up.Why are you ringing me now ring me after ....pm.Used to get tapes off Guy Hennigan as well with track lists on his soultown fliers.I say track listings...the first line of the song.I've still tapes of stuff that I still have never found out what the tracks are.Sorry mate it's gone....thank god for the net and ebay.Used to buy loads of UK stuff from Pat Brady and a geordie bloke at Newcastle Tiffanies niters....don't know if my memorys playing tricks but I'm sure i bought records off a transvestite record dealer as well at allnighters.Do dealers still do soul packs???big cardboard boxes of 100/150 records.

Indeed a great record.....can't knock The Mecca if they were playing stuff of this quality.I have a few copies of this.It was a staple Richard Domar soul pack filler a one point along with Thats Not Half Bad,Ann Hodge,Ernie Marbray,Clarence Reid,Contenders (loads of these must have turned up at one point in the eighties) and Walkin By-Boss 4.Domar was a right grumpy sod and had strict times when you could ring him.Great soul packs though........

There used to be cracking record shop in York in the eighties with loads of UK rarities plastered all over the walls sure it was in a tiny shopping arcade.........can't for the life of me remember what it was called.Probably long gone now.

Tommy Mccook-Get Me To The Church On Time.....reggae version Laura Nyro-Wedding Bells Deejayed at a mates mod wedding once and he sent me a list of "special" records he wanted playing at the slow dance...played Bobby Hebbs Love Love Love. Kept jumping though so took it off and threw it out the window.Should have seen their faces!!

Yeah Lammy man (with the breakdowns).Isle Of Wight is always a good weekend with Jon Bucks do at the Crown playing some good northern soul music and the Hipshaker boys who have 2 rooms.One freakbeat/organ/mod sounds and the other usually a soul room.Doing Camber and Mersea Island as well.As for sounds just bought Dutch Robinson and Winfield Parker Im On My Way (2 oldies really that I never got round to buying)...Stick em in Refosoul.

Now sorted for these.Thanks

There was a time when the scootering scene was on a parallel with the northern scene in the seventies (pre mod revival) and the eighties........I remember Scarborough in 82/83 and the tunes that were played were the same as at allnighters.There was a great allnighter at Redcar in 85 as well with recognised northern deejays...I'm sure The scootering scene northern wise has faltered a bit and is suffering the same old same old.Good Northern room at Camber though.Get on to refo soul (its free).Got 5 scoots myself, GP20 Rapido AF,225 AF in red/gold with VW reverse cone Clubman and amal carb,red silver AF 225 with snetterton and an SX 225 (currently got blown oil seals)..and a red TS1.will be at Camber northern room and IOW.Dont really do Mod Cabaret.Heres a few scoot pics.

Wanted original US copies PM me with prices

James Brown made a career of it as did Bo Diddley...Mighty Joe Young (Guitar Star) .

Ive actually got it on a thwee twack major minor 45.It's got a bit of fweekbeet guitar in it.

I think it may be this man about to ring you

Billy Stewart built his career on it...........bbbbrrrrrrr summertime.........bbrrrrrr once i had a secret Lover.Not sure it was a lisp or rolling of the tongue.Never stopped Toyah Wilcox either.

Just had a load go missing courtesty of an ex.(there must be a local binman with a good collection).............but on another note I remember deejaying with a few boxes and one cold winter getting a taxi home. The kind taxi driver helped me with my boxes.I get everything in and go to bed.Next day check the boxes and theres one box missing.Look everywhere...nothing. Traipse up to the venue. Search it nothing.Back to the taxi company speak with the driver...nothing.I give up and time moves on.About 4 months later I get a call at work from my girlfriend (at the time)....I've found your records?? How?.She had been mopping the pavement and noticed a red plastic box tucked away in next doors alcove where the milk bottles were!!!!.

Buy the June Taylor Preben has for sale.............better than Tommy Dent/Zu Zu Band etc and only £15

Is it me or does Tommy Dent sound like some UK Club band throwaway b side........ie Geno Washington/Alan Bown etc...it's more of a mod sound than a northern soul sound.

$110-150 according to popsike I paid about £80 for mine.

To be fair this is Soul Source and not northern soul source.I don't consider them to be northern soul either and I don't think he was claiming they were northern soul...I think when he says "scene" he means mod/rare soul scene.Zu Zu is okay aint bad..........Four Tempos-Got To Have You is northern and underplayed (thinking mans oldie?).

Good show.....a right mixture.

Great record.Looks like a british acetate.Got loads of UK Decca acetates of british stuff with exactly the same label.Not all of them came out on UK Decca though (on a non northern soul note ive one by The Quik of I Cant Sleep on a UK Decca acetate which was issued on UK Deram).Maybe Butch has a Decca acetate label over a different label..........great game this guessing the cover up.

Congo by the Twistin kings