Rob Wigley

Knocked a little off the price of the first 2-listen to the clips !Others now Sold- First 2 still there £45 THE PAIR inc Post !I'll take them off Tuesday if not sold-Rob Attractions "Destination You" / "Find me" Bell659 ex+ £25 Morris Chestnut on vocal-remember him singing it live at Prestatyn ? Brilliant dancer 4 Tops "Can't seem to get you out of my mind"/ "Do what you gotta do" UK TMG710 ex £25 Getting played again, always very hard to find. JJ Barnes "Sweet sherry" Inferno ex £ SOLD Brilliant oldie Bo Kirkland & Ruth Davis "You're gonna get next to me" UK EMI SOLD top crossover shuffler for Tats, sounds as fresh as it did 33 years ago !! Inez & Charlie Foxx "Tightrope" Stateside SOLD where it all began !! PM me to reserve 1st class Recorded P&p add £1.50 buy 2 or more I'll pay the post ! Thanks Rob

But make sure you press the artists link! I very nearly bought an Alien Sex Fiend bundle............... Ian D I nearly did the same Rob

In a conversation yesterday with my mate Sean and we were talking about a few places that don't seem to get mentioned Club/all-nighter wise. You hear a lot about the Twisted Wheel (obviously), but what about The Pendulum in Manchester. We used to look at the club entrance somewhere opposite Manchester Victoria Station when getting the train T' Wigan. But I don't know anyone who went ? Anybody know anything about this Club Rob

During the past couple of years, UK label Shout have released two Roy Hamilton CDs - the first one filled with Epic recordings and the second one collecting his RCA and AGP sides. Check this out: https://www.cherryred.co.uk/shout/artists/royhamilton.htm

Has Roy Hamilton ever been done?, good masters available RCA & Epic. Tons of good Northern/ rare stuff, some great beat ballards. And a F**king brilliant singer as well ! Rob

Thanks for all your support, another page full yesterday . Please keep the ads/pms coming , it makes my life a lot easier we can also do ads from your text you send to fit to the ad boxes, so don't work if you haven't got ready made PDFs etc. Please ask. Rob

Uriel Jones yesterday and now Sonny Munro today. Detroit is slowly loosing its rich musical heritage as the "Old Guard" pass on. Very sad news once again. When ever "The Survivors" make it to the UK see them while you can. RIP Rob & Karen

babe Ruth "Elusive" Ted Casidy "The Lurch" (although I love the babe Ruth ) Rob

Thanks for the intrest so far looks like 1 and a 1/2 pages gone keep em coming its all for a good cause ! Rob

Hi Francis get that scoundril Farrell up there with a low-loader, you need Palm Trees mate ! as for the dance floor-rumour has it it was from the Down stairs main ballroom, not the Highland room, which has apparently been put into storage along with the Tartan carpet for future generations to enjoy (by Blackpool Council-I KID YOU NOT!) hope you are well Rob

Was there saturday, but forgot the bloody camera ! Torch, Mecca, Casino, Clifton Hall, bulldozers love 'em all Rob

Just Got 2 x of the £20 offer left now-be quick as i will be closing the thread when sold or by Thursday A M Sales now closed Thank you Thanks to all who have bought Rob

Right I'm putting on my editors hat again for the weekender programme for Bridlington Weekender. All those i've spoken to about writting something or being interviewed for the mag i hope to get it wrapped up within the next 7 days or so. Anyone with anything to say about The Yorkshire Soul Scene past or present drop me a PM Could be old Clubs, events people etc. At the moment It looks like we will be at least 20 pages for the weekender or 24 if a couple of promised adverts come in. All money, after printing cost, goes towards the Bluebell Wood Childrens Hospice. If you fancy an advert we start at 1/8th Page @ £50 FULL Colour. 1/4, 1/2, sizes available up to FULL pages. I will scan a couple of pages to give you the gist of it and anyone who wants a copy of the 2008 mag drop me a line. Adverts for Soul Clubs, Events, Sales, Records etc. If you want to get together with a couple of mates and share the space its fine by us and works out cheaper the larger space you have! As we say all money after print cost goes into the Bluebell pot Dig deep Soul people ECSCSC. You also get a link or ad on www.Bridsoul.com in with the cost !.

Football team or the City ? Rob

Just to update Doing the Melvin & Bryan Davis 45 and troy Keyes for £20 THE PAIR plus £1.50 post. PM if interested Rob

PM'd you Rob

've never seen you or Kev have to come on this forum and explain the ins and outs of a dogs arsehole BEFORE the event so why should any other promoters have to do so?? Mandy only joined in to offer advice for T & A to explain themselves to people such as yourself who look like loosing money on travel & hotels etc. I had DOZENS of PMs over the last 3 months aking who the promoters were -even when Falcons were mentioned. It boils down to biting off more than you can chew and I feel deeply sorry for all involed both promoters and punters. I have pasted an email reply from LAs agents above-which tells a different tale to the Statment issued-which says the event was cancelled. Chicken and Egg ? Sorry but the truth will out in the end. Hope it happens for you all Rob

Thats about the number we got in Dave Rob

Here you go TRANDY PROMOTIONS Would like to issue the following statement... It is with great disappointment and regret that we have had to take the decision to announce the cancellation of "The Northern Soul & Motown" All-dayer featuring "LITTLE ANTHONY & THE IMPERIALS" & "RUBY ANDREWS" Scheduled for "Monday 13th April 2009" due to circumstances beyond our control... We would also like to add that this was in no way related to any form of breakdown between ourselves & the aforementioned artistes... The non appearance is a result of the cancellation of the event... We would like to apologise to all who have supported us on this venture & in particular all those who have purchased tickets... A full refund will be given upon receipt of returned tickets... please email palaisevent@live.co.uk for further details of how/where to obtain refunds... Once again we deeply apologise for inconvenience caused to all concerned.... We particularly offer our most sincere apologies to "RUBY ANDREWS" & "LITTLE ANTHONY & THE IMPERIALS" Who from the offset have been pillars of support to us... Thank-you Andy / Tracey There is also this e-mail from LA agents SORRY - NO. THE PEOPLE PUTTING THIS TOGETHER COULD NOT COME UP WITH PAYMENT FOR THE GIG. Brenda Collins - Executive Admin LITTLE ANTHONY AND THE IMPERIALS In a message dated 3/18/2009 1:23:21 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, : Hi guys there is a lot of speculation about a gig in Nottingham England around the 13th April 2009 Simple question -no politics or hidden agenda ARE YOU APPEARING AT THIS GIG ? YES or NO SORRY - NO. THE PEOPLE PUTTING THIS TOGETHER COULD NOT COME UP WITH PAYMENT FOR THE GIG. Brenda Collins - Executive Admin LITTLE ANTHONY AND THE IMPERIALS There is the answer in Black , white and RED copied and pasted from an e-mail I received.Nothing to do with the Venue cancelling. Rob Hope that helps Rob

Its a lot to take on for anyone Tony, but if EVERYONE pulled together it could be done, however Tickets and Northern fans don't mix, for day events that is, ask ANY promoter on here (unless its the TORCH) and "A bird in the hand is worth 2 in the bush" as I'm sure Andy and Tracey have found out. A lot of people would have to put their feet where their mouths are so to speak. Interesting though....can it be done "word of mouth & Internet only ?" We ran an alldayer in Nottingham with Richie Pitts a very strong DJ line up 2 rooms etc at Cabaret in the City centre about 3 years ago. WE LOST £500 on the day and most of the DJs took a pay cut to help us out never mind we had a great day ! Rob & Karen

Whoever takes this on has a "uphill battle" a)Its GOT to be in the original building b)The owners have been let down by poor promotion so will take some convincing c)Unless you can unite ALL the various soul clubs in Notts behind you-you've no chance. d)You have only 3 Weeks to do it e) I remember the original "Palaise Reunion" post Promoters with DEEP POCKETS required ! Without a good backer there's a chance to loose tons of £s f) You need 700 to 1,000 people to make this work -are they there ? Answers on a Postcard please Rob & Karen

Promoting live acts can be a nightmare, there are a lot of things that "Joe Punter" just won't see or realise that go into promoting such events. Many US (most) have been ripped off by dodgy promoters in the USA over the last 40 odd years and will not move or travel without being paid at least a 50% deposit in advance. Baltic Soul lost a FULL wage/payment to Leroy Hutson in 2007, they paid him and he had NO INTENTION of travelling to Germany. So it works both ways, a relationship has to be built on trust and anything myself and Karen do is always backed up by 3 references in the USA to reassure artists. Little anthony WILL come to the UK within 18 months, it won't cost you £15 a ticket though more like £20 to £25 I have talked to people who want to make it happen and when it does PLEASE SUPPORT THEM (its not us by the way) A minefield and not for the fainthearted Rob & Karen ps Melvin Davis IS coming back for his 50th anniversary tour in September-dates announced when CONTRACTS are signed and Deposits paid pm us if you fancy it !

The 2 I like are both Sundays and don't overlap anymore Radio Worm FM Steve Fletcher & his mate Steve do 2 hours live from radio Worm in Warrington (the old Wire FM show) Lots of oddball Motown as Steve F is a great Collector of USA CDs, he's got great taste. Plus basic oldies, but not Top500, more Wheel, sale ,mecca etc. loads of laughs and chat www.radioworm.co.uk and Dean Anderson on Boundary sound FM . Lots of "live" soul guest and interviews plus Deans excclellent taste in soul 6ts and a smattering of Wigan /Stafford type oldies. Sundays 8pm to 10pm www.boundarysound.co.uk Rob