Pete S

Sounds like a Joe Boy demo.

I did explain this in one of the first postings. The acrobatic dance style. Hand on heart by 1976 barely anyone was doing this at all, apart from spins and the very occasional splits. Seriously. It reapearred when the cameras were let into Wigan and it reappears magically whenever a TV documentary is being made. Acrobatic dancers were an absolutely minority since 1976 but the impression that TV slots like this give, is that not only does everyone do it, and the ones that don't are on the perifery of the scene, but they all dress in 40 year old fashions to do it! I have absolutely nothing against anyone dancing like this, or dressing like this, nothing, it's their choice and if it makes them happy then I am happy for them, all my complaints are about how NS is ALWAYS portrayed in the media like this. Nothing to do with any individuals or groups of people at all.

It's a Stiff thing you mean.

Because Of You - Jackie Wilson

Great stuff and no different to a Prestatyn live show.

Might just be One In A Million, I don't know.

Manus I get this all the time, often on here, simply because I don't devote myself exclusively to Soul music and admit to liking pop music from the 50's to the 70's, including many 'pop' Northern records, this means I can't possibly like 'real' soul music. And you should have seen the ridicule I got from the age of 13 for liking Reggae until it suddenly became fashionable a few years ago

Then again, I haven't been out for a couple of years now, maybe things have changed, maybe after paying their admittance fee, non-regulars have to run a gauntlet of baggy-trousered nighter goers chasing them round the room with inflatable bananas and they can't advance onto the dancefloor until they have been bonked on the head 15 times. I just don't know anymore.

Wasn't referring to you mate sorry, just people in general suggesting that suddenly people are being made to feel unwelcome.

Has anyone seen the Northern Soul Gold Discs? He does loads of them https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NOVELTY-GOLD-DISC-NORTHERN-SOUL-TOBY-LEGEND-TIME-WILL-PASS-YOU-BY-/370909594250?pt=UK_Records&hash=item565bef428a

Fine. Let's carry on.

Complain about what Mr PotKettleBlack?

Can't believe people are inventing problems which don't exist. Because some people on this thread don't enjoy seeing the scene thought of as retro, tothers try to twist it to look like everyone dislikes the retro people and the newcomers. What utter b*llocks. Just pack it in, nobody has ever said ANY people aren't welcome.

That's not an answer to a question, don't bother replying if you're just out to score cheap points.

They / we are already respectful and welcoming. What do you want us to do, bow down as the new people enter the room?

Soundswholesale https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/290650948091?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

Normally I would put this into comedy sale of the day but it was too good not to highlight. There's a record for sale on Ebay by Solomon King. He was a popular late 60's singer from manchester of Jewish extraction. Our seller thinks he is Solomon Burke, the American soul giant, who got booted off his label Atlantic and had to come to the UK to get a song written for him by Tom Jones' manager https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SOLOMON-BURKE-WHEN-WE-WERE-YOUNG-45RPM-SINGLE-COLUMBIA-DB8402-/310753328339?pt=UK_Records&hash=item485a577cd3 THIS IS ONE OF THE RAREST PIECES OF JAMES SOLOMON McDONALD'S VAST OUTPUT. IN 1968 HE FELL OUT OF FAVOUR AT ALANTIC RECORDS IN THE U.S. AND TRIED ANOTHER LABEL.HE LANDED UP IN THE U.K. WITH THIS RELEASE..SIDE ONE WRITTEN BY LES REED AND BARRY MASON,AND SIDE TWO BY GORDON MILLS.BRITISH MUSICIANS BEHIND HIM,THIS WAS PROBABLY RECORDED AT EMI'S ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS...AFTER ALL THAT,HE NEVER HAD A HIT SINGLE HERE DESPITE SELLING 17 MILLION ALBUMS WORLDWIDE IN HIS CAREER.HE DIED ABOARD AN AIRCRAFT ON 10TH OCTOBER 2010.

That was just an extreme example. It's just the same as when any new group joins in or tries to join in an existing one, be respectful, find out how it all operates in in no time you'll be in.

If they turned up in retro gear thinking they're going to get a circle of people surrounding them while they do their acrobatic dancing, then no they would probably be made to feel a little unwelcome (or totally blanked maybe). If they just turned up and took it for what it is, then of course they'd be made welcome.

Sorry but have none of you ever heard of a project called "The Strange World Of Northern Soul"? If you remove all of the artists footage, you are left with a really comprehensive documentary of the entire history of the scene, with 99% of it's movers and shakers interviewed. This was really well researched, important people in NS history were interviewed, and although it does speed up when it comes to post Wigan, there's still no other place where you'll find interviews with DJ's, promotors, punters, record finders and so on. Seriously - this is the best.

I've got a friend, grew up with him from the age of 4, like most of us when we 15 he dabbled in NS, says he went to Wigan once (I can't prove that he did or didn't but he didn't come with the rest of us) and anyway I hadn't seen him since about 1980 until 6 years back when he got in touch out of the blue, anyway him and his missus (never on the scene) go to one or two weekenders a year and they love it. They never go to and have never been to any soul nights or allnighters, just these weekenders. So there you go Steve, those are the people we never see anywhere else, it's like a weekend break for them.

Don't be daft!

All on cd now Gene, I've got hundreds of these sorts of comps, if you want something different to listen to just give me a shout and I'll burn them onto a dvd disc for you

Well I knew I'd had it mate as soon as I saw the cover, you could well be right, I used to have quite a few of those type of compilations, like Bent, Batty And 'Bnoxious

I for got to say, I loved the bit of footage of that lad dancing to "You Should O' held On" and singing every word, living every moment of it, that was great.