Pete S

Two more topics on the same subject

No this was a great year, it was 78 when it went downhill - in my opinion anyway - the quality if stuff played in 76-77 was amazing, most of my favourites are from that period I think, things like Bernie Williams, Lillie Bryant, Kenny Smith, Lou Ragland, Tony Middelton, Pookie Hudson, Herbert Hunter and so on and so on

Wasn't sure if I posted this live tape before or not but the discussion about Eddie Parker - I"m Gone, when it was played etc, it's on this tape at 30 minutes approximately. This tape is fantastic quality, though I prefer them with a bit more atmosphere. Me and Mr C were the only people from Wolverhampton who went this night and it was quite empty so we sat on the stage and I recorded this by putting the recorder on top of one of the speakers. https://www.mixcloud.com/mayfairmenthol/wigan-casino-live-15-10-1977-northern-soul/

Jim he must have been playing it as a 'rare oldie' at that time because it was played in mid-77, booted and dropped - it's on the Wigan tape I recorded at the time (15/10/77) https://www.mixcloud.com/mayfairmenthol/wigan-casino-live-15-10-1977-northern-soul/

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First heard a rumour of it maybe 10 years ago - never seen or heard it

That's the man Dave.

What a ridiculous statement. People are blinkered because they don't like all aspects of soul music? It's called having personal taste.

Dave is that for real, I thought it was just a rumour - Kept On Dancing I mean - has anyone actually heard it?

Was never a major record when it was first played, only had a brief few weeks before it was bootlegged. I mean, people liked it, but there was no stampede to the dancefloor if you know what I mean. Only Richard Searling had a copy I think. At Wigan, I mean. I remember someone I used to swap tapes with telling me he bought it at The Torch for £1 on the back of Love You Baby being popular.

So do I. For the last time. It's not a playlist of records that I don't like. And because nobody seems to have read the original intro or understand the concept, I am going to have a hissy fit, spit the dummy out and close the topic

Used to really like this when it was played as a new release, I think it was among the first 12" ever to be played. It's on one of the earliest remaining Wigan tapes that I recorded myself and they played the whole 7 or so minutes of it.

Are you actually agreeing with me?

Not quite, the first 10 or so are proper demos with printed A's to the right of the title, Vala Reegan is like that, had a couple of others too

That's what I thought!

You're always out of likes

They do, and that was the start of a slippery slope!

Oh please please please let me know what doubles you've got before you move them on

Dave it's also a list containing records that are constantly ridiculed on here Dave, like The Poppies, Wombat - but yet you say these records get played out - so does that mean that the people always going on about the likes of Bobby Goldsboro, The Present, and all the other white pop stompers, they don't go out either, and more importantly, their opinion thankfully doesn't affect anything that DJ's do? Because I'm sure they'd like to think it does!

Dave it's not meant to be an in depth study, it's just some records that I, me, Pete Smith, had not heard played out since their heyday. And a bunch of titles, many of which people say are the worst they've ever heard, like Wombat. It's just a laugh, something to listen to. * oh and trust me, I don't need to get out more if people are playing The Flasher nowadays like Andy reports some posts above

So we have a night where X amount of people are dancing to Northern, then someone plays crossover and the first lot sit down and a second lot get up, then someone plays R & B so the second lot sit down and another lot get up - and so on and so on. It's either a Northern Soul event or it's not. If it's advertised as a Northern Soul night then play Northern Soul then the people attending won't feel they've been duped. And before someone says "well the more enlightened ones would stay on the floor and dance to all of them" - those people are a tiny minority. I know I don't go out much but I have been out - a lot, an awful lot - in the past, from the ages of 14 up until maybe 10 years ago, and I would not set foot in a place which advertised itself as Across The Board because I'd spend half the night waiting for the crossover and modern to end.Where's the fun in that?

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Otis Blackwell is a great track Aid but it was played very little after the start of 77 and then of course it was pressed...Charlie Gracie is on Stateside but it's a red and white demo. I loved that at the time...am on the fence about it now.

I've not heard that played anywhere since 1976. It had been dropped from Wigan by then despite not being bootlegged.

No never seen that, supposed to have The Shadow Of Your Smile on the other side, would surely have seen one by now..