Epic

Still haven't got my royalties from the "Frank Wilson" book Pete.

Long time no see my friend

Hope you are well mate.

Best

Andy (The "original" Epic !!)

Nice one Pete - just proves that there is still good/interesting stuff to discover.

Will play it in the car on the way to work.

Also done by Barbara McNair & a nice version by Richard "Dimples" Fields.

Kiki Dee is the best version for me though.

Kelly Garrett - "Love's The Only Answer" - a ballad it is NOT !!!!

Would have to go with Lorraine Chandler "What Can I Do" - The vocals of Ms Chandler & that wonderful Mike Terry sax gurgling away in the background is perfection to me.

Honourable mention to the "unreleased" sides by Sharon Scott that Kent put out on their RCA CDs - Superb. Think both Mecca & Wigan would have loved to have had them back in '74

Thelma Houston DLMTW was the first record to be played in 1977 in The Highland Room - it was played just after midnight by Ian Levine.

AGREE WITH NEW YORK CITY TOO THE FIRST TIME I'D COME ACROSS LUTHER VANDROSS' VOICE

Are you not thinking of New York City Band that Luther recorded with - "Got To Have Your Body" gets the odd play now & again - it is from a film soundtrack.

when is this epic??

BLACKPOOL MECCA APPRECIATION SOCIETY

in association with THE MECCA MAFIA

presents an Evening of Mecca Memories from

this Golden Era of SOUL FUNK & Jazz in the 70's

featuring many forgotten gems and eclectic tunes.

A "real time" last hour session !

This will all be held at The Preston Swallow Hotel

Preston New Road, Preston, Lancashire, PR5 0UL

DJ's all together for the fist time since back in the day

COLIN CURTIS & (The Mecca Mafia) PETE HAIGH

ANDY LETT & STEVE NAYLOR

Sound courtesy of Stewart Wennen Soulful Dance @ Lytham

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 6TH 2010

8pm till 2am

Advance Tickets £10.00

All looks very disco................................turn the music up and let's party down !!

"Ghost !!!! - Spirit !!!!!!! - never mind.

As far as the night goes DJs will be featuring all the genres played at The Mecca - including, Northern, Jazz Funk, Disco, Crossover etc. - a "genuine" last hour set by the DJ who actually did that last hour. Abley assisted by three DJs who lived through those glory days of The Highland Room.

The music will be top - guaranteed - 6 hours of the best music ever played at The Mecca. No repeat records all night - that's a promise. We are working through a playlist with Colin to give you a wonderful selection of tunes.

MISS IT - MISS OUT !!!!

God bless you Bobby - you have left a wonderful legacy.

Love Love Love - what a truly uplifting, joyous piece of soul music - you just can't dance to it without a smile on your face !!!

RIP Bobby Hebb

Er...What?? Let's turn this around a bit.....Blackpool Mecca played Contemporary Soulful Dance Music and Wigan Casino played lots of Pop Music FFS

Webby - look up the word irony in the dictionary !!!!!!

It was mentioned in Blues & Soul and possibly Black Echoes at the time,

I remember reading it,

The term Disco a shortened form of Discotheque was used a the time to describe a place used for dancing to recordings of music,Played by Dj's and not performed by live artistes

The term now relates I believe to be anything played at Wigan Casino,But only by people who never went to "The Best Disco In The World "

Grant

No - Blackpool Mecca played Disco & Wigan Casino played "proper" rare soul .

Hmmm, not the ghost of Levine then, is it??

T

Featured on the CD "Spirit of The Mecca"

All the Billboard magazines are online here https://books.google.com/books?id=MigEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA1&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q&f=false

No mention of WC being the number 1 club in the world.

Footsee gets a mention though !!

Ashford & Simpson Song - nice version by Diana Ross too.

If you like the list then this night is for you..........

BLACKPOOL MECCA APPRECIATION SOCIETY

in association with THE MECCA MAFIA

presents an Evening of Mecca Memories from

this Golden Era of SOUL FUNK & JAZZ in the 70's

featuring many forgotten gems and eclectic tunes.

...A "real time" last hour session !

This will all be held at The Preston Swallow Hotel

Preston New Road, Preston, Lancashire, PR5 0UL

DJ's all together for the fist time since back in the day

COLIN CURTIS & (The Mecca Mafia) PETE HAIGH, ANDY LETT & STEVE NAYLOR

Sound courtesy of Stewart Wennen - Soulful Dance @ Lytham

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 6TH 2010

8pm till 2am

Advance Tickets £10.00

Payment via paypal - see enclosed flyer.

Anyone wishing to stay overnight please contact the hotel to get a discounted rate.

Tel. 01772 877351 - You must quote "Blackpool Mecca" to recieve your discount.

Gonna be a great night - already a great buzz on facebook about it - lots & lots of interest already. https://www.facebook....128358310521991

Hope to see you all there !!!

Best will in the world there is a max of 52 Fridays & Saturdays a year ie 104 dates that realistically people will attend. Take out 8/10 Weekenders & you are now down to just over 80 dates. Not a lot is it ? & I haven't even put All Nighters in the mix.

"Bell Bottom Slacks And A Chinese Kimono (She´s My Little Spodee-O)"

which is the flip side of Crazy Baby by The Coasters...........believe me, it is just as bad as the title suggests. / Bell Bottom Slacks And A Chinese Kimono

(She´s My Little Spodee-O)

Crazy Baby / Bell Bottom Slacks And A Chinese Kimono

(She´s My Little Spodee-O)

Crazy Baby / Bell Bottom SlackCrazy Baby / Bell Bottom Slacks And A Chinese Kimono

(She´s My Little Spodee-O)

s And A Chinese Kimono

(She´s My Little Spodee-O)

Soulful House

Jazz Funk

Jazz Fusion

Maybe now its 1500 quid tho it'll make some ears prick up?.Great nighter sound Phil.When i first heard it a few months back,the first thing i said was "Its a Burnley sound" (Batcave).

No,its not everyone's cup of tea,but it begs to be heard at a nighter when the rooms buzzing.Not in some xover back room among the late 70's lp tracks.

If you play it loud enough at an All-Nighter does that mean it doesn't have to be that good? Stack 'em up against George Blackwell, Eula Cooper , Del Larks etc etc. They were played at All -Nighters - one thing common to tunes like that - they passed "quality control"

Stick me in a back room playing xover anytime - I might get to hear some soul !!!

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?).

Sorry - didn't realise there were so many categories these days - Mod - rare soul - Northern - modern - crossover - oldies etc. etc.

Don't really matter which group you put them in - it makes no difference to me - they are still both rubbish IMHO.

Two tunes that have had mass attention in the last year or so are pow wow [ been known and played for a long time on the mod scene ]POW WOW MANNY CORCHADO, LONG VERSION -

zu zu man and the same goes for this, think Des Parkers find, played for a few years on the mod scene before getting spins in the northern rooms

ZU ZU BLUES BAND - ZU ZU MAN -

Sorry - nothing to do with Norhern Soul to me - if this is the fayre on offer at present no wonder oldies are as popular as ever.

TBH a part of me thought these records were put on here as a "wind-up" they really ARE that bad!!!

Only just got round to listening to this - really enjoyef it - good work Pete.

Good to see that The Gaturs hasn't been forgotten - brilliant tune !!!

I think Andy Lett would agree with me here"

Maurice Williams - being without you

Why:

The drum intro picked up by the bass and then the brass comes screaming in - The soft laid back vocal sounds as though hes in tears and is pleading for her to come back.

"It gets so hard - Being without you" you could apply this to anything you loved!

It could remind you of the Northern soul night you went to and you sing this to yourself looking forward to the next night - so i think this should be the National anthem!

When God gets his box open - he ALWAYS plays Maurice Williams - the best Soul record ever - FACT !!!!!!!!!!

One Love - Celi Bee & The Buzzy Bunch (TK)

Disco tune - spun by Ian Levine at Blackpool Mecca