Steve G

I knew you were going to say that Pete, I thought of adding it to head you off at the pass, cos of course it's right....we don't know.

Yes, very true, right up to the late 70s new releases that fitted the bill were played on the northern scene as well (Sad Girl, F Emeralds, Eddie Holman etc.). Later if you include Stafford with Richard / Dave T / Robin etc. PS Bearsy: Give me F.Smogg over Bill Cosby anyday! :

Re First Choice. Mick says it's a Pye acetate but with a release number inked on....Steve

Shit mon, you've just publically 'outed' at least 50 DJs sets for this and next weekend.....you terror!

Rather confused by this post now Wiggy - since your signature under your post says "I will be playing uptempo rare and underplayed Northern Soul from original vinyl" at some gig you are doing in London. Thought you were Russ W's agent in the south? Then you are playing uptempo rare and underplayed and now you don't like rare soul after all, but you do like northern. All a bit Spaghetti Head!! :

:rolleyes:

Predictable as ever Roger!

Very funny Len. Problem is some folk might actually believe you... Agreed, flip far better soul record.

Yeah but Steve, just playing OVO for the sake of it, proves nothing. Anyone can line up a playlist of obscure stuff, and to Jocko's point, they also need to be good records. Don't want a row about the myriad of different styles, and whether they're crap or not, but it is a relevant point I think. I've seen plenty of OV playlists of underplayed stuff which are as dull as ditchwater....sorry to say.

No Len, there weren't enough ex northern punters to populate these side rooms, when you can have your own dedicated modern night without the normans. Also the promotors realised they could save money by having a freestyle room for all and sundry, where the only condition is that you don't need to pay the DJs for their services.

The other dimension, as perhaps my learned Scottish banking friend was trying to suggest earlier via his cryptic comments, was that just because a venue plays OVO, it doesn't of itself make it good. The other ingredient is taste - playing good music, not poor music. Do all OV champions play good stuff? Without breathing life into the corpse of the 'playlist' thread from the other day, I'd think not.

Mainly boogie, funky and club classics.

Yes I agree now that I understand what you were saying, although I actually had about 50% of 'em I was delighted to hear

Stop what Jock? We were there, but Lorraine didn't like the bad language :lol: PS: Good to see you at Cleggy

Simsy, and Geeselad he played 80s

It's perfectly fine for people to go out to handbag nights and dance to the Snake and The Love I lost etc. We're not the "happy police" as well as the "soul police" are we? Just don't confuse that stuff with what I like - it's very very different.

It's a meaningless question since as well as various shades of "modern", right through to Y2k12 banging house and R&B, it picks up many people who are not on a recognised scene. One of the strangest things a few years ago was when we organised a Soul 24-7 party. One guy who is not on the "scene" as far as we could tel, said "give me the big downstairs room and I'll fill it up". Lo and behold us usual suspects had about 60 people in the upstairs room. This other dude had over 250 turn up downstairs, and none of us had ever seen any of them before.

I've never managed to get any sound out of a stamp Almost? Entirely I'd say. The exception is the remoter outposts of the UK where everyone gets together once a quarter at the only event in the area and you'll hear everything 60s wise from the Impressions to the Celebrities (on OV)...That's a neccesary part of the equation too. Of course Russ's views are what the minority aspire to, just think the NS oldies train has long since left the station as far as those principles are concerned. So why bother fighting it? Accept it, move on with the rare soul banner, the rest of us who collect, appreciate new and varied sounds, range of styles and tempos, do our own thing, rather than trying to stay wedded to something which has gone overground and become a parody of it's orginal ethos.

There goes a girl / I don't have to be a crying man Like other Truitt titles it got re-pressed in the 70s on the multi coloured design. Sorry mine is not for sale, but good luck tracking it down.

Very true in many areas. However in other areas there's hardly anywhere to go at all.....maybe one soul night a month or quarter....and a long drive..... where a bit of everything style wise needs to get mixed in to keep everyone happy.

Hi Russ, I think you are picking the wrong fight here. The principles you put forward are those in play on the rare soul scene and long may they continue there. Boots, CDs, IPads don't feature - end of. They have NOT been the principles on the modern scene since the mid 1980s (Rock City etc.), and are NO LONGER the principles in very large parts of the northern scene (probably since the late 90s). The guy I think you are talking about does more to promote black music in this country each and every month than many of the billy bunters who put on northern nights, then happily play bootlegs of Wigan oldies. Isn't it those billy bunters who don't contribute that you should be targeting your anger at? (And before anyone jumps in I do know there are some oldies venues that stick to OVO). But before you do I can tell you now you are wasting your fingertips, the majority of the northern scene these days is about listening to well known records, finding out where to buy the best repro soul patches, and a social craic. The record collecting side of it is now very much a minority, and most of it is done on the internet anyway. Based on your views Russ I think you should stick to rare soul, that's where you'll find unchallenged principles of OVO. And if you want to go to a club night with a current DJ who is doing a one off oldies set based on his past reputation / discoveries, don't expect it to be on OV, cos it won't be. Steve

Colin "pretending" to be a DJ - now that IS one of the funniest things I have ever read here Steve.

Hi Benji Here's my playlist from the car on the way back from Cleethorpes Sunday: ....... ........ ........ ........ ........ ....... ... ........... ........ Harold Melvin & Bluenotes "The lolly I lost" Frederick Hymes III "Lyons ain't gonna do me no flavours" Ben & Jerry'O "Boogaloo" Wynder K Frog "Carte D'or" .... ... ... .......... ... ...... .......... ............. ... ....... .... ...... ....... ... .... . ..... . . .

Depends on whether you are crawling round the North Circular in 2nd gear, or haring up the M1 in top gear Stig ATB Steve :