Roburt

I believe Ady used to frequent these nights ... would the guy on with Herbie Goins (Howling Robin) have been the old Nite Owl DJ Owling Robin ? + a big night @ Chareau Impney ...

An Irish guy named Jerry Butler has definitely just passed away. Our soul guy ?

Seems like John has started a trend ...

An LP originally sold via local black newspapers ... back then (1968) it would have cost you $2.98. It costs a bit more now.

Do you mean 76 Club in Burton ? Retford's Broken Wheel has a book detailing it's life. I'm also attaching a few more old club ads -- wonder how the group appearing at the Welsh club in late 1966 came up with their name ?

I used to attend nights @ the King Mojo and have written about it in the past. Ahead of the Mojo, there was the Esquire (in the same building as the Leadmill). That was the 1st venue to book / play blues / R&B in Sheffield to my knowledge. The Leadmill crowd didn't like the Mojo lot. If an act they wanted to see was on at the Mojo instead of the Esquire, they'd rather go see them a few days earlier / later at the Wheel. There are books about the Esquire & Mojo and a couple of Facebook pages related the the Mojo. You'll find lots of info about the Sheffield soul scene on those. Of course, after the Mojo, the Stringfellows opened Down Broadway and the Penthouse, which both played soul stuff. The Mucky Duck (Black Swan pub) also used to host soul nights in the late 60's (after playing host to lots of Joe Cocker live R&B shows earlier in the 60's). The FABULOUS PLATTERS (really the Steinways) played live @ the Black Swan around 1968 (it'd be good if someone local to Sheffield would search thru old editions of the Sheffield Star. I'm sure many on here will have stories about Samanthas.

The wife was from Hull & she used to hitch up to Brid to see the likes of the Who, Small Faces & Spencer Davis Group @ the Spa ... but later in the 60's, they used to book US soul groups to play the venue. The Mandrakes were on there a lot too (they were from Scarboro), at that time Robert Palmer was their lead singer (ahead of him joining Alan Bown).

Seems things are getting no better for Dave & his wife. Their flight home to the UK has turned into a giant 'cock-up' now. You have to feel really sorry for them as this was supposed to be their dream holiday to celebrate his retirement.

AND I informed him I was putting it up here (before doing so). I believe he flew back to the UK overnight.

Nottingham was quite unusual back then as it had around 5 soul venues, all going at the same time (mid to late 60's). There was the Beachcomber, the Dungeon (that has it's own Facebook group I believe), the Boat Club, the Britannia Rowing Club and the Palais. In addition to their local clubs, the Notts crowd used to travel to attend allniters in Sheffield, Leicester & Manchester.

In passing, just noticed that a UK beat group seemed to be getting some high profile gigs back in the mid to late 60's -- at soul venues such as the Gliderdrome, Boston (alongside Otis Redding) and with the Orlons & Bluesology (Elton John's outfit) at Aylesbury Assembly Hall. Never came across them myself at a live gig and their 45's never registered on my radar (though they do seem to have loads of fans out there) ...

This place has a decent profile these days due to the NS weekenders staged there. It was also a popular venue with mods / R&B and soul fans back in the 60's ...

As the 1960's London Mod / Soul Clubs thread has seen renewed action recently, thought I'd post up this related thread. Some local soul clubs grew in stature & went on to become famous soul venues (the Place, Hanley for instance), others were known of because live soul recordings were made there (Birdcage, Portsmouth, Bolton Casino, Nite Owl, Leicester, etc). Some hosted R&B / soul nights in the 60's / 70's and have returned to the spotlight due to more recent events staged there (Brid Spa). But many have just slipped away in the mists of time. Never to be written about like the Wheel, Casino, Blackpool Mecca, etc. Some local clubs did become iconic to the crowds who attended their soul nights and so have registered in print (the Broken Wheel, Retford, California Ballroom, Dunstable; Gliderdrome, Boston & more). But venues such as the Skyline & Gondola, Hull; the Boulevard, Tadcaster; Plebeians, Halifax; Attic, Doncaster; Clouds., Derby; Assembly Hall, Aylesbury; Central R&B Club Gillingham and numerous other soul clubs are all but forgotten these days. Even some clubs that staged niters seem to get little attention these days -- Va Va's Bolton, Chateau Impney, Droitwich & Up The Junction, Crewe being amongst these. It would be good for folk on here to make mention of the venues that meant a good deal to some back in the day in places such as Birmingham, Northampton, Bristol, Cardiff, Grimsby, Liverpool, Newcastle (the Club A GoGo being the only one there with a profile) & any in Scotland.

Dave has just completed a Caribbean cruise on Holland -America's ROTTERDAM ship. Whilst on there, a bad outbreak on Norovirus occured. Both Dave & his misses came down with it & had to be 'isolated' in their cabin (standard procedure as it's so infectious). Anyway, he's back in Miami now & watching himself on a news clip about the incident ... he's recovered now BTW ... The news clip is on-line & so I'm posting up the link to it -- think that's Dave in the background 1 minute into the piece. https://www.nbcmiami.com/on-air/as-seen-on/norovirus-outbreak-on-rotterdam-cruise-ship-leaves-169-people-ill/3544809/

Don't know if this is soul or gospel but this guy is establishing a bit of a profile of late ... (he's doing a concert @ the Kennedy Centre in DC on March 13th) ...