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YES, BUT now the main rooms are all Mr m's...thats the problem. The explorer spirit has been lost..

Think Sam is asking WHEN did that become the case in UK. It was NEVER like that in 70s & 80s? I think a whole bunch of people stopped going for years (raising kids) missed a whole bunch of great music and when they returned to the scene felt a bit left out and wanted PURE nostalgia. The scene was never originally a nastalgic nostalgia scene! The returnees seemed to have only listened to a couple of oldies cds for 20 yeras and came back thinking that nothing might have moved on or other great tunes have been discovered. Meanwhile there was also a big market control element happening with regards to selling records and top 500s and price guides and blah, blah! Basically everyone seems to have (with age) lost ALL spirit of adventure and developed a fairly dogmatic view of music and soul...They need , as above post says, a system and ALL music must be categorised rather than listened and danced to. If its put in the wrong category box, then its not even worth a listen...No way can it be mixed up because this would cause discomfort and fear and loathing to the expectant punters (expecting tunes they have heard a million times already) and DJs are too scared (generally) to, as they did originally, play great new discoveries and stick with a couple of empty or sparser dance floors whilst breaking new tunes.... Its not like in OZ Sam, where punters are into hearing what the (intelligent and soulful) Dj wants to share with them and have a cracking good dance and good time in the process. They ACTUALLY like to hear the same tune over and over again here (like groundhog day, which is a good name for a lot of the nighters!) and generally try to dictate that via moaning a lot! See you soon Miss Goldie!

DVD Matt...wont be long...

Oh! Have they not secured a distributor for this classic yet? With the 8 out of ten scores im suprised OPTIMUM or other great champions of 'good' british films, haven't pounced on it...oh well, as i said, bargain bucket in a few weeks at local dvd store. Cant wait!

Interest seems to have waned on this classic film pretty quickly. So ill catch it on dvd in a month or so, im sure it will be £3 well spent.

Hey Brother Man - Mickey & Them Mr Big Man - Leroy Clofer WELFARE - Antonio Castro Lets Be Friends - Fantastic Mainstream Dark Side Of The Ghetto - Four Monitors too many to list (most my box)

I love your lo-fi! Ive kept plenty no worries. Dont want to sell this but needs must.!

HEY BROTHER MAN by Mickey & Them very, infectious, rare floor filler, not on the 'big boys' radar yet. very rare. vg ++ £400 https://www.youtube.c...h?v=m_7altBj-ZU SOLD to a very wise man!

Yes, its off the funk scene, ive been playing it out for about 7 years now...Sometimes fade it as guitar break comes in...

Cambridge has f--k all in terms of soul!

Bernetia was one of my 2007 plays. Traded it for £2000 of vinyl. Its been going for around £1500 ++ recently. Im in email contact with Bernetia, top lady!

PAUL YOU CREATED SOMETHING WONDERFUL -YOUD SOON HAVE 10K EATEN UP ON THIS ETC SO JUST SET HIS TROUSERS ALIGHT WHEN YOU CATCH UP WITH HIM!!

Why??ha! SOLD!

SHEILA WILMER - Look At Your Soul on Whole Soul Vg++ £200 incredible xover with funk undertone. THE NEW YORKERS - You Should Have Told Me Radio City Vg+ £45 CHANTELLS - Why Dont You Say vg++ great dancer £40 NICK ALLEN - Hard Way To Go walas vg++ £40 SHIRLEY WAHLS - Remember Martin Luther King blue candle vg++ £25 SOLD DYNAMIC TINTS - Be My Lady Twinight vg+ £20

May not mean much to you mate, but it was me put 5 years work into the original play. THERE IS a world of difference between the 'Flying Picketts' Karaoke live mish mash at Bolton and the original Surely RUSS, if he wasn't DELIBERATELY trying to latch on to my successful production, would just alter his biog to reflect the truth, as requested? The truth is, he was nowt to do with 'Once Upon A Time In Wigan'. If i opened a venue and called it WIGAN CASINO, im sure there would be a few words on here. The reason they didnt change the title for the Bolton production and merely added (for legal reasons) LIVE, is that they deliberalety wanted to mislead people. And Russ still tries to continue with the sham...its Udderly dispicable! Im taking the bull by the horns and putting him out to pasture!

You know, i have asked him politely on several occassions to stop this deliberate lie and he just ignores it. So gloves off! Shame 'SOULBOY' the film have chosen him as their figure head of credibility! It can only tarnish their reputation.

Sorry to harp on about this fool. BUT, this is his FB profile and at the very end contains a BIG, BIG lie! I have, on several occasions asked him to change it and stop trying to mislead people. Russ Winstanley WAS NOT the the music consultant on the highly successful play 'Once Upon A Time In Wigan', which was by Urban Expansions limited (2003 - 2005) and commisioned by that company. That was myself, Adey Croasdell and Guy Hennigan (second tour). Russ was music consultant on 'the sham production at Bolton Octagon called 'Once Upon A Time In Wigan LIVE'. A cut up and hacked to death version of the original script aimed at trying to get in the West End! The first was highly successful and contained ALL original music, the second (Russ's LIVE version) was nothing to do with the successful play and had a white do wop band (flying Picketts) playing the music live. Thats the great musical advice Russ gave them " get a white group to sing Karaoke versions of the music we love". At a time when films are out and Russ is pedaling his wares from stall to stall, i want to set this straight. He DELIBERATELY tries to attach himself to my production and he did NO consulting on it, hence its success. Maybe Russ would like to comment on why he tries to confuse the two and says he was music consultant on 'Once Upon A Time In Wigan' rather than 'Once Upon A Time In Wigan LIVE', which were two very different plays! I know he reads these threads , as he always moans to the mods if anyone points out hes, allegedly, a fraud. On 23rd September 1973 Russ had the idea for putting on and DJing at the famous Soul Allnighters at Wigan Casino. Over 4 million people passed through the venue which ran four nights per week until December 6th 1981. Both Wigan Casino and Russ Winstanley won many awards for best venue and best DJ. In 1997 Russ compiled Telstar Records northern soul album Soul Survivors which has become the biggest selling northern soul compilation ever grossing over £2m. In 1998 his book Wigan Casino Story joined the best sellers' list. In 2008 Russ was featured in BBC TV's Soul Britannia and Dance Britannia and special Northern Soul features on BBC Radio 2 and 4. He has also toured with Paul Weller and Ocean Colour Scene and has also worked with Paul and Dean Parrish on the singles, 'Left Right and Centre' and 'It'll Never Be Over For Me'. Russ is also music consultant to the highly successful Wigan Casino Play,' Once Upon A Time In Wigan' which ran in June at Bolton's Octagon Theatre and will be turned into a multi-million pound feature film in 2009.

Uh! Why bring 'smack' into it. I totally disagree with drug use and particularly in the playground! and , my friend, if YOU keep taking it, you WONT grow up!

AS i have often said Mr Winstanley is a callous, leeching, souless, no morals, mofo, He has stabbed many, many people in the back and the fact the film people love him says it all.

I saw the new trailer and jesus the guy is breaking (spinning on his back) at the end.! Thats just wrong. Also the big 'line Dancing, hands in air scene looks pants'. Trailers are meant to reflect the best of a film, so im not holding out much hope. Also basing it it on Winstanleys bookmeans its definitely a rose tinted, innaccurate, naieve account of the times. According to Russ's book, there were no drugs at Wigan. Shame also that they have him djing with pressings and boots at the after party, but probably reflective of the films quality. Trailer reminds me of a Northern Soul version of 'GREASE' , but im sure you can "tell me more, tell me more" Enjoy..