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Windjammers- Poor Sad Child Curtis Mayfield - Gotta Have Peace Sunrise Movement - Running Wild Gil Scot Heron - The Bottle Gil Scot Heron - Home Is Where The Hatred Is Antonio Castro - WELFARE Fantastic Mainstream - Lets Be Friends Lumpen - Free Bobby Now Soul Injection - Stay Off The Moon Early Clover & georgia soul drifters - Freedom Diane Jenkins - Recycle Frankie Staton - Bi- Centenial 1976 Great Expectations - Welcome To The world Bill Withers - Harlem Gospel Travellers - Ive Got A Mind Charles Bradley - The Whole World Is Going Up In Flames ST-4 - Black Skinned Blue Eyed Boy Sons Of Nature - Disillusion City-Town Creations - Save The People Essence - Black Reflections Little Oscar - The Message Sheila Wilmer - Look At Your Soul Leroy Clofer - Mr Big Man Johnny King - Peace , Love, Not War Jeffrey Gaither - Struggling Ghetto Woman cant remember who did - Lets Clean Up The Ghetto?

True mate...i actually dont think big rooms will survive...we need a medium room. Karl is a great example of translating 70's to the 60's loving crowd. BUT as i said, they are 70's, and their are loads out there that are Great records in any bracket and dont get hammered each week. Karl being a dancer is a great example because if a tune he plays clears a floor, he doesn't bottle it, because he knows in his heart its a great dancer. He sticks with it and people listen and eventually dance. Djs who dont dance, lose faith if a floor clears to a new tune and panic into their safety records box...its easier and doesn't require faith or passion.. Keep the Faith. Dynamic Corvettes had the floor in Steves. and would in any big room.

Right back on topic sort of, Can anyone tell me how the Modern boy's went down in the same room before it was handed over to Mr Cato & co?? They packed it and did great! To set things straight...what im saying ONLY shows respect to what these 'Big Names' (not all though! ) have in terms of knowlegde and tunes. Thing is I WANT TO HEAR THEM! Cant wait to support Mick in Oslo this year or hear Sam abroad...ill travel for the promise of that. Pauls original post should be encouragement, not 'ruffle feathers'. Hes a young generation of soul lover and runs a busy club with other young soulies. If you want to attract a new committed and energetic crowd, then listen and encourage, not just make inadequate statements about 'thats the way it is'. I want the big venues to pay for and put on young, foreign dj's (not just when they happen to be attending the venue anyway)..Markus, marius, Tommy, Goldie and many others . I want to hear sets that travel between genres and i dont notice the join...all good dance music. On a last note, im using the word 'Big names' in the scenes accepted form But my 'big names' are ALL the guys who put soul and bollocks, impulse and creativity into their sets. If it wasn't the promise of coming across them, id stop going out. peace.

Nice post mate...I dont play Northern though. Dont own a northern soul tune. Yes, the reality is that the scene is stuck in a self imposed limbo and neither dj nor punter will take the initiative to shake up and wake up and have fun again. I dont have to go in big rooms and dj anymore, when i did it was too depressing and life sucking. I like most others who try to play from the soul, got complaints from badly and bagilly dressed throw backs. So got taken off But it didn't make me buy a load of over priced oldies to entertain them, gain acceptance and bore myself to death for the next 5 years. I just cant compromise my heart, soul or music... Keep up what your doing mate...

I dont care who AKA he is. If hes done that himself he wouldn't use the word Wannabee about djs who play tunes they love and find via hard work. END OF. It implies they wannabee in those f--king lifeless big rooms! He showed himself to be out of the loop just with that naff statement. I DO GO OUT mate and ive heard most of those who go on about HISTORY and "hes heard more tunes than youve had hot dinners", but i dont see them supporting f--k all at moment. So if they dont go out and listen, quite frankly, I dont give a f--k for their opinions as they are based on what? Have they heard every tune mate? I can guarantee NOT. As i said ive heard most big names playing a lot of times over the last few years and apart from BUTCH playing abroad, GEORGE buried em on Friday, Saturday and Sunday...Now, the problem is, they wouldn't know because they dont bother with the wannabees...the wannabee playing fresh, soulful music crowd. As someone said earlier they are chasing a lot of tunes George has! Quality non-battered rarities! Its so arrogant ..all these statements about "hes heard more tunes in 3 months than you will hear in a lifetime, for one, how would you know? Or him? Just totally naff statements...driven by a mis placed hierachy. I would never in my lifetime presume to spout such crap about what ANYONE has heard. I dont know what they have heard. I only hear what they play. Arthur i get my tunes by travelling around the world and listening to anyones spot i can..talking to them about their tunes and then chasing it, if i like it. I listen to clips, inhabit small soul rooms, peoples houses, USA radio shows, get sent clips, search clips..every day, listen to other types of music....have a few dealers who know i love non battered tunes? Why?

Thanks.

I agree Arthur, He did do that. But i havent seen it for years... you dont see these guys out as punters or going into rooms to listen much anymore. I dont doubt their knowledge, BUT i also know that, like us all, they havent heard everything. Laurels are no excuse to stop. Wally is just an example, i have loads of other examples , but thats not the point. Some Big Djs get music fed from a few big dealers, they dont get informed by listening as a punter to the array of excellent djs that are around (the world). If you dont use the internet now then you fall WAY BEHIND whats happening and the great stuff thats yet to be hammered! It narrows your boundaries and you become victim of someone elses taste. Wally just took the click of a google search to be informed of its history.

Dont think it was? You talikng about the modo re issues?

Its cos they know it all. I already gave the example of the Wally Coco debacle recently. Had the dj in question ever ventured out and listened to tunes and other djs spots.... popped his head out as a punter, then he would have known his new discovery had been discovered about 2 years earlier in the small rooms of venues he had actually been at, but had never bothered listening at. It must be an ego thing? i dont know, i listen to everyones spots and base my judgement on that, not hearsay or hierachy. To be honest i cant think of ONE exciting big room in the UK...its getting so hackneyed and worn out and worst of all PREDICTABLE. I can almost make a list of what will be played just by looking at the lineup and the venue. When did it become like this? As i said i supported 3 events over the weekend and not just ones i was djing at! A lot of opinions on how the floor needs oldies and playing to the floor, seem to come from people you only see out at venues they dj at....so what do they know, beyond their own doorstep? Also, i haven't actually seen many packed BIG ROOMS, so where the f--k are these punters who demand homogonized soul? A lot of the time they go home at 2pm, pissed and tired...and the venue empties out! I think a small room with committed , soulful punters, is a far greater experience than hanging out in room full of lack lustre soulies who stopped caring about the music when they stopped going to Wigan... Many of the small rooms still contain that original spirit of exploration and excitement...And i have seen quite a few 'Big names' die in small rooms around the country because, when they were given the freedom to play anything, they still played the programmed set they were stuck in and had no idea how to operate outside the 'Big boy tunes'.... I actually feel sorry for them having to wear the straight jacket of the 'Big Name' boys (shame i cant say girls as their not allowed in ) ..it must get so f--king boring week in and week out, playing the same tunes over and over.....soul destroying! Punters need to set them free.....

...anyone got marks number or email thanks....

Shame they have stopped trying then, cos i agree. Shame the moaners dont give them the space, respect or chance to play what THEY want. Or is it that they presume the punters wont dance. It was great to see punters from the main room come into steves and dance. As, ive said, when you hear Butch in Scandanavia his set is totally different...same top quality, but not hammered. But id rather hear a small room exciting dj, than Butch in a UK main rooms playing the same tunes over and over to the demanding punters. I want to hear 'him' play, not 'them!' Its not a competition. You say 'big names' and 'wannabee', like their god and the antichrist. Since when did you become afraid of hearing new tunes? The latent potential of big name djs is not what Paul was talking about, i dont think...not the question. Its the scene thats got the problem, it demands a product and its getting more and more homogonized, complacent...lazy. Or is it just old...age? Wannabee...yes, guess it depends what they/you wannabee. I wannabee hearing great, soulful, exciting tunes I wannabee around in the room im playing in, so i contribute to a 'night', dancing and listening. I wannabee going up to the decks asking whats that, not, oh god 'not that' again and again and again I dont wannabee bored by my own tunes. I dont wannabee hammering my own tunes til im sick of hearing them. I dont wannabee looking at a dj line up and know exactly whats coming every time. I dont wannee be knowing what set im going to play, the week, day or minute, before i go on. I dont wannabee out of the room when certain djs are on...in case i miss something brilliant. I dont wannabee reading what ratio oldie to newie you can play, thats just absurd. I wannabee true to the reason i got into soul music.To hear as many great tunes as i can while im on this mortal coil. And dance to them. Just your terminology for someone whos into music and plays soul, but isn't into hearing the same tunes everytime they go out, says it all. Thats why i just reclaimed it...Peace I wanabee at a nighter where Butch, Andy, Mick , and the 'big room' djs play what they want for the night, not what punters demand. That shows respect nothing else. That would be a top night for sure and i would be first in the queue.

Great articulate post. Steves room on Saturday was off the scale..Val was great and inspiring, George was absolutely Stunning, one of the best spots (and i mean seamless) i have heard in years and i only knew a handful..THATS WHATS EXCITING and why i go out.to buzz off the excitment of hearing and dancing to, for the first time, an incredible, soulful tune.! And I saw him dj at Chris's do on Sunday and he did it again...didn't know one! And all top class.. The last hour of Steves i got to double deck with Paul from Ireland, never heard him play before and it turned into a great (for me) hour and made me listen to my own tunes in a different context against his top, soulful, tunes!loved it! Now thats a good , soulful night out...thanks to all.. I think the important point is that ALL the djs were listening to each other and as an inevitable result were inspired by each other and the night flowed as a result. I never had (or have) a clue what i was going to play, the quality of the djs on before me inspired my direction. Thats why i can never understand djs who just arrive for their spot or only go into the room for their spot...just weird to me Proud to say i supported all three events Soul or Nothing, Radcliffe and Mr Morgan, no politics, just listening and it was worth the effort both musically and socially, came back with a smile...

Great dirty, heavy, soul/funk tune!!

FINAL REDUCTIONS......dont be putting a want up for HOLY DISCIPLES next week... that usually happens

Xover...NO WAY! Thats proper superb ghetto soul/funk.. Think this will be a hard thread Gareth, as we all define it very differently...anyway, lets keep trying..

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THE PIPE Wade In The Water RCA m- £25 HESITATIONS If You Ever Need A Hand Kapp vg++ £10 ROSCOE SHELTON What IS It Baby Tee Jay m- £20 MANDISA - Summer Love El Leo m- Superb little known xover!! £60 TNT BAND Meditation cotique vg++ £30 PAT LUNDY The Thrill Is Gone Columbia demo vg++ £20 JESSIE JAMES Move On Out Of Way Tru Soul m- £20 unlisted up tempo dancer! CHARADES You Better Believe It vg++ harlem Hit Parade £50 DORIS & KELLY You Don't Have To Worry Brunswick m- £30 (doesn't turn up now) MONGO SANTAMARIA WE Got Latin Soul Columbia demo vg++ £25 POETS She Blew A Good Thing symbol m- £15 DIANNE DAVIDSON Sympathy janus m- absolute storming 70s , old Searling play! £20 JOHNNY DAVIS - Boogedy, Boogedy m- Bandit £10 great dancer! LITTLE WILLIE PARKER Lookin In From The Outside mar vel vg++ £10 CREATIVE FUNK Breezies creative funk m- £10 DEL CORDS - Wont You Let Me Know UP m- hard to find moody tune! £15 LEE HARRIS Don't Let Love Fade Away/Im Gonna Get Your Thing forte m- £50 ($200 on moerer) LES WATSON Soul Man Blues vg+ Pompeii £20 soooooo soulful mid t SWEET BOBBY & HONEY BOY Watch The One Whos Talking Sound O Riffic m- superb! £15 DON HART Soldier Coming Home Cool School m- (old Stafford tune!) £20 PEOPLES CHOICE - Your Mine Veroneeca m- £20 O'JAYS Oh How You Hurt Me m- ER £20 NIKK Hard Times House Of Roton m- £50 paulsadot@hotmail.com

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Message From The Ghetto by THE SON OF THE GHETTO on the gospel truth vg++ £60 (with the storming "I Dont Know Where Were Headed!)

Let Me Be Your Back Door Man note vg++ £100 semi known hard to find 70s soul/funk stormer can find it on Marius mix below... https://megatrip.blogspot.com/2010/02/hook-and-sling-marius-zahl-johnsen.html

...rare semi known floor packing soul...cant believe its not gone!

Holy Disciples - "Trying To Make A Hundred", Song Bird #1208. vg $380 Absolute storming gospel soul that a lot are chasing, a rare piece thats hard to find! this is the second of two spares i have. Actual soundclip from record below.. holy_disciples_VG.mp3 holy_disciples_VG.mp3

YOU called me Mr Sadon? and Isababel, I am very SAD ON this occasion to decline your offer of an arm chair viewing...

Wow, MBARRETT, sounds like a law firm. Just because Joey wont declare (as house rules state he should) who he is and IZZY wants to report anyone that doesnt agree with her, dont mistake my questions for vitriole. I could say your complacency and a statement about some random guy with a few Wigan pictures is dispassionate and flacid! ....each to his own. Joey already said he saw an interview (with himself ) where the writer said he was inspired by Winstanleys book...which MOST on the scene know, is WAY OUT and very innacurate..and was done to keep promoting Wigan as a money making enterprise! so that says it all....Shimy has admitted his source of reference... LOW BUDGET...jeez thats an understatement. But cost doesnt equal the products success or failure..integrity and knowledge do...two traits that have been lacking all the way through this film. From conception to completion..a membership card means f--k all to me im afraid.