Paul-s

Ion, there was a long thread on this subject PROTEST SOUL on here last year....dont know how to look it up though.

Its beyond FUNNY!!! What is that woman doing rolling on the floor! PLEASE STOP COMPETITIONS!

Whats the point, watching a load of old duffers doing bad acrobatics or watching them do steps they used to do when they were 16! Grow old gracefully and dance as your soul demands...listen with new ears and adapt to the times. The other extreme, i once saw at Cleethorpes, is a bunch of Japanese guts dancing like Keb, but without any soul or timing or musical feeling...so, in fact, nothing like Keb! Time to stop the competition thing, it was right in the 70's, but unless new , younger blood enters the Northern Soul scene, it remains a sad anachronism. Also, they are usually judged by a bunch of dj's who dont really dance themselves! And surely dancing cannot be judged...its a subjective expression of joy, feeling and hopefully, soul. I have never seen thse emotions surface in a dance competition, BUT have witnessed them at events, observing people just dancing for themselves......as it should be.. The people who usually want dance competitions are those who rate themselves as good dancers...which is a consquence of ego and usually means, for me, they are shite at dancing! Peace.

dont worry, ill be playing it at Boutique next month. Its a hard one. I gave Karl H one and i have one, both look battered!

That makes them dirty bas---ds then!

Webbydublin. Surely nobody could believe that such a person would really exist!

Jordi Ripolles has one too Paul.

King Arthur - hey baby £60 Gone Gail - Consideration £20 Gone Flame N King - Whip £20 Creative Funk - Breezies £25 Gone Vegas - 10,000 Students £25 Joanne Zachery - Down To earth £45 .....mad r&b...relentless! Beverley Crosby - That Didn't Stop Me £110..to have its day, moody dancer! New Perspective - £20 gone Brooklyn People - Peace & Love £50 superb dounle sided instumentals Vibrations - Sneakin £20 Ambassadors Of soul - Cool Sticks £40 Devotions £20 Gone Marva W Whitney - Hey You £30 MWT - Hey You £30 AL C Bailey - Go On Home £170....Brilliant R & B , soul, funk!! Double sider! Vamp - Take It easy £20 Bill Sampson - Stronger & Wronger £30 gone Sonny Anderson - Love & Laughter £70 gone Insights - Love Is A Game £100.....rare and great soul dancer! Masqueraders - Truth Is free £60......so soulful 70s! Edwin Daugherty £15 Peoples Choice - Your Mine £30 21st Century - I need Love/ Hey james £150 Gone Barry Waite ltd - £15 4th Coming - Dead Don't Die Alive £50 The Pipe - wade in the water £40......storming funk/jazz version Norvells £30 Little Hooks - I don't want to leavec you £20 Major lance - Red Hot £15 gone Big Black - Come and get it £15 Ray Alexander Teqnique - lets talk £20 Gliders - Lonely Cities £20 Joe Walker £130 gone Porgy Wiliams - lonely mans hum m- Sylves £70 DOMESTIC 5 - Empty World m- Aquarius One of the most soulful tunes EVER! I have a sales cd with these on...

I clap at the end if it was good..

So am I right in summing up....Billy Bragg had a red wedge ?

WAs it played at USOS from a cd?

F--king hell, i fell asleep by end of intro Horrible to my ears...the vocal is naff and the backing music is like it was done by soft cell in the early 80's. Dont ever want to hear that out at a soul do!

Thats obviously an opinion based on your own sensibilities at the time...not everybody elses.

Soul Injection very hard!! I have one and malC and sam goldie and Soul Sam. Still little known ....but despite that very hard! good luck

If someone has bought or owns the studio tapes and then sells a cut to a dj in good faith, then NO, it shouldn't be cut by anyone else without permission of the owner of the studio master.

NO HE DOESN'T. At last night of first tour of the play, there was a party and his wife made him dance......looked like he had never tried it before. Bit like your embarrassing uncle at a wedding.

Going back to the original question I don't feel less of a soul fan than you because I no longer attend. I don't feel the need to pioneer. I did turn up a few 45s in my time that went on to be staples but Im now happy to collect and still get to hear good records new to me that I like. I actually have a pretty wide taste [don't judge a book by it's cover] including hip-hop, funk and reggae. I've always thought that if you restrict yourself to only one form of music you tend to lose your ear. I was actually [thru my then girlfriend] dj-ing around Manchester in early 90's playing hip-hop, Jazz,rare groove and funk. It was when I turned up with her for a spot and they thought I was her taxi driver that I knew I'd made the right choice in taking a backseat. ROD

Well, they shouldn't have, because a few people paid money for that cut. whos booted it then Phil?

Andy Rix, Rob Thomas, Marco Santucci, Paul Sadot, Artur Fenn..

Well put!

Ady C, your punk background, enough to drive a man to drink, I am off for a bucket of gin to forget that horrible music and the image of you pogoing, poshly.......

Perhaps then you can explain this patronising twaddle "I actually know from travelling and going out that there is only a very small group of people who travel regularly and are truly inspired by music...FACT!" Im not that sure but it would appear from reading his posts that lots of us on here were inspired by the music whilst Mr Sadot was dabbling in the punk scene. And now some of us don't fit his template? A lot of people during 75- 78 at nighters were into Punk aswell. Depends on your social background i guess. For me and friends it was a socio political movement primarily and offered a slight chance at expressing discontent. Same spirit, but not music, as the Northern scene of that time.... I like a lot of music, funk, jazz, indie.....im particular, but i cant say i dont like ANYTHING! That would be arrogant and patronising to those thousands of artists i haven't heard...it would be twaddle! The same as if i declared i dont like modern or r & B or blah, blah, blah. My musical development echoed my personal and spiritual development....hence, as a mature adult, i dont want to hear some blue eyed shite from Wigan, just because i danced to it as a naieve and inexperienced 15 year old..my soul has grown up and matured! You seem to think if someone listens to music, (punk, funk, hip hop) not within your self defined..but obviously narrow, soul sphere, they are not into soul? Bizarre point of view! I have listened to soul and collected it non-stop for 33 years, so how does that figure then? Because i also listened to punk or whatever, i was a traitor.. what patronising twaddle! And, I DO actually know from travelling and dancing that there are only a small group of people who love to hear the music...fresh, exciting, soulful, semi known, played...and dance to it...AS WE DID ORIGINALLY! FACT. At most venues this clears the floor or elicits complaints. Now, im sure you are different, but obviously one has to answer the original question on a general basis. I look forward to witnessing your pioneer attitude when im out.........i need inspiration...

Since when did a "Scene" ever require unity and a few central venues? The punk, mod, Goth, Rockabilly, Phyco Billy "Scenes" never did? Was never any sort of 'billy'...maybe a silly billy But have to disagree on Punk...i was there and there were central venues in North and South......Electric Circus, Cambden Roundhouse, Manchester Apollo etc, etc....and there was a momentary Unity, just as there was with the 'Northern Scene' 71 - 79ish. And yes, if you want to describe travelling with a few friends , being silly and dancing , loving music etc as a scene...you can. Its realy semiotics then. .. I took the original question in the context of what SCENE existed originally. I have a scene in my front room playing tunes to makes and having a laugh, but I dont think he was asking that question.... There were small nights all over the UK in the 70s BUT we used to collectively travel to Wigan, St Ives etc and feel a sense of unity, the small nights inspired people to hang on until the next big nighter and from that arose a sense of freedom and a momentary empowerment (escape from my shit estate and prospects!). Only my opinion and my experience, not saying thats the way it is for you...BUT it is for me.