Andyj

One word....Bridlington

Arrived at the weekend, number 653, interesting so far!

Still waiting for mine!

Finally got a chance to list my playlist from Friday night's Spitfire. Not in any order and covers both spots Johnny Bragg - They're Talkin' about me Lou Ragland - Since you said you'd be mine Jackie Trent - You Baby Julien Covey - A Little Bit Hurt Inez &Charlie Fox - Tightrope Willie Tee - Walking up a One Way Street Spyder Turner - I Can't Make it Any More The Sherry's. - Put Your Arms Around Me Five Stairsteps & Cubie - Stay Close to Me Millie Jackson - My Man is A Sweet Man Wally Cox - This Man Even Champagne King - Shame Bobby Thurston - Check Out The Groove Jocelyn Brown - Somebody Else's Guy Flame n King &The Bold Ones - Oh Happy Day Gladys Knight and The Pips - Baby Baby Don't Waste My Time Silvetti - Spring Rain Harold Melvin &The Blue Notes - Don't Leave Me This Way Al De Lory - Right On Timi Yuri - It'll Never Be Over For Me Done from Memory so might have missed a couple!!

Having a few days well earned break so I thought I'd list my playlists from Saturday's all dayer at Tudhoe Victory Soul Club. Main Room 4.30-5.30 (Classic Northern Soul) Tell Me What He Said - Helen Shapiro The Champion - Willie Mitchell Afternoon of the Rhino - Mike Post Lend a Hand - Bobby Hutton Man of Value - Tyrone Barkley I'll be There - The Gems Shame - Evelyn Champagne King That's My Girl - Dee Clark Janice - Skip Mahoney Spring Rain - Silvetti I Want to Give you Tomorrow - Benny Troy Stay Close to Me Five Stairsteps & Cubie She'll Come Running Back - Mel Britt Heartaches Away my Boy - Christine Cooper. The Lounge 6.45 - 8pm (Jazz Funk/Modern/Crossover) Night Cruiser - Deodato, 12 inch Steppin' - Shakatak, 12 inch In the Forrest - Baby O, 12 inch Spring High - Ramsay Lewis Pressure - Driza Bone That Girl - Cooking on Three Burners Roller Jubilee - Al Di Meola, 12 inch The Scratch - Surface Noise Baby Don't Waste My Time -Gladys Knight and The Pips Funk It - Eddy Rosemond, 12 inch Hey Baby - The Joneses Gettin' Ready for the Get Down - ZZ & Company I'll See you when I Git There - Lou Rawls Southern Freeeze - Freeeze

Cracking night at The Spitfire Soul Club Friday night (26/01/18). Had a canny few in with some new faces who'll hopefully have enjoyed it and come back again! Here's a selection of records I played over the night doing from memory so probably miss a few!! Next one is Feb 23rd Evelyn Champagne King -Shame The Belles - Don't Pretend. Linda& the Funky Boys - Climbing the Steps of Love Paula Parfitt - Love is Wonderful The Dells - Wear it on your face The Joneses - Hey Babe Laura Edmund Jr - The Larue The Supremes - He's all I got The Isley's - I'll always love you Christine Cooper - Heartaches away my boy Patrice Rushen - Haven't you heard Joe Hicks - Don't it make you feel funky Flame 'n' King and the Bold Ones - Oh Happy Day Cooking on Three Burners - This Girl The Dells - It's all up to you Betty Moorer - Speed up Kurt Harris - Emperor of my baby's heart Edwin Star - Stop her on sight George Benson - Supership Roger Collins - Sexy sugar plum Prince Philip Mitchell - I'm so Happy Velvet Hammer - Happy Drizabone - Pressure Five Stairsteps & Cubie - Stay Close to me Willie Mitchell - The Champion August & Deneen - We go together Teddy Vann - Coloured Man Bobby Paris - Night Owl Williams and Watson - Too Late Ester Phillips - What a difference a day makes Timi Yuri - It'll never be over for me

I have recently started dj'ing at our local Soul Night. I used what was left of my record collection (from 77 to 80ish). However I needed to update these records with some newer sounds, prices of some of records I want(ed) are out of my price range not to mention the wife's! But I have bought a number of sounds on re-issued labels such as Grapevine, Kent etc but there is a load on what seem to be replica import labels as well. Are these import re-issues frowned upon? I just want to play classic tunes to keep the dance floor full!

Spitfire Soul Club, RAFA Spitfire Social Club, Crook, Co Durham Last Friday in every month and Free Entry! Friday 27th November saw our third Northern Soul & Motown night and this is a selection of my play list from that night. There are three of us spinning the records with the emphasis on Classic Northern oldies and Motown. Next event is actually the third Friday in December as the last Friday is Christmas Day! Friday 18th December 7:30 till midnight. Spring Rain - Silvetti They're Talking about me - Johnny Bragg Baby baby don't waste my time - Gladys Knight & The Pips Back by popular demand - Jean, Scherrie & Linda with The Originals Ever Again - Gene Woodbury You better believe it baby - Joe Tex Get Out - Harold Melvin You know how to love me - Phylis Hyman Heartaches away my boy - Christine Cooper That's my girl - Dee Clark Lend a Hand - Bobby Hutton Tightrope – Inez & Charlie Foxx Walking up a one way street – Willie Tee Game Players - Dooly Silverspoon Don't pretend - The Belles That's not love - Holly St James My man is a sweet man - Millie Jackson

Looks like mine! First time I went (1978) I tore it in half, showed the front cover and got in, 'loaned' the back page to a mate who didn't get in until about 3.30am! Put both pieces in my pocket and thought no more about it until on the coach home next morning and found two soggy bits! They dried naturally on way back to North East and I repaired it with sellotape and used it again and again! Still have it today along with another blue one which I got in 1979 as I thought you had to renew each year, but I never used the "new" card so its almost mint!!

I had shoulder length hair in 77 when I was in the 5th year at school and as wedge hair styles were associated with the northern scene then, I got mine cut that way along with a few mates I had the same style for about ten years!!!

There were loads of people having a kip during the night, some like me not on any illegal substance and some who had over indulged possibly and the the "tourists" but who is to say that we didn't love the place or love the music, and still dig it today?

Nobody said there was coach loads of people kipping at 4am, I said I did it not trying to be to clever just never had the coin to be tempted to try it. When I was going to Wigan I was in what's called 6th form college nowadays and any spare cash went on just getting there plus my fags and a bottle of pop!

Why do people not believe that some of us never took gear? I never had any spare cash for the stuff, was never inclined to start stealing to get some so did without, no I couldn't dance all night and yes used to have a nana nap around 4am but still got the buzz from being part of the scene

I'm one of the fancy dress brigade, in so much as I have a couple of bowling shirts (I danced in bowling shirts at Wigan in 78/79 and liked them then)and loved the placed, didn't like some of the music (love hustle, you baby, Joe 90 et al) but the place was and still is magical and If you attended you will have that greatness imposed on you for life whether you wear bowling shirts or not. (was never a fan of baggy pants even back in the day but wore them coz everyone else did, but was much happier in zoots!!)

never hear Carol & Gerri or The Demures played much these days, which is a real shame. Although Agentsmith did play The Demures at last years Tower weekender as a request for me!!

Already doing that! also have been to Blackpool Tower in November and May and last years Scarborough weekender (my first northern event for 30 years) plus local soul nights, so I've heard loads of new stuff coupled with some stuff on compilation cd's, what I was asking really was for other forum members to list their suggestions of what could now be classed as Classic Oldies in the way we maybe look upon e.g. The Jades or The Superlatives etc from the heyday

Having only returned to the scene(admittedly only the revivalist bit)I've found loads of new stuff which could now be classed as 'oldies' such as Benny Troy's I Wanna give you tomorrow.What other new oldies classic's are there?

Don't think I've played the b-side since the day i bought it in 1979ish, put it on after reading this forum topic and yes a great song but IMHO not as good as the A Side!

Asked Richard Searling and Kev Roberts for both of these at Blackpool on Sunday night, neither had Game Players and Kev said he would play Jackie Moore but in the end didn't!!

How about : - Both Ends Against The Middle - Jackie Moore and Game Players - Dooley Silverspoon

I have been on this forum for only a few months now and it seems that it's cool to slag Wigan off as a dump (yes it was) a place that played 'pop' music and the uber cool would'nt be seen dead in the place, however like a number of responses to this topic I feel that you had to be there to 'get it' Yes there was some dodgy sounds played but come on the place was open for eight years and in that time more soul than 'pop' was played. I only ever attended the oldies nighters due to that fact that at 16/17 we were dependent on some older guys running the bus from County Durham and they liked the oldies. I remember when my mate attended for the first time and instead of going straight into the ballroom at dance floor level we took him up onto the balcony and his first 'sight of the grand old lady' was looking down onto an already full floor grooving to Williams & Watson - To Late the look of wonder on his face was fanastic, and whenever I hear that tune I always remember that moment! So in answer to the topic Citizen P;Other great sounds that I remember from Wigan;Just Brothers - Sliced Tomatoes (a torch sound but played at the oldies all nighters so I'm claiming it for Wigan!), Little Anthony - Better Use your Head, The Demures - Raining Teardrops, Willie Mitchell - The Champion, Joe Hicks - Don't it make you feel funky, Mike Post - Afternoon of the Rhino, The Jades - I where it's at and Dooley Silverspoon - Game players.

With the recent topics relating to pop records and Peggy March etc, I want to ask the question 'What is Soul'? I don't mean Northern especially but soul as a music genre. Let's remember that the massive rare soul sounds we love were released in order for the artist to 'break' the pop charts and make some wonga for said artist(s) I originally felt that soul music had to be sung by Black Americans but when you hear Micheal Macdonald, Dean Parrish etc that view becomes flawed!