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Hi Clees Your Flyer should be on events, it’s not a sensible answer to the topic just a cheap childish way to advertise, this a forum to listen to other people’s point of view to make the scene maybe improve, Btw I’ve got an all dayer on next week but I wouldn’t be sticking it on all about the Soul it’s on Events where it belongs ML

I’ve just got back from Iclemere Turkey a cosy little resort across the bay from Marmaris, At least a dozen bars I visited were playing NS, one was actually called Northern Soul Bar , keep the faith logos and numerous badges from venues from the past everywhere , beer mats showing embroided NS history etc etc,the tunes played were quite diverse from standard Casino oldies and the usual middle of the road NS sounds to believe it or not some big rare sounds, they were obviously on a loop no DJ,s involved interspersed with country n western etc, , I was asked by a future bar owner would I be interested in Dj,ing for him when he opens up next year as NS is in his future plans for the bar, I explained the best I could all the different facets of NS scene in the UK, other resorts I’ve visited over the years in Turkey have maybe one or two bars playing a little NS, but so many in a middle size resort was surprising , So my question is is the future of NS in a shrinking world in foreign lands. And obviously if it does it will depend which facet of NS it gets. Meanwhile back n the Uk which facet of NS is coming out most popular here, I will divide into 3 so as not to complicate things and no disrespect meant from me at all here 1 the baggy pants n swirly skirts brigade armed with badges and stuck in nostalgia and a time warp they love, with loads of pubs and clubs open for them no vinyl just cd,s music on a loop Nothing wrong with this if it’s your thing keep n doing it. 2 the Rare Soul brigade, Meeting of people who really know or think they know their stuff they are pleased to admire one another’s knowledge of NS and if there feeling up for it they might get up for a little shuffle in between deciding who is the greatest NS DJ in the Uk. Nothing wrong with this if it’s what turns you on keep on doing it 3 This is the NS brigade who have stuck with it from the beginning who love the good old stuff but also have had an open mind to accepting all the good and new discoveries that have come over the last 50 years Embraced it and still turn out excited to have a good night out and open music policy with DJ,s playing their best for them, Nothing wrong with this you can still be pleasantly surprised by some of the vinyl played while still enjoying the usual great tunes l know there a countless inbetweens to the above but just keeping it simple, Where do you think the future lies or is NS big enough to accept and thrive with all of them? And what do you favour? Keep Safe Mick L

Happy Birthday Martyn See you next week at Stubshaw Cheers Mick

Very Sad news indeed, Jimmy James never let his audience down, I had the good fortune to see him on numerous occasions over the last 50 years and he was a great live performer as well as being a fantastic recording artist, For me he was always underrated but Jimmy could hold his own with the best, some of his recordings are very special in his own unique Style R i P Jimmy James Mick Lyons

Shame Shame Shame Shame on you if you can’t Dance too, Just do your thing and leave the rest to the Music ML

That will happen soon Trust me Mick

Only just picked up on this thread, further information on Tony,s Guy Hennigan had run his Soultown promotions there until 1990 I took over with Mark Robinson as promoter had our first one in October 1991 as Bradford only had a couple of months left at the time all though it was resurrected sporadically over the next 2 years I ran it under MyK promotions obviously MyK meaning Mick , Mark left within 2 years and I brought Scotty on board with me in 1995 we ran it monthly for over 150 all nighters until 2003 when the ballroom was deemed unsafe by health n safety , in the early 1990,s it bridged a gap when the all nighter scene was seemed to be getting scarcer except for the 100 club and the Great Keele nighters every 4 months or so, We had an open policy for the music played there and the variety of Dj,s who played for me there made that a reality,, My idea there was to keep it raw , dark like a throwback to the late 1960,s soul clubs and to give Soulies old and new a fresh experience every time they came, I’m sure a lot of happy memories were made there. Cheers Mick Lyons

We are all Doomed again, Is it worth carrying on when the best DJ in the world will be Robbie the Robot and his record collection will be a couple of valves in his head and each hand will be turntable, and if you don’t dance when he,s switched on you get lasered. ML

Martha God bless her lost her voice 50 years ago

What a load of cobblers, ML

After reading this thread, and I had to lay a bet on if Chris Jackson was real I would bet that he was ML

Good News for a change hope it’s a success and we can maybe have a few promotions there, Tony,s is a little gem that needs some tlc to get it established again ML

Hi Magpie When Godin was encouraging spread the faith, that was then when NS was bursting through as a Musical force on the back of the 1960,s Soul and RnB scene, it had not at that time evolved to the Scene that probably hit its heights, and this is subjective around the late 1980,s and early 90,s it then in some cases fracture, became watered down , diluted and a caricature of its former self, not for everybody, but to people coming in to the NS at that time they would have had maybe a different outlook than a lot of us on here and it obviously doesn’t and wouldn’t reach the heights we experienced in our time , So Godin and everybody else didn’t really know where NS would end up in 2024, I can only take a guess that Godin would have been in agreement with a lot of the reaction to the way NS has made its journey. PS,for All promoters switch off most off the lights in your venue, keep all doors closed and turn up the volume on the music, it’s simple and it works. KR ML

As if you could get a 2 course meal and don’t forget the Black Forest Gateau down after a gram of the best, It just goes to show some of these promoters haven’t got a clue, LOL, ML

Birds of a feather stick together and find one another just like we do on this site, they are happy with a diluted version of what we term original full on NS, it lacks the atmosphere, the risky feel , the friendship, the chemicals, the effort that we crave for, To us and I mean the majority of the answers on this thread this would never ever be enough to replace anything like what we have experienced, Maybe it is enough for the people who touched on the Scene years ago who were never really into it except superficially and a new crowd who are just dipping into what they term there idea of NS, Who knows they might get a bit ambitious one day and daring take some grade A speed and turn all the lights of at one of concerts and awake a depth of soul music they didn’t know was there LOL, I doubt it of course, I’ve said it before and I will say it again there are more of them than us, and they are never going to change no matter what we do, For those who love the real thing carry on loving it and enjoying in the best way you can it’s your thing and nobody can ever take that joy and experience you have had with NS, let them go to their concerts it’s their thing, I know which I would rather do. keep on Keeping on ML

In this world everything comes of the back of something else , Wars come of the back of other and earlier wars, Music is no different, these concerts playing NS are a bi product of a 60 year old Soul scene which is full of great and forgotten artists, full of characters who embraced the music and scene over all those years, who will never be satisfied with bi products , I’m one of them, because we did it for real, So the best option to me anyway is except it that is enough for some people but will never be enough for us, by a long shot, Once you’ve eaten and tasted the best it’s hard being satisfied with a bowl of soup. ML