Dave Thorley

Hi has anyone out there got a copy of the DJ Demitri remix of "what about my love". Happy to have it on white lable 12", CD lp, or if nothing else a sound file. Thanks Dave

Hello mate, how are things up, up north

But when the going got tough, N.10's or Woodbine's!!!!!!!!!!!!

Also, what did you wear back then, what was your fav piece of clothing. Mine was a second hand crombie I got off a mate at school and then a 'Budgie Jacket', I was the dogs nuts down the local youth club

Following on from another string, lets be having your youth club top tens. Should give an insight to when we all grew up. Mine not an all time top ten but here's a few from way back when Joe Simon Step by step Formations At the top of the stairs Prince Buster Al Capone O'jays Love train Millie Jackson My man is a sweet man Parliments Don't be sore at me Junior Campbell Sweet illusion Edwin Starr War Isley Brothers Who's that lady Four Tops Same old song

Give it up about the north, In the south we had electric light, a stage coach twice a week and a town cryer every saturday. As to Mike's comments, I think unfortunatly for me i's talking about the same town nearly 10 years before, but yes remeber Sush, big mate of my brothers. Sound sytems now they were something to behold, the one we had our selves was lashed together, more like reggae sound system, made from what ever you could steel or make yourself. But the mobiles that visted wher full on, it was a battle to compete to see who could build the biggest, loadest and with the most outlandish light shows, were talkin' 10k rigs and back then that was big, most were so big they took up a 1/4 of our small youth club dance floor.

They were big in the 60's and 70's, mainly run by the church of England. For many people it was thier first introduction to a disco of any sort. The one I went to in Dursley, Glos, would have a visiting mobile disco on a monday and friday nite. Several of the mobiles that would come down from Gloucester, would have 2 or three dj's and one of them would do a northern soul set. The rest of the evenig would be mainly chart soul, blue beat and ska and british beat stuff like Spencer Davis Group. Funny but had I live 10 miles to the west in a small town call Wotton-under-Edge, where they maily played rock and roll, things may have been a whole lot different. Na, soul music was always going to find me out. Ours would start at 7pm and finish at 10pm, those were the days, and every 6 months or so it would kick off big style when all the bikers from the other town would ride in. Everyone at our youth club was a skin or a smoothie. Time to go find my 2 tone suit, cherry red royals and my prince of wales check coat. "Swan lake" in Reggae me thinks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

John Farrel, does something like this a few times a year in Worcester. Good old 'Youth Club' soul nite.

Here's a few more crashing instrumentals. Also why are all you people up so early!!!!!! Rosco & Friends, Broadway sissy Sam Ambrose, The'll be coming Sam Ambrose, The rat race Frankie Crocker, Ton of dynamite

Dobie Gray, Honey you can take it back, white whale

SOUNDS LIKE IT WAS RECORDED SOME WHERE IN WEST LONDON LAST WEEK. WHAT IAN BEEN UP TO IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS?????????

Many years ago, must have been the end of the 70's at one of the later Yates.Tim Ashibend had about 10 copies of this for sale for about £20-£30. I only bought one. But there again a few years earlier I got 20 copies of Ty Karim, Lighten up, Romark. Thought bugger wrong version and spent the next few years giving them away free to mates how came round my house. Dave Greet still has the one I gave him and reminds me of it every time he plays it. Just think, have seen both of these sell for close to £1000 in the last few years Would make a weaker man turn to drink!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and........ The Impressions "This is my country"

Still after all these years Mel Brit "She'll come running back" Ty Karim "lighten up" Jr Walker "Walk in the night" (always remind me of Jane giving it large on the dance floor)

Killer tune, was played by Colin Curtis, back in the day at the Mecca. About time it hit the wheels of steel in a big way again

I say, yes bomb the wrong events; shoot the wrong DJ's. Lets have a little more politics in soul music. I think we should then invade every other country and call ourselves The Soul Nazi's. Time for a cup of tea............

Hi Mark Sold a couple of Martell's in same condition a few months back at £800 each Dave

Too many of you this will mean very little. Proof was the founding member of the innovative hip-hop group D12 and his father is McKinley Jackson, the great soul producer. Proof will be a great loss to all the young up and coming hip-hop, soul, r&b artists of Detroit. He was and inspiration to them all as well as tireless worker for better opportunities for the kids on the street. He was shoot dead outside a club on 8 mile last week, after a beef inside the club spilled out onto the street. Losses like this bring many things into sharper focus. McKinley and family are devastated by this sad lose. Although I only met him a few times, I can say, he was a real dynamic person and one of those people that makes Detroit the city it is. Dave

Many years ago at one of those great do's at Greenham Common, I was aked to interview Sam Dees. It was at the end of the night, were he had sang and I had been DJing. By the time they asked I had, had alot to drink. Interveiw was filmed, got through the whole thing, just. Think it came out OK, but to this day have no idea, who filmed it and have never seen the interveiw. Anyone know anything about it. Dave

.....and finally. People ask me why I don't write here more often. Because a nice conversation gets so out of hand. My love is and always will be the music first!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just to end on this note. Many records would get their first play somewhere other than a influential venue of that time. Many toones first played at Yate, where know as Wigan or Stafford tunes later. Toones that were big at Wigan, would regularly first be played in small clubs around the north west, by Dj's at wigan as a way of trying them out. It is a conversation that is circular. Wigan, Stafford, Cleethorpes, Blackpool, Yate; great clubs that made people happy, and the people that went there will have their own memories that no one can take away from them. Dave

Jimmy, also did some of the very last Staffords for me, then went on to do the Chesterfield Niters, that I ran with Danny Dave

Gavin, how U fellin. Yes 12" of Patches go for a fair bit, the US East Coast collectors chase it Dave

And....... Glenn Jones, I am somebody, RCA (played everwhere first)

Hi Tony One of the all time great southern singers, up there with Ann Sexton, Candi Staton, that small triangle of Nashville, Memphis and Muscle Shoals in the early 70's was near un-beatable Dave