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Since '74...whoever wherever when asked my answer is 'standard'..."Northern Soul get's me up to dance...but I'll listen to anything." That has remained true throughout and whatever new fandango genre has been invented or re-invented and pumped out!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X Edit...erm...when thinking about it...I think I dance a Northern Soul dance to everythig else....that has a Norvern streak to it and danceable!x

Now Dave....you being a 'man of the people' I recall...should know better!!!!x They said that in '93...20 years ago.....'he's on drugs'!! Never wos until I went to an All-Nighter!!! FACT!! They then said i wos out to take over the drug movement....yet not 1 Soulie could tell you I sold em out.....except shared honest friendship. FACT!! Then they said I was a coppers knark....and they hid their tilples and sloped off behind stage....all the time I was trekking with me mate Dodge who took....wait for it...40 dex's a day...and slept like a baby! Or during the day had chaperoned a super star and wiped their nostrils before exiting the car for them. Nope....exactly 20 years on since me first promoted doo....everything I did in the Soul scene...I did by choice...measured...calculated and intended....and all thought about on on pure endorphine. And Dave...I came thru' with everything I said i would do and more...remember?!! U wos there!!x Then walked away happy with myself...and did the same elsewhere....for 230 victims of peedofila in my locality. I needed drugs to face that one....w**d...to relax ater a hard days listening. Perhaps I haven't had the natural highs some of you share on here for some time. So forgive me for inspiring meself....like I did in '93......or come to think of it....whenever I decide really! Consider it decision made. We did it in the 90's....'we'...can enjoy it again today....I reckon. I'd have been there in the 70's but was busy running around trying to get away from coppers tellin' me I wos a hooligan...! That was anuver injustice!!! I wos a victim....honest Dave!!!!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X ....before I go....Dave...Dave Flynn.....how are you mate?!!!x Luvly to read your words of wisdom all the way from Japan!x This t'internet is marvellous init?!x I used to rush down the 100club...to hear your words of wisdom! You'd just released/been involved with the Sweeter Than The Day Before album....I bought it......yeah...me who don;t collect albums! I played 3 or 4 tracks of it at my Soul Night for months that I'd never heard. Sweeter than the Day Before i added to me 7" collection along with Maurice Mac....Marlena and they all served me well for 7 years...and have been eternally grateful ever since!x There...an album that had an impact on me! You and Gene Pitney....done it for me....ure as cute as he was too Dave...and hope u still are...!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X

But first....I got to take some sleeping pills or i will get depressed!!....Me bestest of all times mate....Russ.....shirley.....must have.....i'm sure i saw it.......but it went again....me name....it weren't on the list!!!! RUUUUUSSSSS!!!!!???????!!!!!!!! Is it cos i'm brown or summink....??!! Was I that sh*t????!!!hehe!x I wos so happy returning...and i;ve been pasturised to grass.......! S*d him then.....gonna speak to Richard and see if we can't get this bouncy floor titling side to side again like we did in the 90's.....I wos there.....holding on for dear life....happy days too!!!x I'm gonna push u off Russ.....I will.....!x @@ ~ I put the above in the UKIP thread in freebasing.........but decided to put it here and ask if you have a Ukalalee Len for me to paddle down the river on wiv me pipe....?!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X ....new mission....to get Chalky EXCIIIIITEDDDDD....again!!!.....on it!x WOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!x @@ ~

Dave K....get ure Boots n and come say 'elo......and i'll have a Doddy wig waiting!!x A post made to anuver Hammer a few weeks ago elsewhere....u can have 'my' autograph too.....hehe!x @@ ~ P.S....I notice your a Hammers fan Focus On!x Here's one for yer.....I go several times a season to take fans/VIPs via Limo's etc. I park in the front car park where Execs do and stuff. I nick Chris Akubussi's spot when I have a long 'motor...and we fight everytime....with a chuckle obviously!x Luvly bloke and just like you see him on the telly. Point is....I stay with the car usually for the match and listen to Five Live......and spend the 1 1/2 hours signing autographs in the car park.....folk thinking i'm Chris wiv me hat on.....!!!That's what we fight about.....hehe!!x I went in this the last time...he didn't mind that as he could squeeze next to me no probs!!hehe!x If you see it there....come say elo...i'm kipping in the back usually!X @@ ~ WHAT A FIND John!!!x That woulda made my year mate!x I had a copy in the 90' s and played it at many venues and it went down well....always!x I forgot to say the other week when you mentioned that record you got off me....the one with the A.C Fleming stamped on it! Well...I shoulda plugged 'the man'...Alfie Fleming! I came across his son selling his Dads record collection about 12 years ago based in Detroit. He was into hip-hop...crack and in essence a waster. He told me his dad had been a DJ throughout the late 50's/60's and quit in '70! He had died in '98 and eventually his entire DJ collection ended up with his son. I bought the whole lot......on a 'feeling'. The list the lad had prepared of around 100...of the 450 tunes....was AWESOME! When they arrived....they all had his Dads 'stamp'...A.C.FLEMING proudly placed on every tune! There wasn't 1 Motown tune.....every record tho' was an 'obscure' 60's....SOUL tune....every flippin' 1!!! Ended up with over 40 tunes featured in the top 500 Northern! After spinning them all I kept about 150....and sold the rest on Ebay or swapped them and indeed gave some away.......yours being a 'nugget' I recall!!!x But....what's the point in keeping em if they ain't gonna get spun....sez I! I have currently about 600 out and out Northern. I still take me plastic tool box for DJing which holds 100 tunes and a Sooty puppet in the front!.....and mic.....! I used to DJ 3 gigs in a night on occasion and never played the same tune twice and still 'had it away'....so where does one 'stop'?! Alfie brought me to my senses in 2002! His collection put together when it was 'happening'....said all to me....and i;ve focused on getting a top 500....that would make my 'tool box' if I was blindfolded! I admire every record...the label...info on it...the feel and look....but....if it ain't gonna get played...by me....then it goes! Thanks to Alfie...I am focused on what is in the groove....and want it playing....or...the record is pointless!x Thanx Alfie....your legacy and passion lives on.....even tho' ure lad is a dipstick...RIP...X @@ ~ Now...on that point....since I parachuted in here a few weeks back...I've been going through me tunes when stirred by comment and stuff.....and....I have found about 30 tunes 'surplus' or duplcated in some way! On top of that...I have had a friend pop round with his daughter who is getting married....in Barbados! His problem...he needs money to pay for it!!!hehe! Him and his Mrs split up 20+ years ago. She ended up with his LP collection! He just got them all back...untouched for 20 years...unplayed since 1972!!!!! Pink Floyds Gilmour knicked his girlfriend too he told me...Cambridge based and all that!!!hehe!x (My mate is reading this...he was proud to tell me that story...so i thought i'd share that!!x) I was going to put a post up yesterday in here about my finds this week...but got side tracked sorting them out for him and selling some of them through my Ebay! he was a Mod in '63-8....Geno...Sam & Dave....original 'Old School' pioneer! He collected some Soul albums in the mid to late 60's...and then progressed into being an acid freak....as many did! So his collection went that way! Yesterday we sold Jimi Hendrix 'Are You Experienced'...MINT...and several other 'classics' of that genre....and raised £650 for his cause...! Originally he came to me and asked for £100...for the lot!!!! I said nope...we'll do it together. After the instant sale success with his hippy gear....he said I can have all the Soul LP.s.....as a 'thank you'!!! However....as i've said I don't collect...or play LP's.....so they....along with me doubles/surplus 7"....are going!!! I have looked at the Record Collector 2012...and Ebay....and the majority of the LPs are around £10-30....but....I want them to go to folk who appreciate them....not want to sell them! The money raised will go to Olivia's wedding. I've done her school prom....seen her grow up and stuff and wellll.....u know!x If it's valued/worth say £20....then i'm happy to take £10 including delivery...on condition you are gonna keep it and play it! I want it a no dealer sale! Alfie would be proud of me....music is for sharing!x Question is.....how can i do it?! Stick them on the Sales bit with a first post to say yes get's it kind of approach...and if ure a dealer then i'll out u no problem!!!....or wot?! I have prepared all the pics for an Ebay kinda thing....but...I can't 'control' the sale as much on there to ensure they go to 'the people' first! My mate ain't looked for profit on them...I ain't...why should someone else Alfie? So......suggestions please...anyone?!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X Priced at £350 in the RC 2012.....got £200 for a mint copy with 2 dealers offering £225 after the sale had been done!! The guy who got it had been waiting 30 years for this!! Like me...and my mate...we lovf'd the experience....thank you Jimi!x ... ...sing....WOOOOAAA...I'M GOOOOOING TOOOO BARBAAAADOS....WOOOOOOOHHH.........super stuff!x @@ ~ ...will be back later to put them up on here or Ebay. Off to go blackmail a celeb now into paying a serious amount into a lovely Ladys bank account who doesn't want to go through the public horror some 'victims' have to endure. I would love to put him through it. Music is pleasure.....personally i won't have it any other way..and i got my perspectives right....I reckon...X Have a happy day all...I will...X

....is it good Dave??!!x I believe you...!x I got copys of alternative takes back in the 90's from the vaults of Motown given to me. The Velvettes doing a Supremes hit and all kinda things...half a dozen came out over a year! Sent to me 'anonymously' too!!! I played them at doo's....but nobody believed me that they were who I said/thought they were!!hehe!x I'll admit this....for the first time in 'public'!x I believe Emporer Of My Baby's Heart...Kurt Harris became 'big' again...or for the first time in the mid 90's. I luv'd the record and was pleased to hear it around the Country. I had a copy of Dee Clark's That's My Girl'...and was taking it National wherever I went at the time too. Obviously I had become interested in anything Dee Clark as a consequence! I found this....at a Boot Sale around '96... I think Raindrops is the A side...and the above 'STOOORMER'..the B! When first playing it...I couldn't believe the 'speed' at which it was recorded......mad stuff...imagine the drummer and accompaniment?! Either heavy heavy drugs at play....or...trickery with the speed when 'pressing' the tune! So...I slowed it to 33....then increased it to about 38 rpm......and was astonished! I put a 'white label' over the B side......and took it to the 100club a week or so later. I spun it as 'Emperor Of My Baby' s Heart....PART 2' and called it 'Till the End Of Time'.........and folk danced.........!!! On that basis....there is...was...a story that a Kurt Hariss part 2...was found!!!!!x Those close to me knew 'the truth'....but thought it funny anyway!!x Sorry to anyone who I may have offended by my actions....but i;ve seen worse done by fellow DJ's!!!x You heard it here first....!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X EDIT.......JOHHHN PUGH!!!!! I know John...happy days again!x I'm sure I spoke with him last year via E-mail as we bumped into each other via Ebay or summink!x I will do a Major Lance....and 'investigate' further Dave!!!x

Hope your well Dave (Rimmer)...X You know me....ain;t got a clue...and i can't find it?!! Is there a version of this 6x6 on line to listen too??? Never heard it I don;t think to have a say!!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X

...that the Northern Soul scene will die.....X LUV SOOTY X

...it's called 'Sootification' in local legal circles around my way Godzilla!!!x I've managed to cut out years of bureaucracy and bo**ox that Insurance companys have slung our way when chasing them for compensation for peedo victims around the land whilst abused in kids homes. For 6 years these shi*ters had used bits of paper and waffle to get nowhere. It took me 6 months 'Sootification'....by emailng 1,000 Councillors/dignatories etc with the sordid detail and cover uppers they had among their ranks..said in my lingo. Freedom of speech it's called....electronic type. They sh*t themselves and paid £4 million that time....within 4 weeks of me 'Sootification'. Since then over 500 folk have received similar 'support' where required and it's cost Insurance companys in excess of £7 mill......in 7 years to date. We got 4 new cases just come in. The Wales/Jersey exposure are on our radar too. Saviles lot and other 'celebs'...well...it's open season....honest!!! So....I have many more forums/official websites where my 'serious' chat will go....in 'ere....it's 'chill out'!!x. It's 'educated' many Execs in International businesses as to 'the real world'....the one that I deal with. I'm from Cambridge init....the worlds centre of education....Globally!x Proud to be associated with that.....and even the Dean of the Uni reckons they should bring out a new Dictionary to celebrate the 800+ years of being the center of such....to include the word 'Sootification'.....honest!!xhehe..X @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X

...you ain't been missed it seems Dayo!!!!!!hehe!x I'm in a worser predicament than you at present mate!x I 'been away' for over 10 years!! I joined a few weeks ago and put stuf where i shouldn't and had me head slapped to bring me to me senses....all good Soulies do that for friends init!x So I stuck to talking to meself and sharing me music interests and thoughts and answering folk out there!!!x It's working!x I'm surprised your intro ain't been slung into the 'new folks 'hello'' bit cos that's where newbies like us wipe our shoes on the carpet!!x Once you've done that you step into this grand hall....of folk just like you!x Chilled...keen to learn and share. Soulful stuff!x Me?...I'll talk to anyone!x So how many did you kill/slash or burn to get ure 4 years? Did you find the Lord during ure sabbatical?? Or the aliens return you safely and your keeping stum??!x More importantly....what tunes have u sussed for us all to hear in the past 4 years!!!x If no one has anything to offer as of the past 4 years....then a few folk have acknowledged a couple of tunes 'new' in the past 4 weeks!x Be warned tho'.....u may get an arrow in ure back from a looose Cherokeee....get a 'Touch' where u weren't expecting....and decide your gonna get outta bed or go straight from that All Nighter to go see hundreds of weird and wonderful objects in a farmers field! If ure lucky....you'll get tangoed at the very least! Go to my 'Best Boot Buys'....I only do 'originals' meself......!!!X Alternatively Dayo....scout about....have a weave among the tables/threads....loooads of different chat about....see wots there....I've found looooads of new super stuff too....and i listen 24/7 to everything out of here so know the craic!x I heard you mate....and welcome to the forum/Hall......there...not so echoey now it's getting busy!!x Just like old times.....virtually!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X ....p.s......here's 1 tune to welcome you that you will know that was made vocal just a few years ago....and I kid u not Dayo....but it is called 'The Prisoners mix'!!!!!!!!x ....just for you!!x It did the same to me as when i heard Butch play that vocal of the classic instrumental in the 90's!!! BRILLIANT stuff..shared by 'brilliance' as Butch was....is...X

...taking a leaf outta your book Russ....as I took some of your quality opinion and advice through those years on your music thoughts.....and took to wearing a hat about 10 years ago!!!x Here I am doing me Community Service at the V...!!!hehe!!x...kinda place your hat woulda suited too!!!...X Happy nights we've had mate....nice to see you hacking it still from the depfs of the South...X LUV SOOTY X

...your welcome folks!x In fact....this is marvelous!! I used to have to drive 10 hours....invest a week-end...to get possibly a couple of Soulies come up and say the same thing in person!!!x In essence....when I look at the above shared tunes in this thread...it's 'virtual' DJing...init?!!x The only thing missing is seeing the folk dance to them.....which for me....was 'it'!x £14 was good...I got one from a friend in Madrid for £20 all in!x They are from Catalonia and have been influenced by Northern...or Popcorn as the Europeans refer to it...Motown and Soul...and it tells!x Here is their website i've found... https://www.thepepperpots.com/lover/home.php LUV SOOTY X ..and as we're on the European 'circuit'...here''s a tune i found a year ago....exactly a year ago whilst in Amsterdam celebrating Queens Day!! It is this very week-end again! I went into this little souvenir shop...and there was a box of about 30 vinyls...I bought 2...this one by The Outsiders...a Dutch band from the 60's i've since figured...and the other was one for my Shack roof!!hehe! All me nearly was's or none events end up there if they are colourful enuff!x This tune...is awesome I find...and is stll played on the Mod/Popcorn scene across Europe...and indeed...i will spin it for 'the masses' in Amsterdam high street this Bank Holiday to over 30,000 folk.....LOOOOUDDDD!!!!x I paid £2 Euros for it.....!....and u lnow what....not 1 of those 30,000 will come up and say 'nice tune'....good job I know they are init!!...and it also let's you know i really appreciate you making the effort to say so...X ...right...off to pump me tyres up and get ready to celebrate the last Queens Day...from next year it will be Kings Day.....for the first time! Recommend this week-end to all. I'm surprised not many Brits know of it when i mention it on me travels! A million folk pile into Amsterdam for a 3 day non stop party.....! Music is played out in the streets...on boats....a complete 'carnival' with all normal restrictions lifted! I wouldn't go to Amsterdam any other time to 'party' to be honest! Thoroughly recommend it for a 'chill out' week-end....but u must wear 'orange; to be a part....!x Looking a silly pr^t is optional...and i'm happy wiv it......now where's me bike clips!!x @@ ~

'ere Russ.....ure caught on camera...circa '95/6?!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X

Remember the Duke of Argyle Len? If I recall correctly....the City Stop Soul night was rammed every month...and we stuck mainly to obvious' tunes so to speak....party night! Very successful....but....a minority of 'hard core' wanted to hear summink different too! So...i set up this little dark dingy venue...The Duke of Argyle...above a pub....and it held about 30 people!!! EVERYTHING played there was obscure...rare....or at the time unknown as such! Shifty's tunes/Kev Featherstone...and Rob came over with some funky gear too! Did you do a spot there?? Many did! Awesome nights and horses for courses satisfied...in 1 town...job done! To be honest...at that time...we probably couldn;t have filled a 100 folk venue for such....! The City Stop party got 150+ everytime...every month! You are right tho'...if there is too much choice....then some venues will suffer. Do you leave that to market forces...customer demand....or reduce whats on offer.....? Always has been a toughie....and the latter needs huuuuge co-operation between folk. I remember us '9Clubs' Soul Club....used to liase all nights between us as best possible. We had a comradeship that the scene suggests should be 'normal'. In reality...it ain't like that! I think for our time when kicking off...we were 'revolutionary' and all friendly which helped the concept you are firmly promoting here....all credit to you too mate....but.....unless them friendships etc are in place....the 'chat' as witnessed in this thread...will continue...for another 40 odd years...I reckon!!x @@ ~ Just remembered that Checkmates too! B side of ...of....????!!! Can't remember?!! Ain't got it anymore...swopped! But am I getting mixed up with Times a Wasting B side Moaning groaning???!! I played both in me time....help Len?!hehe!x Luv'd both B's...and spun ithem at the 100club which went down well I recall!!x ...and this one has Tony Middletons siggy on it! Ady could put me right....but I think he made his first appearance upon arriving in the UK on a Thursday night....and we piled down to meet this 'legend'!! He didn't have a clue he was so revered! A luvly fella and indeed a happy memory to savour...X I think the above copy is/was Kev Fevs....I kept threatening to get Tony to sign it for him...!!! He nearly cried at the suggestion...and it started a debate that lasted...erm...to this day! Do you get an artist to sign their record or wot??!! Does it detract...or add?! I can't remember what we all decided....I was happy with it all whatever...and would have gladly had my copy signed by him....if i'd have had one!!!!hehe!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X

Nice 1 Jerry!x I've met many singers in me time...and Caroline can sing....X As we're talking of recent 'rare' tunes....here's anuver! I got a new tune arrive today via the mail as opposed to a car boot! I was in Majorca on business and me mate listens to all kinda lingo channels...i like hearing the difference in dialect....but ain;t a clue as they talk too fast!!hehe!x Anyway....I was flippin through channels....and this tune was trucking along......so I listened...and was bowled over by the 'Motown' sound....!!! Neever heard of it....or them....and the DJ went on one and so we din;t have a clue who it was! That was 7 months ago....and last week....I heard it again....on a Spanish girls MP3 player!!!! I stopped her....and asked her in broken English.....who it was! She told me....and here it is....fresh outta the bag! They've done loads of tracks....but this seems to be less known by them! But is my fav....X Thanx for the info Jerry...and if you see them all...give em a hug from me...happy days we had...X I'll be going to sleep singing this one....luvly!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FClJPhZTOwY Edit....in fact....after clicking it again and listening for the 4th time....it;s Northern Soul...I reckon...X

Like someone has said above...it's hard to pinpoint 1 as I have loads that launch me as soon as they kick off! What I will do is offer my top tunes that ALWAYS stirred the dance floor whatever I had been left with before hitting the decks!x It depended upon the time of the set...the venue...and music policy as to which I may have used to kick off with...but the below were pretty univsrsally 'loved' around the UK be it a Soul night or all-nighter! So here's my top guaranteed spine tingling 'launchers'....for me...in the 90's...to woo the dancers onto the floor first tune!x 70's I'm So Happy-Prince Philip Mitchell Lend a Hand-Bobby Hutton Love Factory-Eloise laws If Only I could Be Sure-Nolan Porter I'll Never Stop Loving You-Carla Thomas! Dunno if it is a 70's....way ahead of its time if it weren;t!!x Hold On-Judy Freeman...70's?! Chuck Jackson-All Over the World 60's Run For Cover-The Dells Have Love Will Travel-Richard Berry Cards On The Table-Diplomats If You Ask Me-Jerry Williams Keep On Keeping On-N F Porter Help Me-The Spellbinders Seven Day Fool-Etta James I'm Not Strong Enough-Four Perfections In Orbit-Joy Lovejoy If This Is Love-The Precisions Stompers A Little Togetherness-Younghearts...became a bit of a signature tune for me and was expected at most gigs I djd at! I Need Your Love-The Dynamics.....PAAAAARTTTTYYY!!! Hopes Dreams & Tombstones-Y.O.P.S! Sweeter Than The Day Before-The Valentinos Right Track-Billy Butler I can't Get Enough-Johnny Sayles Living A Lie-The High Keys Cause Your Mine-Vibrations This Thing Called Love-Johnny Wyatt It Happens Everyday-The Persionettes...reserved for Blackburn @ 7am to get em warmed up!hehe!!x Everybodys Going To The Love In-Bob Brady ...erm... Motown Helpless-Kim Weston Midnight Johnny-Liz Lands Baby Hit and Run-Contours Tell Me It's Just a Rumour-Isley Bros You-ve been In Love Too Long-Martha & Rge Vandellas Do I love You-Frank Wilson...but I never once kicked off with it anywhere....tooo easy!x Instrumentals...Law of The Land-Alfie Kahn used to go down well on occasion at an all dayer to kick off with as well as Little Queenie at any point! The most 'awesome' response i had to any instrumental was when I played Cal Tjaders-Soul Sauce...at Blackburn and the 100Club! Dealers...collectors and dancers came up asking what it was....after dancing to it!!hehe!x Another tune that got folks attention mainly at Soul nights was this version by Red Beans and Rice...1980...! I was driving down to London...flippin through the radio channels..and an obscure station came on and this tune was playing....June 1980....I remember it well! I came home and on the Saturday went to our last proper record shop and 'ordered;' it from the bit of ripped paper i'd wrote it on! It came! I had it in my box until 1994 when I started to spin it at my Soul Nights in Cambridge...! To date...personally...I have never found anyone who knew owt about it....BUT....I just found this 1 link on youtube...and i looked at the comments and it is very interesting indeed! The guy who plays the Sax in the band apparently went on to feature in Jules Hollands Millionaire Band....whom I've looked after in me time...but never knew!!!!! I never knew anything about this tune until today 15 minutes ago!!! Great stuff!x It was a spine tingler in 1980..and hearing it on Utube...it still is!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X

Super stuff folks!x Say Hi to Dennis for me Jerry!x He;s probably left his hair behind after all the racing around he did...hehe!x Caroline...and yes...a super singer she is/was! I don;t know if she did anything else after this? There was talk of it but I don;t recall any further tunes they made up to say 1998/9. Thanx for the info....and have you got a spare 7"...or perhaps Dennis might have 1!!x Sepia...in all my time of going to auctions/boot sales and general back second hand shops....the 'record dealer' has got to be one of the most 'tight' people to 'trade' with!! I will say no more....but where their 'soul' goes during such trading is beyond me!!hehe!x LUV SOOTY X I suppose it's the same buzz they get when running off taking ure tunes cheaply or selling you them dear....as when I used to walk out of a business deal with £20k for a £500 valued deal! Same buzz...different level. Seedy tho'...mines business...records are 'personal' shirley? Never 'stole' from the people. The State and system/Large corporations/Banks/Govts and local Authorities yep..fair game! Lord Leverson and other inquiries are exposing how they have taken the P out of 'us' all over the years. The fact I started in the 80's and retired taking the P out of them in 2000 before they were all exposed means I was sharper and they were slow! I still don't have a bank account or credit card after 30 years....stuff em all I manage me own affairs!x Unlike the record dealers...at least i wore a suit and tie for my 'daylight robberys'...hehe!x @@ ~ Since 2000...when I put a suit on....folk just laff.....!x I like that better...X More stills from the forthcoming DVD...including the moment Kenny bought The Nomads...that very night!x

...Little Dancing Dennis!!!....they were inseparable at the beginning of the Manifesto launch....and super dancer Dennis was/is too....Polly had a grooove in him as well I recall!Thanx for the reminder 'Givemesoul'!x I know they did a few 7"...and I wish i'd have had one of those too....as I would have kept it!!!x I don;t do LP's or anything outside of 45's when DJing or collecting...all me boxes are 7" size that hold my stuff....and perhaps that's why I let the 10" acetate go....it was collecting cobwebs in me LP box which consists of.... Chitty Chitty Bang Bang....Gene Pitney's Big Sixteen which me siss got me when i was 11...16 Big Movie Themes....a lovely album featuring 50 WW2 songs and original singers.....and a few 12"...Blueboy/Marlena Shaw...Shirley/Propellorheads and Candi's You Got the Love....and I think....that's it....and the 10" sat in front of the lot!!! So...I passed it on where it would get to the front for playing....not storing! I do regret it....I could have made a clock outta it or summink! A DJ got it I believe....it was one of the stipulations at the time of sale! Did me best for it!x The Manifesto Mag went 'ballistic' in it's first years which began about the same time as us 'newcomers' all took off around the UK in the 90's!! This article appeared in it which reflected the times at the time....and reading some of you folks comments across the forum.....some things don;t change!!!x Founately for me...the music has remained constant....since 1974....and I focus on that these days still!!x This article I wrote was in issue 3...February 1995! Forgive the quality...but it can be just read when zooming in in windows photo viewer and the like for those wanting to read it.... As for the record itself....I used to play Brainstorm...Loving is Really My Game at about 7.52am @ Blackburn....and The Exciters Reaching For The Best....at such times too.....and this was definately an 'extension' to those and i thought well done...and believed in it and it certainly produced results on the floor wherever I played it!x Happy Days...and a 'rare' tune indeed!!X I'll be happy for the tape to just go to someone who will appreciate it....and tbf....the point of the Ebay 'sale' iwill be to promote the music and scene anyway!!x We have been editing the forthcoming 'Togetherness' DVD....and I have watched and listened to every word said by Soulies and DJs throughout. Terry Davies says this to me on it....'the scene will die with us'....that was 10 years ago! His enthusiasm shown...passion and dedication....as listened to again this week...inspired me to do my bit where possible today...to 'pass it on' and am happy trying!x As for the DVD itself...there are 3 potential Distributors whom we want to give 'sole' rights too wanting to review the whole product....and...I found some other bits to put on there....so....we is doing a final edit Monday/Tuesday and then we go see these folk and get it all sorted! After watching it in its entirety...the original film....I am surprised at how timeless the comments made by all are! Also...the 'passion' of all pours through the film. It ain;t about blowing my trumpet as such....the film does capture THE scene...from a ground floor perspective...and it is for me perhaps the bestest 'natuaral' documentary i've made with my Production Company...and we've done over 100 films for me to gauge in the past 13 years! I'd give you all a copy for free....cos it was done for 'fun'..for me....but....business is business out there....and i'll do my best to get it all delivered to you as cheap and cheerful as possible!! On it...X Sorry for the small delay as I had said it would be available in April....but it will be worth waiting for an extra week or two....timeless means...timeless!x We have just negotiated the rights with the purchaser of the 1st album to allow us the right to put the 'original' versions of the Zoots Northern sampled tracks...on vinyl!!! They will not be the commercial releases which feature new singers...but the ones you've heard already in here...by 'normal' folk...which I think will be rarer and fitting for the northern scene methinks! We reckon they'll be double A siders...and perhaps....perhaps if the interest is there....then we'll produce new songs for release in that series purely for Soul fans...and their kids"!!! As said....doing me bit to appeal to new genertions and tie the scene in with it and benefit too...and will keep you posted!x All the proceeds I make from this 'venture' re the DVD is going to 3 Fans trusts.....keeping it real...and 'for the people'...X The records potential is all to be discussed this week too in conjunction with the DVD release...! So a lot to be excited about methinks....and as we are in a 'modern' groove...it's time to play an all time classic 'Sooty Spin'....and I used to kick off with it regular around the UK....but i'll end with it here....night night!!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X EDIT....just remembered.....I have this 12" in me LP box too....a happy memory from The Barn at Braintree 1976/7 funky nights....went twice....brilliant!x...it also means the beddy byes is delayed for 5 more minutes......rave on.....hehe...!X...I have the 7"...and it gets played at me party's.....no worries!x @@ ~

Evening all!x Hope you've all had a good week and week-end!x I have for numerous reasons...yesterday...1 of the 3 local football clubs close to me heart...or the people are....ensured their league status...Histon FC...which was nice!x Then...during the week...I found lot's of happy memories and memorobilia from the Northern Scene...tucked up for possibly 10 years or so!!!! Today...as the weather killed the Boot Sale...I went through some of it...and other 'music' paraphernalia such as record player...sss...and things! Amongst it all...right out of the blue...I came across this...>>>>> Now Soulies...i'm looking for some help...and an update...before I put it on Ebay for a tape collector to cherish!x What I can tell you from memory is this...! It IS...an excellent tune! Made in 1996...by The Beachcombers...based Bristol way at the time! The luvly Lady on the cover is the singer...and i met her a couple of times....but it was her partner/husband whom I knew...Polly...the guy wh began/took over got involved with the Manifesto Magazine in the 90's!x We spent many happy nights and days together and supported the magazine monthly and things were good! Then...he called me and said...'my Mrs has made a record'! When we met...he gave me a 10" Promo metal record of the tune!! Dunno how many of them he had made...but I think....I believe...there were only a couple! As I was National at the time...he gave me one of these 'rareities'! I played it....job done! He gave me this tape of it too! I haven't played it ever I don;t recall as I had the record! But...it features the tune repetitively throughout in crystal studio form! Check the 'tune' out...and my history with it here...!>>>>....erm....and wot happened to the 10"......doh........and there's some 'old' faces on t too... ...so it's 'brill'!x What I need to know is for the sale....what happened to the tune since 1996/7!!!! I know Polly had some 7" made of it too...I remember seeing one! But...that's it...I know nothing...!x Is Polly out and about still? If so it would be good to hear from him...and...I feel real bad but I forgot the.his Luvly Ladys name....and she can sing init!!x So apologies for that....and any help is appreciated!x LUV SOOTY X Now...this ain;t a 'plug'...just a fact....as you all play records....I collect record players! However...I have 1 surplus! I have put it on Ebay... xsootyx...and it is SUPERB! I;ve made a vid to go with it...and 'promote' Northern Soul in there too....it all helps!!x For those interested in all things 'vintage'...there is some Subbuteo in there as well...from 1979/80....and I 'tell all' of behind the scenes stuff of the football world to go with it....and...how I stole the FA CUP....swear to God...Allah...Jehovah and me Mam...HONEST...and can prove it!!!x @@ ~ Bestest thing that's happened tho'...is hearing that tune again and the many happy memory's it brought back....thank you all...!!X P.S...if a soulie through this forum buys the record player...i'll pay the postage...and be happy it's gone to a good home and it will be appreciated...like it has been at mine!x ..so.....waddya all know????!!!x @@ ~

WOOOHOOO!!!...Ruben Wright - I'm walking out on you...just heard it for the first time....never heard it!! Tune! Proper Soulful Northern...why ain't I heard it Geeselad?!x That note at the last second....super!x Found the Buddy Miles on Utube...and I can see the interest....but too laid back for me mate...!x Some serious production going on and yup....the man can sing!x Reminds me of some of the 70's funkadelic albums I heard in me time!...Bootsy Collins type of thing?? I don't know nowt about LP's though....never collected them or look at them....so perhaps missed loooads in me time...I stick to 45s....then I don;t forget to change the speed switch during me doo's.....it can get complicated when im tryng to dance...cue the next tune and answer the donut at the side asking for some tune they'll dance to for 10 seconds before running off texting someone I find!!hehe!x @@ ~ Thanx for the info Geeselad...X I went to a regular boot sale this morning where very few collector/dealers go! It's usually swamped with Eastern block folk buying furniture putting a house together and stuff! They have the cash these days!! The traders know that and sell stuff accordingly Since having me first dance to Northern at Netherhall School Youth Club Friday Disco 1974....educated at Cambridge yaa....dancing to Double Life Jerry Fuller and hanging in for Tommy's Going To A Happening...in all them years...i aint met a Soulie from Romania...Lithuania or Poland as yet! Those Eastern Block folk whom i;ve shared me music with like it.....but have their own 'thing'....and dance together in groups! So...they don;t go looking for records...and very few folk sell them up this boot sale! Supply and demand at work! There was only 4 stalls with any tunes...and i found these 2 US Bell 45s....in a plastic see through bag together! The lady (Angela,,,X) said they were her fathers who liked Jazz! There were loads of his LPs and a few Jazz EPs...and these 2 oddments!! I gave her £2...she'd asked for 50p each! It helps my guilt complex when I find a nugget!!hehe! However...I feel as though i've found 2 for my collection! Know nowt about either....and well pleased with them both!x Angela's Dad died before xmas....and he was a music lover. She herself went to a few Northern discos in the 70's....and didn;t realise it was still around! She also doubted these were 'soul or northern soul as she didn;t think her dad knew of it!! I said i would give the tunes a write up if they were good....and I also said I would cherish them as her Dad...Nigel...did...x She is popping in to the forum to read this......and yes poppet....they are good enuff for my collection and these folk in here methinks!x Your dad knew his stuff...respect...X.....and I believe he had Sooooullll!x In memory of Nigel....R.I.P...X Paul Dayton....About This Thing Called Love..........grrroooooovyy methinks!!x Then this.....which is reaaaal bouncy and catchy...! Dean and Dina???? No idea....but luv it!x Thanx for not slinging the records Angela....and they will get spun at my partys and stuff and I will give cred to Nigel for the inspiration I promise!x Now get ure ar*e to a dooo!!!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X

Went to a small Boot Sale this morning at a Junior school....and the music teacher had decided to flog some of his Dads tunes!!!! I got 4 and give him £5 for his charity pot! He wanted 20p each!!!! Picked out the 'Soulful' ones...or some Soul connection! The first is this 'awesome' haunting tune sung by Cliff Bennett and The Rebel Rousers called 3 Rooms With Running Water! I have 1 other tune by the Rebel Rousers called 'As I look'...an uptempo stormer...but some debate as to whether it was Cliff Bennett featured...but the tune is super! So is this....played it twice...and it sticks in ure brain! I have read it was written by....Jimmy Radcliffe...and indeed his name is on the vinyl! It was sung by HB Barnum too so the blurb i;ve found sez?! Other than that I know nowt....except its mine now!!!x Value...me rare record collector 2012 sez £15....but I ain't ever seen one at a boot sale before or i;d have got it!x The 2nd of the four is an easy one to find...on President....but...on this....at a boot sale???...naaa!!!. I have 'I Can't Hear You' which is brill...'I've gotta claim on you'...one of her early R&Bers and the double sider on President featuring 'It's In His Kiss' on the A side! This tune is 1 of the original tunes i learneded as Norvern back in 1974! My President copy has been moved sideways into the disco box for the Its In His Kiss classic side...and the below has replaced it in me Northern Box...es....and it's mint!!! Value??...£20 it sez.....but to me...priceless....and takes pride of place as theee find for today!!x The other 2 tunes were....well......I think they are brill in their own right....and will go in me 'funny's box'!! Never heard this version....but it's a good old 'Northern' version......and the best i've ever heard...booked at £6...and worth a laugh....hehe...!!! The other.....has got to go in me 'funny' box.....nobody can dance to it....or keep up with this can they???!!!! Shirley not??!!hehe! Never heard it until today......manic Tina at her youthful height i'd imagine!!x Can't find a value for it in me book?!x Going in me Soul Box tbf!x Big one on in the morning and I will see what's about and report back if I find another nugget!x LUV SOOTY X .......awww jeeez.....gotta go to Heathrow now on me own.....and all that's in me brain is....Plllleeeeaseee Mr Cuusterrrr......doh!x @@ ~

Had the pleasure of looking after Doris Troy this night! I escorted her from the above venue too I think Bretby...or The Ritzy for an A/N appearance afterwards...forget which!! Picture this.....the 4th tune my mate played me in 1974 was Doris's I'll Do Anything! Luv'd it ever since and indeed is perhaps the most prolific record I see at boot sales from a Northern perspective over the past 30 years! So....although in my businesses i have dealt with 'the stars' of all types....I was particularly excited meeting Doris! I wasn't dis-appointed! She jumped in the back of the car....said....'do you mind if my Girlfriend come sit with me Sooty'? "Of course not!" I replied happily! Her bubbly Lady friend jumped in....and as we drove through Nottingham they shared the happiness that 2 'lovers' would after an exciting set she had just done in the S/N! Then...she said did i have a problem with gay relationships?! I said "no....me mams gay and has been all me life!" They both became real 'cosy' and we drove around the Nottingham ring road for an extra 20 minutes as they gleamed my lifes experiences with me mother her being gay...and why?!!! I asked her the same! We arrived at the next gig 1/2 hour late as she'd insisted i drive around again as they were both fascinated by the 'chat' we were having! 20 years later....and as said....dealing with many stars that would never even know of Doris....I have to say.....she wouldn't do anything for a man 30 years after making the record...like she had done in her time...and I can't blame her after some of the tales she mentioned as her experience with so called Soulful men. Similar to me mam....which is why we 'got on' I suppose! She recommended me to many of her friends for a discreet VIP service when visiting the UK and we kept in touch thru xmas and stuff until her death in 2004...X We both lived in the real world...and she was an absolute STAR....and she has a place in my thoughts each time i look through my telescope at the night sky! Doris Troy....RIP...X LUV SOOTY X ...I read ure smallprint Wiggyflat! Nice 1...X Say hi to Anton and Dave if you can for me.....2 guys whom i shared the floor and decks with in me time and super Soulies...X...'ere...the 5th record my mate played me in 1974 was...The Cheater...Bob Kuban! Spooky eh?! I never knew wot u just said until now! Learn summink everyday.....nice thread!x @@ ~

No probs mate!x I come from a Norvern education kicking off with The Champion...Tainted love....and Dance Dance Dance the casualeers....first 3 tunes me mate played me in 1974! Still enjoy hearing them today....!! Footsie...and i remember Space by Magic Fly was in his collection of 'northern' back then too!!! 1 tune I never forgot and don;t see often that I always wanted to play at a gig was....Tom Jones....Hide and Seek!!!! STOOOOORMER!!! But never did!!hehe!x...tell me i'm wrong...!x So i've had a wiiiide induction course...! However...my education on R&B has gone pear shape since leaving the scene 'actively'! I don;t know whats played today....and when I see chart records by soul singers discoey stuff calling itself 'R&B'....then....I dunno where to start these days! But...here are 3 of my tunes that I spun regular as an R&B flavour....my way of thinking...when stomping around the UK in the 90's!x ...and a stomper to go with 'em... I see Mack Rice baby i'm comin home mentioned in the thread....another fav of mine to spin....and I always had this to play as the lights came on at Blackburn or any A/N I finished the night DJing at....at half volume....and always made me feel we'd had a good night!x Since then i;ve played it at full blast as the last record going on the deck with lights on....telling folk to drink up and help put stuff away at the end of a wedding/Barmtsfah or funeral!!! Good excuse mefinks....!x......and....and......they all smooch to it 'oblivious'....everytime......tune!!!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X

Which Ray Agee are we talking about Chalky??!!!x The Losing record absolute guaranteed....of course!x But are you saying this other one i'm talking about...'I'm not looking back'....is Northern too???!!! If so...i'm so pleased to hear that! I have always liked the record....and would have danced to it meself no probs! When that piano/sax orchestra all 'bang' back down into the beat again is a definate 'spin' moment i've found!! What I mean is that it just had summink 'missing'...or 'extra'...that ensured it didn't make me 'tool box' of 100 records when 'on the move' doing 3 gigs a week-end trying not to play the same record twice!!! In essence...it didn;'t make me top 100 to 'share'!! If it has been played since I came across it....then BRILLIANT!!!x If not....then I could understand why the hesitation or thoughts! Hard to put a finger on this 'feeling' about it....but done me best to explain!x Whilst I understand folks 'passion' about music.....I have never took it too serious....I enjoy it all!...and try to share that joy as much as possible!x LUV SOOTY X

...has it finished???!!.....!x If its any comfort...things ain;t changed in 15 years!hehe!x It used to be argued as passionately as witnessed here in toilets and Service Stations between 9 and 10 in the morning!x Difference is now....the same conversation....goes global these daysl!!! Healthy stuff all done in a respectable manor too!x Refreshing it is! I visit many forums of various types. 'Debate' such as been had here wouldn't get this far without degenerating into personal ,malarkey and stuff! Respect to you all...and i mean that...as someone who has been 'live' on the super highway since 1985!!x Great place to stop by wiv me cuppa before bed methinks....nice 1!x LUV SOOTY X ....ah.....among the passion and perspective.....I dd ask a question.....! Was it 50...or 500!!! Since putting that Ray Agee record in my box circa 1995....I haven;t seen another copy.....until you brought it up today Pete s! I was surprised.....and hadn't mentioned it to you in our chat....or anybody....because it ain;t 'Northern' really....not just 'there' methinks!!! But you brought the tune up.....and I was genuinely gobsmacked to see it! I've been hearing it weekly at our studio for about 4 months!!!....so understand me sincere interest!! Can anyone help and tell me what happened to it after 1995 on the scene....if anything?!?! Fank You!x

...forgive me for jumping in here....but Pete....that tune Ray Agee...'I'm Not Looking back'!! You consider it not 'northern'...?! Interesting! I can only repeat how it happened and what was said....but here goes...! I was in Cottons Stockport circa '95/6. Rob...Robbie....a dealer who began wearing a dress and was waiting for a sex change.....rushed up to me as we arrived....with a box of 50 of these tunes!!! He pulled the first 1 out....GAVE it to me....and said...it's just arrived....this is 'it'...the entire stock! Spin it....you'll luv it and it's 'Northern'!!! However.....whilst Rob...Robbies judgement in life may have been confusing at the time....as far as Northern went....he had...for the previous 2 years...seen me right with tunes! BUT...the week before at Blackburn....I had swopped in all my excitement...my Grapevine copy of Lester Tipton....for 'Train To Nowhere' by the Champs.....about 15 minutes before finishing the night off at 7am! I was 'vulnerable I recall!!!hehe!x I heard it on headphones and....and....played it among me set as the 'instrumental...and everybody danced!!! Never played it again.....and every time i see it at a boot sale....for 10p or a quid...I wince......nearly 20 years later!!!hehe!x Personally...I liked both tracks in their own right. I never did get to play the Ray Agee at a Northern doo....and wouldn't have.....unless vulnerable at 6.45am again!! It was one of those 'nearly' was tunes.....and kept it in me collection ever since!...erm....2 years ago....my Producer mate heard it.....I wanted to share the piano and sax all the way through with him! He liked it soo much...he included it in the requested 30 he took away with him to 'play' with for the next year.....! I didn't mention it on the phone t'other week.....but here it is....! It ain;t R&B....it ain't Northern.....just a happy tune methinks!x If you listen closely....you'll hear me and Pete 'screaming' in the back ground enjoying every minute!!hehe!x Amazingly....the intro....sez all....and indeed perhaps epitomises what Northern Soul has been to me over 40 years of education on it!x https://www.skooters.cc/zoots/cominhome.mp3 It's become one of Pete's favourite tunes of all times!! It reflects that as he hasn't done a lot to it either really!! Music....a personal preference....I reckon!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X ...Rob...Robbie ripped that box open and gave me the first copy Pete....so he said? I think his interest was 'moving' the t'other 49 at the time...! Perhaps he'd seen me Lester Tipton go so easy the week before......?!.....flippin' vultures......I needed looking after init!! My mate Fudge constantly called me a tw***t.....see why eh?!hehe!x They took the P alllll the way back down the M6.....sigh....!x Waddya know about the record then Pete?!x Was there that 50...or 500???!!!!x