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John Murphy

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  1. John Murphy

    SOUL AT THE BALCONY.

    SOUL AT THE BALCONY SUNDAY THE 24th OF NOVEMBER. COME AND HAVE A DRINK OR A MEAL, AND LISTEN, OR DANCE TO THE GREATEST MUSIC EVER MADE. FREE ENTRY, ALL WELCOME.
  2. John Murphy

    SOUL AT THE BALCONY.

    SUNDAY THE 27th of OCTOBER, SOUL AT THE BALCONY NEWTON LE WILLOWS. FREE ENTRY, COME AND LISTEN OR DANCE TO THE GREATEST MUSIC EVER MADE, FOOD AVAILABLE ALL DAY.
  3. John Murphy

    SOUL AT THE BALCONY.

    Come and listen or dance to the greatest music ever made, food available all day, great atmosphere. FREE ENTRY, EVERYONE WELCOME.
  4. John Murphy

    SOUL AT THE BALCONY.

    COME AND ENJOY A DAY OF THE GREATEST MUSIC EVER MADE. have a meal or a drink, and listen or dance, to a day of northern soul and Motown. FREE ENTRY.
  5. Great turnout, we thought the sun would deter people but it wasn’t the case, the next one is the 1st of September.
  6. John Murphy

    SOUL AT THE BALCONY.

    A day of Northern Soul at the Balcony Bar in Newton and Willows, all welcome. Free entry. Come and have a drink or a meal and listen or dance to the greatest music ever made.
  7. John Murphy

    Soul at the Balcony.

    A day of Northern Soul and Motown, the Verona Bar, High St. Newton Le Willows. Come and have a drink or a meal and listen, or dance, to the greatest music ever made. FREE ENTRY. On the decks in no particular order: Tommy Dennett, Wayne Hill, Mark Roscoe, Richard Ford and Katy Goodhall.
  8. I have two tickets for Whitby I will take the best offer. . I can post them or meet you at Whitby.
  9. I would just like to apologise to everyone that turned up at Burtonwood Soul Club . I did ask soulsource to remove the venue but something got missed. If anyone would be interested in running this night the demand is there it just needs someone with a deck and a bit of hard work. Again sorry.
  10. The first allnighter that I went to was the Room at the Top, in Wigan. I would have been about 15 when I first went. There was a cafe type of bar then walk up a few steps and you were in the dance/ stage room. It was fantastic, it had a sprung wood floor that was polished by hundreds of people dancing and it shone in the dark. I remember walking in one night and a record started that I hadn't heard before but I immediately thought that it was brilliant and it has been one of my favourites ever since, it was Soothe Me, by Sam and Dave. After a nights dancing it was on to the baths and we would stay in there til about noon then get a bus home. Because we were Mods we always carried a bag with a change of clothing, clean shirt, trousers, socks, towel etc. It was the greatest time to be alive, unemployment was virtually unknown, we all had lots of money and Black Bombers were 1Shilling and 3p each. that's about 6p for the uninitiated and six would keep you dancing all night. Great times and never so much as a handbag raised in anger.
  11. I've always been a little puzzled why someone would want to go to a northern night when the most they know about the music is Knock three times on the ceiling or Band of gold. But the fault lies with us and the organisers, us for not turning up in enough numbers and the organisers who just want to make money so they will let anyone in as long as they have the readies.
  12. In my opinion, The Contours: Crying in the night, or Mel Britt: She'll come running back, both great to dance to, full of soul and a message in the lyrics.
  13. Where is it written that a record cannot be played twice in an evening? I was recently at a do in Warrington, where we arrived around 9.30, when I asked the DJ to play a record he said " that's already been played by the previous DJ" This was before 8 o clock. Most of the room were not even at the venue then so why can the record not be played again? I'm not suggesting that the same records should be played over and over but two or three in an evening is hardly excessive is it?
  14. When I was a kid in the 60's I used to go to a club in Wigan called "the room at the top" it was a very popular allnighter and ran for years, does anyone remember it?
  15. Nothern Soul (NS) is a seperate entity from Motown, NS is essentially the rare tracks/B sides that were never played by the commercial DJ,s. NS was a breakaway from the more main stream disco music of the 70's that became too poptastic and chewing gum type funk.


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