Soulstu

Left a 12" of Uptown Festival on the parcel shelf of my dad's car. The sun warped it like a b****d. I used my mum's iron to flatten it out. Thoughtfully I sandwiched a yellow duster between the iron and the vinyl. Ended up with a very furry yellow disc - still warped. Could have been worse - could have been good (sorry Ian).

Hmmm.. Edwin?...Edwin Hawkins?.... was it Oh Happy Day?

Agree - top, top tune - how could that not have got a release?!!!! Great piece of digging from Harboro Horace! (or whoever it was).

OOOh Peter, thank god it was only a 70s soul track!

Wow, great topic, superb answers as usual! This was a question that always bugged me too.

Simple - every single second of Little Girl Lost - Shephards - oooohhhh

Here we go...... the last 10 minutes! Think I'll go for a walk.

I'm going to get a kicking at work tomorrow!......crap.

None of us really answered your question Jon, we were caught up in vinyl heaven (or hell). So, did anyone ever mime at Wigan?

Wanda Young - listen to 'The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game'….wow Darrell Banks Ask me tomorrow and I'd say someone else - depends on my mood.

Try this Arnie Stu /forums/topic/136684-mr-floods-partycompared-to-what/page-2?hl=%2Bfloods+%2Bparty#entry2051345

Yep, sorry about my original comment on 'the notts couple' - I don't know them so was being unfair... they're contributing a damn site more to the scene than I am sat here on the sofa.

Good job you didn't say "what a load of crap" before he told you who he was. Mind you he'd probably agree with you.

Don't know where Culcheth is mate (Manchester way?), but that is (and has always been) a very, very, very good record indeed! I first heard it on holiday on a barge in the Norfolk Broads, very early 80s - thanks to a tape from my mate Kev Smith - I think he might have taped it of a Radio Hallam show called, wait for it, 'Richard Searling's Soul Source' (Sauce?). Thanks for reminding me what an awesome sound that is - Northern in a nutshell.

Cheers for the info chaps - as I thought, great tracklist! Just got three NME tapes myself - C81, C86 and Pogo a Go Go (!) as i said, can't seem to find FSD.

Can anybody tell me the track listing of a cassette that NME released in about '86 or so called 'Feet Start Dancin'. I think Ady was involved in it. I know it had The Steinways - You've Been Leadin' Me On and Your Little Sister by The Marvelows. I lost it ages ago and I know there was some absolute killer stuff on it. Would make a brilliant CD reissue. Help me out! Stu

Yeah, come on Quinvy, give us some big lads' names - Don Varner for a guess?....

I'm in a quandary..... I don't want my music to be ubiquitous and diluted, maybe even ridiculed by becoming part of the mainstream....but...I want people to hear how fantastic this music is. So, like all the other times northern soul has been on the telly, I'll watch it with trepidation...you never know - maybe they'll get it right this time. If they've got good researchers and a sympathetic producer...... BTW I thought the culture show coverage wasn't that bad (except for the Notts couple). I guess even if they do the clunkingly obvious and play Do I Love You - it IS a great record - imagine you've never heard it before.... First to post it as a topic at 7.30 on Wednesday will get a hot one!

All this talk of 'big lads' is making me feel a bit queasy. But then again, I've probably only got one big lad in my box (come on! I'm not being rude, the rest are boots and reissues).

Peter, even though you're on the dark side you can lighten any mood - hang on, this post about going off topic has gone off topic. Sorry Mike

Hmmm.. some of you guys are a tad bitter. It's not worth it. Though I hate the nostalgia crap and all the marketing, I will not be made to feel ashamed or embarrassed about still loving all of the fantastic records that got me into it in the first place. I'm no oldies dinosaur - I've got into more 'new' sounds in the last 6 months than ever in my life, they are constantly on my playlist. Whether there's a 'real' scene and a 'divvy' scene I don't care to be honest. It's OK to take the best out of the whole thing. If I was a youngster reading this thread I'd probably think twice about being a soul fan. We seem to hate ourselves and what we have become. Just go and put a record on.

Funny that, Dave - I've gone the opposite way! When I first heard Gwen Owens it absolutely blew my head off. Fast forward to today and I wonder what all the fuss was about - don't get me wrong I don't dislike it but, you know, its...okay. For me it's Frank Dell - He Broke Your Game Wide Open on Valise - had it in my box in the late 70s and didn't take much notice of it - a bit slow for me at the time maybe? In fact I lost it in the great Chesterfield Art College Northern Theft of '82 and wasn't that upset. However, today....tuuuune! It's the biggest turnaround of any record I've ever owned. Wish I had it now

Karmello Brooks - when she goes 'de-dooby-da-da' or something like that after the first verse/chorus - she's just so carried away with the joy of just singing! Also a bit later on when her voice growls a bit - magic. Really into female vocals at the mo. This is a good thread and really shows the PASSION of everyone on here - what it's all about.

Is that all Robb?!!!

The Drifter - Ray Pollard - right near the end his voice cracks just a bit on the last 'I'm just a drift 'crack' er-er' Hairs standing on my arms as I'm typing.