Preston Soulie

Goodbye Tony, you paved the way for the soul DJs of today ! Rest in peace mate ! Paul James.

Goodbye Tony, you paved the way for the soul DJs of today ! Rest in piece mate ! Paul James

As just one of the DJs at Towngate Leyland soul collective, (Sue was one of our regulars) we will really miss her. The whole soul club scene is going to miss "Skippy Sue" she was a lovely lady who knew how to enjoy herself, on the dance floor all night. Rest in peace Sue, you won't be forgotten we will always remember you ! Paul James x

I tried something that worked . It was two pieces of glass and pop the record in between. Leave it in the sunshine and it did get the warp out. I've only done it once though, maybe I was lucky ! Paul.

Yeh, Steve Davis is a soul fan and I believe that he has a brilliant collection of vinyl !

Youngsters are the next oldies, the scene will always continue !! I started collecting soul music when I was about 14, I'm now 67. I was also one of the youngsters at the Twisted Wheel, Catacombs, Harisons hoist, the Top twenty club, etc etc. Youngsters are the life blood of the continuing soul scene. We would be dead without them, and as for teaching etietiquette, the scene will evolve to be their scene and it will be what they want , just as ours was what we wanted ! KTF PAUL JAMES.

Malcolm The prices for soul records are, as you say, crazy. However they reflect how much people want them. Not just DJs who have to play the top sounds on original recordings, but collectors like myself who want an original mint copy. They represent a form of investment as well as they never seem to go down in value. Paul James.

Hi Graham, And a big welcome to the soul scene. New sounds are the life blood of the whole scene without them collectors would have a limited amount of records to squirrel away and the DJs would all be playing the same stuff and we would all be bored and the soul events would be no more ! Just think of your favourite record and realize that somone had to find it and give it it's first play somewhere. I'm an old twisted wheeler getting near my 70s now and ive been DJ ing and collecting for over 50 years, and I'm still at it. My collection is well over 2000 and counting. Hope my son's get a good deal on them when I'm gone. Keep going to as many soul clubs as you can and get to grips with the new stuff you haven't heard before and dance to it. You will find your liking for " the sound " will only get more intense. If you find yourself near Leyland on a Friday night give the driving beat soul club a try, we play loads of first time plays to keep the soul events fresh. Have a good one, Paul.

Paid £110 for " Four Below Zero, My Baby Has ESP " on a mint demo ! Havent regretted it though ! Love it to bits !

I think you could be right with the Wheel Dave. We used to go to local youth club dances and clubs, and you could always tell a Twisted Wheeler they danced differently to all others. That was one of the reasons that I started going, together with the music of course. And when the wheel finished we usted to make our way to the top twenty club, which i think was in Salford. And then dance all day as well. God i wish those days back again. KTF.

Cosmos were the best shoes I ever had for dancing ! They looked good too, mine were ox blood , I wish I could get a pair now !!

Hi Tony, I agree with you on this, when we started listening to soul even as early as the Twisted Wheel and yes I am that old. We called it soul music or sometimes rytham and blues. It was that Mr Dave Godin who christened it Northern, because we northerners liked faster dance soul records than his normal customers. And he kept a box of stompin tunes marked up as northern soul in his shop specially for us. I also agree that there is some terrible sounds labelled under the northern genre. I just call it soul music and let all the genre's fall under that heading, whatever it is. KTF

You never see J J Jackson, Sho nuff got a good thing going ( warner ) or Bobby Bland ,yum yum tree, (duke), those were two of my favourites when i was there but there was so many great sounds. Which of course was why we were there ! Paul James.