Chris L

Take a look at these : Chris L

For some reason your picture isn't coming out, I can't see anything !!

I had the pleasure of re-uniting them in New Brunswick at the Soul Trip USA, somewhere I have a big poster of the 2 of them signed by them, will dig it out and post. A the world now knows I am Sandi's official chauffeur

Not exactly Wigan, this take in my garden as we prepared to head off to the Torch, see the fine lines of the tailoring to match my firm young body............... Have you ever seen such a dorky shirt Much prefer this one, taken about 1971, 18 years old, bullet proof, full of piss and vinegar

Came across "The Doctor" by Mary Wells forgotten how good that was

I find it quite tough to take them seriously, for me they'll always be the "Inky Dinky Wang Dang Do" guys.................

When she moved to Oz a mate of mine went down to Southampton to see her off, I think he staill has her letter to him !!! He always seemed to be friendly with the girls including Judy...............me? I always ended up with someone who look like Dave Rivers Talking about NS and girls and that you had to come down to the Hampstead Birds Nest every Thursday night, there was alot of unplayed/undiscovered stuff being tested there.

Holland/Dozier/Holland - Why can't we be lovers Bobby Reed - I'll find a way

Yes here it is : "Van McCoy Music, Inc., is a Maryland closely held corporation established in October, 1989 by Norman McCoy, Sr., Van's father, along with Mattie I. Taylor, Van's foster sister" To be honest I found her pretty bonkers too

That's OK, but you know I'm sure Mattie's not actually blood related, during the research I did I'm sure she's adopted, I'll dig it out. Anyway..............what ever happened to the follow-up of "I'll never forget you" ? Didn't someone have a Soul City pre-release (Tony Cummings ?) did it ever surface ??? Boy it's an awful long time ago.............................

B*ll*cks Ian, I wrote an article on Van McCoy and spoke to Mattie, she was getting ready for some Van McCoy memorial and wanted me to put her in touch with Chris Bartley, which I did, I asked about Chris (aka Marke) Jackson, she told me they located him somewhere in Chicago and tried talking to him but he gave her the run around her words were "stay away from him his crazy" "I'll never forget you" was arranged, conducted and produced by Van McCoy. Chris Bartley knew him well and concurred that he was a nutter...so stick that in your Dalek and smoke it

Van McCoy's 1/2 sister cum adopted 5/16ths sister person Mattie (is that right ??) did actually find Chris Jackson, she told me to steer clear of him as he was off his rocker...........................

The one round our way was green, brilliant, the bloke could turn 180° with his back wheels stationary Didn't they drive by some sort of tiller handle ??

Thursday evening at the Hampstead Birds Nest for a "sound check" if any good head off up norf, sorry about the parka, but I do remember some sort of jacket type thing and of course Dave Rivers famous green leather boots, freckling jeckling, they were straight out of an episode of Robin Hood. Anyway.............Burton of course worked in a record shop (was it Harlequin ?)and used to get all sorts of stuff the most financial rewarding was the trunk brought by a Jamaican bloke amongst others was the 1st copy of Crazy baby, etc........................

name='chartertime' date='Aug 28 08, 07:42 PM' post='853727'] Love to see some old photos of the Mecca - sooner the better - any old tapes- can swop for some exclusive Cds of Curtis /Levine live Carlton Club July 74 & Mecca (not the Mdd one)

She was very buddy-buddy with Bruce & Hughie, she came down to Weybridge for Bruce's 50th married to Glen nowadays meethinks !!! Last saw her at Stoke last new years Stoke bash in 2006/7.

I'm not sure the quantity discovered down south was that great but there were only a handful of people searching circa 72-ish, that'd be Mick Smith & Clive Everet, Ken Rowlands & Nigel Martin, probably Ady although I don't remember much more than a scruffy parka and clapped out scooter, Tony Rounce for sure albeit via Record Corner I suspect, Dave Rivers & Dave Burton me a bit and perhaps about 3 or 4 others. Thing was at least one of us could bring a new sound to the Torch every 14 days and invariably did. What did happen was that if a record was being sought, Ski-ing in the snow comes to mind, bet was you could find it quicker in London than anywhere else in the UK. I once stopped at a petrol station on the South Circular saw a junk shop, went in and came out with a Darrell Banks on Atco, 4 Pros & Bobby Reed on Loma within about 10 minutes. Chris L

Thats' kind of sad in a way that people have been so "re-eductaed" by those ever so nice DJ's that they'll settle anything, really it's a lousy record, the vocals sound like the singer was balancing on a tightrope, produced by Popcorn Wylie, Buttered Popcorn, Little Willie makes no difference it's a below average record...................but it is rare and I'd like to have 10 copies of it................. so I could sell them..............

Depends where the "place" was, wouldn't lasted 10 seconds in 1973 anywhere tehre was a NS venue, it were fast en furious in them days.....

Where is it moving to ? The Congo hopefully, what a garbage statement. NS is constantly changing !! from what into what ?? From a kangeroo to bag of fish & chips !!! Most of the decent NS sounds were discovered long ago, all the producers, writers & arrangers have had the "NS fan visit" not much there, the majority of the "new finds" are crap, take that Margaret Little, things have gotten so bad there's a massive strain of Emperors New Clothes Itus going around, hyped up shytte, wouldn't made it to the dustbin when men were men, etc. Yikes, if Northern Souls future rests with the chinstrokers raving about some cha-cha record then Ken Livingstone help us all. Chris L

Very, very good.....................better than lot stuff that gets played today or even way back when.

Actually it was Dave Rivers & Dave Burton who gave it to Ian to play, so I'm afraid the London boys get the credit for discovering that gem................

Dave The Montclairs to be played at the Torch..........would have started a riot !!!!

Still smile when I think of the 1998 re-union, are they really going to demolish the Mecca ??