Chris L

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 ??

Good heavens that's Dave "The Legend" Rivers a dancin' too, boy is he one ugly mush !!

Be grateful for that

Thank you kind sir !! Your wise words will assist me in my tea gulping moments later tonight.

And you know this to be a fact ?? Can you show us the irrefutable evidence (just in case you don't know it, saying IMHO doesn't mean it's a fact) have you copies of faxes, e-mails, taped conversations proving it ???

Great stuff, any idea when they'll post some out-takes on their website? would love to get a peek Chris L

Wasn't bad hearing it for the 1st time in 1971 either...................

It's too late to go look for it, her "Bout love" is a cracker too, got some spins at the Torch circa 1973 it fell off the radar screen, not many people even know its existence.

Magnificent, apparently Chubby isn't so expensive to hire for a show, when I win the lottery I'll book him for sure...............errr.....and Valerie Leon

Her name is Valerie Leon a sex icon type person from the seventeis : https://www.valerieleon.com/ https://www.lovegoddess.info/Valeria%20Leon%20revised.htm She became famous for some very cheesy "Hi Karate" TV ads.....................Don't know what Hi Karate was ???

In fact the opposite is pretty interesting too, think of : Fred Smith - Mirwood/Keymen, etc Arthur Wright - Just about everything in Northern Soul They both sound like "Sid the Storemen"

That's interesting I have a copy..................