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When Red Saunders turned up at the Casino in 76 , and the following Sunday Times supplement was printed , there did seem to be a lot more space on the main room dance floor on the night , but not a lot of room in Mr Ms , not sure if it was because most of the kids in the room where at a sleep over, and didn't want to be found out ,off their heads and didn't want Mum & Dad to see them in that state , or possibly just plain and simple fxxk off leave us alone . I know where I was and the rest of my fellow soulies , upstairs out of site , not wanting any part of it , that was 50 years ago , I know we've been over this a 100 times , but promoters are to blame , they want to make money so they publisize, they invite the reporters even going back to the early days Dave Godin , did anyone ever tell him to do one , No. So maybe it's time to publisize by word of mouth, just like we the punters did in the old days or the relevant associated outlets , noticeboards etc ?

This surely although brand new release on 45 , taken from the album must have some chance of making the grade £8 .plus p+p , under a tenner in 2023

I just wish there was more , desirable tunes on Legite labels that the Young guns can afford to buy and enjoy , just like we did and build a collection, without having to use a credit card or borrow from the bank of Mum & Dad

"Wait A Minit Baby , apart from my bad intro , and it's very late , every tune started off being worth about £1. or so , so really what does it matter if the dance floor is busy or "wait a minute baby " I've danced to this a million times before , I'm hopefully one day going to walk into a venue that plays across the board , dance floor fillers that are just that . Worth a £1 , Who gives a shit . , So was the Montclair's when first played . We all agree that raraty doesn't mean that a tune is great , just desirable, so why not just play a cross section of tunes worth £1. or £100,000 , if they've got that danceabilty ingredient that we all desire , surely that's what it's all about, yes you can have your satellite rooms for what ever style RnB , Lowrider , 60s , 70s 80s, and what other type of soul , that as evolved into Northern soul , but the dancefloor as to be what it's all about , uplifting, happy , and full , or am I "Living In A World Of Fantasy"

I Know , that's what I was getting at , and so should the person who compiled the listing for production and we knock lazy journalism lol

I don't believe Rob Smith played either of the tracks he's credited to have played first in 79 ? Maybe played yes but surely requested.

Sorry Frankie , but I think you've solved this subject entirely, "he's hardly been involved in event promotion and record label stuff " , the rest is subjective. Richard and all the other W.C. djs did go on to other events and move with the times . It's not I hope as my Mrs always says " not going to turn into a bitch fest " but I'd like to get these questions off my mind and get a truthful answer , Who rang the press and said , come up to Wigan there's something worth writing about, Who rang ITV etc. Who contacted Pye .( followed by the bloody awful Top of the Pops ) Who decided to start their own C.C. label . Not necessarily in the right order . There's a pattern starting to appear, and it wasn't to keep the thing underground or under the radar I'm Sure .

Someone out there , an enterprising soul , seeing that the W.C. seems to have moved to Blackpool, could possibly make a lot of money . Recreate the passage way between the main room and Mr Ms , with live so called punters waiting to roll you of any records you've just bought in the record bar , mug you for what ever money you've left to get home with and possibly nick you're brand new pair of Brogues you saved up for a month to buy as well . On the Pleasure Beach as a kind of walk through Ghost Train , complete with full background sounds and a couple of bouncers looking the other way , say a £5 . including a commenterive car window sticker ,

Hi Harry , Have pm,d you

Silly idea or not ,, Has anyone ever organised a a collectors list of what records are actually in their collections, print a list of the so called top 500 , ask how many have a copy and then work through the A to Z of top 500 to 1000 . Over the years before the internet , at every Alnighter throughout the country , we where told this is rare , and probably somewhere, someone sat on a hundred box waiting for that tune to go big and then drip feed them into the scene , true or not , there does seem to be an awful lot of tunes like , ILa Vann for instance , You Made Me This Way , £300+ for a record which in the mid 70s was a £3.tune I think I bought mine for £1.30 from Sinfonia in Blackpool, ok bought it and told to keep quiet and don't let Levine know where it came from . I'm sure I'm not the only one on SS , that thinks there are more copies of these so called rare records out there ?

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I recently had the same situation with a seller , who from all his SS feedback was on the ball and 100% , almost 2 weeks passed by , so I like the original poster thought the worse , even after messaging twice . Then out of the blue a message " sorry for the delay I was rushed into hospital things have not been good , but will post asap " , 2 days later and the record arrived , I at first didn't know how to respond , guilt, apprehension ? But at least everything and everyone involved was ok , or I hope he is . I haven't seen anything for sale from this seller since so I hope he's ok. Life can be difficult, hope you get a response Jonko , and a positive result

May need a boat to catch one of these

Maybe a little bit contentious ,

Missed first 23 mins , Colin Curtis , internet blackout , here in the Wyre Forest, should I put a claim into BT?

Me too , catch up later

I know there are at least 39 live venues happening tonite up & down the country , possibly more but as a BBC event ? , is anyone of the opinion, apart from the obvious out takes , that this ( I'll leave that to your own imagination) is not that bad , so far , more after the proms ,,,

Hi Mark , it's funny now but I actually got a bollocking for playing , Paul Anka , When We Get There , about 82ish , at the 100 Club , the floor was heaving and Ian Clark , Yes Clarkie said I'd sold out , the funny thing was he'd sold it to me earlier on ,,,lol

Probably mixed in with the Wigan hour , as I remember there was a very large section of the hallowed famous sprung dance floor , full of the Wolverhampton/ midlands contingent, where only the first note of a tune packed the floor while the rest of us , waited for the chorus before recognising what the tune was , I can still see Gethro leading the way with his Celtic shirt on ,,,,,

Now you see lol , where this kind of topic is gonna end up , personally like the Ronnie Millsap , ANSLITOS, but never liked Jerry Naylor , but have a copy , for the dance floor just in case it's requested, The Strange World Of Northern Soul,( or is it )

What is your reactivation ,?

Sharanettes , Don't even know if I've spelt it right ,Papa who shite , burn it defo in fact a vinyl amnesty for this one , hand it in to your local Crematorium now . Reactivate , Bobby Foster , If You Really Need A Friend, (call me ) wonderful tune

Earlier today went to a local car boot sale , came across a 100 box with flip lid and still quite tidy , on opening my heart was pumping a little faster and then amazing , all from 63 to 76 all mint with sleeves , 7x Ken Dodd , 5 x New Seekers , Val Donican , Pat Boone , Tammy Wynette etc etc . 2 for 50p I offered £9. For the lot plus the box , the couple said ok ,on the way home emptied all the sleeves into the box the Vinyl into a carrier bag and straight into the local Happy Staffie. Have you seen the price of original sleeves these days and the old single boxes lol

Let's hope they over run again ,,,,,