Owd Codger

Can somebody post the date of Godin's Wheel visit, and the date of B&S 50 please.?

Could be an age thing. At the few NS events I attend, the tunes from the 70s always seem more popular. 60s classics followers are fast disappearing.

Which is what I said above... A record never changes, only a person's viewpoint as to that record's reflection on their ever changing tastes and self image.

Yes Mike...fantastic piece. Many thanks for that. I wasn't too aware of the other clubs associated with Brown's ownership. It seems they were larger events, with artists appearing. I never saw anybody at Moston. I recall it had a reputation for a bit of violence (probably reputation more than fact...I didn't see anything, apart from one fight)...and my parents used to frequent the Liberal Club over the road, so my early visits were "uncomfortable" to say the least. I'm glad that the Barn Dance wasn't just my imagination running away with . Perhaps the guys did join in, but at 14 I would be too shy. Took me a number of visits to gather up courage to take to the floor. Glad somebody recalled The Glories. I'll have a read of all that stuff...thanks again. Many

Other big tunes played included: Feel so Bad Cool Jerk I'll do anything Sock it to 'em JB Who's making love Bring it on home to me Shake, Freedom train Funky Street (complete with crazy dance) Happy, & Don't tell your mama...fairly new releases You're not an ordinary girl, Going down for the third time, There's no stopping us now and more Motown And I now remember, half way through every session, the floor was cleared to enable all the girls (no guys) to take to the floor, and gather in a circle for a Barn Dance. The same 3 records were always played but I can only recall "Higher and Higher" , and "Give me my freedom (Glories). Can't recall the 3rd track.

My first Discotheque , aged 14, was in 1969. The venue was Brown's Discotheque at the Ben Brierley, Moston, Manchester. (Actually it had been re-named Stop,Stop! by the time I started going. (I suppose that was some kind of Mancunian humour - "Stop, stop" as opposed to " A go-go" ). I presume most late 60s provincial discotheques played a mixture of Motown, Atlantic, Stax ( Club Soul) and pop chart stuff. However, at Brown's , the playlist was heavily influenced by the records filtering down from the Twisted Wheel. I'm not sure if the resident DJ ( Roy - local postman I think) was responsible for the record choices. I might be doing him a disservice, but I seem to think that some Wheel regulars were bringing in the sounds. On the playlist , heavily programmed were tracks such as : The Right Track, Harlem Shuffle, 7 days too long, Boogaloo party, Everybody's going to the love in, Let's copp a groove, Scratchy, Some kind of wonderful, Walking up a one way street, I spy for the FBI, Shake a tail feather, Help me, Can't satisfy, You've been cheating, Ride your Pony, Spooky's day off, Baby do the Philly dog, Mine Exclusively, Wade in the Water, Going to a Happening, and more. Rarer Motown ( B sides, choice A sides) were played too. Brown's closed about 1970 I think. By that time I was going into Manchester...several venues, (Top of the Town my favourite) and gradually got to hear rarer 45s , which led to visits to the Wheel. We were lucky to have several shops selling " USA Imports"...Spin Inn, Ralph's, Hime & Addison.... Great days.

The Wheel closed in January 1971 I think.....quite a few years before the type of smooth productions as above. And things like "Hold back the night" and "Heaven must be missing an angel" were probably played at Rare soul venues before crossing over. When I went to The Wheel, as I recall, there was no "Title" attached to the type of club playing rare soul....it was a place that attracted you because they played "IMPORTS"...wow!!

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Northern / Rare Soul event in Greater Manchester? Send in the details to The Soulful Shack for a shout out on North Manchester fm 106.6 Wednesday 9pm email: soulfulshack55@gmail. com

The radio show had a similar break with chat, interviews etc.( Mr Maconie) I think it ran overtime, but sadly, some tunes were cut for TV.

Yes Jimmy Beaumont was a highlight, sadly cut.

Indeed Just enjoy the music as it was intended, not how it relects on YOU .

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Hello Roburt, The first 3 years or so were New York recordings. Did Ed Wingate send Detroit session men to New York for these dates, or were they using New York players? If so, does this mean that Golden World's " Detroit" recordings ONLY happened upon Davison being built? Thanks

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https://podcast.canstream.co.uk/manchesterfm/index.php?cat=The Soulful Shack 60s 70s inc Willie Hutch, Brian Holland, Don Gardner, Mirettes