Pauldonnelly

Major Lance?

I used to buy em in 1974/75 best ones I can remember Jannette - Wade Flemmons ( a couple) Please Stay - The Ivories 2 in every pack ac read - my babys been cheating ...played it c/uped as Bobby Womack at the Wirrina..cleared the fookin floor..LOL

click on you tube link for my offering https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OvVsIUWZ4U

Poppies - Do It With Soul - Epic - VG+ one of my all time favourites records from the Torch era...always amazes me how many folk have never heard this... £5 wtf, a steal if its yellow.

brilliant, first time Ive LOL for days...

I used to play the other side at the Wirrina in 75 Russ,,,fantastic double sider and STILL cheap as chips. Still going Posh, need some information re the Glebe side as we are in there V sunderland

Joseph Webster My Love is so strong. ta

SLIGHT thread drift however Keith Minshull is adamant that The Tomangoes was played at the Torch, ask Mr J Bentley Esq.

thank you , all sorted now.

lol

YES....please can you give me a link to the labels releases?? cheers

ITS A USA LABEL CALLED RIGHT ON RECORDS....think it maybe "you took my heart??" ANYONE have a full label listing so I can track down this wirrina record... Cheers

THANKS CHALKY....I'm trying to find a label that this I thought it came out on...pink and violet 7" label so I can do a label search for a record I used to play IN 1975

TOTAL ECLIPSE - SIX O CLOCK

Why can't folk embrace that the records we cut our teeth on are now being played on main stream radio because they are simply 'fooking good records' all this shit about guys playing them who did or didn't do their stint piffs me off Its EVERYBODY'S music.

why not join me https://www.lindseycoast.org.uk/ doors open at 7Pm finish at 8-30pm THE STORY OF THE WIRRINA ALL NIGHTER 75/77

dave mindam?

the soul cellar behind Boots...remember the night we nearly burnt it down? who are ya who are ya who are ya

THE PETERBOROUGH EFFECT As most olde soulies who are addicted to Northern Soul I was first introduced to our wonderful music via the local Youth Club, in my case Westwood. During the late 60's I looked forward to the Friday/Saturday night Discoth¨ques, cropped hair, Prince of Wales check Harrington's, Levi Stay press and Cherry Red Loafers all part of growing up on one of Peterborough's toughest estates. It was Desmond Decker, Dave & Ansill Collins, Symarip to most though I seemed attracted to the older lads preferred musical tastes of Homer Banks, Doris Troy, JJ Jackson, Archie Bell, The Impressions their acrobatic dancing and their talk of clubs "upt north" excited me...I was hooked and I suppose I have been ever since. During the late 60's early 70's Clubs such as Peterborough's CLOUD NINE were a platform for many youngsters to venture to the TWISTED WHEEL MANCHESTER - THE LANTERN MK'T HARBORO - THE CENTRAL LEEDS or as in my case BLETSOE BEDFORD, Cloud Nine without doubt made a major contribution toward what is now one of the most respected areas for Rare Soul collectors and fans alike. During the 70's numerous venues in and around the City opened their doors to this new sound that was sweeping the country, no longer was it confined to the North those from the south who had been traveling were bringing this wonderful music south in our case East and it all kicked off big time. I have some fond memories of venues in the City such as THE SOUL 'OLE (Stanground), THE SOUL CELLAR, THE CAROUSEL CLUB, THE SPINNING WHEEL and THE CELLAR BAR STAMFORD. To comment on all the above clubs would be unfair as each one made a significant contributions to the Northern Soul Scene in Peterborough however THE CAROUSEL CLUB @ THE WIRRINA was the catalyst for scores of Peterborough youngsters to be introduced to the Northern Sound CAROUSEL CLUB-WIRRINA - PETERBOROUGH I first attended this venue in 1971, a Tuesday night and the venue was Soul Dance across the board, Pete Edwards and Ian Freeman worked together to keep the Northern Soul fraternity happy. The evening became so popular that 500 plus people attended and to be honest if you got there after 8pm you didn't get in, so much was the success of "The Tuesday nights" that The Wirrina opened the doors Sunday night for a purely Northern Soul evening. The Wirrina was synonymous with Northern Soul so it seemed perfectly in order to ask Andy Giles the Manager if we could have an all-nighter, to cut a very long story short permission was granted and we planned our first Phoenix Soul Club all nighter for March 7th 1975...I remember Andy Giles asking us how many we were expecting "no more than 300" was my reply the surprise of seeing over 200 waiting to get in ONE HOUR before we had opened the doors, I WAS PETRIFIED, over a 1000 came in through the doors that night and our regular 1st Friday every month all nighters attracted massive crowds. Resident D'j's included Gary (Spena) Spencer, Steve (Jonah) Jones, Andy (Smudge) and likkle ole me, Paul Donnelly, we were later joined by Tony Dellar and John Vincent, the word was filtering through to the North of England about this venue and Jocks such as Searling, Curtis, Levine, Evison etc all made visits to the club as well as many Live acts such as Billy Butler, Major Lance and not forgetting the Exciters which packed nearly 2000 into two rooms. It was a truly wonderful experience and it would be fair to say that the Wirrina/Phoenix All Nighters never received the attention that it's illustrious counterparts in the North were receiving indeed a number of tunes perceived as "Bigun's from Wigan" were in actual fact discovered and played by 3 spotty faced kids from Stanground Peterborough sometimes weeks before they were ever played at The Casino. Our close proximity to Anderson at Soul Bowl ensured a steady stream of 'newies' which we took great delight in playing when Searling and the other big names came to town, there's not a drug in the world that can give you a buzz like Richard Searling walking over to the decks to cast his beady eye over something that he has never heard before, "yes!!!!" The Phoenix Nighter came to abrupt end in 1976 when councilors were concerned about several issues, announced on the day of the monthly all nighter that "tonight is your last one guys" a week earlier we had signed a contract with Betty Wrights UK agents, she was flying over to the UK for two shows one at Wigan on the Saturday and one in Peterborough on the Friday, Betty Wrights agent insisted on full payment under the terms and conditions of the contract and despite a battle with the local authorities we agreed a payment of £1000 to Betty Wright. That last all-nighter was an eventful evening as Dave Mindham one of the co promoters insisted that no one should be told that it was the last one as pre ticket sales for Betty Wright had been received and he was not in a position to refund that night, however the other guys thought different and at 3am I was given the microphone to advise that this was the last ever Phoenix All-Nighter, it was a very emotional 5 mins and when I had finished the crowd stamped and clapped in what I perceived as appreciation of our honesty after all we were just simple folk who played the bloody records. I had so many people come up to me over the next two hours shaking hands etc it was quite humbling, and then at 6.30 I was asked if I would do the last hour......no problem guys, as we drew nearer 8.00am I thought what the f**k do I play last record when Mandy Sellars from Boston came on stage and just gave me a hug and whispered "play Bobby Hutton last record" I did and every time I hear that record now it brings a lump to my throat. The City Council advised us that Northern Soul all-nighters would never be granted a license within the City, ho ho ho ho on to the glorious Fleet which although within the City boundaries was South of the River and under some forgotten bye law within Huntingdonshire someone :~) approached the Fleet Committee, they agreed but strangely we didn't do anything but some guys did some 3 years later and from what they tell me it was as the Pheonix a well respected nighter. Today the City has its fair share of activity such as the Right Track Soul Club pulling them in from far a field, it gives me an enormous amount of self satisfaction that a silly idea I had to run an all-nighter in Peterborough 30 years ago has been built on and despite what others across the UK tell you, we in Peterborough have done our bit, and for that everyone of us should feel proud to be 'Boro' Keep on Keeping on. Regards Paul Donnelly

i just stand at the bar and nod me head to the beat and say 'yes' when someone ask "fancy a beer?"...simples.

£29?

''fukk me I really like this SECOND RATE GARAGE PUNK stuff, I'm near on 56 must be a div, just asking like?

any one got a demo for sale at the right price??? PM only please

are you a hairdresser now?????