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Bonnie Brisker-So Much Lovin'/SomebodyReallyLovesYou Magic City............... This morning when it arrived in the post,near minter to replace my beat up copy that I've been djing with for ages........... anyone want to buy a vg copy of Bonnie Brisker Cheers Martyn

Geoff Alright matey not seen you in awhile,be good if you can get out to play soon you've been missed The only Geordies I knew at Wigan or should I say N.East lads were Jinxy & Phil Joss..........I think you lot were a bit quiet & reserved so didn't notice you Cheers Martyn Martyn

Pete I must admit I've read that about the best dancers at the front on here a few times & always thought well it was a rule I never knew about,glad to find out it's a "myth". Looking from the stage we usually danced around about the back third on the left hand side.........there was some bloody great dancers round there so if the "myth" was true they must have been superstars at the front Cheers Martyn

Soulqueen Kev Either would do me,t'other side is a great oldie you never hear. I reviewed both sides in my article in the last Soul Up North. Cheers Martyn

Kev You'll always be a "Soulqueen" in my eyes Cheers Martyn PS Hope last night went well,nearly got there but once Lynn knew you were on she said we couldn't go

Carms More proof that people on the scene are getting older as there eyesight must be going to make a comment like that........I could call you a few things but a "bloke" certainly isn't one of them Cheers Martyn

Carms And don't forget the famous "Love" on a certain thread Cheers Martyn

SS Good man,look forward to hearing it out sometime Cheers Martyn

I spent days agonising over such an important decision,finding myself walking the streets at the dead of night..........then in a flash of pure inspiration it came to me............I'm from Hull & I like soul music..........HULLSOUL was born........sheer genius!!!!! :D Cheers Martyn

In recovery mode after a cracking night at Driving Beat last night Here's a little cheapie that hit the decks last night & sounded brilliant played out loud,always gets plenty of plays in our house too. Cheers Martyn

Kev Brilliant choice,just never hear it out.........just my pace these days Cheers Martyn

Bought this for the other side (Thats The Way Love Is) but this is my fave side now.Never heard it out has it had plays???? Cheers Martyn

Gene McDaniels-Sweet Lover No More Columbia....... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE3VvYQaABs Great little cheap Latin/R n B-ish dancer. Cheers Martyn

P.J for me,think like Carms it was the first version I heard. Cheers Martyn

Today it was..........Gene McDaniels-Sweet Lover No More Columbia One of my latest buys. A sign I've had one too many is I always play............Walter Jackson-My Funny Valentine OKeh Cheers Martyn

Carms It's three for me............ The R n B room at Radcliffe nighter. Rare & Underplayed Bradford. Empty Bottle,Leeds. Cheers Martyn

Mick Loved the set but The Dells was a stroke of genius,just fitted in perfectly Cheers Martyn

Mark Really enjoyed the set...........Little Gigi & Ray Barretto brilliant!! Cheers Martyn

Hi I was meaning dj's were finding "new" records that hadn't been played before on the scene & later would become the tunes we know as anthems now,not a release from that year although the odd one was. There's been the odd 2011 releases that have been getting a few plays recently...........Frootful-Fish In The Sea..........Jo Stance-Hey Girl & Wicked Lesters re-mix of Ain't No Mountain High Enough. Cheers Martyn

What I would like to know is when did people stop listening to new sounds?The scene is/was built on passionate dj's championing new sounds they love? As a wet behind the ears young soulie once you'd shown some commitment the older soulies took you under there wing & showed you the ropes & etiquette of the scene.A major part of that was hearing the next big tune to come along & all that went with it.....C/U name..........even better who it was really........which Dj was playing it.......what venue was playing it etc. So why do I keep hearing all the new stuff played is shite or you can't dance to it?I must be going to different night's as I keep hearing some brilliant stuff I don't know & can't help but dance to it. My heart will always be with the nighter scene,for me they will always be the frontrunners of the scene.For reasons already mention by others in prior posts I'm one them that is unable to attend as many as I would like but feel lucky that there are a few quality soul night's run on nighter lines (musically) which manage to give me my fix in-between my visits to nighters. Once dj's stop looking/playing different tunes that is the beginning of the end imo?I personally don't think that is any time soon as there still seems plenty about with a passion for new music,maybe not to fill big halls but enough to fill those great small intimate venues. I leave you with a thought amongst all this doom & gloom..........the worst northern night I've ever been to is still 100 times better then been stood in the pub listening to some party dj or dross from the jukebox Cheers Martyn

Pete Sorry,note to self read thread properly before jumping in?I meant Guy's Lord Thunder-Kayos C/U Cheers Martyn

One of the best inst ever imo,funny how it's still better known by (Guy's??) c/u name after all these years.I'll probably be giving it a runout on Saturday Another for me that's up there with the best of them has already been mentioned is Frank Foster,what a dancer & one that hasn't been mentioned Mike Vickers,another proper dancer. So yes I'm still buying insts...........Romeo Jones been my last one a few days ago. Cheers Martyn

There's one or two night's popping up run by some of the younger crowd & the ones I've been to are great.I really enjoy there energy & enthusiasm & love to hear them talking passionately about the music (& not about price & rarity). The thing I think us older ones should be careful of is talking down to them,no one in any walk of life likes that so why would it be OK on the soul scene.I think we shouldn't try to make them in our image they should mould the scene into what works for them & we should not force them into making the same mistakes we have over the years with the back biting & divisions.Hopefully they'll evolve it into there scene & keep it going for many years to come. Cheers Martyn

Ian Got my Brunswick demo in a second hand shop in Hull in the late 70t's for 20p,still got the price written on it in pencil..........you wasn't in Hull giving them away around that time was you Cheers Martyn

Bri Sorry just tried to widden the topic a little. Think Paul was sat waiting for me to post Cheers Martyn