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Fair do's Pete....just let the hate go mate.

Not that I'm that arsed to argue over it fella but... ....as against what? On the Northern scene or just generally?

I know you're not Pete - but, are you taking the proverbial!? As a piece of music and lyrically, it's a lovely track.

My ashtray would have to be (and I believe this is the only time I have ever bought a dodgy record )...Mingko - 'Love For You'....and I think I paid about £30 for it of ov Arthur bitd. I listen to it now and am truly amazed at how vocally bad it is, how awful the instrumentation is (those keyboards AGHH!) and how weak the whole production is,, still can't believe I bought it.

Used to turn up in Brian Raes three for a quid box at Wigan often too.

Wigan memories.

I think I would call the halcyon days the days that involved a little pain and hardship for me to follow the scene (motorways, thumbs, buses, trains or a good [4 hour] walk with a fiver and a wrap in me pocket - I may throw in a good legging too) - so, on the back of that I'm going with '79 to '88.

Ignore that, I'm thinking of The Directions on Brunswick....I think.

'Movin' In All Directions' - there's one cracker on there if I remember.

Anyone heading up for the 40th?

Lovely, lovely album.

There's some lovely Jap Jazz stuff released on Underground Resistance as it happens.

Sounds silly but I can't find where I stored 'em right now, when I do I'll post 'em.

Didn't know that, love it.

Todays People, 7th Wonder and East Coast Connection.

Flame n King, Willie J & Co, started on King Tutt, The Controllers - 'Stay' and a few other bits mate.

I think that there are a massive amount of 'house' records that would change a soulies perception of house music (even if they said it didn't ), it's just that they haven't heard them. Of course there are records that get overplayed and grate on everyones nerves but to me it could be DJ Genesis or Frank Wilson, you can't pick on new releases for that really.

The Strange World Of Nosher Stebson.

Yeah, that one - TSWONS!!

Ridiculous price. It's a £40 record. (Yes I have got one.)

Fair do's - I enjoyed my time making it, can't say anymore really.

Why not?

I did this about three year back, I'll try and find the rest of 'em and post. https://www.onhubertstreet.co.uk/danceyourb...]

The old addage good (soul) music is good (soul) music stands true and my take has always been that Northern Soul was/is majoritively made up of danceable underground black American music - and the Northern scene has always been progressive (hasn't it? )!? I wouldn't ever want to see SH played in a 60's/70's Xover room really - the feel is different. But I do think it, very obviously, has a place in a Modern room - because that is what it is and what the term 'Modern Soul' was coined for, currently/recently issued soul music with a 'superior' (arguable I know) production quality. The biggie SH tracks I read get played at niters do tend to be the obvious choice, there's so much more out there, as someone above quite rightly pointed out. I know this is a bigger subject/converstaion than I have time to give it inbetween jobs at work but I don't see SH in any eradicating certain forms of traditionally played all niter tracks, just adding to them and possibly bringing in some much needed new blood to this scene. It can only in the long term add.