Barry

I'm struggling a bit with this statement.

I paid a oner for it in about 1986.

It's a gorgeous little record and I still get goosies when the bigged up piano break drops.

Clifton Hall memories.

I enjoyed that little ruff diamond.

Have been playing this out again of late.

I don't know if you remember Geordie but I videoed the last night - I'll try and dig it out.

Nice one Michael.

Ouch!! Love it.

Thanks.

I did the dayers in the early 80's. Did the BH ones used to follow the Friday Wigan Oldies session? As I'm sure I went to Wigan Friday, Wigan Saturday, Colwyn Bay Sunday the next thing I knew I woke up with a cat on me face in that 5.30am half light that you only get in a front room with the curtains drawn. I sat up, removed the cat....I was on a couch in an unfamiliar room, I looked round....there were six people that I didn't know on the floor in the bay window of a house that I had no re-collection of entering, playing 'The Game Of Life'. It was Tuesday, I was meant to be in work in Warrington on the Monday previous - and the killer, I was in Lincoln. Northern Soul ay???

Apologies, I should have posted this in the 'All Our Yesterdays'.

You're probably right, I think I attended three of 'em - always sparce in attendance - I think it had a sports floor, like Hinckley Leisure Centre - Remember Sam doing two of 'em and possibly Dave Evison though my memory is a little shaky. I was going to stick this in the 'Fashion Victims' thread as I remember going there in a trilby, three quarter length bottle green jeans and a matching cap sleeve T - Ouch!! I remember walking over from the pub that did the warm up (anyone??) and it kicking off.

Anyone remember this short lived oddity of a niter?

I run a Sunday do at a bar in the back end of nowhere in Warrington, have done for three years now - and the above examples are very much the road I go down, alongside some Patrice Rushen, Players Association, Webster Lewis etc. There is very rarely a person in there that understands, or even knows the music that is played but it's busy more often than not - and there's always curiosity about the music. I believe you have to give normal people (?) something to get a hold on with soul music, something half obvious occassionally does it, I'm sure you know anyhow, it allows them to make more sense of what's being played. (I hope no ones sucking eggs )

Spot on - both versions are killer.

Funny isn't it, it used to stop Wigan dead at the height of it's plays - first record to use a straight up 'scratch' noise in it that I can think of too. Cracker!!

That'll be the lads Kim, thanks. I'll send you a mobile number.

Well by the buugery - how are you Robin old son??

I'm sure I saw Shifty's scooter in Warrington last summer - as a matter of fact I'm positive....but what was he doing up here.

In one. Is your initial post of 'How long can it last?' really a post about how long you yourself will be able to attend and feel relevant on the scene. As I posted elsewhere, Northern - be it mainly Modern - Soul is alive and well with the 20 to 30's up and down the country. Again, it's difficult to get them to go to a 'nighter (the age thing always crops up when I speak to people about it) to enjoy their soul music when they can go to a night/all dayer that plays house and soul and is filled with people their own age. I understand what you're saying and I too would like it to go on forever but Northern Soul is now a City, it's just a shame some people still have a village mentality.

The Strictly Rhythm 'Blue' Series had some awesome vocal stuff on it. Thought it may be okay to stick some old Bradford Modern Room playlists up on this thread. ....and some earlier palylists (haven't got the scans to these though. Saturday 15th June 1990 Cheri - Starstruck Niteflyte - All About Love LJ Reynolds - 'Don't Let Nobody' Lenny Welch - Just What I Need Dennis Edwards - I Thought I Could Handle It John Gary Williams - Crazy Stanley Clarke - Heaven Sent Richard Caiton - Love In Your Eyes Larry Saunders - On The Real Side Bobby Sheen - Something New To Do Special Occassion - Flying To Santa Barbara Angela Boffil - Love Overtime Gloria D Brown - The More They Knock Glenn Jones - Love Intensity/Keep On Sunfire - Step In The Light Vaneese Thomas - Love In Your Eyes Starpoint - Emotions Marc Sadane - One Minute From Love Archie Bell - Harder And Harder Gwen McCrae - Doin' It Chi-Lites - Changing For You Saturday 18th May 1990 Crystal Winds - Love Ain't Easy Charles Veal - New Found Love Lenny White - Fascination The Jones Girls - ASAP Shabazz - Higher Dayton - Eyes On You Eastwind - Gotta Keep You Into My Life FHT Singers - Livin' Down Here Burrell - Calling The Futures - Ain't No Time For Nuthin' Ivan Neville - Dance Your Blues Away The Dramatics - Stranger Hudson People - Trip To Your Mind Two Tons Of Fun - I Been Down Gloria Scott - Too Much Lovemakin' Saturday 29th June 1990 Ozone - Our Hearts Will Always Shine Magic Lady - Give It Up/Hold Tight Mille Scott - The Key Splender - Special Lady Billy Butler - Alone At Last (Pt 2) Tyrone Davis - Where Did We Lose Curtis Hairston - The Morning After Blue Zone - Big Thing Jeff Perry - Call On Me Will Downing - Do You Reginald Haynes - Get Ready To Move James Cobbin - Caught In The Middle By All Means - I'm The One Clausell - Let Me Love You Cheryl Fox - Early Morning Man Davida Jenkins - Consider Me Norman Connors - Be There In The Morning Daybreak - I Need Love Saturday 21st September 1990 Bobby Hutton - Lend A Hand Maxine Singleton - Don't You Love It Sister Sledge - Smile Nature's Divine - I Just Can't Control Myself Leroy Hutson - Lover's Holiday Mink - You Were The One Colonel Abrams - Nameless Magic Lady - Summer Love Raymun - Do You Feel Atlantic Starr - I'm In Love/Circles Dayton - The Sound Of Music Rory Block - Help Me Baby Jean Bouvoir - Jacknifed Ingram - Dj's Delight Willi J & Co - Boogie With Your Baby Mel Davis - Double Or Nothin' Darrell Banks - I'm The One Who Loves Me Ritchie Family - I'll Do My Best Kaleidoscope - Any Younger One more I found... https://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a382/Hot...=1166529214

They do do a lot of dubbier/tougher work though, so I'd tread carefully.

Looks like I've got my excuse to start again here.

https://www.spiritofhouse.com/index.php Good choice.