Barry

Exactly Len. Exactly.

...I get you and agree but that keeps it at level one - underground - no exposure can't be good.

Just to put the record straight. I'm the same weight as when I went to Wigan and I'm a Dancer....i mean a real DANCER!! So this thread is not in any way attempting to turn Soul events into Bingo sessions, just a light hearted prod at dancefloor politics and attempting to unlock the mystique surrounding why social non-dancefloor music events tend to be a little less intense.

Thanks for the reply. DJ's would though - I filled the floor at the last SSW but I wouldn't say I played a pearler of a set, just saw the last bloke struggle his bollocks off with a load of rareities and did what I had to do to bring it back round...prostituted meself for the dancefloor maybe. Dancefloors are dangerous.

You're not getting it are you Winnie?!

I'm not really talking about dancing, I'm on about the fact that the atmosphere tends to be a little less intense without a floor to be danced upon. It seems to be more about appreciating the music and hence less brouhaha - as people obviously take what is going on on a dancefloor into account when they appraise an evening. When has a full dancefloor meant it has been a pearler of a night?

I suppose dancefloors are peoples benchmark of how well a dj is doing to everyone watching - they polarise peoples attention one way, to the physical and not the auditory. No dancefloor - no way of judging - so no problem....maybe!?

NOVO

I have a copy of 'Captain Of My Shif' if that's any use mate?

I do like that idea. Pressure completely off

Reading one of the lads in a thread there mentioning it being nice to play without the pressure of a dancefloor and I do find it funny that if you take the dancefloor out of the equation people do tend to enjoy an evening more. From the punters side there seems to be less moaning about what's getting played and from the jocks side you can play a wider spectrum of music.....everyone's happy. People DO seem to enjoy* a night more without one. Why is that? * I think the definition of enjoy is the key to the answer to this question btw

I don't like the 'normal' people handle although I understand why people use it. Although I'm sure you didn't mean it, It kind of implies that people into Northern are kind of above others when if you dig a little deeper with a lot of people they generally have a niche interest of some kind or other - apologies if some don't like me calling Northern a niche interest but I'm sure people into war-gaming have very similar conversations about 'normal' people' . Plus I think that youngsters are given bad press. I know many that are into Beat stuff, Funk, Rockabilly and other niche markets and many do turn out to hear 'new old' stuff - last week I had young lads taking pictures of the 7"s I was playing. Also, I know I live in the North West where virtually every lad I know has some relation or friend of the family that is or has been into the Northern/nighter scene and I don't think I've come across a kid who has no idea what NS is. I don't know about you but I see a plethora of kids wearing NS T's and bags and yes I know that it's a fashion thing but they are obviously aware of NS and find it a cool thing. Young 'Normal people' are more clued up on music and it's cults than ever before.

Pmed 'em you mate.

...and Magnum PI, The Muppets etc etc - she was never off the telly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Uggams I have quite a few trivias but I'm sure the long-standing members would actually kill themselves if I write them down again.

Remember an interview with King Tutt in Blackbeat maybe, he had no recollection of making YGMHU - also the 12" appears to be extended at the desk from the 7", making the 7" the original mix (and much better in my ears). I'd rather have the 7" mix all day, a rarity purchase for me.

Mixed bags - played in context, work.

NEXT DATE: I play a mixed bag of stuff - 60's/Northern/funk early doors and 70's/80's Soul/Boogie/Modern as the night wears on. In no specific order here's the first couple of hours from the 4th May: Joe Quarterman — Get Down Baby — Mercury Barrabus — Hi-Jack — Atco Mandrill — Hagalo — Polydor Lonnie Smith — Lean Meat — Groove Merchant Albert Collins — Cookin’ Catfish — 20th Century The Maskman & The Agents — Love Bandito — Dynamo Booker T & The MG’s — Jellybread — Stax Tony Middleton — Spanish Maiden - Storm Lloyd Price — Love Music — GSF Dave ‘Baby’ Cortez — Do It — Sound Pak Juggy Murray Jones — Inside America — Jupiter Cal Green — Revolution Rap — Mutt & Jeff Babe Ruth — Elusive — Capitol The Fantastic Johnny C — Boogaloo Down Broadway — Phil LA Joe Quarterman — So Much Trouble On My Mind — GSF Willie J & Co — Boogie With Your Baby — Ki Ki The Pace-Setters - Push On Jessie Jackson — Kent Roy Ayres Ubiquity — The Golden Rod — Polydor Manfredo Fest — Jungle Kitten — Tabu BT Express — Peace Pipe — mRoadshow EWF — Happy Feelin’ — CBS LJ Waiters & The Electrifiers — Can You Deal With It — Phil LA The Delights Orchestra — King Of The Horse — Atco Ross Carnegie & Co — Open Up Your Mind — El Con Jimmy Castor — Magic Saxaphone — Smash The Soulful Strings — Burning Spear — Cadet Hector Rivera — Do It to Me — Barry Gene Chandler — There Was A Time — Brunswick The Jackson Sisters — I Believe In Miracles — Mums Nino Tempo & The 5th Avenue Sax — Sister James — A&M King Errison - Zola - Canyon Bobby Womack — Across 110th Street — UA Johnny Jones & The King Casuals — Purple Haze — Brunswick Marlena Shaw — Let’s Wade In The Water — Cadet Marjorie Black — One More Hurt — Sue Bill Blacks Combo — Little Queenie — Hi Benny Spellman — Fortune Teller — Minit Rex Garvin & The Mighty Cravers — You Don’t Need No Help — WSJ Frankie (Love Man) Crocker — Ton Of Dynamite — Turbo Esther Phillips — Home Is Where The Hatred Is — Kudu Four Um — Day Dreaming — Libra The Nite-Liters — K-Jee — RCA Gary Toms Empire — 7654321 (Blow Your Whistle) — Pip Blacksmoke — What Goes Around Comes Around — Chocolate City Jewel - Pardise - Jewel Brief Encounter — Get a Good feeling — Capitol Betty Wright — Where Is The Love — Alston Dexter wansel — Life On Mars — Pir The Crusaders — Put It Where You Want It — Blue Thumb Steve Marshall — Maintain - Reynolds

Sounds like cue-burn marks Ernie

Been done meself - some of 'em I'll never get back and I still feel sick when I hear the ones missing - the biggest heartbreaker.

Apologies - at least it's on here.

Just spotted this on FB and thought I'd pass it on: LOST RECORDS — PLEA FOR HELP Around 3am last Saturday night in Exeter, my friend Craig Smith (aka the Funky Plumber) had his DJ box stolen just after playing at a bar in town. The contents represent the heart of one of the country (and the world)’s best funk 45 collections, not to mention plenty of killer soul rarities as well. I wouldn’t wish it on anyone, but this is just so sad. Craig is that breed of collector who has always completely ignored the less tasteful aspects of our scene — hype, status, politics etc — and just focused on amassing the music he’s loved for most of his life. As you can imagine he’s absolutely devastated, so this is a plea for help: please keep your ear to the ground in case it comes up for sale or surfaces in any other way. It’s instantly recognisable, since many of the records are known only by a small handful of copies — Andrew Brown on Brave, Black Exotics on United, Soul Authority Unlimited, Willie Wright, Earl Carter, Brass Horizon, Henderson and Jones, Delores Ealy - Honeydripper, Black Soul Express, Georgia Soul Twisters on Waxwing, etc etc. Please contact Craig directly — funkyplumber@gmail.com — if you know anything at all. And please share / pass this on as much as possible; the wider the net, the better the chance of getting them back.

Thought it was - he could make a nighter difficult for me at times that lad, depending what mood he was in. You're right - how many football hooligan books are there about specific 'supporters' - ours were pretty much the same but liked records.

Loved it Jock, vaguely remember it. Best line: "Next time I hope to have my own typewriter" :lol: Thommo the Bommo....Leicester? ("Pondies for the Pondie Boys maybe? ) Russ said it best - it whisked me right back to the time and I was lost for a spell. Great stuff and thanks for posting Chalky, made me week.