Barry

Horses for courses ay mate? And with out wanking meself off, and prob a lot to do with the period I djed to (from) - I've always, but always played a perfect set as to both invigorate and move the music and the floor forward. I was going to put a wink there but I think I'd be doing myself a dis-service.

Now, Rich - this is another thing that I find odd - people kind of knocking themselves for liking 'whatever it may be' - it's neither good nor bad, it don't make you look neither either - it will simply appeal, or not, to the relevant peope that it will appeal to. Love what you love, bring it up when relevant (which you have done) and stand behind it like a bastard when you need to. Amen

Peter - firstly, you're a top bloke...but I'm not up to date....I'm just soulfully eternal.

Don't tell me Rich....on last nights Channel 4 Top 30 Comedy's....you put the I.T. Crowd over Father Ted?

You too Hilda

Yeah...that's eaxactly what I'm getting at.

I swear I'm not being argumentative here Pete - I honestly don't feel I'e been fed that much shit over the yeras...and the times I may have been (eg - Arthur - Mingko ) - it's been nothing but a learning curve. I think that on the whole the floor has dictated the curve of the ball....but sometimes I feel that the jocks have under-estimated the intelligenge of that same floor.

..and why have I spelt 'grateful'...'greatful' ?? Twice!??

@ Richard> Hi mate - I think you like what you like, yes - wether I could say I don't like what the mainstream likes, I don't know. I buy some right obscure shit - some reet deep Southern shit - some left field soul....but have I had a better time on a dancefloor than dancing to The Exciters - 'Blowin' Up My Mind'? Debateable!? (And I understand I'd be deabting it with myself )

I haven't right now Pete - too much thought required - I started my soul career at Wigan but from '82 onwards, after Rotherham, I followed what was at the time current soul venues, be that independant, jazz-funk, two step etc etc whilst keeping my love and attendance at NS venues....so I think I have a fairly rounded view of it all,,,,but I'm still hearing tracks now, that I never heard then - from all era's - that I know woud have blown me tits off back then...AND I WANT TO KNOW WHO'S FAULT IT IS!!!

I've just re-read it...and it comes across a tad ropey...but so am I presently ...but I think it conveys my point well enough.

Before I start I must say... Happy Christmas to the best board I have been a member of ....this is a belter of a family. Anyway - I've had a few and I've been a tad quiet of late, so here we go... As a lad I depended on the blokes that played the music to me, to guide my way to hearing quality sounds. Yeah....they did a great job,,,I have in my head some of the most wonderful soul productions and I am eternally greatful for that, But, And it's a fairly big 'But'.... Since the NS scene has been on the wain, I appear to have had my ears opened to some utterly amazing tracks that I have never heard on the dancefloors I inhabited for a good many years. Now - do I blame this on the jocks or the dancefloor? As I've looked back over the years, a deal of these tracks have apparently have been 'tape swappers' faves for years. So, does this prove that the dancefloor at any given time, as well as giving us some stunning left-field moments in NS history,has in other ways stunted the quality and therefore the growth of quality soul music? I, of course do understand that jocks in general are forward-looking, they have to be - you have to paint your own picture. This also brings up another issue - collectors always get bad press about them maybe not making the best jocks - well it seems to me that the collectors have had more of a clue about the 'hidden' tracks over the years than the jocks that I have been in front of, Don't take this as a slate to all the quality jocks I have danced to, it most certainly is not - I am eternally greatful for the wonderful records that I have been a party to both on the dancefloor and that have been brought to my attention - but I have been niggled for years about the fact that I have heard sooooo many fucking great records over the last ten years that I never heard on NS dancefloors in the 80's and 90's. ps I know where I stand on this - I just thought it woud give us summat to talk about

Scariest Queue was deffo Major Lance @ Hinckley.

Merge - Take It To The Top - RCA 12" - £4.50 J.P. Rodgers - All My Lovin' - Inculculation - £3.00 Shock - Footsteps Across Your Mind - Sirocco - £3.00 Bogaz - I've Got Love - AGR (second copy) - £14.00 Ann Sexton - YBGTL - SS7 (replacing chipped copy) - £30.00 Marlena Shaw - Wade In The Water - Chess - £21.00 Donna McGhee - Mr Blindman - 12" - £20.00

One of me Frank Wrights fell off in the crush of the non-membership queue @ Wigan (your feet sometimes left the floor and you kinda got carried in) - I had to wait ages before I could get out and rescue my flattened slip on.

Good afternoon Stuart and welcome to the board.

Charm City

What did you get for this mate?

...and King Tutt had no recollection of recording 'YGMHU'.

Simon Soussan - Nigel Havers

Seen 'em about £30+

Every trait a good scene villain requires.

I always play for myself. Luckily, I know exactly what a good record is.