For my Twopenneth (whatever that is ) , I don't go out much to do's . so can't critisize but when I did it was to hear records that I liked and didn't have. I'm sure a lot of us on here have (and still have) had decent collections over the years.
Me , like a lot of us sold all my stuff back in the day for f**k all 'cause I needed the dosh.
I'll get to the point , I'm all for everyone enjoying Northern (daren't say "our Music" 'cause it isn't ) but if a place wants to hold a "Northern Soul" night in my opinion it should be true to the cause , if you know what I mean, which means playing original copies of records ?
Anyway my local do that used to play off laptop and CD, I went a couple of times and didn't feel comfortable and being a grumpy old soulie stopped going although a lot of our friends (who don't give a flying fook what it's played on) carried on going. Anyway they have changed their policy to Vinyl and have asked me to do a spot, which I will do to my best and be playing only Original copies 'cause that's how I think it should be , we will see
Swifty