Theresa

its my 20th aniversary tommorrow,the fact that Shell has no involvement on the scene has helped i think,always a mates thing to me,plus it really helps when i want to flirt

Don't know what you mean Baz

How Does My Other Half View......... Soul?

Mainly through his little glasses, bless him. We met on the dancefloor at Keele.

They're on at 1.30pm Adam in the Rhythm tent. They're called 'Blind Pirate'!

Thank God Webby's away Kylee, else you'd have a pirate thread before you know it!

Hi Theresa

I was just thinking that 'back in the day' when things weren't so good and there was a lot of unemployment it was difficult to come up with the door price at times. if you're bringing up a young family on income support-does that mean you should bar those people from an event. Always was a discount for UB40's and Students when I was younger. £10 or £20 for a couple is a hell of a lot to come out of a fortnight's benefit. Never mind the travel costs.

Kev

Exactly. When we're skint, we cut down on the number of events we go to, rather than pick the cheap ones though. And Cleethorpes was our main holiday some years!

I've done it loads of times over the years. Payback is a drink now and again. Even after all these years. Don't know what I'd have done without a few 'favours' in the past. Also run nights of my own where I've lost hundreds but everyone has had a fantastic night.Maybe I'm just plain crazy. The last allnighter I ran we supplied a full English in the morning for anyone who wanted it. free of charge. Sod the money. memories speak louder. (and I'm not having a go at anyone in particular) but the scene has become a lot more business oriented of late.

Kev

Hiya Kev, after a good niter I don't normally feel like eating for a couple of days - does the breakfast offer still stand on a Tuesday morning?

On a more serious note, whatever my financial status at the time (and it has been varied), the price on the door is never a factor when I decide to go somewhere. I can honestly say that in over 25 years I've never thought 'Ooh couldn't possibly go there, even though they've got the best tunes, because they're 2 quid more than the less superior do down the road'. Just doesn't happen. I couldn't care less if a soul night was a tenner. Normally costs us 50 quid just in petrol to get anywhere & back, so the door tax is the least of our worries.

Obviously us girls on the SSLAAS have discussed it months ago, lol.

Doing it for my niece's 18th in a couple of weeks time - at least there's no noise pollution for the neighbours round the venue! Eddie Piller's done a few silent disco gigs - said there's nothing quite like the despair you feel when you spin a wrong'un and you see everyone switch their headsets over to the other DJ (they have coloured lights on the headsets to indicate who's listening to which DJ) but how great it is when you pick it back up with a blinding tune and they all come back to you in a wave of little green lights...

In my professional humble opinion, I reckon it's just a flash in the pan that'll last a couple of years, unless the noise Nazis ramp up the laws against loud music at public events, in which case we might all be doing it. Luckily on the northern scene it's often impossible to determine which tune a lot of people are dancing to anyway

And Pikeys Dog, you can actually talk as much bollox as you like to everyone, as you can hear normal conversations for a change. No more spitting in peoples ears

Ahh Simon, know just what you mean - you and me still like some of those cheesy scooterist 70s oldies. I can remember being at Fleetwood and being pretty much completely alone on the floor for 'Love No Longer Has A Hold On Me', 'Am I Cold Am I Hot' & 'Heaven In The Afternoon'. But I don't care!

We do have one extra offer, apart from a great venue, DJ's and music and that's if it's your birthday, you get in for free.

It started as a laugh and now expected but I suppose it's a nice guesture.

Nice gesture AND good marketing - hardly anyone goes out on their own for their birthday, so you send them a nice email, and they bring a busload of punters for you. At least I do anyway

You're not just pretty slippers Sian...

Don't think loyalty cards as such would be operable, as the principles they're based on don't translate well from the retail industries to the soul scene - the main reason supermarkets have them is to profile their customers and what they're buying, so they can alter their marketing strategies accordingly at very short notice, and also sell you other stuff like financial services. Your average supermarket customer is a bit of a tart and is happy to go to Sainsburys OR Morrisons, so they're always dreaming up schemes to tempt you through THEIR doors that week, and spend a bit more than you would normally ('Try Something Different' etc). Don't know about you, but I've got lots of different loyalty cards in my wallet - it's what's on the shelves that brings me in, rather than how many Nectar points I'm gonna get.

However, BOGOF or something along those lines is a much better idea. Still amazes me that a lot of promoters don't use other free and cheap marketing ideas & incentives - some use the internet to great advantage, like Neil Self at Soulfusion, others hardly at all. If you're running memberships & regular newsletters, which is a great idea for keeping your do uppermost in the minds of your punters, how about if a member brings 3 new non-members along to your do who sign up, and then gets a free CD or gets in for free themselves?

Of course I wouldn't personally travel unless I thought there'd be pies or doughnuts available

Theresa, not been out for a while and wont be for anther three weeks while we have these two little Belarusian girls over so see you soon xx

Ahh, off topic I know, but have you got the girls over on holiday so they get a break from the radiation? I was thinking of doing that and wondered what it was like. Send me a PM x

Hi Simon

I have a friend in the States who I met on a NS site about 10 years ago. He was brought up on the beach music scene in South Carolina, and there are a lot of crossover tracks. He's been over here to visit a couple of times and came to the 100 Club and Bisley, and was amazed when he heard some tunes that are played in both scenes. Their dancing (shagging!) is very different in they dance in couples, but the really good dancers are great to watch.

Here are some shaggers on YouTube, ooer matron. Different moves, same trousers

And see below a top 100 list of beach tunes, but you have to bear in mind that these are a bit like a Kev Roberts northern top 100, in that they've been played for donkey's years and certainly won't be cutting edge. Beach afficionados seem to be a little more, ahem, open to embracing current soul tunes than a lot of folks in this country.

Theresa x

1. Sixty Minute Man - Dominoes

2. Carolina Girls - General Johnson & the Chairmen

3. I Love Beach Music - Embers

4. Ms. Grace - Tymes

5. Summertime's Calling Me - Catalinas

6. Stay - Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs

7. My Girl - Temptations

8. Cool Me Out - Lamont Dozier

9. Under The Boardwalk - Drifters

10. Myrtle Beach Days - Fantastic Shakers

11. Brenda - O.C. Smith

12. One Mint Julep - Clovers

13. It Will Stand - Showmen

14. Rainy Day Bells - Globetrotters

15. Lady Soul - Temptations

16. Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy - Tams

17. You're More Than A Number In My Little Red Book - Drifters

18. Hey Baby - Bruce Channel

19. With This Ring - Platters

20. Nip Sip - Clovers

21. Party Time Man - Futures

22. Club Savoy - Rockin' Louie & The Mamma Jammers

23. Thank You John - Willie Tee

24. Think - Five Royales

25. (I'm Just Thinking About) Cooling Out - Jerry Butler

26. My Guy - Mary Wells

27. Come Get To This - Marvin Gaye

28. You Bring Out The Boogie In Me - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee

29. Hello Stranger - Barbara Lewis

30. 39-21-46 - Showmen

31. Green Eyes - Ravens

32. It Ain't No Big Thing - Radiants

33. Work With Me Annie - Midnighters

34. Anna - Arthur Alexander

35. Don't Drop It - Wilbert Harrison

36. It's All Right - Impressions

37. Baby I Need Your Lovin' - Four Tops

38. Good Rockin' Tonight - Wynonie Harris

39. I Got The Fever - Prophets

40. Just A Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody - Louis Prima

41. Safronia B - Calvin Boze

42. Going Back To Louisiana - Delbert McClinton

43. Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart - Coasters

44. This Old Heart Of Mine - Isley Brothers

45. Stubborn Kind Of Fellow - Marvin Gaye

46. You're So Fine - Falcons

47. Searchin' - Coasters

48. Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee - Stick McGhee

49. The Entertainer - Tony Clarke

50. Lipstick Traces - Benny Spellman

51. She Shot A Hole In My Soul - Clifford Curry

52. Give Me Just A Little More Time - Chairmen Of The Board

53. Just One Look - Doris Troy

54. But It's Alright - J.J. Jackson

55. What Kind Of Fool (Do You Think I Am) - Tams

56. I Need Your Loving - Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford

57. Easy Comin' Out (Hard Goin' In) - William Bell

58. Girl Watcher - O'Kaysions

59. White Cliffs Of Dover - Checkers

60. Annie Had A Baby - Midnighters

61. I Do Love You - Billy Stewart

62. A Quiet Place - Garnet Mimms & the Enchanters

63. Kissin' In The Back Row Of The Movies - Drifters

64. I Can't Help Myself - Four Tops

65. Meet Me With Your Black Drawers On - Gloria Hardiman

66. Something Old, Something New - Fantastics

67. It Started With A Kiss - Hot Chocolate

68. Kansas City - Wilbert Harrison

69. Shakin' The Shack - Fantastic Shakers

70. I Used To Cry Mercy, Mercy - Lamplighters

71. Walking Up A One Way Street - Willie Tee

72. Surely I Love You - Rosco Gordon

73. Kidnapper - Jewell & the Rubies

74. More Today Than Yesterday - Spiral Starecase

75. Across The Street - Lenny O'Henry

76. Mercy Mr. Percy - Varetta Dillard

77. Jamie - Eddie Holland

78. I Got Loaded - Peppermint Harris

79. Hold Back The Night - Trammps

80. Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love) - Swingin' Medallions

81. Wee Baby Blues - Joe Turner

82. Lonely Teardrops - Jackie Wilson

83. That's Summertime To Me - Dale Van Horn

84. Rub A Little Boogie - Champion Jack Dupree

85. Flamingo - Earl Bostic

86. (Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean - Ruth Brown

87. Smoky Places - Corsairs

88. Cry To Me - Solomon Burke

89. I Love You 1,000 Times - Platters

90. Searching For My Love - Bobby Moore & the Rhythm Aces

91. Chicken Shack Boogie - Amos Milburn

92. May I - Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs

93. I Just Can't Get You Out Of My Mind - Four Tops

94. Would You Believe - Tempests

95. Candy - Astors

96. The Last Of The Good Rocking Men - Four Jacks

97. I'm Gonna Miss You - Artistics

98. Ocean Boulevard - Band Of Oz

99. Love Makes The World Go Round - Deon Jackson

100. Bless Your Heart - General Johnson & the Chairmen

I got myself into trouble last year suggesting an option for a bloke who had lost his mojo on the soul scene a bit I always forget that it's not just us four or five people posting on the thread that are going to read it!

So, no, I've got no idea how to get your brother back interested in the scene, and I'm not a good person to ask. In fact, you never saw me here

Seriously? Sausalito Calling - Camelle Hinds is always a great Summer tune.

Non-seriously? George Pepp - The Peeling Is Real

Don't worry, I'm back A little drunk, but here nonetheless... I can't text KevNewry for a pun at this time of night else his wife's going to think we're having an affair, but I'm sure he'll have some corkers tomorrow. I can't think of any Dana Valery permutations - bless her, she usually provides us with a rich seam of nonsense.

Frank Wilson - Phew I Love You

Diana Ross & The Supremes - Steamy

Julian Covey - A Little Bit Burnt

Judy Street - WHot

Johnny Bragg - They're Scorching About Me

Barbara Mills - Queen of Pools

Metros - Since I Found My Bathers

Millie Jackson - My Tan Is A Deep Tan

Mary Love - You Turned My Bitter Into Sweat

Eddie Bishop - Scald Me

I'll get me bikini & see myself out....

Fits into several categories, but in northern dancing sub-genres it's an out and out awesome shuffler throughout. I used to love seeing the brilliant shufflers all pounding in unison to this on the dancefloor. Now they mostly get puffed out, by the time Gil says... quatro

In reverse order

3:

2:

1:

there you go

So Very Hard To Go - Tower of Power

Next Lifetime - Erykah Badu

My faves are from the 90s:

3. Optimistic - Sounds of Blackness

2. Somewhere, Somehow There's A Soul Heaven - Deep Sensation

1. What The Child Needs - Terry Ronald

But if I was going for 70s, it'd have to be:

3. Spread Love - Al Hudson

2. What's Your Name - Leon Ware

1. Charade - Four Tracks

I've got a million in the constantly changing lists in my head, but these 6 have all been consistently top ten for a very long time.

Thanks to Adam for playing a couple of them last night without me even asking - you call it synchronicity, I call it a psychic link to the record shop in my head. For the last 20 years, whenever a tune I'd like to dance to pops into my head, you magically slap it on the decks, brilliant. Hope you can't read the rest of what's in my mind!

T x

See you in there. No boys allowed.

You're IT! No returns. Coming ready or not...

There was an old thread about this a few years back, and it was hysterical. Does anyone remember what it was called? Some corkers as I recall.

Theresa x

Keele,

Ive always loved the venue.

Kev.

Aww Kev, who can I be naughty with if I'm at Rugby and you're up the road at Keele?

Shame they clash, but thems the breaks sometimes. More room to dance, that's what I say.

Have a blinder mate and hope to see you soon.

T x

"The Love I Lost" has got to be the all-time Philly corker, but the Intruders' "(Win, Place or Show) She's A Winner" always makes me smile, and I love all the Jean Carns mentioned above, plus "I Bet She Won't Love You Like I Do".

And Webby, my favourite pasta shape is penne. You've got to give a passing nod to the classic spaghetti, but it just hasn't got the sauce-holding qualities of those lovely little tubes

That's a toughie. For me, it'd have to be...

That's Entertainment

"Days of speed and slowtime Mondays..." feels like it was written for me

or depending on my mood of the day, maybe...

Won't Get Fooled Again

"Meet the new boss, same as the old boss" Oh so true still

I go to dance in ridiculous high heels until my feet look like plates of chopped liver in the morning, gossip, snog, watch other people dancing, and spot any handsome totty that Kirsty might have missed. Oh, and I do a lot of market research

I know we covered all this ground when Levi Stubbs died, but I love the ones we can dance to and my favourite is I Just Can't Get You Out Of My Mind as it still packs a floor even now. Lovely Southport Saturday afternoon tune, everyone singing along.

There was a nice little film clip a few minutes long about the making of Bernadette amongst the list of Motown 50 stuff that Jo Wallace posted up recently. They were seriously worried that calling a song by a specific girl's name would limit its appeal...

All the dancers are Chris Harvey as far as I can see. One of the tracks is definitely Mel Britt - She'll Come Russian Back, and I think one of the later ones is Roy Hamilton - Crackin Up Over Urals? Can anyone confirm?

For God's sake, don't get Webby started though