dont forget there are lots of promotors dj's that have tried so hard to give a real quality mix of the lot including a little modern am talking about my self for one !! we play or did play' quality rarer tunes oldies r&b the lot . and for me it turned out to be the worst thing i did because am sorry to say it' but it was mainly the oldies crowd that just wasn't prepared to listen to owt diferent and the rarer folks was just to thin on the ground always opting to go to the nighters or the biggest event on that played rarer tunes and yet i had some of the countrys best djs on for a month or two but it just didn't work , (yes i know before any body says there is lots trying to do the same thing i know there is !!!!) now my way of thinking is i like what i like and that includes some fantastic oldies that nothing will ever compare to . but i also like fresh!! rare !!cheap !!diferent !!whatever ? if i like it' i like it. but am never going to hear it at an oldies soul night only bloody back to back worn out pressings and its the pressings issue that has more to do with this subject than anything ,now i know they all dont play pressings but there is hell of a lot that do , if they had to play original records then the scene would be a lot more like it used to be .....quality tunes fresher tunes played at packed out venues evolving naturaly . ps: sorry about the poor spelling