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oh, you're back are you mr roberts, can you say hand on heart , that all the tracks released on goldmine / soul supply were legitiitmly licenced ???????
We are discussing things surrounding charity events.
Free CDs given away are bang out of order in my humblest of opinions.
No fault laid on the punter
For the record,I vacated my position at Goldmine several years ago. I was an employee not the head honcho!
Now back to Charidee.....
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Any reason why you have singled out my post for your rant?
I don't run a charity event, or any event for that matter, and I certainly don't sell CD's!
Joan. Not at all. I'm just sounding off, as this type of activity is overlooked and it actually the main reason I am no longer in CDs. I simply cannot sell them due to the easy access of 'charity discs'
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As the starter of the thread, glad too see I managed to alert a few to it.
I too bought it from a source on Amazon for £8.50, how do they do it?
Hopefully one day I'll get a promo once I get a few gigs under my belt!
Simon.. No, it's nothing to do with a homemade production such as 'wrong side' it's a just a belting unreleased that Ady turned up.
Ironically. I met her in 1975 in Downstairs records, New York with her manager John Bennings who handed me a test pressing of Love Has So Many Meanings.
I gave it to Ian Levine to break at the Mecca as Wigan was totally unsuitable.
Back to Lily Fields on Kent, my no.1 spin on Radio from this weekend.
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There is also the issue about which charity it is.
Some people won't support animal charities. Whereas others will only support charities that do work in this country.
It is an emotive subject. Anything could happen
Charity eh.....a very convenient way for some promoters to sail on by unoticed.
I've counted tons of 'charity' events conveniently running off hundreds of CDs to give away on various nights.
It's totally bollixed the niche market of cd sales, yet everyone turns a blind eye!
We are not in the music business anymore, but still find it hypocritical to see a fair few on here continually getting success at venues simply working the old 'first 100 get a free cd'
If you ever thought vinyl reissues were bad, check out the reams of 'anniversary and charity cds' currently handed out gigs and sold openly too! Vinyl is minor believe me to this almost accepted epidemic.
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Check out the Lily Fields unreleased track on the GWP pt 2 cd from Kent.
Absolutely mind blowing.
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Not The Marrying Kind - Kenni Lewis
Wake Up To The Sunshine Girl - Joey Delorenzo
Someday The Sun Will Sine - Deon Jackson
plus the unreleased Motown tunes discovered since Wigan - Lewis Sisters, Brenda Holloway, Barbara McNair etc.
Unreleased RCA stuff - Sharon Scott , Lorrainne Chandler - "You Only Live Twice" etc.
September Jones unreleased tracks
The already mentioned "Love Finds A Way"
Think all the above would have seen some Station Rd dancefloor action
Absolutely. Surprisingly though, my favourite unreleased track until Kent issued it is Aint You Glad- Mill Evans. Even this 5 star epic would have failed.
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dont forget a big difference from then and now... the djs then djed at a venue EVERY week.....and were able to break these sounds
Mark....make that every night. During my time working for Burton/Daniels agency in 73/74 I worked 7 nights a week.
You are spot on. This is why the youth back then remember Moses Smith, Salvadors etc and don't know The Antellects.
Simples.. To quote an overly used word!
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Jackie Day's Naughty Boy would have been massive in the early stages of Wigan's life.
I heard George Soule- Cross My Heart recently and that too would have been a title contender.
The Casino really had no rules. The Velvet Satins was huge, the Servicemen-Are You Angry wasn't.
One of my favourites is The Inticers that too failed.
The Parliaments recent giant Rainy Day would have failed against the Javells.
We were all very young back then and the euphoria swept away any gameplans we may have had.
Thankfully most of today's venues play the best of today and the past.
I always remember getting a wants list in the mail from Ian Clark, during my time in New York 1978.
Eddie Garrigan. Wakefield Sun, Bobby Diamond, Peter Jarrett, The Buckinghams, Jamie, Burning Bush etc etc
Hey, but years later Larry Trider, Joey Delorenzo. So not much has changed.
There are quite a few of Butch, Mick H's spins I absolutely love, but then again I can't stand Teardrops by Soul Bros Inc neither Holly St James.
Opinions opinions! Sorry Russ if I got slightly off topic.
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Edited by The Golden 101
After a comment on a Look Back thread today, i thought the remark might be interesting as a thread on its own 'the new stuff thats around just don't cut it....would'nt have then and does not now...'. Now instead of this turning into a sh*t slinging contest, how about records from the last 10 years that could prove this remark wrong I'll start:
Mello Souls
Tommy & the Derbys
Roy Roberts (Sugar)
Sheepherders
Johnny Praye
There are loads n loads more including almost all 100 Club 45's. So c'mon lets post up the monsters from the last decade that would have also taken the roof off the WC.
Russ
Hi Russ,
As the original DJ there along with Russ W, I can assure you none of the above would have worked.
There's a handful that would have done the business..Joe Jama and Bill Bush spring to mind, but the receptive audience had so much to choose from and, don't forget the playlist
was short. We might only play 100 records a night due to 2,3 and 4 plays a night.
Wigan was unique in it's make-up. Today we are older, wiser and willing to accept different styles.
If the Seven Souls and Silhouettes failed to entice at Station Rd, I can assure you the Mello Souls would have failed.
In my humblest opinion of course!
Kev
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totally agree and even seen some win it (a case of who you know), and they still do! who cant dance for toffee. they are a thing of the 70's and shud stay there IMHO, who wants to see someone trying to do handstands and semi-splits to a slow/mid-tempo tune in a dance comp!
As for the World Northern Soul Dancing Championship held at Blackpool Tower ,Sat Nov 14
we welcome the very best dancers. Don't be shy, get up there!
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Seeings as you are definitely reading this thread can you answer my question please?
It wasn't you then?
No idea who 'spirit' is. I'm sure anyone who has a beef with us, contacts us with the usual threat 'if you don't agree with us' we will go to Soul Source.
92 needed compensation at Whitby for counterfeit tickets that had been distributed without our knowledge.
210 got in FREE the following year, using the same threat.
We are available daily to deal with any issues at sales@Goldsoul.co.uk
We are also at the Kings Hall, Stoke this Saturday. We run a transparent business.
If we didn't we would not be trading.
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Your Posts allways read as a advertisment..successful Promoter etc..thats why members like me disaprove.Answer the thread with a constuctive answer or opinion...not sales talk and me me me me..got that ok.
We are unsuccessful promoters and ask the moderators to erase Biggray1 from Soul Source, due to his agenda of personally attacking us at every opportunity.
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Northern Soul,Motown and Jazz Funk are back at one of commercial
Radio's main stations in the Midlands.
Signal 2 covers Staffordshire/Cheshire on 1170 Medium
Wave, DAB and www.signal2.co.uk
From Saturday, September 19th and weekly thereafter,
6-10pm. The area gets not only a feel good night of Classic Soul but a weekly competition with great prizes(after 6) solid gig guide(after 7) plus weekly guests from the artists who made the music and DJs/Fans who keep the scene popular.
Wide variety of Classic Soul(Northern,Motown,Club Classics 70's/80's) with interesting conversation from Signal 2
Note: If you organise or wish to promote your events on the show you can load up
to Soul Source Events section, we'll check weekly..
DJs/Local and National/ Fans who grew up in the region will be contacted for potential interviews once the programme gets underway.
Tonight sees sees Colin Curtis talking about his career and more after 8pm..
Forthcoming guests include;Melba Moore, Jesse Davies, DJ's Butch,Dave Evison and more.
STARTS TONIGHT at 6!
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Northern Soul,Motown and Jazz Funk are back at one of commercial
Radio's main stations in the Midlands.
Signal 2 covers Staffordshire/Cheshire on 1170 Medium
Wave, DAB and www.signal2.co.uk
From Saturday, September 19th and weekly thereafter.
6-10pm. The area gets not only a feel good night of Classic Soul but a solid gig guide plus weekly guests from the artists who made the music and DJs/Fans who keep the scene popular.
Wide variety of Soul with interesting conversation from Signal 2
Note: If you organise or wish to promote your events on the show you can load up
to Soul Source Events section or contact us direct.
DJs/Local and National/ Fans who grew up in the region will be contacted once the programme gets underway.
September 19th sees Colin Curtis talking about his career and more.
STARTS TONIGHT at 6!
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Northern Soul,Motown and Jazz Funk are back at one of commercial
Radio's main stations in the Midlands.
Signal 2 covers Staffordshire/Cheshire on 1170 Medium
Wave, DAB and www.signal2.co.uk
From Saturday, September 19th and weekly thereafter.
6-10pm. The area gets not only a feel good night of Classic Soul but a solid gig guide plus weekly guests from the artists who made the music and DJs/Fans who keep the scene popular.
Wide variety of Soul with interesting conversation from Signal 2
Note: If you organise or wish to promote your events on the show you can load up
to Soul Source Events section or contact us direct.
DJs/Local and National/ Fans who grew up in the region will be contacted once the programme gets underway.
September 19th sees Colin Curtis talking about his career and more.
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.Of course lots of quality tunes cleared the floor as well - Ernie Marbray for example
Charity Event Or For Profits
in All About the SOUL
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Edited by The Golden 101
WC....the thread is about Charity. I alerted something that is clearly a hidden source of income for a fair few on here and it's rife!
My prediction is, at least 1,000 illegal CDs a week are conveniently being distributed on doors up and down the country.
I should know, I have purchased several 'anniversary and charidee' CDs on Ebay in recent weeks. Any comment
on that little item?
Do not make statements without any real facts. I took instructions from my MD at Goldmine for 11 years. I left the company in 2002.
At no time did Goldmine ever encounter legal action. What happened after 02 ain't my concern
apologies for highlighting the 'new black hole in the Northern scene economy' either the lack of support(apart from Ken!) is due to no one cares or the perpetrator are scurrying under tables.
None of which makes any difference to us, we no longer distribute CDs due to the decline.
Hopefully Ace/Kent are not naive enough to think that now Goldmine are gone that it paves the way for increased sales?
The doors at many a Soul night are their new competition.. Sadly.