Spacehopper

used to often get asked for oasis at an indie nite i done by pissed students...while it was on the decks playing! opposite to that its great when someone asks for a tune and its lined up on the deck next...love to see their face light up...must be on the same wave lengh worst one i reckon is when they ask for something you havnt got..normally always oldies such as frank wilson or the snake etc....and their next question is 'what HAVE you got then?'...er 200 singles,want me to name em all?! another reggae story..playing liquidator in bristol not long after moving down here in a late pub i was resident at...bloke walk up to the decks with a bristol rovers hat on telling me to take it off cos it was shit...no its not,people are dancin...its shit take it off...no mate...then he rips the needle off the record...obviously the whole pub turns to look at me...what the bloke didnt realise was the landlord was standing behind him...within 30 secs his arm was up his back,face against the door,the other door open,out on the floor and door shut...see ya!..turns out bristol city were playing that tune a lot at ashton gate..which reminds me... back in norwich at a reggae venue we were doin we were getting a good rep with the 'blacks' from ipswich...i was getting tunes straight from jamaica...now norwich has no real black community like ipswich as such and you can get a lot of racist people at reggae nites believe it or not add to that norwich and ipswich fans hate each other...anyway..one night it was rammed maybe 120 people with at least 15 from ipswich..i was just thinkin how good it had been that we had got to the last tune with no trouble...all of a sudden it kicked off and a bottle came flying towards me hit the decks (which were at chest height)...missed the record and needle but smashed into pieces...missed me but hit the landlord who was standing next to me ready to turn the lights on.. just under the eye giving him 6 stitches...another venue gone we thought but he was ok about it....he did a runner a few months later with all the money oweing loads! dean

im walking away-denise chandler-rock EX cond.£15 heartless-martha reeves-gordy VG++ cond...drill hole and a couple of scuffs £7.50 im gonna cry-wilson pickett-atlantic VG++ cond....a few scuffs £10 rockin soul/he'll have to go-solomon burke-atlantic EX cond....great sax instrumental with a lovely deep flip £10 gentle on my mind-aretha franklin-atlantic VG++..a few scuffs and a drill hole £7.50 ramsey lewis trio-if youve got it flaunt it-cadet EX cond..great mod/jazz instro £5 selfish one-jackie ross-black chess VG+...vinyl has a lot of light marks but plays loud and clear with some surface noise at beginning,no loud clicks ..classic! £5 talkin bout love-jimmy bee-20th century fox VG++ only a couple of scuffs uptempo rnb/northern..books at £50....£20 loves burning fire-marva josie-julmar..EX cond uptempo northern!..books at 30... £10 good feeling/down down down-betty scott -teako VG++ only a few scuffs..in vogue funky northern..£10 one way out-martha reeves-gordy VG+...plays great but has drill hole and minor label wear £7.50 shindy butterfly-randolph walker-black prince EX cond..£10 take your love and run-barbara lynn-atlantic VG++ minor scuffs £10 johnnie taylor-whos making love-uk stax VG++ £5 johnny taylor-take care your homework-us stax VG++ £5 youre such a beautiful child-i cant stop dancing-archie bell-atlantic EX two great dancers £7.50 lost summer love-shelly fabras-veejay EX cond..original version of lorraine silver wigan classic £10 SOLD you dont love me-barbara and the browns mgm demo..EX cond...another great soul version of thernb classic made famous by (reggae) dawn penn no no no tune SOLD you left the water running-barbara lynn-tribe VG+ plays better no skips etc...book at 40...£15 trouble maker-the tams-abc EX cond..uptempo northern £7.50 i feel good-benny spellman-atlantic VG++ some scuffs and a drill hole £7.50..uptempo northern all vg++ have lots of shine p&p...£1.50 each but will combine all should be on you tube if you dont know them cheers dean

can remember djing at a reggae 'blues'..all night house party with bar for those not into reggae!.....the house was heaving...all of a sudden its pitch black and the music goes off.....no ones put any money in the meter...while people are searching for the meter in the dark and 50p...theres a bang on the door..someone peeps out the window and theres a riot van with old bill on the doorstep...everyone goes quite..except for the giggling ...another bang on the door...old bill looking in the windows everyone getting down on the floor.....as soon as they left...they found the meter...50p in and off we go again till the mornin can also remember supplying a sound for a rave in the middle of norfolk...in some kind of barn with netting...could feel lumps on the floor and thought it was grass...as the sun came up we realised it was dead pheasents! did a wedding once for a friend..again when workin with a reggae sound....we had reservations but he said it would be fine...obviously not!...the look on the grannies faces when they walked in to see 18in bass bins!....after a while people gettin bored with even the most commercial of reggae,someone comes up with a ktel rock n roll double lp so my mate is playing tracks of this while the 'oldies' were jiving..all night the sound has kept going off as they had a noise limiter worked by a mic over the bar....even the noise of people laughing was making the warning light flicker...so a pissed up punter said he would sort it....climbed on the bar and ripped the mic out of the wall....and that was the end of the night..landlady went mental...a double wedding too..both brides crying...only 10pm... all a bit tame and well behaved nowadays! dean

reissues for sale.... johnny jones-purple haze/horsing around..uk cream in ex cond....£7.50 olympics-secret agents/mine exclusively...black us mirwood..ex cond...£7.50 ... dean parrish-im on my way-uk american...ex cond...£5.00 lada edmund jr-the la rue...uk mca...ex cond...£7.50 rubin-youve been away...uk mca ...very strong vg++ only a couple of light marks...£7.50 johnny caswell/you dont love me-steinways/youve been leading me on....strong vg++...£7.50 vivian carroll-oh yeah yeah yeah...ex cond...£5 p&p 1.50 each...can combine post

agree....something i can understand...but maybe thats why some djs look so bored!!

YEP!...when i played for a reggae sound it was only me who 'selectered'...would do 3 hours in a pub backroom and then sometime allnight at a house party...without any helpers just loads of weed!...was a lot youger then though...but even a few years back was playing reggae in bristol 'late' pubs for 6 hour stints.. getting back on topic....at go go children we give the earlier guest 2 half hour slots.. no fun doing first hour if its a slow start... also gives them a chance to get used to the equipment and maybe calm there nerves if they dont dj much or are new to it....then the main guests gets an hour always prime time...residents 2x 3/4 hour sets...best way to fit 4 djs into 5 hours...seems to work,keeping it fresh and different styles of djing or genre.... dont like the idea of two hour sets at all...a long time to wait if the you not into the dj!....i suppose it wouldnt matter so much if it was a nite that just played northern but if you have people waitin for a bit of rnb or latin theyre gonna get bored with 2 hours of waitin.. and then if djs get 2 hours there would be less djs on each night so even harder for all those djs on the other thread you wanna hear get a go and if will sort out those who can dj and those who cant that surely means there will be a lot of shit nights where the dj isnt up to it doesnt it? IMO dean

cheers flynny we do our best!...as a dancer when im out i know how frustrating it can be when youre cut off mid flow with a complete different style or tempo...didnt get time to play either of the tunes i got off you recently..next time...although the fento robinson was already one of johns plays so thought he was gonna spin it dean

it is mate and new to me .....so after hearing it on the internet somewhere and coming across one for £15 mint buy it now was very pleased

two oldies i love at home and even still when out are williams and watson too late and joanie sommers dont pity me....the energy in too late is infectious and the intro of dont pity me on a big sound is brilliant...to me! dean

top nite playing alongside resident john stapleton and guests adam topping and mark white....forgot to play loads of tunes as always but this is what i did play... 930-11.15 two foot drag-little oscar people get it together-eddie floyd sho bout to drive me wild-al robinson lets do it-carl spencer pleasing you-buddy ace ive got a secret-accents you dont love me-reflections ill never forget you-chris jackson(uk soul city) everybody got some soul-four pros everybody needs love-willie gauff ill never turn my back on you-wes and the airdales dont be so mean-willie patton hitting on nothing-irma thomas miss you so-tiny topsy big man-big daddy rogers the queen-big ella 12.30-1.15 going down-the endevours i really love you-the mystics you dont mean it-ohio players back up baby-sophisticates never for me-millionaires im so confused-mightty marvellos have you ever been payed for a fool-willie williams shing a ling time-liberty belles you lie so well-marie knight lend me your hand-kindly shepherds love knot-chuck wells baby i know-lee drummond youre driving me insane-sammy j somebodys always trying-ted taylor do you still love me-cookie jackson coming down-jackie shane one more time-johnny copeland when he speaks-dianne elliott someday-tempests(smash lp) stick with me baby-sampy and the bad habits

another shout for zz hill -what more....not that easy to find compared to his others but still cheap... and ofcourse the esquires-how could it be...been banging on about this for about 4 years after finding one for a fiver on seans shelves...still dont hear it out much even if butch has apparently played it recently...really dont understand why...great dancer from a good band..better than there other more well known tracks

sam and dave again for me soul wise.....but tops would be bob marley mid 70s...a friend saw him crystal palace 79 and was the closest thing to a spiritual experience hes ever had...and hes not religeous dean

would have thought so too...low book price but ive only recently heard it ... nothing yet

i know ill get slated cos i have when ive put this on similiar threads....just loving you-ruby andrews... yep i know its a' well made soulful tune and she has a great voice' but that could be thousands of other records.... to me its.. just ok...im bored with it when i hear it out but its always only been ok.. to me its overated because it has none of the excitement some of the other maybe overplayed tunes already mentioned...or a melody that gives you goosebumps...but it still fills a floor...and i cant see why dean

no mate...bought off a website..waiting...waiting....checked paypal...had a refund as not in stock...although still on the website

the kangaroo....should have pt 2 on the flip cheers dean

what about... johnny sayles- i cant get enuff dean

for mr c and joan....my posts from my 'occasional' play box were eddie floyd-people get it together and baby love-is your love real....and the soul sam spin angela davis -my love is so strong

https://youtu.be/2E-gxhqg7N8 another one in my box i play...WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT!

at work so cant hear them ...will do when i get home

https://youtu.be/iCagLUwq9Y8 been played for a few years now i believe and well out of my price range!...will always remember hearing it for the first time at lifeline being played bysoul sam

well fair enuff...one mans meat and all that!..even if it doesnt float ya boat .i dont think its a poor record.....especially next to a SOME of stuff ive heard out at oldies venues but we are going round and round so i'll leave it here i think

https://youtu.be/rSKIPUFVMxQ found this via you tube a few months back...played it at go go children back in may...not sure if its been on the scene before...then des played it at soul in the south...surely this cant be too funky?

oh...the tempests 'someday' should also be on my list but being an lp wasnt in my pile of 7s used to do the list...a short song made shortned by a too enthusiastic young go go regular running to the decks and not stopping in time....'what the the f++++ this?'...er,finished!

and shares the same lyrics as pat kellys reggae classic 'talk about love'....maybe coinsicidence but cant help thinkin marley may have heard keith barrows 'everythings gonna be alright' too..not just the lyrics but the hammond organ behind has a feel like marleys live gospelish version of no woman no cry...well known fact jamaican producers travelled to the states and brought back 45s to 'adapt' a few reminded me of early 70s stax stuff too...faves for me so far....roscoe robinsons theres a creator...great vocals and keys and then that sax comes in from no where!....dorothy norwood'gotta be sunshine'...brooklyn allstars top version of in the ghetto...and one defo for today driving round the sw...hopson familys 'hello sunshine' !! dean