Kev Cane

The mould seems to have been set Matt, similar discussion on another thread at the moment but it seems only a certain set of DJ,s can be innovative and creative in compiling their sets cos its this certain set who influence what is supposedly right to be played, a lesser known DJ or collector can get up there and play away from the norm and accepted (which you rightly hint at) and the vast majority of punters won,t blink an eyelid ie theres hardly any "whats this, its fookin brilliant, never heard it before", but, somebody out of the certain set of DJ,s gets up and plays the exact same record or records, then theres a stampede to find out what it is, the fickleness of the scene prevents fresh DJ,s with fresh playlists from prospering, hence the same repetitive playlists. Just an opinion by the way Kev

The "Butch is playing it" syndrome has been with us for the best part of 25 years Nev. Kev

Agree Chalky, nostalgia rules the waves, been well documented on here, but as you say, it doesn,t look like dying off any time soon Kev

Hi Nev, quality as in not compromising soul content, subjective I know, but its just the way I see it, heard a few sets which included the "funky edge" stuff, quite a bit of it didn,t do it for me, some was good, like I said, subjective but a good subject matter, worth debating. Best Regards Kev

Agree 100% Joan, the need to be alternative has definitely interfered with quality, some of its good, but a lot of it like you say aint good enough, its just alternative Kev

Great statement, happens a lot in the NE, scratching each others backs while keeping the ego,s topped up. Kev

Always loved this Dave, first heard it on a Channel 4 documentary in the early 80,s taped it on VHS, still got the tape.Great shout, BTW, did you get CD, put 1st class stamp on it. Kev

Good advice Roburt, reccommend strongly, from the "Born Free" set by the Hesitations "We Can Do It", brilliant IMHO Kev

Tremendous diversity and quality once again, train tickets already secured for August 12th Kev

Fantastic record, don,t know about being a beat ballad though, just an opinion though Kev

Cheers Bob, no need to hunt for the INS 45 now, disappointed in a way, was looking forward to hearing a longer take of a truly sensational soul record Kev

Have and love Mellow Moods, Little Dooley and Vibrations, anything else on the label in the same league as those 3 Kev

With respect to Tony Steve, doesn,t the inclusion of Ska, Reggae and Rockabilly etc detract from a soul collection Kev

Cheapie on Arctic, as good as anything she,s done IMHO, "Half A Love" Kev

Agree Mike, since Refo was stopped, this is by far the best way to hear stuff that floats your boat, its a bottomless pit I reckon that we pull from if you like all aspacts of this great music, can honestly say, most days I hear something new that I like, CD swap has defo had a massive impact on collecting. Kev

Gil Scott Heron-Winter In America-Strata East LP wanted Please PM with condition and price Kev

Thanks for the input Bob, ironically have and love the Vanguards aswell, will look out for the local issue of Sass Kev

Is the local issue hard Bob, I have the 20th Century issue after hearing it years ago on a sales tape and that is awesome enough, does the extra minute make it even better to your mind Kev

Here, here Benji, the day be coming when sanity prevails and the real stuff, mid-tempo that is will reign supreme again Kev

Gonna theme mine The Campaign For The Return Of Mid-Tempo and All Things Nice guys and girls, hope thats OK with you all Kev

Just got up from night shift and listened to this fantastic essential show, the atmosphere in the studio must have been fantastic, fantastic rapport between two of the nicest guys you could ever wish to meet, Gilly,s stories absolutely captivating (can,t wait for Andy and Nicola to complete the book), and the music, well, what did we expect, Peter and the Wolves, "dear me" great stuff Deano and thanks Chalky for sorting it for us folks who couldn,t listen initially, absolute essential l;istening Kev

Personally, I like to see playlists where the guy or gals doing the spinning are thinking outside of the box, places like the aforementioned Sunday Chillout in Doncaster, off the top of my head Tommy Turner "I,ll be gone" on Elbam, the dancefloor ain,t king here so as a result theres no pressure on the DJ and as a result he opens out more musically, point being we lads from the NE would never have stumbled on this gem of a do without the playlists on here Kev

Great call Pete, this thread should run for a month, like the Dells, Bobby Womack etc should have, guess they aint rare enough for some folk Kev

Cross referencing the other thread really Chalky where the topic turned to people who have no minds of their own when it comes to records, ain,t really soul fans and have to wait until so and so plays or says a records good, I think its probably common knowledge who pinch sounds from other people and theres plenty of them about Kev