Northern Soul Uk

Thanks Flynny, much appreciated matey. Steve

Or how about the the person (there's always one) who comes up and says "Will you play......? everyone will dance to it", so you bow to their "better" judgment, play the record and no one, not even the person that asked for it dances. Priceless!

Yeah we've all had the taking the needle off the wrong record, and having a record with an intro at the wrong speed and not noticing til the beat comes in, it's all par for the course of being a DJ. But what about being turned round looking through your records to see what to play next, and the record that is playing coming to the end, finding the record that you're gonna play, turning round to put it on in a panic to get it cued up in time, and finding that some twat while your backs been turned, has very kindly taken the headshell off the deck you're going to cue up on, and are stood at the other end of the venue waving it in the air laughing? Yep! Leeds Warehouse in the 80s, remember that Mr Ian Dewhirst with the very piss taking but top man, Paul Vincent? LOL! I'll never forget it

Jackie Wilson - Lonely Teardrops

Being a DJ for some 38 years you can imagine that I have had some very bizarre instances, but one stands out more than most of the others. I was playing in a club in Leeds, now called 'HiFi' but then called 'Liquid'. I was playing along merrily to a packed club with no problems. Can I add here that the DJ stand was in a corner of the club which consisted of not much more than a sturdy table with the equipment on and no protection from knobheads, of which one now enters the story. So there I was playing away, when the aforementioned person came up to the DJ stand looked at the record that was playing, stopped it with his hand, turned it round so the the label was the right way for him to read it, turned round to his friend and said; 'See, I told you it was that one". He then let the record go and carried on as if nothing had happened. I was so stunned as were the folk that saw it happen, that we didn't say or do anything, just carried on regardless and spoke about it for years later As I say, there are many more instances that have happened to me whilst DJing, but I'm saving them all, as I might write a book on it one day :-)

Another courier is G-Wizz, they quote you from other courier services and I have used them regularly, they always appear to be fairly cheap. https://www.gwizzcouriers.co.uk/

Thank you Gene, I wasn't sure when you said that it hadn't been released on 45, that you were meaning just in the UK? which is why I put this up. What a brilliant track, and there is only one soundbyte of it anywhere that I can see and that is the one above. When I get mine from the states I will record it and put a decent quality recording up for all to hear. Yes it does look lovely on the US UA label, same label as I remember 'Keem o sabe' by 'Electric indian coming out on, and same colours too. Not a great tune that, but just sparked the memory of it off when I saw the label. Thank you Gene, would still like to know what the Jackie Edwards one is worth these days, 2 years is a long time in NS terms :-)

Can anyone tell me if this is rare or hard to find please? as someone mentioned earlier in the thread that it didn't get released on a 'UA' 45? Thank you

This might help. Was there, but all I remember is the place being huge (Queens Hall), a temporary dance floor in the middle, and the music echoing like f**k! The Queens Hall was demolished in 1989 for some strange reason, I think plans to build on it that never came to fruition, as it is now and has been since, a car park.

Yeah there and the stall in the Merrion Market in Leeds. Used to get loads from there, all the 'Verve' stuff. Was it called 'Geroles' or was that only in Domestic Street, Holbeck? where I found 6 copies of the 'Shakers - One wonderful moment' for 20p each and sold them for £20 each at the 'Torch' on the same night, £20 then being the equivalent of what? £100-150 now? Ah Good daze! :-)

I don't know if this ever got answered or cleared up?but I have just bought this very cheap in M- condition from the states. Not sure if it came out in the UK on 'UA' or not though. Just thought this might help.

Yes it is slightly different, and the 2 tracks at the end on the 'B' side are excellent too; Panic Buttons - O-Wow, and Bobby Marchan - Ain't no reason for girls to be lonely

Found this at a car boot today nice and cheap and in near mint condition. Great album with a couple of nice tracks including the extended version of Dee Dee Sharp's - What kind of lady. Also got a couple of other bits but this one stood out.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/310419861671?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649

Just put this on the bay! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/310419861671?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649

This is what I play my records on at home. I have had this for about 3 years now. It is an Hitachi SDT-400 and was produced in Japan in the 1970s. It's retail cost back then was nearly £1100, it was top of the range and they are now very collectable. Retro til' I die!

On eBay now! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/310411670903?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649

Got it through today and it looks like it's never been played, really nice and well chuffed for £4. I will look into the other releases on 'Tower' too, thank you all for the advice.

Ebay will help, from experience, although a completely different item (not a record), I bought an iPhone off a guy in Cheshire, when I got it it was duff, so wrote to him and he said he'd refund me if I sent the phone back. I did, he didn't, so opened a case on eBay and after about 3 weeks they refunded me in full including postage through the buyers protection scheme.

Well done!! Good luck!

You can claim through Paypal as you are covered through the 'Buyers protection scheme'. As said above keep all the emails as proof. If he listed the records as Originals you have a case if they were not when you got them. You may have to prove to Paypal that they were 'not as described', in other words that they were bootleg copies when described as originals. What Paypal then do, is if they come down on your side, write to the seller and ask them to resolve the situation, if they do not get a reply, they will try to take the money out of the sellers paypal or bank account to pay you back. If they can't do that, they will repay you from Paypal and give the seller a strike as selling counterfeit goods. The whole process could take up to 4 weeks, but at least you'll get your money back. You REALLY should name them on here though so that SS fellows know to avoid. P.S. You can also request the sellers contact details so that you can ring them to try to sort the problem out amicably/

I suppose it does really, but Tony had the collection from Heaven as far as Soul is concerned too.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/310410134443?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649

Excellent news! Well I paid £4 for it, so at least it's not a boot and pleased it's a legit release. Thank you