Northern Soul Uk

I can't see it working TBH! it's be like 'Pistols at dawn' LOL!

You are correct, in my collection I have many oldies that don't get played now but were massive back in the day i.e Short Cuts - Your eyes may shine, Barbara & Brenda - Never love a robin, Tony Lamaar - Just in the nick of time, Johnny Vanelli - Seven days of loving you. All of these were massive back in the day but never get played now, except my myself and a mini handful of others. It's a top feeling when the older punter come up and ask what they are, and then say "I'd forgotten about this". There are so many old tunes that could get played but don't for one reason or another.

Point taken, and agreed to a certain extent. It's just that if you want an oldies collection anything like Ian's above without buying boots, that you would need a large amount of wonga. Even half of it would cost loads.

Yes sorry!

y problem isn't with the people who prefer classic oldies to underplayed and different stuff, fair enough, people can choose to dance to what they like and go where they want. My problem is with oldies DJs who play boots of these classics because they don't have the imagination or the interest or put in the effort to find their own style. Or Money!!

Well I think so yeah! I said very similar on post #263

Sorry Winnie, was that me or Steve G you were asking??

I know that Steve, that is what I put in my post earlier on. 'Having a huge collection of big ticket items doesn't guarantee that you will have the ability to be a top DJ'. added: Also I know as well as many DJs that the fun is in the chase and when you find that record either in some junk shop or someones record box, there is no other feeling like it, it's a buzz! I remember going into 'Geroles' record shop in a suburb of Leeds and finding 6 copies of 'The Shakers - One wonderful moment' for 50p each. I took them to the Torch the same night and sold them for £30 each, THAT was a lot of money in the early 70s. OK the record is a piece of shite, but then it was a massive want for lots of top jocks and collectors. Can you imagine what it felt like for me on a wage of £30 a week to suddenly have a months wages in my hand? But we all know it's not all about money either, If you find a tune you've been after for years it's a religious experience.

All Ian is saying is that 'AT THAT TIME' many of the records in his list were rare and expensive and many on the list still are if you were to try to buy originals. Same as today there are some records that are more rare and expensive than others. And why wouldn't anyone want to amass that collection again? There are some brilliant oldies events going on that many oldies DJs would give their right arm to play at. It's not ALL about rare and underplayed records or new discoveries, there is still a MASSIVE following for the old stuff. I have spoken to many people that have just come on to the scene or have not been on the scene for long, that prefer the old stuff over the modern. At the end of the day, it's all what we like to call Northern Soul, and we are all into it for the same reason, because we love it otherwise we would have chosen another type of music to follow. Whether it be oldies, newies, Modern or Rare & underplayed it's all about the music. Is that so hard to understand?

Here is a little thing I did in my spare time today. I hope you like it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI1Xh-jvFX8

OK sorry, and thank you I'll remove it Gone already! Thanks

Anyone know a tunes called 'Torchered heart'? It's for a mate who's trying to find it. name and title if poss' Thanks p.s. There's a clip of it on the Video, sound clips thread to listen to.

Looking back at the points made in this thread I think the answer has to be Do You Have Enough Money To Be A Top Northern Soul Dj? No - if you were to start buying big ticket items now to amass a good enough collection to be a top Northern DJ unless you have just won the lotto and have thousands to spend on tunes. Yes - if you have been collecting for years and already have the tunes to barter with. But as already mentioned, having a huge collection of big ticket tunes doesn't mean that you have the ability to become a top northern DJ anyway but it will get your foot in the door if you flash your box . Whether it's the oldies or Rare& underplayed scene that you're into, the answers are the same IMHO!

You are right, there nothing like the buzz of finding a new tune that's a belter, or an old tune at a good price. A few oldies I have found at good prices are 'Apollas - Mr Creator - USA Warner Bros Demo - £25, Solomon King - This beautiful day - UK Parlaphone Demo - £50 and Pookie Hudson - This gets to me - USA 'Jamie' Gold and white - £19 (sold on for £112 eventually)

VaVas? now there was a place! lost count of how many folk tried to lean back thinking there was a perspex partition there, only to find that there wasn't LOL

Not at all, aren't there records that everyone knows at R&U gigs? and new ones that the DJ might want to try out?

A good DJ will keep an eye on the dancefloor and see what they are dancing to, while at the same time working out what would follow the record that is on best to keep the floor as busy as possible. A lot of DJs don't even bother looking at the dancefloor at all, but have their heads buried in their record boxes or trying to work out which slider on the mixer to use to put the volume up for the next record. PSR (pre set routines) are a bad idea IMO, as if you have only taken the records with you for the set you have planned, what happens if the set doesn't work and you have nothing to fall back on? Disaster! Play to the crowd is what every good DJ should do. If you are being paid as a DJ, you are being paid as an entertainer, and should do your utmost to entertain the people that have paid to come to the event. You can play the tunes that no one knows at home to yourself unless you are 100% sure that if you play an unknown, it will definitely work, I am all in favour of educating a crowd also so the odd unknown is good, but make sure it is sandwiched between 2 known tracks so if the unknown doesn't work, the floor will only be quiet for a matter of minutes. All common sense really!

Just managed to get the Madeline Bell version for a fiver, excellent version and cheap compared to what the Evie Sands goes for these days.

Billysbag, At some of todays prices, you'd only need a Greggs paper pasty bag to carry 50Ks worth of tunes around. Even if I put my House collection of 12000 vinyls and my Northern collection of approx 400, it still would be nowhere near 50k, and would probable need a box van to get them all to a gig.

A TRUE SOUL LEGEND! Lorraine, I don't think you could ever imagine the pleasure that you have given the Soulies in the UK over the years. Your records are still cherished and played at many Soul events around the country. For this I would like to thank you from everyone in the UK that appreciates Soulful music from a stunningly soulful singer. Thank you! Steve

Thanks for that Ian, for some weird reason I had it in my head that it was your baby. Yeah def for the next Central mate, don't get sidelined please, everyone thinks your doing it :-)

Ian, Hi! Sorry, a bit off topic here, but was it you that broke 'Raw Soul' at Cleethorpes?? and if not who did and where? Steve

Just used Google maps to find out where 'Papatoetoe' is and it's in New Zealand