[soul city]

brilliant venue,very busy,
all djs did a good job
top marks to Ste Pownall for starting the night off and finishing off.

[sandi]

[quote name='soul city' date='May 4 08, 02:57 PM' post='761398']
[size=5]brilliant venue,very busy,
all djs did a good job
top marks to Ste Pownall for starting the night off and finishing off.[/size]


[size=5]yes 1st launch nite went really well, looks like a popular venue in the future. Great atmosphere loads of old mates there which made it that extra special, considering six hills was on aswell, it really was`nt a bad turn out.

Well done Chris and Marcelle, and thanx to you both for yet another great venue and for letting Harpo and I do a spot in room 2.

I also need to mention a very special D.J. whom l have great respect for, a top guy,one of the scenes gentlemen, and that my soulful friends is WOODY, he never in all the time lve known him been affraid to dip his toe in the water and play a fantastic underplayed record that fills the dance floor. Im proud of you mate xx

[u]Harpo and Sandi`s Play List[/u][/size]


Benny Troy/ I wanna give you tomorrow
Michael Wycoff/Looking up to you
Prince Phillip Mitchell/ One on one
Oscar Perry/I got what you need
Greg Perry/ It takes heart
Lenny Fontana presents Octah`via/ The way
Byron Stingily/Light my fire
Soul Brothers feat Joi Caldwell/Let it go
Lenny Williams/Gotta lotta luv
Temptations/ Aiming at your heart
Wahoo/ Dont take it personal
Luther Vandross/You are the sweetest one
Change/ The glow of love
Johnny Taylor/ What about my love
John Gary Williams/ The whole damn world is going crazy
Zingara/Haunted house


Sandi XX

[Tony Foster]

Well done Chris and to everyone who made the night a success!!!
Top marks!!!! This will be a major player among the all-nighters!!!

[Dave Rimmer]

Tony Foster, on May 4 08, 04:33 PM, said:

Well done Chris and to everyone who made the night a success!!!
Top marks!!!! This will be a major player among the all-nighters!!!

Echo that.

I've done my lookback and playlist as part of my blog

HERE

Edited by Dave Rimmer, 04 May 2008 - 05:50 PM.

[harpo1]

Agreat night full marks to all concerned, the venue is better than i remember it being, ideally suited to the job at hand.

A great mixof music all night, with the west mids abley represented by Woody, Dave Rimmer and Scotty

NEXT ONE IS IN TWO MONTHS...SEE YOU THERE

Harpo

[JELLYBEAN]

Tony Foster, on May 4 08, 04:33 PM, said:

Well done Chris and to everyone who made the night a success!!!
Top marks!!!! This will be a major player among the all-nighters!!!

Don,t agree with you entirely Tony the music was SPOT ON from all the DJ,s!! But the sound system could have been a lot better,it was very distorted. And as a nighter venue, the crowd we were with disagree on that score It is a night club and maybe it did the job for some peeps!! But in our opinion it did,nt and also as dancers the floor was diabolical to say the least So folks if you do decide to go,take a decent sized bottle of talc with ya!!

But have to say all the best to Chris & Marcelle with all future events.

And before i finish, i changed in the womens toilet (obviously ) half way through the night. And left my T-Shirt in the cubicle, but when i realised and went to look for it (about half an hour later), it had gone!! So if anyone picked it up by mistake maybe then please can you let me know??? It was just a normal black T-Shirt,but it had a patch on it that Anton kindly made for me with "JELLYBEAN" on it. And i,m gutted

JB xxxKTFxxx

Edited by JELLYBEAN, 04 May 2008 - 07:32 PM.

[Adam Topping]

OK, well the most important thing is that I enjoyed the night as did my two usual travelling buddies Kev & Wayne. As it was a 12 start we dropped in on Mark Freemans new do at Bedworth (which looks like it could be onto a winner!) and then headed up the motorway arriving just before 12.

Was great to see Sid again...although he always costs me a fortune, some stunning tunes in that sales box . Some of the usual faces were there and the evening started off well saying our hellos and setting up the sales boxes, always great to see Steve (Winsford Soul) and the lovely JB. Spent a great hour or two chatting to Killa, top guy with superb taste in tunes...it's just great to meet someone who has such an open mind when it comes to records and will happily listen to any record you recommend and will then give you an honest opinion on it

Agree with the other comments..Woody did an stand out spot...playlist please??

I think Chris has a venue here with potential, few niggles (for me mainly based on the sound system quality but this did improve as the night went on) but that is always to be expected on an opening night sure these will be sorted in time for the next one so keep up the good work

Cheers,
Adam.

Edited by soul45er, 04 May 2008 - 07:29 PM.

[Tony Foster]

JELLYBEAN, on May 4 08, 07:22 PM, said:

Don,t agree with you entirely Tony the music was SPOT ON from all the DJ,s!! But the sound system could have been a lot better,it was very distorted. And as a nighter venue, the crowd we were with disagree on that score It is a night club and maybe it did the job for some peeps!! But in our opinion it did,nt and also as dancers the floor was diabolical to say the least So folks if you do decide to go,take a decent sized bottle of talc with ya!!

But have to say all the best to Chris & Marcelle with all future events.

And before i finish, i changed in the womens toilet (obviously ) half way through the night. And left my T-Shirt in the cubicle, but when i realised and went to look for it (about half an hour later), it had gone!! So if anyone picked it up by mistake maybe then please can you let me know??? It was just a normal black T-Shirt,but it had a patch on it that Anton kindly made for me with "JELLYBEAN" on it. And i,m gutted

JB xxxKTFxxx

Night club!!! The Ritz, 100 club, The Mecca's all were night clubs!!! Can't see a problem with a building purpose built for the job???
Sound can be fixed, dance floors can be fixed. Personal T Shirts can't be fixed, if anyone has it, give Jellybean the T Shirt back, she is a through and through good Soulie.

[JELLYBEAN]

Tony Foster, on May 4 08, 08:15 PM, said:

Night club!!! The Ritz, 100 club, The Mecca's all were night clubs!!! Can't see a problem with a building purpose built for the job???
Sound can be fixed, dance floors can be fixed. Personal T Shirts can't be fixed, if anyone has it, give Jellybean the T Shirt back, she is a through and through good Soulie.

See your point Tony we never been to any of the night clubs you have mentioned!! We are just used to what we no as a typical northern venue if you know what i mean? No frills etc........cos thats the way we likes em!!

And yes!! The sound system can be sorted with no probs!! But the dancefloor does need some working on for the next one, sure it could be put right though!!

And as for me T-Shirt well what can i say other than why the hell would anyone want to have a very damp sweaty, smelly T- Shirt with the name "JELLYBEAN" on it aswell??? If your reading this and you took it you best give it back!!

JB xxxKTFxxx

[Winsford Soul]

soul45er, on May 4 08, 07:27 PM, said:

OK, well the most important thing is that I enjoyed the night as did my two usual travelling buddies Kev & Wayne. As it was a 12 start we dropped in on Mark Freemans new do at Bedworth (which looks like it could be onto a winner!) and then headed up the motorway arriving just before 12.

Was great to see Sid again...although he always costs me a fortune, some stunning tunes in that sales box . Some of the usual faces were there and the evening started off well saying our hellos and setting up the sales boxes, always great to see Steve (Winsford Soul) and the lovely JB. Spent a great hour or two chatting to Killa, top guy with superb taste in tunes...it's just great to meet someone who has such an open mind when it comes to records and will happily listen to any record you recommend and will then give you an honest opinion on it

Agree with the other comments..Woody did an stand out spot...playlist please??

I think Chris has a venue here with potential, few niggles (for me mainly based on the sound system quality but this did improve as the night went on) but that is always to be expected on an opening night sure these will be sorted in time for the next one so keep up the good work

Cheers,
Adam.

Just about getting back to the land of the living Having been Maxines formerly Wigan tiffs many times the 1st thing i noticed was the decor and carpet was still the same. Was good to be back thou. Was a good nite with quite a few of the (normal ) niter crowd mooching about in there normal dark corners
Managed to stay out of the clutches of the record dealers for a change. Heard a few tunes i didnt no which is always a good thing ( imo ) Didnt get chance to lead Rob Copeland and his first time UK visitor Chuck astray to much. Thanks to all the DJ,s who from what i heard played some tasty tunes. Got loads of hugs of Marcelle Thanks to Chris & Marcelle and everyone else involved with last night for a good night. Adam we will get the Hot lady sold dont worry As always good to see you. Even got to meet a few SSers i didnt know. Hard to believe i dont know everyone YET

Steve

[MR SOUL]

WELL WHAT CAN I SAY ,THANKS TO CHRIS AND MARCELLE FOR ASKING ME TO PLAY A FEW,IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE BIRMINGHAM ALL NIGHTER.AND I CAN SAY I THOROUGLY ENJOYED MYSELF.IT WAS SO NICE TO BE IN THE COMPANY OF SUCH AN APPRECIATIVE CROWD.I LOVED THE VENUE,AND THIS CERTAINLY HAS A LOT OF POTENTIAL AS A SERIOUS BI MONTHLY NITER.THE DANCE FLOOR AND THE SOUND SYSTEM CAN CERTAINLY BE RECTIFIED.ROOM 2 IS A CRACKING ROOM JUST RIGHT TO ACCOMODATE A DEDICATED 70,S,CROSSOVER,R&B,OR POPCORN EDGE WHICH IS VERY PROMISING AS DISPLAYED LAST NIGHT.THANKS FOR ALL THE COMMENTS AND I CAN ONLY SAY IT WAS A REAL PLEASURE. WILL POST PLAY LIST LATER WOODY

[Mark Bicknell]

Sounds like I missed yet another top night in the North West, should be out and about very soon....lol

Regards - Mark Bicknell.

[sandi]

MR SOUL, on May 4 08, 10:03 PM, said:

WELL WHAT CAN I SAY ,THANKS TO CHRIS AND MARCELLE FOR ASKING ME TO PLAY A FEW,IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE BIRMINGHAM ALL NIGHTER.AND I CAN SAY I THOROUGLY ENJOYED MYSELF.IT WAS SO NICE TO BE IN THE COMPANY OF SUCH AN APPRECIATIVE CROWD.I LOVED THE VENUE,AND THIS CERTAINLY HAS A LOT OF POTENTIAL AS A SERIOUS BI MONTHLY NITER.THE DANCE FLOOR AND THE SOUND SYSTEM CAN CERTAINLY BE RECTIFIED.ROOM 2 IS A CRACKING ROOM JUST RIGHT TO ACCOMODATE A DEDICATED 70,S,CROSSOVER,R&B,OR POPCORN EDGE WHICH IS VERY PROMISING AS DISPLAYED LAST NIGHT.THANKS FOR ALL THE COMMENTS AND I CAN ONLY SAY IT WAS A REAL PLEASURE. WILL POST PLAY LIST LATER WOODY

Woodyyou deserve all the great comments made in your favour, you are a great bloke and D.J. l have always danced me little cotton socks off when you spin em, your a top gezza and it`s great to see you back where you belong, with your No 1 fan right there by your side supporting you all the way, your lovely wife Lou and my very good friend. wish you both nowt but great days ahead.

oh yeah and nights,happy spinning pal.

Sandi xx

[Tony Foster]

"SHAKE N FINGERPOP" with Andy Newens and friends in room 2 was also first class. Some really nice tunes played for those with an open mind.

Andy please post your playlist. Well done, nice to hear something different and Harpo and Sandi top marks, nice crossovers!!!

[kerby]

MR SOUL, on May 4 08, 10:03 PM, said:

WELL WHAT CAN I SAY ,THANKS TO CHRIS AND MARCELLE FOR ASKING ME TO PLAY A FEW,IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE BIRMINGHAM ALL NIGHTER.AND I CAN SAY I THOROUGLY ENJOYED MYSELF.IT WAS SO NICE TO BE IN THE COMPANY OF SUCH AN APPRECIATIVE CROWD.I LOVED THE VENUE,AND THIS CERTAINLY HAS A LOT OF POTENTIAL AS A SERIOUS BI MONTHLY NITER.THE DANCE FLOOR AND THE SOUND SYSTEM CAN CERTAINLY BE RECTIFIED.ROOM 2 IS A CRACKING ROOM JUST RIGHT TO ACCOMODATE A DEDICATED 70,S,CROSSOVER,R&B,OR POPCORN EDGE WHICH IS VERY PROMISING AS DISPLAYED LAST NIGHT.THANKS FOR ALL THE COMMENTS AND I CAN ONLY SAY IT WAS A REAL PLEASURE. WILL POST PLAY LIST LATER WOODY

i must say woody ,nice to see you behind the decks again , especialy in wigan with another 2 of the black country,s legends on at the same venue ( scotty & dave ) all played superb sets .

mart & helen

[MR SOUL]

O.K. AS PROMISED HERE'S MY PLAY LIST NO PATICULAR ORDER

DONALD HEIGHT RAGS TO RICHES AVCO

THE SOUND MASTERS LONELY LONELY JULET

THE CONSTELLATIONS I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU GEMINI STAR

THE HY-TONES YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW MY NAME SOUTHERN ARTISTS

THE SOULETTES BRING YOUR FINE SELF HOME SCOPE

T.J WILLIAMS BABY I NEED YOU JOSIE

FABULLOUS APOLLOS DETERMINATION VALTONE

THE ARABIANS PLEASE TAKE A CHANCE ON ME LE MANS

THE FALCONS LOVE LOOK IN HER EYES BIG WHEEL

THE ISONICS SUGAR KAMMY

BONNIE HERMAN HUSH DON'T CRY COLUMBIA

TRADE MARTIN SHE PUT THE HURT ON ME STALLION

GEORGE KIRBY WHAT CAN I DO CADET

THE WOODEN NICKELS NOBODY BUT ME VAULT

THE ENCHANTMENTS I'M IN LOVE WITH YOUR DAUGHTER FARO

BUDDY MILES I'M JUST A KISS AWAY COLUMBIA

THE VENTURAS HEART OF LOVE GREEN LIGHT (THANKS LOU)

THE DELCOS ARABIA EBONY

DICKIE WONDER NOBODY KNOWS GOLDEN TRIANGLE

THE IDEAL THE MIGHTY LOVER BOO-GA-LOO

FRANK BEVERLY IF THATS WHAT YOU WANTED SASSY

MICKIE MOON SHINE NAME IT DECCA (FOR SANDI, SHE ASKED IF I,D GOT IT WITH ME ,I SAID NO ,SHE PRODUCED IT AND IT FILLED THE FLOOR)

SUGAR AND THE SPICES HAVE FAITH IN ME SWAN

THANKS TO EVERY ONE CONCERNED,FOR MAKING THIS A BLOODY GOOD NIGHT. AS DAVE SAID IN HIS BLOG I WAS STILL ON A MASSIVE HIGH AFTER ,EVEN WHEN I GOT HOME

ALL THE BEST WOODY

[sid jones]

great night all round well worth the visit to hear caressors played by dave rimmer in my top 5 sounds allways
great to natter to adam sorry i wont be able to attend again till next year due to going back home in 4wks
keep it up chris+marcell
sid

[Mace]

MR SOUL, on May 5 08, 08:12 PM, said:

I WAS STILL ON A MASSIVE HIGH AFTER ,EVEN WHEN I GOT HOME

Well, perhaps you won't be as greedy next time Woody

Glad to hear you had a good one Chris & Binty.
Oops, starting to sound like that @r$elicker Des....

[MR SOUL]

PURELY ON THE MUSIC,YOU UNDERSTAND.THE RED BULL MIGHT HAVE HELPED

[mikecog]

JELLYBEAN, on May 4 08, 09:35 PM, said:

See your point Tony we never been to any of the night clubs you have mentioned!! We are just used to what we no as a typical northern venue if you know what i mean? No frills etc........cos thats the way we likes em!!

And yes!! The sound system can be sorted with no probs!! But the dancefloor does need some working on for the next one, sure it could be put right though!!

And as for me T-Shirt well what can i say other than why the hell would anyone want to have a very damp sweaty, smelly T- Shirt with the name "JELLYBEAN" on it aswell??? If your reading this and you took it you best give it back!!

JB xxxKTFxxx

Hi Jelly bean was glad when lilttle Scotty introduced me to you and your hubby Martin? i think! See your posts often on ss,but never knew who there off! Can now put a face to it,
Me and jan my wife kno a lot of the wolve crowd,alas she wasnt there.But i will introduce her to you soon.
I beleive Maximes cud and wud be alot better with a new level dance floor( which actually made me look better dancing LOL) also look a bit closer to the sound system.
A good nite really but must progress a little from over played wigan days IMO
Theres stuff gettin un earthed all the time.All In the same vain,i dont mean modern tunes that automatically pull u onto the floor!I dont mean completey obscure stuff,.but slip a few in to educate the handbags.
I think Chris and Marce are doin a great job.Fully commited to the cause! but to make it even better Stop catering for the Monaco crowd likes! musically wise! IMPO!!

But on a last note I'm sure this venue shud and will be on the map in the near future..

ATB

Mike COG

[mrs soul]

I had a great nite, music wise , I found it right across the board, must say when Karl played the volumes , I thought brill, one of my favorite tunes, and Dave playing the Iperians, wonderful, and of course my woody, which I can say I was very proud of him, ALL of the DJ,s delivered, on the first nite you never know what kind of crowd you are catering for, but the dance floor was kept alive all nite, a good mix, with the odd rarity thrown in, which is how it should be, I quite like the idea of that pub, nearly next door, got to be a great place to meet up with fellow soulies,aint seen a line of people queuing up out side a niter since the 100 club.and I like the 12 pm start, gives you more time to ave a kip, well it does for me anyway, I loved the nite, and I can see this being very successful indeed I did pop my head in the modern room to hear sandi and harpo, now you all know I aint a modern fan, however I did dance to a couple, so I must like it more than I think.keep up the good work you two, one moan, I forgot my bloody camera, so aint got no photo,s, dam!!!

[JELLYBEAN]

mikecog, on May 6 08, 12:16 AM, said:

Hi Jelly bean was glad when lilttle Scotty introduced me to you and your hubby Martin? i think! See your posts often on ss,but never knew who there off! Can now put a face to it,
Me and jan my wife kno a lot of the wolve crowd,alas she wasnt there.But i will introduce her to you soon.
I beleive Maximes cud and wud be alot better with a new level dance floor( which actually made me look better dancing LOL) also look a bit closer to the sound system.
A good nite really but must progress a little from over played wigan days IMO
Theres stuff gettin un earthed all the time.All In the same vain,i dont mean modern tunes that automatically pull u onto the floor!I dont mean completey obscure stuff,.but slip a few in to educate the handbags.
I think Chris and Marce are doin a great job.Fully commited to the cause! but to make it even better Stop catering for the Monaco crowd likes! musically wise! IMPO!!

But on a last note I'm sure this venue shud and will be on the map in the near future..

ATB

Mike COG

Hiya Mike,

It was lovely to meet you,and like you say put a face to a Soulsourcer i,ll look forward to meeting your wife sometime. You got my hubbys name right by the way and i still ain,t heard nothing about me T-Shirt

Hope to see you and your wife soon Mike

JB xxxKTFxxx

Edited by JELLYBEAN, 06 May 2008 - 09:33 PM.

[Peter]

I know its rather late but here's my twopennyworth, Rick and I arrived in Wigan about 9.30 Saturday night we had decided to go to the Cotton Club first, which is tucked away in a tiny side street, there was no hint of a Soul night at all so we came away, it was only later on in Maxims we met Andy who runs the night at the Cotton club we discovered the event was upstairs and didn't start until 10.

So, back to Maxims where a small queue was building up and by Midnight there were plenty outside. From the start the music was excellent, and plenty of familiar faces, with the two rooms being so close it was easy to nip between the two for a decent mixture of music. It has promise of a decent Allnighter, large dance floor etc.

As usual the night flew by and we limped (over done it again) out into a wet damp Wigan morning to a locked car park ..
Luckly there was a large enough gap in the barriers to squeeze the car through

[mrs soul]

JELLYBEAN, on May 6 08, 09:32 PM, said:

Hiya Mike,

It was lovely to meet you,and like you say put a face to a Soulsourcer i,ll look forward to meeting your wife sometime. You got my hubbys name right by the way and i still ain,t heard nothing about me T-Shirt

Hope to see you and your wife soon Mike

JB xxxKTFxxx
http://www.soul-memo...uk/badges02.htm

if yr T-shirt dont turn up, you can get another badge made by this company,I think.

[Sean Haydon]

JELLYBEAN, on May 6 08, 09:32 PM, said:

Hiya Mike,

It was lovely to meet you,and like you say put a face to a Soulsourcer i,ll look forward to meeting your wife sometime. You got my hubbys name right by the way and i still ain,t heard nothing about me T-Shirt

Hope to see you and your wife soon Mike

JB xxxKTFxxx

Watch him Helen, he's trouble

Sean

[Chris Waterman]

Hi All
Sorry to take so long to throw up our thanks for all who came along on Saturday but we wanted to allow others to post feed back first, so we could take it on board, talk with the management and address were necessary.
First off the levels with the sound system in the main room, well that was down to me not allowing myself enough time to familiarise myself with the mass of knobs and switches, so I apologise and for the next one we will have someone a lot more professional there from the off.
The dance floor I agree was a bit of a mess, it had been scrubbed as other patrons of this club tend to carry and spill drink on it, so the management had it scrubbed but not varnished and polished, I have spoken to them and they will have this addressed the week before the next nighters.
The comments about the played out oldies in the main room, I agree to a point, I put Steve Pownell and The Soul Twins on to open the first two hours and yes that's the route they took, but what I would point out is, that in the other room for those two'ish hours we had Squeak, Harpo and Sandi followed by Stuart Cheetham and the soul that they played in there was as far from played out oldies as you could get. We also had Dave Rimmer, Karl Heard and Woody in the main room and thou they did not do ultra rare sets the dance floor seemed to be busy all through their spots.
I was generally pleased with what the DJ's delivered on the night, but I will try and take onboard what has been posted and again address for the next date.
There have been comments about the club itself not being right for a soul event and it was not how some remembered it, I know it is a bit run down, but lets be realistic, if it was all shiny and new, we would not be entertained by the the owners and we could never justify the hire fees they would demand. We like it and we believe it will work and I will tell you why,
we have found a club management that are willing to take onboard feedback, that are realistic with their expectations regarding numbers and most importantly want to work with us.
We are still working on the next date, some time towards the end of June, we will more than likely go
bi-monthly, We will carry on working with Andy Newens and hopefully help grow the younger interest in the niter scene in the North West.
All in all we are pleased with the first night and we thank all off the DJ's for working with us, for those 180 or so people that came along and for your feedback.
Regards
Chris Waterman
New Century Soul
www.newcenturysoul.co.uk

Edited by Chris Waterman, 08 May 2008 - 04:23 PM.

[calgary soulies]

A big thankyou to Chris and Marcelle has always you show warmth and humility at all your events. And as for Mr Smith wanting to lead me astray well ,great to see Gazz and other warm faces ,great regret that we no longer live local else both Jue and i would support you has we beleive you do things in a good way .take care and best wishes Rob x