THE LIFELINE SOUL CLUB
present
Its First Anniversary
Real Deal Rare Soul All-Nighter
@ Sheridans, Huddersfield Road, Ravensthorpe, Dewsbury (M62 Jnc 25 - M1 Jnc 40)
FEBRUARY 19th 2005
9.30pm till 7.00am
Resident rascals are the Countries TOP Rare Soul DJS : -
BUTCH
ANDY DYSON
MICK H
CLIFF STEELE
SOUL SAM
CHALKY
& Special Guest
CARL FORTNUM
Be early as this is fully expected to be a sell out!
Future guests to include Ginger, Alex Jones&Rob Thomas
Record bar with some of the top dealers in attendance.
Tables are free but must be booked prior to the night.
Club capacity 250
£10 gets you in, no ticket required.
Andy Dyson @ Dysonsoul@aol.com or telephone 01302 744927
0r Mick H @ Trentsoul@aol.com or telephone 07968 030464
How it started.......
21st of February 2004 saw the first night of the Lifeline Rare Soul All-nighters. Promoters Andy Dyson and Mick H tired of hearing the same old same every week decided to do something to promote the many upfront, rare, forgotten and thinking man's (and woman's) oldies and the 100's of quality records, both cheap and expensive that dancers rarely get the chance to hear.
Having decided on the venue, Sheridans @ Dewsbury and having decided what they wanted the dancers to hear the next task was to assemble the finest crop of upfront dj's the scene has to offer, so joining Andy and Mick were Butch, for many the finest exponent of the "newies" scene with a collection of unknowns and exclusives unrivalled, Tim Brown and Nick Stevenson. Guest for the first night was London's Marco.
Any worries about selling the format to the punters were soon dispelled, as the first night was a sell out with the doors soon locked.
Here's a selection of records played by each DJ on the first night...
Butch
Mac Staten&Nomads There She Is Prelude
Mello Souls We Can Make It Mello
Antellects Love Slave Flodavieur
Temptones Thats When You Know Youre In Love Cover up
Hank Hodge Eye For An Eye Eye
Gerri Taylor Its Beautiful cover up
Rita&Tiaras Gonna Walk Out Of Your Life cover up
Stormy Wynters Lifesaver Mercury
Belita Woods Foolish Girl cover up
Jesse James Love Is Alright Unissued
Joseph Webster My Love Is Strong Crow
Eric Lomax Girl Youre So Good cover up
Jean Wells With My love alt take Studio disc
Martha Jean Love Old Time Lover Cover up
Jean Carter I Wanna Know Decca Acetate
Johnny Howard The Chase Is On Bashie
NICK STEVENSON
Cornelius Dwyer Steppin Too Fast 20th Century
Rozaa I'm Gonna Do My Own Thing Antone
Ed Silvers You Touched Me Unissued
Del Counts Don't Let
Googie Rene Keep The Soul Baby
Ed Simpson Pinch Hitter Gold Future
Albert George Soul Baby
Clyde Allen Lil Sister Movin
Soul Ins Instrumental?
Joe Valentine I've Lost The Only Love Val
Sandy Golden That's Where It Ends
Voices Crying Has Become An Everyday Thing Blue Soul
Chris Miller Let's Get A Little Thing Going
Lee Harvey My Assurance Kris
Don And Juan All That's Missing Is You Terrific
MARCO
Billy Hambric She Said Goodbye Drum
Chosen Few Birth Of A Playboy Maple
Sensations Demanding Man Way
Four Tops Are You Man Enough ABC Dunhill
Magictones Happy days Westbound
Hytones Good News unreleased
Bobby Womack Find Me Somebody Atlantic
Calvin Grayson Loves Just Begun
Contacts Your Gonna Pay Quadran
Little Carl Carlton I Can Feel I Backbeat
Romeos Mon Petite Chow Loma
Darrow Fletcher What Have I Got Now Jacklyn
Casanova Two We Gotta Keep On Early Bird
Parisians Twinkle Little Star Demon Hot
King Earnest Your Gonna Miss Me Sonic
Cookie Scott I Dont Care Orr
Rose Brooks Im Moaning Soul City
Louis Curry Ill Try Again Tomorrow MS
Ambers Another Love Smash
Juan Williams I Check My Mailbox Blue Soul
California Rock Choir Whoever You Are Cyclone
Tommy turner Lazy Elbam
Rufus Wood Before 2001 Espanola
The Butlers Laugh, Laugh, Laugh Phila
Johnny McCall I Need You Alteen
Regina Sherrard Helpless Baby King
Contemplations Alone With No Love Dontee
Steve Mancha He Stole The Love That Should Be Mine unreleased
CLIFF STEELE
Jackie Beavers Love Come Back Jaber
Chuck Cockerham Have I Got A right Mala
Earles Everybodys Got Somebody Tee Tie
Volumes I've Never Been So In Love Garu
Shirley Wahls King
King George I Need You Audio Arts
Hamilton Movement Shes Gone Look Out
Vee Gees Talkin' Jump off
Norris Vines Luv Lines
Precisions I Wanna Tell My Baby D Town
Adorables Ooh Boy Golden World
TIM BROWN
Contours - Jealousy unissued
Joe Jama My Life Optimum
Doris Delorenzo When I First Met You Cover Up
Linda Jones You Cant Take It 45 Mix
Ivy Joe Hunter Dont Stop Lovin Me Unissued
Charles Mintz Running Back Uplook
Derek Martin Flashback
C.O.D.s Shes Fire Kellmac
Fred&The Turbans Bernadine Cenco
Vanguards Good Times, Bad Times Lamp
Kell Osbourne Law Against A Heartbreaker Highland
MICK H
Volumes Ain't Gonna Give You Up Karen
Trannells Blessed With A Love Flo Jo
William Cumming Make Our Love A Hurting Game Bang Bang
Jimmy Soul Fingers Arnold Chain Of Love
Kenni Lewis What's Her Name W Buddah
Springers Nothings Too Good For My Baby Wale
Young Brothers Baby Soul Power
Tim Harris Dont Say Timco
Chico LaMar What Do You Think I Am Fuller
Joe Hinton Got You On My Mind
Benny Sigler I Can Give You Love Phil La Soul
Don Gardner Cheating Kind Sedgrick
Kenny Gamble Jokes On You Arctic
Sharon McMahon Got To Find Another Guy Karen
Lovetts I Need A Guy
Sinceres Girl I Love You Pzazz
Pat Lewis No One To Love Solid Hit
Appointments I Saw You There Delite
Anthony Delsonic Everytime Emerge
Topics Hey Girl Chadwick
Young Brothers I Need You Cover Up
Pat&Blenders Just Because Fast Eddie
Betty Wilson I'm Yours Dayco
ANDY DYSON
Percy Stone Stoned Ram
Homer Banks Sweetie Pie Genie
Tommy Soul Ill be Right There Gaslight
Honey&The Bees Dynamite Exploded Arctic
Creations Take These Memories Virtue
Sensations Demanding Man Way Out
Betty Lou&Bobby Adams Dr Truelove Trax
Larry J Reynolds Sweet Tooth Tri Spin
Robert Tanner Sweet Memories Megatone
JJ Jackson Too Much Love Cover up
Mixed Emotions Gold Of My Life Rockway
Saints Ill Let You Slide WigWam
Dennis Edwards I Didnt Have To Int. Soulsville
Teddy Pendergrass We Got Love Unissued
New Sounds Dont Take Your Love Turbo
Tommy Knight Baby My Love Abtone
Future guests include Soul Sam and Kitch who complimented the regulars with their collection of rarities and obscurities.
Soul Sam
Tommy Ridgely My Love Gets Stronger International City
Robert Tanner Sweet Memories Megatone
Hamilton Movement She's Gone Look Out
Jerry Washington Dont Waste My Love Glades
King Moses I Got This Feeling Pet
Margaret Little Love Finds A Way Genebro
Cashmeres Dont Let The Door Hit Your Back Hem
Cameros Were Not Too Young Dar Char
Celebrities I Choose You Baby Boss
Gentlemen Four You Cant Keep A Good Man Down Wand
Bobby Kline Say Something Nice To Me MB
Tolbert Ive Got Love Rojac
Bill Brandon Whatever I Am Im Yours Moonsong
Combinations Im Gonna Make You Love Me Kimtone
Cynthia&Imaginations Why Werent You There Blue Rock
Kenny Carlton Lost And Found Blue Rock
Joseph Webster Ill Let Love Grow Stronger Crow
Wee Try Me Owl
Earnestine Eady Lets Talk It Over Phil-LA-Soul
Eddie Whitehead Just Your Fool Blackjack
New Wanderers Aint Gonna Do You No Harm Ready
Chuck Holiday I Still Love You Hemisphere
Out Of Sights For The Rest Of My Life Saru
Kitch
Freddie Butler Save Your Love Wheelsville
Johnny Summers Im Still Yours Yorktown
Locations Mr Diamond Man Ron Paul
Bobby Angelle To Much For You Money
Fabulous Impacts My Baby
Other Brothers Im Gonna Find Love Modern
Poets Wrapped Around Your Finger JV
Unknown Sailor Little Girl Acetate
Primers How Does It Grab You Hale
Buena Vistas A Go Go Acetate
Bernard Williams Tears Tell The Whole Sad Story Virtue Acetate
Reggie Lamont Cant Get Along Without You ?
OC Tolbert Shooting High Acetate
Other guests to appear at lifeline included Kev Featherstone, Tony Smith&Dean Anderson.
Cliff Steele, one of the countries most underrated DJ's with a vast knowledge of the scene and a great collection was soon added to the line up of regulars as was Soul Sam. The promoters now with themselves, Butch, Cliff and Sam and Chalky and sometimes Nick Stevenson opening proceedings feel they have a team of DJ's that cannot be beaten when it comes to pushing the music policy that Lifeline offers.
Mick and Andy would just like to thank all involved at Lifeline, Chalky, Heather, Claire, Mandy&Wendy, the DJ's for making it possible, Chris and Rodz at Sheridans and last but not least the paying customers who have made Lifeline what it is.
Here's to a successful 2005!
Two reviews from two happy punters, John Pugh and Steve Phillis!!
Despite the travelling making me really rough for the last 3 days ( and probably at least the next 3 as well ) I wouldnt have missed Saturday for the world. Its kinda hard to top the Right music, the Right venue, the Right people in attendance and run by the Right people, etc., but Im sure they wont rest on their laurels and that itll go from strength to strength.
Speaking to one or two who dont get as far south as even Manchester very often, I think theyll really get the benefit of having interesting guests like Marco&the forthcoming Steve G. One comment I read said "1000 pound rarity after 1000 pound rarity", and of course thats the basis of the rare soul experience, but for me I thought the 4 Tops** track was an absolute master stroke (as well as some of the other well thought out, superb but relatively available tracks, and forgotten oldies) I know this might seem at odds with some folks ideas, but the way I look at it is that youve got to have some punctuation, otherwise some of the less well known ( but brilliant) tracks can sort of blend into one another and they can lose their impact. " You gotta have a slice of plain bread every so often to appreciate how wonderful cake is" was how one person described it and thats how I see it too. If one punter can go home and dig out some cheap but wonderful track and give it another listen then thats another type of success to judge the night by. After all most of us can never hope to own a copy of lots of the tracks that will get aired, so its nice to have a few dotted throughout the night that you can go out and track down without paying a kings ransom. I think thats why I enjoy Andy Ds sets so much because he generally digs something out that fits into this category (Ive probably played Laws of Love at home more times in the last few months than I have in the last twenty years, purely because Id heard and enjoyed hearing Andy play it in his set)
Having said that the main thrust of the nite for those who werent there, was wondrous obscure soul that downright deserves to be heard, because its just too good to be kept as a hidden gem.
At one point in the nite Max and I sat and listened to Butchs set and just melted !!!
He had two runs, think the one was five records and the other four, where it was as close to soul music perfection as you can get. Each tune just flowed perfectly into the next and its virtually impossible to put into words the feeling they generated, the emotional experience, the sheer joy of it, in my very humble opinion it was Northern Nirvana.
Id have gone if it had just have been Butch and Andy on their own, but I understand that other folk have their favourite djs too, and the other djs on the line up all bought something to the dance as it were. The idea of piping the music through is a winner for the old farts like me and watching folk dash off in the middle of a conversation reminded me of myself in happier times. You know how it goes, the opening bars hit you, the drink goes on the table, fag in the ashtray, quick mumbled apology to whoever you were talking to as you zip off, literally dragged onto the floor by the time the first word of the song comes in :-)
Often tho at most run of the mill doos you can tell when the djs change without looking by the music, but with this piped through idea, and the high quality maintained by ALL the djs it had me scratching my head at times wondering who was on. Thinking about it now, that makes me realise just how good all the sets I heard were.
Finally it was great that so many true rare soul fans had made their way from all points of the compass. It makes such a difference to be able to enjoy the company of those who share a similar interpretation of this music of ours. With so many venues going on all around the country hopefully this will become the one place that every rare soul fan decides to make the effort to support ( tho I dont think many more folk could have been fitted in ?)
Congrats Andy&Co, more power to ya !!!
John Pugh
SATURDAY 17th APRIL
2nd LIFE-LINE ALLNIGHTER - SHERIDANS - DEWSBURY
O.K. just how do you try and write a review on what's probably the best upfront niter since Stafford, a venue the scene as been crying out for, for the past 10 years or more. A venue where the dj's aren't afraid to play something new and different well here we go.
Arriving early with Mick H the doors were due to open at 9.30pm but many people arrived early as it was a sell-out, by 10 pm the place was buzzing; the record bar was crammed to capacity with both dealers and punters, the main dance floor was jammed solid and the atmosphere was electric.
This reminded me of the same atmosphere you got as you walked through the casino doors, we even had the condensation dripping from the roof, the floor was packed too capacity with dancers from every corner of the country, London, Edinburgh, Norwich, Manchester, Notts, Leicester, Wales etc. Everyone there all to listen too what can only be classed as the best and rarest new sounds in the Country, The dj's on the night where Nick Stevenson, Mick H, Andy Dyson, Kitch, Butch, and guest Soul Sam. There must have been near on a million £'s worth of vinyl behind the decks the music policy upfront new 60's 70's and rare and underplayed oldies, and that's just what we got.
What followed was a true soul fan's dream come true, 9 ½ hours of pure soul the crowd knowledgeable and appreciative gave every dj and record the recognition they deserved, for those people who haven't been I say open your minds and visit this venue, as the records that are played here are the oldies of the future. The atmosphere on the night was the best I've sampled at a niter in many a year.
Not one person I spoke to had a bad word to say about the music or the dj's, some people may think me bias as I've known both Mick and Andy for more years than I can remember, special mentions to Gilly ,great to see you out again mate also to Dallas daughter of Fran who gave me her top 5 and with both mellow souls and Mac Staten in the top 2 there's a future for the scene yet, also a special mention to Mandy and Wendy who greeted on the door, these girls worked tirelessly on the door also Chris and Rodz whom without their cooperation the night wouldn't have been possible.
The spot's where brilliant one after the other big sounds, unknowns, rare oldies, each received with enthusiasm from the floor, which was packed solid right up till 7.30am then we moved too the record/chill out room until 9.30am. This is by far the best niter in years get a ticket for Junes event and see for yourselves, what is the dj's play list's the calibre of which you'll never see at any other niter in the country. Thanks to Mick and Andy for the sight the inspiration and the guts to put on such an excellent night. This venue is a breath of fresh air too the scene as there are far too many niters you go to play the same old time tested top 500 played out oldies I say too everyone open your minds and ears visit this brilliant venue as it really is the scene's life line
Rating 100% pure soul
K.T.F. Steve Phillis
