First a quick good to meet all the online types knocking around espically the down south ones who dont get to see so often nowadays. After fridays adventures, pleased to annouce all lost was car keys for a while and a houston outlaws for 30 mins Quick and fast report if interested Trip down: Listening to Cardiff promotion playoff match could have been the highlight, or would have been if you spoke welsh! and then it was the normal game of anyone bring tapes, nah so it was the one duty minib
Stuart Cosgrove Young Soul Rebels - A Personal History Of Northern Soul - Polygon Press - ISBN 9-781846-973338
Stuart Cosgrove is a world acclaimed author, journalist, and broadcaster on both radio and TV. In fact, in 2012 he won a BAFTA for Channel 4’s coverage of the Paralympics. He’s been Broadcaster Of The Year in Scotland, and held several executive positions at Channel 4 (And was responsible for signing the show ‘Friends’ to the Channel in the UK.), and hosts a weekly show on R
From Chalky an informative write up of Kell Osborne soul output including scans and clips
The Kell Osborne Story
Kell Osborne (Born in 1939 on the 12th March) was raised by his deeply religious stepfather since the age of two and he wanted Kell to become a minister of the church, something Kell had set his sights on until he came across secular music. Kell had to make a decision to either go into the church or sing, luckily for us he chose the latter but it was something
Have to say, had a another enjoyable nite out at that Yorkshire Riders event in Halifax industrial estate
A fair few of us did the journey across and at end all gave it a very big thumbs up.With fresh sounds and a good friendly feel to the whole nite, had a great time.
Though would be appreciated by some if could move it to a nite with no niter after
read more for rest of view and plays
Must be something about Halifax, getting there and the event are great,it all goes
YORKSHIRE RIDER LOOK BACK 12/04/03
“If it weren’t true…………………..”
Guest DJ: CRAIG BUTLER
Col & I went up to the Rider good ‘n’ early and, with the help of Eddie who arrived shortly after we did, the decks were set up and spinning toons well before the 8.30 kick off This gave us time to admire the newly refurbished & decorated room, the bar area had been transformed (complete with new barmaid), there were freshly painted walls, a new car
March has been a full month of great soul so far. Col&I went to both the Prestatyn and Llandudno weekenders - whod have thought soul heaven was in Wales;-)))))) Both of these weekenders were excellent, great soulies, great soul acts, great music thanks to the organisers of both these weekenders all their hard work certainly showed in the end results. Im already looking forward to the next ones in 2004. Although the weekenders did take some recovering from, theyre well worth almost
A great view from the floor Intown Mikey
Capitol Xmas Bash 14/12/01
How many Northern Soul fans does it take to change a light bulb? Two !
One to change it, the other to say it isnt as good as the original. An old joke, I know. But it does make the point that sometimes we dont appreciate what we have in our hands.
The C.S.C. has come in for its fair share of criticism in 2001. Thats inevitable I suppose, after the unqualified success of the previous 30 months or so, that soon
Dug this out when revamping content, reckon worth yet a other "bump" up as enjoyed re-reading it
Trivia of a vinyl kind Posted on Wednesday, April 25 2001@ GMT Standard Time by mike h
Vinyl trivia as you may have spotted get quite a bit of vinyl trivia and info, most of it was thrown up on main page and as it gets updated a lot may get missed, so have thrown all bits up here, not going for a well smart layout just a online scrapbook of fascinating facts!!
info
Originally posted up on Soul Source in the 90s. More from the Smith factory, worst 50 Uk, well vast majority are pretty dire, but there are a few I wouldn't have put in
1.. NORTHERN NIGHTMARES! THE WORST 50 BRITISH RELEASED RECORDS PLAYED ON THE NORTHERN SOUL SCENE
BO DONALDSON & THE HEYWOODS - GIRL DON'T MAKE ME WAIT (ABC 1975)
R.B FREEMAN - I'M SHAFT (AVCO 1975)
FAMILY AFFAIR - LOVE HUSTLE (PYE 1976)
EYDIE GORME - EVERYBODY GO HOME (CBS 1964)
VIC FLICK SOUND -
The Glades Kidderminster - 10th February '07
Posted by WorcSoulSurvivor, 06 February 2007
As expected Another great nite by the Kiddy Boys, although they messed up with the bar and venue times, so it finished at 12 rather than 12:30. Started off quite quiet then filled up quick. Boasting Northern Stompers, with the inclusion of well blended modern, the end of the night bought the fast pasers, with songs such as Bob Brady, Curtis Mayfield and ofcourse Human Beinz. Finishing off with
7th Annivesary of the South Cheshire Soul Clubs Winsford Allnighter
Yet another top drawer enjoyable nite.
This time was in South Chesire, Winsford way for a return to one of the regular top UK monthly niters ringed on the got to go calendar.
Saturdays niter at Winsford was the 7th Anniversary. .
Checked out the new warm up at the Grange pub, for a few quick pints, bit quiet, late bar extension, on decks while there, playing quality modern such as Al Green, but then went onto
Going back a couple of Fridays and here's a review by Dave D of his adventures at the Winsford All nighter, complete with modern room playlists......
Liberation - Winsford 18.8.2001
It was my first trip to Winsford and one I had been looking forward to immensely since the beginning of the year as I promised myself that Id pay it a visit. My main reason for visiting was to establish if the recent rave reviews about the modern room, titled Liberation, were substantiated.
After a len
A tale of what went on at the wilton by Chalkie
Well what can I say aboout this place except superb. Great venue and the music is what I like to hear at a nighter (hardly an overplayed oldie insight).
The nearest I can compare this venue to is the 100 Club.
Travelled up with fellow soul-talkers Andy Mac and Mick Brown, got there just after 11pm and straight to the bar to oil the tonsils. First person I met was Kenny (100 Club) and then Mark Hansan. Andy D
Started the weekend in just the right way, a really good soul night at Willington. This is a really cool venue: a good sized dance floor thats in good repair, a pretty good sound system and a reasonably cheap bar. I think those assets just about cover the requirements of most soulies I know!
WILLINGTON and LOUGHBOROUGH REVIEW
Started the weekend in just the right way, a really good soul night at Willington. This is a really cool venue: a good sized dance floor that
William Herman Weems was born in Brookhaven-Lincoln County, Mississippi, to young, single mother Evelyn Weems, on 2nd August 1941.Brookhaven was an old Railroad town with a population of just over 6,200. Evelyn was just seventeen and had found work in the service of a white, southern family some 800 miles away in Virginia; she was young and uneducated and so did what she had to do to survive. With mum away, Willie, who was an only child, was cared for by an older cousin during those formative ye
A report on the recently held public memorial celebration and a look at the career of this recently departed legend. WILLIE MITCHELL 1928 - 2010 by Rob Moss To describe a person as a 'Legend', in any field of endeavour, is the highest accolade our society can bestow. In the case of Willie Mitchell, it is an epithet thoroughly deserved and honestly earned. His contribution to American popular music,generally, and Memphis music,specifically, was immense. From his early days playing trumpet i
This weeks Artist of the Week Celebrates the music of William Bell.
William Bell Biography (Wikipedia)
William Bell (born William Yarbrough; July 16, 1939) is an American soul singer and songwriter. As a performer, he is probably best known for his debut single, 1961's "You Don't Miss Your Water"; 1968's top 10 hit in the UK "Private Number", a duet with Judy Clay; and his only US top 40 hit, 1976's "Tryin' to Love Two", which also hit No. 1 on the R&B chart. Upon the death of O
Here is a very old review of Wigan Casino I did. We'd stopped going in 1978, and having heard one of Sam's spot's at Bedford, I decided to venture north once more recording the visit in Blackbeat. Usual health warning - please remember I was very young when I wrote this, but I wonder how many cover up's can be uncovered from this article.
From Blackbeat Issue 4
Wigan Casino May 1980 Review
My first visit to Wigan for over a year (it costs over 25 on the train for us). First
A scan of a newspaper article back in the day, 1978 ...
Life and soul of long Wigan nights written by Michael Nally in Wigan
Dave and Goliath. were kicking their heels outside the· Casino Club in Wigan in the early hours of yesterday morning. hoping for a lift home. Dave, 17, a fitters...
Just been pondering life, love and the 60s newies crowd. As you do. And whilst doing this, I stumbled accross a theory, that I'd like to run past you. I'm 46. Many Northern Soul fans will have been into 'our' music, almost as long as I have been alive.When I first could the bug, like many, its wasnt a gradual process, it was hook line and sinker from the word go. BAM. And when I first visited local venues, I would have at home maybe 20-30 singles (Pressings) and maybe a Casino Classics LP. Or th
Whos ******* The Brooks Brothers and Melvin Davis Back To Back? Oh dear me, just when I thought the bootleg thing was slowing down imagine my horror to see two of Detroits finest now out on sale at £10.00 back to back on Kingy records, a yellow design made to look like a King records release which is just taking the piss really to be honest. It took me years to find an original TAY Brooks Brothers - Looking For A Woman and Ive had the Melvin Davis Wheel City original - Find A Quiet Place for a n
Who are the Great Soul Deejays?
No doubt been done a zillion times before but it's probably worth doing periodically as people come and go and perspectives change.
When I did my defence of Colin Curtis, I had him among the top 5 Northern Soul C NS ) DJs of all times. I thought I should elaborate and then go beyond just NS. I originally intended to say he was in the top 3 but thought I should acknowledge Soul Sam, who has always had a devoted following and a massive impact albeit, in my
White Men Can't Jump - The Turley Richards Story
By Martin Gavin (Scotch Martin)
"You have to ask yourself, have you felt pain?" says Turley Richards "Ask that about African American's back then and the answer was clear And me, I can tell you that the blues visited my heart and soul every single day of my life and still do because as a blind man I've never seen my children "
Turley Richards has certainly known pain, and that comes through his music, but he s also positive, very fu
Wheelsville usa listing
Listing taken from Soul Express Summer 1986
101 JIMMY GILFORD - I wanna be your baby/ Misery Street
102 STEVE MANCHA - Did My Baby Call/ Whirlpool
103 LITTLE SONNY - Lets Have A Good Time/ Orange Pineapple Blossom Pink
106 MAGIC TONES - Got To Get A Little Closer/ Me And My Baby
WHAT HAPPENED, MISS SIMONE?
A biography by Alan Light and published by Canongate Books.
The music of Nina Simone, born Eunice Kathleen Waymon, is known to everyone, although it wasn’t until the likes of ‘My Baby Just Cares For Me’ and ‘Ain’t Got No/I Got Life’ were used for advertising Chanel No.5 and Müller yogurts respectively, that many awoke to the music of the woman who reluctantly accepted the title of the ‘High Priestess of Soul’.
Having taken to the piano at a very young a
Following recent ups and downs in the promoters of the soul nights in Weston super mare and the fall of attendances in the past year or so, it was with a certain amount of nervous anticipation that I arrived at The Grand Atlantic Hotel in Weston. As I walked in I was met by the ever-genial smiles of co-promoters of Merve (Tin Tin) Parnell and Mick Lloyd also two of the resident DJ'S who were joined by two former Heavenly Blocked DJ's Ken Dunn and Mark Thomas who was unfortunately unable to atten
Now that was a proper soul night!
Here comes the rant...............
Why oh why does it have to be the last one to atract numbers like that? too many inferior soul nights ruining the scene for all, over crowding the place is all i can say, look at what a soul night can be like, not just 60 or 70 people in an empty hall scratching there arse's listening to half clued up DJ's, and promoters who go ahead with nights that clash for the sake of it!
Any way now i've g
Weekend View Jun 2003 100 Club and This Thing Of Ours
A rushed view on weekend, 8.10am on a Saturday and got out of door only 10 mins late, picked up Ritchie and Ann, no sign of Dick John ( found out later hadnt finished Friday nite off yet) and set off. Was going to be a special one, the alldayer "This Thing Of Ours" due to the recent sad news, being a "Celebration of Randys Life and Music" and along with the 100 Club being on after as well it was one of those must gos. As Ritchie was maki
Being a relative newcomer to what would become a lifelong obsession. I was a wide eyed kid in 1976/77. And the whole excitement of the Northern soul scene consumed my life, the old adage of living for the weekend was never more true in those days. New friends, new outlook, new life. Every weekend was a new adventure to me. Of course the first place I attended was the legendary Wigan casino, and from the moment I walked through those doors, I breathed in the sound and the atmosphere of Northern s
Visiting America can be a truly uplifting and pleasurable experience. It is the land of milk and honey, where the streets are paved with gold and everyone gets a fair chance to prosper and succeed. Migrants have been arriving for centuries, from all corners of the globe. Buy into the American dream and you too, can take your place on the gravy train to a modern day Utopia - a consumer heaven - a veritable Shangri La of goods, Gods and guns (for your own protection of course).
Trans continen
Part 2 and Part 3 of this lengthy look at "... visiting Detroit" by Rob Moss
Detroit’s musical and cultural legacy to the world has few equals. Forgetting the Motown and associated soul people of the 1960s and beyond for a second, the line up of native sons and daughters is awesome. Jackie Wilson, Aretha Franklin, Little Willie John, Hank Ballard, John Lee Hooker and Della Reese amongst scores of others, pioneered all shades of R&B and Blues throughout the 1950s, the city was a hotbed o
Visiting Detroit Part 1 by Rob Moss
Once we’d discovered the joys of soul music in those early, surly days of pubescence, it was almost inevitable that the magnetic influence of Detroit would come to penetrate, infiltrate and dominate our hearts, minds, bodies and soles. Initially it was Motown, but as interest prompted deeper scrutiny, others, similar but different, entered the fray. And as we began to realize just how special the unique ‘sound’ was, it finally dawned that the giant
Visiting Detroit Part 7
Holidaying in Detroit is probably not everyone’s idea of an ideal vacation. Though the weather is scorching in the summer, there are no beaches or swimming facilities to speak of. No English pubs serving Watney’s Red Barrel. No ‘Full English breakfasts with all the trimmings’ and no Sky TV showing football at all hours of the day and night. In fact, you’ll be lucky to even find out the scores. You can visit ancient relics, although I’m sure they wouldn’t take kindly
People who reside in the largest city, or the capital, of a country seem to have a pompous air of superiority and an apparent belief that they are, in some way, better than their fellow citizens. This is certainly true in Britain, where most Londoners appear to believe that they are life’s leaders — the special, ‘chosen’ ones who were sent to civilize and refine the rest of us. How else could the BBC ‘Soul Britania’ television series manage to attribute the entire development of black music in o
Artist of the Week - The Genius of Van McCoy
The man behind so many of our much loved records.
Van McCoy Biography (Wikipedia)
Van Allen Clinton McCoy (January 6, 1940 – July 6, 1979) was an American musician, record producer, arranger, songwriter, singer and orchestra conductor. He is known best for his 1975 internationally successful song "The Hustle". He has approximately 700 song copyrights to his credit, and is also noted for producing songs for such recording artists as Glad
Just back home after the trip to London..Time for a good rest..
The night was what New Year should be...To spend time with freinds..Listen to the music you love and meet new folk with the same passion...Plus have a safe,warm and comfy venue..
Va Va Voom - New Years Eve All Nighter Lookback
Got to the venue for about 9.30..Free parking right outside the door and nice folk on the door to answer any questions...Walked into the venue,reall nice ground floo
Being very much out of the loop scene wise so from an outsider looking in as it were it would seem to be a common theme that some of shall we say the more upfront rare soul venues are finding it difficult to get decent numbers through the doors, lost count how many times I read the music was brilliant but numbers were down, seems a little odd to me that when you look at the playlists many of the DJ's are playing top end records which command the big ticket prices on auctions etc. yet fail to dra
Many thanks to Neil and gang for taking time to pass on their view Regrettably, despite having read a lot about them, we havent been able to attend the previous DMSC nights so, when the five of us arrived at 8.45pm we were all officially monkey virgins!! Having paid our soul tax, we walked into the main room and immediately you could tell the room had atmosphere - WHY HAVENT WE GOT VENUES LIKE THIS IN SHROPSHIRE!! we all cried. What a great place!! Having grabbed some seats we headed for t
UK Northern Soul reissues Re-release Labels by Pete smith First on Soul Source in 1997
UK Northern Soul reissues 45 RE-RELEASES Black Magic, Casino Classics, Charley, Contempo, Contempo-raries, Cream, Destiny, Grapevine, Inferno, Kent, Spark
Vinyl UK 45s re-released list, originally this was going to be a full (work in progress ) list of EVERY UK 45 with a northern connection released ,
It took me many years to track down this guy, but eventually I was sitting with him on Detroit’s East Side. Over a ten year period I had been down several blind alleys looking for Tyrone Edwards and Tyrone Pickens, the name he wrote under. But his story starts as one half of the singing duet Tony & Tyrone, who built up a strong reputation around the Detroit city clubs as a lively stage act with undoubted singing skills. Early on they became close friends of Carolyn & Aretha Franklin, who
Thanks to Irish Greg for passing on some well informative info. Has been in touch with one of the members of Tyn Tymes, whos version of Baby I Love you was a recent in-demander.
Seems the groups got back together and have a web page up at (link not working) which is worth a visit.
Also passed on the info below from group member Mike Keracher
Nice one!
Thanks so much for playing our one and only record. We were all in college when we recorded that cut at the great "Fame Studio
Twisted Wheel - loads of articles here, format is a bit haphazard after transfering it from old site, but still interesting reading.......
THE TWISTED WHEEL BY DAVE PHILLIPS
The Left Wing Club in Brazenose Street in Manchester changed to become the Twisted Wheel.
Twisted Wheel membership card circa 1965
Slowly moving from it's roots in, folk and jazz, to blues and RnB, it was to become the originator of Northern Soul. Mainly due to the two brothers who ma
a great piece by joe w
some of the younger folk might know the platters only from their reincarnation as a soul act in the mid-60s, "with this ring" and "washed ashore" and all that, but the platters were, twilight time of course, a monster group in the 50s--remember "the great pretender"?
they had four number one songs and 16 gold records in five years. tony williams, the lead singer until 1960, had a magical and powerful voice rivaled in the 50s only by roy orbisons and even
Published Date: 1999/5/28 18:30:00
nick gilbert takes us on a trip through the last decade right up to the present day with a look at the last ten years of the scene
the turning point
before I was relocated to green belt suburbia, Herts. I had been attending the 100 Club since Ady had first started there with a Friday night evening do. Anyway Sean came along with me expecting a good night. I was embarrassed, th
By E. Mark Windle
Texan Don Robey was an entrepreneur, community celebrity; and some report an individual who used threats and violence to get his way. But whether a man of stature, malevolence or elements of both, he followed many business avenues and was successful in most of them. Robey’s entertainment enterprises, including ownership of four of the biggest and most prolific R&B orientated labels in Texas – Peacock, Back Beat and Sure-Shot, has secured his place within web pages of t
You Learn Sumfing New Everyday
Posted by Trifle, 24 November 2005 ·
One Saturday at Rugby Soul Club, I learned that Young Matt Smart (and I mean young ... especially amongst the old fogies of the Soul Scene) is one helluva DJ. Smooth linking, wonderful new stuff (to me) and stuff that I hear all too seldom, including If This Isn't Love by Johnny Bartell(?).
He tells me (Matt, not Johnny) he's been on the scene for erm 8 years I think, (aw bless (don't you just
Part Four
Posted by Trevski, 04 November 2008
(The ultimate Accessory)
Accessories
With accessories, subtle, stylish and subdued is the way to go. Flash is not cool, not attractive, not anything but naff!
Neck chains, sovereign rings, bracelets, Urrghh! Horrible. A good quality, automatic watch such as Breitling, Rolex, Philipe Patek etc is not only a sound investment, but also a thing of exquisite beauty.
Keeping things simple, plain, unfussy cuff-links, suc
First up on the web as a downloadable pdf, it was part of a feature on Phoenix music - a fascinating couple of interviews concerned with Ernie Johnson ( one half of Eddie and Ernie )
Ernie Johnson interview 7-22-04
JB - Did you sing any more last night?
EJ - I did a thing by James Ingram that went over really good. The people just went wild. They've been loving this song ever since I changed the style of it. I ad lib around what he's doing and it fit in perfect. JB - What's the
TOPPS 45s — “Yeah, But Can You Play ‘Em?”
The memorabilia available to collectors of Berry Gordy’s Motown and its subsidiary labels and companies covers the whole spectrum of artefacts. From rare unreleased acetates that never made it past the infamous Friday quality control meetings to The Supremes vintage advertising on wrappers of loaves of bread, the Motown collector’s thirst for all things ‘Hitsville’ knows no bounds. In the past I’ve found every type of artefact from beer glass
