THE AQUA: HEDNESFORD 1/02/2002
Thanks to Winston for passing on a review and playlists of the Aqua
Not having been to this venue before, but having heard so much about it from friends I felt really excited on the journey down. A couple of mates from St Ives rung up (Baz and Stuart) and said that they had spare seats and would I and Juliette like to go with them. We jumped at the chance and a couple of hours later we were on our way.
It took about two hours to get to the venue from
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
Well this was a good local soul nite, extremely good I would say. Great sounds ranging from some well top rarities to classy well thought revivals, a 100+ crowd, many visitors, all seemed out to enjoy themselves, giving the place later on a great buzz, as always friendly sociable feel, were a fair few record boxes as well, and all to me made it one of the best nites have had there
With Kev Murphy and Steve Thomas pulling out the stops....
Hit read more to read rest
Dj wise - will
Heres news of another event that like most featured on Soul Source is keeping Northern moving forward rather than backwards.
Cheers to Irish Greg for passing on
Scotland? What a night - The place just rocked!!!.
Well done to Martin,Caroline and Lenny etc for starting off this event and providing Scotland with a club that is forward thinking in its music policy.
The crowd was well up for it and even the people from the Street loved it and danced happily next to hardcore Soulie
Well after seeing there was much going on last Saturday night in London, myself and Louise decided to travel a few miles the small town in Desborough in Northamptonshire to see what the soul night at the Ritz was like. we travelled up late on Saturday afternoon, after booking ourselves into the local travel lodge at weekend special rate (£25.00 if you book on a Saturday not bad) so we would not have to drive back and both could have a drink.
After having a few beers with the locals in this s
Review below was posted recently on Soul-Talk and thought it be worthwhile passing on for all to read as gives a top insight to current Berlin Scene. Sounds like its worth the bus journey . Stacks of playlists etc (just read below then hit read more)
january 12. saw the first Hip City Soul Club event at its new venue, the privatclub in berlin-kreuzberg. a nice, quite 60ish venue,situated in the basement of a bar/restaurant (you actually have to go through the toilet doors to find its
Sad news that soul star Hoagy Lands passed on last weekend.
May 4, 1936 – January 12, 2002
UK soul fans who were lucky enough, to have seen him performing last year, will am sure agree with me that he was a true Soul Artist.
Thoughts go out to all his family and friends.
Well trip back to Lowton this weekend, last one was at there was the North and South job last year which was the Capitol Soul Club gang delivering with the Northern boys a great nite of rare soul.
This one seemed going to be a bit different, billed as a "back to the old school nite" on the flyers and only on till 2am.
Advertised line up - Nev, Bernie O Brian, Dave Holt, Steve Burke, Richard Searling, Barry James
No lengthy look today just a quick how it was for me, dj billing chan
PAVILION, HUDDERSFIELD, SATURDAY JANUARY 12 2002
By Shirley Stewart
This is a slightly biased review as this venue is run by my better half, Colin Wood, with the help of the other resident DJs, John Purvis and Eddie Engel.
The venue has been running since last May every second Friday of every second month. Previous attendance’s had been disappointing so after the October date we decided to change the soul nite to a Saturday for 2002. Whether a Friday night had been the reason for
Llandudno Nighter , Broughton Soul Nite, Dayer+
Well bit late with a report on this weekends going ons as was such a good one, it took me this long to get over it!
Not much petrol or jacking up lifts as all 4 events were on the North Wales Coast which made life a bit easier. Starting off with the Broughton Wings Soul Nite- just off the A55 close to the border at the old British Aerospace (cant remember current name) place, its held in the Social Club on site, this is to me is always a
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
From Dave Mo a few words on the weekend. Who later added the words "BTW it was just like my 1st allnighter at Wigan or my 1st visit to The Mecca"
Posted earlier on Soul-Talk - The Only List for Real Northern Soul Info and News!
I would just like to say a massive thank you to Matt, all the djs and everyone who was there on Friday night for one of the most enjoyable nights Ive had in many years.The atmosphere and the sounds were brilliant.
Myself and my mate Jason travelled up
Well mentioned it earlier and here's a more detailed view
Big thanks to Shirley for a well "spanking" account
Posted earlier on Soul-Talk - The Only List for Real Northern Soul Info and News!
Friday 30 Nov - Im sorry this is a long one, some of the tracks played are listed at the end of the report This has got to have been the best soul nite (musically speaking)I have attended to date, the music was just spanking!!! (thats my latest word to describe anything that is just too good
Word on last nite at the Dome was that it was a packer, with one of the longest queues, normal quality great sounds, great atmosphere, described in the words of one as the nite was "well mental". A right old celebration of 2 great years
Have a brief view on the nite by Mike Hump. Plus story about a guy who must live on another planet
Dome 2nd Anniversary - Friday 2nd December 2001
A great deal has been said about the Dome since it opened 2 years ago in North London. Strangely th
Weekend was a good one, few words on some of the events that went on...
Heres some of the things that went on
Been told the Bury soul nite on Friday was well packed, full dancefloor all nite, music mainly oldies style, with Ginger mixing in a fair few current sounds.Also Dave Evison and his son Joshua? 13 years old (?) in action
Attendence of 1000+ there quoted, one mate says was a really good night with great atmosphere, and a great mix of sounds, only time floor wasnt full was w
Review: Wilton Niter Last Friday by Mark H
Well seems like was a definite weekend and a half if quality rare soul is your bag. Onwards and Upwards!
Mouse and Andy Dyson started things off with some class tunes, like Love Stormy Weather, that thing on Transitional "It Dont matter baby" that is the dogs danglies, Clarence Hill and some new discoveries that I didnt know.
John Hosler was on next with things like "man from soul" and the great [need a copy] Tootsie Rollers "Give Me Love
Review - 100 Club Saturday by Irish Greg
The 100 Club All-nighter was one of the best Ive attended over the last year or so. The music was of a very high standard (even higher than normal) with Mick Smith spinning the newly discovered (Unreleased) version of Trick bag by CP LOVE and not Tommy Tate as some people are saying. Mick also spun the likes of The Inmates, Bobby Rich, Classics on Yang-G, Eric Lomax C/up, True-Image, Magnetics plus many more top raritys.
Shifty was also on top f
Review - Togetherness Modern Side By Dave Dixon
I went to Togetherness on Saturday and was really looking forward to it, especially considering the aggro I had getting prepared to be able to make the journey. I walked in about 11pm during Soul Sams spot and thoroughly enjoyed it. I didnt know a single record he played but it was fantastic rare modern soul including a Timeless Legend record I hadnt heard before. It seemed pretty quiet at this stage - no record dealers and bar was quiet too.
Reviews - Lowton - North and South and More On Weekend
Story so far .....
Lowton - North and South - Top Nite - Full ish review on happenings and plays plus can hear last 30 mins of final spot -
Wilton - Reports say great nite as usual with classy music from the residents and guests.
100 Club - Been told Saturdays niter had great atmosphere and as always great sounds
Weekend - As said before there were three top drawe
The Capitol Soul Club 2nd Anniversary: Pre-anniversary thoughts
One of the many emails that I get from the website, this sort of feedback makes it all worth it!
See you all on the 30th @ the Dome
Regards
Matt Jahans
"As the anniversary of Capitol Soul Clubs marriage to the Dome beckons, it takes me back to July and my very first visit. I was already familiar with the music from the boys, but nothing could prepare me for what I a
Rare Soul Review - Issue 1 2001
Rare Soul review - Issue 1 (note 2 x clips are fairly large - 200kb and may take a few mins to download, but worth the wait)
Recently had the good sense at a niter to think better buy myself something to read before putting myself at the mercy of Railtrack on a Sunday. Quick look round the dealers stalls and spotted the glossy cover of the first issue of Rare Soul review. Had a flick and thought yeah give that a go. Now Railtrack being Railtrack yiu may
BRENDA HOLLOWAY INTERVIEW
conducted on October 13th 1997 at Brenda's Los Angeles home by Andrew Rix
AR: The logical place to start is at the beginning. We know you were born on June 21st 1946 in Atascadera, had a younger brother and sister - Wade and Patrice, and at some point moved to Watts.
BH: I was born on June 26th and moved to Watts when I was two years old.
AR: What can you tell us about your childhood, particularly your dreams and aspirations, and how you became int
Dave G has passed on a review of a nite at the Spanish Galleon Pub Greenwich London
A couple of details first , its a monthly event 1st Saturday of the month
& right opposite Cutty Sark Docklands light railway station & just down the road from Greenwich main-line.Runs from 8.30 til midnight & £1.50 to get in until 9.30 when it goes up to £3 - get there early!
On with the night , did I say strange? Well only because the night is a mixture of Northern & 70s Funk bein
Weekend Trivia: Notre Dame - Word from those who went is 1st Annivesary was that it was a tremendous nite Wilton - keep hearing currently getting big recommends Llandudno - next niter wont be till next year Conniseurs Weekender Llandudno - in March almost sold out Line up for Weekender at Presatyn - also in March, line up looks well strong and fresh, more details soon Nantwich Niter - 20 Oct 01 Nantwich Civic Niter was the destination this weekend, after hearing great things about t
Well here you go with a great (and I do mean great) review of Togetherness Event by Colin Dilnot
If you want a informative, enjoyable well written view of the weekends goings on......
Big thanks to Colin D for the time and effort... great stuff!!
Fleetwood Weekender 2001
Just getting my act back together after another great weekender.I arrived with my wife Barbara on Friday in the early evening. We soon settled into the caravan and started on the old red vino with our
Heres the full story, big thanks to Dave for passing on Last night was the first promotion at Roar Nightclub in Bilston. And what a good night it turned out to be. This venue is going to establish itself very quickly as the top two room event in the Midlands. Upstairs was the Modern room, and although I didnt spend much time in there I pop up a couple of times to see how it was going on. Music was provided by John Pugh, Blue Max, Jordi, Gary Holyman, and the irrepressible Gavin Page (Who greet
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
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
A fair few other events on this weekend, Birchfield, Dundee, Stafford, Bretby, Northampton, Wolves, Bilston etc etc, As always am shouting for views and reviews so if you have any words send them in and let rest of soul world know what went on, and also give your local/top events some exposure.
Well that time came round again, time to brave the M1/M6 and get down to North London, for the CSC event at Dome. After a good nighter last weekend refreshed my faith, was well in the mood for some q
Few words and playlist from last Albrighton niter from CSC Dj and man behind the fine Anoracks Corner Website, David Flynn
Next up at 2am was my bad-self on my first deck duty there. Well, below is my play list and as you can see I treated em to the kinda tracks that get the Dome dance-floor bouncing. I was particularly pleasing to receive requests for some of the emerging tracks Im playing...kinda makes it all worth while! :-) Must admit that the dance-floor didnt respond t
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
Northern Souls Classiest Rarities CDKEND192
Adey admits in his introduction that there isnt one outstanding label or theme to this compilation, other than it simply being a bunch of NS tunes that Ace/Kent have had kicking around for ages but had yet to Utilise...nothing wrong with that! Every NS fan will find plenty theyd like within the 24 tracks for sure, as it covers many a soul-genre which all go to make up the wide and varied Rare Soul scene in the year 2001.
Most folk will be ple
Soul Satisfaction 02 - The Motown Connection Cd Review
At first glance the design and presentation of the
CD earns full marks with a breezy design and the front cover also doubles up
as a 8 sided informative pullout. Each track being allocated, first a brief
description by Jo Wallace, using her own unique style of description,
which anyone
Continuing the weekend soul feast and here's something we have not done for a while audio wise, yeah bang back up to date and back to todays current Rare Soul Scene
Its the DJ sessions; and this one sees the return of Pete Coulson whos last lot seemed to have gone down well.
From the North West, have caught his sets at Tonys and Llandudno recently and did good things to my ears. You can catch him at
next Saturdays niter at Llandudno. Pete also runs the fanzine Northern Essence ( s
CSC Dome Fri 27 Jun 01 Afterwords
Well my plans to get there early went straight out of the window due to a 2 hour jam, on the M bloody 6, so missed Stuart Tyler doing the “opportunity knocks” opening spot, but heard it went down well. Turned up at about 1030 with still a sizeable queue outside, thru the doors and into the cauldron, it was hot!
Sounds wise, spent most of first half just catching up with people, so not many details from the first lot of sets, though dancefloor was busy
THE MAGIC TOUCH a review by winston
A couple of weeks ago I was given a video called The Magic Touch. THE MAGIC TOUCH a review by winston
A couple of weeks ago I was given a video called The Magic Touch.
It is basically three hours of dance footage, shot at various venues across the country and its been painstakingly put together by a lad called Andy Holroyd, who lives in the Nottingham area. For the last year or so, Andy has been filming the dancers at every venue he has visited
Cleethorpes - Aftermath
First from Pilar who along with Elena was on the decks, and a view from Heikki from Finland who must have visited every venue going in that week
Just to help some of you who were there to refresh your braincells, (or for those like me who couldnt make it ) aware of what we missed, here,s a couple of reports on the weekender from the halls of Soul-Talk
Pilars bit
A bit late I know but all though I arrived to Valencia on Monday I just really landed yes
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
A review from 2001 by Katrina Dixon about souling it in Oslo and Berlin
Oslo, Berlin and Scotland - Katrina 2001
A short, few words (NOT) about souling it in Oslo and Berlin last week, of interest to few probably but Ill witter on anyhow, so hit delete now if you dont want to scroll thru an essay Friends in Oslo took me along to a club with the cool name of the Beat Basement held in the small back room of a very fine bar called Mono.
Even tho theyre not into the garage punk, soul
It was a very bad time for the conservative anarchist but nevertheless, Martin, Aubrey and I (and a few occasional 'also rans') formed into a gang of nocturnal amphetamine road-beasts. As the WSF (Wagnerian Soul Fraternity)...
Reverbstorm: Savoy, Soul and Suicide
b y P a u l T e m p l e
A clip of an article from Headpress mag issue 7, can read in full on Savoy website (link at end)
Headpress magazine, No 7, 1993
It was a very bad time for the conservative anarchist but n
Sidney Barnes + Hoagy Lands live at the 100 07 Jun 01
As Thursday saw weekender live guest act stars Sidney Barnes and Hoagy Lands make a pre-weekender appearance at the 100 club.
read more for brief details......and then write down somewhere "order next years tickets asp"
Yeah well last Thursday everyone's mind may have been focused on the big vote....which going by figures seems was the choice between the teacher or the hairdresser and not the other two. But come Thursday night
Keb Darge Words
So I started a scene going there, and eventually it got to the point where we had all-nighters in Aberdeen, around 77, with about 800 people. And they wanted to hear what theyd been hearing at Wigan. So I had to get the tunes that were played there so you know, I remember going to The Mecca. And there was this record, Ron Holden, in this guys box for 7 pounds. And I remember thinking Shite! Thats a weeks wages for christs sake! And it was then! - I mu
An old article from the late 70s. Originally in a fanzine called North Wales Soul Review in late 70s and republished in Soul Notes Fanzine 20 or so years later on
North Wales Soul Review
The following are extracts taken from issue No. 1 of the North Wales Soul Review which dates from January 1979. We think that this is the only issue that was produced, but if anyone has any other issues or can give us some background information on this fanzine please let us know. Thanks to Brian Rae f
Recently being hearing good thing about a event up in Bradford, called the Beehive.
As with a lot of similar events, they look after the soul fan well, one feature is the free regular publication of a newletter, featuring news, playlists and so on. Thank to Derek P have three from events this year, which give a far better idea of why the nite is getting good reviews
" The Beehive could be called Son Of Wilton as our music policies are in line with theirs, a mixture of
George Jackson, Al's Bar, London. April 7th, 2001
One of the regular highlights of the month for Dawn and me is our visit to the George Jackson club at Al's Bar in Farringdon, so for Dawn to be invited to play a spot there as part of the April line-up made our last visit there a particularly special one.
For those of you who haven't been, this place really is a must-go for anyone with an open mind and a sense of wonder at just how TASTEFUL great Soul music can be. Strict-tempo Northern
Mary Love has now been active in the music business for almost thirty years and her recording career over much of this period has not been as prolific or successful as she deserved. However, she continues to produce new work and to her credit still retains a positive attitude to the possibility of future success.
Mary was born in Sacramento, Mary Ann Allen (Hal Davis came up with her stage surname in 1964), but her family moved to Los Angeles when she was still a young child. She sang in ch
Dome Friday 30 Mar 01 - New playlists added at end
Here's one that cased a bit of discussion, with a soul fan posting up a few complaints of the nite, and the promoters answer, as well you get a few views of the nite, plus full detailed playlists - value for money or what??
Ok a quick brief on what went on last friday at what is said to be the UK's leading and best rare Soul nite, plus a few other views from people out there. Well after the last dome, it seems that this event is now fi
Shrine - info by ANDY RIX
First Published on Soul Source
Heres a rare one for you, still talking bout original versions here, but this time not about vinyl, but the published word, the original draft full length sleeve notes for kents shrines cd, mmmmmm ... you might be mmmming, so whats so special about that, well hang on, the final published sleeve notes were derived from this original draft , but approx 1300 words were edited out of this "first" cut, and thus some of the info, plu
Tonys - Blackburn -Sat 03 Feb 01
Beginning of the month , a bit of cash in my pocket so thought time to get back on the road, over last few months have been hearing a fair bit about Tonys new format, and as this weekend the niter featured Irish Greg, Dave Flynn, and Carl f all from the capitol soul club as guest djs, seemed like a good excuse to leave Chatham town and get up to north west. Myself and Andy d met up with Julie g, who recently moved back up there, she had sorted it so that wh
First time I've visited this night, so there was that extra degree of anticipation, on my journey. I arranged to meet a friend (Toby Cole) at London Bridge station, this has to do with both my intense dislike of walking and the fact its nice to go somewhere new with someone you know.
Due to some technical failure the train wasn't able to stop at the London Bridge, so I had to get off at the previous stop, Blackfriars. I rang Toby and top bloke that he is, he came and got me. Not the ideal s
