Tudhoe Victory Club First Alldayer

Having a few days well earned break so I thought I'd list my playlists from Saturday's all dayer at Tudhoe Victory Soul Club.

Main Room 4.30-5.30
(Classic Northern Soul)

Tell Me What He Said - Helen Shapiro
The Champion - Willie Mitchell
Afternoon of the Rhino - Mike Post
Lend a Hand - Bobby Hutton
Man of Value - Tyrone Barkley
I'll be There - The Gems
Shame - Evelyn Champagne King
That's My Girl - Dee Clark
Janice - Skip Mahoney
Spring Rain - Silvetti
I Want to Give you Tomorrow - Benny Troy
Stay Close to Me Five Stairsteps & Cubie
She'll Come Running Back - Mel Britt
Heartaches Away my Boy - Christine Cooper.

The Lounge 6.45 - 8pm
(Jazz Funk/Modern/Crossover)

Night Cruiser - Deodato, 12 inch
Steppin' - Shakatak, 12 inch
In the Forrest - Baby O, 12 inch
Spring High - Ramsay Lewis
Pressure - Driza Bone
That Girl - Cooking on Three Burners
Roller Jubilee - Al Di Meola, 12 inch
The Scratch - Surface Noise
Baby Don't Waste My Time -Gladys Knight and The Pips
Funk It - Eddy Rosemond, 12 inch
Hey Baby - The Joneses
Gettin' Ready for the Get Down - ZZ & Company
I'll See you when I Git There - Lou Rawls
Southern Freeeze - Freeeze

Cracking little venue and with both rooms up and running there was something for everyone. Main room was unashamedly classic Northern with a few underplayed gems being spun and the lounge being more of a chill out zone with a great mix of Modern, Jazz Funk plus rare and underplayed.

I've already posted a couple of comments. The main room was northern soul and ticked all those boxes for all those people. The second room was of more interest to me, with a mixture before I took over at eight and played more or less a Modern Soul greatest hits set (see setlist in comments), which I prefer to playing lots of northern, but isn't really why I do it.

Having said that, I just love this type of thing. It reminds me of the weekenders, but without the head crushing hangovers, and if the music ain't as good and the soulies aren't as serious, the crack tends to be better, with people you've known since you were kids.  

A word up to Chantelle, who may or may not be a digester of this site, but played Joe Simon's Step by Step, which got some mentions on another blog. Organiser Mobbsy also played this type of stuff in the second room and I believe Colin Bussey did too, though I shamefully missed his set completely. Incidentally, I had Walking Down Lonely Street lined up to play next when I was told to wrap it up.

Well done Mobbsy and everybody who helped make it a memorable day.