Nuneaton Coop The Last Allniter Til 6am

Absolutely banging all niter, superb.  It was also good to see the large amount of people stay till 6, for the photo and to give Mark the respect he has earned and a thanks to all the hours he puts in, this shows with his achievements on the scene and the quality of the COOP niter.  A true gentleman of the soul scene and still the only promoter/DJ who walks round the club asking if people have had a good nite!!!  Good on ya pal.

Andy

What a great night this was; being lazy I hadn't properly read up on it and until the day before thought is was the "last ever" Nuneaton all-nighter, turns out it's the last ever "all" nighter as in the future it'll end earlier. Just as well because it was really fantastic. A good number of people also did stay to the end (including me although I missed the final picture being in the bog), perhaps because it was the last chance to do so?

Nice room, lovely floor, good crowd. Mix of DJ's to suit all tastes really but the standouts for me were Ethan Howarth playing Joe Hicks, Don Morris playing the International GTO's, someone? playing Emanons Orchestra, Mark Freeman playing August and Deneen, Pep playing Ted Wilson (actually that was the musical highlight of the year (probably the decade) for me - that final burst of strings is surely the most insane, intense emotional 6 seconds of orchestrated music ever recorded? Just listen to it 1:46 to 1:52 Oh My God; just incredible to hear that blasting out at 3 am on a wet December morning)  and finally Ian James playing Dickie Wonder and Gerri Hall. Only downside was House For Sale making an appearance, but on the plus side it wasn't the absolutely-hammered-to-death-three-times-a-night version  A very minor complaint in an otherwise outstanding series of sets.

Did a few sketches but was defeated by pens running out - must really plan these things ahead of time.