Posted June 16, 200520 yr What are your top ten RnB records that have crossed over to be Northern Soul floor fillers? I guess mine are: I Can't Please You - Jimmy Robins I Can't Get Enough - Johnny Sayles Sweeter Than The Day Before - The Valentinos What Good Am I - Mickey Champion Sippin' Sorrow - Pearl Woods My Baby Likes To Boogaloo - Don Gardner If You Don't Come - Patience Valentine The Champion - Willie Mitchell It's Your Voodoo Working - Charles Sheffield I'm A Big Man - Big Daddy Rogers How much change would I get from £1000 for that little lot?
June 16, 200520 yr arnt they all R&B, the futures got into the R&B charts and that sounds nothing like any of the records mentioned
June 16, 200520 yr Is link Can you keep this thread going till next week, more exciting watching you boys out to play than watching Wimbledon. Can't join in cos I know naff all about it but keep going QOF XX
June 16, 200520 yr I'm with Pete Smith on this one. A ) The were all predominently played on the 'Northern' scene years ago. OK, there are a few on the list that are pretty recent finds/plays a la Big Daddy Rogers (didn't that cross over from the Mod scene to Northern??) that were broken by DJ's championing that type of sound. There weren't R&B genre specific clubs when stuff like Valentinos, Mickie Champion, Willie Mitchell were played. They were all played under the banner of 'Northern' at 'Northern Clubs' B ) So you can't now tell us that they are R&B and have 'crossed over' to the Northern scene. It just defies logic. And don't get me started on 'Deep Funk' crossing over into Northern Edited June 16, 200520 yr by Jamie
June 16, 200520 yr hello mate there in my play box yes, though not a plug for blocked are you coming along then ? free entry from 9 - 10 RBman will be stomping to loverrrly Northern Soul & maybe a bit of RnB at Solid Hit Soul on saturday - Vivos 17 Watling Street London EC4 With Special Guest Keith Woon plus resident bods, unless he has a late change of mind & stays in to watch Celebrity love island thingy (but I doubt it ) Classic oldies to underplayed excellence ! Dave G 0797 1876661
June 16, 200520 yr for me this scean would be alot better, if we stopped pigeon holing every single record that gets a play if its sounds good and soulful play it no arguments
June 16, 200520 yr for me this scean would be alot better, if we stopped pigeon holing every single record that gets a play  if its sounds good and soulful play it no arguments link Wise words Edited June 16, 200520 yr by Jamie
June 16, 200520 yr for me this scean would be alot better, if we stopped pigeon holing every single record that gets a play if its sounds good and soulful play it no arguments link Now that is something I can comment on - I agree (as long as it's not modern ) QOF XX
June 16, 200520 yr Author I'm with Pete Smith on this one. A ) The were all predominently played on the 'Northern' scene years ago. OK, there are a few on the list that are pretty recent finds/plays a la Big Daddy Rogers (didn't that cross over form the Mod scene to Northern??) that were broken by DJ's championing that type of sound. There weren't R&B genre specific clubs when stuff like Valentinos, Mickie Champion, Willie Mitchell were played. They were all played under the banner of 'Northern' at 'Northern Clubs' B ) So you can't now tell us that they are R&B and have 'crossed over' to the Northern scene. It just defies logic. And don't get me started on 'Deep Funk' crossing over into Northern link Very fair points...... all called R&B in the States before they were tagged Northern Soul over here. I should have asked "what are your top 10 RnB records that you like to hear in a main Northern Room".....(if any)
June 16, 200520 yr for me this scean would be alot better, if we stopped pigeon holing every single record that gets a play if its sounds good and soulful play it no arguments link What have you got against pigeons then?
June 16, 200520 yr Very fair points...... all called R&B in the States before they were tagged Northern Soul over here. On that premise most records played on the Northern Scene should be called RnB then. Now where do we go ? BTW, hello to Kens cat.
June 16, 200520 yr This is him, Ken has an idetical hat and they wear them when they go out together for walks
June 16, 200520 yr Big Daddy Rogers (didn't that cross over from the Mod scene to Northern??) link Oh no don't start that debate again.... There are soul DJs who claim they played it first and there are mod DJs who claim they did.
June 16, 200520 yr Very fair points...... all called R&B in the States before they were tagged Northern Soul over here. I should have asked "what are your top 10 RnB records that you like to hear in a main Northern Room".....(if any) link It's nice to reason with someone for a change I like: Ted Taylor - Somebodys Always Trying Mickie Champion - What Good Am I Mack Starr - Down By The Waterhole Rex Garvin - Sock It To Em JB (CHEESE ) And that really fast stomper one that me & Karen like with the line that goes "Does She Love You Like I Do" - can someone please tell what that is called? I'm always blasted when people tell me and can never remember it Jamie
June 16, 200520 yr It's nice to reason with someone for a change Shane, has Jamie loaned you his spine ?
June 16, 200520 yr I wouldnt like to get rid of the pigeon-holing. Soul is so vast you have to seperate it some how when discussing, buying, selling etc. the name-tags for soul will never cease. Shane
June 16, 200520 yr I wouldnt like to get rid of the pigeon-holing. Soul is so vast you have to seperate it some how when discussing, buying, selling etc. the name-tags for soul will never cease. Shane link Sixties and seventies used to be enough. Just add eighties nineties, fifties and no doubt soon thirties and forties. Oh how we danced at the Cotton Club, etc etc etc
June 16, 200520 yr that picture of kens cat is ace Ken is the dr dolittle of north london He's got a hamster that cleans his records Shane
June 16, 200520 yr Author Just showing respect to someone who answered a post reasonably You big git link Sorry for breaking the mould
June 16, 200520 yr Sixties and seventies used to be enough. Just add eighties nineties, fifties and no doubt soon thirties and forties. Oh how we danced at the Cotton Club, etc etc etc link the music is so diverse though and it is growing all the time. Everything needs a name whether we like it or not. You can buy about 50 different types of apple dont tell me....when you was a lad they were either red or green Shane Edited June 16, 200520 yr by ShaneH
June 16, 200520 yr Oh no don't start that debate again.... There are soul DJs who claim they played it first and there are mod DJs who claim they did. link Rach I never heard that mentioned or played by any Northern dj's - first time I heard it was at a mod do I somehow found myself at in Hastings...same with Ted Taylor.
June 16, 200520 yr the music is so diverse though and it is growing all the time. Everything needs a name whether we like it or not. You can buy about 50 different types of apple dont tell me....when you was a lad they were either red or green Shane link I thought the green ones were reissues done in France?
June 16, 200520 yr Rach I never heard that mentioned or played by any Northern dj's - first time I heard it was at a mod do I somehow found myself at in Hastings...same with Ted Taylor. link Big Daddy Rogers was played to death on the mod scene in the eighties. Was surprised on getting back into northern soul in 97 to find those two being played. Charles Sheffield was also played by one DJ back then, but never knew what it was at the time. But best place to buy the records was down the 100 Club off northern soul dealers.
June 16, 200520 yr the music is so diverse though and it is growing all the time. Everything needs a name whether we like it or not. You can buy about 50 different types of apple dont tell me....when you was a lad they were either red or green Shane link Started off by shifty record dealers who didn't want to put slow, white pop, disco, deep or fcking rubbish, on the sleeves in their sales boxes, to sell them to unsuspecting punters. 50 types but they nearly all taste the same these days. And when I was a lad, you could hear the pips rattle in a Coxs orange pippin.
June 16, 200520 yr I didn't say The Champion was bollocks, I said your assumption that it could be classed as R&B is bollocks, and it is! link Tend to agree Pete, but That Driving Beat falls the other side of the line. Isn't the point though that all these tunes were accepted happily on the Northern scene, Jimmy Robbins being a good example, until somebody decided to label them R&B.....then all of a sudden there are people that don't like em any more! BTW I recently discovered that Jimmy Robbins is in some funk DJ's play boxes Discuss! Dave
June 16, 200520 yr What have you got against pigeons then? link apart from they carry over 63 diseases and are vermin nothing
June 16, 200520 yr apart from they carry over 63 diseases and are vermin nothing link Fair enough :graynone:
June 16, 200520 yr I'm with Pete Smith on this one. A ) The were all predominently played on the 'Northern' scene years ago. OK, there are a few on the list that are pretty recent finds/plays a la Big Daddy Rogers (didn't that cross over from the Mod scene to Northern??) that were broken by DJ's championing that type of sound. There weren't R&B genre specific clubs when stuff like Valentinos, Mickie Champion, Willie Mitchell were played. They were all played under the banner of 'Northern' at 'Northern Clubs' B ) So you can't now tell us that they are R&B and have 'crossed over' to the Northern scene. It just defies logic. And don't get me started on 'Deep Funk' crossing over into Northern link Sorry Jamie, have just duplicated this cos I hadn't noticed there were two pages Now then, about this deep funk ....surely it's the other way round? Dave. BTW I played your record to a funk crowd last weekend...
June 16, 200520 yr I wouldnt like to get rid of the pigeon-holing. Soul is so vast you have to seperate it some how when discussing, buying, selling etc. the name-tags for soul will never cease. Shane link i didnt mean get rid of it. You just find that some people will hate a record befor they have even herd it, some one will say i hate that R&B shit, then five mins later there jumping in a montain of talc saying i love this one or visa versa with modern ect. thats how i ment it, i mean if your looking through a box! oh like the look of that one, ask the dealer whats it like. replies er well its soul................. you need to define sounds yes
June 16, 200520 yr Sorry Jamie, have just duplicated this cos I hadn't noticed there were two pages Now then, about this deep funk ....surely it's the other way round? Dave. BTW I played your record to a funk crowd last weekend... link Nice one Dave, and the reaction???
June 16, 200520 yr Nice one Dave, and the reaction??? link Enthusiastic mate! They don't seem to have pre-conceived ideas...they just get on and dance to good tunes, whether they know them or not. Also played Black Nasty and Clean Up the Ghetto...seemed to like them as well! (Baz referred to it as "that sort of ...STUFF" ) Dave
June 16, 200520 yr Enthusiastic mate! They don't seem to have pre-conceived ideas...they just get on and dance to good tunes, whether they know them or not. Also played Black Nasty and Clean Up the Ghetto...seemed to like them as well! (Baz referred to it as "that sort of ...STUFF" ) Dave link trying not to pigeon hole there you see dave
June 16, 200520 yr Author and Clean Up the Ghetto...seemed to like them as well! link I sold a copy of that at Prestatyn this year.....
June 16, 200520 yr trying not to pigeon hole there you see dave link You just couldn't think of a category, could you?
June 16, 200520 yr for me this scean would be alot better, if we stopped pigeon holing every single record that gets a play if its sounds good and soulful play it no arguments link Very good point Baz..Who gives a flying fu"k,i've seen all the boxes ticked in the same venue in one room and thats how i like it... Wilson Pickett. is a great tune for me Its not shite like others have said,maybe they can't dance to it ..Each to there own as they say..
June 16, 200520 yr Very good point Baz..Who gives a flying fu"k,i've seen all the boxes ticked in the same venue in one room and thats how i like it... link Well said bruv So we'll be hearing some grinding tunes alongside the gentle stuff on the 2nd, will we?
June 16, 200520 yr Oh no don't start that debate again.... There are soul DJs who claim they played it first and there are mod DJs who claim they did. link Not saying i discovered this record coz i did'nt but i did champion the record way back at the original Keele allnighters years ago, bought this off the late Pete Lawson for £15.00 so there it's my fault...lol Regards - Mark Bicknell.
June 16, 200520 yr Well said bruv So we'll be hearing some grinding tunes alongside the gentle stuff on the 2nd, will we? link well said? ......and then he calls it 'grinding' & 'gentle' not picking on you dave but some are missing the point about name-tagging the different genres. I aint got a clue what my mate stevie cato is saying to be honest This discussion isnt about what should be played and where its about the different names for the different styles. Imagine trying to describe a record without using words Shane Edited June 16, 200520 yr by ShaneH
June 16, 200520 yr Imagine trying to describe a record without using words ?????????????????????????? And your point is
June 16, 200520 yr easy that steve what i am trying to say is that things have to be pigeon-holed to help us talk about it more efficiently. easy! Shane
June 16, 200520 yr Imagine trying to describe a record without using words link Dancing Instead of telling potential buyers it's "R&B" etc, you could demonstrate to them what sort of dance you can do to each record...
June 16, 200520 yr Dancing Instead of telling potential buyers it's "R&B" etc, you could demonstrate to them what sort of dance you can do to each record... link
June 16, 200520 yr well said? ......and then he calls it 'grinding' & 'gentle' not picking on you dave but some are missing the point about name-tagging the different genres. I aint got a clue what my mate stevie cato is saying to be honest This discussion isnt about what should be played and where its about the different names for the different styles. Imagine trying to describe a record without using words Shane link Sorry Shane, I thought Steve meant that different sorts of record can find a place in the same room regardless of the description. That's what I meant anyway, rather than one should not describe them in a certain way.....though as I posted earlier I do find the R&B/soul argument a bit academic I'm not sure if I've made that very clear....hope so....don't want to stray off topic Dave
June 16, 200520 yr easy that steve what i am trying to say is that things have to be pigeon-holed to help us talk about it more efficiently. easy! Shane link AAAh talking. Using words in fact. Marcel Marceau
June 16, 200520 yr Sorry Shane, I thought Steve meant that different sorts of record can find a place in the same room regardless of the description. That's what I meant anyway, rather than one should not describe them in a certain way.....though as I posted earlier I do find the R&B/soul argument a bit academic I'm not sure if I've made that very clear....hope so....don't want to stray off topic Dave link let you off dave. whats happening this saturday? I was considering the greatstone or maybe the willington one. never been to either. shane
June 16, 200520 yr let you off dave. whats happening this saturday? I was considering the greatstone or maybe the willington one. never been to either. shane link off topic
June 16, 200520 yr off topic link to be honest i never liked topics in the first place. its like squirrel sh*t. a nut in every bite. Shane
What are your top ten RnB records that have crossed over to be Northern Soul floor fillers?
I guess mine are:
I Can't Please You - Jimmy Robins
I Can't Get Enough - Johnny Sayles
Sweeter Than The Day Before - The Valentinos
What Good Am I - Mickey Champion
Sippin' Sorrow - Pearl Woods
My Baby Likes To Boogaloo - Don Gardner
If You Don't Come - Patience Valentine
The Champion - Willie Mitchell
It's Your Voodoo Working - Charles Sheffield
I'm A Big Man - Big Daddy Rogers
How much change would I get from £1000 for that little lot?