HAVING JUST GOT BACK FROM I O W SCOOTER WEEKEND ,IT OCCURED TO ME HOW WORLDS APART IT WAS TO THE NORTHERN SCENE ? THEY ARE THE ALMOST THE SAME PEOPLE IN FACT I MET LOTS OF PEOPLE WITH OUT SCOOTERS JUST DOWN FOR THE WEEKEND THAT I KNOW OFF THE NORTHERN SCENE ,YET FOR SOME REASON THEY SEEM A LOT MORE OPEN MINDED ,MAY BE ITS THE SEA AIR ? WHAT DO YOU THINK !

That's why the army wear all that combat gear Toad, so you can't see them.

and with your eyes......................

there were probably hundreds there, you just didn't notice them

I can't comment for the scooter scene as I'm not a scooterist but I was very pleasantly surprised at the reaction to the tunes I played at Hipshaker on the IOW rally. Probably a bit more left field than my usual set and it all seemed to go down spiffingly well. Really enjoyed it with plenty of people digging rare and classic sounds in equal measure.

This may have more to do with the fact that it was the IOW weekend but I've found that over the 12 years I've been back on the soul scene (and the 9 years I've been running Boogaloosoul) I've noticed loads of scooter guys and girls have definitley maturing in the musical tastes from being just oldies vultures to apprecialting more eclectic sounds.

very likely in London mate, but I can assure you they are still buying cds with scooters and targets on the front from asda up here !

very likely in London mate, but I can assure you they are still buying cds with scooters and targets on the front from asda up here !

Seen the replies.....Mossy has got the hump.Don't think anythings going to change unless a group of like minded individuals got together and put on an event. As i said before I had the same problem with the type of music I wanted to hear so put my money where my mouth is and I have found there was a lot of other people felt the same...packed night..I wasn't really bothered about deejaying but got so pissed off with bedroom deejays playing schizophrenic sets I thought I could do it better.....I'm not alone.Still can't find a venue I really like that plays northern on the scooter rallies not even on the Isle Of Wight,Camber at the summer was okay but the winter one was bad.Anyone got any reports of northern soul on other rallies as I'm planning some trips up north next year. BTW is Elbie Parker rare.......seems theres one on ebay every week!! Theres a new dj on the rallies see pic....

Edited October 13, 201014 yr by wiggyflat

Seen the replies.....Mossy has got the hump.Don't think anythings going to change unless a group of like minded individuals got together and put on an event. As i said before I had the same problem with the type of music I wanted to hear so put my money where my mouth is and I have found there was a lot of other people felt the same...packed night..I wasn't really bothered about deejaying but got so pissed off with bedroom deejays playing schizophrenic sets I thought I could do it better.....I'm not alone.Still can't find a venue I really like that plays northern on the scooter rallies not even on the Isle Of Wight,Camber at the summer was okay but the winter one was bad.Anyone got any reports of northern soul on other rallies as I'm planning some trips up north next year. BTW is Elbie Parker rare.......seems theres one on ebay every week!! Theres a new dj on the rallies see pic....

I have not got the hump !

Life is is great !

I just wish they would get some good DJs on the Scooter Rally s

as far as elbie parker - i would say its a hard record to get in good condition

all the copy's I have been offered in the past have suffered with styrene burn / hiss

so its always been a tricky one for me

500 quid for a decent one ? but I have never been offered a real clean one !

have there been a few on e bay ?

Edited October 14, 201014 yr by mossy