I'll go for...Goodbye Nothing To Say-Nosmo King And The Javells.......Cochise-Paul Humphrey......The Zoo-The Comodores

AND FOR YOU,PREY TELL

Edited September 16, 201014 yr by webbydublin

my first allniter was held in a farm barn in the village of BLETSOE (bedfordshire) Haydons farm.(1972)

it started at midnite satnite/sunmorn, and finished at 6am.

the top three sounds that l remember were. . .

. . Patti Austin "MUSIC TO MY HEART"

Detroit Road Runners "SWINGING CAMELS"

Dobie Gray "OUT ON THE FLOOR"

As you approached the entrance, there was a sign hung over the barbed wire fence saying "DISCO CLUB"

in white emulsion paint that hadn't dried properly, making it impossible to read.

but despite having a petrol generator, 50 gallon petrol drums and a very leaky roof, it had the best wooden

dancefloor of all time.

Tony Warot

Edited June 13, 201114 yr by westrex

my first allniter was held in a farm barn in the village of BLETSOE (bedfordshire) Haydons farm.(1972)

it started at midnite satnite/sunmorn, and finished at 6am.

the top three sounds that l remember were. . .

. . Patti Austin "MUSIC TO MY HEART"

Detroit Road Runners "SWINGING CAMELS"

Dobie Gray "OUT ON THE FLOOR"

As you approached the entrance, there was a sign hung over the barbed wire fence saying "DISCO CLUB"

in white emulsion paint that hadn't dried properly, making it impossible to read.

but despite having a petrol generator, 50 gallon petrol drums and a very leaky roof, it had the best wooden

dancefloor of all time.

Tony Warot

how are yow ole buggar

hi steve smith, just when u thought it safe to go back in the water up pops tony warot (me) never mind.

does anybody remember jeff king's SOULSOUNDS label, l have got the entire series.

hi there mr donnelley,

l thought you mite be reading the bletsoe bit as you were there also, l can't remember there being any toilets

there, not that it mattered, cos just as always, a dark corner outside usually did the trick, even the girls did the same

AND IN PAIRS!! some things never change

Tony Warot.

Sure i saw gonna fix you good little anthony on a bright orange label soul sounds???? way back when!

Hello Tone.

Just had a couple of beers, saw your name. Thought I was hallucinating!!

Hope you're well..

Dave

hiya dave, yeh well you weren't hallucinating, it really is me. whenever people mention YATE

dj's they don't remember that l also used to dj there but not when barry thomas (dinks) ran it

but never mind, l haven't done too badly in 40 years

tone.

Never mind these trendy abbreveations...Sure it was Out Of Mind -Rain (Featuring Charity Brown.....think she was Canadian)

Got this on Canadian London

My first nighter would have been Unity Hall,Wakefield........late 76 maybe early 77 (Malc will know)

Sounds that remind me of that time that haven't been meantioned yet.........

Fabulettes-The Bigger They Are

Eddie Regan-Playing Hide & Seek

Jeanette White-Music

Not sure if they'd been played before at other venues but they are tunes that remind me of those early nighters at The Unity.

Cheers

Martyn

Ones that stick very clearly in my mind from my first few niters were:

Tammy St John - Nobody Knows What's Going On In My Mind But Me

Phil Coulter - Good Thing Going

Kiki Dee - Magic Carpet Ride (c/u as Chris Clark 'Touch The Sky' I think)

Billy Arnell - Tough Girl

Beverly Ann - He's Coming Home

Isley Brothers - Why When Love is Gone

Baja Marimba Band - Along Comes Mary

Not a great deal of actual soul in there, I know............ but that's how it was I guess.

Soul or not, Phil coulter still sounds great, very loud, in a big room!

Tough Girl was one of my all time favourites from Wigan - even if it always reminds me of the theme to "Marine Boy" for some quite obscure reason!

First biggie was Torch.

still remember dancng to

Younghearts

Fathers Angels

Eddie Parker

Duke Browner

Johnny Jones

Sappires

Earl Wright

Also went Aycliffe Youthy at that time an the North Brit.