Rare Records and Raucous Nights: Investigating Northern Soul -Salford 04 Nov

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how did it go then ?

how did it go then ?

It was quite good actually. Not the cringe fest I was dreading.

I'd agree with Joan and say it was quite good and pretty interesting. It was by no means an attempt for an outsider so to speak to rewrite the history books as far as Northern Soul is concerned. It was simply to get something academic onto the books as there is virtually nothing academic as far as NS is concerned, plenty about other dance/music scenes.

The first professor is actuall into NS, been going since the 70's and still goes occasionally, dj'ed in the past too. The second her parents are/were into it, from the North East, and knows Col Denham, Gas Simon etc. Attended many venues during her research including Piercebridge where both Joan and myself went and Dj'ed at.

Lucy has been on SS for some years and gave in my and others opinion a very good talk.

The US professor is a R&B fan, his father a close friend of I think Jerry Wexler, grew up with the music and has worked in the biz.

They valued the feedback and Q&A extremely and were very happy with it all. Think more are planned.

Someone video'ed it, I am waiting for the URL to the video so all can see for themselves. Lucy said she would share her paper and asked one of the others but she needs to get permission as it is being published. I did record it on my iphone, quality not too bad, if all say ok I can share if the video doesn't appear.

can't remember but when it first started back in the eighties we were a much younger crowd any way (I was 22 or 23 when it started I think, '88 or '89) until those who left when Wigan closed and missed the eighties returned and bumped up our average age

If I remember rightly there was a cafe/canteen lounge area at the side of the main hall which was frequented by some students, I would imagine some ventured into the nighter?? Someone with a better memory might be able to add more.

spot on mate, I've seen loads of studes over the years @ both keele and other venues, still happens @ king hall, late bars and the lack of antthing else going on in stoke usually do the trick.

page below has the info etc inc slides that you may not be able to make out

https://interactivecultures.org/uncategorized/nostalgia-symbolic-knowledge-and-generational-conflict-contentious-issues-in-contemporary-northern-and-rare-soul-scenes

We're suitable candidates for social anthropology. I will be contemplating my own navel.

If you wanna hear how we at Kent go about licensing and the sometimes hilarious consequences, or if you just wanna throw fruit, come along.

Which will be followed with a lecture on the quality of the fluff fibres collected from within it , amassed during the golden years of the scene .

Malc

page below has the info etc inc slides that you may not be able to make out

https://interactivecu...are-soul-scenes

No need to check this out if your hearing is fine 'cos it's just about word for word what was said by the speaker.

If i'd been there I wouldn't have known wether to listen or read.

No need to check this out if your hearing is fine 'cos it's just about word for word what was said by the speaker.

If i'd been there I wouldn't have known wether to listen or read.

Lucy actually gave a good talk IMO. Her paper was based on research and what you see is the research, actual comments from soulies etc.

I thought Lucy was great.

I was really impressed by the fact that she had a good understanding of what the scene is about. And for someone who is not actually on the scene that is a rare thing indeed.

https://interactivecu...f-northern-soul

If you could stand 38 mins of me droning on about licensing and side matters like bootlegging, go to the above link and revel in my new-look, yellow sloppy jumper. I really should get to the gym.

The whole event was very worthwhile and I must say validated by the turn out of Soul Sourcers who contributed to a lively and enlightening debate. I understood most of it and even had my thoughts provoked at different stages. I did find the closing presentation to be a few hundred yards over my head; there was a fair bit of philosophy and non Northern stuff in there, but i have been reliably informed that at most similar dos, it's like that for the majority of the talk, not the minority as in this case.

If any points are brought up about licensing, I'd be happy to answer them, but maybe we should start a separate thread as it was only a part of this much bigger presentation.

Ady

Look forward to any papers then - sounds like it was an interesting day!

I did record most of the day on the iphone. Lucy says she has no problems with me putting the sound files on here, hopefully Ady hasn't. Just got to find the time to boost the volume and upload them.

No papers from me, it was scribble on the train, but the whole sad story can be re-run if you go to the link in post # 61 just above here.

Ady

https://vimeo.com/16725494

I've just been told the previous link to my Gettysburg address didn't work, see if this is any good, I think you have to register with vimeo.

ady

Its been of great interest to me, the licence side and bootlegging will answer a few questions on the other topic...

Cheers for putting this out...

The Yellow did clash with the background Ady, maybe a word with wardrobe next time

You will have to excuse the quality as they were done on my iPhone although they do sound audible. I will upload the other three part as time allows.

Here's the third speaker Lucy Gibson. Not sure about quality, sounds a bit broken in places compared to the original file??

Rare Records And Raucous Nights: Investigating Northern Soul Lecture - Lucy Gibson - Part 2