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Okay folks, we've all done it & it happened to me yesterday, iPad is on shuffle & a true shocker comes on.

For me it was yesterday I had the misfortune to listen to DEAN BARLOW THIRD WINDOW FROM THE RIGHT, this is a dire record & it kills me how it ever got plays.

Also another track that it utter drivel, CHARADES, YOU'D BETTER BELIVE IT, this is astoundingly bad. Full of U.S patriotic nonsense, starting with a daft bugle call, think this is worse than Dean Barlow & that's saying something.

Just a bit of fun, don't get offended if you like, or even worse actually dish out hard earned money for any of these.

Okay folks, we've all got our pet hates, what other dross kills you when it comes on the turntable?

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    bob sinclair tribute  what an awfull bloody record. i actually overheard some guy telling his mate it was the most soulfull tune he had heard in years.

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    Blimey, some of my favourites not doing very well today, Manifesto is a very unusual but ultimately brilliant sound, what a dancer, and the COD's record is just magnificent.

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    Brilliant record.

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Major Lance - Aint no soul left in these old shoes - Okeh.

I carnt stand it, sure it only got played cos of the title, the Majors voice is terrable on this track, and the lyrics are awfull, I know am a minority on this one as am sure its up there in a lot of folks top sounds, but for me it has nothing So many bettter tracks by the man then to play this derge, IMHO

ducking for cover now :wave:

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Tim Tam & The Turn Ons - Wait minute -Palmer If I hear this I want to take a large brandy and smash my head into a jelly!

Its just utter crap! Even The Snake sounds brilliant compared to this!

Scratchy! can't stand it, cheers Jim.

I dislike the manufactured stuff: solid ground, hip teens, etc. dancers love em, but i cant get my head around em!

not many i dont like, i think its more to do with a tune being overplayed ie: I walked away ....... gets right on my nerves

magnetics-lady in green,fookin hate it !

jason

Me too

...and Joe Jama - My Life (shite) and Joey Delorenzo - Wake Up To The Sunshine Girl.

No one likes everything though, so it's just a matter of taste at the end of the day. You either have taste.. or you like Joe Jama :lol:

MVPs - Turning My Heartbeat Up

Always hated it and still do.

Along with Judy Street - What

& flippin NIne Times Out Of Ten - Muriel Day.

Oh...and the hideous vocal version of The Dogs - Soul Step. Should never have been allowed! :glare:

Hi it's got to be PEANUT DUCK - MARSHA GEE, utter dross, actually like DEAN BARLOW - THIRD WINDOW FROM THE RIGHT.

That record by Wombat - I'm Gettin' On Life (Gemni)

What on earth is that all about :no:

It has a really peculiar and awkward rhythm, plus a really weird hillbilly, come country & western kind of sound

How anyone could accept this as a soul record, let alone a northern soul record beggars belief frusty2.gif

I might let someone off for having danced to it when just a teenager in an amphetamine-fuelled state. As for listening to it though - anyone who rates this as a soul or northern soul record 1) has cloth ears and 2) should have their head tested

It's one of the worst middle-of-the-road novelty records of all time

So endeth the sermon :wave:

Cheers

Richard

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Me too

...and Joe Jama - My Life (shite) and Joey Delorenzo - Wake Up To The Sunshine Girl.

No one likes everything though, so it's just a matter of taste at the end of the day. You either have taste.. or you like Joe Jama :lol:

I love Joe jama.

Me too

...and Joe Jama - My Life (shite) and Joey Delorenzo - Wake Up To The Sunshine Girl.

No one likes everything though, so it's just a matter of taste at the end of the day. You either have taste.. or you like Joe Jama :lol:

I love Joe jama.

That record by Wombat - I'm Gettin' On Life (Gemni)

What on earth is that all about :no:

It has a really peculiar and awkward rhythm, plus a really weird hillbilly, come country & western kind of sound

How anyone could accept this as a soul record, let alone a northern soul record beggars belief frusty2.gif

I might let someone off for having danced to it when just a teenager in an amphetamine-fuelled state. As for listening to it though - anyone who rates this as a soul or northern soul record 1) has cloth ears and 2) should have their head tested

It's one of the worst middle-of-the-road novelty records of all time

So endeth the sermon :wave:

Cheers

Richard

Great record. Classic dancer. Love it.

Me too

...and Joe Jama - My Life (shite) and Joey Delorenzo - Wake Up To The Sunshine Girl.

No one likes everything though, so it's just a matter of taste at the end of the day. You either have taste.. or you like Joe Jama :lol:

I love Joe jama.

That record by Wombat - I'm Gettin' On Life (Gemni)

What on earth is that all about :no:

It has a really peculiar and awkward rhythm, plus a really weird hillbilly, come country & western kind of sound

How anyone could accept this as a soul record, let alone a northern soul record beggars belief frusty2.gif

I might let someone off for having danced to it when just a teenager in an amphetamine-fuelled state. As for listening to it though - anyone who rates this as a soul or northern soul record 1) has cloth ears and 2) should have their head tested

It's one of the worst middle-of-the-road novelty records of all time

So endeth the sermon :wave:

Cheers

Richard

Great record. Classic dancer. Love it.

Lou Pride - Comin' Home In The Morning, and those bloody trombones at the end!!!!!

Up until that jazz freakout at the end it's possibly one of the greatest records ever made...

The one that really does me in the Frankie and the Classicals "What Can I Do"- her voice is the equivalent of nails on a chalkboard for me. Also- "Moonlight Music In You" .

Me too

...and Joe Jama - My Life (shite) and Joey Delorenzo - Wake Up To The Sunshine Girl.

No one likes everything though, so it's just a matter of taste at the end of the day. You either have taste.. or you like Joe Jama :lol:

:lol:

Joe Jama - My Life - HATE IT!

Joey Delorenzo - Wake Up To The Sunshine Girl - LOVE IT!??? :ohmy:

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Main Change - Sunshine is her way - Nebula - Is my 'Guilty Pleasure'....Does anyone out there also admit to liking this Wigan 'Awfulness'? lol - I have had so much stick about that record over the years (Ok, I admit it - I even bought it!) ... I'm to embarrassed to state what I paid for it though lol.

I used to do a Fanzine called 'Northern News' and we had a section called 'Some Things Are Better Left Unplayed' (Ketty Lester referance) - Great Thread / Great Fun....No doubt it'll soon turn nasty though... :rofl:

I absolutely HATE The Five Royals - Catch a Teardrop...The list could go on lol

All the best,

Len.

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Manifesto for me, loud tuneless and utter garbage , also another one which makes me cringe is Michael by the C.o.d.s.

Blimey, some of my favourites not doing very well today, Manifesto is a very unusual but ultimately brilliant sound, what a dancer, and the COD's record is just magnificent.

Most of the above are pretty bad apart from Lou Pride & the Magnetics IMO.

Tune that really gets my back up is the awful Love Don't Go Through No Changes In Me - Sister Sledge.

Now't wrong with Sister Sledge as quite like them but just hate that bloody record. Strange thing is though whenever I hear it I find myself falling into it & singing away so if anyone ever see's me doing this again just give me a big slap cos I deserve it.

Blimey, some of my favourites not doing very well today, Manifesto is a very unusual but ultimately brilliant sound, what a dancer, and the COD's record is just magnificent.

Different strokes and all that great to see that someone likes tracks that others find crap, Frankie And The Classicals was mentioned as a record which is hated but i love it to bits .

Different strokes and all that great to see that someone likes tracks that others find crap, Frankie And The Classicals was mentioned as a record which is hated but i love it to bits .

Me too.

One record i've never liked is the classic Our Love Is In The Pocket either version , i know its a fave of many but it leaves me stone cold.

The Larue, never liked it never will. Third window is a stinker as already mentioned, don't like voodoo working either, as Matt said, each to their own, but I just can't warm to any of these

Don't blame Wigan for Stafford's mistakes! Sometimes it's not guilty.

Oops - Sorry about that, I was sure it was a Wigan sound as was told so and it sounds so 'Gregory's Girl' (If that makes sense!)

All the best,

Len.

Mel Britt.

:ohmy: gotta be one of the greatest tunes ever,just my opinion of course,each to their own and all that :thumbsup:

jason

Useless records which should never have been played:

miss dee dee philips - hey little girl

mike mcdonald - god knows

king errison - zola

montclairs - hung up on your love

carstairs - it really hurts me girl

jc messina - time won't let me

ellingtons - destined to become a loser

happy cats - these boots are made for walking

baby dolls - got to get you into my life

I'm thinking of loads now but will narrow it down to one carstairs record

amazing dancing band - deep blue train truly dreadful instrumental

bobby bennett - you're ready now one of the worst cover versions known to man

eddie foster - i never knew apart from the piano intro the rest is a waste of vinyl

edwin starr - scotts on swingers oh dear

mary saenz - would she do that for you as a girl group record, fine, as a northern record, hideous (see also bernadette catsro, gerri thomas)

the high & the mighty - help me escape from cuba lyrics so bad you can barely believe what you're hearing

kenny bernard - pity my feet singer sounds like he's attempting to pass a giant marrow

raw soul - the gig and bill pursell - heartbeat instrumentals for the insane

ruby andrews just loving you drive's me up the wall should be banned and never played again heres hoping

I'm thinking of loads now but will narrow it down to one carstairs record

amazing dancing band - deep blue train truly dreadful instrumental

bobby bennett - you're ready now one of the worst cover versions known to man

eddie foster - i never knew apart from the piano intro the rest is a waste of vinyl

edwin starr - scotts on swingers oh dear

mary saenz - would she do that for you as a girl group record, fine, as a northern record, hideous (see also bernadette catsro, gerri thomas)

the high & the mighty - help me escape from cuba lyrics so bad you can barely believe what you're hearing

kenny bernard - pity my feet singer sounds like he's attempting to pass a giant marrow

raw soul - the gig and bill pursell - heartbeat instrumentals for the insane

Well in that case Pete,The Kenny Bernard should be called "Pity my arse" :lol:

That record by Wombat - I'm Gettin' On Life (Gemni)

What on earth is that all about :no:

It has a really peculiar and awkward rhythm, plus a really weird hillbilly, come country & western kind of sound

How anyone could accept this as a soul record, let alone a northern soul record beggars belief frusty2.gif

I might let someone off for having danced to it when just a teenager in an amphetamine-fuelled state. As for listening to it though - anyone who rates this as a soul or northern soul record 1) has cloth ears and 2) should have their head tested

It's one of the worst middle-of-the-road novelty records of all time

So endeth the sermon :wave:

Cheers

Richard

But it just worked perfectly at the time,at the casino-totally northern!

It's a time and a place thing as much as anything (for me at least). Muriel Day, Terrible Tom, The Present, all great memories of youth clubs associated with those records.

above are listed some of the worst records known to man.........however they highlight just how good the gear was back then,becuse they would never get away with it today

SO WHAT WAS THE EXCUSE FOR JOE JAMMA AND JOEY DELORENZO FAIRLY RECENT DISCOVERIES.....MUST OF BEEN SERIOUS ILLNESS OR SOMETHING :g:

Dance Dance Dance Casualeers just reminds me of a bad night I had at the Casino and this was played what seemed like every twenty minutes!!!

SO WHAT WAS THE EXCUSE FOR JOE JAMMA AND JOEY DELORENZO FAIRLY RECENT DISCOVERIES.....MUST OF BEEN SERIOUS ILLNESS OR SOMETHING :g:

The excuse is they are rare Terry. If they were ten pound records they would never ahve seen the light of day.

Dance Dance Dance Casualeers just reminds me of a bad night I had at the Casino and this was played what seemed like every twenty minutes!!!

Nowt wrong with the casualeers-great sound back back in the day!

Just Say Goodbye.....Mickey Mouse on helium....Catch Me I'm Falling is great though

I Just kept On Dancing....mawkish American Graffiti style tripe

The record about burning your toast and drinking Best In Coffee without milk....sick of seeing teddy boy rockabillies dancing to this.

Freddie Houston-Soft Walkin.....I don't give a toss about your bloody prom.

Magnetics-Lady In Green....luckily it's that rare nobody plays it out

Yes Dean Barlow is bad....and I can't believe people have the front to play that Del Davis.Got a great unknown northern reggae record called Black and White by Greyhound..£500 to you..

Ted Cassidy-The Lurch and Mickey Mouse concerto (why it was booted I will never know)

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Twiggy - Beautiful Dreams on Ember is quite ghastly

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