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?

that was fantastic!!!

I'm in fooking shock mate, that tune would have me taking a hammer to it...

Its a piss take innit??? aint aint Aril 1st but tell me its a piss take....

I'm in fooking shock mate, that tune would have me taking a hammer to it...

Its a piss take innit??? aint aint Aril 1st but tell me its a piss take....

it,d have me taking a hammer to the dj

I'm in fooking shock mate, that tune would have me taking a hammer to it...

Its a piss take innit??? aint aint Aril 1st but tell me its a piss take....

Awesome piece of soul music stevie. I honestly cannot see what your problem is........Yeah its a p..s take, I hope.

Just had a thought........plenty of folk say how shit some of the upfront stuff that is played nowadays....and some of it is certainly that........BUT F**K ME IT WOULD HAVE TO GO A LONG WAY TO BEAT SOME OF THE SHITE LISTED ON THIS THREAD!!!! PLAYED BACK IN THE DAY LOL

Edited December 8, 201113 yr by gordon russell

Anything to do with the commercialisation of our scene

Including : Anything produced /written by Ian "Molten Mix" Levine as he used to call himself

Barbara Pennington

Evelin Thomas

L J Johnson

anything 12"

Any other manufactured soul records aimed at the unknowing of the time

Betty Baker and the Jaxi's ,Wigan's Ovation, (I'll let Tommy Hunt off) Just this once ! suddenly discovered instrumentals to popular vocals , suddenly discovered vocals to major instrumentals etc Just about everything that would make someone a profit and Devalue our music

i also hate all these look-a-like bootlegs that infest E-Bay which i have complained about many times but E-Bay like the revenue too much

sorry about the rant !

Edited December 9, 201113 yr by allnightandy

F£ck me, what was that,, No person could tell me they have heard that record played out, no way never..... No person could defend this????

Close the thread now, we have winner for sure...

I think my boy John Manship went to the time & trouble to load that turd on YouTube together with a scan etc. Some effort for this utterly foul turd!

Flipside is of course much much better, it could be a different group. But this Hermans Hermits effort ....

Including : Anything produced /written by Ian "Molten Mix" Levine as he used to call himself

When did he call himself that then ?????????????

''fukk me I really like this SECOND RATE GARAGE PUNK stuff, I'm near on 56 must be a div, just asking like?

Yeah you must be, just saying like...

When did he call himself that then ?????????????

Does he mean Moulton Mix?

Phew ... I've just trawled thru the whole thread and unless I'm mistaken ...

Nobody's mentioned Lorraine feckin Silver :0(

Marks out of ten ...I'd give her one ;0)

And one that I've thankfully only ever had the misfortune to hear once in the last 30+ yrs..

Bells Delana ....did I actually see people dance to that at Wigan ???

Lorraine Silver - absolutely brilliant UK girl pop dancer.

Does he mean Moulton Mix?

Patrick Moten or Tom Moulton - doesn't matter because Ian never called himself either.

Anything to do with the commercialisation of our scene

Including : Anything produced /written by Ian "Molten Mix" Levine as he used to call himself

Barbara Pennington

Evelin Thomas

L J Johnson

anything 12"

Any other manufactured soul records aimed at the unknowing of the time

Betty Baker and the Jaxi's ,Wigan's Ovation, (I'll let Tommy Hunt off) Just this once ! suddenly discovered instrumentals to popular vocals , suddenly discovered vocals to major instrumentals etc Just about everything that would make someone a profit and Devalue our music

i also hate all these look-a-like bootlegs that infest E-Bay which i have complained about many times but E-Bay like the revenue too much

sorry about the rant !

IF ever you get chance to re-listen, Barbara Pennington's song 24 Hours A Day is absolutely superb, was back then, sounds even better now.

ACE SPECTRUM !!!!

Could I be the only one who can't stand listening to the Carstairs tripe!! Maybe it's overkill or maybe just Not my thing.

Could I be the only one who can't stand listening to the Carstairs tripe!! Maybe it's overkill or maybe just Not my thing.

No, ask Pete Smith.

That makes the two of us then. Forgot about Pete, what a nice guy and a good taste in music.

Cant help thinking ,after reading through this lot ..the general concensus is that most of us are now sick of hearing those oldies

Village of tears - Ben Zine, what a waste of 3 minutes

Does "Marchin - The Camp" qualify cause thankfully I ain't heard it played out for 30 years

Bought Village of tears in 1978 for 24 quid what a waist of money thought i liked it,,,,but for me its got to be Gone with the wind Rita and the bloody Tiaras

wynder k frog-green door,paliaments- dont be sore at me,pyschotic reaction-count 5,,wayne gibson -my under my thumb,domino,purple haze,discotech, etc etc,jeez what were we thinking-no doubt we'll be adding some of the current big tunes to this manure pile oneday when we realise what some djs pass off as northern isnt soul!(there is 1 or 2 of some peoples nominations ive a soft spot for)

Bought Village of tears in 1978 for 24 quid what a waist of money thought i liked it,,,,but for me its got to be Gone with the wind Rita and the bloody Tiaras

Village of tears, one of the biggest tunes at Warrington all niters mid 80s, we all loved it...

That love has faded into the mist with time .... Can't remember the last time i heard it, maybe not in the last 20 years, does it still get some plays anyone????

Yes and somebody posted about that f"cking frog tune , another that needs melting down....

wynder k frog-green door,paliaments- dont be sore at me,pyschotic reaction-count 5,,wayne gibson -my under my thumb,domino,purple haze,discotech, etc etc,jeez what were we thinking-no doubt we'll be adding some of the current big tunes to this manure pile oneday when we realise what some djs pass off as northern isnt soul!(there is 1 or 2 of some peoples nominations ive a soft spot for)

Parliaments - Don't be sore at me not soul music?

Edited December 13, 201113 yr by Ian J

Too many to mention. Start with 90 percent of Russ Winstanley's playlist circa 76 to 81. Sue Lynne, Pallbearers, Helen Shapiro, Peggy March the list goes on and on.

Parliaments - Don't be sore at me not soul music?

yes mate! sorry doesnt make feel anything but my bile rising,its the vocals they lack emotion and are quite monotomouse(i think thats how you spell it?) we need i finger in the ears emo ball on the icon bar for this section or a vomit emo ball

Never expected to see The Parliaments - Don't Be Sore At Me nominated,but we all have our own tastes and opinions.

Johnny guitar watson i need it , dear lord dreadful

james wells ... baby im still the same man

worse thing is i have them both

Edited December 13, 201113 yr by Stevie.T

Village of tears, one of the biggest tunes at Warrington all niters mid 80s, we all loved it...

That love has faded into the mist with time .... Can't remember the last time i heard it, maybe not in the last 20 years, does it still get some plays anyone????

Yes and somebody posted about that f"cking frog tune , another that needs melting down....

what about your all time fav ......dance,dance,dance

No where near Northern Soul but if I hear Little Richard`s Get Down With it once more ill peel my head!!!

Pure fecking........... TRIPE!!!!

Village of tears, one of the biggest tunes at Warrington all niters mid 80s, we all loved it...

That bad a record that CSI Warrington were on its case!!

No where near Northern Soul but if I hear Little Richard`s Get Down With it once more ill peel my head!!!

Pure fecking........... TRIPE!!!!

Do you really think it's that good Steve??

Edited December 13, 201113 yr by mrtag

Village of tears, one of the biggest tunes at Warrington all niters mid 80s, we all loved it...

Jeez that is one horrific record, so bad it should be called Pillage Your Ears

Little Anthonys Better Use Your Head has always got my goat....was he singing with the aid of a helium balloon and taking gulps between verses.I know Pete it's one of your faves.....but I love Eddie Holman and he sings falsetto.

NAPPY BROWN...COAL MINER......SOUNDS LIKE IT CAME FROM A NAPPY

NAPPY BROWN...COAL MINER......SOUNDS LIKE IT CAME FROM A NAPPY

This is dirty sleazy r and b....not northern soul.

Could live the rest of my days without ever hearing these again

Judy Street - What

Frank Wilson -Do I love you

Dee Dee Sharp - What kind of lady

Benny Troy - I wanna give you tomorrow

Skip Mahoney - Janice

This is dirty sleazy r and b....not northern soul.

neither are 99% of the records mentioned

IF ever you get chance to re-listen, Barbara Pennington's song 24 Hours A Day is absolutely superb, was back then, sounds even better now.

It was manufactured /written by Levine for the purpose of making money as were most of the others i mentioned . You could say Billy Ocean would tick all the boxes for northern soul at that time and it was not manufactured for the scene

It came from a time when certain people were exploiting the scene for what they could get out of it

i saw Barbara Pennington live at the Casino back in the day also Evelyn Thomas and L J Johnson .They were typical mime artists I think Evelyn even managed to get on top of the pops. This stuff might sound alright to you but it was the reason me and many many more left the scene. The true northern was being replaced by manufactured music and anything original and new would be hammered to death , bootlegged and on sale at russ's record hut up stairs within two weeks it was a terrible time which almost killed of northern completely ! IMHO

ANYTHING with a tinny disco beat...

Do you really think it's that good Steve??

Played twice at the Wheel on Sunday, absolute f**kin shite, was , is and always will be

Shelly

I'm a big fan of 'man of value'

If you want to send me yours pm me.

Also, 'comin home in the mornin' is sublime!

Can I just say that the original version of Man OF Value by the Del Royals is a masterpiece. Don't like the Tyrone Barkley version.

Four records from exactly the same period which always make me feel as if I'm coming down, badly...

sue lynne - don't pity me

wakefield sun - trypt on love

john leach - put that woman down

harley hatcher - soul hustler

always reminds me of bad Wigan nights for some reason

Edited December 14, 201113 yr by Pete S

tim tam and the turn ons / wait a minute..,absolutely garbidge,nothing soulfull in that pile of crap !!! sounds more like the beachboys

amazing as it sounds that's probably doing a dis-service to the beach boys :

Never expected to see The Parliaments - Don't Be Sore At Me nominated,but we all have our own tastes and opinions.

Yes agrees Douglas - very surprised to see the Parliaments in this list - great Detroit Soul in my opinion

ugh that Little Richard record is real stupid, Get Down OFF IT! What a generic sound

Can I just say that the original version of Man OF Value by the Del Royals is a masterpiece. Don't like the Tyrone Barkley version.

Four records from exactly the same period which always make me feel as if I'm coming down, badly...

sue lynne - don't pity me

wakefield sun - trypt on love

john leach - put that woman down

harley hatcher - soul hustler

always reminds me of bad Wigan nights for some reason

Which is the exact opposite to me.... (with the exception of Wakefield Sun) I loved those tunes, and still do!

Now, show me a copy of The Halos "Come Softly To Me" and I'd quite happily smash it into a million pieces! - Just before moving on to any available copies of "Dust my broom"

One that i cannot stand The Snake -Al wilson, reason, you always get some joker who maybe only went to one northern venue in the seventies in his life ,and now always requests it to be played as its most likely the only one he knows. Then goes on to regale you of all his past experiences.

Which is the exact opposite to me.... (with the exception of Wakefield Sun) I loved those tunes, and still do!

Now, show me a copy of The Halos "Come Softly To Me" and I'd quite happily smash it into a million pieces! - Just before moving on to any available copies of "Dust my broom"

I play The Wakefield Suns version of "Get Out" as a compromise.Good record without the slow intro.

I play The Wakefield Suns version of "Get Out" as a compromise.Good record without the slow intro.

It's crap. All versions are. Except Harold Melvin's.

In my opinion, obviously

It's crap. All versions are. Except Harold Melvin's.

In my opinion, obviously

No no no....it's good IMHO

No no no....it's good IMHO

have you heard the version by Bob Kuban? Or did I imagine it. LP track I think

tainted fkin love load o hollyokes