dedji1955 Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 16 minutes ago, maslar said: So is anyone going to make a copy and post it here. . And no Venus, I'm not losing my bodily functions. To view the video you need to have a gmail or google account to send to Pete Smith who will then send you a link to view it.. Anyone on FB can send the link to Pete in a pm.. I'm sure plenty of folks have petes email address and could get the link via email 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Mike Posted November 4, 2016 Author Share Posted November 4, 2016 22 minutes ago, Chris Turnbull said: Great article yep the euro stuff is interesting Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Back Street Blue Posted November 4, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted November 4, 2016 (edited) Some of the people in that video were part of the backbone of what "the scene" was to me when I was introduced to it. I am not and never was a collector, just a dancer minding my own business and drinking it all in. Footsee was wank but it was a floor filler in its day. There is no secret society, let it go ffs. Those who are glad they were too young and so missed the early 70's clapping, music, clobber and gear and snear at it now aren't really qualified to express anything other than a totally unqualified point of view......you weren't there and you obviously don't get it. If Pete Smith has taken his ball home then who can blame him? A lot of quality, knowledge and fun seems to be evaporating from this site, which is a real shame. Edited November 4, 2016 by back street blue grammatical error 1 3 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
dedji1955 Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 5 minutes ago, back street blue said: If Pete Smith has taken his ball home then who can blame him? There are reasons it was changed so that you need a gmail/google account and I'm sure it wasn't all down to Pete.. Anyone wishing to view it can.. It takes 2 mins to set up an account.. If folks can't contact Pete PM me their address and I will arrange for the link to be forwarded 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Back Street Blue Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 1 minute ago, dedji1955 said: There are reasons it was changed so that you need a gmail/google account and I'm sure it wasn't all down to Pete.. Anyone wishing to view it can.. It takes 2 mins to set up an account.. If folks can't contact Pete PM me their address and I will arrange for the link to be forwarded Hiya Fred, yeah I know why it was taken down and didn't mean that, looks like Pete's had enough "feedback" from some of the genius's on here generally. 1 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Mike Posted November 4, 2016 Author Share Posted November 4, 2016 48 minutes ago, back street blue said: Hiya Fred, yeah I know why it was taken down and didn't mean that, looks like Pete's had enough "feedback" from some of the genius's on here generally. can we get back to talking about the video - if wanna talk about the site or members then best do it in support forum herehttps://www.soul-source.co.uk/forum/41-support/ cheers mike Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Mike Posted November 4, 2016 Author Share Posted November 4, 2016 once you start looking... heres another bit of background trivia from Billboard July 1968 issue this time its more about the orig 45 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=xwoEAAAAMBAJ 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Chris Turnbull Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 For completion Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Woodbutcher Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 That's got to be a recent bootleg ... lol Best I could find was the 70's re-issue ... Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Geeselad Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 On 03/11/2016 at 20:39, bo diddley said: Sorry, the bad news is.... who first played it and what was it covered as? 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Bo Diddley Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 On 04/11/2016 at 15:16, geeselad said: who first played it and what was it covered as? I think it was covered as Odd Billy and The Bad Boys. Possibly a Russ spin but not sure. I've seen the TOTP clip now. It's strange how the memory plays tricks as I don't remember it just being gymnastics out of step with the music. Anyway, here is a clip of the original Chosen Few. They left the TOTP set saying they wanted to dance to something with more musical integrity. No accounting for taste. 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Frankie Crocker Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 5 hours ago, mike said: here's some related background the 1975 billboard issue features a brief word about the promotion and production of the 45 in an article about european disco scene also mentions a competition to find the best 3 'clappers' all before my time tf! image for reference... Great clip. I always thought I was going to a club in Wigan and now it turns out to be a discotheque. But now there's hope for us all as we enter our 60's and 70's - clapping competitions instead of dance-offs. Bags I clap to Tainted Love... Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Frankie Crocker Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 Back to the clip. Vaguely recall seeing it on a TV at a soul-night in Central London a few years ago. How many copies of the original take are out there? I would have thought the only person worried about the WCF clip was the person who removed it from the BBC archive: that said, I don't suppose the BBC cares who took it. The only people who have an interest in the video clip are us so can we please have it back? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Mike Posted January 30, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 30, 2018 9 years on from the original post.... (and exactly 43 years today since first broadcast - 30-1-75 ) the full clip is now up 5 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Amitwiirly Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 On 04/11/2016 at 16:12, bo diddley said: I think it was covered as Odd Billy and The Bad Boys. Possibly a Russ spin but not sure. I've seen the TOTP clip now. It's strange how the memory plays tricks as I don't remember it just being gymnastics out of step with the music. Anyway, here is a clip of the original Chosen Few. They left the TOTP set saying they wanted to dance to something with more musical integrity. No accounting for taste. I've seen people recently at a "soul" night dancing just like that and wearing the same dresses Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Geoffrey Gethro Jones Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 On 1/30/2015 at 10:45, Little Anthony said: There is some footage of WCT on TOTP on this youtube clip from 1 min 15 secs for about 15 secs Gethro My celtic shirt green and white if you went to wigan you will know that shirt right hand side of stage just down from the front i never danced right at the front to many bright lights . I received this video the other day brought back a smile happy times who was with me -girl is Ann Rodgers guy spinning near me Tom Mercer other guy Kip all from wigan apparently they added the horns.From wolvo 4 dancers me Jako winston and Steve Powell .Answers to many questions about this and my journey from the cats 'Va Va and other venues of that time to the casino first anniversary dance competition final 1974 can be found in my book '' They danced all night '' 126 five star reviews can be found on amazon .I self published as i wouldn't let anyone alter a single word i write from the heart dominated by the TRUTH of what the northern scene was really like back then . By going on top of the pops we shook up the mainstream establishment a lot of people who had never heard of northern soul came on to the scene and are there to this day .Do i regret a thing no way my reason was simple I just wanted to show pans people this is how you really dance and as you see '' we could all dance '' .Gethro now living in Chicago Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Geoffrey Gethro Jones Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 On 1/30/2015 at 10:45, Little Anthony said: There is some footage of WCT on TOTP on this youtube clip from 1 min 15 secs for about 15 secs Gethro My celtic shirt green and white if you went to wigan you will know that shirt right hand side of stage just down from the front i never danced right at the front to many bright lights . I received this video the other day brought back a smile happy times who was with me -girl is Ann Rodgers guy spinning near me Tom Mercer other guy Kip all from wigan apparently they added the horns.From wolvo 4 dancers me Jako winston and Steve Powell .Answers to many questions about this and my journey from the cats 'Va Va and other venues of that time to the casino first anniversary dance competition final 1974 can be found in my book '' They danced all night '' 126 five star reviews can be found on amazon .I self published as i wouldn't let anyone alter a single word i write from the heart dominated by the TRUTH of what the northern scene was really like back then . By going on top of the pops we shook up the mainstream establishment a lot of people who had never heard of northern soul came on to the scene and are there to this day .Do i regret a thing no way my reason was simple I just wanted to show pans people this is how you really dance and as you see '' we could all dance '' .Gethro now living in Chicago Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Lucky One Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 I remember seeing this clip on top of the pops at the time and being very impressed with it. I was aware of the scene due to a lot of the older lad`s on my estate going to Wigan, like a lot of people of my age (57) it started the ball rolling as regards our involvement on the scene within little over a year I started going to Wigan myself, on this coming Saturday my wife and I are off to Rugby allnighter 43 years later I am still at it so couldn't have been no bad thing. Loved seeing Gethro dancing great to watch and a very nice bloke as well always said hello when I saw him at nighters . Hope he is well and still loving our music as I am to this day. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
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