One of the exciting things about going to a Northern Soul dance is the participation of the crowd.

Some records just lend themselves to more than just a few steps on the dancefloor and clapping in time to the beat or the break becomes part why that particular record is popular. so much so that many Northern tracks "lose" a certain excitement when played at home even loudly.

Did this clapping start at the Wheel? It was certainly well established by the time of the Torch.

Whats your favourite participation record then?

Epitome of Sound "You dont love me" does it for me, the clapping bit is not so obvious but sounds fantastic echoing around a venue.

Dave Banks

Tony Clayton was the guest? and me(came a bit later as we were pulled by Gloucesters finest ds on the way into town..no result)

thought Leons cousin ran it?

Steve

Best clapping ever was at the Major Lance all-dayer at Hanley costant louder and louder "Soul Clapping" what an atmosphere ,i think i sent the tape to Wiganer 1 maybe he could put it up on here?

Sorry Steve. Memory fuddled in the mists of time. Tony Clayton does stir some memories.

yvonne baker - didn't say a word.quite tricky to get right ! i love a good clap!!

Moody & The Deltas, huge Morecambe tune. Even bigger clapper!

theres a great video of a lad getting it so wrong that he just stops dancing and walks of the floor..

its on a video of 30th wigan anniversary at kings hall...

cant remember the song but its worth looking at..

Maximum clappage of the male and female variety

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY1QkFKWJiw

Hitting the mid eighties on this.

HI ALL And a big hand for Mr Clap?.There is only a few real great NORTHERN SOUL RECORDS that it does not matter who you are! it's like chocolate irresistible and infectious to doing a double hand clap, Miss LL a massive ALL-NIGHTER HAND CLAPPER DAVE

Edited November 17, 201113 yr by gordon russell

Well i use to give the odd clap back in the day but havent done it for years !!!! I thought untill listing to one of my all time favoret tunes i realised i still give it a couple of claps one with the first clap in the tune and the second on the fifth clap in the tune .Then i realised the claping continued through the record with a grt pice of saxphone coming on clap 100 in all ther around 150 give or take a few claps .I was quite gob smacked on how many there where during this cracking track . I have herd it played out three times this year first at the 100 club then at Burnley and lastley by the main man himself Karl Herd in the rare room at Radders a few months ago .

Edited December 2, 201113 yr by Irish Spinner

Clappage is the friendly gunfire of the soul scene.

Clapping is good i think !!

 

There are the 'claps' and simply clapping along - they are different things.

Even in the later days when I was a pup in the early 80s I remember coming home with my hands actually bruised (plus joggers nipple and durophet vertigo of course).

Dx

The claps are ace (as said not just clapping along), adding drama and atmosphere as does foot stamping. Clapping a good DJ spin is also ace!

Imo. 

On 17/11/2011 at 19:04, gordon russell said:

 

great tune on my wants list 

On 14/11/2011 at 13:54, ScooterNik said:

Moody & The Deltas, huge Morecambe tune. Even bigger clapper!

rock & roll tune