Does anyone remember the first version of this instrumental.

Not the Roulette Original, but the version that someone spliced together from various sources, intro etc.

It was obviously the Roulette version but with a different intro etc, PYE tried to copy a few months later but it was different.

I remember hearing it at the time, obviously it was on an acetate, also heard at venues.

It was then released by PYE with their version/changes and released with Chuck Wood on the other side.

Anyone?

Edited January 10, 200619 yr by 45cellar

Does anyone remember the first version of this instrumental.

Not the Roulette Original, but the version that someone spliced together from various sources, intro etc.

It was obviously the Roulette version but with a different intro etc, PYE tried to copy a few months later but it was different.

I remember hearing it at the time, obviously it was on an acetate, also heard at venues.

It was then released by PYE with their version/changes and released with Chuck Wood on the other side.

Anyone?

Yes Rog, remember having this on an acetate lp in the past, differant intro, proper car horns differant tempo,

thought it was wow then, but I'm nearly growed up now

Mark

Seem to remember it was a Sousan jobby

Edited January 10, 200619 yr by billytheboot

Check this out chaps...and turn it up loud!

Edited January 10, 200619 yr by Pete-S

Check this out chaps...and turn it up loud!

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See if its working now..

Haven't heard that atmosphere for such a long time

Haven't heard that atmosphere for such a long time

Sad thing is you probably won't again Pete.

Closest I got to it, was Stoke a couple of times a few years back.

Edited January 10, 200619 yr by Soulsmith

Haven't heard that atmosphere for such a long time

WOW that was quick, The Atmosphere you're right, just as I remember - "Brilliant Times".

It was nice to hear it again after all these years, just as I remembered it. Thanks, the atmosphere, hand claps, Magic. Footsie, part of Northern Soul history and it will no doubt stay there but I enjoyed listening to it on this occasion - Wonderful stuff.

I know that the track isn't in vogue now but at the time when Instrumentals were played quite often, I'm suprised that this version was never booted on vinyl, or did PYE beat them to it on this occasion.

Edited January 10, 200619 yr by 45cellar

Brill,should be the next 100club anniversary record,maybe we can re-create the same atmosphere again,

Brill,should be the next 100club anniversary record,maybe we can re-create the same atmosphere again,

Haven't heard that atmosphere for such a long time

Pete you took the words right out of my mouth Fk me forgot how could that atmos was Even that choon sounded brill then. kin ace How lucky were we?

DJ

at the time it was right.........mind you gear helped is it true that there is no film in the archives when they danced to it on TOTP ? would be fun to see the dancers again ( and the clothes )Pete S will know ?

at the time it was right.........mind you gear helped is it true that there is no film in the archives when they danced to it on TOTP ? would be fun to see the dancers again ( and the clothes )Pete S will know ?

Apparently it's gone - I used to have a mate at the BBC who used to nick me quite a bit of footage (Top Of The Pops mainly - er, David Bowie stuff, Xmas specials etc) and I asked him to look for that and he never found it. Also when they re-ran every episode they'd got from the 70's on UK Gold, it wasn't there. I know, I taped all of them

guess what..I ve been saying ''lets revive this 45'' for years

even asked top djs to play it.........and ''no'' none of them told me to F-off. Bob H insley was quite nice about

guess what..I ve been saying ''lets revive this 45'' for years

Think it was "of its time" mate - like the Jewels. Just wouldn't be the same now, you had to be there. Although we've all matured a bit I must admit to having goosebumps listening to that clip. Thanks Pete!

Hippo.

As with whats been put into a previous thread, THIS is the one that did it for meeee!!!!!"

What about the dancers on TOTPs anyone remember who they were? I think one of them was Neil Greenwood.

Are any of them still on the scene full time??

Edited January 11, 200619 yr by OoooRICKoooO

Amazing.....

Goodness me, here's another one, if this doesn't get your spine tingling you must be dead!

Got to have these three as well Pete

guess what..I ve been saying ''lets revive this 45'' for years

even asked top djs to play it.........and ''no'' none of them told me to F-off. Bob H insley was quite nice about

I managed to get Shifty to play it at Cleethorpes w/ ender on the sunday night a few years back .It's hard to imagine how massive this record was at the time , and Pete's sound clip epitomised why I loved Northern Soul in the first place , that atmosphere was almost frightening !! Best ,Eddie

enough's enough now stop this sillyness..............

the roullette copy is on e bay now,some sad sad people.

Pete and Sister Dawn thankyou so much for those wonderfull sound clips.I was never at the Casino I started goin to allnighters about a year after it closed and haven`t heard many taped nights from the Casino.It made me go week at the knees listening to the punters.WONDERFULL.,sort of puts things into context Northern Soul wise.

it had the same effect on me Andy, I will post this one up, no music but what it was all about and how people must have felt when these words were spoken by Russ.

For more live venue clips and sounds go to the hinkley soul club website places listed are the palais, the torch, the casino etc etc. Great site this one and have some crackin sounds

Edited January 11, 200619 yr by Sister Dawn

it had the same effect on me Andy, I will post this one up, no music but what it was all about and how people must have felt when these words were spoken by Russ.

For more live venue clips and sounds go to the hinkley soul club website places listed are the palais, the torch, the casino etc etc. Great site this one and have some crackin sounds

Perfect! and thanks for the info on live clips

Pete and Sister Dawn thankyou so much for those wonderfull sound clips.I was never at the Casino I started goin to allnighters about a year after it closed and haven`t heard many taped nights from the Casino.It made me go week at the knees listening to the punters.WONDERFULL.,sort of puts things into context Northern Soul wise.

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hi andy

i only caught the casino right at the end,,and went the last three all niters...but the casino changed me FOREVER

a few years later my mate gave me 3 tapes of the 5th anniversary from wigan and they BLEW me away with the atmosphere as well as the sounds.

this not only started me on a 21 year pilgrimage to get all the sounds played at wigan but also collecting live wigan casino tapes,,,im currently upto 95 tapes of the casino from oct 73 to the end of an era ..and are as important to me as my record collection....

im also in the middle of writing a book about my live tape expliots and some of the sounds ive tried to get over the years..

ive got all the tapes catalogued and have identied some great forgotten tunes from this great era that have hardly seen the light of day since...

spent many hours ringing up pete smith and others over the phone asking' whats this record - you've got to tell me' and the poor buggers could hardly hear owt down the phone..

for anyone that interested,,im ALWAYS looking to buy.sell swap my tapes for more of the same,,,im aiming to get all my fave oldies on a live tape and get all the sounds from the tape on vynil...

anyone wants a copy of my list ,email me at wiganer1@btinternet.com

ive also done a comp cd of the BEST atmosphere from wigan from 73 to the last night with some great tunes given the Wigan Casino treatment..

sad git aint i but I DONT CARE

keep the faith

mark 'fluff' freeman

Just got in from work.Fantastic post.Took me right back to when I was a 17/18 yr old.You could almost smell the atmosphere.

Thanks to those who put the sound clips up.

Dave.

Goodness me, here's another one, if this doesn't get your spine tingling you must be dead!

Tainted Love

I wish I had a Time Machine.

The first time that I actually heard it, Danced to it, The Atmosphere, The Handclaps.

Records like Tainted Love thoroughly deserve their place.

"SPINE TINGLING" you're right Pete

Listening to the ENERGY! - I sat back to listen to it & nearly spun out of the computer chair.

Magic

Thanks everyone.

Edited January 11, 200619 yr by 45cellar

Just got in from work.Fantastic post.Took me right back to when I was a 17/18 yr old.You could almost smell the atmosphere.

Thanks to those who put the sound clips up.

Dave.

I never personally liked footsee but listening to that makes me remember why most of my friends did, the 3 before 8 and tainted Love, what can I say, brings tears to my eyes hearing those songs like that claps and all, you can feel the energy in that room full of youngsters.

This was what it was all about and to all those knockers of oldies and the more younger people ( who would actually have been considered old foggies back then ) on the scene today who poo poo Wigan and that era just don't have a clue about what it was like and I am afraid to say they never will have, and before anyone says oh it was the gear everyone was on then thats rubbish too as I and quite a few people didn't take so much as an asprin.

Goodness me, here's another one, if this doesn't get your spine tingling you must be dead!

Reminded me of how fortunate I am to have experienced such an important time. (Unfortunately misunderstood by the media)

You're right Karen - "old foggies" at the time were only too quick to find fault - If only they really knew what it was about

Edited January 11, 200619 yr by 45cellar

I never personally liked footsee but listening to that makes me remember why most of my friends did, the 3 before 8 and tainted Love, what can I say, brings tears to my eyes hearing those songs like that claps and all, you can feel the energy in that room full of youngsters.

This was what it was all about and to all those knockers of oldies and the more younger people ( who would actually have been considered old foggies back then ) on the scene today who poo poo Wigan and that era just don't have a clue about what it was like and I am afraid to say they never will have, and before anyone says oh it was the gear everyone was on then thats rubbish too as I and quite a few people didn't take so much as an asprin.

Sums everything up beautifully. Sometimes when I play those old Wigan tapes, I really do get a tear in my eye.

Sums everything up beautifully. Sometimes when I play those old Wigan tapes, I really do get a tear in my eye.

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be careful if youre buying the US demo of footsee,,its the vocal version..

der dad der der da der der,na na na na na na na.........honk honk!!!

Listening to those tunes its difficult to put it into words,but we were lucky people

Brian Rae says goodbye to Wigan Casino...(listen to the precision clapping!)

Edited January 12, 200619 yr by Pete-S

Brian Rae says goodbye to Wigan Casino...(listen to the precision clapping!)

So pleased that someone decided to record stuff like this, Totally Awsome!

Just listened to clips and f*ckin hell f*ckin great atmosphere. Don't think you'll ever get anything like that again.

Here's the last ever play of Yvonne Baker...

Just listened to clips and f*ckin hell f*ckin great atmosphere. Don't think you'll ever get anything like that again.

Your right you'll never get anything like that again, truly awesome, mind you all the big venues had great atmospere in them days, Cleeththorpes, Blackpool Mecca (espicially the all-dayers) Unity Hall at Wakefield, Queens silver jubilee 1977!!

Here are a couple of really nice moments - well I dunno if nice is the right word...

the first one is an actual tape of me falling over at Wigan in 1977. The record is John E Paul and as the chorus builds to a climax, I do a fantastic spin and go right off the edge of the dance floor and fall over an adidas bag, fortunately the tape recorder picks this up

secondly is a clip of The Pointer Sisters "Send him back", it follows the dreadful Pat Williams Orchestra, now what you need to know is when this was recorded which was around April 77, Send Him Back hadn't been played in the big room for over a year...just listen to the reaction from the people picked up on the microphone. This sort of thing makes absolutely no sense to most people but it sent a huge shiver down my spine. (Ignore the fact that the tape is slightly fast, batteries were going)

Better make this the last clip of the night I think, this was recorded the night Archie Bell and the Drells were on, great atmosphere that night (18-6-77), this is the Four Seasons I'm Gonna Change, just posted up because of the great clapping really

Here's the last ever play of Yvonne Baker...

Where is the archived material? We are constantly bombarded with some ageing rock group on their final tour, since their last final tour retiring just in time for their next final tour!

Why can't we have a purpose made GOOD documentary/programme DVD containing any remaining footage/sounds like this? Not a Tongue in cheek attempt by someone who doesn't understand or really care what it was all about.

I know that our scene has always been an underground scene, so often misunderstood.

I have always felt let down by the media over the years.

The missed opportunities throughout the years to capture these magic moments on film, doesn't bear thinking about.

Surely it wouldn't do todays scene any harm if we had a GOOD informative look at our wonderful past. After all is this not where the roots of today's music lies?

Where is the archived material? We are constantly bombarded with some ageing rock group on their final tour, since their last final tour retiring just in time for their next final tour!

Why can't we have a purpose made GOOD documentary/programme DVD containing any remaining footage/sounds like this? Not a Tongue in cheek attempt by someone who doesn't understand or really care what it was all about.

I know that our scene has always been an underground scene, so often misunderstood.

I have always felt let down by the media over the years.

The missed opportunities throughout the years to capture these magic moments on film, doesn't bear thinking about.

Surely it wouldn't do todays scene any harm if we had a GOOD informative look at our wonderful past. After all is this not where the roots of today's music lies?

It only survives in the hands of the likes of us my friend...

secondly is a clip of The Pointer Sisters "Send him back", it follows the dreadful Pat Williams Orchestra, now what you need to know is when this was recorded which was around April 77, Send Him Back hadn't been played in the big room for over a year...just listen to the reaction from the people picked up on the microphone. This sort of thing makes absolutely no sense to most people but it sent a huge shiver down my spine. (Ignore the fact that the tape is slightly fast, batteries were going)

Aww.. wow.. that is brilliant

Aww.. wow.. that is brilliant

I'm glad you think so Rach, I've listened to it over and over, the noise that one girl makes sounds almost orgasmic

It only survives in the hands of the likes of us my friend...

It sort of underlines my point - The Media scored an own goal by not realising the potential of the footage that they once had.

We Treasure any footage we have, so it couldn't be in safer hands now.

Edited January 12, 200619 yr by 45cellar

Where is the archived material? We are constantly bombarded with some ageing rock group on their final tour, since their last final tour retiring just in time for their next final tour!

Why can't we have a purpose made GOOD documentary/programme DVD containing any remaining footage/sounds like this? Not a Tongue in cheek attempt by someone who doesn't understand or really care what it was all about.

I know that our scene has always been an underground scene, so often misunderstood.

I have always felt let down by the media over the years.

The missed opportunities throughout the years to capture these magic moments on film, doesn't bear thinking about.

Surely it wouldn't do todays scene any harm if we had a GOOD informative look at our wonderful past. After all is this not where the roots of today's music lies?

Your right it would be good to do this but with everything it boils down to cost and licence's

Your right it would be good to do this but with everything it boils down to cost and licence's

Plus you'd just be telling the same story. If you remove the artists from SWONS you've got the best documentary there is about the history of Northern Soul. That will do for me. Besides, apart from US, not many people want to listen to bootleg quality audio tapes, no matter what they contain.

Your right it would be good to do this but with everything it boils down to cost and licence's

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i cant believe theres no more footage of wigan on film?

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i cant believe theres no more footage of wigan on film?

Mick Smith knows a guy who recorded a load of cine-film there in 74, bloke still has it but won't part with it apparently!

Feel the heat.....

Bloody hell, i'm tingling all over what brilliant memories, the clapping sounds like a well drilled army unit. Thanks to all for the clips.

Anyone got any of this stuff on cd?

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