Now then chaps. My first inkling that Northern Soul existed was sometime in 1973 when a geezer from Peterborough had Saxie Russell is our friend written on his school satchel. This guy went on to DJ at St.Ives very briefly around 1975 and his name was Bruno, of Italian extraction. Anyway, I posted the record on Facebook as a tribute to our elder Hose Street brethren, Max Rees, Dave Taylor, Dave Ferguson and Paul Donnelly. However, and much to my surprise, I was told it was never actually played there. Was this a post Torch, transitional record, played at somewhere like Sale Mecca, before going big at Wigan/Blackpool then?

CATACOMBS, WOLVERHAMPTON...graham warr bought it back from the states on one of his epic record buying journeys along with a host of other never-to-be-forgotten classics. blue max made it the club anthem....wigan made it stellar. note: max was a law unto himself, he never went to the states...he didnt need to , with his little book of contacts and he had a good many monster tunes before ANYONE else, thus, saxie russell came his way. he cut me an emidisc of it...and i promptly wore it out!!,...i also love this record so much that i split my head open on a concrete beam in the club doing a flying backdrop to it...ah, fabulous memories!!

Edited October 25, 201212 yr by AGENTSMITH

Ahhh.. now I understand. Thanks very much for that. Blue Max, Pep and The Cats. What would the scene have been without 'em, eh?

Ahhh.. now I understand. Thanks very much for that. Blue Max, Pep and The Cats. What would the scene have been without 'em, eh?

and just for good measure, lets get anorak ( yes, its that old chesnut before you all chime in! ) due to a printing error, there are copies with the record label name: thomas, spelt tomas, thus its infinitely harder to find and costs more.

I bought one off Mick Smith for 25 sovs (the normal one) in 1989 when I started my second collection which I've long since sold. :-(

might be wrong here but is the intro , and maybe other bits, taken from the showstoppers houseparty ?

I don't think so. The Showstoppers intro and song structure is completely different to my ears...

Always reminds me of Tommy Cockburn from Falkirk in his DJ slots

memories oh the memories

Great Chicago!

no not the whole song macca , i mean there is a similar psychedelic sound effect for a few seconds. . . . . or maybe its just me hahaha

Always reminds me of Tommy Cockburn from Falkirk in his DJ slots

bought a demo from a guy called Wayne Vaghetti at the casino for £5..it had 1/2'' crack running from the centre outwards..it always bothered me ..so i sold it on...

Great Chicago!

Great proper allnighter record, full of that Northern soul atmosphere!!

OOPS!! Just seen post 4, answered the question

Edited November 7, 201212 yr by HARRY CROSBY

Great record,absolute stormer,I seem to recall Tony Dellar playing it a lot and wasnt it a favourite at the Howard Mallett?Very fond memories connected to being with friends all having highly stimulated nervous systems including Gav r.i.p,Wilky,Rug etc all playing air saxphone along to the breaks,imo this record used to inspire more air saxophone playing on and off dancefloors than any other record I can remember.Goergina from cambridge was excellent at this skill,top class air saxophone player and person!

Edited November 7, 201212 yr by manusf3a

anybody got a copy for sale?

Great tune. Deffo a top 50 all time greatest NS tune. Had a pink issue way back when.

Ed