Just have had word that Dave McCadden passed away on Sunday Night in hospital in Manchester, two years after being diagnosed with a brain tumour.

Dave was respected and well known on the soul side of things for his various writings and the fanzines that he run over the years. He was a member/visitor on here a few times since the start of the site, the first time was when featured clips of some of his Soul Galore writings and was then just setting off down the comedian road, he returned now and again over the years and was an active member fairly recently.

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Just have had word that Dave McCadden passed away on Sunday Night in hospital in Manchester, two years after being diagnosed with a brain tumour.

Dave was respected and well known on the soul side of things for his various writings and the fanzines that he run over the years. He was a member/visitor on here a few times since the start of the site, the first time was when featured clips of some of his Soul Galore writings and was then just setting off down the comedian road, he returned now and again over the years and was an active member fairly recently.

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this is terrible news

daves articles from those old mags from the 70's were awsome reading and provided me with some great memories from wigan casino i would never have esle known.

spoke to dave many times about the old days and his soul galore mags are excellent and very witty

a sad loss indeed

rip mate

regards

mark freeman

This actually made me cry. Dave was a bit of a lad but he was the funniest bloke you could ever know. He really inspired me with his anarchic and don't give a shit type of writing. Damn this is awful news, I spoke to him about a month back and he actually told me he was going to die and I thought it was one of his pranks!

Another sad loss. Didn't really know Dave personally but heard lots about him. My sympathies and condolences to his family.

R.I.P.

Sweetsoul adds there condolences do Daves Family at this very sad time

will be truely missed

Doug

So sad news this, through Garv on here I was informed that time was running out and I knew he was not going to live that long, I PM'd him a few times and we had a right laugh about the mag, his wit and wisdom will be remembered by many on these pages, I actually made a dedication to him on the internet soul show Radio Magnetic in December (which is archived) and he sent me a PM thanking me for it and admitted that he felt very proud that someone like me would give him a mention after scarpering with my years subs in the mid 90's, such was the wit of the man, a sad loss and my condolences to his family, he will be keeping all the great soul stars upstairs in fits and no doubt telling some of them they're records were crap!, soul on Dave R.I.P.

Lenny

So sad news this, through Garv on here I was informed that time was running out and I knew he was not going to live that long, I PM'd him a few times and we had a right laugh about the mag, his wit and wisdom will be remembered by many on these pages, I actually made a dedication to him on the internet soul show Radio Magnetic in December (which is archived) and he sent me a PM thanking me for it and admitted that he felt very proud that someone like me would give him a mention after scarpering with my years subs in the mid 90's, such was the wit of the man, a sad loss and my condolences to his family, he will be keeping all the great soul stars upstairs in fits and no doubt telling some of them they're records were crap!, soul on Dave R.I.P.

Lenny

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youre right there mate

remember his review of the wigan joker on bee

and his scathing attack on the dj who spun it saying there was only one wigan joker at Wigan and that was the DJ

great humour,,

Back in the day when the internet was all fields, Soul Galore was a major factor in rekindling my interest in Rare Soul. It was an irreverent, hilarious and hugely important resource for me and I suspect many others.

I never had the pleasure of meeting Dave, only corresponded with him a couple of times, but his larger than life personality shone through his writings. I will treasure my copies even more now.

To a true one-off - Thanks Dave, rest well.

I will treasure my copies even more now.

So would I if Barry James hadn't "borrowed" all mine.

I'm sure Dave would have approved of his magazine being bootlegged, so if anyone wants to sell me some photocopies

im really shocked to read this and sorry to say i didnt even know he was ill as i havnt spoken to him for 5/6 years,as SWEENY said above SOUL GALORE mag is to be treasured, way before the internet took off they were sometimes handy for reference but above all they were funny and you could read them over and over and its true ive thrown them in my suitcase on many a holiday incase i needed some holiday reading,last year i was in madeira i went to bed one night pulled one out and ended up staying up all night and ended up reading the lot laughing my head off.

my tribute quote THE FUZZ- IM SO GLAD copies of this are commoner than my cleaning lady....

R.I.P DAVE McCADDEN

This news has me crying & shaking as i write this, Dave McCadden was the funniest man ive ever met. At the Rugby dayer on Saturday i met Eddie Hubbard & we had our normal chat about Dave & the things he used to get up to, Dave was a rebel but one with a real heart & wit.

Dave`s contribution to the Northern soul scene with his punk style attitude was a breath of fresh air ......... f*** it ........ i loved the guy & will miss him very very much.

Dave is standing next to Jonny Vegas after winning the best new comedian ( north west)

Edited February 14, 200619 yr by garv

This news has me crying & shaking as i write this, Dave McCadden was the funniest man ive ever met. At the Rugby dayer on Saturday i met Eddie Hubbard & we had our normal chat about Dave & the things he used to get up to, Dave was a rebel but one with a real heart & wit.

Dave`s contribution to the Northern soul scene with his punk style attitude was a breath of fresh air ......... f*** it ........ i loved the guy & will miss him very very much.

Dave is standing next to Jonny Vegas after winning the best new comedian ( north west)

We knew this was coming didn't we Gary , but it's still such a shock . As much a part of the Casino as Mrs Woods , Dean Parrish and a thousand other things .Easily the funniest guy I've ever met , and a character with a capital C . Seems really sad that just as he was becoming successful with one of his best assets he was taken from us .Rest in peace Dave , Best ,Eddie

Sad news indeed.One of the true characters on the scene, I remember him from the days of Soul Time mag and along with Dave & Rod being responsible for parting with most of my wages back in the seventies.Hadn't seen him for years just the occassional mention on Richards show. R.I.P. Dave and our condolences to his family.

Pete & Hilary.

Sad news indeed about Dave my thoughts and prayers are with his family and close friends.

On a personal note Dave has left me with many funny and happy memories over the years

for which I am forever grateful...........

VERY SAD NEWS INDEED,dave was a top block and real fun to be with, spent many funny hours with him ,he will be sadley missed bye all the north wales gang !!

RIP ! old mate regards to our family at this sad time

steve thomas

Very sad news indeed- being back on the scene again for 6 years it makes you think of the people you knew from the past who you had good times with are no longer around- tears in my eyes for this

RIP Dave

Sad news, back in the 80's Dave asked Pete Lawson and me to help with articles for "Groovin a-la Go-Go", which marked his return to the scene, several hilarious times spent putting it together, to say it didn't set the scene alight would be an understatement but, it was very, very funny and after it's lack of sucess Dave disappeared for a few years again, tales of Daves' antics are legion and mostly unprintable, a true character and one-off and one I'm glad to have known.

RIP Dave

I think he was a man who loved the scene but realised it wasn't the whole world; just an exciting and hilarious part of it. RIP (it up).

sad news indeed

i remember spending a couple of afternoons with dave back in the late 80ss up in morecambe and remember grooving a la go go he was a man passionate about the music is how i remember him

think he did some writing up at st martins college lancaster for a while im sure he put on a couple of plays up there

didnt know hed made it to comedy though

i loved reading his account in dave nowells book on getting the rare soul sevenes at bbc radio manchester when they were chucking all their rare soul stuff out in the late 70ss very funny reading

on a personal note ill always be grateful for dave selling me two great sevens

bobby womack home is where the heart is

lillian hales the signs were wrong

rest in peace Dave

Never really knew him but exchanged quite a few emails last year & he sent me a copy of his infinished Soul Galore (No10) the only one I've seen but great reading, can anybody photocopy any for me? A very warm & funny bloke, such a shame

My condolences to Dave's family. A sad loss. RIP

Very, very sad news.

However, most of my memories of Dave involve me pissing myself laughing - whether it's people getting all steamed up at his spoof interview with Tony Middleton or his dying his hair blond and insisting that he was to be known as "The Soul Fox".

We used to get the bus from Wigan to Bolton after the allnighters and I remember as a naive 15 year old being scared that a few more years on the scene would turn me into someone who looked like him. And his merciless rippng into me for saying the Johnny Jones version of Purple Haze was better than Hendrix one.

Keep on taking the piss wherever you are mate.

Tooley

what a sad loss, such a funny man who said it as he saw it. Dave you will be sadly missed R I P xxx

Sad loss, same as budgie knew him years ago and he was a larger than life character ,heard his name mentioned by richard a few times on the radio his remarks were as cutting and funny as ever, if i remember rightly di'ntd he have a record player in every room downstairs so that he could play a record as soon as he got in after buying it.

Read about his death yesterday as there was a link on soul talk to a comedy site, did not realise he had become so respected in that field i remmeber him saying that he was going into stand up, but did not know he had done so well.

heartfelt wishes to his family, gone too early,

mark

Edited February 14, 200619 yr by mark.b

Used to see dave down at tony justs place in the under ground market in manchester in the late 70s,was a very funny guy,condolences to his nearest and dearest.

I think the best article was the one in manifesto about,dave,rod shard and dave withers and that amazing haul of UK demos at a recording studio in manchester all 20 pence each I think and dave telling richard searling about the find and he enquired about a track by chapter five,who were kind of semi-known for a version of "one in a million" Mr Searling has a look through,you've guessed it comes back with "you can't mean it" dave always said it only became a big record 'cause he'd left it behind,(priceless)RIP Dave

Mick

Not seen the man since the 70's, well known face in Manchester,

Sounds, the Douglas,Ducie Bridge back to Sounds then on the train for tthe old Wigwam,

Carolines, Black Bird(Gaetano's) was in all these places,always skint!! but never mind who wasn't?

Then he'd disappear for a few months.

Next time you saw him would be at Rod Shards and Dave Withers place in the underground market or Tony Justs. Gawd knows where he'd been.Coupla months later he'd be gone again, ah well.

Another one down, but we'll all meet again.

Tony

Just heard the news and I am pretty devastated despite never meeting Dave. Dave McCadden was responsible for putting Soul View on the UK (and beyond) soul map, encouraging words and passing on his contributors to me (Eddie Hubbard, Wayne Hudson, to name but a few) and even adding his own knowledge and wit - which will be sorely missed. We spoke several times on the telephone and often made attempts to meet but unfortunately that never happened. My sincere condolences to Dave's family and all who share the loss. God rest you Mate.

David

Just heard the news and I am pretty devastated despite never meeting Dave. Dave McCadden was responsible for putting Soul View on the UK (and beyond) soul map, encouraging words and passing on his contributors to me (Eddie Hubbard, Wayne Hudson, to name but a few) and even adding his own knowledge and wit - which will be sorely missed. We spoke several times on the telephone and often made attempts to meet but unfortunately that never happened. My sincere condolences to Dave's family and all who share the loss. God rest you Mate.

David

How old was Dave? RIP

Cheers

Paddy

How old was Dave? RIP

Cheers

Paddy

47 or 48 i think Paddy

Lenny

47 or 48 i think Paddy

Lenny

I've just seen this. Im really sad about it and I've emailed Dave W. in case he's unaware of the news.

We had a f...ing good laugh back in the day.

ROD

I'm really sad to hear this, didn't know he was ill and the news took my breath away, Last saw Dave in Llandudno about 7 years ago but in the seventies he was a fixture at The Ritz all-dayers. We had a row once and I got pompous enough to ban him from coming into The Ritz but he was so funny and such a great character that the ban lasted all of 10 minutes. RIP.

47 or 48 i think Paddy

Lenny

Hi Lenny

Thanks for this mate, I was going to offer my condolances in my column in Blues & Soul

Cheers

Paddy

Got to know Dave through letters, phone calls and in recent times email.

His sarcism and witty writings about Northern Soul kept me informed and entertained and its easy to see why he became a comedy success,

Hearfelt sympathies to his family and friends on losing an honest, upfront and funny loved one, gone too early.

Record review taken from Dave McCadden's Soul Galore, Issue 2_December 1996

jades****

I'm where it's at (nite life)

Oh if only i had a nicker for every time someone asked about the time i borrowed Searling's copy of the Jades.

Its one of those stories that just wont go away, so I may as well get the facts down here right now. It was way back in August 1978. I was 21, untouchable, Like most people feel at that age. I had a fairly large and impressive record collection; I was picking up a few things from the States: I was a regular at most of the top venues; I had written for Black Echoes for over a year. I was starting to feel that maybe I was something of a face on the scene. I could do no wrong, Life was about to give me a really good kick up the arse!!

I hadnt published a fanzine for a couple of years, but I felt it was such a healthy scene that someone ought to start writing it all down. As usual it was down to me. There had been a couple of other fanzines that had started up but they hadnt documented the real grassroots movement - most of them were just mentioning a few of the records being played by the editor and an awful lot of saying "Hi" to their buddies. Do me a favour!

For some reason I decided that Nite Life would be a good name for a mag. Obviously I nicked the name from the record label that had issued the Jades I'm where its at, but who could have blamed me for that. It had a lot of credibility - for a start there was only one copy in the country, in the hands of the country's top jock, Richard Searling. It really was mega rare. And I could borrow it!

Richard and I saw a lot of each other in those days and we had become good friends - he even wrote an article for #1 of my first ever Northern Soul mag, Soul Time. All I had to do was ask. "Hey thanks, Richard of course I'll look after it I know it's the only copy in the country; sure I'll guard it with my life, no sweat relax, you worry too much!" honestly, that Searling - what's his problem? Sure enough I borrowed the record and photocopied the record label to use for my cover and had no problems whatsoever. I had planned to meet Richard at the Ritz All-dayer on Sunday to return the record. He was late that day and I was booked to Dj at a northern Soul night in Bury. A mate of mine was supposed to meet me at the Ritz with my Dj-ing box. He didn't' turn up either. As the hour finally came when I had to set off for Bury, I gave up on him and trotted off to the nations capital of black puddings. Tucked under my arm was a pile of cheapo boots I'd bought from Kev Roberts for 25p each - and the Jades!

A good night was had by all as I dazzled the dozen or so soul fans with my Selectadisc bootlegs which had been big sounds the previous year - and of course my shit rare copy of the Jades! I was in no rush to tell anyone I had borrowed it from Richard. Well they never asked! At the end of the night I piled out with a group of mates and headed for the late night bus stop. Someone mentioned chips. Good idea. The chippie was a bit further down the road so we walked off to the next bus stop to fill our faces. As I stood in line at the chip shop I plonked my pile of records on the cool melamine counter and waited for the chinaman to bring my late night feast. When everyone was served we loitered across the road at the bus stop, getting well stuck in to our grub before the bus arrived. "Where's your records, Dave?" oh shit, I'd left them in the chippie. I wasn't too bothered about the pressings but I certainly didn't want to lose that Jades. I bombed over the road and asked the chippie owner for the records. He nipped into the back and handed me the sounds. Phew! That was close!

As we sat on the back seat of the bus someone asked for "just one more look" at the Jades before it was returned to its rightful owner. I flipped through the pile of sounds. As I reached the bottom of the pile I suddenly realised something was dreadfully wrong. The record was in a cardboard cover, but it had suddenly swelled to about two inches thick. I pulled out the record to an astonished gasp - it looked like an ashtray! After we had left the shop, the owner had picked up the records and put them on top of a hotplate in the back room. The record on the bottom of the pile (it had to be The Jades didn't it?) had been subjected to tremendous heat and had concertina'd into a grotesque and swollen piece of vinyl. When I laid it down on the seat it was almost two inches high! Perversely, the label was undamaged - it just sat there, untouched and laughing at me! Our initial gasps of astonishment rapidly turned into hysterical laughter. Someone said to me, " I don't know what you're laughing at Dave - what are you gonna tell Searling?" Yeah, right what WAS I gonna tell him?

Two nights later I sat in the car belonging to the Northern Soul scene's top DJ., waiting to get into the northern soul night at Caroline's nightclub "Stick with me, Dave", he said, "I'll get you in for nothing"

Oh stop it Richard , you're not making this any easier. And the conversation went something like this:

Did you bring the Jades?

Oh yeah, course I did.

Good.

I had a bit of a problem with it though.

You've not broken it have you?

Don't be silly Richard, course I haven't broken it.

Good, cos that's my top sound at the moment

(Gulp) here it is...

like a magician with a rabbit I suddenly produced this molten lump from inside my jacket and dropped it on his lap. You should have seen his face. It was somewhere down by the clutch pedal. What the...!

Okay, hands up now. Who'd be in my shoes? But to be fair to Richard he was absolutely brilliant about it. I'd just bid £ 100 for a copy of the same record in Martin Koppel's auction, so Richard said I could give him the £ 100 instead. What a great guy! He can probably laugh about it now- I just get the tremors when I think about it. Thanks, Richard.

Er, so there you are. The Jades has of course been bootlegged, but it's one of those pressings that has been changing hands for a few bob. It will probably set you back £6 for the horrible silver label job. Originals look like the one across the page (one went for £600 last year) apart from one copy which now looks like a tarantula on its wedding night. I'm thinking of starting a new magazine called 'Soul' - d'you think Tim Brown will lend me his copy of Frank Wilson's 'Do I love you'????!!!!

Nice one Dave

Hi,

If any of you would like to attend the funeral. His family have said all are welcome and that he wanted a "big" send off.

Details can be found here https://mikelanders.myzen.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=7968

Also, I am compiling a list of tributes to this great man on manchestercomedy.com. If you would like to add your thoughts and memories of Dave to that list, which will be sent to his family. Please email angie@manchestercomedy.com

Edited February 16, 200619 yr by Angie

If anyone from my part of the world i.e. Wolverhampton, Brum etc would like to go, I'll drive us up...let me know...I'd like to attend.

Sorry I forgot to mention. if you are going please let Paul Haslam know my calling or texting.

01706 639 106 or 079 578 66771.

He needs to let the family know roughtly how many people are planning on coming so they can make sure there's plenty of room.