As a first generation mod just wondered if its all RnB at mod do's these days, is there any beat type records played such as The Action or The Creation or any garage 60s type music, be nice to know if anyone has info,

Lenny

As a first generation mod just wondered if its all RnB at mod do's these days, is there any beat type records played such as The Action or The Creation or any garage 60s type music, be nice to know if anyone has info,

Lenny

r'n'b , beat , latin , boogaloo , funk , northern , club soul , freakbeat , psyche

think that about sums it up

Davie

r'n'b , beat , latin , boogaloo , funk , northern , club soul , freakbeat , psyche

think that about sums it up

Davie

Ya missed good old Jazz out of that list mate...

....and Ska

Ya missed good old Jazz out of that list mate...

....and Ska

ooops sorry

Did you go to The Scene club.. if so what was it like

The music which dominates the scene is R&B if we are talking about so called 'proper' Mod do's, there are other nights such as the Untouchable's do's where you have a mix of Mods / Skinheads and Psyche/Hippie types, but at a Mod only event i would say it is at least 85% R&B - Also the reason i dont go to these nights anymore I prefer the current soul scene, better music & generally easier going people, though as with anything, good and bad on both scenes!

Ste.

Did you go to The Scene club.. if so what was it like

Different end of the country Simon, i'm from Edinburgh where clubs like McGoos, The Place, The International and The Gamp were top mod shops and they always played a good mixture but soul was my number one although at a recent Friday Street promotion where my son was in a band I was knocked out by the beat/psych records that were being played,

Lenny

r'n'b , beat , latin , boogaloo , funk , northern , club soul , freakbeat , psyche

think that about sums it up

Davie

What about Scooterist Do's Davie?.......completely different?

Col

Being a mid / late 80s mod - seem to recall lots of boogaloo / hammond / jazz / R&B mainly - Recall Dj Dom ( Where is he now ? ) spinning Creation - Makin Time a lot

A few Fave sounds from that era -

Washington Smith - Fat Cat

Freddie Hubbard - Return Of The Prodigal Son

Monguito Santa Maria - Hey Sister

Googie Rene - Smokey Joes

Four Gents - Soul Sister

Mr Dynamite - Sh'mon

Kinda summed it up for me -

ATB

Rich

Different end of the country Simon, i'm from Edinburgh where clubs like McGoos, The Place, The International and The Gamp were top mod shops and they always played a good mixture but soul was my number one although at a recent Friday Street promotion where my son was in a band I was knocked out by the beat/psych records that were being played,

Lenny

...Did you have a restored SX200 in a recent-ish copy of Scootering magazine by any chance?

Ste.

...Did you have a restored SX200 in a recent-ish copy of Scootering magazine by any chance?

Ste.

Sorry mate, was'nt me

Lenny

Different end of the country Simon, i'm from Edinburgh where clubs like McGoos, The Place, The International and The Gamp were top mod shops and they always played a good mixture but soul was my number one although at a recent Friday Street promotion where my son was in a band I was knocked out by the beat/psych records that were being played,

Lenny

That's interesting. I've only got info on the London Mod scene. I always thought it had everything, probably the most fascinating youth culture for me. . Some of me mates still dress like Mods and play in a band called Voodoo Boiler , but that may have changed .

Edited April 4, 200619 yr by Simon M

Being a mid / late 80s mod - seem to recall lots of boogaloo / hammond / jazz / R&B mainly - Recall Dj Dom ( Where is he now ? ) spinning Creation - Makin Time a lot

A few Fave sounds from that era -

Washington Smith - Fat Cat

Freddie Hubbard - Return Of The Prodigal Son

Monguito Santa Maria - Hey Sister

Googie Rene - Smokey Joes

Four Gents - Soul Sister

Mr Dynamite - Sh'mon

Kinda summed it up for me -

ATB

Rich

Add Little Sonny Wade In The Water, Jr Wells Stomach Ache, Buddy Miles cut of Memphis Train and Don Drummond Man In The Street and you're away.

What about Scooterist Do's Davie?.......completely different?

Col

yeah i'd say so col ... different breed altogether , not mod really at all , though some mod does get played as does classic northern

That's interesting. I've only got info on the London Mod scene. I always thought it had everything, probably the most fascinating youth culture for me. . Some of me mates still dress like Mods and play in a band called Voodoo Boiler , but that may have changed .

Interesting story about London mods from that era, a load of them came up to Edinburgh at the owner of the clubs invite and they could'nt believe the sound that were playing in the club that night, an old friend of mine who used to dj there said they were asking him for The Crystals and The Ronettes , and believe this or not a couple of them had sales boxes!, two of which I still have today, Mel Torme--Comin Home Baby and Sharon Tandy--Hold On, but the clothes they were wearing were unbelievable compared to the rubbish we had in the shops up here, great days and memories

Lenny

Recall Dj Dom ( Where is he now ? )

ATB

Rich

Dom Bassett - last saw him at 'The Underground' weekender at Skegness about 7 years ago.

Gamba has reappeared on London Scene, seen him posting on Modculture, presume he would know of Doms whereabouts nowadays???

Add Little Sonny Wade In The Water, Jr Wells Stomach Ache, Buddy Miles cut of Memphis Train and Don Drummond Man In The Street and you're away.

Is Don Drummond same as this?, its a bit long cause its live,but when it gets going i like it,just thought i would share this with you

Interesting story about London mods from that era, a load of them came up to Edinburgh at the owner of the clubs invite and they could'nt believe the sound that were playing in the club that night, an old friend of mine who used to dj there said they were asking him for The Crystals and The Ronettes , and believe this or not a couple of them had sales boxes!, two of which I still have today, Mel Torme--Comin Home Baby and Sharon Tandy--Hold On, but the clothes they were wearing were unbelievable compared to the rubbish we had in the shops up here, great days and memories

Lenny

Great memories , I hope they never went up there by scooter or mini .

Great memories , I hope they never went up there by scooter or mini .

No idea Si but if I remember correctly there were some tasty lookin scoots outside that night and my cousin and myself positively drooling over them, wish i'd had a bloody camera in those days

No idea Si but if I remember correctly there were some tasty lookin scoots outside that night and my cousin and myself positively drooling over them, wish i'd had a bloody camera in those days

Italians hey , style and even more style . I had a GP 200 1972 reg .., Jon buck on here had a few scoots and loadsa spares in the early 80's if i remember rightly

Edited April 4, 200619 yr by Simon M

Add Little Sonny Wade In The Water, Jr Wells Stomach Ache, Buddy Miles cut of Memphis Train and Don Drummond Man In The Street and you're away.

Aye! Bloody hell! Junior Wells - loved that record! - memories memories. Some more..

Ray Barretto - Soul Drummer

Maximillian - The Snake

Sonny Stitt - Double O Soul

Johnny * King Casuals - Soul poppin

Young Holt Trio - Wack Wack

Rufus thomas - Jump Back

jimmy Witherspoon - Moneys Gettin Cheaper

Kim Melvin - Do The Popcorn

Used to buy loads of this stuff from PJ Ludlam from Oldham for daft money like 20p / 40p / 60p - Still knocking out lists now I think after what must be 20 years! Might have to send for one for old times sake

Still got a Dom Bassett tape somewhere giving away a copy of Creatio - Makin Time if you guessed the next track - Which was BTW My generation by The Moody Blues - cool mod jazz workout!

ATB

Rich

We put on a mod do in Sheffield that so far has been a great success. I put my later set up on a mod site so might as well put it here to show what we play. I dont suppose I'm representative of the whole scene, but this is what I played and it went down well, played similar at Mousetrap too, so I guess it's fairly popular at the moment. Nothing revolutionary, but it was to a packed full dancefloor in the last hour.

Earlier on, I played probably more deeper R&B maybe.

(It's the Pow Wow club and the next one's 15th July by the way, at the DNR Live club Sheffield ...all mods, ex-mods & soulies & everyone welcome! )

Chantels - Indian Giver

Kingsize Taylor - Somebody's always trying

Troy Dodds - The real thing

John Andrews - It's just love

Curtis Lee - Is she in your town

Bo Jr - Coffee Pot

Lloyd & Glenn - mini skirts & go go boots

thingy & thingy - thing and thing thing thingy

Victoria Williams - Show some sign

Benny Spellman - this is for you my love

Tobi Lark - sweep it out in the shed

Barbara Lynn - i dont want a playboy

Johnathan Capri - gonna build a mountain

Otis Lee - Hard Row to hoe

Thingy Thingy - i can't go

Cleveland Robinson - work song

Oscar Brown Jr - Humdrum Blues

Tony Middleton - Spanish Harlem

Tito Puente - hit the bongo

Billy Hawks - Oh Baby I believe I'm losing you

Little Nicky Soul - I wanted to tell you

Jasper Woods - hully gully papa

Ernie Washington - Lonesome Shack

Baby Huey - Monkey Man

Mike Pedicin - Burnt toast and black coffee

Joanne Campbell - I changed my mind jack

Manny Corchado - Pow wow

Edited April 4, 200619 yr by mik parry

and if you like mik's list come to basics on may 13th in edinburgh as miks one of the guest ..... see that seamless haha

lol Davie, that's what you call a shameless plug 'one-two'.

Well if Mik & Davie Can do it....!

Shake is a fairly good representation of a current Mod scene club..... tho not so much of the Psych / freakbeat stuff gets played there. Well none at all actually!

here's my playlists from last months.

early set

Peppermint Harris - Little Girl (Jewel)

Scatman Crothers - Golly Zonk (HBR)

Mighty Joe Young - Suffering Soul (Webcor)

Ricky Ricks - Chained & Bound (Sure Shot)

Joe Hinton - How Long Can I Last (Back Beat)

Jimmy McGriff - Kiko (Solid State)

Willie Mitchell - My Babe (Hi)

Lowell Fulsom - Lovin' Touch (Kent)

Herbert Hunter - Push Away From The Table (Spar)

Betty Everett - I've Got A Claim On You (One-derful)

Lionel Hampton & His Orch. - Sometimes I'm Happy (Glad)

Lamp Sisters - No Cure For The Blues (Duke)

Late Set

Zu Zu Blues Band - Zu Zu Man (A&M)

Rodge Martin - Close My Eyes (& Open Up My Mind) (Newark)

Lenny Williams - I Couldn't Find Nobody (Fantasy)

Forris Woods - Stoned On Love (Abbott)

Roger & The Gypsies - Pass The Hatchet (Pt.1) (Seven B )

Russ Lewis - Brand New Recipe (Sharp)

Darrow Fletcher - The Pain Just Gets A Little Deeper (Groovy)

Betty Lavette - I Feel Good All Over (Calla)

Erma Franklin - Gotta Find Me A Lover (Brunswick)

Barbara Acklin - Just Ain't No Love (Brunswick)

The Exits - You Gotta Have Money (Gemini)

Trini Lopez - Sinner Not A Saint (United Modern)

Cookie Jackson - Do You Still Love Me (Progress)

The Orlons - Don't You Want My Lovin' (Cameo)

Willis Wooten - Your Love Is Indescribably Delicious (Virtue)

Roy Roberts Experience - You Move Me (Pt.1) (House Of The Fox)

Andre Williams - You Got It & I Want It (Ric Tic)

Minnie Epperson - Grab Your Clothes (& Get On Out) (Action)

More of the same / similar this Friday!

Edited April 4, 200619 yr by Rowly

good man rowly ....

£500 mod monster and a damn fine tune to boot.

Trini Lopez - Sinner Not A Saint (United Modern)

Superb vocal.

yeah i'd say so col ... different breed altogether , not mod really at all , though some mod does get played as does classic northern

Pretty much what I thought.

Last scooterist do I went to - 3 years ago, best received record was 'Nelly The Elephant'

Not a critiscm of their scene, just not my cuppa T.

Col.

great set Rowly

Zu Zu Blues Band - Zu Zu Man (A&M)

watch this one go!!

A few Fave sounds from that era -

Mr Dynamite - Sh'mon

Can anyone put an mp3 or suchlike up of this please.

Rodge Martin - Close My Eyes (& Open Up My Mind) (Newark)

Forris Woods - Stoned On Love (Abbott)

Russ Lewis - Brand New Recipe (Sharp)

Troy Dodds - The real thing

Billy Hawks - Oh Baby I believe I'm losing you

Great sounds on your and Mik's playlists, although I didn't have the Forris Woods in my mind as particularly modish! Rodge Martin needs more spins.

Great revelation came for me in about 1984 when Paul Hallam knocked out a couple of cassettes of what he was playing, fantastic stuff across the board like Thelma Harper Unchain My Heart, Mr Dynamite, Maximillian, Soul Sisters Good Times Tonight, Leavin' Here (think it was the Birds version), Bo Street Runners, King of Kings, all sorts of wonderful stuff that was representative of what was being played at the time.

It definitely varies depending on whereabouts in the country you are.

Last time I went to a do in Scotland it was much more across the board than you'd ever see in London.

The bit in between generally seems to be an RnB stronghold.

London has a couple of factions, one with a definite anti-Northern Soul bias and the other, (New Untouchables) much more Soul friendly (Guest DJs at the next allnighter me and Val Palmer. Goal!). They run alternative allnighters for those who want Soul/RnB and those who want freak/psyche/garage.

Well if Mik & Davie Can do it....!

Zu Zu Blues Band - Zu Zu Man (A&M)

Anyone got a mp3 of Zu Zu Man they could post for me?

Cheers

Paddy

Anyone got a mp3 of Zu Zu Man they could post for me?

Cheers

Paddy

There was a soundfile posted in thread about it on here a couple of weeks ago....

Anyone got a mp3 of Zu Zu Man they could post for me?

Cheers

Paddy

link to it on one my pages:

https://hometown.aol.co.uk/Nmd0003/march/zuzuman.mp3

great set Rowly

Zu Zu Blues Band - Zu Zu Man (A&M)

watch this one go!!

I wish it would bloody well go. A long long way away. The sooner the better!

Dom Bassett... used to be a really good mate of mine we was in the same scooter club in 84 the first impressions... I new him when he first started djing at the civic in orpington he used to carry a little box of 50 records on the back of hes mauve vespa 90 which was called "love machine" top bloke we had many laughs together, havn't seen him for years.

Pretty much what I thought.

Last scooterist do I went to - 3 years ago, best received record was 'Nelly The Elephant'

Not a critiscm of their scene, just not my cuppa T.

Col.

depends on the type of scooterists..

I'm a scooterist but I only listern to Northern yet I have scooterist mates that hate Northern. They like Ska Phsyco billy etc... and when they are all peed up nelly the elephant. so they can be annoying on the dance floor..

and if you like mik's list come to basics on may 13th in edinburgh as miks one of the guest ..... see that seamless haha

Smooth segue Davie - I'll be there ! :-)

Hammy

what have mods got do with anything soulfull,soul music was never a big part of the orig mod scene,we are talking the WHO etc who were a big part of the mod scene,nothing wrong with that,but why have all these revivalist mods hooked onto the northern scene,i am a soul boy, been nowt else all my life,apart from an occasional football hooligan,which has got nothing to do with my taste in music anyway.

so why dont all latter day mods bog off,listen to the who and hammond organ music,and leave the soul scene well alone.

what have mods got do with anything soulfull,soul music was never a big part of the orig mod scene,we are talking the WHO etc who were a big part of the mod scene,nothing wrong with that,but why have all these revivalist mods hooked onto the northern scene,i am a soul boy, been nowt else all my life,apart from an occasional football hooligan,which has got nothing to do with my taste in music anyway.

so why dont all latter day mods bog off,listen to the who and hammond organ music,and leave the soul scene well alone.

pardon .... original mods listened to black music , r'n'b and the likes ...THE WHO ARE SHIT apart from maybe one song ..mind you depends on what you are basing original mods on i'm thinking more 61-64 ..

and no i wasn't there being only 35

what have mods got do with anything soulfull,soul music was never a big part of the orig mod scene,we are talking the WHO etc who were a big part of the mod scene,nothing wrong with that,but why have all these revivalist mods hooked onto the northern scene,i am a soul boy, been nowt else all my life,apart from an occasional football hooligan,which has got nothing to do with my taste in music anyway.

so why dont all latter day mods bog off,listen to the who and hammond organ music,and leave the soul scene well alone.

Soul boys aren't into soul, they drive Ford Cortinas, listen to Jazz Funk and have bumfluff moustaches.

what have mods got do with anything soulfull,soul music was never a big part of the orig mod scene,we are talking the WHO etc who were a big part of the mod scene,nothing wrong with that,but why have all these revivalist mods hooked onto the northern scene,i am a soul boy, been nowt else all my life,apart from an occasional football hooligan,which has got nothing to do with my taste in music anyway.

so why dont all latter day mods bog off,listen to the who and hammond organ music,and leave the soul scene well alone.

Oh no!

I'm living a lie. Goodbye Cruel World.

What's that? Uni Ted is a geordie?

Oh thank God for that, for a moment I thought he might not have been talking complete and utter sh*te...

what have mods got do with anything soulfull,soul music was never a big part of the orig mod scene,we are talking the WHO etc who were a big part of the mod scene,nothing wrong with that,but why have all these revivalist mods hooked onto the northern scene,i am a soul boy, been nowt else all my life,apart from an occasional football hooligan,which has got nothing to do with my taste in music anyway.

so why dont all latter day mods bog off,listen to the who and hammond organ music,and leave the soul scene well alone.

Ted

Me & most of my friends were mods to start with, probably quite a few people on here too. That's how I got into soul music when I became a mod at 13. The music I was listening to then is pretty much what I listened to now & no I never liked The Who either. Soul music was quite a big part of the mod scene in my opinion, cant speak about in the 60's as I wasnt born then, but it was in the 80's.

I take it you arent a mod fan then Ted, I'll see if I can dig out one of my old mohair suits for Saturday at Piercebridge especially for you

Kirstyxx

what have mods got do with anything soulfull,soul music was never a big part of the orig mod scene,we are talking the WHO etc who were a big part of the mod scene,nothing wrong with that,but why have all these revivalist mods hooked onto the northern scene,i am a soul boy, been nowt else all my life,apart from an occasional football hooligan,which has got nothing to do with my taste in music anyway.

so why dont all latter day mods bog off,listen to the who and hammond organ music,and leave the soul scene well alone.

That's the funniest thing I've ever read on this forum.

Well done!!!

I think mods would have been listening to soul before anyone else in this country, depends on where you date the birth of 'soul' I suppose.

To me, the mod ethic is not about liking what 60s mods liked anyway (although it's a myth that mods liked the Who by the way), it's about liking quality music, which (arguably ) justifies them liking northern soul.

That's the funniest thing I've ever read on this forum.

Well done!!!

Funny? I'd say he's got some balls writing that dumb ass shit! :fool:

what have mods got do with anything soulfull,soul music was never a big part of the orig mod scene,we are talking the WHO etc who were a big part of the mod scene,nothing wrong with that,but why have all these revivalist mods hooked onto the northern scene,i am a soul boy, been nowt else all my life,apart from an occasional football hooligan,which has got nothing to do with my taste in music anyway.

so why dont all latter day mods bog off,listen to the who and hammond organ music,and leave the soul scene well alone.

Surely just a bit of chain yanking going on as that's about as ill informed as saying Northern Soul died when Wigan closed

Surely just a bit of chain yanking going on as that's about as ill informed as saying Northern Soul died when Wigan closed

Or even Wigans Ovation were a great soul band or that the Casino Classics label is very collectable