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As a lot of members will proberbly remember a thread  I started 2/3 years ago called Who Discovered What, which turned out to be a long running and enjoyable thread about which djs or patrons of all nighters discovered which tunes. Which brings me to my first vist to wigan around76/77 thinking

 back to some of the tunes I heard on that first visit and not having a clue which jocks played them and were they the first to play them ?or where they spun somewhere else first by a different dj at another allnighter first,  the tunes what came to mind that night are 

   Marie knight that's no way to treat a girl

   Joey heather ton call me baby 

    Lynne Randell stranger in my arms

    Shane Martin I need you 

    Paula Durante if he were mine 

    Lorraine silver lost summer love

     So who played them at wigan and were they the first to spin em  ?

 Thinking this could be an interesting , informative and maybe an argumentative thread, maybe there's tunes who ss members would like to know who spun first

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Marie Knight was Alan Rhodes

Joey Heatherton - Richard

Lynne Randell  was already known from The Torch

Shane Martin probably pre dated Wigan via local clubs

Paula Durante was Richard

Lorraine Silver was discovered at St Ives and Wigan didn't get it for a long time afterwards

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Thinking back, I had Lost Summer Love before it was played at Wigan, I ordered a 4 track emisidsc off JM and when it came, Down In The Dumps was missing and Lost Summer Love was on there, nobody had heard it round our way and I had to ring him and ask him what it was all about!

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Thinking back, I had Lost Summer Love before it was played at Wigan, I ordered a 4 track emisidsc off JM and when it came, Down In The Dumps was missing and Lost Summer Love was on there, nobody had heard it round our way and I had to ring him and ask him what it was all about!

I was gonna mention that! Definately before it was played at Wigan... was that the same emi that came with Chris Cerf - Sweet Music on it, cos that was before Wigan plays as well if I remember correctly...

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I was gonna mention that! Definately before it was played at Wigan... was that the same emi that came with Chris Cerf - Sweet Music on it, cos that was before Wigan plays as well if I remember correctly...

 

No that was something else I ordered and he sent me someone elses record - Chris Cerf aka len Barry b/w The Fabulettes aka Barbara Mills, we had no idea about either of them and again, Wigan didn't get them for a few weeks.  I sent that back I think...

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Thinking back, I had Lost Summer Love before it was played at Wigan, I ordered a 4 track emisidsc off JM and when it came, Down In The Dumps was missing and Lost Summer Love was on there, nobody had heard it round our way and I had to ring him and ask him what it was all about!

 

My understanding is that Lorraine Silver LSL was discovered by Mick Maguire ( Norwich DJ ). He found it in a record shop in Cambridge. 

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My understanding is that Lorraine Silver LSL was discovered by Mick Maguire ( Norwich DJ ). He found it in a record shop in Cambridge. 

 

That is very true.  I remember buying a John Andrews Parlophone demo off him for £20, sold it for £25, ended up in Spain...this was only in the mid 90's as well.  Also had bros Grimm demo off him when it was barely known, Linda lewis, loads - top British collector.

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Was always played as a big oldie but never heard it in the main room on a proper saturday night.  I have a distinct memory of my friends Gill, Andrea and Karen dancing in unison to this at an oldies night, great dancers.

Was played in the main room on the 1st nite I ever went, my mate had it taped sounded awesome at the time lol. I'm sure minshull played it

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That is very true.  I remember buying a John Andrews Parlophone demo off him for £20, sold it for £25, ended up in Spain...this was only in the mid 90's as well.  Also had bros Grimm demo off him when it was barely known, Linda lewis, loads - top British collector.

 

Mick is Billy Whizz's younger brother. I heard him DJ recently in Norwich and he played some fantastic records The Mar J's Got To Find A Way being one of them.

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No that was something else I ordered and he sent me someone elses record - Chris Cerf aka len Barry b/w The Fabulettes aka Barbara Mills, we had no idea about either of them and again, Wigan didn't get them for a few weeks.  I sent that back I think...

 

i had rcvd Chris Cerf in a soul pack from Soul Bowl which i covered as Shane Martin and played locally in Skegness..unknown to either ,around the same Sam was playing it as Len Barry..

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Was played in the main room on the 1st nite I ever went, my mate had it taped sounded awesome at the time lol. I'm sure minshull played it

 

Would have thought Dave Evison, not Keith.

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Couple to clear up......

Lynne Randell(Mecca 1973 after the Torch had closed. Ian Levine). Never remember this at the Torch.

Joanne Courcey(Twirl) a failed Wigan spin in 1974. I found this in a Soul Pack from a Belper, Derbys newsagents along with Paula Durante-Your Not My Kind.

 

Happy New Year...... :D

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Couple to clear up......

Lynne Randell(Mecca 1973 after the Torch had closed. Ian Levine). Never remember this at the Torch.

Joanne Courcey(Twirl) a failed Wigan spin in 1974. I found this in a Soul Pack from a Belper, Derbys newsagents along with Paula Durante-Your Not My Kind.

 

Happy New Year...... :D

 

Kev, Lynne Randell booted on the Torch's Out Of The Past label, first series not second white label series so 1972/73

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Kev, Lynne Randell booted on the Torch's Out Of The Past label, first series not second white label series so 1972/73

 

yes i had it on the blue stars label..but when i bought it i'm sure the Torch has already closed..i can remember it as being a biggie between Torch and Casino..and it often appears in the clubs ads of that period..if it was played at the Torch surely mustve been at the end?..btw the full list of ootp pressings (not all pressed) appeared in April '74..inc Lynne Randell...

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Pete- The Out of the Past label came in late 73. There is no way Lynne Randell was a big Torch record. Hose Streeters...come on in!

When Ian Levine took over at the Mecca from Keith Minshull in the Late Summer of 73, it became one of his first major spins. 

The White OOTP came first........I worked out of Marsh Parade, Newcastle at the time for Chris Burton.

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Pete- The Out of the Past label came in late 73. There is no way Lynne Randell was a big Torch record. Hose Streeters...come on in!

When Ian Levine took over at the Mecca from Colin Curtis in the Late Summer of 73, it became one of his first major spins. 

The White OOTP came first........I worked out of Marsh Parade, Newcastle at the time for Chris Burton.

 

hmm..i always thought the stars design came first..but can remember both designs being for sale at the same time (if that makes sense)..i also remember the white ootp's being 4 for £1 (pre packed) on sale at the Queens hall allnighter in Apr '74..maybe the presser got a bit windy and tried to get rid quick..

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hmm..i always thought the stars design came first..but can remember both designs being for sale at the same time (if that makes sense)..i also remember the white ootp's being 4 for £1 (pre packed) on sale at the Queens hall allnighter in Apr '74..maybe the presser got a bit windy and tried to get rid quick..

This is what we love a bit of friendly debating  :thumbsup:

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I seem to remember the white label ootp`s being available on mail order in the first instance?

The stars design(which was awful) definitely later.

 the International soul club..ISC had a massive list of titles but many never surfaced..i'd like to know which are the rarest?..'chained & bound' seems scarce..

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Joey Hetherington was brought into uk by Siz after a trip to Belguim. We played it for a couple of months at greatstone mid 70's then sold on to Richard who covered it up a Cindy Scott. Think Kev Roberts found a few and unmasked it. Great picture cover.

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the " kid " was played at the wheel

 

samantha jones

 

Andre Brasseur may well have been played a as new releases in the 60's.

Samantha Jones definitely pre Wigan but revived at Wigan with the occasional play from Richard, Russ, Alan, mainly 1977.

Samantha Jones was massive just about everywhere in 74..and especially at Wigan..lots of emi discs about with this and connie clark for £5

 was really big

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Pete- The Out of the Past label came in late 73. There is no way Lynne Randell was a big Torch record. Hose Streeters...come on in!

When Ian Levine took over at the Mecca from Keith Minshull in the Late Summer of 73, it became one of his first major spins. 

The White OOTP came first........I worked out of Marsh Parade, Newcastle at the time for Chris Burton.

 

No they didn't Kev, the white OOTP's came after, look at the number sequence for goodness sake, and the fact that some of the last ones are rarely seen, the shooting star label was first, the clue is that the first one is number 001.

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No they didn't Kev, the white OOTP's came after, look at the number sequence for goodness sake, and the fact that some of the last ones are rarely seen, the shooting star label was first, the clue is that the first one is number 001.

 

Plus you've got certain Chicago soul artists who appeared at the Torch helping out with pressing the OOTP bootlegs...

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No they didn't Kev, the white OOTP's came after, look at the number sequence for goodness sake, and the fact that some of the last ones are rarely seen, the shooting star label was first, the clue is that the first one is number 001.

An aside from this i found about 300 of the buggers along with about 100 Verve Baby I love You and a load of Sussex 45s in a Brick Lane junkshop.....work that one out!! great thread btw.Can it be merged with the original thread

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Plus you've got certain Chicago soul artists who appeared at the Torch helping out with pressing the OOTP bootlegs...

 

yes apparently so..and thats the way i remember it..stars first..i think my first buy was 'skiing in the snow' invitations bluish green stars..sound quality not brilliant..followed shortly after by 'Stranger in my arms' i think around mid 73 ish maybe bit later..and the white ones were being sold at the end of the queens hall niter by the bucket load..mostly the less in demmand titles..bill black , persionettes etc..btw have never seen detroit land apples, jean Carter, Milton wright etc on this label...

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yes apparently so..and thats the way i remember it..stars first..i think my first buy was 'skiing in the snow' invitations bluish green stars..sound quality not brilliant..followed shortly after by 'Stranger in my arms' i think around mid 73 ish maybe bit later..and the white ones were being sold at the end of the queens hall niter by the bucket load..mostly the less in demmand titles..bill black , persionettes etc..btw have never seen detroit land apples, jean Carter, Milton wright etc on this label...

 

They don't exist mate that's why...

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An aside from this i found about 300 of the buggers along with about 100 Verve Baby I love You and a load of Sussex 45s in a Brick Lane junkshop.....work that one out!! great thread btw.Can it be merged with the original thread

 

i think there was a glut of the white ootp's..and some surfaced years later in quantity..the verve ambers was always very common, many thru bostocks and bradford market..

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Also you've got the label name Out Of The Past on the coloured label ones, then the white label ones (all on styrene by the way) just have the initials OOTP, where did that come from if there hadn't been a fully fledged Out Of The Past brand name first - and why start the label at number 20 or 30  something instead of 001?  

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