Rafa Club 6^th December 2014 — Special guest dj Steve Wilson from Middlesbrough.

The penultimate soul night of the year at The Rafa Club in Aycliffe and we’re getting ready for the big xmas bash, so to get things moving in the right direction Steve Wilson agreed to be guest dj and to set the tone for the 20^th December soul night.  Here’s how it all panned out.

 

First up to an empty house at 7.20pm — Paul Shoulder

Nate Evans & Mean Green — The look on your face — DPR

Jo Ann Garrett — Whole new plan — Chess

Yvonne Baker — You didn’t say a word — Cameo Parkway

Deon Jackson — I can’t go on — Carla

Sonny Craver I’m no fool — Musette

O.V. Wright — Love the way you love — Backbeat

Peppermint Harris — Wait ‘till it happens to you — Jewel

Claude Huey — Feel good all over — Early Bird

Quotations — I don’t have to worry — Divenus

Betty Lloyd — I’m catching on — BSG

Earles Inc. — Just an illusion — Zudan

The Experts — My love is real — Tag Ltd

Gwen McCrea — Don’t lead me on - Columbia

 

Steve Wilson was one of the first in and wanted to play early on so here’s his set.

Esther Phillips — Native New Yorker — All about Esther LP

Bobby Taylor — Don’t be afraid — Taylor made soul LP

Tammi Terrell — All I do is think about you — acetate

Garland Green — Ain’t that good enough — Revue

Jimmy Reed Jnr — I ain’t going nowhere — Mercury

Rotations — I can’t find her — Debrossard

Patti Labelle — Take me for a little while - Atlantic

Lorraine Rudolph — Keep coming back for more - Jetstream

Jerry Plunk — I won’t hurt you anymore -

Sidney Barnes — New York City — Blus Tone

Sonny Boy Williamson — Help me — Chess (RnB vocal to “Wade in the water”)

Epitome pf sound — Where were you — Sandbag

Paramount four — Sorry ain’t the word - Kent

Earl Connoly — Make up your mind- Maycon

George Blackwell — Can’t lose my head — Smoke

Wade Flemons — Jeanette — Rasel

Wooden Nickels — Nobody but you - Omen

Joe — L — Worried - Clissac

Danny Moore — Somebody new — All-rite

Commands — No time for you — Back Beat

Four Tracks — Like my love for you — Mandingo

Casanova 2 — We got to keep on — Early Bird

Temptations — Loneliness made me realise — LP

Otis Redding — Loving by the pound — LP

Ron Kenoly — Moving on — Audio Arts

Vonciel Myers — But still I love you — Gaynote

Johnnie Mae Matthews — I have no choice — Big Hit

Bobby Sansome — Don’t leave - Sublime

Martha Reeves — No one there — Tamla Motown

 

Great to hear LP only tracks including the 1978 Esther Phillips (hit for Odyssey in 1977 and also recorded by Frankie Valli) and what a superb version to kick Steve’s set off with. Bobby Taylor backing things up nicely and setting the standard for the rest of the set. Steve Wilson — a great dj, great bloke, great soul man........

 

We were down on dj’s on the soul night so Paul Shoulder followed Steve prior to Paul Ackley’s rare set. Paul Shoulder’s second set :-

Martha & the Vandellas — My baby loves me — Gordy

Barbara Jean & the Lyrics — Why Weren’t you there — Big hit

Albert Jones — 15 cent love — Kapp

The Winstons — Ain’t nothing like  - Curtom

Jackie Wilson — Just be sincere — Brunswick

Brothers of soul — Come on back — Boo

Masquerders — I ain’t gonna stop — AGP

Chosen Few — Birth of a playboy — Canyon

Ted Taylor — Somebody’s always trying — Okeh

Sonny Til — Hey little woman — Parker

Bobby Sheen — Something new to do — WB

Bobby Hutton — Come see what’s left of me — Phillips

Hesitations — Is this the way to treat a girl — GWP

Caesars — Girl I love you — Lanie

Eula Cooper — Let our love grow higher — Super Sound

Carstairs — It really hurts me girl — Red Coach

Montclairs — Hung up on your love — Paula

Ruby Andrews — Just Loving you — Zodiac

Jesse James — If you want a love affair — 20^th C

Mandrill — Too late — Arista

Aretha — One step — Dub Plate.

 

Down on dj’s for the night so it’s a 41 record marathon next from Paul Ackley:-

Earl Wright Jnr — Very Special Girl — Cygnet

Marshall Donovan Broomfield — Since I found my baby — Augusta

Essex IV — My reaction to you — Windmill

Flowers — For real — Expressio

Billy Byrd — Lost in the crowd — Cream (my record of the night and picking up a bit of a following in the north east)

Joey Irving — There’s a man — Baltic

The Grey Imprint — Do you get the message — Clear Hill

Young Bros — What’s your game — Soul Power

Soul Incorporated — My proposal — Coconut Grove

Milton Parker — Women like it harder — Closet

Sam Williams — Love slipped through my fingers — Tower

Gene Toones  -What more do you want — Simco

Lee McKinney — I’ll keep holding on — Sable

Magnetics — Count the days — Sable

Tommy Ridgley — My love is getting stronger — International City

Chuck Holiday — Just can’t trust nobody — Gloria

Mr. Soul — What happened to yesterday — Genuine

Patrinelle Staten — Little love affair — Sepia

Flash  McKinley — I’ll rescue you — Bombay

Imperial C’s — Somebody tell her — Phil La

Earnestine Eady — Let’s talk it over — Phil La — great to see these 2 records side by side on the decks!

Tranels — Blessed with a love — Flo Jo

Lestor Tipton — This won’t change — La Beat

Eddie Parker — I’m gone — Awake

Larry Clinton — She’s wanted in three states — Dynamo

Frankie Beverley — If that’s what you wanted — Sassy

Tomangoes — I really love you — Washpan

Brooks Bros. — Looking for a woman — Tay

Pat Lewis — No one to love — Solid Hit

Yvonne Vernee — Just like you did me — Sonbert

Jimmy Bo Horne — Just can’t speak — Dade

Monique — If you love me — Maurci

Soul Bros Inc. — Pyramid — Golden Eye

Robert Tanner — Sweet Memories — Megatone

Sam Fletcher — I’d think it over twice — Tollie

Mel Britt — She’ll come running back — FIP

John and the Wierdest — Can’t get over these memories — Tie

Del Larks — Job opening — Queen City

Chuck Cockerham — Have I the right — Mala

Nathan Williams — What price Lime

Bob and Fred — I’ll be on my way.

 

Phew — what a set of records !!!!!!!!  I’m knackered typing them out and remembering what it  was like dancing to them — none stop classic rare soul at it’s very best and with Steve Wilson buffering up the soul night to perfection it all made for a great night at The Rafa Club in Newton Aycliffe. If you haven’t tried the place yet — please come along, if you like the records above you’ll not be disappointed.

20th December 2014 is our Xmas bash with special guest dj’s John Parker (York Soul Club) and Davy Mason (Newcastle). The night starts at 7.30pm ‘till 12.30 am and I guarantee you’ll hear nothing but the best the UK rare soul dj’s have to offer.

See you then folks — Keep it soulful.

Regards Paul.

Edited December 9, 201410 yr by Soulboyslim

Not the busiest night we've seen at the RAFA but with Eddie Holman live at Easington,John Howard's big 60th bash up the road, we knew that.

Still a very enjoyable night of top quality music from all dj's and good Craic with top friends.

A plus point being more room for me to dance!

Roll on the 20th of this month, for what promises to be another very busy Xmas special

P.s Dancing to job opening twice in the last seven days.. How spoilt are we!

Edited December 7, 201410 yr by NEV

Rafa Club 6^th December 2014 — Special guest dj Steve Wilson from Middlesbrough.

The penultimate soul night of the year at The Rafa Club in Aycliffe and we’re getting ready for the big xmas bash, so to get things moving in the right direction Steve Wilson agreed to be guest dj and to set the tone for the 20^th December soul night.  Here’s how it all panned out.

 

First up to an empty house at 7.20pm — Paul Shoulder

Nate Evans & Mean Green — The look on your face — DPR

Jo Ann Garrett — Whole new plan — Chess

Yvonne Baker — You didn’t say a word — Cameo Parkway

Deon Jackson — I can’t go on — Carla

Sonny Craver I’m no fool — Musette

O.V. Wright — Love the way you love — Backbeat

Peppermint Harris — Wait ‘till it happens to you — Jewel

Claude Huey — Feel good all over — Early Bird

Quotations — I don’t have to worry — Divenus

Betty Lloyd — I’m catching on — BSG

Earles Inc. — Just an illusion — Zudan

The Experts — My love is real — Tag Ltd

Gwen McCrea — Don’t lead me on - Columbia

 

Steve Wilson was one of the first in and wanted to play early on so here’s his set.

Esther Phillips — Native New Yorker — All about Esther LP

Bobby Taylor — Don’t be afraid — Taylor made soul LP

Tammi Terrell — All I do is think about you — acetate

Garland Green — Ain’t that good enough — Revue

Jimmy Reed Jnr — I ain’t going nowhere — Mercury

Rotations — I can’t find her — Debrossard

Patti Labelle — Take me for a little while - Atlantic

Lorraine Rudolph — Keep coming back for more - Jetstream

Jerry Plunk — I won’t hurt you anymore -

Sidney Barnes — New York City — Blus Tone

Sonny Boy Williamson — Help me — Chess (RnB vocal to “Wade in the water”)

Epitome pf sound — Where were you — Sandbag

Paramount four — Sorry ain’t the word - Kent

Earl Connoly — Make up your mind- Maycon

George Blackwell — Can’t lose my head — Smoke

Wade Flemons — Jeanette — Rasel

Wooden Nickels — Nobody but you - Omen

Joe — L — Worried - Clissac

Danny Moore — Somebody new — All-rite

Commands — No time for you — Back Beat

Four Tracks — Like my love for you — Mandingo

Casanova 2 — We got to keep on — Early Bird

Temptations — Loneliness made me realise — LP

Otis Redding — Loving by the pound — LP

Ron Kenoly — Moving on — Audio Arts

Vonciel Myers — But still I love you — Gaynote

Johnnie Mae Matthews — I have no choice — Big Hit

Bobby Sansome — Don’t leave - Sublime

Martha Reeves — No one there — Tamla Motown

 

Great to hear LP only tracks including the 1978 Esther Phillips (hit for Odyssey in 1977 and also recorded by Frankie Valli) and what a superb version to kick Steve’s set off with. Booby Taylor backing things up nicely and setting the standard for the rest of the set. Steve Wilson — a great dj, great bloke, great soul man........

 

We were down on dj’s on the soul night so Paul Shoulder followed Steve prior to Paul Ackley’s rare set. Paul Shoulder’s second set :-

Martha & the Vandellas — My baby loves me — Gordy

Barbara Jean & the Lyrics — Why Weren’t you there — Big hit

Albert Jones — 15 cent love — Kapp

The Winstons — Ain’t nothing like  - Curtom

Jackie Wilson — Just be sincere — Brunswick

Brothers of soul — Come on back — Boo

Masquerders — I ain’t gonna stop — AGP

Chosen Few — Birth of a playboy — Canyon

Ted Taylor — Somebody’s always trying — Okeh

Sonny Til — Hey little woman — Parker

Bobby Sheen — Something new to do — WB

Bobby Hutton — Come see what’s left of me — Phillips

Hesitations — Is this the way to treat a girl — GWP

Caesars — Girl I love you — Lanie

Eula Cooper — Let our love grow higher — Super Sound

Carstairs — It really hurts me girl — Red Coach

Montclairs — Hung up on your love — Paula

Ruby Andrews — Just Loving you — Zodiac

Jesse James — If you want a love affair — 20^th C

Mandrill — Too late — Arista

Aretha — One step — Dub Plate.

 

Down on dj’s for the night so it’s a 41 record marathon next from Paul Ackley:-

Earl Wright Jnr — Very Special Girl — Cygnet

Marshall Donovan Broomfield — Since I found my baby — Augusta

Essex IV — My reaction to you — Windmill

Flowers — For real — Expressio

Billy Byrd — Lost in the crowd — Cream (my record of the night and picking up a bit of a following in the north east)

Joey Irving — There’s a man — Baltic

The Grey Imprint — Do you get the message — Clear Hill

Young Bros — What’s your game — Soul Power

Soul Incorporated — My proposal — Coconut Grove

Milton Parker — Women like it harder — Closet

Sam Williams — Love slipped through my fingers — Tower

Gene Toones  -What more do you want — Simco

Lee McKinney — I’ll keep holding on — Sable

Magnetics — Count the days — Sable

Tommy Ridgley — My love is getting stronger — International City

Chuck Holiday — Just can’t trust nobody — Gloria

Mr. Soul — What happened to yesterday — Genuine

Patrinelle Staten — Little love affair — Sepia

Flash  McKinley — I’ll rescue you — Bombay

Imperial C’s — Somebody tell her — Phil La

Earnestine Eady — Let’s talk it over — Phil La — great to see these 2 records side by side on the decks!

Tranels — Blessed with a love — Flo Jo

Lestor Tipton — This won’t change — La Beat

Eddie Parker — I’m gone — Awake

Larry Clinton — She’s wanted in three states — Dynamo

Frankie Beverley — If that’s what you wanted — Sassy

Tomangoes — I really love you — Washpan

Brooks Bros. — Looking for a woman — Tay

Pat Lewis — No one to love — Solid Hit

Yvonne Vernee — Just like you did me — Sonbert

Jimmy Bo Horne — Just can’t speak — Dade

Monique — If you love me — Maurci

Soul Bros Inc. — Pyramid — Golden Eye

Robert Tanner — Sweet Memories — Megatone

Sam Fletcher — I’d think it over twice — Tollie

Mel Britt — She’ll come running back — FIP

John and the Wierdest — Can’t get over these memories — Tie

Del Larks — Job opening — Queen City

Chuck Cockerham — Have I the right — Mala

Nathan Williams — What price Lime

Bob and Fred — I’ll be on my way.

 

Phew — what a set of records !!!!!!!!  I’m knackered typing them out and remembering what it  was like dancing to them — none stop classic rare soul at it’s very best and with Steve Wilson buffering up the soul night to perfection it all made for a great night at The Rafa Club in Newton Aycliffe. If you haven’t tried the place yet — please come along, if you like the records above you’ll not be disappointed.

20th December 2014 is our Xmas bash with special guest dj’s John Parker (York Soul Club) and Davy Mason (Newcastle). The night starts at 7.30pm ‘till 12.30 am and I guarantee you’ll hear nothing but the best the UK rare soul dj’s have to offer.

See you then folks — Keep it soulful.

Regards Paul.

love reading these playlists paul...said that a number of times about rafa, likewise with our pinch brothers over in donny......looking forward to t'journey oop north in the spring...hopefully bringing a few different things to the table myself. great sets anyway,..mr. ackley ought to be making a name for himself....a "for millionaires only" collection to die for!

Rafa Club 6^th December 2014 — Special guest dj Steve Wilson from Middlesbrough.

The penultimate soul night of the year at The Rafa Club in Aycliffe and we’re getting ready for the big xmas bash, so to get things moving in the right direction Steve Wilson agreed to be guest dj and to set the tone for the 20^th December soul night.  Here’s how it all panned out.

 

First up to an empty house at 7.20pm — Paul Shoulder

Nate Evans & Mean Green — The look on your face — DPR

Jo Ann Garrett — Whole new plan — Chess

Yvonne Baker — You didn’t say a word — Cameo Parkway

Deon Jackson — I can’t go on — Carla

Sonny Craver I’m no fool — Musette

O.V. Wright — Love the way you love — Backbeat

Peppermint Harris — Wait ‘till it happens to you — Jewel

Claude Huey — Feel good all over — Early Bird

Quotations — I don’t have to worry — Divenus

Betty Lloyd — I’m catching on — BSG

Earles Inc. — Just an illusion — Zudan

The Experts — My love is real — Tag Ltd

Gwen McCrea — Don’t lead me on - Columbia

 

Steve Wilson was one of the first in and wanted to play early on so here’s his set.

Esther Phillips — Native New Yorker — All about Esther LP

Bobby Taylor — Don’t be afraid — Taylor made soul LP

Tammi Terrell — All I do is think about you — acetate

Garland Green — Ain’t that good enough — Revue

Jimmy Reed Jnr — I ain’t going nowhere — Mercury

Rotations — I can’t find her — Debrossard

Patti Labelle — Take me for a little while - Atlantic

Lorraine Rudolph — Keep coming back for more - Jetstream

Jerry Plunk — I won’t hurt you anymore -

Sidney Barnes — New York City — Blus Tone

Sonny Boy Williamson — Help me — Chess (RnB vocal to “Wade in the water”)

Epitome pf sound — Where were you — Sandbag

Paramount four — Sorry ain’t the word - Kent

Earl Connoly — Make up your mind- Maycon

George Blackwell — Can’t lose my head — Smoke

Wade Flemons — Jeanette — Rasel

Wooden Nickels — Nobody but you - Omen

Joe — L — Worried - Clissac

Danny Moore — Somebody new — All-rite

Commands — No time for you — Back Beat

Four Tracks — Like my love for you — Mandingo

Casanova 2 — We got to keep on — Early Bird

Temptations — Loneliness made me realise — LP

Otis Redding — Loving by the pound — LP

Ron Kenoly — Moving on — Audio Arts

Vonciel Myers — But still I love you — Gaynote

Johnnie Mae Matthews — I have no choice — Big Hit

Bobby Sansome — Don’t leave - Sublime

Martha Reeves — No one there — Tamla Motown

 

Great to hear LP only tracks including the 1978 Esther Phillips (hit for Odyssey in 1977 and also recorded by Frankie Valli) and what a superb version to kick Steve’s set off with. Booby Taylor backing things up nicely and setting the standard for the rest of the set. Steve Wilson — a great dj, great bloke, great soul man........

 

We were down on dj’s on the soul night so Paul Shoulder followed Steve prior to Paul Ackley’s rare set. Paul Shoulder’s second set :-

Martha & the Vandellas — My baby loves me — Gordy

Barbara Jean & the Lyrics — Why Weren’t you there — Big hit

Albert Jones — 15 cent love — Kapp

The Winstons — Ain’t nothing like  - Curtom

Jackie Wilson — Just be sincere — Brunswick

Brothers of soul — Come on back — Boo

Masquerders — I ain’t gonna stop — AGP

Chosen Few — Birth of a playboy — Canyon

Ted Taylor — Somebody’s always trying — Okeh

Sonny Til — Hey little woman — Parker

Bobby Sheen — Something new to do — WB

Bobby Hutton — Come see what’s left of me — Phillips

Hesitations — Is this the way to treat a girl — GWP

Caesars — Girl I love you — Lanie

Eula Cooper — Let our love grow higher — Super Sound

Carstairs — It really hurts me girl — Red Coach

Montclairs — Hung up on your love — Paula

Ruby Andrews — Just Loving you — Zodiac

Jesse James — If you want a love affair — 20^th C

Mandrill — Too late — Arista

Aretha — One step — Dub Plate.

 

Down on dj’s for the night so it’s a 41 record marathon next from Paul Ackley:-

Earl Wright Jnr — Very Special Girl — Cygnet

Marshall Donovan Broomfield — Since I found my baby — Augusta

Essex IV — My reaction to you — Windmill

Flowers — For real — Expressio

Billy Byrd — Lost in the crowd — Cream (my record of the night and picking up a bit of a following in the north east)

Joey Irving — There’s a man — Baltic

The Grey Imprint — Do you get the message — Clear Hill

Young Bros — What’s your game — Soul Power

Soul Incorporated — My proposal — Coconut Grove

Milton Parker — Women like it harder — Closet

Sam Williams — Love slipped through my fingers — Tower

Gene Toones  -What more do you want — Simco

Lee McKinney — I’ll keep holding on — Sable

Magnetics — Count the days — Sable

Tommy Ridgley — My love is getting stronger — International City

Chuck Holiday — Just can’t trust nobody — Gloria

Mr. Soul — What happened to yesterday — Genuine

Patrinelle Staten — Little love affair — Sepia

Flash  McKinley — I’ll rescue you — Bombay

Imperial C’s — Somebody tell her — Phil La

Earnestine Eady — Let’s talk it over — Phil La — great to see these 2 records side by side on the decks!

Tranels — Blessed with a love — Flo Jo

Lestor Tipton — This won’t change — La Beat

Eddie Parker — I’m gone — Awake

Larry Clinton — She’s wanted in three states — Dynamo

Frankie Beverley — If that’s what you wanted — Sassy

Tomangoes — I really love you — Washpan

Brooks Bros. — Looking for a woman — Tay

Pat Lewis — No one to love — Solid Hit

Yvonne Vernee — Just like you did me — Sonbert

Jimmy Bo Horne — Just can’t speak — Dade

Monique — If you love me — Maurci

Soul Bros Inc. — Pyramid — Golden Eye

Robert Tanner — Sweet Memories — Megatone

Sam Fletcher — I’d think it over twice — Tollie

Mel Britt — She’ll come running back — FIP

John and the Wierdest — Can’t get over these memories — Tie

Del Larks — Job opening — Queen City

Chuck Cockerham — Have I the right — Mala

Nathan Williams — What price Lime

Bob and Fred — I’ll be on my way.

 

Phew — what a set of records !!!!!!!!  I’m knackered typing them out and remembering what it  was like dancing to them — none stop classic rare soul at it’s very best and with Steve Wilson buffering up the soul night to perfection it all made for a great night at The Rafa Club in Newton Aycliffe. If you haven’t tried the place yet — please come along, if you like the records above you’ll not be disappointed.

20th December 2014 is our Xmas bash with special guest dj’s John Parker (York Soul Club) and Davy Mason (Newcastle). The night starts at 7.30pm ‘till 12.30 am and I guarantee you’ll hear nothing but the best the UK rare soul dj’s have to offer.

See you then folks — Keep it soulful.

Regards Paul.

Collectors heaven at Rafa again . Fabulous records .

Nice comments fellah's - appreciate them tremondously, we're all looking forward to the 20th dec' when John parker and Davy Mason will hit the decks at full speed and with Paul Ackley, ian Shoulder and Kev Cowey backing the guests up it's a recipe for soul nirvana...................

See you on the 20th folks if you can make it. If not have a great xmas and hope to see you on 7th February when Ginger Taylor will be the main guest dj presenting a much awaited "Rare soul set".

Thanks for everything in 2014 and let's hope we can keep it all going in 2015.

Regards Paul.

Nice comments fellah's - appreciate them tremondously, we're all looking forward to the 20th dec' when John parker and Davy Mason will hit the decks at full speed and with Paul Ackley, ian Shoulder and Kev Cowey backing the guests up it's a recipe for soul nirvana...................

See you on the 20th folks if you can make it. If not have a great xmas and hope to see you on 7th February when Ginger Taylor will be the main guest dj presenting a much awaited "Rare soul set".

Thanks for everything in 2014 and let's hope we can keep it all going in 2015.

Regards Paul.

 

Some fantastic records played Paul , top stuff

 

All the best

Manus

love reading these playlists paul...said that a number of times about rafa, likewise with our pinch brothers over in donny......looking forward to t'journey oop north in the spring...hopefully bringing a few different things to the table myself. great sets anyway,..mr. ackley ought to be making a name for himself....a "for millionaires only" collection to die for!

I used to love reading playlists too,but they are nothing compared to being in a room, hearing them belting out, one after the other, over a loud system...and a floor full of dancers lost in the moment... Aye, nothing quite like it

Sheer quality as expected of the RAFA

 

Looking forward to coming up there on 20th

 

A few new bits to give an outing   

Nice to hear there's more than one Steve Wilson & what a Playlist. Thank You for publishing it.

Brilliant playlists once again Paul,only wished i lived a bit closer.