1973 — 1975 Part 3

 

Well after last weekend’s mega-session, it turned out that all though my 10 hours worth of podcasts were pretty representative of “The Wigan Years”, because my criteria was to play them off vinyl, this means loads of great records had to be missed out.  So to put that right, there are now going to be four or five supplementary podcasts containing the best (and worst) of the missing 45’s.  Just to remind: the rules where that the track had to be known BY ME from Wigan; whether it was first discovered at The Cats, The Torch, The Mecca, Va Va’s, Cleethorpes — irrelevant — they either had to be on my Wigan live tapes or I had to have heard them played there.  They were also in a pretty strict chronological order too, but this latest batch aren’t — they just cover two years but aren’t what was played month by month.

 

EDE ROBIN — THERE MUST BE A LOVE SOMEWHERE

JESSICA JAMES & THE OUTLAWS — WE’LL BE MAKING OUT

BOBBY PARIS — NIGHT OWL

LENIS GUESS — JUST ASK ME

PATTI AUSTIN — TAKE AWAY THE PAIN STAIN

THE MYLESTONES — THE JOKER

MELBA MOORE — DON’T CRY SING ALONG WITH THE MUSIC

BOBBY ANGELLE — TOO MUCH FOR YOU

RPM GENERATION — RONA’S THEME

TAMIKO JONES — I’M SPELLBOUND

DANA VALERY — YOU DON’T KNOW WHERE YOUR INTEREST LIES

BILL BRANDON & LORRAINE JOHNSON — LET ME BE YOUR FULL TIME GROOVER

SOUL PATROL — SAVE YOUR LOVE

BOOTS RANDOLPH — TAKE A LETTER MARIA

THE SHARONETTES — GOING TO A GO GO

YOUNGBLOOD SMITH — YOU CAN SPLIT

MICTHELL BRAITHWAITE — YOU’VE BEEN A LONG TIME COMING

LIBERTY — GIRL YOU BETTER WAKE UP

JIMMY MACK — MY WORLD IS ON FIRE

JODI MATHIS — DON’T YOU CARE ANYMORE

SKULL SNAPS — MY HANG UP IS YOU

THE SEQUINS — A CASE OF LOVE

H.B. BARNUM — HEARTBREAKER

BUSTER & EDDIE — CAN’T BE STILL

THE JEWELS — WE GOT TOGETHERNESS

EARL GRANT — HIDE NOR HAIR

HEILA ANTHONY — LIVIN’ IN LOVE

THE JAVELLS — GOODBYE NOTHING TO SAY

ALPACA PHASE III — I LIKE TO PARTY

FREDDIE CHAVEZ — THEY’LL NEVER KNOW WHY

EDDIE FOSTER — I NEVER KNEW

WILLIE WILLIAMS — HAVE YOU EVER BEEN PLAYED FOR A FOOL

THE MIRWOOD STRINGS — DON’T PRETEND

KEANYA COLLINS — BARNABUS COLLINS LOVE BANDIT

JASON KNIGHT — OUR LOVE IS GETTING STRONGER

DAVID & THE GIANTS — TEN MILES HIGH

THE HIGH KEYS — LIVING A LIE

JANIE GRANT — MY HEART, YOUR HEART

CARMEL STRINGS — I HEAR A SYMPHONY

THE DAISIES — COLD WAVE

JEANETTE WILLIAMS — ALL OF A SUDDEN

THE FABULOUS JADES — COME ON AND LIVE

KEN WILLIAMS — COME BACK

BRENDA LEE JONES — YOU’RE THE LOVE OF MY LIFE

THE CASANOVA TWO — WE GOT TO KEEP ON

BOBBY TREETOP — WAIT TIL I GET TO KNOW YOU

MORRIS CHESTNUT — TOO DARN SOULFUL

EULA COOPER — LET OUR LOVE GROW HIGHER

DEAN PARRISH — I’M ON MY WAY

 

https://www.mixcloud.com/mayfairmenthol/northern-soul-the-casino-years-1973-to-1975-part-three/

 

Edited December 19, 201410 yr by Pete S

Big thanks again Pete.

Steve

I was still in school when I started going to the casino in the late 70s with the older lads ( Mr Smith above being one of them ) A few of the songs from the early year podcasts were being played in Mr Ms as oldies when I went there , its amazing how many tunes you forget that you know until you hear them again ,  thanks for sharing ....Ste

I was still in school when I started going to the casino in the late 70s with the older lads ( Mr Smith above being one of them ) A few of the songs from the early year podcasts were being played in Mr Ms as oldies when I went there , its amazing how many tunes you forget that you know until you hear them again ,  thanks for sharing ....Ste

 

Ste this makes it 12 hours worth so far, and there's still another 7 hours left!

Great tunes, thanks for sharing the set.

Merry Christmas Pete, BIG thanks for this set

 

Chris..

Merry Christmas Pete, BIG thanks for this set

 

Chris..

 

Ah thanks Chris 

Ste this makes it 12 hours worth so far, and there's still another 7 hours left!

Look forward to the next instalment

As ever some quality tracks on this list, this is the period when I was becoming very aware of northern soul though older lad`s at school  and on my estate who were going to Wigan. The start of a very long journey which has lasted for me at least 40 years. the same could be said for a lot of us on soul source long may this continue.