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enough to leave anyone speechless there, awesome sets..got a lot of miles to cover to listen to these, let alone play a set as well!,.....but for anyone else who reads this and is of the same mind as
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What a great night of music. .Top quality never been to a night and heard Royal Robins! ..The look on daveys face at the door when he saw us turn up was priceless!!..cheap in and cheap bar as well as
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Excellent playlists as usual, always delivers, well done to all.
Rafa Club 6th December 2014 — Special guest DJ’s John Parker — (York soul club) and Davy Mason (Gateshead)
This the last soul night at the Rafa club in 2014 and what better way to end the year than with 2 fantastic rare soul dj’s in John and Davy. We were so pleased that John and Davy could make it and it’s John’s 3rd appearance in the last 2 years which is testament to our faith in him delivering the goods as a rare northern soul DJ. John and wife Carol arrived really early (approx 7.30pm) and a Carol was first up on the floor to Ian’s set (Spiedels and Bob & Fred) which set the tone for the night. A good crowd supporting John and Davy with people from as far as Clitheroe and Burnley plus the usual soul fans from Bishop Auckland and Newton Aycliffe. Ian Shoulder first up on the decks with :
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Parliaments — Heart Trouble
Volumes — One way lover
Steve Mancha — Did my baby call
Four Thoughts — Kisses and Roses
Ronn Matlock — Best of me
Syl Johnson — Do you know what love is
Chi-Lites — She’s mine
Larry Atkins — Ain’t that love enough
McKinley Mitchel — No love
Irma and the Fascinators — Lost Love
Insights — I need your loneliness
Hy- Tones — Bigger and better
Alex Brown — I’m not responsible
Spiedels — Dream Girl
Bob and Fred — I’ll be on my way
Louis Paul — The change will do you good
Frankie and the Damons — The man from soul
Bobby James — I really love you
Willie Mason — Why —( Nat Hall version played later on too, so if you prefer one or the other you got it all)
Kell Osbourne — Quick sand
Malcolm Hayes — I gotta be with you
Kev Cowey returned to the fold after many missed months and we were glad to see him spinning the records again -
Continental Four — The way I love you
Montclairs — Hey You
Johnny and the Expressions — Shy girl
Derek Martin — If you go
Shirley and the soul sisters — What more (can anyone want) Shirley Scott lead vocals
Sugar & the Spices — You gotta have faith
Four Voices — Your love is getting stronger
Mikki Farrow — Could it be
Fantastic Four — Live up to what she thinks
Al Gadiner — Sweet baby
Sandra Stephens — If you really love me
Ella Woods — I need your love
Guitar Ray — Gonna wreck my life
The Sparkels — Try love
Monique — If you love me
Next up is Paul Ackley with a quick half hour of tempting soul:
Charlene and the soul Serenaders — Can you win — Volt
Vondells — Hey Girl — Airtown
Admirations — You left me — Peaches
Magnetics — I have a girl — Ra-Sel
Johnny Hampton — Not my girl — Dottys
Sir Joe — Nobody beats my love — Rujac
Eddie Daniels — Is he better than me — Boots
Billy Byrd — Lost in the crowd — Scream
Ramona Collins — You’ve been cheating — Quality
Groovettes — Think it over — Reness
The Sweets — Something ‘bout my baby — Soultown
James Lately — Love, friends and money — Temple
Hreman Lewis — Who’s kissing you tonight — Stone Blue
Tommy and the Derby’s — Don’t play the role - Swing
That’s got things ticking along nicely with people filling the floor too, first main guest DJ in the shape of Davy Mason and he kicks his set off with:
Harold Burrage — I;ll take one — Sue (UK)
Willie Jones — Where’s my money — Peacock
Young Holt Ltd — Ain’t there something money can’t Buy — Brunswick
Little Joe Hinton — Let’s start a romance — Arvee
Soulful Twins — Can’t let you go — Sable (Other version played later on too)
The Cheers — Take me to paradise — Okeh
Cecil Washington — I don’t like to lose — Prophonics (Old joe Matthews cover up from Wigan and apart from the “Rose Valentine — Searling cover up” it was one of the longest standing cover ups of it’s time).
Arin Demain — Silent treatment — Blue Star
Clydie King - Only the guily cry - Phillips
Rockmasters - Raining teardrops - Romulus
Marvin Gaye - When I had your love - Motown
Sy Hightower - I know your leaving me - Carmen
Lenny Curtis - Nothing can help you now - End
Timi Yuro - It will never be over for me - Liberty (UK)
Four Tops - I like every thing about you - Motown
Purple Mundi - Stop hurting me baby - Cat
Helen Shapiro- He know,s how to love me - Columbia
Gene Toones - What more do you want - Simco
Cashmeres - Showstopper - Hem
Silhouettes - Not me baby - Goodway
Absolutely fabulous set from Davy Mason and as usual he delivers the goods playing only the best and some superb rare UK copies / 45's too. Lots of his set is on the free cd which in mind was one of the best cd's I've done this year, John Parker adding to the cd made it a joy to listen too.
John Parker up next (what a fellah — comes all the way from Beverley to play at our humble club, great bloke, record collector, dj and his missus is a good sort too!!!!)
Jimmy Phillips - She belongs to me - Bumps
Volumes — Ain’t gonna stop — Karen
Poets — wrapped around your finger — J2
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Robert Tanner — Sweet memories — Megatone
Eddie Billups — ask my heart — Peachtree
Corvetts- You’re blue — Moon
George Pepp — The feeling is real — Coleman
Ann Caudell — Longing for you — Quick (how good is this eh???????????)
Fascinators — In other ways — Bombay
Court Davis — Try to think — East Coast (old Herbie Williams cover up)
Invitations — watch out — MGM
Jokers — Soul Sound — Sko-field
Jesse James — Love is alright — Acetate (old Kenny Burrel’s copy — just about as rare as any acetate, wow!)
Ralph Graham — She just sits there — Upfront (Quality rare New York soul)
J D Bryant — I won’t be coming back — Shrine (one of the best from the Shrine logo and as rare as they come — you lot are spoilt at the Rafa Club...........)
Shirley Edwards — Dream my heart — Shrine (ditto above)
Nat Hall — Why — Loop — (both versions in one night......)
Magnetics — Count the days — Sable (ditto above .... spoilt again)
Buddy Ace — Screamin’ please — Duke (Big at the Rafa at the moment)
Joe Jama — It’s my life — Optimum (Like it or not it’s one of the most infectious plays on the Northern dance floors. Henry Atkinson’s discovery featured in the first DJ sets some 15 years since, when it was cheekily covered up as “Little Henry”. )
George Lemons — Fascinating girl — Gold Soul
John & the Wierdest — Can’ get over these memories — Tie (Old Searling c/up as Spyder Turner and the Webs....)
John and the Wierdest — No time — Tie (in my humble opinion the best side and I stick my head above the parapet for you all to shoot at it, and I bet you’ll miss...... again a monster double sider, truly spoilt Rafa club goers....)
It was getting late and to give John a rest we had Paul Ackley finish off but John was having none of it so they double decked ‘till the end of the night, both dj’s playing off one another to perfection, each the perfect foil for each other ...... Guess who played what, answers on a post card to me and you get a free entrance to the club in February 2015)
Magnetics — Lady in Green — Bonnie (One of my all time favourite Wigan Casino records, oooohhhhh.... I’ve just come, suits me sir...)
Mel Britt — She’ll come running back — FIP
Ellusions — You didn’t have to leave me — Lamon
Jimmy Burns — I really love you — Erica
Del Larks — Job Opening — Queen City
The Appointments — I saw you there — De-lite
Rufus Wood — Before 2001 — Espanola
Royal Robins — Something ‘bout you — Tru-glo-town
Lynn Terry — I Got a good thing goin’ — La Salle
Jimmy Bo Horne — I just can’t speak — Dade (Played especially for Geoff and Margaret Buckley who travelled miles to be there on the night, we take our hats off to you guys for making the effort as it makes it all worthwhile, top soul fans, you get in for nowt next time you come)
Eddie Hughes — Soul Searcher — Bard (great ballad from John ooopps shouldn’t have told you who played that one... Detroit sound without a doubt )
Little Reuben — In the name of loneliness — AR
Tolbert — I got it — Rojac
Tierra — Just loving you —
Tripps — Love can’t be modernised — Soundville
Ernestine Eady — Let’s talk it over — Phil-La
Imperial C’s — Sombody tell her — Phil-La
Timmie Williams — Competition — Mala
Betty Wilson — I’m yours — Dayco
Martenique’s — If you want to call me — Reo
Patrinelle Staten — Little love affair — Sepia
Buddy Smith — When you lose the one you love — Brute
David Thomas — I’ll always need you by my side — Prime.
Well that wraps up 2014 at the Rafa club so until the first Saturday in February 2015 “That’s all folks” Come along for the best of the best — you’ll love it — guaranteed.
Edited by Soulboyslim