Just thought i would jog a few memories here, for me, it was Keele (my Wigan) and Jay & the Americans- living above your head, ok not the best sound in the world granted, but it always takes me back when i hear it.

Now whats yours ........ ??

Bobby Hutton - Lend a Hand ,always reminds me of the good old days at Cleethorpes 

For me, the 80s' and 90s' hold the most memories.

 

Keele = Freddie Houston - Soft Walkin', The Uniques - Not Too Long Ago and Tony Middleton - Spanish Maiden

The Old Vic = Doug Banks and Joanie Sommers

The 86 Club = Howard Guyton

Severn Soul Club Worcester = Barbara McNair - It Happens Every Time and Chi Chi - If You're Gonna Love Me

 

Happy Days

Edited March 14, 201510 yr by Soul16

Gerri Thomas - Nottm palais

 Righteous bros band - fleet

flame n king - cleethorpes winter gardens

Rufus Lumley - "Stronger Than Me" and Earth, Wind and Fire - "Got to get you into my life" both remind me of Yate. I only went about 5 or 6 times.

Doris Troy - "I'll do anything" reminds me of Wigan. The first time I went was September Oldies night 1977. It was being re-released on Pye that week and they played it in the main room 7 times!!!!!

Edited March 14, 201510 yr by bo diddley

Hamilton Movement - She's Gone  = Sheridans

yvonne baker -you did'nt say a word

frankie valli youre ready now

r dean  taylor -theres a ghost in my house

did it for me and still do

 allways stuck in my mind from these venues,

Cecil Washington c/u as Joe Matthews = Wigan

Rita & Tiarras = Cleethorpes Winter gardens all dayers

Apollos, Mr Creator = Wakefield unity Niters

Jerry Williams - "If You Ask Me", never forget the first time I heard it played at Wigan, that intro 

Little Richard - I don't want to talk about it - Casino main floor

paula Durante - if he were mine - St Ives

Rotations - A changed man - casino Mr Ms

steve Wonder - ain't that asking for trouble - KGB Sheffield

M Day - nine time out of ten - Wigan train station in the waiting room heading south , and someone with a tape recorder still buzzing , he played it over and over and over again 

Game players - the friendship club

Edwin Starr - Time

Blackbeat soul club at Burnden Park Bolton circa 75

My first real Soul night,On the floor doing my stuff,Try a leg kick and this girl says "Give it a rest luv and just dance"

Great advice,Never forgot.

Catacombs - Cindy Scott "Time can change a love"

Torch - P P Arnold "Everythings gonna be alright"

Wigan - Jewels "We got togetherness"

St Ives - Jay D Martin "By yourself"

Yate - B J  Thomas "I don't have a mind of my own"

Stafford - Detroit Strings "In the pocket"

Dome, Tufnell Park - September Jones "Give me all of your love"

I ain't going nowhere - junior walker ! Friday nite Motown nite @ wigan ! Only 1 dancing ! Must have been all of 100 in !

Ok here goes.

Torch:- Maxine Brown :-One in a million,

PP Arnold:- Everything's gonna be alright

Jo Armstead:- I feel an urge coming on

James Bounty:- Prove yourself a lady

Lord Jims Huddersfield:- Alexander Patten/Patton

A lil lovin' Sometimes

Earl Harrison:- Humphrey Stomp

Bin Lid Dewsbury:- Fascinations:- Girls are out to get you

Tymes:- People

Pendulum Manchester:- Isleys:-Tell me it's just a rumour

Lou Johnson:- Unsatisfied

Farthers Angels:- Bok to Bach

Blackpool Mecca:- First Choice:- This is the house where

love died

Soul Twins:- Quick change artist

Mel Britt:- She'll come running back

Hi-Fi Huddersfield:- Jerry Cooke:- I hurt on the other side

Clifford Curry:- I can't get a hold of myself

Samantha's Sheffield:- Johnny Sayles:-I can't get enough

of your love

Leeds Central:- Phyllis Hyman:- You know how to love me

Keni Burke:- Let Somebody love you

Rufus Lumley:- I'm Standing

Benny Troy:- I wanna give you tommorrow

Young Holt Unlimited:- California Montage

Cleethorpes Pier/Wintergardens:- Frankie Crocker:- Ton of

dynamite

Tracky Club Barnsley:- Fats Domino:- It keeps Raining

Tiffany's Wakefield:- Younghearts A little togetherness

Wigan Casino:- Larry Laster:-Go for yourself

and finally Des Harris's house in Huddersfield

Sandi Sheldon:- You're gonna make me love you

Regards Fred Ward

Edited March 14, 201510 yr by Mr Fred

Bobby Diamond - Stop and Joey Heatherton - When you call me baby, put me at Station Rd every time I hear them........ which sadly isn't very often.

Edited March 14, 201510 yr by Zed1

Otis Blackwell -its all over me- Mecca

Jades - where its at/ Adams Apples -don't take it out on this world- Wigan main room

James Carr/ Dynatones/ Davis & Tyler - M's

Harold Melvin - get out - Ashton Tiff's

East Coast Connection - Summer in the parks/ Joe Frazier - Ritz

Eddie Foster - I never knew - Rochdale Tiff's

George Benson - on broadway - Samantha's

GSH - the bottle - Hacienda

Lieutenant Pigeon - moldy old dough - Boundary Park

Mitch ryder -breakout # twisted wheel

first record I ever heard on my first visit as I was going down the stairs in 1966,

so it will always be my favourite 45,

100 club mid 80s. "Why don't you write"  Lee Bates

 

Notts Oddfellows "Prayin'" Harold Melvin

 

Birmingham Locarno "Keys to the city" Omni

Edited March 21, 201510 yr by Polyvelts

More recently in the 2000s, Just A Boy's Dream - Phonetics. TSOP Longfield Suite, Prestwich.

Got a terrible memory but apples peaches pumpkin pie-wigan life is a song worth singing-nottts Pallai

Leicester Oddfellows - Lucky Charms, Tied to your Heart

 

100 Club - Chuck Jackson, Millionaire

100 Club - Bill Evans, On Broadway

Just bought my 3rd copy of Bill Evans off Mick Smith recently, no idea what happened to the 1st, the 2nd copy was borrowed to Andy from Wotton on the Edge + 20 years ago - Lost touch since. I mentioned to Mick I'll not be buying another, and will look after this one!

 

Warrington Parr Hall - Chuck Jackson, Hand it Over

Warrington Parr Hall - Melba Moore, Magic Touch

I know this was an Adey spin, however Pat Brady used to play this at Warrington. Brickey (RIP) mentioned to Pat that Magic Touch was a rumoured  to be the next 100 club anniversary single. Pat told Brickey not to be so stupid. For me and this stupid story, Magic Touch, belongs to Warrington.

Edited March 15, 201510 yr by nsaints

tamla lewis  wigan

 

bobby paris  bell vue

 

world column   ritz

 

 

world column   ritz

 

 

That 'bouncy' Ritz Floor was an interesting experience with everyone stomping to this...

Mitch ryder -breakout # twisted wheel

first record I ever heard on my first visit as I was going down the stairs in 1966,

so it will always be my favourite 45,

Winner !

That 'bouncy' Ritz Floor was an interesting experience with everyone stomping to this...

 

Aye it certainly was,beltin alldayers  .

Early 90s out n about numbers were low, I remember visiting a pep do at a hotel in west mids and hearing Ketty Lester "some things" possibly the first slow record I bought thanks to pep !

Torch... Jimmy Thomas

Mecca... Frank Beverley (Gamble)

Va Va's... Jerry Cooke

Casino... Lenis Guess

Leeds Central... Lou Pride

Cleethorpes Pier... Steinways

Bradford Queens Hall... Joseph Moore

Wilton... Gene Toones

Manch Ritz... Ann Robinson, World of Happiness

Sheridans... Milton James (Dore')

Too many venues. Too many records. Bobby Paris. I walked away. Wigan.

Steve

These six for me pretty much summed up St. Ives in the summer of 1977 when it began to rival both Wigan and Cleethorpes. Fond memories and my favourite period on the scene 76-77.

YVONNE VERNEE JUST LIKE YOU DID ME

GENE WOODBURY EVER AGAIN

CHERYL ANN - I CAN'T LET HIM

SAM WILLIAMS LOVE SLIPPED THRU MY FINGERS

LENNY CURTIS NOTHING CAN HELP YOU NOW

LARRY CLINTON SHE'S WANTED IN THREE STATES

Yate.... never heard it anywhere else 

 

Blackpool mecca

Don thomas come on train

stanley woodruff what took you so long

coasters crazy baby

 

cats whiskers burnley all dayer

bessie banks dont you worry baby

 

derby all dayer (cant remember club)

harold melvin get out (first place i ever heard it)

 

so many and not enough brain cells to think lol

Yate.... never heard it anywhere else 

 

That's a Blackpool Mecca Classic! and is quite rare on a 12" as it was played off the LP Magical Shepherd

Phase II - The first shot - Osiris ( Blackpool Casino) I wrote to Osiris records and got 2 or three copies sent to me from them with a really nice letter. I gave it to Barry Stanton and it just reminds me of very happy days!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHJyMRJIXzw&feature=player_detailpage

That's a Blackpool Mecca Classic! and is quite rare on a 12" as it was played off the LP Magical Shepherd

Yes I have the magical Shepherd Album, Love that guitar on the cover ... 

 

derby all dayer (cant remember club)

 

99% sure would have been Tiffany's (a Mecca club) on Babington Lane. Went to many a Sunday all dayer there myself. Very late 70s saw Curtis and Searling etc playing "newies". Remember Searling blobbing it a few times and Colin having to play a double set. Colin never let the promoters down. Usually a mixed/varied set of DJs though. Building still standing - now an all-u-can-eat buffet/diner called May Sum.

 

Although Cleo's on London Rd did hold a few (unsuccessful) dayers, compared to the Tiffs events.

 

 

Edited March 15, 201510 yr by Waggy

On the modern side of things Ronnie Barnes being played at Rock City

Being Without You - Maurice Williams - Deesu

They'll Never Know Why - Freddie Chavez - Look

Baby Mine - Thelma Houston - Capitol

Baby Without You - Danny Monday - Modern

Sitting In My Class - Ronnie McNeir - Deto

Not My Girl - Johnny Hampton - Dotty's

I'm Where It's At - The Jades - Nitelife

Cool Off - Detroit Executives - Pameline

You better Go-Go - Matt Lucas - Karen

all remind me of Wigan Casino allnighters!!

Edited March 15, 201510 yr by Guest

Too many venues. Too many records. Bobby Paris. I walked away. Wigan.

Steve

 

Same for me really, but on my first trip to the states I found myself in a Starbucks, all alone on a sunny Saturday morning looking onto a Washington DC street and realising that it was Chuck Jackson "Hand it over" on the sound system -a  wonderful memory!

Edited March 15, 201510 yr by Rich B

Although I'm from Derby, for me the Nottm Palais will always be:

 

Bobby Diamond - Stop

Johnny Bragg - They're Talkin' About Me

Flirtations - Little Darlin'

The Bigger They Are

 

............not exactly Shrine releases but its whats sticks in your heart from the time and the place.

 

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And Derby Cleo's..............

 

thanks to great Nev Wherry appearances: UK release nites. lol. (love him to bits and what a tragic loss).

 

Jimmy James - A Man Like Me (+anything on Stateside demo!!)

Spencer Davis - Keep On Running (sure he played this every 10 records, bless him)

Madeline Bell - Picture Me Gone

Edited March 17, 201510 yr by Waggy

Tim tam and the turn ons  Wait a minute,  at Boston Spa Youth Club. Hee Hee. Andy Farndale who was one of the dj,s used to go to Wigan and was a brill dancer would play this and I would dance like a nutter to it. In the end he give me said record which i,ve still got. I still play it sometimes when no ones in the house and yes I still dance like a nutter. Hugh.

Yate.... never heard it anywhere else 

 

 

I only know this from Wigan - played by Keith Minshull 1976

Notts Palais all dayers (76ish), Larry Santos, Van Dykes, Tony Middleton - Paris Blues……. my first proper venue

Wigan, Muriel Day - NIne times out of ten (played about 5 times on my first visit in 78)   

Wigan - Yvonne Baker,Tempo's,Younghearts, Epitome of Sound,Jeannette Williams.,Lou Roberts (you fooled me).

Mecca - Ann Sexton,Mel Britt,Voices of East Harlem,Bits & Pieces,Ernest Mosely.

Brit - Nomads,Ellusions.

100 club - Carla Thomas,Bobby Bland.(getting used to the blues).Soul Bros - Pyramid.

 

Too many others to mention.

Edited March 16, 201510 yr by KevH

Wigan - Coasters " crazy baby "  Russ

Wigan -  AL Williams " I am nothing"  R.searling

Mecca- Don Gardner" cheatin kind"  I. Levine

St ives- Lester Tipton  " this wont change " Rugg

Stafford- Delcos " Arabia " c/u performers this is what he said  Keb

Stafford- Jackie Day "naughty boy " Guy

Stafford -Ringleaders " all of my life " D. Thorley

Stafford - Jnr McCants " try me for your new love " P. Bradey

100 club- melba moore " magic touch " Adey

Rock City - Tina Roberts " one way or the other " J Winsoria

Burntwood Staffs - Mello souls " we can make it "    Imperial c's someone tell her " walter & admirations  Butch

Life line - The Tiaras " foolish girl " c/w Surprise " Butch ,A. Dyson ,

Started going further afield in 1973 just after the Torch shut so Top Rank Hanley was my first outta town venue. So whenever I hear these, and perhaps not the first place I heard 'em, they always for some reason remind me of the venues

 

Top Rank Hanley - Duke Browner "Crying Over You"

VaVa's - Volcanos "Laws of Love"

Wigan - G Davis & R Tyler - "Hold On, Help Is On The way"

Cleethorpes Pier - Donna King "Take Me Home"

Cleethorpes Winter Gardens - Clyde McPhatter - "Please Give Me One More Chance"

Just thought i would jog a few memories here, for me, it was Keele (my Wigan) and Jay & the Americans- living above your head, ok not the best sound in the world granted, but it always takes me back when i hear it.

Now whats yours ........ ??

 

The Four Larks - Groovin' at the Go Go - Catacombs - Wolverhampton. 1St "real" Northern Soul record I ever heard.

Pata Pata-Miriam Makeba (Stax club, Preston)

Help me-Spellbinders (Wharfedale, Tadcaster)

Walkin the duck-Triumphs (Highland room)

Walk like a man-Johnny moore (Leeds central)

Where did i go-Four Tops (stafford)

Ordinary joe-Terry callier (Saints, St.Helens)

It happens everytime-Barbara McNair (Westhoughton cricket club)

I'll rescue-Flash McKinley (100 club)

 

and every record played at the Wilton apart from some of that RnB weird stuff

 

Louis

Ben E King - Gettin' to me Junior McCants Try me for your new love 100 club.

Jimmy Cobb - So that nobody else can hear Ritz

Rita Dacosta - Don't bring me down Wigan

Lynn Vernado - Wash and wear love Mecca

Fond memories of Cleethorpes All Dayers taking place on Sundays in 77 & 78

These tracks always take me back to the Wintergardens and that lovely dance floor...

 

Mel Britt : She'll Come Running Back.

 

Don Thomas : Come On Train.

 

Jobell & The Orchestra De Salsa : Never Gonna Let You Go.

 

Love Committe : Cheaters Never Win.

 

The Montclairs : I'm Hung Up On Your Love.

Edited March 19, 201510 yr by Homage

Wakefield unity allnighter August 1977, Hearing Marie knight That's no way to treat a girl for the first time and thinking to myself what an outstanding record. Still think that when I hear it at a venue even after all these years. One of the best records to be played on the scene at one of the best allnighter I have ever attended.