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Hi guys n gals.

Was wondering how most of you play out the last DJ spot at a evening event.

Do you start with slower stuff and build up to the faster stuff etc?

I might just be doing my first ever last spot and could use a little help in what works best for you guys.

Cheers.

John.

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    Maybe the OP could confirm what he meant.  I used to travel with a DJ to various venues and we'd lug three massive custom made boxes onto the stage, and we'd be there early doors.  Too often you see a

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    Don't take this Personally Mate but I don't thing being a NS DJ is going to be your thing kind Regards ML

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    You all know I was taking the micky, right? Crikey you lot are out of practice!

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18 hours ago, Peter99 said:

I'm sitting on the fence on this one. If anyone thinks that record is great then they need their ears syringing.

:boxing:

:hatsoff2:

Sorry, speak up please! 

14 hours ago, Peter99 said:

Are you saying that the Rainbows record posted above was a Chris King spin? I’m sure you’re right but it’s not sinthing I remember. Probably ok for the majority of prople on marching powder. 

 

It was massive at Wigan in 73!

 

Majy. Just keep whoever`s left on the dancefloor happy. The last spot (Which i`m also doing this Sat at the Pop Club in Accrington) isn`t the best one to have but usually by then they`ll dance to anything mate. 

In my mind the people that we're dancing back in 73 to something like the aforementioned rainbows record , would not have the same mindset today , it certainly wouldn't be a record that most soul folk would like to be played ,  at anytime  , let alone the last spot . how times change , for progressive people maybe ?. ✌🎶🎶

2 hours ago, Spain pete said:

In my mind the people that we're dancing back in 73 to something like the aforementioned rainbows record , would not have the same mindset today , it certainly wouldn't be a record that most soul folk would like to be played ,  at anytime  , let alone the last spot . how times change , for progressive people maybe ?. ✌🎶🎶

It just brings back a lot of very good memories of that time. 

How about just playing the best soul you have just like everybody should have been playing all night and weighing up the ambience of the crowd at th time in the morning taking into consideration the amount and strength of the narcotics that have been available and of course the alcohol consumption and of course the crowd are they die hard SOULIES or part time SOULIES, feed all this info into a good computer along with your record collection and wait for the formula the first 25 records on the list you've got your spot!  I I can do this without a computer so far but you never know You've got to Laugh or you'd end up insane

kind Regards

ML

Each to their own I guess....

Me! I'm quite happy to hear the same record a 2nd time if it was played at the beginning of the evening and at the end.

 

Cheers once again to all of you for participating in this thread :thumbup:

It seems that no one can agree on any set way to end the night so I will just play to the dance floor and take my lead from them.

Thanks again.

John.

33 minutes ago, Majy said:

Cheers once again to all of you for participating in this thread :thumbup:

It seems that no one can agree on any set way to end the night so I will just play to the dance floor and take my lead from them.

Thanks again.

John.

That's the way i do it. Arrive early, see how the floor re-acts to what is being played (but don't copy). i would normally have my last 2 maybe 3 records in mind before i go out but that changes every time depending on the floor and what had previously been played. So just go out there and enjoy yourself.

There you go John,it's up to you now....play what you feel like playing and enjoy it.....afterwards,could you fill out a "Spin List" in the PLAYS section of the the forum?...whether it be GOOD or BAD,POS or NEG....either way...cheers..:thumbsup:...

18 hours ago, Steve Lane said:

It was massive at Wigan in 73!

 

Majy. Just keep whoever`s left on the dancefloor happy. The last spot (Which i`m also doing this Sat at the Pop Club in Accrington) isn`t the best one to have but usually by then they`ll dance to anything mate. 

Well noted.

Not a tune I would expect to hear today,but everyone complains about variety of records played and lazy djing,so where`s the fire?It`s 2 minutes of memories for people.

Having said that ,it is certainly of its time!And it`s not on its own.

8 hours ago, Majy said:

Cheers once again to all of you for participating in this thread :thumbup:

It seems that no one can agree on any set way to end the night so I will just play to the dance floor and take my lead from them.

Thanks again.

John.

Hi John

you could never agree on a set way to end a night it depends on the venue ,location ambience, what's happened earlier music wise, alchohol , drugs, the crowd , if your ready for those issues you should be able to play a great spot of course depending on what's in your record box, if you read through some of the replies in this thread it should prepare you , anyway good luck 

ML

12 hours ago, Majy said:

Cheers once again to all of you for participating in this thread :thumbup:

It seems that no one can agree on any set way to end the night so I will just play to the dance floor and take my lead from them.

Thanks again.

John.

Crumbs don't do that! :rofl:

Just kidding - As mentioned, when ya done, whack your play list (Or some of it if doing so isn't your thing) on this thread as a matter of interest, and let us know how you got on.

All the best,

Len :thumbsup:

 

Cheers guys.

I will put up the playlist after the weekend and let you all know how it went :thumbup:

On 12/12/2017 at 00:03, IAN STACEY said:

yes it was a chris king play 1980/83 was in most his sets at hinckley & scooter rallies it was also covered up for quite a while & bootlegged as the Detroit shakers 

was chatting a few months ago at nuneaton when he played  after me . so i dont know why you would slag the tune off when its packed dance floors for years . i bought it because i so many requests by youngster like jordan wilson  &  ethan ect  .that come to nighters 

 

 

On 12/12/2017 at 00:07, The Zodiac Club said:

Ahhh scooter rallies, now I understand :D:thumbup:

Like a lot of folk on SS,I used to do the scooter rallies,from '84 to '94,(about 85+rallies all told).Niel Rushton,Chris King,Pete Wid and Kieth Minshull,to name more than a few would also be there on a regular basis(think KM used to bring an old Spaniel along with him,if memery serves).In many ways,at this time,the scooter scene could be partially credited for keeping the Northern Soul "raft"afloat,whilst it was on its journey thru the wilderness years..........:yes:..........:thumbsup:..........

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    I go to all nighter`s  once a month and sometimes the same record gets played a couple of times but hey ho if its a good sound I don`t really mind and possibly quite a few of the people in late on were not there at the early play?  so why not play it again.

    Back in the days before politics and too many " Police the scene peeps" a record would be played two or three times and no one complained so for what its worth enjoy your spot entertain the crowd ..... just choose some good sounds and play em is my opinion. 

    On 14/12/2017 at 15:25, MGM 1251 said:

     

    Like a lot of folk on SS,I used to do the scooter rallies,from '84 to '94,(about 85+rallies all told).Niel Rushton,Chris King,Pete Wid and Kieth Minshull,to name more than a few would also be there on a regular basis(think KM used to bring an old Spaniel along with him,if memery serves).In many ways,at this time,the scooter scene could be partially credited for keeping the Northern Soul "raft"afloat,whilst it was on its journey thru the wilderness years..........:yes:..........:thumbsup:..........

    I think there’s a lot of truth in that. In the early days scooter scene dos seemed to be good quality Northern, I think Oi and similar slipped in later: only what I heard, I never went

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    Hi Guys.

    Last spot Playlist - 16/12/2017

    Most of the MONSTERS were played earlier in the night but there were still a few I could have a go at.

    ENJOY!

    invitations - watch out little girl
    jades - hotter than fire
    jimmy fraser - of hopes and dreams and tombstones
    los canarios - get on your knees
    otis redding - loving by the pound
    flirtations - need your loving
    trade martin - work song
    roscoe shelton - youre the dream
    linda jones - my heart needs a break
    friendly people - i aint got nothing but the blues
    jackie day - before its too late
    eddie floyd - things get better
    hal frazier - after closing time
    brenda lee jones - youre the love of my life
    darrow fletcher - the pain gets a little deeper
    sidney barnes - i hurt on the other side
    jean wells - with my love and what youve got
    big maybelle - i cant wait any longer
    john lucien - what a difference love makes
    garnet mimms - prove it to me
    toni and the showmen - try my love
    the pallbearers - music with soul
    jack montgomery - baby baby take a chance on me
    soul brothers six - thank you baby for loving me
    bruce cloud - my book
    21st century - shadow of a memory
    sweet three - thats the way it is
    mike and ray - if you only knew
    christopher blue - Happy Just To Be Alive

    The spot and the night went down realy well. Cant wait to do it again.

    10 minutes ago, Majy said:

    Hi Guys.

    Last spot Playlist - 16/12/2017

    Most of the MONSTERS were played earlier in the night but there were still a few I could have a go at.

    ENJOY!

    invitations - watch out little girl
    jades - hotter than fire
    jimmy fraser - of hopes and dreams and tombstones
    los canarios - get on your knees
    otis redding - loving by the pound
    flirtations - need your loving
    trade martin - work song
    roscoe shelton - youre the dream
    linda jones - my heart needs a break
    friendly people - i aint got nothing but the blues
    jackie day - before its too late
    eddie floyd - things get better
    hal frazier - after closing time
    brenda lee jones - youre the love of my life
    darrow fletcher - the pain gets a little deeper
    sidney barnes - i hurt on the other side
    jean wells - with my love and what youve got
    big maybelle - i cant wait any longer
    john lucien - what a difference love makes
    garnet mimms - prove it to me
    toni and the showmen - try my love
    the pallbearers - music with soul
    jack montgomery - baby baby take a chance on me
    soul brothers six - thank you baby for loving me
    bruce cloud - my book
    21st century - shadow of a memory
    sweet three - thats the way it is
    mike and ray - if you only knew
    christopher blue - Happy Just To Be Alive

    The spot and the night went down realy well. Cant wait to do it again.

    Nothing wrong with that spot John,something for everybody there( even Los Canarios,proper good Latin "shouter" )...glad for you,that you managed to pull it off..TopMarksTopSpins..:yes:..:thumbsup:..

    21 minutes ago, Majy said:

    Hi Guys.

    Last spot Playlist - 16/12/2017

    Most of the MONSTERS were played earlier in the night but there were still a few I could have a go at.

    ENJOY!

    invitations - watch out little girl
    jades - hotter than fire
    jimmy fraser - of hopes and dreams and tombstones
    los canarios - get on your knees
    otis redding - loving by the pound
    flirtations - need your loving
    trade martin - work song
    roscoe shelton - youre the dream
    linda jones - my heart needs a break
    friendly people - i aint got nothing but the blues
    jackie day - before its too late
    eddie floyd - things get better
    hal frazier - after closing time
    brenda lee jones - youre the love of my life
    darrow fletcher - the pain gets a little deeper
    sidney barnes - i hurt on the other side
    jean wells - with my love and what youve got
    big maybelle - i cant wait any longer
    john lucien - what a difference love makes
    garnet mimms - prove it to me
    toni and the showmen - try my love
    the pallbearers - music with soul
    jack montgomery - baby baby take a chance on me
    soul brothers six - thank you baby for loving me
    bruce cloud - my book
    21st century - shadow of a memory
    sweet three - thats the way it is
    mike and ray - if you only knew
    christopher blue - Happy Just To Be Alive

    The spot and the night went down realy well. Cant wait to do it again.

    Some great tunes there mate just the kind of stuff i play out myself. Looks like a lot of em could be originals as well so fair bit of moneys worth.Would have kept me happy nice one.

    38 minutes ago, Patto said:

    Some great tunes there mate just the kind of stuff i play out myself. Looks like a lot of em could be originals as well so fair bit of moneys worth.Would have kept me happy nice one.

    Cheers mate :thumbup: and to be honest mate I'm not sure what are OV and whats not lol. If I like it I buy it lol simples.

     

    52 minutes ago, MGM 1251 said:

    Nothing wrong with that spot John,something for everybody there( even Los Canarios,proper good Latin "shouter" )...glad for you,that you managed to pull it off..TopMarksTopSpins..:yes:..:thumbsup:..

    Thanks MGM :thumbup: loved every minute of it.

    55 minutes ago, Majy said:

     "..... to be honest mate I'm not sure what are OV and whats not lol ...."

     

    So where is/was the venue  ... ?   Just so we who do care about avoiding boot-playing events can make a note for future reference ... :thumbsup:

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    Sort of set l could play in my front room,   nice soul music , would be nice to hear that lot out as long as there was like minded people at the venue to appreciate music only,  without politics.     👏🎶🎶🎶🎶

    1 hour ago, Majy said:

    Cheers mate :thumbup: and to be honest mate I'm not sure what are OV and whats not lol. If I like it I buy it lol simples.

     

     

    19 minutes ago, WoodButcher said:

    So where is/was the venue  ... ?   Just so we who do care about avoiding boot-playing events can make a note for future reference ... :thumbsup:

     

    2 hours ago, WoodButcher said:

    So where is/was the venue  ... ?   Just so we who do care about avoiding boot-playing events can make a note for future reference ... :thumbsup:

    As you care so much let me know where you send royalties to the artists whose music you play or if you don’t play where you tell the DJ’s to send it?

    5 hours ago, Majy said:

    Hi Guys.

    Last spot Playlist - 16/12/2017

    Most of the MONSTERS were played earlier in the night but there were still a few I could have a go at.

    ENJOY!

    invitations - watch out little girl
    jades - hotter than fire
    jimmy fraser - of hopes and dreams and tombstones
    los canarios - get on your knees
    otis redding - loving by the pound
    flirtations - need your loving
    trade martin - work song
    roscoe shelton - youre the dream
    linda jones - my heart needs a break
    friendly people - i aint got nothing but the blues
    jackie day - before its too late
    eddie floyd - things get better
    hal frazier - after closing time
    brenda lee jones - youre the love of my life
    darrow fletcher - the pain gets a little deeper
    sidney barnes - i hurt on the other side
    jean wells - with my love and what youve got
    big maybelle - i cant wait any longer
    john lucien - what a difference love makes
    garnet mimms - prove it to me
    toni and the showmen - try my love
    the pallbearers - music with soul
    jack montgomery - baby baby take a chance on me
    soul brothers six - thank you baby for loving me
    bruce cloud - my book
    21st century - shadow of a memory
    sweet three - thats the way it is
    mike and ray - if you only knew
    christopher blue - Happy Just To Be Alive

    The spot and the night went down realy well. Cant wait to do it again.

    Freindly people is  good choice one my old plays  & mr searlings as well 

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    2 hours ago, tobytyke said:

    good cross section of sounds .How long was your spot?

    in all honesty mate I couldn't tell you exactly but I think it was about 1 hour 20 ish.

    10 hours ago, WoodButcher said:

    So where is/was the venue  ... ?   Just so we who do care about avoiding boot-playing events can make a note for future reference ... :thumbsup:

    The only events I attend  are ones where the dj now swears upon the manship bootleg book that only ovo is played. Slow night but at least I can sleep xx :yes:

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