With the wealth of knowledge and experience this site has to draw on , I wanted to ask a question regarding sounds that where played at the "Wheel" through the years.

I'm sure this may have been asked before at some point in some thread , but what are the top sounds that maybe haven't had much play or re-release over the years. Everyone's has different opinions on what constitutes a good track so don't feel you have to mention the most popular.

Are there any that have been forgotten slightly, or not been listed on any compilations through the years or maybe just not been seen to be that playable ?

Any help from the older generation on here would be appreciated . 

Maybe nowadays I should not be seen as being ageist , so if you never went but still have the knowledge, please feel free respond.    

    

I asked Pete Roberts a few years back ( i think...it was a few years back anyway) if The Equals- 'Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys' was played? I had vivid memories of the song-and the throng- but not the venue. If it was played, It would have been at the 'knockings of the club's final throw of the dice' late 70?

“OK, I’m loosened up now, children" - was it just a faded memory of a different venue?

32 minutes ago, Joey said:

Don't think I've heard either played at a venue since 73 or thereabouts. Same with Bobby's "Shoes". But as we keep on getting told, the oldies are all "played out" now, aren't they? 🤔 There are two things that this thread has accomplished so far. One, it has brought back some truly great memories of long forgotten tunes to those of us of a certain age. Two, to those younger members who weren't there at the start, it must be an eye opener to tunes that they have possibly never even heard before. Oh yeah, a third one. Maybe DJs will now buck up their collective acts when putting together an oldies spot, and actually play some that have been mentioned on this thread instead of sticking to the tried and tested so-called Top 500.

You’ve not heard ‘shoes ‘ played out since 73! It certainly was at venues 80s-90s and later that I attended, Blackburn, Bradford normanton Manchester etc 

1 minute ago, Colnago said:

You’ve not heard ‘shoes ‘ played out since 73! It certainly was at venues 80s-90s and later that I attended, Blackburn, Bradford normanton Manchester etc 

Missed everything between 75 and 95. Came back onto the scene travelling down to Niters once a month, and most definitely didn't hear "Shoes" played even once. And that was at the more oldies orientated gigs such as Keele, Blackburn, Bradford, Kings Hall etc. Maybe I was just unlucky!

Including the seventies stuff, there must have been as many great records discovered between 75 and 95 as there was between 63 and 75.

I did say discovered, not made.

As much as I was playing catch up when I joined the scene in late 75, you must have also been playing catch up in 95.

Shoes and Yum Yum Tree were big records for Bub at Cleggy Wintergardens around 79.

Ed

 

1 minute ago, tomangoes said:

Including the seventies stuff, there must have been as many great records discovered between 75 and 95 as there was between 63 and 75.

I did say discovered, not made.

As much as I was playing catch up when I joined the scene in late 75, you must have also been playing catch up in 95.

Shoes and Yum Yum Tree were big records for Bub at Cleggy Wintergardens around 79.

Ed

 

Played catch-up? Absolutely. At first, just about all these "newies" left me cold. Perhaps one or two, to my ears, held up against the sounds from before 75. As time has gone on, I have slowly come to love many of these tunes. No, none of them ever "hit me between the eyes", like Duke Browner, Moses Smith and Lenis Guess did in 72, but they most certainly have grown on me. 

As for Bub, I have heard of him, but I don't think he was on the scene when I left, and I certainly didn't meet him after I returned. If he did indeed play both Shoes and YumYum tree, then he had taste!

45 minutes ago, Joey said:

Missed everything between 75 and 95. Came back onto the scene travelling down to Niters once a month, and most definitely didn't hear "Shoes" played even once. And that was at the more oldies orientated gigs such as Keele, Blackburn, Bradford, Kings Hall etc. Maybe I was just unlucky!

Ha ha joey , your maybe like an unlucky chap I know, went to a football match ( can’t remember which ) there were four goals and he missed everyone, going for a pie , 1st goal, toilet visit 2nd goal , lighting a cig 3rd , 4th toilet again 😄

Bub was hard to miss...RIP

Sure he was a Wheel goer...

It keeps raining followed by I love music, nobody else could get away with that!

Ed

Edited May 29, 20186 yr by tomangoes
Spello

Has The Olympics -Secret Agents been mentioned? Came out on British Fontana so imagine it got played. Doesn't sound dated like some oldies.

 

The Drifters - If You Don't Come Back  - I found this in a charity shop a couple of weeks ago for 50p on UK London Atlantic and was surprised when i got it home how good it is. Good example of early soul. I wonder if it got played in the early days when there fewer tunes available for the DJ's to spin.

 

Edited May 29, 20186 yr by autumnstoned

33 minutes ago, Colnago said:

Ha ha joey , your maybe like an unlucky chap I know, went to a football match ( can’t remember which ) there were four goals and he missed everyone, going for a pie , 1st goal, toilet visit 2nd goal , lighting a cig 3rd , 4th toilet again 😄

Lol. Been there, done that too!

18 minutes ago, tomangoes said:

Bub was hard to miss...RIP

Sure he was a Wheel goer...

It keeps raining followed by I love music, nobody else could get away with that!

Ed

Heard he was larger than life, in more ways that one. But no, I don't think he was around prior to my departure. I knew a lot of the Leeds and west yorks crew, and he certainly didn't hang around with them as far as I recall. It keeps raining? Wonderful. I love music? Hmmm!🤣

25 minutes ago, autumnstoned said:

The Drifters - If You Don't Come Back  - I found this in a charity shop a couple of weeks ago for 50p on UK London Atlantic and was surprised when i got it home how good it is. Good example of early soul. I wonder if it got played in the early days when there fewer tunes available for the DJ's to spin.

 

One of Kev Johnson's (a man with a fine & varied taste) "faves".

36 minutes ago, autumnstoned said:

The Drifters - If You Don't Come Back  - I found this in a charity shop a couple of weeks ago for 50p on UK London Atlantic and was surprised when i got it home how good it is. Good example of early soul. I wonder if it got played in the early days when there fewer tunes available for the DJ's to spin.

 

People don't realise just how bloody good the Drifters actually were. They must have been responsible for quite a decent percentage of the tunes played in most Northern youth clubs. 

1 hour ago, Joey said:

People don't realise just how bloody good the Drifters actually were. 

Agreed. I'm having to re evaluate them. I knew about Gotta Pay Your Dues in the mid 70's but wrongly assumed that's all there was of interest to me.

Remember first hearing GPYD at the Casino, early 74. Can't recall it ever being played prior to then, but hey-ho, most folks know that my memory is shot, so I could well be wrong. 

But their back catalogue is crammed full of stuff not just as good, but in some cases far better. Their more widely known offerings were played to death at youth clubs up and down the country, and even in mainstream ballroom discos in the early 70's. A VERY underrated group, too easily dismissed by the self styled cognoscent?

Edited May 29, 20186 yr by Guest

On ‎28‎/‎05‎/‎2018 at 23:14, Mark S said:

correct me if I am wrong  Johnny wyatt this thing called love and the triumphs walking the duck

 

Johnny Wyatt - For Sure As It Was My Copy That " Les Cokel " Played ! , I Covered It With a Center From The Twisted Wheel " Admit One Free Of Charge " Sunday Afternoon Ticket . Several Other Dj's Borowed It That Niter  & All Were Quizing  " Who Is Singing And What label " ????  That's Why It's Covered Up ! .

I Had Also Scratched Out PT 109 In The Dead Wax ( Both Sides ) 

On 05/03/2018 at 19:51, Joey said:

Yep, remember it as well as the Gene Pitney one "Heartbreaker..." pretty amazing what was played, when you think about it. 

Les C always said he was ashamed he played that, and André Brasseur against his better judgment because they were popular. We still have his old Dark Red vinyl 50 box that he used to DJ from at the Wheel. Dx

On 19/02/2018 at 20:09, theothertosspot said:

Four Tracks on Mandingo

Les Cokell was very proud that he discovered this - though I think that was early 70s. VERY much his kind of record.

Dx

Edited June 11, 20186 yr by DaveNPete

Gene Pitney  Heartbreaker was a good stomper just to let you know we were dancing to that tune in 1968 so believe me it was already discovered and I wouldn't be ashamed in the least to play it, I still do and it still gets a great response 

ML

48 minutes ago, Hooker1951 said:

Gene Pitney  Heartbreaker was a good stomper just to let you know we were dancing to that tune in 1968 so believe me it was already discovered and I wouldn't be ashamed in the least to play it, I still do and it still gets a great response 

ML

Oops - it quoted wrong for some reason - it was Rubberneckin he played.
Dx