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OK OK I've been berated for criticising Russ W.

So to make amends, this thread is for the GOOD soul records spun by Russ at Wigan.

Excluding the "3 before bed" and Frank Wilson (which was good for about the first 200 plays), what else was there.....

I'll start with:

Gerri Grainger "I go to pieces"

Willie Hutch "Love games"

G'wan refresh my memory......what else?

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I was never a big admirer of Russ

but some good 45s were spun in the early days....

THE SHERRY'S for one.....

:D ............ :D

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I was never a big admirer of Russ

but some good 45s were spun in the early days....

THE SHERRY'S for one.....

Agreed, also Larry Hale "once" aka "One more once" - what a stormer that was!

This is a ridiculous topic. Russ was a fantastic dj at Wigan til 78, that gives him over 5 really good years, if you ever managed to get in just after 12.30 you'd hear his first spot and it was full of current monsters and new discoveries. Very unfair. After that, he was rubbish, but credit where it's due please.

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This is a ridiculous topic. Russ was a fantastic dj at Wigan til 78, that gives him over 5 really good years, if you ever managed to get in just after 12.30 you'd hear his first spot and it was full of current monsters and new discoveries. Very unfair. After that, he was rubbish, but credit where it's due please.

I wondered how long it would take for you to put your head over the parapet Pete :D

I wondered how long it would take for you to put your head over the parapet Pete :D

Can't stop, no alcohol night and starting to feel the effects, need long bath then straight to bed...

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Can't stop, no alcohol night and starting to feel the effects, need long bath then straight to bed...

A nice big glass of red wine should help

This is a ridiculous topic. Russ was a fantastic dj at Wigan til 78, that gives him over 5 really good years, if you ever managed to get in just after 12.30 you'd hear his first spot and it was full of current monsters and new discoveries. Very unfair. After that, he was rubbish, but credit where it's due please.

He did play a few, but only by accident. I did hear a rumour that people used to plant good records in his box to see if he would play them :D . Sorry can't forgive the malicious way he treated Richard towards the end.

Not the Casino again shout.gifshout.gifshout.gif:D

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I was never a big admirer of Russ

but some good 45s were spun in the early days....

THE SHERRY'S for one.....

The Sherry's was the ONLY one! :D:D:D

Seriously, didn't he start Yvonne Baker off though? That record alone justifies his existance as a DJ I guess...!

However, I'm not sure how seriously I ever took Russ as a Soul DJ, as he was always at pains to mention in early interviews that he was a ROCK music fan at heart, and that's what he played at home!. Nonetheless, I don't begrudge him anything really, as he WAS responsible for the creation of Wigan Allnighters in the first place! (and I say this as a died-in-the-wool aficionado of the Mecca, naturally! cool.gif

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It's made a lovely Car Park

:D:D:D:D

It's made a lovely Car Park

Oi leave it - I got in a lot of trouble over that :D

Any way it's a shop now, so I am told :D

The Sherry's was the ONLY one! :D:D:D

Seriously, didn't he start Yvonne Baker off though? That record alone justifies his existance as a DJ I guess...!

Wine ain't helping the old memory but I think John Bowie, Donna King and Ambassadors on Pee Vee were spun by the chubby one first as well.

Where's Fluff when ya need him? :D

Godz

OK OK I've been berated for criticising Russ W.

So to make amends, this thread is for the GOOD soul records spun by Russ at Wigan.

Excluding the "3 before bed" and Frank Wilson (which was good for about the first 200 plays), what else was there.....

I'll start with:

Gerri Grainger "I go to pieces"

Willie Hutch "Love games"

G'wan refresh my memory......what else?

Bin done B4 this one Steve..........gotta agree with Pete as well, always got to Wigan early doors for Russ, enjoyed his spots, set the tone of the night, but he did go off the boil in the latter days.

My fave Russ record was Patrice Holloway 'Stolen Hours' (plus the one I mentioned last time which was Dee Dee Barnes). Always liked Patti Labelle Lovin' Rules, Lou Roberts 'You Fooled Me' and Mikey Lanay 'I'm Gonna Walk'. He also played (albeit briefly) and later sold me Sonny Herman 'What About Me' on Utopia, Sammy Lee 'What Goes Around' on Promco, so he cant have been all bad.

Bin done B4 this one Steve..........gotta agree with Pete as well, always got to Wigan early doors for Russ, enjoyed his spots, set the tone of the night, but he did go off the boil in the latter days.

My fave Russ record was Patrice Holloway 'Stolen Hours' (plus the one I mentioned last time which was Dee Dee Barnes). Always liked Patti Labelle Lovin' Rules, Lou Roberts 'You Fooled Me' and Mikey Lanay 'I'm Gonna Walk'. He also played (albeit briefly) and later sold me Sonny Herman 'What About Me' on Utopia, Sammy Lee 'What Goes Around' on Promco, so he cant have been all bad.

When did he play Sammy Lee? (I'd love that record!) Heard Colin Curtis play it C.September 1976 I think.

I used to like Gene Latter Groove It and Mary Wilson You Are The Light, but think that says more about me as a 16 year old than Russ!!

Only heard him the last 2 years and didnt know that much then (no obvious retorts) but do remember the incessant instrumental/backing tracks he played then (Chiffons/Sidney Barnes) even annoying me at that early stage.

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When did he play Sammy Lee? (I'd love that record!) Heard Colin Curtis play it C.September 1976 I think.

Russ certainly reviewed it in Black Music at the time. Top tune, as is the Dee Dee Barnes.

The Sherry's was the ONLY one! :D:D:D

yes but even when russ gave it that legendary play it was old news :D

The Sherry's was the ONLY one! :D:D:D

Seriously, didn't he start Yvonne Baker off though? That record alone justifies his existance as a DJ I guess...!

See post 6 and yes he did, allegedly supplied by his 'Uncle' in the States. :D

See post 6 and yes he did, allegedly supplied by his 'Uncle' in the States. :wicked:

Yes Fort Laudedale , roughly translated as Uncle Simon I suspect :) !! He did play some great stuff in the early days tho ' Pain in my heart - Poppies and Stronger than her love -Flirtations were two records I heard via Russ .Best ,Eddie

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