Steviehay Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 Just running through a couple of things on here and noticed i have been on here 22 years ...god i was 10 lol..so i wondered who was the first member after admin and also the longest active member and how long have you been a member banned or not ...???? 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Ian Stacey Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 16 years .less 2covid years . Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Russoul1 Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 Aug 2005, 17 years......I suppose would be longer if I had a computer earlier Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Mark B Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 18 years Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Richard Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 23rd May 2003 but there was loads on here way before me Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Mick Holdsworth Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 I go back to about 2002/3, when it was more of a bulletin board, but when the new style site took over I think my account disappeared or some such, so had to rejoin in 2006. Never did find out what happened. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Robbk Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 (edited) I go back to 2006. That's 16+ years. I've been a member of Soulful Detroit Forum since 2 weeks of its beginning, near the beginning of 2001. Rod Shard tipped me off about that one. That was my first Soul music forum. I was on another Northern Soul forum from 2003-2006. That forum had the word, "Soul" in its title. But, I can't remember its entire name. Some members here were on that one as well. And it was, of course, run by Brits. When they folded in 2006, they direct their members to come to THIS forum; so that's how I got here. I came over to that other Northern Soul Forum at the invitation of guitarist Bobby Eli, Ray Monette, Bob Babbitt, and some other SDFers, who said that that forum was good, too. I've enjoyed the exchanging of information and great discussions over the years, here, and learned a lot. I'll be active here until I become completely senile or pass on. And I'm looking forward to the next 10 years of interesting threads and news about new discoveries of old Soul records, and getting to listen to high-quality '60s Soul that is new to my ears! I can't believe that it's been exactly 50 years since I finished amassing probably 95% of my record collection. Edited October 31, 2022 by Robbk 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Keamus Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 17 years. June 2005. Hope me and SS Will still be here in another 17! 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Dave Morris Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 17 years & 9 months. Joined Feb 8th 2005. Still the place to be. 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Mick Boyle Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 15 years for me. I only joined as some dude had a go at me and I needed to reply. Got to say Ive found SS very informative and good for buying and selling. Some of its members are mind blowing with info. Great events calendar to. 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Amsterdam Russ Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 Joined September 2007, so that’s 15 years for me. 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Chalky Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 5 hours ago, Mick Holdsworth said: I go back to about 2002/3, when it was more of a bulletin board, but when the new style site took over I think my account disappeared or some such, so had to rejoin in 2006. Never did find out what happened. Mine says 2002 but sure I was a member before that, think there was some sort of reset????? 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Philb Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 18 minutes ago, Chalky said: Mine says 2002 but sure I was a member before that, think there was some sort of reset????? 2007, same here had to rejoin after my old account disappeared. 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Mal C Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 Mine says 2004, which is when I was living in Australia. I don't do Social Media any longer, Soul Source is it as far as making any view I have known... I liked allot of the forums before soul source, KTF was allot of fun, I met allot of new people on there that have never come on here, but then I lived in London before moving to Oz, and the soul scene back then was allot more vibrant., and I had more money to spend on reecords! lol 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Marc Forrest Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 19 minutes ago, Chalky said: Mine says 2002 but sure I was a member before that, think there was some sort of reset????? 18 years here but I also seem to remember there was some sort of change, didnt we first work with an email based system ? Mike most probably will know. Also what happened to the other site "Rare Soul Talk" (?), was that before SS started or later ? 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Solution Popular Post Mike Posted October 28, 2022 Solution Popular Post Share Posted October 28, 2022 (edited) 42 minutes ago, Marc Forrest said: 18 years here but I also seem to remember there was some sort of change, didnt we first work with an email based system ? Mike most probably will know. Also what happened to the other site "Rare Soul Talk" (?), was that before SS started or later ? A quick potted history on the technical side, bear in mind that its Friday and as always behind with all sorts... Started in 1997, as a normal static html based site Round 1999 started using a cms (content management system) , which brought in memberships, forum, news, event guide, galleries, comments and similar, as been said may be described more as a bbs them days, The forum side evolved a bit using different forum systems, which had to tie in with the cms system and so led to different memberships setups and resets, the current membership setup in use today started 2002. Think we lost some 300 odd accounts once due to a database error, plus of course there were many members who have lost emails and forgotten passwords etc etc and we do now have non-active accounts (3 years closure. 4 years deleted) prune policy, Rare soul talk email list - was started as a stand alone email list on here by myself using topica approx. 2000 ? then along with David Flynn and later others (inc Chalky and Dave) evolved into the separate 'rare soul talk' forum Forum posts on here start from 2002, and are all viewable ( some in teh archive section) most other stuff (97-2002) has been archived and there are some old 1997-2000 website bits in our articles section. As said just jumping in with some technical/geek stuff, topic makes some interesting reading, so back to you all... Edited October 28, 2022 by Mike 11 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Ian Parker Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 2008 .. time flies 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Steviehay Posted October 28, 2022 Author Share Posted October 28, 2022 1 hour ago, Mike said: A quick potted history on the technical side, bear in mind that its Friday and as always behind with all sorts... Started in 1997, as a normal static html based site Round 1999 started using a cms (content management system) , which brought in memberships, forum, news, event guide, galleries, comments and similar, as been said may be described more as a bbs them days, The forum side evolved a bit using different forum systems, which had to tie in with the cms system and so led to different memberships setups and resets, the current membership setup in use today started 2002. Think we lost some 300 odd accounts once due to a database error, plus of course there were many members who have lost emails and forgotten passwords etc etc and we do now have non-active accounts (3 years closure. 4 years deleted) prune policy, Rare soul talk email list - was started as a stand alone email list on here by myself using topica approx. 2000 ? then along with David Flynn and later others (inc Chalky and Dave) evolved into the separate 'rare soul talk' forum Forum posts on here start from 2002, and are all viewable ( some in teh archive section) most other stuff (97-2002) has been archived and there are some old 1997-2000 website bits in our articles section. As said just jumping in with some technical/geek stuff, topic makes some interesting reading, so back to you all... makes sense for a friday Mike Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Wally Francis Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 18yrs, but remember having to re-join at some point. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Steviehay Posted October 28, 2022 Author Share Posted October 28, 2022 5 hours ago, Keamus said: 17 years. June 2005. Hope me and SS Will still be here in another 17! i hope so Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Gogger Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 Mine says 2007 , it doesn’t seam that long , my first port of call for all things soulful Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Chalky Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 2 hours ago, Mike said: A quick potted history on the technical side, bear in mind that its Friday and as always behind with all sorts... Started in 1997, as a normal static html based site Round 1999 started using a cms (content management system) , which brought in memberships, forum, news, event guide, galleries, comments and similar, as been said may be described more as a bbs them days, The forum side evolved a bit using different forum systems, which had to tie in with the cms system and so led to different memberships setups and resets, the current membership setup in use today started 2002. Think we lost some 300 odd accounts once due to a database error, plus of course there were many members who have lost emails and forgotten passwords etc etc and we do now have non-active accounts (3 years closure. 4 years deleted) prune policy, Rare soul talk email list - was started as a stand alone email list on here by myself using topica approx. 2000 ? then along with David Flynn and later others (inc Chalky and Dave) evolved into the separate 'rare soul talk' forum Forum posts on here start from 2002, and are all viewable ( some in teh archive section) most other stuff (97-2002) has been archived and there are some old 1997-2000 website bits in our articles section. As said just jumping in with some technical/geek stuff, topic makes some interesting reading, so back to you all... Knew I was here very early as I was on KTF (e-mail chat group) and then this began, Flynny gave me the nod. Keep up the great work. 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Lionelonthevinyl Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 Only 10 years for me. I'm not on face book etc so enjoy reading stuff on here. Keep up the good work!! Thank you...Rob 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Supercorsa Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 March 2004 for me. Remember back then there was the SSCDT (Soul Source Champion Darts Team) an odd assortment of characters. Who arranged a SSCDT alldayer in Derby (2005) which was a great day out. A couple of them unfortunately no longer with us, Shute (Kev Johnson) and Pikey's Dog (Joe Dutton), RIP. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Steve L Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 2004 but as others have said I was here before that, maybe late 90s? I seem to remember the site was based in Germany when it first started? Remember the change of format, didn’t like it at first but soon got used to it Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Happy Feet Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 (edited) I feel like a bit of a light weight , only 2 & half years , but very late in purchasing my first Laptop ( about 3 months earlier ) never had the need for one , until I wanted to buy a record and my wife , who's Laptop I used to use occasionally, told me to #+#+ off and buy your own , so I did . Then came COVID and Lockdown and during Furlough I discovered SS , the rest is history as they say . Been a blast , great for info, great for purchasing records and I wish she'd told me to #+#+ off years ago . Edited October 28, 2022 by Happy Feet 3 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Algsoul Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 2008 for me Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Soulandy Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 Joined 2004 after KTF and the Nite Owl chat group. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Benji Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 My profile says I joined in 2004. But that's when I "re-joined". Can't remember when I actually joined the first time. I know I left the site for some time after an argument, but don't know if my account got deleted or not. I was a member of one of the email lists since late 90s. Wasn't KTF. Was it Rare Soul Talk again? I remember KTF was more about the scene, Rare Soul Talk predominantly records. @Mike: Weren't you based in Paderborn when you started the email list? Anyway, you've been doing such a great job for well over 2 decades, many thanks for this! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Oldsoulman Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 2005 for me. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Soulfinger Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 2007. After a lot of lurking. 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Soul Wv10 Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 joined may 2009 and i still cant use a pc very well lol 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Julianb Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 September 2005. Prior to this, I was on Ian Levine's 'advancednorthernsoul' chat site. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Woodbutcher Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Just hover your cursor over anyone's profile pic on the left and you'll see when they joined ... Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Robbk Posted October 30, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 30, 2022 8 minutes ago, Woodbutcher said: Just hover your cursor over anyone's profile pic on the left and you'll see when they joined ... Clearly, he wanted to read stories about the early days of this website. Running his cursor over the profiles wouldn't have produced them. 4 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Larsc Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 2004 it says on my profile. Probably true. I was on Rare Soul Talk and Soulful Detroit more. And the funk forums when they existed. After all these years I'm still not a regular user, but nice to stop by every now and then. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Mike Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 14 hours ago, Benji said: My profile says I joined in 2004. But that's when I "re-joined". Can't remember when I actually joined the first time. I know I left the site for some time after an argument, but don't know if my account got deleted or not. I was a member of one of the email lists since late 90s. Wasn't KTF. Was it Rare Soul Talk again? I remember KTF was more about the scene, Rare Soul Talk predominantly records. @Mike: Weren't you based in Paderborn when you started the email list? Anyway, you've been doing such a great job for well over 2 decades, many thanks for this! @Benji the first couple of years when site started I was based in Hameln, then moved back to uk, the site itself (server wise) has been based over the years in Germany, US, Canada and for last decade or so Uk 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Geoff Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Joined 4 April 2004, must have been reading it before joining. Still check it every day, plenty of useful information and good for knowing soul nights in my area. 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Billywhizz Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 oct 2004 still check in once twice a day , its good group if you do not mind me saying Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Stevecee Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 On 28/10/2022 at 10:40, Mike said: A quick potted history on the technical side, bear in mind that its Friday and as always behind with all sorts... Started in 1997, as a normal static html based site Round 1999 started using a cms (content management system) , which brought in memberships, forum, news, event guide, galleries, comments and similar, as been said may be described more as a bbs them days, The forum side evolved a bit using different forum systems, which had to tie in with the cms system and so led to different memberships setups and resets, the current membership setup in use today started 2002. Think we lost some 300 odd accounts once due to a database error, plus of course there were many members who have lost emails and forgotten passwords etc etc and we do now have non-active accounts (3 years closure. 4 years deleted) prune policy, Rare soul talk email list - was started as a stand alone email list on here by myself using topica approx. 2000 ? then along with David Flynn and later others (inc Chalky and Dave) evolved into the separate 'rare soul talk' forum Forum posts on here start from 2002, and are all viewable ( some in teh archive section) most other stuff (97-2002) has been archived and there are some old 1997-2000 website bits in our articles section. As said just jumping in with some technical/geek stuff, topic makes some interesting reading, so back to you all... Says 2004 on mine, but I changed email several times and was definately here in the early days, in fact I can remember meeting you at the old Uptown Down South events and you telling me about how you had plans to take what KTF had done and expand upon it and you most certainly did that, wonderful resource! Cheers Steve Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Stephen Houghton Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 (edited) Can't remember how long the memory isn't what it was lol. But excellent for news and info of soul doos ,keep it up ,never done Facebook but ss is excellent for us Edited October 30, 2022 by Stephen Houghton Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Amsterdam Russ Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 59 minutes ago, Stephen Houghton said: Can't remember how long the memory isn't what it was lol. But excellent for news and info of soul doos ,keep it up ,never done Facebook but ss is excellent for us As Woodbutcher mentioned, hovering your computer mouse over your name brings up member details. But... that doesn't work if you're using a tablet or phone. Anyway, doing the hovering thing says you joined nearly seven years ago... Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
John Benson Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Mine says May 2006, making it only 16 and a half ish years, but before that I was on Rare Soul Forum, was that also Soul Talk? Before that was Greg Tormo's email based list on Topica and Majordomo, around the mid 90's onwards which contained many people whom I'm still in touch with today. Doesn't time fly! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Scotters Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Almost 12 years, so a newbie! I can blame / thank Len for that. Hopefully not quite yet half time for me at this point Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
lds Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 According to my profile - JOINED December 23, 2002 Blimey 20 years Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
dave/colwyn bay Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 (edited) bit of a late comer September 5th 2008 ( 14 years ) didn't think it had been that long ! Thanks to Mike H Edited October 31, 2022 by dave/colwyn bay missing flag Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Wayoutgirl Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 March 2009 I first ventured on here. Remember the chat box (Webby R.I.P getting a regular ban )and Theresa's weekly quiz. Still a great source for anything soul related Sandra x Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Pat Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 2007 apparently Alan C Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Citizen P Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 2004 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
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