A while back when I started getting interested in rare soul music again , a friend of mine who had never left the scene was telling me about someone who had wired into the sound system and was recording another djs tunes, does anyone know of this and who was involved, or is my memory playing tricks, thanks in advance 👍

Do you mean like how people use to record dj spots in the 70’s and 80’s with a tape recorder ? Just a bit more advanced nowadays ? 

 

5 minutes ago, The Tempest said:

Do you mean like how people use to record dj spots in the 70’s and 80’s with a tape recorder ? Just a bit more advanced nowadays ? 

Sorry I don’t know the full story, I got the impression he was recording them to use for himself to dj with, I believe he was djing himself and was stealing the tunes , I just wondered who it was , this story was told to me around 10/15 years ago and was a recent event around then I believe, 

11 minutes ago, Woodbutcher said:

 

What happened to the perpetrators, banned for life , disappeared of the face of the earth, he seemed a bit hard faced , thanks 

Gavin has passed away a while back 

Sorry to hear that 

4 hours ago, Eddie Hubbard said:

Gavin has passed away a while back 

Did you know him Eddie 

1 hour ago, Gogger said:

Did you know him Eddie 

In the early days of The Rocket all Nighter ,yes .What he did was obviously wrong .

20 hours ago, Gogger said:

Sorry I don’t know the full story, I got the impression he was recording them to use for himself to dj with, I believe he was djing himself and was stealing the tunes , I just wondered who it was , this story was told to me around 10/15 years ago and was a recent event around then I believe, 

He wasn't using them for himself, he distributed cds of Butch's set from which other low life's took cuts and played out.  

37 minutes ago, Chalky said:

He wasn't using them for himself, he distributed cds of Butch's set from which other low life's took cuts and played out.  

Thanks chalky, just wasn’t sure of the story, I’ve read the post wood butcher put on and it’s a lot clearer now , can imagine at the time it caused shockwaves, thanks again 

7 hours ago, Chalky said:

He wasn't using them for himself, he distributed cds of Butch's set from which other low life's took cuts and played out.  

Gavin who did on the behalf of someone else...

 

2 minutes ago, Tony Smith said:

Gavin who did on the behalf of someone else...

 

Someone else......................?

57 minutes ago, Peter99 said:

Someone else......................?

Well he worked for a certain person

6 minutes ago, Tony Smith said:

Well he worked for a certain person

A certain potty-mouthed individual ? 

Daren't anyone say Levine 😂

22 minutes ago, Chalky said:

Daren't anyone say Levine 😂

Didn't want any of his minions sending word that his name had been mentioned here inducing him to make a bile spraying reappearance  ... 

13 hours ago, Woodbutcher said:

Didn't want any of his minions sending word that his name had been mentioned here inducing him to make a bile spraying reappearance  ... 

Him to appear you would have to say his name thrice: levine, levine, ...

I know someone got sacked from the casino for the practice, allegedly. And a certain individual played a cut of the admirations at winsford allnighter, it didn't go to well🤣

18 hours ago, Woodbutcher said:

Didn't want any of his minions sending word that his name had been mentioned here inducing him to make a bile spraying reappearance  ... 

He's just a bag of wind

On 22/09/2024 at 15:59, Eddie Hubbard said:

Gavin has passed away a while back 

Not read the whole thread. Are you talking about Gavin Stearn?

1 hour ago, Julianb said:

Not read the whole thread. Are you talking about Gavin Stearn?

yes

Thanks Chalky. Good to see you at Culcheth the other week👍

I heard GS on a radio show with a certain guy spouting "how wonderful" they were to be finding and playing ( Butch's ) 1 off's to us mere mortals. Quite sickening i remember .

47 minutes ago, Julianb said:

Thanks Chalky. Good to see you at Culcheth the other week👍

Likewise mate, its been a while

4 hours ago, Julianb said:

Not read the whole thread. Are you talking about Gavin Stearn?

Yes Julian 

On 24/09/2024 at 12:51, Geeselad said:

I know someone got sacked from the casino for the practice, allegedly. And a certain individual played a cut of the admirations at winsford allnighter, it didn't go to well🤣

it was the Mello Souls at Winsford wasn't it 

Edited September 26, 2024Sep 26 by Ted Massey

I must admit i taped one of Richard Searlings spots when he worked for me and it  had all his cover ups at the time (Vicky Baines Cecil Washington  ect) on it of a very high quality  ,i just used to play it in the car . Tony Just   let slip to "Les McCutchen"i had all Richards songs and it was a case of name your price which was substantial as they would told Tony they would just boot them under the cover up name .I flatly refused and got that guilty and paranoid i immediately fessed up and gave the tape back to "Richard" who wasn't impressed i had  taped him but was grateful his crown jewels were kept out of "Simon Soussans" hands . This was Early 79 so its not a new thing.

  

37 minutes ago, Siz Sale said:

I must admit i taped one of Richard Searlings spots when he worked for me and it  had all his cover ups at the time (Vicky Baines Cecil Washington  ect) on it of a very high quality  ,i just used to play it in the car . Tony Just   let slip to "Les McCutchen"i had all Richards songs and it was a case of name your price which was substantial as they would told Tony they would just boot them under the cover up name .I flatly refused and got that guilty and paranoid i immediately fessed up and gave the tape back to "Richard" who wasn't impressed i had  taped him but was grateful his crown jewels were kept out of "Simon Soussans" hands . This was Early 79 so its not a new thing.

  

Tony who?

 

Just.

47 minutes ago, Peter99 said:

Tony who?

 

Jebb?

59 minutes ago, Peter99 said:

Tony who?

 

Tony Just

He has a sales page in the magazine I uploaded here other day

Edited September 26, 2024Sep 26 by Chalky

Used to buy loads of records from Tony’s Manchester store on the market in Manchester in the mid 80s. He now lives in Blackpool.

On 26/09/2024 at 10:06, Ted Massey said:

it was the Mello Souls at Winsford wasn't it 

Well I thought that, but someone recently told me admirations, I remember being there but couldn't be 100% on the record. I spent most of my time at winsford in the modern room.