Having a chat at a do recently regarding Major Lance........you don't often hear him played out too much these days.

Was advised that his sound is no longer fashionable.

Appreciate the scene is always evolving (albeit very slowly!) but does the above statement hold true for quality uptempo soul like Major Lance?

Topic title should have been Fashion & ML not Fashion & MI. Don't know what happened there!

Topic title should have been Fashion & ML not Fashion & MI. Don't know what happened there!

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Nick

people just dont Appreciate this kind of stuff.major lance did some fantastic 60s tunes.I still love playing my major lance 45s except you dont me no more,that is a bit out and over played.The rest of his stuff is never played out i dont think.

Edited November 26, 200717 yr by JMYTG

You Don't Want Me No More was played at the TOS reunion/PTP's birthday do on Saturday. But you don't hear ML much these days do you? Similarly the only Impressions track that seems to be played at NS do's is You've Been Cheating. At Modern/Crossover you occasionally hear I'll Always Be Here (I've played that) and Wherever You Leadeth (think that's the right title).

Some of Major's old American hits like Monkey Time would be great for dancing at a Northern night, but maybe they are too well known; same for some of the Impressions tracks as well.

Perish the thought of playing something not totally obscure, lol.

What about "too hot to hold"/"dark and lonely", or "don't you know that i love you",,,,out of fashion?....there's more to him than "you don't want me" etc...

Edited November 26, 200717 yr by KevH

if its getting to the point where its about whats in and out of fashion then we all might as well jack it in.its bad enough having folk bang on about tunes that the "BIG" dj's are playing and everyone who collects 45s have got to have it and now we have soul thats not in fashion,what a load of old b££$ks that what i say

Just play me some good tunes and I'll dance....

Major Lance remains a favourite and i don't give a toss what anyone else thinks about him.

Just play me some good tunes and I'll dance....

Major Lance remains a favourite and i don't give a toss what anyone else thinks about him.

spot on

Having a chat at a do recently regarding Major Lance........you don't often hear him played out too much these days.

Was advised that his sound is no longer fashionable.

Appreciate the scene is always evolving (albeit very slowly!) but does the above statement hold true for quality uptempo soul like Major Lance?

Whoever decided that it aint "fashionable" to play Major Lance needs their head removing from their arse - since when has the NS scene been about fashion - I always thought it was about the music

I suppose if Major Lance is out then it's no longer fashionable to play Jackie Wilson, Gene Chandler or The Showmen?

Bunch of arse if you ask me

still got my copy original uk soul city copy of the beat by major lance and he signed it on the label for me when he appeared at an all-nighter in peterborough in the mid 70s, i still love the tune after all these years,

check him out on you tube as well.some great footage of him.the guys a legend

BOLLOCKS TO FICKLE TRENDS ON THE NORTHERN SOUL SCENE /THE SCENE IN MY RECORD ROOM PLAYS ALL OF HIS STUFF RELENTLESSLY FROM THE EARLY SIXTIES TO ALL THEM INCREDIBLE SEVENTIES CUTS!

BAZ A

The Matador was played at the last Stoke Niter.... top tune and fantastic to hear him played.

BOLLOCKS TO FICKLE TRENDS ON THE NORTHERN SOUL SCENE /THE SCENE IN MY RECORD ROOM PLAYS ALL OF HIS STUFF RELENTLESSLY FROM THE EARLY SIXTIES TO ALL THEM INCREDIBLE SEVENTIES CUTS!

BAZ A

COULDN'T AGREE MORE WITH YOU ON THIS BAZ, WHAT A LOAD OF BOLX. NEXT THING THE NORTHERN SCENE WILL BE TELLING US IT IS FASHIONABLE TO PLAY WOMACK RECORDS

THE BULMEISTER

INVESTIGATE---enough said !!

Edited November 27, 200717 yr by Karen and Rob Wigley

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Having a chat at a do recently regarding Major Lance........you don't often hear him played out too much these days.

Was advised that his sound is no longer fashionable.

Appreciate the scene is always evolving (albeit very slowly!) but does the above statement hold true for quality uptempo soul like Major Lance?

so which arse gave the advice

one of the first big name artists to grab my attention back in the day....

INVESTIGATE---enough said !!

Excellent call... and one of the many reasons I love his stuff. As soon as that starts you know its a winner and it just builds from there. I suspect if I ever sat down an worked out list of my favourite NS tracks, that would be somewhere in the top ten. Some records get tired very quickly but that is one that I can listen to endlessly.

Major Lance is THE King of Nothern as far as I'm concerned. He was and still is the sweetest soul singer on he scene. Investigate does it for me as well... MAJOR, YOU'LL REMAIN IN "FASHION" FOR EVER.

So anyway Soulsmith... who was the soulie with cloth ears then?

:D

No offence meant.......