" Big City, Mid-tempo, Shufflers ", 28th Nov @ The City, Peterborough

[John A]

Well done the two "R's".Great night and some good stuff played.Wendy specially loved it when considering she prefers "modern" thats amazing.Right,now its off to Stewartby later

[Guest Catfish]

Good move to the big upstairs room with sexy dancefloor- big improvement on 'DFS' basement bar (lots of furniture) or the conservatory downstairs bar.

Great selection of interesting music played. Very on-theme and dancefloor consistently populated by those genuinely interested in the tracks played as opposed to a floor full of people hurling themselves around, indiscriminately, all evening. I happened to write down Yvonne Carroll 'Please don't go', and The Trends- 'No one there'- as I didn't know and liked these.

Lovely to see you again Stuart, Mick & Lucy, John & Wendy, Russ, Ray & Jo. Hello Alex, and sorry no I will not carry out a contract knee-capping for you, or relieve you of your unwanted and licked lemon lollypop.

This is a great event in a superb city-centre venue and deserves to succeed, and is- I'm sure there were 50+ in last night, despite Hunstanton being on just up the road. Oldies nights- great- good fun- but does East Anglia need another? No. Do we need this? YES!! I'd rather not have to travel 100+ miles to hear something new.. let's keep this going.

BTW sorry I left a little early.. I'd been decorating all day and was a bit tired- and it was foggy.

Thanks Smashie and Nicey, you deserve all the mutual appreciation you lavish upon one another.

Michele

x

Edited November 29, 2008 by Catfish

[Guest gibber]

Well never thought possible ,coming away from a Peterborough soul night with a wants list, lovely stuff played..

A great double decking set from Paul Johnson & Phil rains

nice to see some young ones enjoying the night like thfcLiam and his gang.

Looking around the attendance we could have had a coach from ST Ives & Huntingdon.

nice one

Well done lads .

See ya soon.

gibber

[Russoul1]

thanks for the positive feedback, im really finding it hard ,to actually write a lookback for lastnight but thanks to michelle

yourve done it for me. was a little worried about the last minute change of venue and the fact that there was a lot on

but we got over 60+ in!

would like to thank paul & phil for stepping in, a perfect choice for this midtempo night cheers guys

would also like to say a big thankyou for all the support from my friends from the st.ives & huntingdon areas

what a turn out!!!

also nice to see john mc and his good lady, and all the younger generation of the soul scene which must be a good

thing

anyway thanks to everyone that has supported myself & ray in our new project it gives us great heart to move onwards and upwards into 2009, offering you good soul folk something different to the area.

ok did change my playlist around, didnt get to play some of the tunes i was gonna, but here goes with what i played

over the evening.

mamie lee - i can feel him slipping away - mgm demo

betty turner - the winds kept laughing - crescent demo

lonzine cannon - you still love her - philips demo

helen shapiro - he knows how to love me - uk columbia issue

juanita williams - you knew what you was getting - golden world

rosalind madison - neighbourhood girl - liberty demo

yvonne carroll - please dont go - vj demo

kurt harris - emperor of my babys heart - diamond

soulful twins - i cant let you go - sable

pat thomas - the long long night - verve "loveit!!!"

sharpets - lost in a world of a dream - sound city

bonnie herman - hush dont cry - columbia demo

kelly st.clair - hear that beat - amm demo

joe douglas - crazy things - playhouse

george freeman - down and out - valiant

malcolm hayes - i gotta be with you - canadian columbia "what a record!!!"

the miracles - heartbreak hotel - tamla demo

mark loyd - when im gonna find her - uk parlophone issue

bobby hutton - come see whats left of me - philips

garnet mimms - looking for you - ua demo

fred hughes - dont let me down - vj demo

bobby williams - when you play you gotta pay - sureshot

billy eckstine - i wonder why - motown

otis leavill - right back in love - columbia

george jackson - i dont have the time to love you - mercury

timothy wilson - hey girl do you love me - veep demo

the trends - no one there - abc demo

marvin gaye - when i had your love - uk tm demo

thelma houston - baby mine - capitol demo

falcons - love look in her eyes - big wheel

brothers of soul - id be greatful - boo

the volumes - that same old feeling - impact demo

the caesars - girl i miss you - lanie

the spiedels - dream girl - providence demo

douglas banks - aint that just like a woman - guyden demo

jimmi reed jr - i aint going no where - mercury

george wydell - from out of nowhere - trc demo

rufus lumley - stronger than me - rca lp

the ellingtons - destined to become a loser - castle

tommy bush - i dont like it - rika

(i know these aint midtempo! but put them into me box because i was told that

one of the younger soul fans whos only 18 loves these tracks good enough

reason to play them!! imo)

think thats it, was alot of other quality stuff abit more obscure but i thought i would play it safe

and leave it to the other lads

russ

[Professorturnups]

thanks for the positive feedback, im really finding it hard ,to actually write a lookback for lastnight but thanks to michelle

yourve done it for me. was a little worried about the last minute change of venue and the fact that there was a lot on

but we got over 60+ in!

would like to thank paul & phil for stepping in, a perfect choice for this midtempo night cheers guys

would also like to say a big thankyou for all the support from my friends from the st.ives & huntingdon areas

what a turn out!!!

also nice to see john mc and his good lady, and all the younger generation of the soul scene which must be a good

thing

anyway thanks to everyone that has supported myself & ray in our new project it gives us great heart to move onwards and upwards into 2009, offering you good soul folk something different to the area.

ok did change my playlist around, didnt get to play some of the tunes i was gonna, but here goes with what i played

over the evening.

mamie lee - i can feel him slipping away - mgm demo

betty turner - the winds kept laughing - crescent demo

lonzine cannon - you still love her - philips demo

helen shapiro - he knows how to love me - uk columbia issue

juanita williams - you knew what you was getting - golden world

rosalind madison - neighbourhood girl - liberty demo

yvonne carroll - please dont go - vj demo

kurt harris - emperor of my babys heart - diamond

soulful twins - i cant let you go - sable

pat thomas - the long long night - verve "loveit!!!"

sharpets - lost in a world of a dream - sound city

bonnie herman - hush dont cry - columbia demo

kelly st.clair - hear that beat - amm demo

joe douglas - crazy things - playhouse

george freeman - down and out - valiant

malcolm hayes - i gotta be with you - canadian columbia "what a record!!!"

the miracles - heartbreak hotel - tamla demo

mark loyd - when im gonna find her - uk parlophone issue

bobby hutton - come see whats left of me - philips

garnet mimms - looking for you - ua demo

fred hughes - dont let me down - vj demo

bobby williams - when you play you gotta pay - sureshot

billy eckstine - i wonder why - motown

otis leavill - right back in love - columbia

george jackson - i dont have the time to love you - mercury

timothy wilson - hey girl do you love me - veep demo

the trends - no one there - abc demo

marvin gaye - when i had your love - uk tm demo

thelma houston - baby mine - capitol demo

falcons - love look in her eyes - big wheel

brothers of soul - id be greatful - boo

the volumes - that same old feeling - impact demo

the caesars - girl i miss you - lanie

the spiedels - dream girl - providence demo

douglas banks - aint that just like a woman - guyden demo

jimmi reed jr - i aint going no where - mercury

george wydell - from out of nowhere - trc demo

rufus lumley - stronger than me - rca lp

the ellingtons - destined to become a loser - castle

tommy bush - i dont like it - rika

(i know these aint midtempo! but put them into me box because i was told that

one of the younger soul fans whos only 18 loves these tracks good enough

reason to play them!! imo)

think thats it, was alot of other quality stuff abit more obscure but i thought i would play it safe

and leave it to the other lads

russ

Well done Russ! I really will make it over there next year!

Mark C

[Tiggerwoods]

Well done Russ! I really will make it over there next year!

Mark C

Really enjoyed playing the different, the lesser played and the odd genuine rarity alongside £3 tunes and it all being around MIDTEMPO. For me that's soul with a capital 'S'! Thanks for inviting me and Paul J to double deck Ray and Russ ... think the theme went pretty well all round and what a brilliant room. Looking forward to the next themed night?? Playlist to follow when my braincells regroup...Two late nights and i can't hack it!

Phil Rains

[Guest]

first soul do for over 15 years and absolutely gobsmacked with the quality of the music

(didnt have the balls to have a dance though)

when a dj put on Rhonda davis "do you remember" had to go up and ask him what it was

thanks goes out to the people who put it together

cheers

mick

[Guest]

thanks for the positive feedback, im really finding it hard ,to actually write a lookback for lastnight but thanks to michelle

yourve done it for me. was a little worried about the last minute change of venue and the fact that there was a lot on

but we got over 60+ in!

would like to thank paul & phil for stepping in, a perfect choice for this midtempo night cheers guys

would also like to say a big thankyou for all the support from my friends from the st.ives & huntingdon areas

what a turn out!!!

also nice to see john mc and his good lady, and all the younger generation of the soul scene which must be a good

thing

anyway thanks to everyone that has supported myself & ray in our new project it gives us great heart to move onwards and upwards into 2009, offering you good soul folk something different to the area.

ok did change my playlist around, didnt get to play some of the tunes i was gonna, but here goes with what i played

over the evening.

mamie lee - i can feel him slipping away - mgm demo

betty turner - the winds kept laughing - crescent demo

lonzine cannon - you still love her - philips demo

helen shapiro - he knows how to love me - uk columbia issue

juanita williams - you knew what you was getting - golden world

rosalind madison - neighbourhood girl - liberty demo

yvonne carroll - please dont go - vj demo

kurt harris - emperor of my babys heart - diamond

soulful twins - i cant let you go - sable

pat thomas - the long long night - verve "loveit!!!"

sharpets - lost in a world of a dream - sound city

bonnie herman - hush dont cry - columbia demo

kelly st.clair - hear that beat - amm demo

joe douglas - crazy things - playhouse

george freeman - down and out - valiant

malcolm hayes - i gotta be with you - canadian columbia "what a record!!!"

the miracles - heartbreak hotel - tamla demo

mark loyd - when im gonna find her - uk parlophone issue

bobby hutton - come see whats left of me - philips

garnet mimms - looking for you - ua demo

fred hughes - dont let me down - vj demo

bobby williams - when you play you gotta pay - sureshot

billy eckstine - i wonder why - motown

otis leavill - right back in love - columbia

george jackson - i dont have the time to love you - mercury

timothy wilson - hey girl do you love me - veep demo

the trends - no one there - abc demo

marvin gaye - when i had your love - uk tm demo

thelma houston - baby mine - capitol demo

falcons - love look in her eyes - big wheel

brothers of soul - id be greatful - boo

the volumes - that same old feeling - impact demo

the caesars - girl i miss you - lanie

the spiedels - dream girl - providence demo

douglas banks - aint that just like a woman - guyden demo

jimmi reed jr - i aint going no where - mercury

george wydell - from out of nowhere - trc demo

rufus lumley - stronger than me - rca lp

the ellingtons - destined to become a loser - castle

tommy bush - i dont like it - rika

(i know these aint midtempo! but put them into me box because i was told that

one of the younger soul fans whos only 18 loves these tracks good enough

reason to play them!! imo)

think thats it, was alot of other quality stuff abit more obscure but i thought i would play it safe

and leave it to the other lads

russ

i know its a million to one shot but one of the male vocal tunes (sad lyrics i think) mentioned "sitting in a corner" or sitting against the wall" or something like that

....dont suppose you know which one it was as it blew my socks off!

cheers

mick

[Russoul1]

i know its a million to one shot but one of the male vocal tunes (sad lyrics i think) mentioned "sitting in a corner" or sitting against the wall" or something like that

....dont suppose you know which one it was as it blew my socks off!

cheers

mick

hi, was it george freeman - down and out??

glad you enjoyed the evening

[Raym]

Quality, Quality, Quality!

A "Big city" thank you to all those that came along on Friday with open minds and open ears to listen and dance to a superb selection of Soul ranging from the big beat ballads through to midtempo and through to tracks sitting just below uptempo.

My thanks to Paul Johnson and Phil Rains who really did rise to the challenge, pulling out some class records from their extensive collections for the evening's entertainment. Thanks also to Russ Holley who has supported me with these 'theme' nights and never fails to deliver quality tracks one after the other. Nice one guys.

It was great to see some new faces as well as the loyal band that support us every time without fail. Good to see a fair few taking to the dance floor throughout the evening including Johnny who danced to just about everything! Absolutely fantastic! - once again to see a decent sized crowd who stayed right to the very last record - a true indicator of an enjoyable evening.

Thanks all once again. Ray Mahoney.

Ps/ for those that missed the evening, I recorded "live" the last hour or so of Russ and I double decking. So if you fancy sampling the atmosphere during that last hour or so (proving also the numbers still there having a great time when other Soul nights regard the last hour as the 'graveyard shift' !!) then just PM me your address and I will gladly send you a copy on CD.

Edited December 2, 2008 by Raym

[KevH]

really glad this is going from strength to strength Ray.Nice playlists too.

[Guest sadsam]

Hi all bit late, i know but here's my play list as far as i can remember

in no order, just putting them back in the racks ( for another ten years time - unless i get asked again)

Don't Pretend - Roscoe Robinson - Fame Demo

Pick Up The Pieces - Carla Thomas - Stax u.k.

Oh What A Feeling - James Phelps - Cadet

Love, Lets Try It Again - The Magicians - Villa

Girl Why You Wanna Make Me Blue - The Platters - Musicor L.P.

Would You Believe - William Hunt - Stremaside

Sweep It Out In The Shed - Tobi Lark - Topper

Under The Street Lamp - The Exits - Gemini

I'll Never Forget You - The Tempos - Diamond Jim

Tell Her - Jimmy (Soul) Clark - Moira W/Demo

Call On Me - Barbara Mercer - Sidra

The Jokes On Me - The Corvells - Cub

Going Going Gone - Cody Black - Ram-Brock B/Demo

I Can Take Care Of Myself - Gene Chandler - Constellation

True Love Money Can't Buy - Buddy Ace - Duke P/Demo

You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone - Jimmy Burns - Tip Top

I'm Gonna Put You Down - Lee Stone - Shaw W/Demo

Tell Her You're Mine - Gladys Knight & the Pips - Maxx Demo

Quiet Home - The Sea Shells - Village Demo

Fifteen Cent Lover - Albert Jones - Kapp

Got To Get Through To You - The T.S.U. Toronadoes - Atlantic R&W Demo

Love You Like You Never Been Loved - The Falcons - Big Wheel

I think that was about it, there was ton's that i would have liked to play, sorry to Kev i will play that track for you sometime. A big thank you to Russ & Ray, keep up the good work lads, also thak you to the lad that danced to every record, even some that he didn't know. A great night well done Peterborough.

Paul Johnson a.k.a SAD SAM

Edited December 3, 2008 by sadsam

[Raym]

I think that was about it, there was ton's that i would have liked to play, sorry to Kev i will play that track for you sometime. A big thank you to Russ & Ray, keep up the good work lads, also thak you to the lad that danced to every record, even some that he didn't know. A great night well done Peterborough.

Paul Johnson a.k.a SAD SAM

Thanks once again Paul, class set from yourself and from Phil Rains also. The lad you are on about that danced to literally everything we could throw at him was Johnny. Dont forget my turntable middle! Cheers, Ray

[Len]

I think that was about it, there was ton's that i would have liked to play, sorry to Kev i will play that track for you sometime. A big thank you to Russ & Ray, keep up the good work lads, also thak you to the lad that danced to every record, even some that he didn't know. A great night well done Peterborough.

Paul Johnson a.k.a SAD SAM

Thanks once again Paul, class set from yourself and from Phil Rains also. The lad you are on about that danced to literally everything we could throw at him was Johnny. Dont forget my turntable middle! Cheers, Ray

Hi Ray / Russ,

Glad it went well, sos didn't make it this time. See you at Spalding Friday (Ray)

Len.