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Reviews - Lowton - North and South and More On Weekend Story so far ..... Lowton - North and South - Top Nite - Full ish review on happenings and plays plus can hear last 30 mins of final spot - Wilton - Reports say great nite as usual with classy music from the residents and guests. 100 Club - Been told Saturdays niter had great atmosphere and as always great sounds Weekend - As said before there were three top drawer events on this weekend, 100 club niter, Wilton Niter and Lowton mini-niter, which must have made it a hard call for lovers of quality rare soul , to decide where to go. Myself, well as Lowton was the closest and as it was a one off featuring 4 of CSC djs guesting it had to be that one. Well my view looking back on it all is .............an outstanding nite! One of the most enjoyable nites have had in a long while, everything seemed to come together, Djs seemed to be on a mission, lot of only see once in a while faces made the trip, an appreciative dancefloor, yeah for me all things combined and made it a great nite. Format of the nite was North And South, with 4 of Capitol Soul Club DJs making journey up from the Dome and five from the North playing at home DJS Line up went something like Paul Baldwin & Dave Holt Ian Cunliffe Missed these spots as didnt get in to late, anyone fill in details? Stuart Tyler - Though made determined effort to get there early enough to catch a full set from Stuart T, as missed his last 2 at dome, failed miserably! Managed to catch last 20 mins or so, which included Gladys Tyler - A Little Bitty Girl - Decca Exits - I Dont Want To Hear It - Gemini Deadbeats -No Second Chance-strata Arthur Fenn - First time caught him for years, started off with Black Wings Have My Angel and continued with a well strong mix of rare 60s and classy 70s Terry Davis - Havent heard him for a while as last two events went to he didnt show . Didnt catch a lot as was record barring and R+B-ing , but did catch Soul Sounds and Gotta Have Money -Exits Irish Greg- A Storming set, carried on in same style as at Nantwich niter- top sounds coming at you from every angle Heres playlist (not in order) Mayfield Singers - Dont stop Now - Unissued Vocal Version Districts - One lover (just wont do) - Nile TC Lee & The Bricklayers - Up & down the hill - King Nat Hall - Why - Loop Virgina Blakley - Let nobody love you - Mojo OC Tolbert - You got me turned around - Unissued Gene Toones - What more do you want - Simco New Wanderers - Let me render my service - Ready Sonattas - Going on down the road - Hotline Gerri Hall - Who can I run to - Hotline Bobby Adams & Betty Lou - Dr Truelove - Tarx Four Tops - Lonely lover - Unissued Johnnie Mae Matthews - Dont mess with my man - Big D Bobby Treetop - Wait till I get to know ya - Tuff Judy Freeman - Hold On - Unissued lp version Counts - Our love going to get stronger etc - Yes Brand New faces - Brand New Faces - Lujuna Curly Moore - You dont mean - Sansu Tim Brown - Dug out many rarities and some classy revivals from ones you dont just hear cause of rarity such as CODs - Shes On Fire to classy revivals such as Eddie Parker -Love You Baby David Flynn - What was Mr Flynn up to, was expecting a fairly balanced set, you know like a few safe plays thrown in...... But werent to be. It was like he was on a mission, spent the whole spot under a constant attack of top quality one offs, rarities and stormers. And all worked and went down well Full playlist below Kenny Bernard & The Chapter Five - One in a million - CBS unissued Del Chaisonettes -Dont let him hurt you - shrine September Jones - Give me all of your loving - pied piped unissued Benny Spellman - This ones for you - Alon Sidney Barnes -Safety Zone- Jobette Acetate Rodd Keith and Raindrops - Like the lord Said-Preview Del Larks - Out of the "In-crowd" - Jet Helen Troy - Bring Me That Man-Cover up Fran Oliver- Searching for my man- cover up September Jones - Im with you- pied piped unissued Donna Loren - Blowing out the candle - Capitol Oxford Nights-Im Such A lonely One- Delphi Soul Inc- My Proposal- Coconut Groove Tyrone Ashley -I want my baby back -Phil LA of Soul alt.take Precious Three - I need a man - Ref-O-Ree Jay Bee - Praying for an answer - Thunderbolt Bernard Harper - Im not gonna lose it - Action Ozz and the Sperlings - Can You Qualify - Goldenway Doris Smith - No Good Guy - Limelight Harvey and Jokers- Soul sound - Sko-Field Toni Basil - Breakaway - A&M Peter Hamilton - Hey Girl (instru)- Jamie Johnny Maestro and Crests - Im Stepping out of the picture - Specter Bobby Reed - The Time is Right For Love Alan H- Had last spot and kept it going, always get a strong R+B taste when hes on but also get mixed in quality stormers, touch of 70s and down tempo soulful stuff Threw at us loads of highlites, the headturning old wigan spin Isonics- Sugar, that sounded awesome, CSC anthem almost - Im In With The Downtown Crowd,Chick, Chick never sick of hearing that 30 sec chick chick break, and finishing with great ender for the nite - let me down easy, Save me typing as sick of it - check out link for chance to hear last 35 mins of his set, more from nite in pipeline R&B room - Paid it a fair few visits (hence blanks above) and caught Alan H, Pete Coulson, Mark Morgan, Barry J and others in action in the room. with loads of current popular R+B floor fillers being dished out, along with some good quality first hears, dont think ever seen so many excello 45s , Modern room- A few visits and seemed to be doing the business with some bang up to date examples of quality soul, DJs included Colin Curtis & Bary Maleedy etc Spotted a set of bongos up next to decks, didnt see them getting used, though guy was behind them, so still wondering what that was all about? Anyone? Crowd - Crowd wise - was told about 350 in, bit lower than normal but as other quality events such as Wilton and 100 on at weekend must had an effect, plus noticed a bit of a difference in crowd make up compared to last time I went. Dancefloor - Never saw it rampacked but was used through out, and during the early hours when normally a big drop off in numbers there was still plenty of action on a par with last time Overall - Well have said what I thought, all of lot was with, agreed in it being a great nite. Dont get chance much to hear a lot of the Domes spins elsewhere but all sounded just as strong. Future - Well after tonite and also recent Nantwich niter, well seems like things are looking good, have heard so many soul fans recently moan about tired old oldies, lazy "top" djs, well will just say the answer is out there! Hit here to listen to last 35 mins of Alan h who did the finishing hour Hit here to stream or go to soul sounds/live sessions to download Hopefully 3 x more sessions from this nite soon!

Weekend - As said before there were three top drawer events on this weekend, 100 club niter, Wilton Niter and Lowton mini-niter, which must have made it a hard call for lovers of quality rare soul to decide where to go. Myself well as Lowton was the closest and as it was a one off featuring 4 CSC djs guesting it had to be that one. What a nite!! full review to follow but briefly it was ... One of the most enjoyable nites have had in a long while, everything seemed to come together, Djs seemed to be on a mission, just hammering out quality rare sounds all nite long, an appreciative crowd, and all added up to a great nite. Of course thats just my own view, all spoke to since have agreed, but as always if you agree or disagree feel free to hit that comments button and pass on your views!

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Hi All, A quick update re: Hitchin Football Clubs soul night tomorrow. Due to family commitments Fingers will not be able to DJ which I know will disappoint the club regulars. However Neil & Ab will be covering and so a great night should still be on the cards. Expect to hear gems spanning all the eras, from Charles Sheffield Voodoo working to Dean Barlow 3rd Window from the right, from Millie Jacksons Dont send nobody else to John Westley Loves a funny thingand the Allen Sisters Downtown Crowd. 45 mins from central London on the A1(M). Cheers!

OK hit the 100 mark in poll with requests for Stafford being the clear winner! Heres Part 1, part 2 to follow in a couple of days: Info: Part One of the Stafford Session 09 June 1984 Quick and dirty track listings as annouced on the nite so loads of covers plus best quotes naughty boy -shellie mathhews and bells - "questions will be asked in parliment about that record" soul of a woman- gracie dumas gordon keith - dont be half sad -"big one for dean anderson " randolph wright - and so they say ringleaders- all my life "big one for dave thorley" - quiet volume tape jump rock robinson -eve of destruction instrumental terry goodnight - they didnt know -"going big" tommy wade the flame of my heart oscar perry -face reality carol orr-only have myself to blame volumes-cant you hear me calling arron domain - I cant see - "see you at leighton buzzard " naughty boy - shellie mathhews and belles Part 2 of this sess soon session should now be in refosoul live event section

Heres the latest CSC Djs "Magnifcent Sevens" A fair chance that most of these be thrown at you at that there saloon up Lowton way this Friday. Irish Greg Mayfield Singers - Dont stop now - Mayfield unissued Districts - One Lover (Just wont do) - Nile 4 Tops - Lonely Lover - Motown unissued Johnnie Mae Matthews - Dont mess with my Man - Big D Temptones - Baby yes I do - Arctic unissued New Wanderers - Aint gonna do you no harm - Ready Dee & Floe - This & That - Dee Wolf Productions. David Flynn Kenny Bernard & The Chapter Five - One in a million - CBS unissued Del Larks - Out of the "In-crowd" - Jet Tyrone Ashley -I want my baby back -Phil LA of Soul alt.take Precious Three - I need a man - Ref-O-Ree Jay Bee - Praying for an answer - Thunderbolt Donna Loren - Blowing out the candle - Capitol Arthur Alexander - Stay with me - Monument unissued Stuart Tyler Cautions - No Other Way - Shrine Allen Sisters - Im in with The Downtown Crowd - Quality Gladys Tyler - A Little Bitty Girl - Decca Hattie Littles - Love Happiness Misery & Pain - Jobete Exits - I Dont Want To Hear It - Gemini Billy Wells - This Heart, These Hands - Sweet Soul Matadors - Say Yes Baby - Chavis

Saturday saw a trip up to Tony’s Blackburn, billed as the 10th Annivesary, celebrating 10 years being run by the current promoters. The nite saw a fair sized crowd, Bob Hinsley, Pete Coulson, Robbo, Brian Rae, Chris King, and Little Scotty in action, delivering a right old mix, of current in-demand rarities, R&B Throbbers, classy revivals, and popular floorfillers.As the saying goes something for everyone. Pete Coulson passed on his top plays which included Dean Barlow Third window from the right and Lillian Offitt – “Miss you so”. Terry Davis and Tony Jebb were billed but no-showed. A good enjoyable nite. Next one is on 01 Dec 01 DJ line up then is Carl Willingham, Eddie Edmondson, Sam Moore, Mark Morgan, John Mercer, and residents Mick Lyons, Little Scotty, Pete Coulson

Saturday Morning Nitemare - odds and sods Bangor Social -Friday saw the monthly soul nite at Bangor City Social Club It was another good social nite, 100+ people in, Mark Morgan guest dj, Johnny one of the organisers the other. Sounds - well were talking mainly oldies most of the night, Mark M dished out a few current floorfillers during last spot which included the likes of It Aint What I Do -Peggy Paxton, Richard Berry and Merle Spears with aint no need. Thats it, if in north wales area worth checking out as its ideal for a friday socialable nite, few beers, bit of a laugh, few old faces, nice venue, you know the score. Next one is as normal first Friday of month and Johnny said may have something special up his sleeve for this one! Web ring additions: Two recent additions: Another top quality Italian Soul Site, run by Moses, Nancy who some may know from US record lists is involved, loads of different sections and all seems quality stuff Seems like Italian Soul Scene is buzzing, going by all these cracking web sites, Adey C, Derek Pearson were recently out there (Derek P radio spot is up in sounds) and Butch and Andy Rix are lined up http://www.rightcombination.too.it/ Does that Vinyl monkey need feeding? Well heres another place to feed it Sites called Recordbarn and its at http://recordbarn.homestead.com/Recordbarn.html Clean up of webring: Working way thru check of all sites, all those without links or the url is not working, will/have been queued, please email once link is on or new url and will re-add site, without the links the ring doesnt work! Request help - Check forum out for a request for help contacting ex-casino staff

Just a quick note to let all those who are travelling to the Togetherness nighter that one of the unoffical warm-ups for the main event takes place an hour and a half down the road in Hertfordshire at the football club in Hitchin where regular DJs Neil & Ab will be joined by ace collector/dealer FINGERS for a night of across the board goodies, spanning all eras, prior to the nighter. Entry is £4 (£2 to those travelling on) and the club is located a mere 10 mins. from the A1(M). Come and relive those halycon days when we all had a lot more hair than now and didnt have our belts let out to the last hole! When wed take in a few hours at a local soul event B4 making the journey Ooop Narth. Full info can be obtained by mailing Jane at janeoppegaard@aol.com. (About the event that is and not if your a sad old git etc etc)

Odds from Last Weekend: Birchfield Last Friday was a great nite, guests John P and Colin W dished out some quality tunes (inc first chance to hear different version of Andys Rixs Jimmy Radcliffe one off "The Thrill of Loving You" by Parrish Broxton.) Regular DJs floorfilled with quality stuff such as Phonetics - Just a boys dream- Betty O Brian and more. Bradford - Beehive last Saturday Word is this was a quality nite allround, fresh and strong music, top crowd, etc seems to be going strength from strength. Bretby Last Saturday - No reports sent in, though heard it was good nite music wise whilst not a packer. This weekend: Events all over the place - London, Hants, North Wales, Blackburn, Desborough, Notts, Inverness, Hindley and more, check out Events Section for full details: Looking at getting to Bangor and Tonys 10th Annivesary meself, not sure whos on at Bangor but Tonys features Bob Hinsley,Tony Jebb, Brian Rae, Chris King, Terry Davies, with resident djs Mick Lyons & Little Scotty. Shout for reviews didnt receive a lot of info back, so will give it a rest, though gotta say big thanks to all those who regular contribute and sure it is appreciated by all Check 6ts site out as more articles, info, photos etc added, gotta say must be one of the most entertaining "offical" sites. Soul and a smile. http://www.6ts.info Northern Soul 45s Label Scans Couple of Shouts: Events: If put postcode on event news it means travellers can enter it at www.streetmap.co.uk and get an almost to the front door map. News: Sites all about "spreading the news" feel free to send ought you want word spread on in, though do get a lot of soul spam mail so please if you want it mentioned on site say so.

The Capitol Soul Club 2nd Anniversary: Pre-anniversary thoughts One of the many emails that I get from the website, this sort of feedback makes it all worth it! See you all on the 30th @ the Dome Regards Matt Jahans "As the anniversary of Capitol Soul Clubs marriage to the Dome beckons, it takes me back to July and my very first visit. I was already familiar with the music from the boys, but nothing could prepare me for what I actually experienced on going through the doors that steaming hot summers night. I had decided to drive, and the car was very much alive to the sound of good music, as my partner in life Karen and I enjoyed the company of Dave Holt and Robbo. After a somewhat lengthy journey, owing to roadworks we arrived at Finchley Park and managed to park about 100yds away from a building with plenty of outside activity. Membership cards shown, we were in, and then it hit us. Karen and I stood quite motionless for several minutes, not even daring to talk as a wave of music, heat, and an atmosphere to die for flooded over us. Only once before have I ever known that feeling, and that was on my first visit to the Torch in 1972, and here I was again, or was it someone elses first visit to the Casino or the Wheel? Im sure everyones whos passionate about their music knows what I mean. When we finally decided to move our feet and pitch our tent. We were welcomed by a lot of faces weve never seen, this was nice and I had already decied to go with the notion of when in Rome do as the Romans do. No pre-conceived ideas, or Ive been there done that attitude, Karen and I were going to just let things happen, and did they happen. The music was astounding as Alan, Dave, Carl an Irish Greg continued in the same vein as they did at Tonys all-nighter at Blackburn. Excellent sets of music included The Nomads, The Springers, Sidney Barnes, Jesse Davis etc, etc. Then popped up the guest for the evening non other than our good friend Ian Cunliffe. To say that he did the North justice would be an understatement, Ian did what Ian does, and does it so well. Joyce Taylor, Tommy Turner, Blue Jays, Brooks Bros., all went down a storm, but the real heroes are the punters. They create an energy that all young people do, the difference is this time they do it with Soul. They also are firmly behind the Jocks and their selections, and are prepared to dance to unknowns, which is so refreshing. Im now counting the days to the November Dome, but I think Ill just forget everything Ive experienced, and start all over again..........wonderful. Best wishes Steve T"

Rare Soul Review - Issue 1 2001 Rare Soul review - Issue 1 (note 2 x clips are fairly large - 200kb and may take a few mins to download, but worth the wait) Recently had the good sense at a niter to think better buy myself something to read before putting myself at the mercy of Railtrack on a Sunday. Quick look round the dealers stalls and spotted the glossy cover of the first issue of Rare Soul review. Had a flick and thought yeah give that a go. Now Railtrack being Railtrack yiu may be surprised to hear that they gave me a good chance to read this, (ended up a 10 hour journey ) so must have re-read it a fair few times (just ask me what is the third 45 on page 34). Anyway enough late nite ramblings and onto the meat, right in these days of many mags/fanzines, a new one on the streets has to stand out and offer something new. So what's on offer here then, well a few years back one of the highlights of the maildrops was a fanzine called Soul Galore, which offered pages of 45 reviews and nothing else, since it stopped theres been nought really the same (that Ive spotted) . So when I did do the quick flick through at the stall I was quite chuffed to see that it follows a similar format. Quite a few differences though, the first obvious one being the quality, as you can see by cover (Mr Hoagy Lands featured) and the clips below were talking about glossy WH smith format here and the presentation, grapics and layout shows were talking definitely about the year 2001 standard. So as you can see, it looks good what about the content, well for your money you get about 35 pages of soul reviews, the majority done by your man Tim Brown, and due to the diversty of current days split into different sections - Northern Soul Circles, Crossover to the Modern side, A Gallimaufry section (translates to misc as in doesnt fit in to mainstream cats), all by Tim Brown, and a Adams Apples (rare funk by Adam Lever), also short articles/listings on Rosie Grier, Unissued Motown doing the rounds, and 3 pages of recent cds reviews. To give you a better idea of format here's a clip OK excuse the size and quality of scan. But you get the idea for each 45 you get a bit of detailed background and comments, value and availability, with interesting label scans of some. And way it is written is not as per some dusty stock catalog, but your man offers more with his own views, compares with similar and so on. Main attention by myself was to the northern bit, but the others inc the modern are of interest especially as the modern covers a lot of "decent" 70s 45s, (which is more to my taste rather than some of the other "cutting edge" stuff called modern nowadays). Any gripes, nah not really, of course would have liked it to feature even more 45s, as in be like 2 inches thick, but all things considered with the quality, effort, and standard I feel the price and content are right. A suggestion that would work for me is a contents page, with each 45 listed, and in each forthcoming issue an index of all 45s featured and what issue and page, so in future when youre frantically searching for the info of that 45 someone is flogging, you can find it quick and easy, not like my current method of searching thru every mag you have and as always finding it in the last one you look at. And as the "All you need to know about .." mags advertised on telly say, "will build up to your own comprehesive reference libary"! Anyway not a lot more to be said, end of the day, found it worthwhile as in its informative, a lot of unknown info to me, enjoyable, always enjoy reading the background to these bits of black vinyl, artist info, label info, first played etc its all part of the buzz that get out of soul music, and a good reference. Highly recommended, am sure anyone who enjoys listening to rare soul will enjoy it no matter whats their background, and the final word by me is will be a addition to my must buy list. No need to take my word, here's another clip Contact details are after this the mag is £4.95 (includes p+p) or £5.95 overseas. Anglo-American, PO Box 4 Todmorden, Lancashire, OL14 6DA, England uk If want to pay by credit card email postmaster@raresoulvinyl.demon.co.uk At the moment the mag isnt featured on the publishers site but will be in future

Already creating a lot of interest in the Soul world, here's the news as it stands of the two upcoming weekenders in March. Both events are being held on North Wales Coast, both in the month of March and both appear to be Top Quality events. Already creating a lot of interest in the Soul world, heres the news as it stands of the two upcoming weekenders in March. Both events are being held on North Wales Coast, both in the month of March and both appear to be Top Quality events. To avoid any misunderstandings have dished out brief details below. Please note these are not offical details, its just what I have read and may be subject to error. First up is: 1, 2, 3 March 2002 - Connisseurs Soul Weekend at Llandudno (40 odd miles from Chester) Highlights from the flyer: A Quality Soul weekender for around 130 genuine Soul music lovers. Held at a 3 star hotel with all rooms en-suite on the promenade Two rooms - one with emphisis on quality soul music and R&B from the 60s and 70s DJs confirmed on flyer are Roger Banks, Dave Rimmer, Andy Dyson, John Weston, Alex Jones, Derek Pearson, Chris Anderton, John Mills and Steve Z, that is what is confirmed at moment, no doubt this will be added to Full details of this weekender can be found on the Soulful Kinda Music Have been told this is close to selling out already! Next up is: 8-11 March 2002 Prestatyn.Weekender. (20 odd miles from Chester) This is the "big full on" one. This is the full works, its being held at the Pontins Hoilday Camp Complex, as said following details ripped from memory, hence subject to errors! Hopefully full offical info soon. DJs booked so far are Roger Banks, Pat Brady, Carl F, Simon Hunt, Kitch, John Poole, Dave Raistrick, Dave Rimmer, Andy Rix, Rob Thomas. Adam, Chris Anderton, Mick Farer, Fish, Yogi Houghton, Steve Hobbs, Ivor Jones, Cliffe Steele, Tats and Rob Wigley Two Big Name Live Acts lined up, awaiting offical word Offical Format of rooms to follow, but have been told by someone who has been there recently that the main room is almost purpose built for a weekender plus also modern room Extra Weekender stuff lined up as well Rooms: Per person Prices are Classic accom: 6 sharing 2 bed £33. 4 Sharing 1 bed £39.75. Top of Range Club Accom: 6 sharing 2 bed £37. 4 sharing 1 bed £44.75. Info: only phone at moment - 08705 331199(quoting)mfns Ok there you go, brief details of both events, Llandudno being a conniseurs event in hotel Prestatyn. being a full on, major event with live acts big rooms, chalets etc etc As 5 months away am sure that details will change, with additions etc etc closer to date, as more info comes out will inform. Both events easy access from rest of uk by straight thru Motorway/Dual Expressway from M6, railway etc Hopefully above makes things clear, have no connection to these events but as always on here like to spread the word on quality stuff.