Jumpinjoan

I'm not being funny......but for a scene that says we welcome newcomers - no matter how they happen to stumble upon us - we're not doing a very good job here, are we? You are most welcome Nasty Angel.

Phew .....

Oh Big Fella ...... tell me you're not thinking about selling xx

George Hughley ........ CRACKING RECORD!! Got mine off E Bay a few months ago. Had to pay £100 though. Was locked in a battle with the Frenchie's and the German's for it! Would pay that all day long .... PURE CLASS!! PS: Sorry Steve ...... doesn't help you any, i know..... but couldn't help myself..... DID I MENTION IT'S A GREAT RECORD???? Loads, Joan x

Oh wow ...... if you ever bump into him will you tell him i was asking about him please? (if you remember of course!) It was a tape from him in the mid 80's that sealed my fate !! TOTALLY AWESOME! It had everything on it ...... Bernard Smith, William Cummings, Silhouettes, Midniters, Lee McKinney, Lou Pride - Your love is Fadin ....... i would go on.... but i've depressed my self enough with these six !! Loads, Joan

You're spot on Ken!! Would take a week to get to the end of his road he drove so slow!! Oh .... and what about the way his right hand had been super glued to his beard!!! Top lad though ..... with some amazing records!! Anybody know what happened to him? Okay Okay .....was trying to be subtle...... anybody know what happened to his records??

You're not wrong fella! Am sat here now listening to a tape with Butch DJing live at Droylesden allnighter ........ and he plays JJ Jackson THE DATE: 1990 Don't know about you Chalky ....... but i felt loads better when i was thinking it was 5 maybe 10 years ago than i do now ....... KNOWING FOR SURE IT WAS AT LEAST 15 !! Oh... and i can also remember hearing the Jackson Bros being played at Stafford .....

AGREED!!! TOP TUNE!!

Hey sweetie, Nice to see you're in good spirits Mark!! Not easy ....... cos it hurts like fcuk....!! Must say.... hurts a lot less when it's done at home ....and not at a niter in front of hundreds of people. Take care fella! Lots of love ...... as always, Joan xx

Just had a message from Jacqui Bicknell telling me that Mark was admitted into hospital yesterday. Aparantly his foot is broken and he is waiting to have a cat scan to assess the damage to his cartilidge and tendons. Then he may need to have an operation. Whatever the outcome of the scan it's still gonna be a long time before he'll be able to walk on it again and he's climbing the walls already!! And he's only been in a day!! I'm sure a few 'GET WELL' messages from all his friends on here will help to cheer him up a bit and let him know we're thinking of him. So i'll start the ball rolling... Here's hoping you feel a bit better soon fella and will be in to see you in the next day or so. Thinking about you loads ..... and so glad i'm not one of your nurses!! Loads of Love, Joan xxx If anybody wants to go and visit him i know he'd be glad to see you ..... not sure of actual visiting times but he's in .... WARD 2 TAMESIDE HOSPITAL Ashton Under Lyne.

There's one listed on E Bay at the moment!

I LIKE THE WAY I FEEL on REVUE does it for me everytime!! Awesome!

Haven't seen Hayley for years ...... although i do see Elaine and Nat quite often. TOP LASS ......... AND NO MISTAKE!! Do me a favour will you? Next time you see her will you tell her i said hello and was asking after her please? Thanks, Joan

Yeah .....that's on the other side. Horrible, horrible! Enough to put you off the little darlings!!!!

Keep your hair on fella!! .........

Whatever ...... jeez ...

THIS IS SO GREAT ...... BLEW ME AWAY ..... IT SOUNDED THAT GOOD !!! RECORD OF THE WEEKEND FOR ME TOO!!

Mark Bicknell used to play it a few years back. Might even dig it out and give it a spin myself sometime.... Great record!

Hey Daz, Bloody hell..... fancy meeting you here!! Hope you are well .... and Jo? Loads, Joan

Hi Pete, I think both of these are fantastic records!! Have played both Bonnie Brisker 'So much lovin' and Versatones 'Broken Heart' out quite a lot over the past couple of years. You're right though when you say they just don't seem to be able to hit their 'full' potential. Could be they're a bit too fast - Bonnie Brisker especially - for the scene as it is today. You don't hear so many 'proper' stormin records being played as you used to. like the Combinations - 'What you gonna do' or the C.O.D's - 'She's Fire'. Phew ....... Talk about sorting the men out from the boys!!..... Ok, it might have something to do with those two records being as rare as something that's really rare, but there are other records every bit as fast.... So where's all this new YOUNG blood that i keep reading about ......? HOW ABOUT SEEING SOME OF IT ON THE DANCE FLOOR GIVING IT BIG LICKS TO RECORDS LIKE THESE!!

Probably won't qualify for the list as i only think it was on twice, still worth a mention though. (apologies if someone's already mentioned it.) But does anyone remember an all niter Guy Hennigan put on at the RAZZMATAZZ CLUB in Brierly Hill ? The venue was absolutely tiny and there were mirrors everywhere! I think everyone must've banged into at least one before realising!! And if you were able to have a dance without falling off the dance floor ..... YOU WERE A GOD! Northern soul in the 80's - absolutely fantastic!!

I did know it was also on this label. Can't remember who it was that had a copy on this in early 80's. Could it have been Adam? Not too sure. Anyway, was always told it was shit rare on Top Level ....... ( Sorry Mace!!)

Every record that gets played, no matter who's playing it, will be 'new' to some and all 'ready known' to others. I wonder what the artists who recorded these records would think about someone saying you can't play that because someone else played it once 30 years ago? Cos somehow i don't think they made their records exclusively for certain people. Surely they were made for as many people as possible to get enjoyment from. So what if someone played a record 30 years ago. They ain't playing it now. You are. Of course there are exceptions, as with everything. There are certain records that will always be attributed to a certain DJ. And rightly so. And in that case i don't agree with other people to start playing it too. It's just simple respect. But if that DJ is no longer around or not DJing any more - does that mean no one else can play that record? I would like to think there aren't too many out there, stuck that far up their own arses, to think like that. You stick with it girl !!

AND WILL IT BE CALLED......... 'THE BIG DADDY HOUSE'?