Jumpinjoan

I'll take your word for it because despite appearance to the contrary the Torch was waaayyy before my time

Was really big in it's day and funny you should mention Scotland as it was as big a tune at Shotts as anywhere. Fantastic!

I like them all, each has a little something different to offer and they are all good which is quite rare when it comes to different versions of the same song

Garland Green is the best version for me. Have all three (does that make me sound horrible) but GG is the one

Tell me about it. Had another enquiry yesterday from a film company, not a small company by any means, but yet again they claim they don't have a pot to pee in. Makes me mad, especially when the fee we're talking about isn't even three figures sometimes. BBC are the worst

Watch this programme a lot and only registered once it started that this is the one that I did some research on for Ch5 last year. They weren't up for paying though, tight wads. All TV companies are the same, always on a really tight budget, bless

Absolutely! Jeez

Eddie Parker overrated and overplayed? Could maybe understand people not liking it (well, no I can't really) but overrated and overplayed? Wish I heard it everytime I went out!

Some great photos there

Amazing

Eddie Parker - I'm Gone Mello Souls - We Can Make It Combinations - Like I Never Did Before (most incredible drums ever!) Calvin Grayson - Love's Just Begun Honey Bees - Get Back Together Montclairs - Hey You (very sexy)

Neil Holden?

Really? All guy to me. Anyway, if you listen to the B side it is definitely male. Not only the vocal but the words - you're coming on too strong girl, too high class (that's from memory mind, not played it for years)

If you guys think this is what I'm talking about then I give up

Yep, same here. Come on guys, list the artists and titles so us skivers can join in

Couldn't do that at Phil Armstong's do in Derby (2nd room) - no idea where the camera is Two cameras would be better - nowhere to hide and rightly so

These type of records are not what we're talking about. How many times!

After Lance Hill's version of Make My Love I can't help hearing a C&W influence to the tune Ever wish you'd never heard something?

Adds another dimension to the night too. I love them

As opposed to something that isn't as good? Absolutely!

I consider myself pretty easy going (a lot more so than some of my mates that's for sure lol) and a few tracks here and there (even every hour) is no problem at all. There's getting to be more and more of it though and the quality really isn't good enough (for me). If the dance floor is busy it's job done - but it usually isn't and there lies the problem.

Good for you but why make a comparison to pop / blue eyed / Asda soul which is not what I am talking about. Far from it As for records growing on you (like you mentioned in your previous post) I can honestly say that isn't how it is for me. I hear a record and I either like it or I don't. As entertaining and as interesting as these threads are, they never change things in the real 'soul' world so I guess the answer is to just avoid venues playing the stuff you don't want to hear. All I know is if this is the furture of the scene then it's not for me. Thankfully (I hope) there will be enough unimaginative and narrow minded venues around to ensure there is at least somewhere to go that plays the kind of unexciting tunes that I prefer

It is all music yes, but is it all soul music? I'm not so sure If it was all soul music there wouldn't be a funk scene surely? I did ask before but do they play hours of northern soul at funk do's? Also, do they play the kind of records that are being played at soul do's now? Serious question as I am really interested I'm against pigeon holing as much as anyone, a good record is a good record no matter when it was made. Whether you like a record or not really doesn't matter - if the dance floor is full then it's job done in my book. I have never once said what should or should not get played. All I've said is a lot of it is just not good enough (for me) which is every bit as valid as saying it is good enough surely? What I do find hard to understand though is why these tunes weren't played years ago? Could it be that they weren't considered good enough compared to all the other tunes that were being discovered at the time? If they weren't good enough then what makes them good enough now? I really don't think it's a case of people not wanting to hear something new or that they are happy to stay stuck in the past. Jeez, hearing new stuff is what it's all about for me and almost everyone I know. It's more that the records fall way short of the high standards and quality of what's gone before.

Sounds good. Not sure a live act is essential but I love live acts so no complaint here either way. Would an informal lunchtime / afternoon session on the Sunday work? (I'm assuming it won't be a bank holiday) and Saturday only tickets are a good idea