The Tempest

I have looked back till 2005 till they started !!! You tube links are for the c4 doc and the other for Babs St Clair - Teacher Man , thats it ! But no definitive list of sounds , we've had dj's / dancers / live acts / and fights , myself included on the last one !!!! Feel free to carry on

Two of the outstanding tunes that remind me of this venue to this day Why No Cd compilation ???????????????? If so what would be your top pier sounds be ??????

Great record

I love this scene , you get educated every day , was totally unaware of this album MUSIC FOR THE DANCE CROWD is a classic sleeper LP that is totally unnoticed in the garage underground!! "Music for the dance crowd" is a collection of tracks culled from the BRENT label out of New York, the label run by Bob Shad in the late 50's into the 60's before he concentrated on Mainstream. As a matter of fact, many artists released 7" singles under Brent and then went on and released the same under mainstream, for instance the "pot of flowers" Lp on mainstream is singles compiled from Brent releases, to cash in on the psychedelia movement. 
Clarence Hill serves up some serious Northern Soul styles, " When Sunny Comes Strollin' Home" and "A Lot Of Lovin' Going' Round" Fantastic songs. These also appeared on the very rare "Brenton Wood
Introducing Boogaloo" LP along with garage latin punkers "The Golden Boys" and their tracks, "Modernistic", and "mira mira" , THE TOADS with "backaruda"
More Go Go/Freak beat energy tracks create the continuity here, The IN CROWD with "cat dance" and Grapevine, and the OFF SET with the garage gloomer "just a little smile" AMAZING!!! 
The rest of the tracks are very strong, I just don't know who composed them. "the froggie", lifeboat", Boss walk", "el nubio", "bo do diddley", "the cobra", "rice and beans" "yeah yeah" and "beach bum" all are freak beat instrumental feasts for the senses, fuzz guitar, big drums and go go rhythms, they all sound like the same composer. 3 different releases of this LP. 2 from Canada (on allied records) and one from the USA (on time) The 2 canadian versions, one is a standard LP and the other is a box set of 3 LP's with different running order and some tracks ommitted, while others substitued. "I'm just a clown" for instance is not on the single LP, only on the box set. These recordings are in true stereo, but the track "just a little smile" to my ears sounds rechanneled from MONO (i have the 7" version of "just a little smile" and it is boldy MONO, sounds way better than the rechanneled version) And to my ears, the USA pressing sounds cleaner and better frequency range than the Canadian copies. The 3LP box set has less information per side (3-4 songs per side), therefore lends it self to higher bandwidth and sounds pretty close to a 7" single in terms of how hot they can press the tracks.

When I first started attending the scene in the early 80's in Scotland this record was huge and still is to this day BUT , only in Scotland and more importantly on the East Coast , Aberdeen , Dundee and Edinburgh ............................. After 25 yrs I am still to hear it down south , any plays in England / dancefloor reaction ????????????????

NICE

Just been listening to a live Wigan tape , mid 70's , and this record got hammered , heard it a few times at oldies nights in the 80's , but not since then , does it still get played and what's the dancefloor reaction , is it single only or included on an album somewhere ???

It's a rare un mate , usually goes for £300 + , keep your eyes peeled on evil bay , it turns up occassionally , good luck

I have seen this listed anywhere between £50 - £100 !!!!!

Picked up a copy, arrived today , same one in pick , original in stereo for £20.00 including delivery !!!!!! Managed to track it down in an old jazz shop in Germany , the guy clearly had'nt done his homework . There are still bargains out there if you search hard enough !!!!!!!!!!!

Put his name in the search box and all will be revealed !!!

I've had a few over the years , this was the most recent , found in mint condition in a local charity shop , bought for a quid !! , sold a week later for nearly three figures !!!

First heard the track at Stafford also , it's a take on an old blues tune by Howlin Wolf - How Many More Years , which was one of his signature tunes . As for the artist Guitar Ray , no idea , but anybody who can come up with the immortal line " Goin down in the cellar , gonna gather up all my clothes " !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Get's my vote , a great track

As far as I know , NO ! , picked up the album for less than a tenner a few months back , ridiculously cheap , always reminds me of my last year at Stafford , brill

Just put a post in wants and got a copy for £20 including delivery , record time on ss of 8 mins !!!!

That must be a ss record 8 mins and sorted !!!!

Thanks

I know the 12 " is from mid 90's BUT does an original 12 " on Lax exist ????????????????????????????

Bargains !!! Somebody snap these up