Daved

In the late 90s / early 00s, we had Capitol Soul Club, These Old Shoes, 100 club and Scenesville in London which were as good and as up front as any do up north.

Some will hate me for saying it but I still love All Over The World 😀

Two days now since Aretha died and I'm still playing her music non-stop. I've put this brief mix together with some of my favourites over the years.

This always puts a huge smile on my face. The Blues Brothers was such a great film anyway but she stole the show with her 5 minute cameo. Even my Dad was cracking up when we watched this

RIP Dean. I've heard many great sets and bought many great tunes from him. He'll be missed.

Thanks Paul. I think I've got there just in time

So what was it then Mark?

He's prolific isn't he? I'm just getting to the end of Memphis '68 which I've thoroughly enjoyed.

Ha ha. I'm sure it was. It would've been keeping with things 😀

Did that also get played at the Mecca? 😁

That would be ridiculous, wouldn't it?

It did come out on a 12" but I guess this is not what you're after 😀

Didn't this get plays in the mid 80s?

On a similar tip. I love the Stephanie Mills stuff 😀

So many great songs "in a kind of regal disco-adjacent R&B" style null. This one of my faves from Stephanie Mills

Some of my 70s northern soul favourites. Some of which I first heard as a 16 years old on Kent LPs and others I've only heard in the last 15 years or so.

It got reissued on Goldmine Soul Supply last decade so it hasn't been forgotten about for too long. Certainly not overplayed though. I like it.

I didn't bother for those reasons

I've ben to many gigs ove rthe tyears and still love going. Some stand out gigs were: Prince - Lovesexy tour 1998 - Webbley Arena Teena Marie - 2010- Indig02 Jean Carne - 1989 - Dominion Michael Jackson - Bad tour 1988 - Wembley Stadium

The It's Torture compilation LP on Kent is the original, isn't it?

I went to the first one too - mainly for the modern room. Started off superbly by Steve Cole and it was buzzing until about 2am. Ian L then did a 90-120 minute slot sitting behind the decks playing his favourite stuff at the time. Unfortunately it killed the floor and didn't recover. I then spent the rest of the time in the northern room, which was good, but had also thinned out considerably by then.

It's pretty shocking. Why would they do that?

I'd be interested to know too. I've visited twice in the last 18 months and will be returning every now and then.

https://misoulconnoisseurs.com/ Well, some shows on it anyway

That looks familiar