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What an absolutely fabulous couple of days this was. I'd never been to Ireland before, but everything I had heard about the hospitality of the Irish is absolutely true. Big thanks to Liam and Phil for looking after me, and all the other DJs so well. Saturday night was held in two rooms, and after a little bit of consternation because the decks in the freestyle room were jumping when people danced we got it all sorted. Both rooms were busy at various times of the night, as well as the bar area, and I know that the DJs between them covered the whole lot from R & B, to Oldies, to rarities, to unknowns, to Crossover, with a few Seventies thrown in as well. On the Saturday the two spots I did were crowd pleasers rather than anything else, and although I intended to do an R & B spot in the Freestyle Room a camera crew were there from Irish TV so Liam asked me to play some uptempo Oldies to fill the room and get them dancing (No flies on this lad when it comes to promotion ) The Main room spot on Saturday got the floor really busy, and I even coped with having the lights turned on three records in (I just ignored it, and decided if people kept dancing I'd keep playing records, eventually that was sorted and the lights went off again, which in a way was perhaps a bad thing because Liam couldn't see where he was dropping his bag and managed to knock all the sound off later in the spot :whistling: ) The Sunday all dayer was supposed to be a bit more laid back, and certainly that's how Phil Shields and I started the session off, however by the time I did my second spot people were dancing away and requesting uptempo things, so I threw a real mixture in. Unfortunately I had to leave for my flight half an hour after my spot finished so don't know how the last three hours went, but I'd just like to say thanks to all the people who came and spoke to me on the way out, it's nice to know that the records you've played have been appreciated. In the words of Jimmy Wallace 'I'll Be Back' The playlists are alphabetical rather than in the order I played them, I had enough trouble remembering what I played in each spot, never mind in what order ! Saturday - Freestyle Room Doni Burdick - Bari Track - Sound Impression Mickie Champion - What Good Am I - Musette Dick Jordan - I Want Her Back - Jamie Johnnie Mae Matthews - lonely You'll Be - Atco Ripple Blast Singers & Band - Sadie Sadie - Power LP Johnny Sayles - I Can't Get Enough - St Lawrence Joe Simon - I See Your Face - Hush Tommy T & The Targets - Sales Pitch - Big R Ted Taylor - Miss You So - Ronn Valentinos - Sweeter Than The Day Before - Chess Saturday - Main Room Lavern Baker - Wrapped Tied & Tangled - Brunswick The Belles - Don't Pretend - Mirwood Brooks Brothers - Looking For A Woman - Tay Caressors - I Can't Stay Away - Ru-Jac Cooperettes - Shing-A-Ling - Brunswick Joanne Courcy - I Got The Power - Twirl Troy Dodds - Try My Love - El Camino Enchantments - I'm In Love With Your Daughter - Faro Edward Hamilton - Girl I Love You - Carrie Andrea Henry - I Need You Like A Baby - MGM International GTOs - I Love My Baby - Rojac Charles Lamont & The Extremes - I've Got To Keep Movin' - Challenge Thelma Lindsey - Prepared To Love You - Magic City Magnetics - I Have A Girl - Ra-Sel Johnnie Mae Matthews - I Have No Choice - Big Hit Sparkels - Try Love - Old Town Van Dykes - Save My Love For a Rainy Day - Mala Vondells - Hey Girl - Airtown Jimmy Wallace - I'll Be Back - Alpha Mel Wynn - Stop Sign - Wand Sunday - Double Decking with Phil Shields Douglas Banks - Ain't That Just Like A Woman - Guyden Bobby Bland - Sweet Lips Of Joy - Duke LP Garland Green - Girl I Love You - Revue Sandy Hollis - I'm Tempted - Big Wheel Sherlock Holmes - Standing At A Standstill - Part III Rose St John - I Know The Meaning - Veep Sunday - On my own Larry Banks & Jaibi - My Life Is No Better - Unissued GWP H B Barnum - It Hurts Too Much Too Cry - RCA Solomon Burke - Stupidity - Atlantic Brice Coefield - Ain't That Right - Omen Frank Dell - He Broke Your Game Wide Open - Valise Delcos - Arabia - Ebony Joe Douglas - Crazy Thinks - Playhouse Eptones - A Love That's Real - Jox Mill Evans - Why Why Why - King Beverley Gibson - A Three Dollar Bill - Jubilee Major Harris - Call Me Tomorrow - Okeh Battye Lavette - One Thin Dime - Unreleased Scepter Syng McGowan - That's What I Want - Hope Servicemen - I'll Stop Loving You - Unreleased Wind Hit Tommy Navarro - I Cried My Life Away - De Jac Betty O'Brien - She'll Be Gone - Liberty Trends - Not Too Old To Cry - ABC Paramount Ike & Tina Turner - Dust My Broom - Tangerine Bobby Freeman - Swing Me - Unreleased Autumn originally posted in lookback forum click link at top to view forum discussion

The Barbara Lynn Story Written by Dave Rimmer the DJ and editor of Soulful Kinda Music, where article such as this are the norm (see fanzine section for ordering info) For somebody born in Texas (Beaumont, January 16 1942) Barbara Lynn Ozen's recording career was very cosmopolitan. Her first recordings were done in New Orleans for a Philadelphia based label, then for a New Orleans label, then for a New York label in Mississippi and Alabama. And that was just the Sixties! So let's go back to the early days in Beaumont, Texas. Unlike many singers, Barbara Lynn didn't get her start through the church. It was the Texas Blues singers, and Elvis Presley who inspired her. She started learning piano at school, but soon tired of the instrument, so her mother bought her a ukulele. Once she had proved that she could play it, despite being left handed, a proper guitar was purchased for Barbara. Throughout her teens, Barbara wrote poetry prolifically, it was when she started to put the words to music that she began to perform. By 1960 she was in New Orleans, singing backing tracks at Goldband Records and performing in local clubs with her band, Bobbie Lynn and The Idols. The group performed cover versions of current pop (Rock & Roll) hits, R & B covers, and at least one of Barbara's poems that she had composed some music for, 'You'll Lose A Good Thing'. There are several stones about how Barbara was discovered, but the one that appears most frequently, and is supported by Barbara herself, was that she was performing at a club called Lou Arm's in New Orleans when well known producer Huey P Meaux was told to catch the show and give her a listen. He duly went, saw her perform 'You'll Lose A Good Thing' and decided he wanted to record her. Huey was at this time a regular producer at Cosimo Matassa's recording studio at 521 Governer Nichols Street in New Orleans. He regularly took artists like Joe Barry, Leroy Martin, Rod Bernard and Jimmy Adams into the studio to record. So this is where he took Barbara to record her debut track. It could of course have been the fact that Cosimo let Huey use the facilities on credit rather than money up front which influenced his choice! Either way, within a few days the song was recorded, and several acetates were distributed to radio stations. Almost immediately Jamie Records in Philadelphia showed interest and promptly signed Barbara to a three-year contract. The song was released as Jamie 1220 with 'Lonely Heartaches' as the flip. It proved to be a huge hit single reaching # 1 on the R & B chart and #8 on the Billboard Pop charts. Nobody could have anticipated such a huge national hit with a debut single, and there wasn't a follow up single ready. However, on the strength of the hit Barbara went on tour. She eventually covered 43 states and appeared on Dick Clarke's Bandstand TV programme (Which was recorded in Philadelphia) twice. By the end of the year another two singles had been released and an album recorded. The album included the tracks 'Dina And Patrina', (Although I've seen it listed as 'Dina And Petriria', and even 'Dina And Katriria') and 'Give Me A Break'. The reason I mention this is that the two tracks appear to have been released as a single on Eric, prior to the Jamie deal. Although I've never seen the single Barbara herself does give credence to its existence in an interview with Alan Govenar in 'Meeting The Blues: The Rise Of Texas Music’. Barbara was back in the charts in January 1963 with her third single for Jamie, 'You're Gonna Need Me I I'm Sorry I Met You' Jamie 1240. According to the Billboard chart this was Barbara's only hit that year. However, the Cashbox charts show hits with 'Don't Be Cruel / You Can't Be Satisfied' Jamie 1244, and 'I Cried At Laura's Wedding / You Better Stop' Jamie 1260. By 1964, Billboard had stopped producing an R & B chart, merging Black artists in with the Hot 100 Pop songs. This caused many problems in terms of recognition for black artists for two reasons: 1964 was the year the Beatles hit the States big time, along with all the other UK groups. So many great singles would have sold many thousands of copies, but never got a chart entry. Barbara hit the Hot 100 twice in 1964 with 'Oh! Baby (We Got A Good Thing Going / Unfair' Jamie 1286 and 'Let Her Knock Herself Out / Don't Spread It Around' Jamie 1292. This single was significant because it was not recorded in New Orleans. It was actually recorded in Houston at the ACA Studios owned by Bill Holford- In 1965 Barbara recorded another album. It was not issued until 1997 when Bear family put out the 'Promises' CD. Whilst the tracks were all studio recordings an audience was dubbed over the top to give a, disappointing, live sound Four singles were also released in 1965, none of them became big hits for Barbara and her contract with Janue was not renewed- Huey Meaux still had confidence in her though, so 1966 saw her first release on Huey's own Tribe label. The first release 'I'm A Good Woman / Running Back' Tribe 8316 failed to chart, but the second, the original version of 'You Left The Water Running' Tribe 8319 reached #43 on the R & B charts in October 1966. Two further singles on the label in 1967 failed to chart but Huey Meaux had, as her manager, managed to get a contract with Atlantic Records. The first tracks for the label were recorded at the Grits and Gravy studio in Clinton Mississippi in September 1967. They weren't released until February 1968 and took Barbara back into the charts. 'This Is The Thanks I Got/Ring Telephone Ring' Atlantic 2450 reached #39 on the Billboard R+B charts. And 65 in the pop charts. It was to prove Barbara's last pop hit. The recording career becomes slightly confusing now. Certainly several tracks were recorded in 1968 (including four at the fame studios in Muscle Shoals and three singles (Atlantic 2513, 2553, and 2585) were released, but none of them charted. There was also a superb album 'Here Is Barbara Lynn' Atlantic 8171. There is then a 3-year gap when it appears that Barbara did no recording at all for the label. I can find no explanation for this, and neither Jerry Wexler in his book, or Charlie Gillett in his history of Atlantic Records makes any mention of Barbara Lynn at all. Atlantic certainly had tracks in the can though because in 1971 'Until Then I'll Suffer/ Take Your Love And Run' Atlantic 2812 was released. It proved to be a big hit on the R & B chart (Although it didn't reach the Pop chart). It was Barbara's best showing on the charts for Atlantic so a further three singles were released over the next two years. One, 'I'm A One Man Woman / Nice And Easy' Atlantic 2853 was another '68 recording, with the last two being '72 and '73 recordings respectively. Her ties with the label were finally severed in late 1973 and she set about touring the Southern States on a regular basis. A one off single on the Copyright label was recorded in 1974, followed by another on Starflite in 1975. A longer contract was signed with Jetstream Records in 1976. The first of two singles being a re-recording of 'Until Then I'll Suffer' Jetstream 804. The second was 'Movin' On A Groove' Jetstream, 829 which is currently enjoying popularity on the rare Soul scene. Neither single charted, and they proved to be Barbara’s last recordings for three years 1979 saw another one off single for Love Records 'Mellow Feeling Parts 1 & 2' Love 111, followed by a break until 1983 when 'I'm still the same" was released on Jamstone Records. The touring had continued though out the years and 1984 saw Barbara tour Japan for the first time. A live album was released in Japan. Unfortunate I’ve been unable to trace any details of the label or the track listing. 1988 saw the release in Holland of the Good Times Album, which contained ten Jamie tracks, two tribe, three Atlantic and one side of the copyright single. This year also saw a new contract and the release of the superb single " Trying To Love Two/Sugar Ciated Love" Ichiban 88-142 and the album entitled "You Don’t Have To go" There was then a 6-year gap in releases (Although I suspect that there were a couple of Blues tracks done on the Antones label during this period on compilation albums. Until 1994 when Bullseye Blues released a new album recorded with a full backing band containing such notables as The Memphis Horns and David T Walker. The last new recordings by Barbara were released in 1996 by ITP as an album on which Barbara recorded (Again) many of her own hits and covered songs by artists like The Marvelettes and Betty Wright. Several retrospective CDs have been released in the 90s most notably by Ichoban (covering the Atlantic tracks) and by Jamie themselves and the Bear family release of last year. So that brings the story up to date and I can only add that the consistency or all her recordings, real Soul tinged with Texas Blues, makes Barbara Lynn a real star of Soul music who never really got any recognition outside of specialist circles after her big hit in1962. Apparently she is now living in Los Angeles, a grandmother, content with life and no regrets over her career. As always in doing articles like this, without direct access to the artist the material is sourced from a variety of places. This time I like to give credit to a following people: David Nathan for his sleeve notes on the Ichiban CD Jeff Hanunusch for his sleeve notes on "Promises" CD. David Cole for the article in issue 4 of "In The Basement." Dave Rimmer. Soulful Kinda Music Mag Ed

Allnighter Tickets are now available. £10.00 for each night, this is the best line up you are going to see in Wales, the North West, and the Midlands this year. Tickets are selling fast, so either ring John Mills on the number below, or see Dave Rimmer at a venue. March 26th / 27th, 2004 The Westminster Hotel, 11 - 13 East Parade, Rhyl, North Wales DJs Booked to appear Andy Rix, Keith Money, Andy Dyson, Roger Banks, Dave Rimmer, Mick H, Derek Pearson, John Weston, Chris Anderton, Cliff Steele, John Mills, Stevie Z For further information please ring John Mills on 01204 413973

As nobody else has sent a review in of the Nantwich allnighter I thought Id better do one as it was such a good night. The Venue first: A large dancefloor (in very good condition), with seating on a slightly raised platform one side with the record dealers set up on the opposite side. Bad planning really, the bar was on the side by the seating ! The Attendance: Considering it was the first one, and it was The Ritz in Manchester the next day, a very healthy crowd of 200 turned up. The Music: Something to please everyone really. DJs for the night were Siomon, Chris Penn (An absolute blinder of a spot), Roger Banks, Yours truly, Carl Willingham, Robbo, Sam Moore, Rob Smith, and Brian Rae. So you got rarities, oldies, newies, R & B, and some odd bits in between ! The next one is scheduled for October and there will be a seperate Moderm room at that one. Get yourselves along, its worth the trip. Recommended. Dave Rimmer