Little-stevie

Come over for dinner sometime and bring the boxes.. I could help you have a sort through them

Why a spilt in the scene Have a look at this thread in another 24 hours... Across the board nights with 10 different types of sound would be hard to promote indeed... Banjos/flares/whistle/crack/speed/pills/poppers/skinheads/mods/disco queens/ shandy drinkers/ two steppers/chin strokers/victor meldrews/ Wigan stompers/ Stafford plodders/ plumbers/ finance managers/ hookers/pimps/ junkies/ creeps/ piss heads/ posers/... This would be really something to see..Back to the 80s

So across the board means what then???? something different to a lot of folks it seems.. Is it just 60s/70s uptempo dancers.. 60s/70s stompers/mid tempo/rare underplayed/RnB/ crossover/ disco etc etc etc.. 60s/70s/80/90s/y2k.. Dancers /stompers/two steppers/deep soul/ soulful house Maybe across the board should mean mixing Duffy into late 50s RnB and everything in between from monster oldies to the deepest disco OOOOOOOOOOOh its a tough one aint it.. Good luck to you all "No slitting at the back please"

I am a fan of different styles too and would love a bit of each in the same room... The spilt is because every dog got a box of records now and wants to play them.. If they can't get booked at others venues then they just invent a new night... Not sure what the solution is but the split is the sign of our different taste as we get older.. Some folk would never want anything outside the safe zone while others mock many dj playing northern classics... The trouble with one room for some is that there is no escape from a dj set that they don't like, all djs on these nights would have to play a mix for the whole crowd and that would be a tough job indeed... The Wigan stomping oldies crowd and the rare/modern crossover crowd in one room is like me singing blues songs at a clan meeting Five rooms at Prestatyn and still some moaners ... It can only get worse with the Victor Meldrew crowd coming on strong... Just f"ck off and moan some other place and let us get with having a good time..

Thanks Toad/Mike/Pete/Ezzie and all others fir the help.... The search starts now for this tune..

Looks like Pete Smith as found what i was looking for.. Now i just have to get a copy.. Can't thank Pete enough..Aint heard this record for 35 years or so... My dad was not sure if he's still got a copy and was gonna ask about... Lets hope i can get it back after all this time,had it in my little record box when i was 7 years old and not heard it again before today... Fantastic... My dad also told me they did a support the Junior Walker at some point,gonna try and get all the ibfo asap as we aint had much contact over the years.... Thanks so much Pete... Here is the track ... It was called Ruby and my dad is on guitar and backing vocals.. Never thought i would her this again... https://media.putfile.com/John-Noel--Maze---Ruby

Updated and prices slashed...

Will the last person to call me just send an email to stevecato64@yahoo.co.uk.. No reception on phone.. cheers

I think the Four Tops were on in two seperate venues on the same night in Yorkshire once ... If the promoter said covers band in the flyer then all would be ok Like it says in the horror film from the 50s... "Watch the skys,keep watching the skys" ... They are coming to get us...

Believe it my friend and its got a lot of milage in it yet :rolleyes..These debates just go round and round because the people posting like different stuff and all have there own take on what the scene is about... Just best to state your point once and sit back with tin hat on.... I have many folk(60s only) saying how this and thast tunes just blown them away and then they find out its a 70s track ,its like finding out the moon aint made of cheese .. The northern scene was always 60s and 70s in the same room for us growing up in the early 80s....Mainly 60s i guess but a good percentage of what they were calling 70s modern too.. I was walking into Bury Town hall a couple of years ago when i saw a bloke leaving through the same door... He said "don't go in there Steve, they are playing that bloody northern" ,well it is a northern soul venue as it says on the flyer i told him... He just shot off into the dark..Many folk go to venues that play music they don't like,some folk are born Victor Meldrews,keep away and leave it to those having a good time... Don't have to debate on what rocks my boat,can do that by voting with my feet..I will only go to events that do it for me,ther is more than enough choice for all if you look in the events guide... Have fun and just go where you wanna go,it aint gonna change anything just bashing the keys on here... Get out there and support the venues you like....Long time gone and all that..

Gonna see this event in Manchester..All details in events talk.. plus world tour details..

Records for sale..Soul/Funk/RnB etc..all in very good condtion... all 7" singles.. Holly Maxwell............... Only when your lonely... £100 Quality tune indeed.. Lorraine Rudolph...........I'll keep coming back for some more £25 One of the greatest soul records ever made IMO... What 'cha gonna' do' La Jay Alexander black gold ... 10 demo copy in ex condtion.. big funk/soul production from Detroit.. Lonely girl Young folk Mar-v-lus 20 nice mid tempo soul tune from Chicago "Bout Love" Clydie King Lizard 10 Nice northern dancer Little Bitty Pretty One Jewel Akens white demo Colgems 15 Am i black enough for you Billy Paul Philly 10 Double Confusion Mel Hueston Chanson £30 1st class soul/funk crossover track for the dancers.. I get a groove Thomas East/playboys Toddlin Town 10 Funky Broadway Dyke and the blazers Original sound 10 If i never get to love you Lou Johnson Big top 20 Pushover Etta James Argo 10 Can't stop running away Timi Yuro Mercury 25 nice flip with get out of my life... Security Etta James Cadet 10 My Love Grows Stronger Kelly Brothers Sims 15 Daddy Cool Joe Beck Charles 15 Just trying to please you Jimmy Thomas Mirwood 10 classic northern dancer Long gone baby B.B.King Kent 15 Thank you baby Johnny Moore Mercury 15 Sho bout to drive me wild Shine Pulsar 15 Make a little love Lowell Fulsom Kent 15 Disco Train Jerry Rix AV 15 The Philly Freeze Alvin Cash Mar v lus 10 Not online that much and so i will take the first offer on anything i get,please pm me or email stevecato64@yahoo.co.uk paypal available with buyer paying the 4%...

Just found a bunch of these fanzines.. Are they collectable???? gonna get rid of them in the next few weeks,any takers????

Thanks for reply and good to see that you have the Roy Hamilton voice .. You can't go far wrong there... All the best and drop us all a soundfile when you have the album out

Hi mate I live in Manchester and could be up for a little workout if you need some vocals..Was the lead singer in a band a few years ago and always looking to shoot my big gob off some more ... Would have to find the right tunes though, i have been looking to do a project for a good while and plenty great tunes to take on.... Maybe a booking at Cleethorpes or Prestatyn in the near future.. Send me a pm mate...

It can all depend on what area you live or the places that you go to...

going off line for the day..You have the email address for Jill Field and my mobile.... cheers Steve

Sorted now...Thanks... but another person is in the same boat and wants two passes.. email jillfield441@tiscali.co.uk or send me a pm and i can pass on details...

2 more passes required for Prestatyn....Any going spare on here?????? pm me or call 07752084878 cheers Steve Cato....

Send him my regards Steve

Loved dancing to that monster but would leave the floor just before the crazy ending,the few who were left were taking away by the men in white coats ..Not many have taken on the end of that tune,well i aint seen that many,just a few with a bit of 4 star rocket fuel inside them..

I think its harder to dance to some real downbeat stuff...Many have filled the floor to super stompers but don't really know what to do when a deeeeeeeeep down funeral march,slash your wrist soul track is played...Oooooh i do like a few of them thrown in... A good few deeeep soul tracks could be heard in the 90s at all niters..There was a guy who would stand on the spot,very little movement,eyes closed and a little shiver of is upper half now and again,real emotion indeed,i loved to see him on the dancefloor as much as any of the circus acts ... I called his dance,Man going for a shit i have be known to copy that style the odd time ... Thats the point with dancing,some just think about all the fast stuff,i love to dance to soul in all its forms... Well maybe not the 300mph stuff,just a liitle to frantic for a quiet lad like me...Each to there own... I hope you can all put on deeeeeeeeeeeeep soul record at home tonight and do the "man going for shit"..close the curtains first though,people could think you are having a stroke good bless all the dancers and each to there own...Without them we would not have a scene,well not one that i and many would want... In the words of Jimmy Rix "oooooooooooooh what a feeling,you got me rockin and a reeling"

Just goose bumps everytime..The true test of a great record indeed....Yes copies are drying up indeed..I thought it was a £1,000 record when i first heard it wayyyyyyyyyyy back then...Give it a spin Bearsy... nice clean copy for sale...£30...my last offer ... just pm me...

Whats Bearsy gonna do now..There are only 24hours in a day...Late night privare chat with the king Pikey ..Can't wait..... xx