Everything posted by macca
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Handbaggers (P**s Heads)
You'll have to admit that some didn't belong in 1974 either. Just depends who the judge and jury are.
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Handbaggers (P**s Heads)
people don't get upset Rich, they just get temporary and emotionally re-adjusted.
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Handbaggers (P**s Heads)
over here, like in germany, people drink and then some, but you won't see people with pints. they'll drink either shorts, which really should be called longs, or just bottled beer. some people carry their drink onto the floor, some don't. If townies are admitted and start to misbehave on the floor, they're pulled up on it, given a warning and if that doesn't work, invited to leave quickly. I've never seen any trouble or fights, but I have seen people acting stupid once or twice, but never for long. It depends on how the event in question is promoted. I know the valencia northern soul club lads include 'no drinks on the floor' blurb in their promotional material. others say nothing at all and allow the crowd to 'police' the event. personally, I've no problem with a person dancing next to me with a drink in his or hand as long as they dance in such a way that doesn't impinge on my own enjoyment. here it seems to work, largely because the majority don't tend to do 'stunts' or spins and the like, or even take up much space on the floor. those that do dance 'english style' are given the room they need. I suppose this approach would be unworkable in the UK today...
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Mary Chapman The Queen Of Northern Soul
marvellous. I'm in the very last photo. blue shirt, on the right. :-)
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Mary Chapman The Queen Of Northern Soul
Vicky's parents used to run a pub on the A1 near Sawtry, I think. Smudge is right. Mad as a box of frogs, but lovely with it.
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What Is Beach Music?
Wasn't the great willie tee a shag hero? I think dear john and walking up a one way street are shag anthems. you gotta pay some dues sounds eminently shagworthy to my ears too...
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Taxman To Hit Ebay Sellers
Have the Greeks been informed?
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The First Record That Got You Hooked ?
If I had to name just one record it would be Tony Clarke's Landslide, which I imagine hooked loads of us. It was at the youth club late 1973 I guess, as by the summer if 1974 me and my mate were hanging out with the older crowd, who certainly talked the talk and walked the walk.
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Precisions - Such Misery - Drew
Located a copy. Many thanks! Mac.
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Precisions - Such Misery - Drew
Demo or issue. Preferably M- Cheers, Mac.
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Barbara Acklin-Am I The Same Girl-Mca British
Know what you mean. I could never stand her 'flights of vocal fancy' on 'I Get The Sweetest Feeling' with Jackie Wilson for the same reason.
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What's Your Favourite All Nighter Record Ever By A White Artist
I'm relieved to know which ones are poo. My favourite would have to be 'Determination' and I got to tell the bloke so in Madrid 5 years ago. Nice bloke. Johnny Maestro's 'Stepping Out Of The Picture' has to be up there too...
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Barbara Acklin-Am I The Same Girl-Mca British
Agree it's overpriced on Ebay. 50US, bit steep I reckon. I'm also after one, but not at that price. A lot come up for 10-15US, but they're very often VG, or VG+...
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Are Some Northern Fans More Into Collecting Than The Music?
Until this moment, people that hitherto considered themselves to be sane individuals will take these words as a ´sign' and start behaving irrationally, giving their partners cause for concern, with neighbours peering at them when they put the bins out, looking for that tell-tale mad gleam and trace of saliva in the corner of the mouth. You may not be aware of what you've started, Steve.
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Rare 60S Tune. Something About A 'high Class Girl'?
No, Steve, definitely a male vocal, and not Tommy & the Derbys. Never mind chaps, and thanks anyway.
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Rare 60S Tune. Something About A 'high Class Girl'?
Nope, not Dee Clark, but thanks anyway. It'll just have to remain a mystery till I next hear it! Thinking about it, maybe it wasn't about having 'class' but perhaps 'style'? Not Sidney Barnes, either. What a conundrum...
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BobA's UK Scene Questions
We could have a Paypal whip round and pay for Bob's flight to the UK. Get him on at Lifeline or one of the other 'bonafide' Rare Soul all-nighters, followed by a similar European event, in Germany, Scandinavia or Spain. This way he would be able to appreciate just how 'the scene' has proliferated beyond its original UK confines. He could then travel back to Chicago safe in the knowledge that he truly understands what actually drives us, makes us tick. I think it's a splendid idea...
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Etta James Has Died In Califonia
Who couldn't have liked Etta James? A sad start to the year indeed. Rest in peace.
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Rare 60S Tune. Something About A 'high Class Girl'?
I heard it in Barcelona last December, though it wasn't for the first time. It could have been any one of the DJs that weekend, Edu, SteveG, Butch, Sam, Lars Bulheim etc. Can anyone enlighten me, please?
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Begining Of A Nighter
keith minshull might have been responsible for those?
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Begining Of A Nighter
It keeps raining was played at wigan at the oldies all-nighters on fridays, along with steve alaimo and other 'from another era' tunes. I even heard 'nowhere to run' in the main hall on one of those nights.
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Begining Of A Nighter
I remember walking into the main hall and being hit with the Salvadors right at the start. Pretty powerful kick-off, I'd say...
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Ian Levine 3 Hour Podcast Solid Soul Sensations
But not the voice of the monster US & British hit 'black is black'. That was a german guy called mike volker kogel who called himself mike kennedy after he left the group in 1969. The rest of the group were spaniards from madrid & majorca.
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Recording Flaw?
What about that 'clatter' after the instrumental break in Nothing Can Stop Me - Gene Chandler? Is that a tape issue or did the musicians just bugger it up?
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Ian Levine 3 Hour Podcast Solid Soul Sensations
with uptempo soul police dogs snapping at your ankles if you started to wilt... :-)