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You'll have to admit that some didn't belong in 1974 either. Just depends who the judge and jury are.

people don't get upset Rich, they just get temporary and emotionally re-adjusted.

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...

marvellous. I'm in the very last photo. blue shirt, on the right. :-)

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.

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...

Have the Greeks been informed?

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.

Located a copy. Many thanks! Mac.

Demo or issue. Preferably M- Cheers, Mac.

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.

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...

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+...

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.

No, Steve, definitely a male vocal, and not Tommy & the Derbys. Never mind chaps, and thanks anyway.

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...

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...

Who couldn't have liked Etta James? A sad start to the year indeed. Rest in peace.

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?

keith minshull might have been responsible for those?

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.

I remember walking into the main hall and being hit with the Salvadors right at the start. Pretty powerful kick-off, I'd say...

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.

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?

with uptempo soul police dogs snapping at your ankles if you started to wilt... :-)