Derek Pearson
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thanks for your comments you two. It's quite bizarre really but - and please don't laugh - I never added 2 and 2 together and realised just how many people featured on my photographs were linked together. A careful study of my albums will reveal the same sorry looking faces cropping up with frequent regularity hahaha. All that changes is the states they were in, the fashions they were wearing and the pages of the calender. It wasn't untill I started laying out my photos in this gallery that the picture became quite clear hohoho (pun intended). Because of my obsessive nature I know I'm gonna have to work really hard try to stop myself cross referencing every bleeding photograph on here...... Here's an example (No. 1 in a series of 125 to be continued): This picture shows Julie Marshall at a venue unknown in August 1980. Trawl this same album and locate the photo called Tod Bar 20Oct80. Front row, green shirt, right of Jackie Green, infront of Gary Rushbrooke. derek -
Have got my glasses on and it looks like Karen from Otley to me. Oh and Nancy check the photo titled Wigan Dance Oct80 you two can be spotted talking about handbags an' new shoes....... derek -
I know I'm biased as it was I who took the picture but I still think it is one of my favourites of all the pictures I've ever seen of the inside of the Casino. It gives you a great idea of how big the main room was and just how busy it was on those oldies nights. You might be thinking "thats a weird angle the photgraph was taken from" - well yes it was and I ain't seen many other photos taken from that position just below the ceiling looking from the left corner of the main room over the dance floor towards the record bar. It wasn't taken from the stage and nope I didnt have a handy pair of folding step ladders in my bag either. Outside the mens toilets in the corner to the left of the stage were a flight of wide steps leading upstairs up the balcony. And to stop people sliding down the banister or whatever they'd fixed some vertical bits of wood from the ceiling to the banister. Well one of those bits of wood just happened to be missing and being the proud owner of a 28" waist at the time I was able to squeeze through the gap, lean out as far as I could and take the picture whilst avoiding the infamous prowling door staff. Photo taken on one of those old manual Olympus Trip cameras. This time I've added my initials and date onto the photgraphs as I've seen copies of my previously uploaded photos all over the place especially on You Tube. I don't mind really as it was me that posted them up on a public forum in the first place and I haven't made them private or non downloadable. Now if I could only figure out how to earn some money from them...... onwards, derek -
Found some more old photos tucked away in a box with some car insurance quotes. Posted 'em up 'cos I know people love to look at old photographs. Upstairs on the balcony leaning on the bar (which was situated sort of directly above the record bar) facing the stage. Was this upstairs bar ever open? On the left is Mister Nolan and on the right is 2 lads from the Northallerton/York area whose names I've completely forgot. Sorry chaps. Derek -
Hey up Dospan - really enjoyed looking at the mid 80s photos from the Queens Hall in Bradford; I used to go all the time but don't think I took any pictures of the dance floor (doh). Think mine are all of the shady characters that loitered by the records boxes blocking the entrance steps. When I get chance/time I'll upload a bundle. Infact it's been fascinating looking at all the photos you've uploaded. Nice one! Onwards, derek -
From Seano (Banbury) 4 March 2007. Scarily I kept loads of the bags from record shops over the years, especially the 7" but of course increasingly scarce! Plenty of paper ones, just don't get at all any more. And even worse than that, I got a few of those plastic folders you find in WH Smiths with see-through pockets to keep them all in! Just might upload a photo someday to jog some memories. -
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Ooops didnt realise it was 1984 when I kick started the mag off! Bloody hell twenty years..... Pulled out all the stops last week and mailed off all the mags to subscribers, I recognise many names on here and they were probably wondering where their copy was after Id announced issue 31s birth first week of April. Hopefully they should have dropped through everybodys letterbox last weekend. If anybody wants to check the status of their subscription get back to me off list (D.Pearson@bradford.ac.uk). Beatin Rhythm in Manchester has copies of the mag and Ive mailed some to Jumbo Records in Leeds so they should be selling them soon. Also Dean Johnson @ Expansions and Roger Banks in Nottingham have them so expect to see the mag at venues and on their lists. onwards, derek
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Well Ive dropped off the proofs to the printers this morning and barring any disasters I should have Shades #31 for sale at Soul Essence on Friday. Features a 3 page interview with Dundee DJ Keith Money; a 6 page article on Lou Johnson complete with discography; Steve Guarnoris 4 page disection of the Magic Touch label, Penny and Highland label listings, Greg Tormos 3 page account of soul searching in the era of ebay and price guides plus loads of record reviews from a wide variety of vinyl rascals. Itll cost you £3-75p if youre in the UK, overseas contact me first off line. Mail large bundles of cash to 33 Broadfield Rd, Reddish, Stockport,Cheshire,SK5 6PB. onwards, derek
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A post that Derek p has kindly ok-ed to use here on soul source circa 99 Stafford - here's my two pee's worth. There's much talk about the 70s and 90s on here but little chat about the decade in between when I suspect many KTFers for a wide variety of reasons put the soul scene on hold. As a 20 year old I first started allnighters in 1977 attending anywhere from 15-30 all nighters per year. By 1984 after a 7 year apprenticeship, I was heavily (and I mean deep) into vinyl. Stafford called and at the time I was saving up for my first house hence I was down to only 10 allnighters a year. We hung out with George & Jackie Sharp at the time travelling all over the north as you do. Anyway Stafford was a bizarre place. I thought I knew a bit about the music but as soon as I crossed the Staffordshire border I met lads younger than me that could kick my arse big time knowledge wise on midtempo 60s stuff. Remember Tommo, Ady Harley, Gis from Preston, Jock O'Connor, Jim Tennent, Cliff Steele, Rob Wigley. The gloves were off. Money was tight so we only ventured to TOTW every other one (think it started off monthly then went to every second week ?). Now why Stafford was so exciting yet such hard work sometimes (and If you read early issues of Shades Of Soul circa 1984/5 I say exactly that in my venue reports at the time) was that both Guy Hennigan and Keb Darge were attacking the music policy with such ferocity that their playlists changed monthly probably weekly so if you missed one or two Staffords the next time you went you could sit there for hours and not know any sounds. It was such fun because you could hear so much new music, granted a lot have gained cult status but it had its fair share of turkeys just like any other venue past present and future. Plus Stafford at the time had quite an aggressive attitude - those that went considered themselves the flag bearers the saviours of the scene after the white pop shite that was played at the back end of the 70s early 80s. You were either into 60s newies or you weren't. You were in the Stafford gang or you stopped at home listening to Paul Anka. A lot of quality modern & new 80s releases were spun there as well least we forget. Stafford kept the northern raft afloat as it careered underground in the mid 80s and turned what style of music was played on its head. All scenes undergo change to survive. And Stafford certainly left its mark on the scene we know. I guess the further we move away from the 80s the more Stafford will be revered just like people that say "yeh we used to go to the Torch or the Wheel". When you do a long post like this even though I've read twice as soon as I hit that "send" button and read it tomorrow I just know I'll be writing a Stafford Part 2.
