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Got back from Lifeline just a short time ago, just enough time to shower and have coffee so I thought I'd put a brief comment up. First I'd like to thank John McClure and Jen for the lift up there, and to Irish and Carrie for their company too. A really good night as usual, the only place really where I, and probably many others, hear the music we really want to hear. Superb sets from all the DJs, I did laugh when I went up to Andy to request the alternate version of Crazy Baby, and it was on the turntable, guess it was ESP or something, lol. Sam played three of my favourites, won't mention what they were as all my friends know them. I couldn't do full justice to Butch's set as by then my right foot was hurting a bit so had to take care, but still got out there to Jean Carter, United Sounds, Chuck Jackson, Hopkins Brothers, etc. Cliff was on after Butch and played some good tunes, nice to hear the California Rock Choir again and the one before it whose title has slipped my memory, 1960 something, quite a recent record, with a jazzy feel, but I couldn't dance to it to save my life, but plenty of others could. I didn't know many of the records Trev played, but I particularly liked a couple he played near the end of his set, one had an intro very similar to the Temptations' Why You Wanna Make Me Blue, and the one after it. We left about 6-ish I think, and John dropped me off at Kettering station and I got the first train back to London. As I've said above, a good night, thought there might have been a few more in but Bridlington is on and the Norfolk Village do in Bexleyheath, so these may have had some effect. But still a good crowd of aficionados. As usual nice to see so many of my friends, good to see you all. Thanks to Andy and the other DJs for a great night, roll on October's one. Geoff Read more comments on this Lifeline Allnighter photo via flickr - author eamnon http://www.flickr.com/photos/68518558@N00/ -
Thanks for this one Pete. Really enjoying it.
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These Old Shoes in the basement of the River Bar, just over Tower Bridge, had a great atmosphere, just like an old club from the 1960s, with music to match. And don't forget the sloping dance floor where you ended up against the DJ's plinth. The month before it closed the basement was refurbished, new floor, tables, etc. Even my wife said that if just wasn't the same.
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More sad news. RIP.
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Very sad news, but not really unexpected I guess. Although he's had a few tracks played on the Northern scene he's one for all soul fans imo. I love his slower tunes. Here's a link to one of my favourites, The Note, Dear Bobby, on YouTube. Wonderful imo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3u3i9xTAZ98
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I can't remember where I first heard this, but I bought my copy off Paul McKay. Someone at Majestic asked what it was. A record that deserves more recognition I think.
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Thanks Billy.
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Cheers Mark.
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To Jonno and Dave, thanks very much for your kind words.
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Thank you very much.
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Here's the tunes I played at Majestic Soul on Thursday 7 June, sorry I'm late posting but what with getting over Cleethorpes and other stuff, you know how it is. Thanks to Binsy, Brian and Mark H for inviting me, much appreciated. Kenny Carter - What's That On Your Finger - cut from CD The Dreamlovers - You Gave Me Somebody To Love - Warner Brothers Donald Jenkins & The Delighters - Somebody Help Me - Cortland The Voicemasters - If A Woman Catches A Fool - Bamboo Lee Williams & The Cymbals - It's Everything About You - Carnival Denise La Salle - Countdown (And Fly Me To The Moon) - Chess The Dells - It's All Up To You - Cadet The Firm Of Hodges, James, Smith & Crawford - Let's Pick Up The Pieces - Mpango Marvin Gaye - I Want You - Tamla Motown DJ The Radiants - It Ain't No Big Thing - Chess Moses Smith - Try My Love - Dionn The Butlers - Laugh, Laugh, Laugh - Phila Pieces Of Eight - Come Back Girl - A&M Al Wilson - Who Could Be Loving You - Soul City Arthur Prysock - In The Rain - Old Town Lillian Hale - The Signs Were Wrong - Fretone Richie Havens - What About Me - Polydor Thelma Jones - Salty Tears - CBS DJ Sandra Wright - I'll Come Running Back - Shotgun Freddie Scott - Where Does Love Go - Colpix The Masqueraders - How Big Is Big - Bell Ray Pollard - The Drifter - United Artists The Vanguards - The Thought Of Losing Your Love - Lamp
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I fairly sure it was played by Cliff Steele at Lifeline last year, and at Boomerang to by him. It's a great dancer imo.
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I understand what you are saying here. I am sometimes at a night and sit or stand waiting for a record that I want to dance to, especially early on in the evening. The absence of a dance floor changes the whole atmosphere because it becomes more of a social event, there isn't the interruption in conversation when a tune comes on that you have to dance to, so you say "excuse me" and go the dance floor, then come back and try (usually unsuccessfully) to carry on the conversation. Non-soul people at our events find this quite odd. On a personal note I don't mind events without dancing if you know what you're getting. As I like slower tunes it's a good opportunity to hear them. I think that most DJs would regard a night with a full dance floor as a pearler of a night. However much you tell them that the people sitting down are enjoying the music a full dance floor proves it.
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If a venue has no dance area it does mean that a wider variety of tempos can be played so a DJ can play tunes that wouldn't get an airing normally. But surely these would be niche events, perhaps an afternoon session in a pub. I'm sure most of us who go out to events in the evening want a dance floor, even if many don't actually dance. I'd find it hard to listen to many records without wanting to get up and dance. Imagine Lifeline or the 100 Club with no dancing, just couldn't see it.
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I think the 6am finish at the 100 Club is due to Westminster council's licensing policy. Probably the same elsewhere in the country. I know people like Keith Money and Dave Rimmer have long waits for their trains home. Living in London it's not too bad travelling back at that time, although I'm not keen on night buses earlier on. I was at Lifeline (which finishes at 7am) a couple of years ago, and we wanted to get a taxi back to Wolverhampton at about 5. It was impossible, no one wanted to come out to the Stables, fortunately we got a lift otherwise we'd have been hanging around for ages. Many of the companies that run public transport in this country still seems to think everyone goes home by midnight at the latest. Time for a rethink.
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That is correct. He was appalled that the British cover version was likely to be a bigger hit, just as Cilla Black had beaten Dionne Warwick with Anyone Who Had A Heart.
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They made many superb records imo. See That Girl is great as Gareth says, playing it now as I type this. Early tracks by them like My Babe and Little Latin Lupe Lu were popular in the London Mod clubs, and of course they hit bigtime fame with Phil Spector. But their Bring Your Love To Me recorded earlier shows the way to You've Lost That Loving Feeling. It does depend if you like that style of powerful ballad, usually heartbreaking lyrics, just right for teenage angst. Soul And Inspiration was always my favourite, just played it, brought back some memories. The two songs mentioned in the thread, Stand By and Bobby Hatfield's Hang Ups are really good. Thanks to the posters for introducing me to them, always good to find new tracks to enjoy.
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She'll Come Running Back is an oldie that everyone seems to love. One of the greatest records played on the soul scene. It's nice that he realised how important his music is to us. RIP Mel.
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Thanks for posting all of these Pete. Loads of tunes I didn't know. And the MP3 is the right size to put on a CD. Thanks again.
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I'd love to own the Martha Jean Love cover up that Butch sometimes plays: That's The Way The Story Goes / Old Time Lover. Absolutely superb. I'd also like Jean Carter's I Wanna Know and United Sounds' It's All Over Baby and of course Joseph Webster and Mixed Feelings. Better put the house on the market!
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At the risk of being accused of being boring (moi?) I must say the 100 Club was excellent last night. Ady had announced that the five resident DJs would be in action together on the same night for the first time. The night was notable for the return of Mick Smith after several months away. I guess Mick is an oldies DJ, hope he doesn't mind me saying that, but to use Pete Smith's expression, he's a thinking man's oldies DJ. He certainly played quite a few records that I didn't know, not that that means anything, what do I know? Towards the end of his third set he played the Magnetics' Count The Days, a hypnotic record that always gets me up dancing. Keith Money did three sets, and as usual, kept the floor busy, playing some of my favourites including She Doesn't Love Me, Job Opening and Ask My Heart, what a beautiful love song that is! Joel did two sets and kept the action going with tunes like Lost In A Crowd, instrumental version of Make My Love A Hurting Thing and The Price by the Sherrell Brothers. Butch did his two sets as usual. Not much you can say, he's had all the accolades. But I was very pleased that he played more of my favourites, Just Like The Weather, Sha La La, Shake Cheri and the great United Sounds' It's All Over Baby. Great to hear his Chuck Jackson cover up, as he said proper Northern Soul. And of course there was Ady, doing one set in the middle of the night and his usual ending piece. One that he played was the Gerri Grainger acetate Why Can't It Be Tonight, heard that played at Prestatyn by Carl and Maria Willingham. And he played the Demures' unreleased I Wanna Be Good To You, I do hope that will be issued eventually. In his last set he included If You And I Had Never Met by Magic Night and Charlie Rich's Don't Tear Me Down and the San Francisco TKOs' Make Up Your Mind; ending of course with Baby I Need Your Loving. Next year it will be 50 years since that was originally issued, still sounds as good today. At first I found the dance floor incredibly slippery, almost went over, did anyone else have any problems with it? Might have been my leather soled shoes I suppose. Got less slippy as more danced. There were some tourists, one must be tolerant, buy why do they always seem to "dance" next to me, lol? I did notice the bouncer requesting people not to take drinks on the dance floor, and they all obeyed straight away. It began to thin out around 2.30ish, leaving the old stagers to carry on. The silver lining to that is that there was more space on the dance floor. As per normal it was good to see so many of my friends, only a week since I saw some of you at Prestatyn. It was nice of Liz to come over and introduce herself to me, hope we meet up again soon. Thanks to all the DJs and to the 100 Club staff, once again you have triumphed. -
100 Club Allnighter Lookback - 16 March 2013 View full article
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Thanks for posting the podcasts Pete, I'm downloading them and will put on my MP3 player, will help while away the journey to Prestatyn. Loads of tunes on them that I don't recognise from the titles.
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The Surf The Tamoure
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A few years ago when I was doubledecking a guy came up to me and asked me to play Wigans Ovation's Ski-ing In The Snow off an LP he was holding. I kept a straight face and explained I'd got my set sorted out, perhaps the next DJ on would play it. The guy who had requested it was a big bloke, much bigger than me so I didn't want any trouble. As you can guess the next DJ didn't oblige him. This thread has given me more laughs than anything I've read in ages.
