Ady Croasdell

I'm not that keen on blowing my own trumpet but as its also the club's yes i should bang on about the heritage a bit more. i think its the wooden block flooring with the talc, it's murder to clean and damages it so I'm told.

I wasn't really thinking of bowing out, just improving it or cutting down if necessary. I still enjoy the whole thing but not to 100 people every time in a club that size. I don't agree with you on the oldies thing either even to a smaller audience i managed to play two brand new tracks and four or five I've been playing for a year or less. They went down well too, as did a handful of genuine oldies I threw in at the appropriate time. The 100 Club has mostly been a mix of old and new, we were never as adventurous as Stafford and its helped us last so long.

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Only done the first page and it's way past my bed time. I'll try a bit more tomorrow. Thanks again Ady (too dim to realise I was actually doing some marketing for once:lol:)

May 22nd July 3rd Aug 14th Sept 18th - Anniversary - ticket only event Oct 30th Dec 11th 2010 Christmas Party - Thurs. 23rd December, 9pm-2am There you go bro!

Some good constructive suggestions there at least one of which is being worked on. Ta Russ

These are occasional incidents over the past two or three years, if they happened to you its obviously a major pain but there are plenty of opposite examples of good outsiders too. We've sorted the beer on the floor very well recently. Well the over-zealous bouncers did.

that's the positive spirit I like Simon; cheered me up no end. i didn't say 10% though did I? I think SS is quite influential but t'internet is not the be all obviously.

Mainly Southern for the last dozen years the Northerners invaded more in the 80s when people were younger and more adventurous.

Some sort of occasional weekender is worth considering but I'm not convinced it would work. however it wouldn't do any harm to see if we can get special room rates at a nearby hotel once in a while for the lazy buggers like me who like to crash out nearby ASAP once they've left the club (I used to do that when I DJed in M/C-wimp!)

Using a different venue would be last resort when and if the 100 ever finishes or doesn't want us. When we did have to get out for a few months to Jacks London Bridge, the first night was brilliant with at least 400 in but then the second had about 120 and it never got busy again after what for me was one of the best nighters I'd been to. We can move the 6TS anywhere but its natural home is undoubtedly the 100 club.

Don't you dare feel guilty, you support us nearly all the time and it's great you're getting to see the big wide Northern world. i feel we're playing quite a few 70s now and wouldn't want it to go much higher from a personal point of view, it would also alienate some of the mod element who have helped it survive for so long. I defo don't fancy much 80s. I think the sound has been much improved lately but somne DJs just turn it up too high, i think Mick Butch and I were all occasionally guilty of that on Saturday. That can probably be remedied by turning up the monitor. Thanks Geoff Ady

The floor was very good this time, no talc and it seemed excellent to me when I actually swung a leg.The new bar manager Diane who's a game girl and very understanding of the scene, said they'd had to give it a special clean for some reason so I'll try and get it done every time.

My gut reaction is to do that but i can't until next year so in a way the next three will be a test drive to see if we can get people back. I agree with what Russ says about breaking records but if most people are only going occasionally it's gonna take just as long to break them anyway.

Bollox I've gotta go Hopefully do a few more later. ta Ady

Talc, hours and extra bouncers are down to the management, I can't do owt about that. I don't think the bouncers are over-zealous in general maybe very occasionally. One or two of them are actually top notch. Westminster aren't changing the parking times yet and when Camden tried it the High Court ruled it illegal. Camden is still free and it's only 100 yards away. We would still have had a back door man if he'd taken his security staff course and got a badge! Piss heads are annoying but not that common and quite often they are members anyway. i had to chuck a lad out on Saturday and he's been going over the years. Similarly the bloke who kicked Mark up the arse was with a couple of really nice members and he was probably a member too. There was a great couple who danced all night on Saturday and chatted away to loads of soulies and really brightened the place up. i wouldn't want to deter them but how do I know if they're gonna be like that on the door? Once they've had a few inside they might have turned into idiots. I do think we can be a lot stricter on the door though with people who are already pissed and I will defo do that. That bloke who ended up in a dress came down as meek as a lamb and then went into the bogs and changed into an idiot in a dress. It's empty at the start even when its busy so maybe I'll lop an hour off at the commencement. Cheers Ady

OK I'll try and reply to each post where a new comment is made that is relevant. I won't repeat myself so if I've already acknowledged a point that'll have to do otherwise I'll be on here a week. All the comments really are appreciated thanks Carms Points taken about petrol (I don't drive much), other events and a general downturn in economy and the soul world. I'm sorry you didn't enjoy Crossfire, I wasn't too wild about a lot of it but nearly everyone else thought it was brilliant. we cleared up a lot of the problems but of course you'd gone by then. Sorry. Mind you it's not directly related to the 100 Club they are VERY different dos so not that relevant to this possibly.

Not me Den I didn't go to the Mecca as far as I can remember. I'm pretty sure it was a SC acetate but that counts too.

Pete's other thread got me thinking of records that were listed or even just negotiated for UK release but never got a full issue or nowt at all. First Choice This Is The House. Pye Sam Nesbitt Black Mother Goose. 444 Gerri Hall Who Can I Run To. Sue Billy Garner You're Wasting My Time. Beacon Please add more Ady

No the Red Carnival was defo the Isens so if the other one is too then they had different designs, numbering and pressing plants by the look of them.

I'm going to start replying to the PMs and Emails now and then will try and wade through as many of these as I can though it's gonna take a few days. Any new thoughts, criticisms or brainwaves feel free to air them here. Thanks again Ady

Just a footnote you could put in. Carnival was owned by Rita and Benny Isen who owned UK King and Ska Beat among others. They did a legit deal with Joe Evans. Another curio is that Beacon were going to license Dave Hamilton's 'You're Wasting My Time' by Billy Garner at one stage.

There are two mixes of Make Me Yours for Wigginsofiles.

His uptempo version of Love Attack as featured on Goldwax Northern was a Goldwax recorded, Fame purchased master too, as was the unreleased Water- not the Geno song. There are one or two more that one of us will come up with soon. You're right Dante one of the reasons to keep the club going is to be able to play tracks like this. Ady

Thanks hugely to everyone who has posted and the PMs and Emails I have had, it's great that people are so concerned. There are a lot of very good suggestions already and I'm gonna give it a few more days as there are sure to be people who haven't had a chance to put their two pennuth in yet. Also I'm still looking after Sonny so won't be able to fully analyse all this for a day or two. Keep 'em coming please, the more views, the better picture I'll get. It's really appreciated. Cheers Ady