Steve L

Deny all knowledge, I remember being 18 and doing my face training - on a monday morning the old colliers would ask me what I'd been up to at the weekend…… After a bit i got wise and just said I'd been to the local for a pint. Northern soul? Ive no idea what you're talking about………..

Saw an advert for solatios somewhere recently, you can still get them apparently Didn't know what they were called back then but had a black pair with blue & grey panels on

Robinsons was more expensive mate and better quality. First weeks wages ( yes from the pit ) in July 1977 put £5 deposit on a pair which were about £28 I think. Had about 6 pair plus a suit from there over the next couple of years. The dogs nuts ….. at the time

Robinsons was the only Tailors in Mansfield in those days Jeloneks weren't a patch ( ) on them

Eat 4 shredded wheat and you too can dance till dawn……………….. Yet another low point, how much more can a person take

She's pretty good I reckon

My advice? Don't think you have to wear a uniform to be a part of it, you don't. Just dress like any other 20 year old. Vinyl wise, the scene is built on original records and there are plenty of cheaper end ones to get your teeth into for a start, plus some good reissue labels like kent. Don't buy any of those shite modern bootlegs that are all over ebay. Find a local venue that suits you and get out and enjoy yourself, thats what its all about - don't take it too seriously BUT take time to learn the way of things. All the best with it

I'm with Bazza, isn't it a slightly different version on the advert?

Never seen him, is he still selling on there? Alan is the only record seller I'm aware of in recent years on the market

He hasn't sold anything for 30p in the last 6 years mate, £2 yes but 30p no…..

I first heard it on a tape in the early 80s ( see my post in the "Er Youth" thread ) can't recall ever hearing it played out though

I'm with you mate

These are from the early 80s, still got the tapes & play em in the car occasionally.

Easy one for me, the Four Perfections live at Radcliffe… just magic

Fabulous playlist, could you find a better one..? I doubt it

please end this thread…………...

I reckon that would have been slightly later, can't remember such things being played in late 79 and I didn't go in 1980

You're probably right but I'm Not built This Way is probably one of the least forgotten records I can think of so it seems strange to post it in a thread about forgotten records. BTW giving your opinions is what this is all about, don't take offence

Hardly a forgotten record is it?

No its not

The world's full of idiots…………..both buyers and sellers. Makes you want to pack in and leave em to it

Robb thats a bit unfair, if it hadn't been for us in the UK the vast majority of this music would have been unheard, unrecognised and lost in the mists of time. Fair enough, there might be some in the US who collect and love the records but surely in the grand scheme of things they are a small part of the world wide exposure that the music has had due to the Uk soul scene?

Exactly, many people returned in the 90s or later with no knowledge of the records that were played after the mid-70s. Nearly 20 years later and most of them are still unaware……. apologies though - don't want to deflect the thread. We've been around that tree enough times in the past

And me, nothing to be embarrassed about

The soundtrack of my time at Wigan, scandalous that most of these records have been neglected by the oldies scene over the last 20 years - I'd love have a night out with the records played based on this period