Ian Parker

Fabulous !!

NO NO NO & NO !! THE worst 'dance' ever, to grace a club/disco/wedding floor. cringeworthy and infuriating ! on a side note, around wigan area, a few years back, there used to be a couple, who would regularly be dancing together. the 'shag' i believe. from the beach scene i think. they were a joy to watch, the foot movements and choreography were quite wonderful. always in time , too.

I still say Va-Va's were first ! Steve Gutteridge will know, i'll put him on to this thread edit, spoken to him , he confirms he bought it from the club...

he prob had one of these

i could be wrong, but i believe the 'original' type, were a large lancashire rose (black and red). as you say, most likely post closure. one of the old school wheelers, could probably confirm. but i reckon Va Va's was the first to do patches ?

was there such a thing ? (never seen one)

Hamilton Movement ? been huge for a few years, always a floor filler

oh, apologies. i had no idea . thanks for posting

just browsing archives and thought to myself, what became of this chap? he was a prolific contributor on here, but not seen a post for a while. apologies if ive put my foot in it, but interested to know.

eh ? that makes no sense at all. p.s. if you feel ok, why test ?

play em !! i had a wobbly copy of Rat Race, so i played the uk 80s reissue (not quite the del larks)

oooops , cant embed a link. one on ebay at mo, over 2k and rising

i distinctly remember Rob Smith playing this, late 70's Nottm Palais . never heard it again, until the warm up, in the pub, opposite the rocket nighters, about 20 years ago. actually, scrap that. the record im thinking of, was Brice Coefield. D'oh !

Joe cocker - with a little help from my friends oh, ermmm, wrong genre

Darrell Banks open the door to your heart/our love

shocking news, very sad. me him the once, at a sunday afternoon chill out, in Newark, he commended me on my choice of plays. very knowledgeable guy. RIP

sounds like a modern group/band, making a vintage sound recording

Robert Plant loved his 60's soul . i remember a radio interview, when he visited Manchester many years later, he referenced the Twisted wheel , asking where it had gone ? you'll find lots of the 60's 'rockers/beat boys' were soul music fans. good taste

i will follow him, peggy march city lights , jerry naylor tell me what he said , shapiro one more tear, barbara cooper i could go on, all of the above are no better than that shocker posted above. dreadful. time to put the SOUL back , into Northern.....

Clifton hall, trying to find the venue (3 of us in a MK3 Cortina). when suddenly a naked woman ran into the road (true story)... we stopped, she jumped in, no questions. we panicked, the woman started to put her clothes on, when a gang of bikers came out of a house, running towards us. we booted it out of there down the road, she composed herself, clearly shed been attacked, not sure to what extent. finally we asked if she was ok, to which she replied she was. THEN she asked us where we were going, we said Clifton hall, to which her response was, to jump out of the car whilst it was still moving. that spooked us then, still vivid now. another time,. Brit club, waiting for the train to wigan oldies anniversary. i went downstairs to the toilet, when i was approached by some big meat head, determined i was gonna buy some gear off him. i was persistent, but he was getting quite aggressive, when suddenly , the door burst open, knocking him over and the bouncer giving him a good hiding. we got out of there, straight on to the coach.... which incidentally was on a snowy january. we made progress north, to see a sign that said "Wigan 10 miles". the coach driver was worried coz of the snow and decided to pull over at a phone box. a few minutes later, he returned to the coach to tell us that we were turning back. believe you me, we weren't impressed. that was until a big Notts miner type bloke, "insisted" he drive to wigan, or he would be thrown in the luggage compartment and someone else would drive the fu****g thing. needless to say, we got there. anyway, thats my stories of dodgy nights. the 'Blockheads' on Crewe station, is for another day

ive just thought of something , which should NEVER be revived ! i remember this blasting of speakers, on parliament street, nottingham. ouch!

17 years old , quite remarkable