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    1 hour ago, Hooker1951 said:

    Hi Russ

    Ive studied Rock n Roll RnB , Soul, Dance all my life, Dj,d most of the big venues in the uk seen most of the biggest acts in the world done security for lots of them as well over here and in the USA, Mc,d at the biggest raves underground and clubs all over the uk parallel to me being involved in NS never stopped being hungry of knowledge of music so I’m afraid I don’t really have to back and learn anything about categorising music  I’ve lived  the life  and know what I know through doing it besides studying it after 57 experience with it I don’t think for one minute you could learn me anything that I am not aware off, you stick with your pop music I know what I like and it comes from the Soul

    KR

    ML

    Please start a new thread with the life and times of hooker 51.

    What really interests me is the 'birth' of Northern Soul.

    I'm 60...so a mere youngster...but at 10 years old...1971/2 there was a youth club In Conisbrough called the disc, that we used to hang around and it seemed the place to be for teenagers. 2 regular played records resonated with me. JERRY WILLIAMS and JIMMY RADCLIFFE.

    4 years later....they were coming back into my life at other youth clubs!

    That period of 70 to 75 must have been incredible to have been there.

    For sure I'd never disrespect those who were there, but in turn you must accept my 76 to 81 was just as special to me, and NL Russ 81 to 86?

    Ed

     

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    I've seen many attempts at defining Northern Soul.

    In its original definition it was 'a style of music they like up North' etc. I still think Godin was taking the piss, since he was a soul lover first and foremost.

    So RLSD, and sung by Billie boy, will fit the bill to some but not to others, including me.

    Anyway I'm not sure anything or anybody can add more to this topic...Nice that we are not all the same!

    Ed

    3 hours ago, Amsterdam Russ said:

    Pardon? While 1979 might have marked the end of a hey-day for you, a year or two later saw mine start - and forty years on, it still ain't over. Looking through the lens of such nostalgic glasses must make the 'good old days' seem so very, very far away for you now, which I think is sad. Of course, I 'wasn't there in the day' - and in many respects I wish I could have been - but the scene I came into was (and still is, depending on certain factors) vibrant, healthy, packed, innovative, and it set the tone for the decades ahead with its musical progressiveness. 

    Well Russ, I joined the journey in 75 via the youth club scene and a year later the nighter scene....CWG

    But some would argue it was already burnt out and commercialised by then. It might have been for them.

    It wasn't for me, and obviously by 1982 it wasn't for you, and in fact today's 14 year old lucky enough to have been introduced to it...it won't be for them.

    Ed

     

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    3 hours ago, Jez Jones said:

    yes the northern soul scene....or maybe better described as the allnighter scene...because back in the day...that was it

    The all nighter scene? Massive respect for your mates who did not even like the music, but week in week out, went along to all nighters.

    I don't recall a single person who went with me to cleethorpes Wakefield Sheffield Wigan blackpool Rotherham Derby or Donny all nighters who did not like the music.

    TSWONS indeed.

    Ed

     

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    Wonderful people as a huge amount of trust needed all round.

    Was the option of phoning a bid in possible?

    When I was buying off soul bowl and JM in late 70s I can only remember phone orders.

    Calling the USA or Canada would have been difficult i guess.

    Ed

    11 minutes ago, Jez Jones said:
    41 minutes ago, Tomangoes said:

    Maybe not in your neck of the woods, but they were a big part of the scene in South Yorkshire.

    Dean Roach had a "budget" from the youth leader to buy records! Boylans obliged, and guest djs used to show up!

    At 14 I was going to CWG and plenty more were off to Wigan.

    We could not get enough Northern Soul.

    Granted you had to mix and match weakspot with its all over and interplay with your not my kind, but hey ho, it filled a void.

    Happy days.

    Ed

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    I think maybe we're at crossed purposes here.....it seems the 'scene' is depicted as northern soul and records.......as I've mentioned...it was much much more than that.......I knew people who were on the 'scene'who didn't care for soul music.....regular nighter goers who enjoyed other aspects of the 'scene'

    There was a perhaps more of a link from the terraces to the scene. 

    Northern soul records, fashion, dance styles, youth clubs, soul nights, all nighters, all dayers, scarborough weekenders, live acts, attitude, friendliness, travel. 75 to 79. Back end of the hey days of course...

    But..

    Not sure what was in your local scene, or era, and nobody I knew was in our 'scene' who did not like the music. 

    We are talking about the Northern soul scene? Right? Forgive me if you are talking about another scene.

    Ed

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    8 hours ago, Jez Jones said:

    Youth clubs have  NO link to the 'scene' apart from maybe hearing a few tunes

    The 'scene' in inverted commas in the early days was much much more than a few tunes and certainly not a 'learned' activity at a youth club

    In fact I suppose those that frequented a youth club were the polar opposites of 'scene' dwellers    ..unless I'm dreaming !!!!

    Maybe not in your neck of the woods, but they were a big part of the scene in South Yorkshire.

    Dean Roach had a "budget" from the youth leader to buy records! Boylans obliged, and guest djs used to show up!

    At 14 I was going to CWG and plenty more were off to Wigan.

    We could not get enough Northern Soul.

    Granted you had to mix and match weakspot with its all over and interplay with your not my kind, but hey ho, it filled a void.

    Happy days.

    Ed

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    2 hours ago, Hill868 said:

    Surely if the dj has any kind of discerning soul awareness and credibility, he/she wouldn't actually own any of those records, let alone have them in the box to play ?!?

    I think we are talking about 'anything goes, across the board, let's have a party ' scene here.

    Unlikely Searling and Co would be on stage at these kind of events anyway.

    Personally I would not attend an event like this, because I'd get agitated when records like rlsd or 9xof10 hit the decks.

    On the other hand, I can imagine a fair few punters walking out of a more puritanical event when these tunes don't get played.

    Ed

     

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    Live and let live.

    There's been many records loved by others and despised by me over the years, like everybody.

    The Joker went Wild, When we get there, Wait a minute, nine times out of ten, and my hearts symphony to name just a handful.

    All got their place in History, and at the end of the day, the dj has to entertain the crowd in place.

    Ed

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