Tomangoes

great version by this white band from the 60s

About 1980 when I first heard this: Ed

And a great cover of Howard Tate Ed

Neale Lundgren Ed

Really?

Another youthy tune and I thought Larry Henley RIP was a girl for years! Ed

Old youth club sound... Ed

What recession? Never seen a black eyed girl on the local label, nice. There must be a 1000 rarities now worth a £1000 or more. Rare soul record collecting will soon be for millionaires only! Ed

Big pop tune around 1980 Ed

Not sure I ever heard this played at a Northern soul night? Is it big in your neck of the woods? Ed

First heard this about 1978 in Rudies Scarborough, but never realised it was a white band. Thought it really was Ramsey Lewis 'moonlighting'.. Ed

A great musician passes. Ed

Wild guess Ed

Point taken. First time I've closed a topic. Now going round in circles, and everybody who is in the know of what the term stands for have had a chance to put their views and ideology over. Basically it describes a progressive scene as opposed to a stand still scene. Thanks to everybody who contributed. There is not many greater things in Northern Soul than coming across a great record for the first time. Nothing worse than listening to mediocre dross. To get to one state, we've always had to live with the other! Ed

You are right, there seems an unwillingness to share upfront top tunes of today, so let's leave it as a mystery only known by the attendees. The best tracks as always will go mainstream, and shared by all eventually. Its what debating forums are all about I guess these days. Ed

I don't mind doing half.. You fill in the gaps:)

Don't be backwards at coming forwards..

That's the spirit! Ed

Oi Pedro.....its not do it yourself.. Get it done... Ed

Ok All you pop pickers in the know...name or even better throw in a link, for your current favourite up front tune... Once we have a dozen or more, I'm sure it will be clear what's what. Educate the masses! Ed

Well chill out Sunday in Donny only has two rules..it has to be good (a minefield in itself) and not top 500 by default. Slow, fast, mid tempo, and basically anything goes by mainly local djs. If the crowd turn on the dj.....the DJ is requested to change the record:) Ego's can be easily bruised. Having said all that it's jam packed every time and the punters come from far and away. I'm sure it's an UPFRONT style event. Ed

For me, if the venue is advertised as anything goes, across the board, 1950s to present day, open minded, experimental, and a little bit of soul.... They can play anything and if the crowds keep coming, it's going to be a great success! Its really all about the music policy. I've seen a few members on here post up some specific hour long sets etc. Maybe a few up frontiers can do the same and share the current floor fillers to spread the word... Ed

There is no excuse for playing the same old same old unless it's a same old event. I commented years ago that I look through Manships rare soul price guide and there's about 25000 singles listed, of which I knew only half at best, at that time. Now today with the most fantastic thing invented for music in the last 25 years YOU TUBE and I can systematically check out the ones I don't know and rate them. So for arguments sake, there's at least 12000 very playable tracks just on that list. Then we have album tracks, everything after 1978 released, studio tapes, etc. You get the point. Probably 20000 tracks that could be played and liked, and that's cutting out the mediocre the extreme the rock and roll the ska the deep funk etc. Just good soul records brown or blue eyed that can encourage a dance or two. That's a lot to pick from, and I'm sure up front, go ahead, something new, not the 500, movements do play tunes from this lesser known pool. Even the oldies only nights have a pool of about 7000 pre 1980 quite well known tracks I read once (Tim Brown quote?) No need for anybody to get fed up if they look hard enough. Ed

Come come, credit where it's due ' up front ' is the accepted terminology. Just need a name of the originator, and they can be hailed alongside DG. At no point in time in the history of this scene has every tune been loved by all involved, but would we really change anything? Tim Tam to Dave n the giants, they all played a part... Just enjoy the next installments... Ed