Mark Bicknell

John Manship has this on his site 'buy it now' @ £200.00 - hope this helps. Regards - Mark Bicknell.

And you won't find out who it's by either Andy, as i told you a bit back, all avenues were covered way back to ident this. Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Solar is basd in Beckenham, Kent but the Shack is in Manchester. Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Bring it on Mick.......it will be a blast i'm sure. Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Just a brief update on everything Soulful in the Soul Shack on Solar Radio - www.solarradio.com CHANNEL 0129 SKY DIGITAL - Every Sunday night from 8pm - 10pm UK and between 9pm - 11pm Central Europe and www.solarradio.com - Some superb guests to follow in the next few weeks with Mick Howard coming in on Sunday 19th June which should be a musical feast, also The Orwell Boys, Barry Maleady and Mr Steve Plumb will be joining me real soon which i'm so looking forward too, Chris Anderton is also coming up in the very near future, also listen out for The Rare Soul Man's selections via Mr Manship which is a new feature of the show from time to time. For requests, mentions, dedications please send those all important emails to bicknellmark@aol.com Solar is a perfect place to advertise your events etc. so please get in touch directly at the station or email me bicknellmark@aol.com Current popular spins on the show include - The Scott Brothers - We Like Girls - Zachron, The Heartbreakers - I've Got To Face It - Derby City, Willie Wade - When Push Comes To Shove - Nite Life DJ, The Quotations - I Don't Have To Worry - Di - Venus and many others, CD and re issue reviews and previews, artist features and loads more........thanks for your support.......... www.solarradio.com Regards - Mark Bicknell.

The Orwell was a blast to DJ at, still doing my thing on Solar every Sunday but as Frankie Lymon once said "Bye Bye......that's all!!!!!!! .......lol Regarda - Mark Bicknell.

I love these kind of threads, here's a few from me...... The Scott Brothers - We Like Girls - Zachron The Quotations - I Don't Have To Worry - Di - Venus Willie Wade - When Push Comes To Shove - Nite Life DJ The Heartbreakers - I Got To Face It - Derby City The Ascots - Anytime - Mir - A - Don Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Casino Royale - Get Yourself Together - Key - Loc - Nice clean condition, great record. £50.00 B.B. Brown - I Weep - Dit Dot - Nice clean copy, seen listed at £100.00 so a bargain at £50.00 - Needs playing this! Bargain. Phyllis Brown - Oh Baby! - Rainbo - Nice clean copy, super oldie, seen listed at £150.00 recently so a bargain at £80.00 Donald Jenkins And The Delighters - Somebody Help Me - Canadian Regency - Really nice copy of this Stafford Monster, seen this on a top auction recently for £150.00 plus,spare as i'll keep my Courtland Demo....lol Bargain £130.00 SOLD Ted Taylor - Somebody's Alway's Trying - Okeh Sock/Issue copy, vinyl is in super condition, label has a few light scratches on it but otherwise clean. £60.00 SOLD Joe Simon - Just Like Yesterday - Irral Stock/Issue - super clean condition, great record - £50.00 FEW ADDITIONS - FEW ADDITIONS - FEW ADDITIONS - FEW ADDITIONS. Rex Garvin - Sock It To Em' J.B. - Like White Demo - super clean condition. £15.00 Joe Tex - You Better Believe It Baby - Dial Stock/Issue - £15.00 The Scott Brothers - We Like Girls - Zachron - slight water damage, plays well fantastic record two good sides - £30.00 Awesome tune, getting spins again. Contact bicknellmark@aol.com Thanks for looking - Mark.

sent you an email, hope it helps. regards - mark bicknell.

Just read this as i'm sitting on sodding Ebay trying to win a record, it's late and i should be in bed but what the hell, i'm humbled by the comments and support, can't wait to get The Orwell Boy's into the old soul shack real soon, i'm so looking forward to the Orwell Alldayer on Sunday, i don't do much these day's but really can't wait for this.....thanks. Future guests coming up on the show are Mick Howard, Chris Anderton and of course Barry and Mr Plumb.................................bloody fantastic all of em' www.solarradio.com Regards Mark Bicknell.

It's on 'Flying High' - The Modern End Of Northern Soul - On The Real Side 2 - CMRCD830 via Sanctuary came out in 2003, compiled by a certain gentleman Mr Simon White, and a fine CD it is too i might add and as Simon states you won't hear a better reproduction than on this compilation.....awesome track. Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Sincere best wishes Kevin with this venture....got any jobs?????lol only joking. Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Thanks for looking. Regards - Mark Bicknell.

ohhhh you bitch...lol no mate just need some other stuff, taken up oil painting and paints are exspensive...lol Mark Bicknell.

Was gonna add a few more tonight but will leave until the weekend, again thanks for looking. Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Would the person who emailed me about the Joann Courcy please get back to me as i've deleted your email by mistake, sorry and thanks, still open to offers...lol Regards - Mark Bicknell.

A few more nice records to be added later tonight. Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Warren, I meant to email you but could'nt find one of the old messages, let's talk off line later. Regards - Mark Bicknell.

P.s and NO I'm not selling up, just into a few new records, USA trip etc. Regards - Mark Bicknell.

A few nice records for sale, if interested please IM or email me bicknellmark@aol.com or telephone 0161 330 6267. All in superb condition. All USA Originals. I've gone by book approx prices and some advice on prices, please don't take them as gospel ok.......if interested maybe a deal, trade etc. can be made. Martell's - Where Can My Baby Be - A-La-Carte SOLD Issue/Stock copy, record clean, plays fantastic, label has slight inperfection by artists name but very slight. £800.00 ONO. Martell's Sold - Thank You Donna King - Take Me Home - Hot Line Issue/Stock copy - record clean, perfect condition, really hard to find - £750.00 ONO Dorothy Williams - The Wells Gone Dry - White Bandstand USA, far harder to find than the Goldwax copy, good clean condition - £400.00 ONO LaCharles McCoy - Hello Blues - AMC SOLD - Hard To Find R'n'B 45, nice condition copy £130.00 ONO La Charles McCoy Sold Thank You Patrice Holloway - Stolen Hours - Issue/Stock Copy - Beautiful condition of this classic - £350.00 ONO Patrice Holloway - Love And Desire/Ecstacy - Capitol Demo - Two classic sides, super condition £275.00 Thelma Houston - Baby Mine - Capitol Demo - Super condition, classic record - £200.00 ONO B.B Brown - I Weep - Dit Dot - Fantastic R'n'B, needs a good home this one - Super condition £130.00 Herb Ward - Honest To Goodness - RCA Yellow Demo - Superb Condition, Classic Oldie £350.00 JoannCourcy - I Got The Power - Twirl Demo - Superb condition, you won't find a better copy Serious Offers around a £1,000 The Mamselles - Open Up Your Heart ( Let Love Out ) ABC White Demo - Super condition, rare demo - £300.00 The Bobbettes - Happy Go Lucky, Me - RCA White Demo SOLD - Good condition - £50.00 Bobbettes SOLD Thank You Little Jimmy Dee - I Went On - Infinity Issue/Stock Copy - Super condition, great record £30.00 Ernie Andrews - Where Were You - Capitol Stock/Issue - Good condition £20.00 Bargain!!! Thanks for looking - Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Bang on Baz.....like me i guess you stay away from the 'Cheap Beer And Carstairs' gigs, perhaps this is an area which shoud be looked at? bores the shit out of me....lol Mark Bicknell.

This type of debate will run and run and IMO there are no answers or resolutions as the scene, it's history and way of thinking is in some areas it's own down fall, when i started DJ'ing back in about 1980 well if you think it's tuff too break into DJ'ing now it was close to impossible then, very much a closed shop, very much old old school and you basically had to ern your stripes, learn the craft and serve your time at local level events before getting the National bigger gigs also the key then which should apply now is quality and depth of collection, knowing and having an understanding of your subject, presentation of a set, entertainment value and reputation. Back then the door was almost closed and to get your toe in through it you had to ease your way through, now it's far more open which i feel in some cases is a very refreshing situation to be in but as with the gigs there seems to be a saturation point with the amount of people out there DJ'ing old, young or otherwise almost an over kill situation, dozens of events on the same night, gigs over subscribed with DJ's and way under par with numbers through the door but that's really not the issue here but part of the bigger picture. From my own personal perspective at aged 45 i still feel i can contribute to the scene as a DJ being on a lot less regular basis, it's nice to still be asked and invited to play records all over the UK, i would like to think that this is due to the above comments regarding, reputation, collection, merrit, entertainment value etc. etc. believe me i know how this thing works and yes it can be about how rare, original your records are but if the quality of music on offer does it for people then i see this as going somewhere near to getting it right, it's also about knowing your boundries as a DJ and not trying to be something you are not or thinking you are more than say a one trick pony, i mean this in the nicest possible way....i'll explain again from my own perspective, i'm basically i think an oldies DJ with a knack of falling on the odd few records over the years and making them popular, i have a solid base of ok bigger end records, mostly well known but of a quality which i feel justify still being played, if i'm asked to DJ at a gig which i perhaps feel unable to give 100% then i simply would not take the gig, for example although Andy Dyson, Chalky, Mick .H etc. know my style and basis of collection i would not fit into the 'Life Line' events musically i know that and respect the direction this event is moving towards, this does not mean i could not hold my own it's simply that this promotion it's ideals, ethics etc. are rooted in progression of the music and some DJ's big names or otherwise don't fit in, not saying that i'm not into progression of the music it's just that the DJ's selected to play such events are more geared up musically to offer new and refreshing music and that i for one respect and admire. Of course there is the buddy, buddy thing that goes on 'you DJ at my gig' and 'i'll DJ at yours' often at local level and that in time has nowhere to go, then theres not everyone gets on, politics etc. then trust me it don't matter how old you are or what records you have, how good you are etc. you just won't ever get some gigs as it's personal ratrher than what it should be professional thing, we all have examples of this i'm sure but again not for debate here! I respect and agree with many of the points raised here, i fell however that because the scene being the way that it is change will be a slow process, aged of DJ's should for the moment be put on a back burner and should be left to keeping the scene, it's music alive, i'm not talking about styles of music, politics, rare or common tune and all the other stuff that make this baby tick, i'm simply talking contribute if you can, support the efforts of many and dismiss this age thing......time will end this scene nothing else! I can't comment on other DJ's experences on here i just know that if you have a true understanding on the role of a DJ that age has very little to do with it, if you have something good to offer in time you will be asked to play tunes, ego should be left at the door and let the people deside and you will find this out very simply if the floor is packed...simple as! Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Sods law that Ted...church mice when it's too cheap mate....still we are all guilty of that...scares the shit out of me when i wanna sell something...bugger we should sell them all for 1980's prices...lol Mark Bicknell.

I did ask this question myself early on in this thread, was it totally new records to the scene or semi knowns or forgotton oldies or what????? perhaps you can clear this one up so we all know...lol Mark Bicknell.