Dysonsoul

Jesus christ you open a thread titled top dj or flop dj , you then gotta expect top names to be mentioned in the equation,see i don't hero worship or use the words prima -donna's or priveliged, before i wrote the reply i tried to think of other names to use as examples of top dj's -well whadya know i couldn't think of any who really match the criterea.you mention about having the big records -anyone worth there salt makes records big not buys big records,on a tangeant when i first played robert tanner 1 person danced ' arthur fenn' cos he'd heard it before,it took nearly 5 years to break that record,even the bolita woods c/up took a fair old time with a few of us playing it. there's nothing priveliged about ownership of certain playbox's that's a insult to any dj and as for saying leftovers ..everyone has arms ,legs and eyes to go and look for records don't they ? of course no one owns our scene agreed,you mention chosen few ,well aren't they chosen by the promoters to give the paying customer value for money instead of being short changed by sub standard dj's who can't dj ? all this said i do know where you are coming from in a way with your original idea and agree.. so instead of faffing about let's see what most people are wanting to see - who's the prima-donnas and god's - name em and who you gonna replace em with -name em and why.

This competition idea is bananas it just ain't remotely possible.like has been said before too many styles and genres.. for arguments sake oldies dj'ing lets be honest it's a piece of piss basically anyone can do it providing they have a decent box of tunes,surely this has gotta be the first step on the ladder for anyone wanting to start dj'ing ? would have thought most of big current players have taken this route. the most difficult arena to perform has gotta be the cutting edge one ( well what's left of it) some good names been put forward to enter the arena'S but let's target the cutting edge one.all candidates need to sit down and think how many records have i discovered ? how many of them have i broke , how many of them stand the test of time ? these are just a few of the criterea that have to be met to get respect and sets.the likes of sam and butch are there cos they've earned it through hard graft and motivation year after year.there has gotta be room for up and coming lads it just ain't over night.having said that this yearning to be a dj by so many is one of the major factors of the negativity the scene is harnesing at the moment - wanna dj - set me own doo up ! ......

darren i'd be most interested in hearing what these lads have to offer,irrespective of what any other folk think.by all means send me a message on here or off forum if they're as good as you say i'll stick em on at lifeline next year guarenteed.lemme know.

I can certainly have a wild guess.. of course MIDDLETON ain't on the list ,mm suprise,suprise for good reason see when you book friends of friends and favours for favours,you do my venue and i'll do yours.. you're gonna get dj's playing boots ! (in all fairness the r+b lads downstairs are a credit to the scene and play originals). It also is advantageous if the promotor can distinguish a soul record from the suit cases he seems to always have under his arms.. call it elite call it what you want,but choice of dj is of optimum importance , certainly they have to play the real thing in the upfront subsidery of the scene..

QUITE RIGHT SEAN,LET'S BE A TOUCH SIMPLISTIC THERE IS ONLY ONE PERSON THAT SOUNDS ANYTHING LIKE TOMMY TATE...

If i ever found a spare it'd be at least 2 grand just my opinion and the 2 folk who constantly pester to sell it em for at least that so on the strength of that and previous mails a grand + either way a very obscure and difficult record to find.

If i ever found a spare it'd be at least 2 grand just my opinion and the 2 folk who constantly pester to sell it em for at least that so on the strength of that and previous mails a grand + either way a very obscure and difficult record to find.

i got spares on both the red wheelsville's both minty if i remember rightly,they are odd releases only had em on the styrene format too..

Quite right i can confirm this,infact think i gave ralph a copy of the junior 45,like so many of these artists he had little or nothing from his past recording years,he lost nearly everything in a house fire some years ago.he's had more woman than you can shake a stick at so who knows one of his off spring may have done somehing... i kept a handfull of the junior 45 better wait till it's as expensive as the " leave" 45 before i sell em ! nah it's a lot more common than the other one one.infact you'll find you've more chance of finding a combinations on kimtone than the rarer rajac 45 ! quick story,last year when staying with the artists,hitson,roscoe robinson and ralph i told ralph what it was worth roughly - within 2 seconds he was ringing a old girlfriend from the time he released it and gave it her as a gift.talk about excitement ,she answered the fone unbelievably -what started off a nice calm call fruated into a you find it and send it to me...next call was to united pressing who he tried convincing the original plate stampers were his property and they must send em to him so he could repress,his credit ran out half way through the call ! about a hour afterwards when he calmed down and said how'dya like the states so i spent 15 minutes how i liked it medium with mushrooms etc.. he siad what you been on - i thought he'd said how dya like your steaks...it took his mind off rajac for a while...a great guy with a lot of musical talent to this day.

I'LL BRING THE T+T DOWN SATURDAY IF YOU STILL NEED IT ON G-M OF COURSE...

Regarding the ravins 45 i've known about it for a lot of years ,initially martin koppel but never had a sniff of it i got it around 6 years ago.it's funny cos i spoke to gilly about it in passing he'd never seen it or for that matter ever really looked for it even when he met dave hamilton and became good friends with him,other records were on the agenda ie james lately,tobi lark's etc.. tunes that were invogue at the time.i know he told me he left stuff at dave's (am sure if he'd seen the ravins there he'd have picked it up) so pretty sure it's a very hard record but more importantly a fabulous throwback 100 mile per hour dancer of the hey day years at their best ! browny only picked it up recently contrary to his light hearted jibes at me in manifesto stating he'd put me onto it.. can't help but like him... i'm sure there is the odd copies here and there but i only know about the ones mentioned earlier in the post,strange cos the others on the label are relatively easy to find.lastly all this is testament to the incredibly talented allrounder in dave hamilton !

WELL DONE BOB VERY INTERESTING - I THINK WE SPOKE BRIEFLY LAST YEAR ABOUT THIS LABEL - THE PUZZLE PEOPLE IS FANTASTIC BOTH SIDES , FUNNY THE STEELERS AS PLUMBY POINTED OUT WAS A LEVINE RAVE , I REMEMBER IT IN PARTICULAR WHILE DOWN AT IAN'S HOUSE HE THRUST SOME 20 RECORDS AT ME SAYING YOU WON'T AND CAN'T KNOW ANY OF THESE.. I JUST DISCOVERED THEM TOP OF THE PILE WAS STEELERS,WHICH I HAD HAD FOR SOME YEARS INFACT THERE WAS ONLY 1 RECORD I HADN'T GOT BUT NEVER THE LESS SUCH WAS IAN'S TRUE ENTHUSIASM FOR FRESH DISCOVERIES.... GREAT MEMORIES..