Len

It's all about attitude - I know people who are younger than me (I'm 42 and a half) with an 'old attitude' influenced by people around them I suppose. Sam has a great attitude, whether you like his style or not All the best, Len

......and would you want it to be? The Scene was always supposed to be a progressive scene not......I couldn't think of the word opposite to progressive, see below - There's lots (most fit!) Opposite words for progressive: decreasing, retrogressive, reactionary, unmodernized, intolerant, inactive, early, unordered, traditional, rudimentary, doctrinal, dogmatic, fusty, orthodox, savage, embryonic, passé, hoary, reverting, uncivilized, antiquated, out-of-date, immature, returning, unripe, rigid, undeveloped, conservative, rude, nonprogressive, unripened, lower, atavistic, past, primordial, green, retrograde, primeval, antique, stodgy, hidebound, customary, old-fashioned, blinkered, conventional, antediluvian, primitive, obsolete, conservativist, narrow-minded, germinal, backward, strict, unmodernised, outworn, unreconstructed, old, undersized, old-time, dated, neanderthal, oldfangled, musty, disordered, low, throwback, hard, bigoted, underdeveloped, established, regressive. I had to take some out! All the best, Len

I'm the opposite - That's my aim! 'Dance Floor Destroyers' Rule Ok! All the best, Len

....not well and good though......Playing the records they 'Just got, 20 years ago' All the best, Len

Nothing wrong in that mate. You tried it - You listened, and you can honestly say you gave that particular style a chance. Also, you stated ''don't do it for me" - Others just say "It's sh*t" when describing something they don't like (and usually haven't really listened and given it a chance) I know people who have admitted this, and added that they have missed out. Good on ya. All the best, Len

...Mmmmmm, it seems 'Be careful what you wish for' has finally come to pass doesn't it?...... ....."We want, we want, we want"......"Ok, have it your way"........"Don't want it now".........."Sorry too late, we now prefer the small rooms, and they're full"..... Len (Of 'The Den')

Hi Dave, Sorry I can't help you with the scans (I don't have a Scanner......or the records!) but coincidently, I was just playing - 'Virgil Henry - I'll Be True'....What a record! Much better than 'You Ain't Saying Nothing New' (to me at least)....a very 'weak' link to your thread subject I know, and absolutely no use to you what so ever - I just thought I'd share it with ya All the best, Len

Because people don't like change, it unnerves them - Others (as I've said before) attack anything they don't understand, so it would be difficult to change dramatically. Pick and choose events that suit you - Try 'Len's Den' at Rushden Bowls Club on April 13th - Oooooops, sorry Mike, it just slipped out! All the best, Len (of 'The Den')

I only want the other side - 'When o when' will there be one for sale that only 'my side' plays?!!! - Purely to get the cost down (I'm not saying 'the side' is no good) Ted - Future requests, please 'splice' in 'Still True To You' and 'Crying Clown' (Eddie Parker) when I'm next at an event where you're on - I dare ya! All the best, Len

Yes, really sorry for this news mate, at least we have the Soul Nights for you All the best, Len

I've never doubted that most of these type of D.J's do have 'other' records, so why don't they 'splice' them in the main rooms? - The 'returnees' have now 'returned' for ten years, so I recon they would welcome fresh tunes - It's probably a matter of 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' and if there are a few repeats, so what?... .....I am begining to wonder though, if 'on the whole' people are getting fed up with it.......then I go somewhere and get reminded - actually no, they're happy All the best, Len

I'll let someone else say "Eddie Parker - I'm Gone"....I'm getting worried about being predictable.....must try harder to be original! My last purchase was an Album. 'Mary Wells - sings My Guy' - I bought it for the track 'He's The One I Love' (Same as Patti Drew) which I'm trying my bestest to play 'out' (when I dare) All the best, Len

"So, how how about a defintive list of the GREAT stuff played at the old Place ??" Gotcha now.....Sorry, can't help you there.......I didn't go...... All the best, Len

F*ck me, I'm confused now Len

Correct me if I'm wrong here, but there is a difference between - 'How bad was Wigan, really?'.....and 'Was Wigan bad?' Sorry 'MrC'....but I think Jocko's right..... Great fun though All the best, Len

"Get used to it girlfriend!" - Have you ever seen a thread that stays 'on course'? This thread had everything, the 'no where near the point' the 'arguments', the 'quips' etc, etc, so all in all I think it was a success All the best, Len P.s - What was the question again?

I don't think anyone would deny that Wigan Casino was a place of legendary status, it must have been magnificent to those that attended......The 100 Club was my 'Wigan Casino' (Still going strong)....... Point being, the 30 years that followed Wigan also counts for something, which I know most of you guyz on here wouldn't deny either, but loads do (actions, not words) and that frustrates the hell out of me. All the best, Len

Oh yeh..... Len

MONEY SAVING EXPERT! Len

Crumbs.....Can you imagine if everyone carried on for years and years, and the whole Scene ended up like that? - It doesn't bare thinking about.... All the best, Len

That's true, this is why we have so many disagreements on what should and should not be played on 'the Scene' (Guilty as charged!) Not that I was 'there' in the 'beginings', but would I be correct in saying, that as soon as it was named 'Northern' Soul, it seemed to immediately become a nostalgic Scene?.....All changed in the 80's as we know, then full circle (in the main) back to nostalgia again...Maybe naming it 'Northern' Soul was actually a bad thing. In saying that, I think the name 'Northern Soul' helped 'fuse' it all as a Scene, if that makes sense - Who knows?..... All the best, Len

The UK one is very rare isn't it? - Yes, without the spoken intro! Off 'original' topic I know - Great record, that sadly falls into the 'we know it too well so don't want to hear it' bracket All the best, Len

We'll be there of course Kev - Chantel will never be forgotten. All the best, Len 'n' Nina x

I suppose some like it, some think they like it (Sheep syndrome) You and I have different musical tastes Terry (or at least when / where we should be hearing certain styles) but there’s no denying either taste is Soulful - We have a ‘mutual disrespect’ on this which is fine, and it can actually be fun (sometimes!) ..…Point being - this record ain’t even soulful, so how did it ‘pop’ up anywhere in the first place? If I ever hear it - Fag time! ....ooops almost forgot - IMHO of course All the best, Len

Awful record as well Len