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Geoff Oakes, a big Wigan guy face, according to Dave shaw's book,was very influential for us on biddulph. He went onto to start renaissance, in Mansfield and later all over the place. They alway asked where you were from at the hacienda, if you said Stoke, you were listening to f**king indie at the brick house. If you said biddulph, you flew in. Sunday's we'd see Sasha's blue Porsche, personal reg, RE1M1X, outside Geoff'ss house in town

We followed him from mid 90, him and Steve Williams, who tbh, Sasha ripped off big-time. Both dj'ed in various venues in Blackpool, Saturdays. As you said it kicked off proper at Shelly's from late summer 90. By spring 91, it was all over imho.

I acknowledge it wasn't quite as simple as that, Sasha played the eclipse in Coventry, for example, but he did throw in more beltram, bones and Frank de wolf into his sets. Lot of interest locally in Shelly's revivals at the moment.

I studied fashion in London from 87 till 90. Returning home at weekends some of my northern soul friends had started to go the hacienda. Mike Pickering, talked about the musical split between north and south clubs, with the north being first to accept house music. For a short time there was a definite split between the type of house being played, Sasha and others initially pushed a soulful sound that contrasted sharply with the 'headf**k' as we termed it, that Fabio and grooverider offered. Shelly's Friday night attracted people from all over the north west, Saturday's eclipse crowd was drawing ravers from the south and Midlands.

Really heart warming this, these old ladies will always be young, the music is timeless.

The eclipse club, I reckon?

Well, I'll quote my brother who attended the Torch was there when Major played, plus many Wigan nighters. We stood on the balcony at the hac and said; ' the young ones who missed the torch used to ask how good the torch was, when we stood on the balcony at station road. This, he said, as we looked down on the madness of a 'nude' night, is on another level.' The halcyon days of house, were truly something else. But atm going to Burnley, or the hundred is so much more musically satisfying than any retro house night, for me at least. That would be something if we could see a renaissance of modern and northern played together in one room in a big venue. Just think, JJ callier and Michael proctor on the same playlist.🤔

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Pm if interested, post. £3.00 UK. Leon Austin* - Steal Away / Yesterday - king- ex £110 The Tripps - Give It Back / Here Comes Those Heart'Aches - victoria A side has a pressing Bubble which is just noticable near the fade out. B side has a little pen, otherwise, really clean. Amazing slow flip £45 Freddie Houston - Soft Walkin' / To Be In Love toto- vg- Lots of marks, but plays great with no issues.£45 Anderson Brothers I Can See Him Loving You (7", Promo, Unofficial) gsf- 70's styrene issue- ex £40 Bobby Freeman - I'll Never Fall In Love Again- autumn ex Vinyl has light marks and pressing bubbles which do not effect play £70 Charles Earland - Drifting - Mercury-ex £50

Hi mate, you still got Jo Anne Garret?

Think your right there, thought it had been pressed, officially elsewhere.

Right, might have brought this up before but I'm convinced that the soul fox boot is an alt take. For a start it doesn't have that the first drum strike, as in the red coach release. The intro sounds slightly different, it's in the bass and use of snare drum in one section. I've compared the two, wonder how this came about? One of the few boots I've kept, its on the flip of, ' change your ways'. It t has Dean Courtney, then the Carstairs on the other side. Anyone else compared the two?

What about night of the wolf then?

Butch obviously, mark Jones blew me away last month. Man of the match at Burnley was Chris Stanley, aka, doc pickles, closely followed by Amanda Cottrell, who is not a man 😁

Anyone know this? Had it? trying to think about value, non sold on discogs, not on popsike or YouTube.

Darrow is top of the tree for me, everything they did is sublime imho, carl good but not in the same league to these ears. Darrow has a distinct and unique voice that's easy to recognise. Female I'd go for Rochelle Flemming, of first choice, hope she not too mainstream.

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I was going to use that as another example. Well, initially at least. In 88/ 89 you would have heard; Belgian new beat, US house and freestyle, break beat, UK house, Italo house, new Jersey garage and even street soul at a rave. The genre didn't start till late 90/91, by then it was almost over for those that started the scene.