Russ Vickers

Dave Abbott. Russ

I aplologise if I inadvertently offended you, not really my intention, but I still find it slightly weird that if you are out every week end, your a member of SS etc, etc your naivety with regards to NS & who, when, oldies, newies etc is deffo weird still, I think you sound very nice, but I think there is an element of 'fence sitting' here, regardless of when you were born, as this really has no bearing, as your old enough to have been attending venues for at least 18 years.........well, thats if you started slightly illegally as we did................ Russ

Looks like I was right them. Russ

Sandy Golden is absolutely awesome & always has been............played for many years & for many to come I hope.......... Brilliant stuff. Russ

Errrrrrrrrrmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm some of the posts just smack slightly of 'we love oldies', we're not interested in records that wernt played back in the day & any DJ that has an interest in breaking new sounds cant be any good..........Im also wondering if the original intent of the thread starter was not a thinly veiled attempt to suggest this anyway.............you naughty people. Here we go again, I'll get mi tin hat out............ BTW I love 'oldies' too............but new discoveries are the life blood of the scene, whether you like it or not & guess what some of the 'oldies' that we all hold so dear to our hearts were once newies & DJ's on occasion cleared floors with em............true, also as an aside think about this, if no new records had been discovered by DJ's who were prepared to risk the 'floor' we would still be dancing to records from probably just the'Wheel'........or I should say you would be............breaking new sounds is part of a DJ's job.............just depends if they have got the bottle or not. I also find it incredible, that anyone who is on the NS in the UK has such a vague idea of the worlds number one Rare Soul DJ.........I just wonder where you guys go ???????...........or maybe your just being a bit naughty again hey !!!!!!!!!!!!. Its almost as ludicrous as some one into NS in the 7ts, having a vague idea about Richard Searling...........very weird. Russ

Jayne.............you've never heard Butch do a set ???????????......... Russ

I think soul night DJ's can be more regional & could have a regional following, they may not even be known outside of thier local night............this doesnt mean they are not good DJ's, but would be hard to quantify outside of their locality. Russ

The amount of people dancing is not the only measure of how good or bad a DJ is..............many other factors come into this, put any real Allnighter DJ in a room of punters that enjoy top 500, then they'll die a death playing thier usual set, like wise a beloved local DJ could die a death at a NS Allnighter. I dont think there is any fair way of judging this, however I beleive that the popular concensus of opinion is the mighty, mighty BUTCH is the number one Rare Soul DJ in the world & I would kinda go along with this............ Russ

Rhetta Hughes - Relight My Fire - Tetragamation Maxine Brown - Out of Sight - Epic Two of the best LP's in the genre you like Shep........... Best Russ

Well, missed the Anniversary this year, prior to DJ commitments in Espania, couldnt be avoided. As I feel cheeky approaching Ady...........pse, pse, pse could some nice person help me keep my Anniversay collection complete.......would be forever in your debt, well not really cos I'll pay for it.....PM me. Thank you. Russ

Viva Espania.......................OVO.........original soul people too............soul, sangria & sun & like mided people who 'get it'. Russ

Not by me you wont, cos this is the point I've been trying to make from the beggining of this thread. Russ

It wasnt an issue for me Gav, remember double decking with you in the smoke at one of Kev's dayers in Brixton........you asked me if I minded, I didnt & you were very gracious as I remember, you could have played an odd thing you knew I had in mi box of CDR, but let me do the 'glory grabbing'. Russ

............Then uncovered rather unceromoniously, much to RS consternation . Russ

Yeah, your right................see ya. Russ

Look ...............you know very well what's being spoken about here, but I'll give you the benifit of the doubt & go through it all again...........unissued material is acceptable on any format for DJing..............now you may want to make some big issue out of this, I dont know.............I dont know how you feel about these things, however, it appears to me that its the DJ/promoters that play & allow these things to be played that seem to have the most objections to OVO............dont you think that says something in its self ............ Russ

Give that man a round of applause............my god, common sense prevails........its what the entire scene was/is/should be based on & now people who still hold these ethics close are ridiculed, mocked, accused of being in the secret Police & any number of other accusations.........I some times wonder if entering into these debates is really worth it, I feel that I always come out looking badly, all I want to do is uphold what are after all the corner stones of the Rare Soul scene, these things havn't just been made up over night you know........I actually find it difficult to beleive that people would actually question the reasoning, but then of course if you dont play OVO you would do wouldnt you . Russ

Dont worry about it Paul, cant be arsed............if I have to explain, you obviously dont get it............. Russ

Bought mine about the same time Pat & have similar reservations, I had hoped these were wrong as they seem to have dried up a little & price seems to be going up a little on odd ones I have seen for sale too............mmmmmmmmmm we'll see. Russ

Depends on the night etc. Russ

LRSV - ST - 4526 A LRSV - ST - 4526 B These are scratched in. Russ

I think that might be the scanner Val, my copy is orange. Russ

Can someone PM me too, as I would like to know what the crack is & if mine is a real un or not. Thank you. Russ

But it really is not intended to sound like that Roger, you know me & we get along I like to think, altho we dont agree on everything we agree I hope that we're both passionate about soul music.............fact is Roger the genuine local soul nights nobody really has an issue with. Im sorry but Im finding it difficult to express myself properly without sounding a knob, but my intention is to defend the genuine local soul nights, whilst pointing out, that some people Promoter/DJ wise will use this format as a vehicle to either make money or try to further thier dubious DJing careers. And I most definately do not think Im better at Soul Music than anyone else. Russ

I know this might come over as being a bit strange, but it must be said as it happens...............I personally do not have a problem, with your local yokal soul night playing music from what ever format they see fit. On the whole it doesnt matter, the DJ is not pretending to be anything other than what they are & they have probably no further ambition DJ/promoter wise. If you asked them they would be totally honest & open with regards to all these issues & to be fair most likely playing a mixture of originals/boots/reissues & probably no carvers, as opposed to all boots or what ever. These people in my experience are generally quite unassuming & harmless & genuinely do what they do for the pure pleasure, certainly the couple of do's we have in my general area, one has been running in some form or another for over 20 years, the vast majority who attend regularly & have done for most of the time the event has been running, NEVER go any where else EVER. This is not because of sour grapes or any other reason what so ever, they wouldnt even consider it, most have never been to an Allnighter EVER, those that have, went well over 20 years ago & then were never regular attendees, more like they were swept along with what was the 'in' thing at the time. This event does not effect the local scene in any way shape or form what so ever & I defend their right to carry on doing what ever they want, they do not take punters from any other event & they have no bearing on NS what so ever, nor do they aspire to. The other event in the area has been going for slightly less time, but all of the above applies............the people attending & promoting & DJing have no aspirations other than to enjoy them selves...............most have absolutely no idea about the complexities of the greater NS SCENE, they neither know nor care, if you were to speak about it, you may well be speaking a different language, they would not have a scooby doo about & are genuinely nice people, who love to play & dance to ordinary club classic type NS with the odd reissue or boot of a more popular recent play, when I say this I mean something like 'Just Loving You'. This scenario i have no issue with what so ever & long may these events continue & long may the punters that go enjoy them..............BTW as an after thought, very few are SS members, they wouldnt know this site existed & why would they need to visit it ????????????. So where do my issues lie................wannabe DJ/Promoters who are pretending to be something they are not by putting on events so they can DJ with their mates & pretend theyre important to the NS scene. These events do effect the NS scene cos they masquerde as the real thing & hide behind the defence I use for the real local soul nights as stated above, with regard to the bootleg/reissue scenario, many of these guys are having carvers done of big current tunes & will pass them off as originals if they can get away with it...................... they will use the, 'well the punter doesnt care they just wanna dance type excuses' constantly if caught out & will hide behind the genuine defence I have used for the real local soul nights........................thats my problem with C.R.A.P venues & I mean the latter ones I have discussed. OK confused, so am I...............not sure if I have put this over very eloquently so I do apologise & I have not wanted to sound elitist in any way, just try to be honest. Russ