Russ Vickers

Yes, & I noticed recently someone who got caught thieving records some years ago, at least 10, maybe 15 years ago, was DJing some where recently....disgusting, shouldnt even be allowed in a venue IMHO....I know its a long time ago & yes you could argue forgive & forget, but an open apology on here maybe would have gone some way to understanding, on the assumption said person is repentant....

Gary, if you have an idea who had em away, I'm sure there would be no shortage of volunteers to go & get em back with you....there will deffo be CCTV footage, surely the cops have searched all CCTV around the area.....if it was me & I knew who it was, I wouldnt have even posted on here, I would have just got it sorted... I'm happy to donate reward money too... Anything I can do Gary, just PM me.... Best Russ

Do people still make live recordings at Allnighters ?....if so, how & what do you use ? Thanks Russ

Probably the best Nighter in the world.... Russ

Always wear trainers, have no problems at all.. Russ

Hi, anyone attending this years Anniversary who will have a spare copy of the Anni 45, pse contact me, I will pay the going price. PM pse. I have a full run & was there to get most in person, unfortunately in Baghdad & cant be there this year, so if anyone can help pse, would be mucho in debt to you. Thank you Russ

I quite like it TBH....he is a Jazz performer, so with that in mind it does it for me, I imagine that it would sound pretty cool through a BIG system too. Russ

Very eloquently put my friend....now sell me some rekkids ! See ya at Va Va Voom in October for another corker !. Russ

Your at the wrong venues then mate.... Best Russ

'Wait for the beat'...ironically that will go over the heads of many these days....we need to get the black glove out again !. Best Russ

Poggo aint bad is he... Russ

Hell yes, yes & thrice yes....its the life blood !. Please never stop what your doing Ady..... Best Russ

Friday night oldies was the first nail really, with hind sight, didnt mind the seventies & modern so much, as long as there was a balance & as for love, I'm blessed with a very understanding family, although over the years I have pushed their patience to the limit....I think my only saving grace was that my wife was on the scene for many years & I did say when we married 'If you think I will ever grow out of this......' As for the motivation Pete....well I just cant get that soulful monkey off my back & its not enough to get the hit at home, I need to share the experience with other like minded people..... Best Russ

Hey Pete I'm up for anything, s'long as it has the X Factor....I'm just making the point that we're not all stuck in a nostalgia time warp, for many people things have moved on, it doesnt matter whether people agree or dislike it, it just is....I respect all opinions, its when people start telling you that your wrong, based purely on the fact they wont listen or go any where that doesnt play the kinda oldies they like..... I like old skool type newies too, there just aint enough coming through to sustain my appetite, so I listen to whatever is played with open ears, some I like, some I dont, but on the whole I find the whole thing much more inspiring than a night of 'those' kinda oldies. Best Russ

Kev, here's my news....I agree to a point, I think the scene is very healthy right now, certainly the events I attend, loads of new sounds coming through, younger enthusiastic dancers, DJ's & promoters, I am in agreement with the thread starter whole heartedly. What I disagree with, is the people who constantly bleat on that there have been no decent new discoveries since the 7ts, or when ever, which is so completely & ridiculously untrue its almost laughable. I'm sure NS is all good for you Kev, because if it wasnt you wouldnt be promoting, its your livelihood, why would you question it....what I am saying, is that I find the term NS a bit embarrassing & cringy these days & I would rather not have the asscotiation TBH. KOKO Russ

In the 8ts there was a meeting of the, I think, three top promoters at the time, whwere they managed to thrash it out & come to a compromise. Thing is could the amount of die hard All Nighter goers sustain one central venue, I'm not sure there is enough any more. Best Russ

Hello mate - I think we should revert to Rare Soul TBH. The nostalgia type events are welcome to the term NS, it would help distinguish between events. Although I work in Iraq, I imagine that I still attend more All Nighters & Soul events than many. When I'm home I generally will get to at least one Nighter & one other, a Nighter, a Soul Night or an Alldayer, my closest All Nighter is a 2 hour drive, altho we hammer up North mostly still, I can do my house on the South Coast to Manchester in about 3 hours on a good run these days :-).

I know I'm in Iraq...

I do...& you dont have to do anything that you dont want to, but dont judge if you havnt experienced the records in their natural environment... Best Russ

Just trying to be honest, I love y'all, dont wanna fight, just wanna get a little voice heard....

Just because a record is played on the NS Scene it doesn't make it a NS record. When it becomes excepted on the scene makes it a NS record. The Northern Soul scene isnt a bunch of cynical has beens re living thier youth after a 20 year or so break on some sort of twisted nostalgia trip, where he who shouts loudest & longest is right. What went soooo wrong, that this twisted version has become the norm for many & the few who have truly kept to the original ethos become ridiculed & sneered upon. You f*ckers can say what you like, but I'm still part of an underground, vibrant & exciting dance scene, where new & lesser played records still ram dance floors & make going out all night worth while, when on the way home the chords of some new sound are still ringing around your head & your desperate to know what it was... The sooner the term NORTHERN SOUL is dropped the better, cos what some of you are into, is about as far away as you can get from what it was all about for me n many others, who continue to try to keep it real in the face of over whelming odds....Here's just one example of a DJ/collector who is smashing the place up....listen & weep you boring old has beens, why not actually get out, get off ya tits & dance, instead of judging something you no longer understand from behind a key board..... https://www.mixcloud.com/misterfish/the-rare-soul-all-night-session-summer-2014/

I thought that was what the NS Scene was about TBH...seeking out, dancing & listening to undiscovered vintage & contemporary Soulful dance music, that was what I have been doing in the 7ts, 8ts, 9ts & 00's...unfortunately a lot of others think that listening to the same records every weekend for 40 years is KTF....what a joke, i got into this sh*t, cos it was cool, fresh & exciting, we'll never be cool again, but as for the rest of it, thats what I want from my Rare Soul Nighters & Nights. In answer to an earlier post infering that just because we enjoy the scene as it was, i.e progressive...that we dont like oldies, what a load of old twerk !!!...a good record is a good record, just dont want to listen to the same records week in week out....I wanna be enthused by inspired DJ's who know how to rock a dance floor with forbidden fruit, the obscure beautiful soul n funky records that everyone else didnt wanna know, until they were rescued by the Rare Soul scene & become hits on our dancefloors & in our hearts..... sound familar to anyone ?... Matt your a f*ckin' legend....keep on doin what ya doin pal... Best Russ

Cheers mate... Russ

WANTED - Little Al & the Maxidynes - Lonely Days of My Life - Shell Please PM with price & condition. Best Russ