Agentsmith

Deffo, we're always out looking for stuff...usually sightings of bigger animals: geese, goats, donkeys, alpacas, llamas🤣🤣 the usual suspects so nothing surprising there....now, if we had them in our garden...that would be a different kettle of fish....we'd probably be charging admission for the school kids! Seriously though, it appears to be of concern but, if i thought there was a genuine panic on about something now, i'd have consulted one of the uk's leading zoologists...who lives amongst us all, here in the north of England....who just so happens to be a leading record dealer too.....i wonder if you can guess who that is?

Agree with the latter paragraph of your analogy, Carl....there cant realistically be anyone on here who dodn't have a water butt....the prevalence of the rain last year resulted in ours being full to the brim.......we've never witnessed that before, even having had it 5 years...the damp hampers the hatching cycle of all winged species and invertibrates....sparrows have been on the decline for years now, with peoples preference for concrete walls or wooden fencing, resulting in the sprecies natural habitat, privit hedgerows being removed...if youve budlea, lavender and such, the bees will certainly be about....not seen wasps yet either.....far more concerned about the threat of these imported asian hornets spreading.....a very major threat to bee colonies....thankfully seen none of those either, but fully aware of the need to report such instances as theyre considered dangerous. The biggest threat of all though, is us.....we continue to swallow up habitat at an alarming rate, in the name of housing the population, and monsterous warehousing that no one needs...that drives the climate and ultimately, the jet stream...habitat equates no just 5o fields, meadows and woods, but farming and arable land....it all impacts, and the flooding will increase as the water table is impacted by tarmac, concrete and bricks n mortar. So far, our late arrivals here have been red admiral, painted lady, fratillery and cabbage white, honey, worker, bumble bees...and we've had a dragon fly....this is east leeds on the outskirts of the city, a relatively milder climate in this area...not terribly exciting for insect activity or birds, though we do try!. Ultimately, we will be the masters of our own survival or demise. Einstein said if the bee population dies, the human race dies...within 3 decades...or is AI going to intervene to engineer pollenation?

" The Northern Soul label ".....and the term wasn't even spoken until 10 years after Motown's launch....put that aside and to all intents and purposes, at 450+ pages, it's a pretty comprehensive documentation thats going to land on afficianados coffee tables.

Sorry to hear of another loss today, sincere condolences to Keith's family and all concerned.🙏

A great dj, and a top bloke....sincere condolences to Maria, their family and all concerned. Feel free to share your memories and thoughts

Yes Ted, heard about this only recently. A very similar thing happened to McFadden & Whitehead, almost 10 years earlier.

Ffs, is it possible AI was spreading misinformation way back then?🤣🤣

Here was a group that persevered, at a time when they had been the main benefactors of the supremely talented songwriting team, HDH. When they left Motown, The Tops were left in Limbo...fortunately, as fate would decree, they had material already recorded that would serve the purpose of giving them a brace of hit singles to reignite the spark of their previous success...so it proved in December of 67 and ironically at the forefront and the catalyst of the revival, was Tamla Motown, here in the UK, who summoned up an lp cut from 2 years previous. By January 8th, 1968, one month after its first genuine issue on a single, " Walk Away Renee " reached a position of # 3 on the UK charts, giving the group what would turn out to be, their second biggest selling single of all time. Gordy, in turn surprised by its success and the enterprise of TMUK, released it in the states...it charted # 14 on Billboard...for the rest of the 60's and early 70's they would continuously chart both here, and in the States. All the time, the band's format remained constant. Without doubt, in my mind, they were Motown's greatest vocal group, surpassing the elegant Temps and Spinners, and in Levi Stubbs, they had one of the greatest, most distinctive vocalists...of all time..The Duke, along with Obie and Lawrence, made the group the completists quortet. They were all stylists of the highest calibre. God bless them all, now reunited, the circle complete..Tops made in heaven.

Honestly can't remember this particular ad...but there you have it, attended the friday night event, sadly not the Saturday.

Well....that's really impressive...ffs Used to be the wulfrun hall/civic...its even been held in Birmingham!, like wtf has that anything to do with Wolverhampton??...total joke.

Example of the tradition for it being remembered. Pep and Neil Rushton, always at odds with each other, never buried the personal hatchet...even the rights to the Cats trademark as subject of resentment...unfortunately the biggest insult of all, looms large....how can a 50th anniversary go totally unmarked?, its a bloody disgrace..ffs, The Casino has been getting global attention for the last two years, fully deserved for sure but how can it possibly be that one of the pioneering clubs, can't receive equal recognition?

Spot on!, Max laid the club's demise at the hands of Wigan, that's a fact whether it was considered sour grapes at the time, or even now...it probably spelt a premature end for a few more soul nights besides as folk flocked there.....

Quite honestly, it dosn't look like this venue is going to receive any recognition at all on Saturday 13th July....which is the exact date to the day that it shut its doors for the last time...an absolute travesty and it looks very much like no one is bothered, either way. I'm no promoter otherwise i'd have taken it on but, the main protagonists regards promotions are busy doing owt else and the other djs who are still alive probably aren't djing anymore either so....any chance of a special celebration is dead in the water...best just remember it for what it was eh?

Certainly is Mike, i'm sure many members will grasp the uniqueness of the man...probably a bit of a pause just now as it appears its not been noticed but i'm sure the tributes, comments and many memories will encompass this thread over the coming few days. Think to a man/woman, on here a total shock at the time, Andy....but 10 years already??, unbelieveable!

In memories today: 10 years since a major contributor to these pages and a music authoritarian passed...Bob Abrahamian

Agreed on all points, i suppose you could say, if anything at all, this haul was the catalyst for the explosion of Northern Soul, proper...practically all of what we class as anthems were maybe found then, and 74, including some that turned out to be supreme rarities, thought it wasn't known at the time....JA on the other hand, did more than anyone else to contribute overall, scouring the States at all points of the compass and importing masses of tune and incredible discoveries....Graham's initial find though, has to be ranked as one of the greatest and most important, ever.