Agentsmith

chalky, the day we get a warts n' all account is exactly what we've been waiting for since we served our imaginary apprenticeship,a book can only get as close as possible to the impossible, fact is a good many well respected and influential folk have passed through heaven's gates, who would have chipped in their pearls of wisdom. what we arrive at now, are two people who have decided that time is passing by and the generations we are nurturing need an edict of relevance, be we the elders, judge it of supreme significance or otherwise....there have been too many uneducated false starts, even some of the books have, though enjoyable reads, been written from a personal perspective...the one's that probably act as an unsung gospel for us all ( and again, only time will tell ) have come from the pens of people with an acute understanding of how the scene ticks and evolves. neil rushton has been a friend for close on 40 years, tim brown just over 12 years, both have given the vast majority of their lives to the scene, with unflinching dedication...their books are concise, informative and chronologically sound. now we are on the verge of the archetypal, a film that to all intents & purposes mimics what is relevant and reverent about these type of books, that's warts n' all or near as damn it.

correction dear old thing, i believe articulate is the word!

yeah, that was a great title..johnny adams band if i remember plus of course, jjohnny jackson experience "shingaling at the go-go" and one more: freddie jones "my heart's wide open"...those were the days!...i caught on fast...

so do we agree that richard was PROBABLY the architect of the cover-up scene and that guy took the game to an even more intriguing level with his imfamous " cover up the cover-ups" ploy?

here we go.....rose valentine & the sisters 3 when he's not there maurice mccallister your love is slipping away jimmy delphs - tony hestor eddie jefferson - i won't think twice joey heatherton - cindy scott billy hambrick - steve mancha gene mcdaniels - living through ( sleepless nights ) john & the wierdest - spyder turner & the webs the chessmen - like i never did before dee dee gartrell - over again deadbeats - the phantom janitor mel britt - i want my baby eddie daye & the 4 bars - frank wilson john leach - the showmen herbie williams - the lover who loves you not al williams - the masqueraders larry houston - top cat zz & company - oscar perry tamala lewis - sharon scott bobby thurston - al johnson & the hitmen rueben howell - sandy linzer ike strong - lee moore & the resourceful ones plus......the usual internationally known suspects, cecil washington & vicky baines and a whole host of one's he chose not to cover but probably had first and is credited for playing at the casino before anyone else did....look, you've probably seen all this before a million times over and chalky will point that out, cause he's about as anorak as it gets! ...it's called revelling in the nostalgia!!

what about court davis?....try to think/she put the hurt and how about chris bartley " out of my mind"....and these are still supremely obscure.. to be honest i thought richard's appraisal of his own classic cover-ups list in the prestatyn mag crystalized all the info everyone knew but in one fell swoop...it is truly amazing to look at....apologies...in fact it's the "WHAT'S GOING ON" MAG handed out at the tower weekender.

probably the last occasion that i attended wigan would have been a saturday night....1979....kieth was playing "prance on" by eddie henderson, i recall this being a huge disco record for capitol on a 12" single....and people danced to it!......,diversity personified even if it ain't northern soul

pete, wasn't that also the case with paul sindab.....a one week wonder?

i love this.......60 posts in and richard is still as popular a talking point as he has been throughout his career, he has left an indelible mark on so many of us, including how diverse our musical tastes have become, without perhaps realizing all along that HE in fact, was the catalyst. i get to see him regularly now, his magnetism is still obvious, his enthusiasm just as flamboyant ( be it for the modern side of things, such has been his progressive nature ) and his knowledge virtually unparalleled with the exception of mssr's brown & levine, though he does confess to amaze himself at some of the things he wasn't aware of but perhaps should have known...a learning curve very much like our own but he's still ahead of the game. listened to jm's clip of eddie regan.........wow, wow, wow...and its richard all over again with his stellar cover-ups!!

agree they're definitely up for playing steve, the irony being that to the up & coming generations, it's like playing something totally unknown again.

correct pete, lp tracks always prove popular and, in most cases, the only way to play an obscure sound....unless it got put on an acetate...and we all know the imfamous story of how richard lost his len barry lp!!

hi billy, just pulled it out of the hat as a tune from that era thats not necessarily been featured an awful lot in recent times, no instant connection for me to yate, but then i didnt go there,....just an assumption that when it had its day, it would have got some recognition at the casino, by somebody, maybe not richard, but you never know as he was playing len barry lp only. in brief, rufus lumley did get booted but you very rarely see those about now, though the lp does turn up occasionally.

agree with the last comment, ( turn up early ) thats more the norm these days so as to avoid replication, which is the bain of a whole swathe of educated punters and,.....these wonderful millions of underplayed, undervalued, underappreciated cheapies area great place to start...try to get an edge.

'kin hell carl, only just seen this...meeeeeeeeega tunes mate!! gerry and everyone else on here talks commonsense...£6? otd?...for 10's of 1000's of pounds worth of tunes......PEOPLE,...GET A GRIP ON REALITY HERE,...YOU ARE SIMPLY MISSING THE BARGAIN SOUL NIGHT OF THE MONTH so, next month, july, the dragon is gonna be breathing down our necks again with some flamin' hot vinyl gems, all OVO ONLY.....if you want to witness the true spirit of northern soul in the red rose county, YOU JUST GOTTA BE HERE...@ LOWTON CIVIC SOUL. off the press: watch out for the soon to be launched FACEBOOK page.

lou roberts - ten to one harley hatcher - discotech alibi ( as it was covered ) patrick bradley - one more chance margaret mandolph - something beautiful rufus lumley - stronger than me ron holden - i'll forgive and forget robin wilson - better use your head toni bazil - breakaway tiffanies - its got to be a great song fabulettes - the bigger they come newbeats - dont turn me loose charlie gracie - he'll never love you like i do petals - cant close the windows to your heart music box - wee-oo i'll let it be you ( instr ) lee andrews & the hearts - cant get along without you now apollo's - mr creator flowershoppe - you've come a long way baby phil flowers - discontented johnny williams - something bout you baby creative source - dont be afraid today's people - sos

what about other searling delicasies, such as the delites or the agents or herman hitson?, even bobby thurston and roy dawson sound great plus larry houston just to name a few of the quality modern sounds he was pushing...remember luv & co "crazy changes" at the ritz manchester mid '77'? the man had a thirst for anything different.

positively, absolutely, definitely steve...re-examination of the collections is essential and in particular those cheapies you collected years ago that still to this day,have not recieved the recognition they deserve e.g how good does " you succeeded" by sandra phillips, sound? ( or is that tina britt? ) come to that, what about "look/ you're absolutely right" by that lady. heard the ken williams record on okeh just recently and the sandra phillips record on the same label is pure detroit magic. just remembered they were hammering "stop girl" by the 7 dwarves same time as coloured man, i walked away and mary saenz and the bellboys. mick derry was shelling out things like bernadette peters, the angels, reperata on rca, joannie summers, carol & gerri plus goodies like syng mcgowan and..... the awesome don gardner "cheatin kind",...yes, the chasetown man had this way back then. there was even an instrumental covered as the backing to yvonne baker's " you didn't say a word" that was actually "time's gone by" by music track.

what about billy hambrick, e.j. chandler or bob seger, goerge kirby, carol anderson or john & the wierdest...tunes you used to hear a lot back in the day but very rarely now unless its a connoiseurs rare soul night.

classic searling.....one F**K off tune!, do you see too many of these grapevine's about??...i don't think so, and just how vibrant and fresh is tamala lewis?, nice to see the label again and re-visit the credits of one george clinton....however was this associated with jobette music?

great tune, got it for £20 earlier this year, BARGAIN!, but what a great tune, double sided bliss and who's knocking the combined writing efforts of micheal & raymond, plus the production of one, robert kreinar ( bob babbit )...moonlighting at it's best!

THE pop era, no doubt and as witnessed here, richard wasn't adverse to the bug...but this is all about the efforts to find acceptable dance material, even amongst the plethora of blue eyed offerings, a lot of which were most certainly not soulful....however, this would not be the scene we know and love without the adversity and diversity. i recall peter jarrett being played at the birmingham locarno sunday all-dayers by mick derry and it certainly had that west coast bubblegum sound about it, naturally as it was originally recorded by tommy james & the shondells. it really is a stomper and roundabout the same time we had sam playing the belmonts " you're like a mystery", plus nita rossi " something to give" and brian hyland " the joker went wild" by various others. you cant then, exactly say, that richard's playlists were that over the top?, he made these tunes popular and acceptable, but always the catalyst, and with a sigh of relief from the devotees, he moved forward to better things and as many say, probably his most productive period.

sentiments echoed gerry, people keep banging on about wanting the real deal and not handbagging, well we give a mixture of top quality oldies including many that have been dust covered for ages, stuff from 10-12 years ago that was popular and are ripe for a return as well as mountains of cheapies that have never recieved their due. you know this, i know this and so do the converts.....the flock has strayed a little to other pastures that probably aint so green...they just need herding back to where they belong!! LOWTON...BANG ON THE MONEY.....YOU KNOW IT MAKES SENSE!

WELL DONE THAT MAN! nice to know you were at lowton on friday but i wasn't aware otherwise we'd have had a chat...anyway, keep up the good work and see you there next month ( hopefully ) are you doing a set?

apologies and slap our wrists baz for missing out on last hour due to journey home, but what TOTAL & UTTER QUALITY!! every man-jack worth his or her salt who gets to play here, deserves credit for playing from their boxes with complete commitment & passion and if there's anywhere in lancs that deserves to set the scene, it's LOWTON....ALWAYS HAS BEEN, IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE A GREAT VENUE...AND THIS IS A WAKE UP CALL TO ALL THOSE WHO WANT SOMETHING DIFFERENT BUT WITH A NICE, THOUGHTFUL, INFLUENTIAL MIX...BECAUSE LOWTON DOES WHAT IT SAYS ON THE TIN.....WANT A QUIET NIGHT IN? .....OR A GREAT NIGHT OUT?

delivering the goods again mate..