Agentsmith

hi greg, you're obviously aware its on a kent cd from about 12 years ago "lets crossover" and credits weren't listed then, perhaps adey may have gleened some info in that time? rob.h

check out the alternate take on last year's double cd anthology, its stereo, fully orchestrated and taken at a tad slower tempo....personally i think it makes a change from hearing the mfp standard all the time. rob.h

is this a re-make of the "african queen"? rob.h

yes mate....ive got the incriminating evidence! rob.h

only place they're any fookin' good for is allotment....guarenteed to scare the birds....AND THE FEATHERED FOOKERS!!! rob.h

mark, one thing i am, is a complete numpty, as i dont know how to go about loading pics onto the laptop....is it a case of still having them on a stick ideally or if not do i have to stick the pics on a scanner or what....totally nonplused. anyway! the snoring pose is quite common i believe. got one of him in rimini, away with the fairies, still clutching his pint another one where he's attempting to swallow some woman's tongue...and drink a pint as well!! mr. croasdel is very photogenic though, dont you think? OH,....AND IVE GOT THE POT NOODLE MAN FROM LEEDS!! rob.h

kim weston's version WAS unreleased, now on her dbl anthology cd...hard to say which one is the best version rob.h

love all the foodie progs and......of late you can bet some clever producer is tryin' to slip a tune in amongst the buffalo mozarella and side salad. so. did anyone notice that extremely fanciful, of late, mod classic on the highly collectable uk deram label oozin from the apple orchard as mr. walters is busy pickin'.....COWABUNGA!!....question is...was it said same person who snaffled it from jm's auction......any offers, raresoulman?? agent(granny)smith

wigan 74 add-ons: smokey & the fabulous blades - jerk baby jerk jd martin - by yourself reggie garner - hotline kenny gardner - the skin al wilson - the snake g davis & r tyler - hold on help is on the way guys from uncle - the spy steve karmen - breakaway the belles - let me do it tamiko jones - the pearl sheila anthony - livin in love towanda barnes - you dont mean it nancy wilson - end of our love bill blacks combo - the funky train larry santos - you got me where you want me the capreez - how to make a sad man glad teen turbans need to be loved shawn robinson - my dear heart doni burdick - bari track just a few more then, tried to be specific from the point of view, this is what i remember hearing at the time. rob.h

DUNNO ABOUT GEORGE LEMONS MATE,.......SSSSSSSSSSSOUNDS LIKE B B B B BLOODY ARKWRIGHT,I SAID ARKWRIGHT.....ARE THEE LLLLLLLLISTENIN' LAD? rob.h

went 6 times, twice in 74....playlister's: kris peterson - just as much pretenders - i wanna be jodi mathis - you dont care anymore marc copage - who can i turn to al wilson - passport rb freeman - im shaft, you aint shaft sister sledge - love dont go through no changes malibu's - gee baby i love you modern redcaps - the spy sam ward - sister lee eula cooper - let our love grow higher marvin holmes - you better keep her don thomas - come on train gil scott heron - the bottle bataan - the bottle larks band - discotheque groove chiffons band - sweet talkin guy earl gaines - you belong to me centuries - jack 23 graham central station - feel the need jeanette williams - something good's got a hold on me nooney rickett - tomorrow is another day california incrowd - happiness in my heart lord thunder - thunder frankie valli - the night florence devore - kiss me now, dont kiss me later harold melvin - get out five year intermission....1979 3 oldies all-nighters and one final saturday with vicky baines, cecil washington, rita & the tiaras and eddie henderson "prance on"....... WHO REMEMBERS THAT THEN???!!! ROB.H

bit later than that dave, i think mid-74....maybe june/july rob.h

remember going to the casino on the occasion of the first dance competition and it sticks, vividly, in my memory that a girl won the comp against two fellas. she danced centre stage whilst these lads were throwing theirselves about, couldnt have told you her name though....obviously thats irrelevant now as we know the truth....something else i associate with that particular night though, was the appearance live on stage, of jimmy thomas and kenny bernard so the tradition of giving unsung heroes a chance to share in adulation began early at wigan. rob,h

lookie,lookie - the o'jays deeper in love - the o'jays the butlers - she tried to kiss me hoagy lands - friends and lovers and.....rather grudgingly....though its in my playbox and an absolute fav of mine...the soulettes - bring your fine self home....rare, expensive and worth losing a few pounds to....thats WEIGHT not MONEY!! rob.h

top 3 wants? cecil washington & the group "i dont like to lose" william powell "heartaches, souveniers" well,......never thought i would see they day when i had in my hands, a copy of vicky baines "country girl" 32 years of dreaming but occasionaly, they do come true....in my case, courtesy of top mate pete smith...all of a sudden i feel a weight has been lifted!.....as for the others.....i need a "lotto" luck! rob.h

no probs chap, think it takes the heat out of some of the other threads that are really gettin' my goat....blood n' thunder at the moment watched under 13s footie, frozen roasters and just poured lashings of chivas regal in the coffee to that out!. besides, i think it is a good idea and it gives us all an extra option when were out spinnin' rob.h

ADEY, if youre coherent at this moment in time, i was wondering if you had considered just for anoraks sake, putting the 78rpm version of "the panic is on" on the cd as i remember you telling me about it, and yes, i havent set foot in the 100 club for 8 years now, so youre quite right to think "who the devil is this im talking to?". will be purchasing your latest offering, but i would like to ask, as your reply will be, so to speak "from the horses mouth", but EXACTLY WHAT IS THE SITUATION WITH RCA AND WILL YOU EVER BE ABLE TO PERSUADE THESE PEOPLE OF THE SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPORTANCE OF WHAT THEY ARE HOLDING BACK FROM US....YOUVE BEEN OUR CHAMPION FOR A LONG TIME NOW MATE,.....STAND AND DELIVER NANCY WILCOX....WITH BOTH BARRELS!!! rob.h

sorry to be a bore guys, but i havent seen mr, palmers film, let alone ordered it yet and im trying to impress on you all THE BIGGER PICTURE and the picture in question is lurking in someone's chest of drawers or whatever......WOULDNT YOU MUCH RATHER BE DISCUSSING IN MELVIN BRAGG STYLIE, THE MERITS OF THIS HIDDEN TREASURE BOUGHT TO LIGHT 33 YEARS LATER....or....DO YOU ALL WANT TO TURN IN YOUR GRAVES NOT KNOWING THE TRUTH.....that there REALLY was something else worth looking at?. why do you think ive been trying to impress on you all, how important it is to unlock our hidden pasts instead of picking over the bones of a carcass that was STRIPPED long ago? BLOODY WELL forget "this england" for a moment of your precious time on this planet and start searching your own closets and memory banks to reveal WHAT we dont already know!!! downright irrate, rob.h ( dont mean to be, but arent you all fed up with "SAME OLE - SAME OLE"?....I AM!!

IM GLAD YOU PERCIEVE IT AS A BIT OF LIGHT HEARTED FUN AND NOT CHURLISH STUPIDITY OR ONEUPMANSHIP.....see, once youve rummaged in your boxes and sat back to take stock youre probably finding you can put together some quite imaginative sets without having to ingratiate oldies....not that theres anything wrong with that either....SO KEEP IT UP! rob.h

think youve got gist and yes, i was mulling over anorak rules...mmm....YELLOW STOCKS, like mark said mgms colours (import of course) are predominately black on yellow so its lemon on the colour chart, no pretty multi-colours or creams or peach or orangish....BOLD YELLOWS which take presidence over the printing....motown? well, vip's are ok, that of course being the early demo's.

ok, heres the deal....at school we were taught what the primary colours were.so, whats the most popular colour label in your playbox? ill bet, in the main its YELLOW..... YES, WEVE ALL GOT WHITE DEMOS but it stands to reason that when a person is djing in opaque/subdued light its hard to decipher names and titles hence, green, blue black and red are hard to read without a torch and even silver is a problem As it shines and any printing appears to fade. you cant fault yellow....unless, of course youre colourblind. secondly....and this is definitely anorak,....how many djs can do a complete hour set of yellow labels from their playbox? i witnessed this, as dave greenhill will testify in london at a gig in st pauls when i noticed one dj had played several records in sequence, all of which were...YELLOW! he thought it was a great idea and proceeded to trawl his box....and so did the next dj after him....HOW ANORAK IS THAT?! THERES THE CHALLENGE THEN......anyone up for it? rob.h

AND I AM SCREAMING......"WHERE IS THIS ALTERNATIVE FILM IN LETCHWORTH.........ANY ANSWERS OUT THERE YET IN HOME COUNTIES LAND???!!! COME ON PEOPLE....WHATS THE ANSWER??? ROB.H

daz, im sure that malc's corresponding thread (will we all be dead) will dissapate any aspertions that may be cast about wether the scene will survive, as basically these two threads are closely engaged and the fact that as you or anyone else may witness week in, week out, the calender is burgeoning under a mountain of events and, whilst that is another bone of contention, i believe that punters are not nesessarily spread thin. you cant fail to notice either, that the mod scene IS still going strong after the initial stigma of commercial interference and thats NOT underground either...the clothes and scooters infact, have attracted the opposite interest from a broader swathe of the public, spurred on by designers/manufactureres who, by no strange quirk of fate, emerged from that very same embrionic first revival and deemed it to be cool to wear sharp clothes and ride remodelled scooters. weve been to this lectern before addressing where the legions of new followers are coming from.....but they ARE coming, we are not reliant either, on the major cities like in the 60's with nothing in between. soul music envelopes all of the various subcultures and every urban sprawl now boasts its enclaves, hence everyone's competing to have a good gig, plenty of choice, a good variety of music and, unlike today's contrived pop pewk the scene dosnt suffer from under-aged, bottle smashing, knife wielding, drug-crazed drunken brawls in the street....thats a significantly good reason for attracting younger age groups to proper, honest-to-goodness soul music that can be danced to and enjoyed without the threat of some yob trying to muscle in on your girl. WE CREATED THIS CULTURE, IT WAS GIVEN A TITLE THAT WAS DIFFERENT AND WE FLOCKED TO IT AND, LONG AFTER (TONIGHT IS ALL OVER) WERE GONE, THE FLAME WILL STILL BE CARRIED BY OTHERS BECAUSE WE LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR GENERATIONS TO CARRY ON FLYING THE FLAG FOR NORTHERN SOUL.....IT ISNT A FAD, NEVER HAS BEEN, NEVER WILL BE...ITS LIFE AS WE KNOW IT AND LIKE THE STARS, ITS ETERNAL. rob.h

sure it wasnt "let me go" on sport? rob.h

dunno yet dave, do miss it tho. will stay in touch oh.....and i would love to see another YELLOW LABEL SET!....KNOW WHAT I MEAN?.....that'll get the mentalists thinkin' rob.h