Rob Wigley

Some more Severn Souls flyers will be at leighton Buzzard tonight for those who have asked to distribute them, drop me a PM if you are going tonight.

Keep it in the public eye mike

on which track ??

You've scored again Soul Girl brought back some great memories, even caught myself picking my nose on the "keep on keeping on " video !!! Donni Burdick was still my favorite from the show, mainly because all the others have had some form of regonition for their music, Donni had never sung before more than 100 people even his wife of 30 odd years had never seen him sing ! If you put "I have faith in you" on here watch his reaction at the end of it, the noise from the 3,000 plus crowd was unbeliveable on the stage, just like being at a football match, he was caught like a rabbit in the headlights of a car ! I nearly had to drag him off the stage ! great stuff & well done Rob

Please send me your full name ,address and e-mail via PM i may be able to help you Rob Wigley

Just read Staplers review of Prestatyn 5, thanks very much for your comments. Just concerned that she somehow missed One and a Half hours of a blinding show on Saturday afternoon !!! with the 'Masqueraders in 110% top form !! I know they were on in Arena 2 and I know it was packed to the rafters,1200 people+ but for anyone else who missed them or didn't realise they were on--Catch them again at the SEVERN SOULS WEEKENDER, Weston-super-mare 23rd -to-26th JUNE 2006 Booking info for the South Wests own Summer Weekender 0870 604 5606 or visit www.soul-weekenders.co.uk Rob

God bless Dave Godin, without him I don't think 99% of us would have been where we are today, like most things in life people do try and put a label on it. Northern Soul did exactly what it said on the tin at the time.

Have you seen the advert where the guy gets his brother turned into a diamond ? Well bring your records round for sale and turn them in to diamonds for your loved ones !! (Before they do it to you !)

I've got a white demo of it, not for sale though, didn't think it was that hard to get !

Yes Martin very true ,Nev had one but no cover as stated earlier, I had len barry on an EMI DISC when I was at school !!! (I left in 75) have heard it played several times over the 30odd years since then and I am quite surprised at the fuss to be honest, still a nice collectors item and obviously very rare in both US/UK format. Would love a copy but only because i love Len Barry's records, my older Mod sisters played them to death when i was a toddler along with the Motown and Atlantic stuff they were buying. When you listen to 1,2,3 or like a baby there's no wonder I got into Northern !!!!

...........And keep the nurses out of his way as well

Quick somebody send him 15 gallons of cider before he bloody dries out ! put it on a drip ! Come on you daft old bugger get out of bed you have work to do ! love rob & Karen and the midnight hour lads XXXXXX

Infamy, Infamy they,ve all got it Infamy

me and Tats once saw a place with500,000 45s in they would not let us in !!!!

Just look at the state of that ceiling!! How come there isn't a speck of dirt anywhere in the shop? It's absolutely spotless!! all covered over in dust sheets my love, i too looked through that window------

Martin you know I have a spare copy----------------

miss Sammy from those days, skinhead who always wore combat trousers and took whole of floor up when he danced, lost leg in motorbike accident, last i saw him was a niter at Warrington i took him to. Sam Wilding lives in Matlock still saw him 2years ago I have pictures of all these lot somewhere--- Old E was great Roy kept his records in suitecases all UK stuff he looked about 60 in those days never said a lot !!! Anybody go to The Manor youth Club in 1974 ????? Rob

congratulations, sly old fox Evison

"Last of the summer wine" has just been on the telly (a firm favorite of Yorkshire DJs)----watch that and read this thread------Nora Batty as a DJ groupie ?? Old DJs never die they just get stuck in the run out groove---Bless em all

Hi gaz Rob Wigley here, what about these lot gary churm, Steve Lydon, Dean Penford, Mart Bagley, "The Marriotts, The Lynches, dean greenway, bri & andy lawley, Sal Bell, all around still

Does the Demo copy have the brilliant Northern flipside "I know" on it ???? or is it a double Aside with young hearts on both sides ???

Kev is NOT from Sheffield Stuart. He is a Derbyshire woollyback who no doubt attached himself to Sheffield W*dn*sd*y when they were a , ahem, "big club'. (ie when they got to a cup final. And lost 3-2. God bless You're both wrong our kev is from Sutton-in Ashfield, Notts. ************************************************************************** Back to the topic, can you remember when we used to TRAVEL to hear these RECORDS played, there were very few TAPE RECORDERS, NO C.Ds or MP3s.The only way to hear them was at a venue No one had large collections, except a privilaged few and certain DJs. We HAD to travel to hear the music, no Radio2, No local stations with special soul slots. Nowadays the music is readily available, EVERY WHERE on TV ads etc, we all buy CDs for one or two tracks, but with the help of people like Ady who MADE people listen to other stuff it opened up the scene. So now you go to a local soul night or all nighter with a vast amount of knowlage in your head, if you are constantly searching for something new, there are very few places you can go. A DJs job is to fill the dance floor, a GOOD DJ on our scene will be constantly adding "new" sounds into his spots, so his Set will change completly over a 6 month span, the records added will move on to be "Big" when other DJs pick them up and they get played in other clubs and people get to know them. There are plenty of venues offering "New ,Rare & forgotten" sounds Most of the Big crossover stuff was discovered at Thorne in the 80s which was a small crowd (50ish) but now has moved on to a broader appeal as the 60s sounds "run out". Oldies venues will continue to thrive, even I like the odd oldies do now and again, like Joan said its like going to the Pictures every week to watch the same film over again, however I like to watch "Forrest Gump" at least twicwe a year and "Rita ,Sue & Bob too" always has me pissing myself, so you pays your money and you makes your choice, just do what you enjoy, after all really its just a social scene "Birds of a feather flock together" with a F****ing BRILLIANT SOUNDTRACK whatever your taste .

there you are, 2 respected sellers and thats the difference. However if a punter walks in with an under-priced box of sounds then a dealer will buy to re-sell or put them on their list. it pays to keep your gob shut about the amount of money being taken at these events when "outsiders" are listening there are still bargains to be had if you look hard enough and many a wants list could be filled if you have enough cash !!!! see you there.

Its a thin line, however some idiot bragged he'd taken £20,000 over the weekend in front of a member of the Pontins staff at the event, so they upped the price of the stalls. We have encouraged the dealers not selling this time to write and say why they haven't had stalls. You can bring as many records as you like to sell, but as someone said earlier keep the main box in your apartment, then there is always the other argument that £20 a day for 4 days with security over 3 nights is not really that bad or expensive with 3,500 potential buys to look at your wares. You pays your money and makes your choice . so we are caught between the two sides . The record bar is "sold out" by the way !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Record Box Sales at Prestatyn Weekender Please be aware that all the Record/Merchandise dealers in the record bar area have paid for and booked stalls well in advance of attending the weekender. They have also paid for security when the Record bar/ Rooms are closed to the public. To identify dealers they will be issued with badges / passes .No other sellers are now permitted in this or the adjacent bar area to use the tables/stalls. However, this does not "bar" people from carrying a small "50" Box of trades/sales with them as this is always part of the event. Please do not bring Large sales boxes into this area or you will be asked to remove them. Thank you. Midnight Hour Web Team