Pete S

No problems at all mate as long as the source is credited

Think it was 78...

Did you recognise what the 5 seconds of record right at the very very start was Grant? Prince & Princess... anyway I'm recording side 2 as I write this, I'll get it posted up, track list.. TONY MIDDLETON RINGLEADERS SAM WILLIAMS ROBBY LAWSON TAJ MAHAL JOEY HEATHERTON JAY D MARTIN HARLEY HATCHER BOBBY GOLDSBORO PAT POWDRILL CHAPTER FIVE MIKE McDONALD LYDIA MARCELLE LILLIE BRYANT PAUL SINDAB (strange choice, booted a year earlier) JOHN GARY JACKIE TRENT EDDIE REGAN LEN BARRY PATRICE HOLLOWAY PAULA PARFITT never heard Richard or anyone else play John Gary again...he ends with that and KMinshull takes over

Yes but he's got no proof that the stock of the Awake 45's were destroyed, because they obviously weren't...it's a well known story about the Gwen Owens record though.

https://www.mixcloud.com/mayfairmenthol/wigan-casino-4th-anniversary-24977/ this is the last 30 minutes of the 4th Anniversary at Wigan casino, 24th September 1977. I taped this from the back left of the room. It's notable for featuring the late Martyn Ellis doing one of his rare Wigan spots, he's the first DJ on, followed by Russ Winstanley ending the night with an awesome, atmospheric 3 Before 8 (well 4 before 8 if you include Gerri Granger). Sound quality is as you would expect from a cheap cassette deck but if you love the Wigan atmosphere you'll enjoy this. All the best, Pete p.s. if people want to use my podcasts, especially the Wigan ones, you are free to do so, but for f*cks sake at least credit where you got it from, they're all over youtube now with people claiming they recorded them!

I have, but I think they have been up before - I'll see what I've got left on mixcloud and repost them if you like Of course I also have side 2 of this tape which I never posted up

I'm not on about the tape Rob, I was just saying what some of my favourite records of that period were

Never heard of it so probably not Casino - then again, I obviously don't know every record played there.

Two more topics on the same subject

No this was a great year, it was 78 when it went downhill - in my opinion anyway - the quality if stuff played in 76-77 was amazing, most of my favourites are from that period I think, things like Bernie Williams, Lillie Bryant, Kenny Smith, Lou Ragland, Tony Middelton, Pookie Hudson, Herbert Hunter and so on and so on

Wasn't sure if I posted this live tape before or not but the discussion about Eddie Parker - I"m Gone, when it was played etc, it's on this tape at 30 minutes approximately. This tape is fantastic quality, though I prefer them with a bit more atmosphere. Me and Mr C were the only people from Wolverhampton who went this night and it was quite empty so we sat on the stage and I recorded this by putting the recorder on top of one of the speakers. https://www.mixcloud.com/mayfairmenthol/wigan-casino-live-15-10-1977-northern-soul/

Jim he must have been playing it as a 'rare oldie' at that time because it was played in mid-77, booted and dropped - it's on the Wigan tape I recorded at the time (15/10/77) https://www.mixcloud.com/mayfairmenthol/wigan-casino-live-15-10-1977-northern-soul/

https://theegarage.blogspot.co.uk/2009_07_01_archive.html

First heard a rumour of it maybe 10 years ago - never seen or heard it

That's the man Dave.

What a ridiculous statement. People are blinkered because they don't like all aspects of soul music? It's called having personal taste.

Dave is that for real, I thought it was just a rumour - Kept On Dancing I mean - has anyone actually heard it?

Was never a major record when it was first played, only had a brief few weeks before it was bootlegged. I mean, people liked it, but there was no stampede to the dancefloor if you know what I mean. Only Richard Searling had a copy I think. At Wigan, I mean. I remember someone I used to swap tapes with telling me he bought it at The Torch for £1 on the back of Love You Baby being popular.

So do I. For the last time. It's not a playlist of records that I don't like. And because nobody seems to have read the original intro or understand the concept, I am going to have a hissy fit, spit the dummy out and close the topic

Used to really like this when it was played as a new release, I think it was among the first 12" ever to be played. It's on one of the earliest remaining Wigan tapes that I recorded myself and they played the whole 7 or so minutes of it.

Are you actually agreeing with me?

Not quite, the first 10 or so are proper demos with printed A's to the right of the title, Vala Reegan is like that, had a couple of others too

That's what I thought!

You're always out of likes

They do, and that was the start of a slippery slope!