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Paul, good luck to you mate, I've discovered that I am part of a tiny minority so am giving up posting. I know nothing..... atb. Phil.

Can I just set the record straight please on the subject of the Burnley allnighter ending? 1. There was no problem with the venue, I had a fantastic relationship with Gary & Susan and consider them friends. 2. There wasn't really a problem with numbers through the door. It wasn't packed on the last night, but it was a very enjoyable one, or so I was told by the people who attended. 3. I didn't throw my toys out of the pram about anything or anyone. The allnighter came to an end because my resident Dj's couldn't commit to attending every month, and personally because of the time and money that I was putting into it, it wasn't worth going bi monthly or quarterly, and because I still couldn't get guarantees that the Dj's would turn up. In my opinion the Burnley allnighter was special because of the resident Dj's. In particular I think that Cliff Camfield and Karl Heard at Burnley, were the best I've ever seen at getting a venue rocking, and with original sounds too. Fantastic! Also there was no agenda to make the music policy all uptempo 60's but the dancers demanded it. We did play some mid tempo stuff, though just not all at once. Sorry if this seems off topic, but people keep making references about Burnley and I just wanted to set the record straight. PS after reading this thread, I realise that I belong to a very small minority group, so I may as well shut the **** up. Phil.

Well I can't speak.......personally I would rather have my toe nails pulled out with a pair of rusty pliers than listen to, let alone dance to that, but it just goes to prove how splintered a bunch we really are in our musical taste. I congratulate you on your success, and bow to your superior knowledge........ What the fook do I know....... ........very little it seems.

Thanks Sean, but my point is, it's not what you would call allnighter music is it? Which in my humble opinion should be, mainly 60's, in your face, get up and fookin dance music. That's what I'm talking about......

Maria I hold my hands up in admiration to anyone that can make a soul night a success without playing the classics. I have read your play lists, and I am aware of your Dj's and know a lot of your punters. That's why I made the assumption that your music policy seemed to have a more crossover / 70's bias. Because the people who love your night tend to prefer that style of music. That was my reasoning on why you were successful. If that's not the case then I am sorry. Phil.

Thanks everyone, I'm crapping missen now........

Some of you need to read other posts properly before jumping in and going off on one. My earlier point was, we seem to have come to the conclusion that most of us can't or no longer want to do allnighters. My assumption then was, ok, if we ran a soul night playing rare, upfront, lesser known, allnighter music, then surely everyone would flock there? Chalky, I have never been to Thorne, so I don't feel entitled to comment, but isn't it mainly crossover / 70's there? Same with the other venue Just Soul isn't it? I wasn't talking about oldies soul nights, as many of these don't have a problem as they are full of casual soulies or handbaggers.... Phil.

Now we have come back full circle to what I said on these very pages, probably 5/6 years ago. Let's run a soul night 8 till 2 playing fantastic music, what ever you want to call it, rare, upfront, lesser known, unknown, and all the people who are saying that they don't want to do allnighters anymore will flock to it........ha, ha! yeh right. How many have tried that and failed through lack of support. How many are still flogging the proverbial dead horse? It's the people who travel that want that music, and they won't travel to a soul night when it takes them hours to get there then it shuts a 2am. The answer? check out the lookbacks......Sunday afternoons....... sad but true....... Got to go and sign on.

Yes, and not just me either judging by this thread........

It'll be this one won't it? souled_out_trailer.wmv

You're not the only one, that's the problem.......

You're a promoters dream Simon. You like all the genres of soul music, you dance and you have no aspirations to be a Dj......you're a very rare breed indeed sir. And well done, you can actually enjoy it all...... Phil.

Thought this was about allnighters, not soul nights guys. Different set of problems with soul nights.

Right that's it, I'm off for a lie down in a darkened room. Many thanks for your bids, I'll get in touch with the winners shortly. Phil.

Please bear with me I'm still sorting through all the bids on PM's emails phone calls etc. impossible to finish on 6pm sorry.

Please note that all the prices in black print i.e. £100 are set sale prices. Only the prices in blue print i.e. Best offer is £300 are auction items....... Some confusion on this sorry. The auction ends today at 6pm GMT, I don't have an automated system like Manship, so don't leave it to the last minute to put your bids on. To view all auction and set sale prices, click on the link bellow. I will endeavor to keep bids updated in real time. Phil.

Trev, I think anyone who has promoted on this scene will know all about this. As soon as I did my first all nighter Gary [the owner of the venue] told me he had been approached by 2 or 3 people who wanted to run an all nighter there. Luckily for me, he's a good guy and told them to go through me. Sorry to say this scene is so full of devious cnuts and politics that it's hard to believe at times. Even had real nice people come up to me and say "sorry we haven't been to your nighter for a while Phil, but we were getting a lot of grief from some of the people who go there, and we don't want any trouble." Unbelievable! and these are so called soul people not local piss heads..... Sad, very sad. Phil.

That was me then, sorry about that Ady, but it had been so dull on here lately, and since giving up promoting I feel free to express my opinions.....apologies for cocking up your thread mate. Phil.

Hows Burnley still rocking? Regards BRian It's not mate, it ran out of steam. Phil.

I was going to Ken, but all the ones I looked at were only part files. I've noticed that all the classic oldies that Mike put up seem to be the same. Phil.

Many thanks Brian, I'm already amazed at the variety of tempo's and styles. I'm also amazed that a lot of these tunes that I thought were from the Cats/Torch & Mecca were in fact Wheel plays. Must have been fantastic. I also enjoyed the book, and thought that it really transported you back to a different time. Phil.

I was too young to make the Twisted Wheel. I would love to hear some of the tunes that were played there. Any playlists or sound files?

Still baffling why would someone go to all that trouble to boot a record that isn't in demand?

Thats the one, and that's what it went for. I was bidding on it myself. Phil.

Any idea why Bob? is it a sought after 45 in the States or something? Phil.