Simsy

I knew that ..

You had to be there I suppose.

I think the fact that there were 90+ venues going in the 80's proves the scene wasn't dead. When that list was written in 2005, people were using terms like 'death throes' which is just wrong.

96 Active NS venues in the 1980's. Here we go folks 96 - Count em! 100 Club 78 Club (Letchworth) Aberdeen Music Hall Abraham Moss Alfreton Leisure Centre Allnighters Arbroath Smokeys Assembly Rooms (Derby) Barnsley - Port Cullis Barrow Bensons (Bradford) Blackburn Bubbles (Leicester) Burnley Canklow WM Club Carlton Inn Morecombe Carousel Manchester Chesterfield "Winding Wheel" Civic Hall Brighouse Clifton Hall Cotton's-Stockport Coventry Cricketers Wigan Darlington Drill Hall (Lincoln) Droylesden Dunstable Edinburgh Queens Hall Empress Ballroom (Mexborough) Fife Fleetwood Function at the Junction Fusion (Chesterfield) Glenrothes Gloucester Jamaica Club Hinckley Jesters Keele Kelsey Kerridge KGB (Sheffield) Leeds Allnighter Leicester Leighton Buzzard Leven Londoner Tracky Club Loughborough Mansfield Leisure Centre Mansfield Swan all-nighters Market Harborough Leisure Centre Matlock Bath Pavillion Morecambe Newbury Soul Club Newcastle Olde English Matlock Papa Luigis Peterborough Parr Hall (Warrington) Peterborough Queens Hall Bradford Redbrook Hotel (Rotherham) Ripley Soul Nights Rock City (Notts) Romeo & Juliets (Sheffield) Rotherham Clifton Hall Scarborough (Rudies) Sheffield Sherwood Rooms Nottingham Shotts Allenton Miners Welfare Sloski's Soul Cellar - Harlow Southport Weekenders St Ives Stafford Stamford Swan Hotel Mansfield TAC Yarmouth Weekenders Take 2 Sheffield The '81 Soul Club Thorne Canal Tavern Three Cups - Chelmsford Tiffanys (Wigan/Sheffield etc) Torksey Trotters Mansfield Tudor Barn Warsop Turn-Ups (Sheffield) Twisted Wheel 87 Warehouse Sheffield Warrington Whitchurch White Horse Putney Wigan Casino Windmill Assembly Rooms Winter Gardens (Cleethorpes) Wirrina Worksop Leisure Centre Worksop Town Yate YMCA - Chelmsford

Great track, always fond of this one and pleased to pick up a nice copy on here last September.

Not sure. Universal were wanting to pair it up with a Yoga dvd, so nation wide - perhaps not. Time will tell - wait and see job.

Been a few members worth a shout down the years!

Yes very sad news. Rest in peace Sue. x

Because Manship is the Sotheby's of NS vinyl auctions. I do agree with the points you made, but part of me wants to witness the fanfare of a JM number on this disc, if it isn't sold already. Can you imagine the 'sizzle'? !!!

It's true, Starbucks got soul! Stansted 15/05/14 - 4:16 am ..

I only heard about Bob's passing last night. Shocked and saddened by the loss of a good bloke. Rest in peace Bob.

I wonder if this (WDID) still could be as cheap as forty quid? Think I paid and sold mine for that. Only sold it because the recording on my copy sounded dog rough, despite looking like an Alan Minter.

Pod # 19 now out with some nice tunes to boot! https://www.mixcloud.com/ianlevine35/solid-soul-sensations-ian-levines-nineteenth-northern-soul-podcast/

Quite possibly. Sam definitely has (or had) a copy.

We put a Trades section on Soul Source some years back /forum/55-tradesswaps/

Wow! Good to hear from you mate! Christ, where have 30 years gone? I'd like another squint at those boxes! At 19 I knew precious little. Seriously though, that sounds great, Devon & vintage post card dealing. Happy for you mate and good to hear from you!

Depends on what sort of reputation you want need or expect. Keb Darge didn't ask for spots based on being young and keen. He had a passion, he got hold of some fantastic records, he was (and still is) and an innovator and he made things happen. We can't all be Keb Darge, but we can all have passion. We maybe all can't afford the best records, but passion, a good ear, determination, innovation and the rest will fall into place. Mick Hucknall once described the Northern Soul fraternity as like 'a bizarre little family'. Armed with the above, word spreads and there are enough do's, big, little and indifferent the length and breadth of this country (not to mention others) for things to start happening, but you have to force the issue if it's something you really want. Expect it to fall in your lap and you could be overlooked and end up being disappointed..

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Hope to get to X-Fire nighter on Sunday and dream of not being too wigged to celebrate wedding anniversary with Mrs Simsy on Monday.

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Wherever. You need the records first.

Regardless of age or gender a DJ needs to have passion and a reputation for playing an interesting/exciting/eclectic set. Then and only then should he or she expect to be asked to guest at nights.

Not a full set, but had about a dozen of these and sold them to a dealer on here for about £350 circa 2005/6.. Works out to around 30 quid a pop, which isn't great, but 350 sheets in one go at the time - was! These days I'd sell them individually or £600 the lot buy it now..