Everything posted by Chalky
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Tommy Frontera (Detroit) - who was he ?
Dave Thorley was I think in touch with him at one time.
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SAM WARD Photo
Great photo Tim.
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Dean Anderson's Sound of Soul, Thursday 8pm.
Valentina Savio, all the way from Italy joins Dean and Gez to share some of her favourite music.
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WHO AM I???? Im GARDENIA ‘DENA’ BARNES!!!!!!
Yep many thanks Tim, too many who further our education by going that extra yard who don’t get the credit they deserve. Looking forward greatly to the full interviews. I have more interest in th8s type of stuff than venues these days, much more fun. Thank you.
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Barney Duke Bonnie Browner
Chuck Bennett is west coast, Tokays is same music publisher as CB so I would guess they are both one label. Looks like three or four different labels.
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Barney Duke Bonnie Browner
I have photo copies of the song sheets somewhere.
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New Century Soul Club 15th Anniversary
December 6th, 2003, the start of a journey for Marcelle and Chris Waterman. This was the date for the very first New Century Soul Club all-nighter. The Club’s name being taken from the venue, New Century House which was part of the CIS building on Corporation Street in Manchester. DJs on the first night included Mark Bicknell who was a club resident, Carl Willingham, Steve Thomas, Kev Murphy, Dave Evison, Brian Rae, Karl Rhodes, Gary Cope, Paul Kidd and Kiddo from Telford. Fast forward to November 24th2018 and the club will be celebrating 15 glorious years. 15 years in which the club has moved home several times. Venues such as Wulfrun Hall in Wolverhampton, Queens Hall in Burslam, Air & Melodies in Birmingham, The Rocket & VSMC (Marble Arch) in London, Steam in Crewe, Maxims in Wigan, The Stables near Wolverhampton, Radcliffe Civic before finding a new home at Bury Town. The club has over the years featured the very best Djs in as many as three rooms. The main Room featuring the best in quality oldies and current spins. A second room used to showcase an alternative to the main room with many Djs featuring lesser known and underplayed records. A Modern Soul room has also featured over the years at various times, promoted by the likes of Neil Rushton and Baz Maledy. Many Djs have over the years had their big break at New Century, given a larger stage than any soul night could give them with many going on to become household Djs. There have been many memorable nights at New Century none more so when Chris and Marcelle have showcased some of the artists we revere. The Flirtations, Melvin Davis, Ronnie Walker, Nolan Porter, Yvonne Vernee, Bunny Sigler, The Four Perfections, Fabulous Peps & Willie Walker have graced the stage at New Century. Today, Chris is still very much part of the fabric although he has taken a bit of a back seat leaving the promotion to his better half Marcelle with Andy Dyson helping out with the DJs. An Elizabethan Room resident line up of Andy Dyson, Sarah Jane, Calvin Lee Hughes, Matt Sneath, Colin James and Dick Krop offer the perfect blend of age and experience with youth and enthusiasm giving dancers and chin strokers alike the very best in todays Northern and Rare Soul, classics to lesser known and in some cases unknown soul music, all the Djs given carte blanch to play whatever they like. To help celebrate the Club’s 15thAnniversary they will be joined on the night by Dave Stabler, Ian James and Daz Dakin to give us 9 hours of quality music. Tucked away in the Kenwood Suite, hosted by Simon Ingham, resident Djs Bob Hinsley, Robbo, Mick Howard & Len Dopson will be giving dancers and collectors a chance to hear something different. All Djs relish the chance to play something you don’t always get the chance to play at mainstream venues or the main rooms. For the Anniversary “Shifty” will be making a rare appearance behind the decks since his retirement as one of the country’s top Djs. I myself (Chalky) will also be making a return visit to the Kenwood Suite since I took a step back from Djing and other involvement with promoting a few years ago. The balcony which overlooks the main room supports a very busy record bar with top dealers in attendance. We have all the ingredients for another memorable night and we hope you can come along and help Marcelle and Chris celebrate 15 great years on the 24thNovember. The venue is Bury Town Hall, Knowsley Street, Bury, BL9 0SW. Door tax is £12 and the night will rum from 9pm until 6am the following morning.
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News: New Century Soul Club 15th Anniversary
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Barney Duke Bonnie Browner
If it isn't for you and the likes of you mate we wouldn't have these fake experts. Those who matter know who does what and who tries to steal the credit. BTW I remember you telling me at the time that The Magnetics were the Volumes.
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More Acetates: Donnie Wells, Prophets.
Are you for real? You obviously don’t know Tim.
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Value Please...Symphonics
It doubled in price after a bit of turntable action, dunno if still around £150 or if it dropped back.
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Elbi parker
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Dean Anderson's Sound of Soul, Thursday 8pm.
Another top show from the best show around. Dean's guest needs little introduction, he's done all there is to do on this scene. Roger Banks joins Dean for two hours or music and merriment.
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Richard Searling Book - Setting The Record Straight - News
Next week 5th the softback is out.
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SpaceArk Albums re-released by Mr. Bongo worldwide
They just put out the Skull Snaps too.
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Smoke - Give Me Your Heart - Cannonball Records
To order visit Cannonball's own store https://www.cannonballsoul.com/Store/ or Manfromsoul https://www.manfromsoul.co.uk/product.php/2655/smoke-give-me-your-heart-cannonball-man-from-soul-rare-northern-soul-crossover-modern-soul-funky-edge-soul-and-motown-and-new-release-soul-vinyl-records-for-sale?fbclid=IwAR2nCjyUcEFsKTDHT78t3nEdlWR_7PuHkxL306a4ykAECV1C11bGcrZuWR4
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Richard Searling Book - Setting The Record Straight - News
I was at Tim’s other day snowed under with books and just two doing all the postage, there is a lot, plus all the normal business. You will get them shortly.
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Sad News Grant Rankin
Bloody hell, that is a shock. Not seen Grant for a while but he always looked so fit when I did see him. R.I.P.
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News: Smoke - Give Me Your Heart - Cannonball Records
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Smoke - Give Me Your Heart - Cannonball Records
It is over three years since Alberto Zanini’s Cannonball Records burst on to the scene with the fantastic Big Lee Dowell and “What I Done Wrong”. Cannonball themselves have come a long way since then too, the in-house musicians who with the use of original studio equipment give us a real authentic sound. The label has aspiring musicians and singers to promote contemporaryaspiring musicians and to give them a home and platform to get their material to a wider audience. However back to where it started for the latest Cannonball release. The Steals Brothers, Marvin and Melvin, well known amongst Soul music aficionados for their work under both their own names and under the pseudonym of Mystic & Lyric with groups such as Magic Night (If You And I Had Never Met), The Four Perfections (I’m Not Strong Enough), Ecstasy Passion & Pain, The Trammps, the monster smash Could It Be I’m Falling In Love for the Spinners and many many more. For this release we go back over 30 years to a demo by William “Smoke” Howard to a set of lyrics to a song called “Give Me Your Heart”. Smoke, a native of Bristol…Tennessee, not Somerset, and now residing in Philadelphia. Whilst still in College Smoke formed “The Fabulous Nu-Tones” but it was after College that his career began to take off. He led and managed several bands including “Black Smoke”. He then went on to become the lead singer of the Ebonys in the mid 90s and a tenure that lasts right through to today. Back to the release, a tale of a guy finding love, but that love is not reciprocated, she only telling him that she likes him a lot. He then goes on to tell how he feels when she is around and wanting to spend the rest of his life with her and then asking her to give him her heart, he wants to take the chance and wants her to do the same. Great lyrics from the Steals brothers and carried superbly by Smoke give us this infectious uplifting dancer. The music was put together and arranged by the Cannonball band, or as Alberto calls them the labels very own Countryside Strings Ensemble who stole precious time from this year’s harvest. We did reap a great recording from an extremely talented bunch of musicians who brought the lyrics of the Steals Brothers and the vocals of Smoke to life, so much so you would think it was all recorded at the same time some 30 odd years ago and not recently at the studios of Cannonball. The record has all the ingredients to go where Big Lee went and give the scene another dance floor winner. Don’t sleep on this, get your order in now via the Cannonball website, it is sure to sell all the 300 copies pretty quick and go on to be not just a dance floor winner but a collector’s piece as well.
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Is this lady one in the same please?
Hi mate. I think Robb is maybe getting his Ferguson’s mixed up?
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Is this lady one in the same please?
That's Sheila on Swan.
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Ernie Washington. Repro or Original?
Real one with that matrix. Two presses, one with credits one without by the looks of it.
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6TS Weekenders Under New Management
what are the details re DJs?
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Rudy Love Film being screened @ Hamburg Weekender.
Is this film getting a more widespread release for even a Dvd release?