Chalky

I once posted the newspaper clippings from the time on here.... I quite like the song, so do 100s of others as it rams the floor every time.

Far too many seem to care about their public persona amongst fellow venue goers and the wider public. They seem to clamour some sort of credibility and want everyone to know what they are doing, where they are going etc and seem to miss the point that this was what we strove to avoid. I personally didn't want my divvy mates knowing what I was doing on any given weekend. Now the scene is full of divvy soulies, all too happy to dumb down the scene and let all and sundry know what is happening. It is plastered all over social media, superstar soulies in their own lunchtime who in reality have done fcuk all for the svene except take from it what they can.

I wouldn't go as far as divs but many certainly miss the whole point of the scene and all-nighters. The social aspect that has taken over the soul night is creeping into nighters. Far too many don't seem to care about the music, it is all far too nice and the edge and attitude you once had has all but disappeared.

a real one, or the one I had is a million miles off grey....

Listened earlier, excellent once again. Track listing please

I wish there had been more with your thinking, we'd still be running. Andy and Mick, I doubt they made much profit over the 12 years it ran. Trouble is the nighter scene is fast becoming a social scene with the music secondary, some spend more time outside with the smokers than they do paying attention to what is being played.

Decent promoters 100 quid, twice that and plus for the real top names. I would say thought that the average would be £50/£75, not totally sure. The side rooms will get nothing or at the very least a nominal amount.

The label is a real giveaway but the biggest giveaway is the fact that two unrelated artists are on either side. Just an emidisc as said probably.

One of tne reasons we kept entrance fee to a tenner rather than £12 was the messing about with change £15 would have been a step to far for many.....

Solid Hit always a quality night out the times I went. Well worth a fiver, today or 11 years ago.

No

Looking at the poll, I love one of those who think entrance fees are to high to explain why? Most nighters are ten hour affairs, soul night at least five. Why is a fiver or tenner to high?

Paul Curtis his real name.

I prefer to get a promo photo (original or print) signed.

I remember one from Leeds who paid his tenner in at Sheridans then went to back door and let his three mates in. Andy charged them all a tenner and then threw them all out

And what really winds me up or did was all the tight tw*ts who did all they could to get in for nowt yet contribute nothing to the promotion of the night.

Its been a round a fiver for soul nights and tenner for nighters for donkeys and it shows. Far too many dumps, far too many with little comfort. An all-nighter should be a minimum of £15. Go to an equivalent night on the club scene with the best Djs and you would be paying 25 to 40 quid yet we have a scene that begrudge a £12 entrance fee. I bet Djs are still paid what they were ten years ago with many not even getting paid. Most just don't realise what it costs today for a decent venue, decent sound system and paid Djs.

Here is a picture of Louis from Discogs....not sure of its origin.

There is some out there, just getting hold of it. Pete Hollander took some for one.

Getting married

It mentions the popularity of the label due to Northern Soul yet misses all the Northern biggies off. A double Lp of all the output would have been nice. Hopefully a second instalment to come.

I've had the midas Lp last yeAr but it was a right performance getting it. I've asked about the due date for the Toddlin Town Lp only yesterday. The PR from the other side of the pond is shocking.

If you have a smart phone use the voice recorder or take a photo if there is a title etc

In their world maybe It has sold for a three figure sum though. Too many chancers on discogs these days, usually Brits with stupid prices.

Young Train, been a big record for a few years now and is virtually impossible to get and with so many after it I thought 600 was cheap. Had it been on JM auction it would IMO have gone for more. Not sure if it was lack of interest in the brand or the fact being how and where they were auctioned and the number of people it would reach. I tried to follow but simply didn't have the time to sit through all the uninteresting stuff and far too mnay lots.