Chalky

I though we were talking mid tempo though? Plenty of mid tempo dancers played at every all-nighter at all hours including the likes of Burnley after 4am and including when Phil ran it. I can remember the likes of Lonette and Blue Jeans etc being played and it filled the floor. I do agree the dance floor is king but there is no need to discard a whole style of music simply for the sake of it. Plenty of dancers that aren't up tempo 100 mile an hour stompers.

Yes, there is a dedicated podcast app with IOS. Subscribe to whatever podcast via iTunes. When your iPhone is plugged in to the PC click on the phone left hand side then look across the top, general, music, movies etc. should be an option there for podcasts, click on that and click sync all or selected.

Unreleased Gloria Edwards. It should have stayed unreleased as well IMO, crock o shite

Not far behind Tommy is Guy's old Tommy Claudia cover up......fookin brilliant

Quite possibly my all time favourite.....

How good is this?

Old Steve Mancha cover up.....

I don't think they have gone away mate. I think some people's idea of what mid tempo and beat ballads differs. You still hear the likes of Tommy Ridgely, Eddie Whitehead, James Lately, Nu-Rons, John An The Weirdest and many more at all-nighters. Maybe not at Kings Hall but even there I dare say they play their fair share. Butch has some great mid tempo in his set, had me up to the decks a few times in recent times. Andy Dyson, Mick H, Kitch, Sam, Arthu Cliff and more still play mid tempo so maybe people should choose their venues a bit more carefully. Even Burnley plays its fair share despite what the uptempo terrorist Terry preaches. Beat ballads is a different case, they have disappeared, not entirely but you might get two a night whereas in the 80's it would be two per set, not as many kind as people think there was. I might go through the Stafford stuff at the weekend and pick out 100 influential/great mid tempo numbers.

Yep £25, £30 absolute tops.

I'd put it somewhere in between to be honest Pete. The tempo changes between the two.

Your last reply with Freddie Gorman, that's more like a beat ballad,( in otherwords slow) than mid tempo IMO and your highly unlikely to hear many like that at allnighters.

But there isn't a lack of mid tempo, beat ballads yes, few and far between but mid tempo is still rife.

I dont know what is confusing about the respective tempos. A beat ballad is self explanatory, it's a ballad with a beat, walking pace basically as far as tempo goes, Romance Watson, Sam Bowie etc. Most mid tempo I know are dancers basically and I would say a large percentage of many Dj's playlists. No grey areas as far as I'm concerned. As said it is a dance scene and the tempo should reflect that however if a DJ knows what he is doing and mixed in at the right time there is still a place for the odd beat ballad.

Beat ballad. First record I paid over £100 for, £150 to be precise.

Despite what some think, mid tempo is played at virtually every venue. As Bazza said, some can't distinguish between beat ballads and mid tempo. Beat ballads however do seem to be a forgotten genre.

Lonette is probably in my all time top ten, awesome record. Guy was in touch with her not so long back, or she got in touch with him.

And this.....

My favourite tempo is mid, and beat ballads. Always try and play a slowie, this one the last time I was out Djing..

Check out the rest f the documentaries as well, some very good and interesting programmes on artist who otherwise wouldn't get a shout anywhere else.

I personally haven't bought any Tom Moulton remixes, can't see the point in them to be honest. They don't make any improvement on the originals IMO. Like Ian says though they probably are aimed at us though.

I was going to ask is their a thriving modern in the true sense of the meaning modern soul scene? Or is it by and large a 70's, 80's etc oldies scene. I know some do champion new material but are they like they counterparts on the northern scene, a minority? I haven't seen any evidence either of Mark Ronson having an effect on the Northern scene, especially at all-nighters? The average age certainly isn't coming down.

Last one from Loughborough Soul Nights, this one celebrating 13 years oif the Central England Soul Club with Simon Hunt, Dave Evison, Saus & Jim Eddlestone. Loughborough Soul Night Celebrating 13th Anniversary of the CESC

Rudzy at the Greyhound with a set of then monster sounds. Loughborough Soul Night Greyhound Inn December 1993 Part 3 Rudzy

Recordiongs from the Loughborough Soul Night from 1993. 16th October 1993 Charnwood Leisure Centre.... Brian Rae Loughborough Soul Night October 1993 Brian Rae Mark Hanson & Steve Frost Loughborough Soul Night October 1993 Mark Hanson and Steve Frost Greyhound Inn 17th December 1993 Mad Mick Aston & Mark Hanson Loughborough Soul Night Greyhound Inn December 1993 Simon Hunt & Roger Banks Loughborough Soul Night Greyhound Inn December 1993 Part 2

Great selection of usual. Essential listening. Many thanks.