Chalky

Otis Lee and Carl Underwood both cover ups for Pat Brady (Lee Blackmore & Soul Searchers) and Roger Banks (Herbert Hunter c/u) respectively mid 80's on the northern scene. I do give credit to both R&B scene and popcorn scene for introducing records to the Northern crowd but then again I like to see credit to the Northern DJ's when it's due

Sarah, Matt was there in the 80's same as many of us and a newie was a simply a new record to the scene even in the 80's which was well known for its 60's newies and many records that were discovered then are still often referred to as a 60's newie for some reason.....

so you're saying that the likes of Otis Lee and Carl Underwood were big on Mod & R&B scene before Northern? I bet it was more like the other way round.

quite right Matt, a newie was a new record to the scene regardless of the year.

Seen Lenny Curtis End boot fetch a tidy sum.

read something else then, no one forces you to read topics. Your doing just as much moaning as others you are moaning about.

Good post pal I'm no lover of the early or rockin' R&B as you out it being played at Northern venues (thats not to say I don't like it, just no wish to hear it out) but nothing wrong with the examples you've given. Gritty soul/Northern always been played. We did get some real early stuff played 5 to ten years ago but much of it seems to have disappeared to more specialised venues. And anyway the roots of rock and roll lie in R&B as many of the early R&R acts were simply black vocal/R&B acts.

The late 80's was definitely Guy and his Soultown promotions, there's a flyer for the second anniversary a few posts back. MYK took the place over after Guy stopped promoting there very early 90's, can't remember the dates for certain when Mick started running it but Guy was still there in 1990.

I remember that now Byrney, stayed in Tony's meself I think. Politics and the scene, venue clashing, we never learn still having the same arguments now.

here's an earlier flyer....

I'm sure I remember getting my membership card and the nighters being cancelled to start with. I was surprised it was as late as it was, thought it was at least a year earlier in starting, i'll have to dig echoes out and check.

second anniversary flyer, January 1990 (I thought it was earlier). I've the 1st Anniversary I think in the garage.

under which promoter? First time I went there was when Guy was running it, think the first one was beginning of 1988 or was it '87?

Hi Dave, is the one you have the same take as the one on e-bay right now? Sure I have a sound-file somewhere from when the one you got was on the bay.

the soundfile for the scan I posted should be in refosoul, if not I'll post it.

Here's Lifeline, next one April the 24th /index.php?/calendar/2/event-14854

I should have known that, it was too easy Sorted now, can actually see the drive way up to the farm and the signs at the end by the road

yeah see the scan above How do you lock yourself out of popsike???

certainly seen others, but others have had BSC and few details on the label...

In your opinion it doesn't work, for plenty of others it does work. If it is danceable it will work, Stafford last week showed you can play the genres and make it work, dancefloor rammed all night. I agree with floaty stuff (what genre you referring to though?), that is no good at an all-nighter, you need dancers although the odd slowie when programmed right can and does work. The venues that cater for the down tempo stuff is a different matter....don't go if you don't like what you hear. Not every venue is put on to satisfy you, me or anyone else but there are venues out there that cater for the taste of each of us. As for the change in styles that depends on how good your DJ is. There are DJ's who can change the style and still make the set flow and work for the dancers.

There's a Lonette on Dearborn

How do you edit your event on the map? Looking at the map and street view for Lifeline it is about a mile down the road as now streets or houses in the near vicinity. If you look at the road where venue is pinned, go back towards the M6 and the venue is on the track on the right of the road, 1st one from M6.

at Stafford last week there was all types of soul music played from the off. All were played 25 years ago so considered oldies as such but I dare bet plenty of it would be considered too modern for many of the across the board promoters

Don't really know SteveJ, but Tats is quality, one of my mentors when I was a nipper Steve G answered the question for you really, but why are you limited to DJ's from the Midlands? what is it with the Midlands and sticking only to Midlands DJ's? There are plenty not too far away. Sean Hampsey, Bully, two from just up the road in my old town who can do quality soul music from all eras.

the 70's is probably more rightly classed as 70's northern so can't really class it as across the board, it has to include plenty of other era soul to be truly across the board. nothing to do with oldies vs. anything else, in most experiences across the board is far removed from what it is supposed to mean. More often than not nothing past the 70's except Drizabone, Angie Stone etc are played and they are more northern in there appeal than modern. You rarely see a modern DJ at one of these Across the board venues for some strange reason