Chalky

as good as it is nows the time to give this record a rest, its hammered to death

oops double post...

I thought it was Martin Koppell/Tim Brown?

Summat I didn't know. John Washington the lead of Sensations wasn't he?

I agree Gareth although I think Gail Nevels the better version period but as you point out it doesn't have the dance appeal that Carol Anderson does.

wasn't this a Mecca spin, sure that's what I was told.

Some great footwork on this vid!! Knackered watching 'em

It is being released in the New Year, February time I think.

Hi Steve. Welcome to Soul Source, some of us have the excellent book, Hey Baaby Days Of Beach by Greg Haynes. Too big for the book case, lives in front of my decks!!

soon to be heard at a soul night near you no doubt by some enterprising DJ

This clip bit longer..... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0ZZwBKiqK0

says it all really mate great clip!!

there is a one off studio acetate (Jobete) with a vocal so technically it does exist.

neither take was released originally, both are Mercury acetates. One take was released on Benn-X by Dave Brown (think it was him) about 10 years.

Bloody hell, terrible news. Deepest sympathy and condolences to Judi and the family.

Thought it was first spun bit before, maybe mid 80's.

No block or nothing strange about this, I heard it at USOS t'other night, first time in ages (known it for years), it sounded good. Wanted to listen again and it's not on the computer.

I know Mike posted summat a while back about the official release on DVD of This England Documentary from '77. Tony Plamer who made it got a You Tube Channel... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2lyv4XiJ0E

true, suppose there are dodgy clothes from every era.....

Wake up call, I don't need one I'm wide awake, I'll need one at 3.30 in the morning though. And I don't need a hobby nor am I bored. Wear what you want, I've said as much too. What has been said and is the opinion of more than just me is that the fashion of the 70's (as bad as it was then and still is) doesn't do much to help get youngsters onto the scene. Like it's been said they and others think it is cringe worthy to dress that way...and at the end of the day getting youngsters onto the scene is part of this discussion, it will help the scene prosper and carry on long after we've gone. Youngsters of today aren't into what was the dress code of some 30 years ago, they want something a bit more hip and they will go elsewhere to find it, not on a backward looking dance scene. But like I said each to their own If you want music like the antellects you'll have to venture to venues a bit more upfront than some of the venues in the Midlands. Maybe you should try somewhere like Lifeline and then you will see it is not all insipid midtempo and crossover. There are venues that are upfront that do cater for the dancers, not just the chinstrokers!!

I have plenty of friends who wear the baggies, their choice and if thats what they like to wear, like I said who am I to complain, they are cringe worthy though, the clothes that is not the mates There aren't that many chasing newies mate, there are only a few who can chase and turn them up, can probably count them on one hand. In fact even the top newies DJ's will be the first to admit that the records are not there to be found anymore. Thats not to say that thye aren't turning up, just not that many and over a longer period of time. But there are decent upfront venues out there, if you travel as far as you say then travel to Lifeline, about an hour and three quarters from Barnsley (where I djed regularly at the Tracky Club btw), or maybe USOS, about the same distance. Give the Wilton a try, just up the road from you. There are venues that do play dancers you don't hear every week. Not all are insipid crossover and mid tempo, I don't even want to hear that at a night out, I want to hear dancers. There are hundreds and hundreds of records the returnee brigade missed out on just waiting to be rediscovered if only they were given the chance.

I sell one for that price and chuck in free post

weasels who? offensive and pathetic, you should read your post. I wouldn't listen to many of the midland s DJ's if they were on the garden, they are boring, nothing to interest me at all, playing the same stuff that we've been listening to for years and years. please name drop the "more to the top 500", lets see just how interesting it is? give me some examples of these rare and fabulous records by Ian and others that keep the Midlands scene interesting, cause it's been far from that when I've attended venues down there. I used to go all over the Midlands at one time when I lived in Chesterfield but as certain promoters and DJ's got a foothold it became really boring, so boring I would sooner stop in than go to a venue 20 minutes away. So please give us some examples, you never know it might convert some of us back to the oldies nights if it's that interesting. I help with one of the chin stroking events you mention but all I see when there is over three hundred soulies packing out the venue enjoying themselves and hardly a baggy pair of trousers or ridiculous circle skirt to be seen. And I didn't see any so called jumped up fool deciding when it will be over for you?

but the venue you attended isn't the future of the scene, its a totally retro look back full of like minded people wanting it to be as it was at Wigan. The venues in the midlands are no better than the venues on the rock and roll scene with everyone living in the past. Nothing wrong with that each to their own and if thats what you enjoy who am I or anyone else to complain, but there is another scene out there, totally different to the backward looking scene that is found in the majority of midlands venues. I love oldies, many will never be bettered and many newies aren't as good but that doesn't mean I want to hear the same records week in week out with DJ's (so called by themselves) Djing for themselves at their own venues and for their mates. Look at the DJ line up at many Midlands venues, there is no one from outside the area, each djing for each other!!!

I neither wish to hear insipid mid tempo/crossoverish records that you can't dance too out at a venue. But there are venues out there that are upfront and play dancers, try Lifeline, the best of the lot and the best nighter in the country IMHO. Plenty of others, soul nights and venues that have more progressive attitudes to the music too. United Sound of Soul where I was last night was great, hardly anything you would hear in the Notts/South Yorkshire areas yet the vast majority (99%) were dancers. I'm sure the same can be said about the 100 Club and Burnley which were also on last night, I haven't even looked at what Soul nights were on last night to comment further.