Chalky

Maybe there should be like ABTA for travel agents etc etc there should be one for Northern Soul. The National Association of Soul Promoters who joined this association would then be able to advertise as such on flyers and show some sort of kite mark too Promoters who join this assocition would also be able to accept a member from another soul club into their venue just as long as that soul club was was a member too.....just like working mens clubs All venues dates woiuld have to be ratified by the committee and all squabbles and disputes would be settled by an arbitration panel and their decision would be final

Lifeline all-nighters do strike a balance without resorting to the played out same old same oldies you hear week in week out at the majority of venues...air few younger folk in as well. And it's true across the board as well not your Angie Stone's, Drizzabone, King Tutt etc that some consider across the board. The oldies the Dj's at Lifeline play are underplayed or forgotten with the od popular one thrown in but they are dance floor friendly and if you have a policy and stick to it from the opening set it can and does work and they will dance. Lifeline is testament to that with a full house, but as soon as you resort back to your played out same old same thats when your problems start. Load of b*ll*cks when promoters and Dj's say the records aren't out there, they are just plain lazy buggers to idle to look or just too afraid to stick their neck out and try something different.

and it was better for it too IMHO. You said all your hello's and got all your ale at the soul night warm up. Midnight off you went to dance, buy and sell records etc etc..... Alcohol the root of all evil

Maybe so but back in the good old days all-nighters was what it was all about, everything else secondary. Now the soul night scene is probably having a bigger say of what goes and who are the so called "top" djs. It was also a bit of a closed shop as to who DJ'ed at an all-nighter as well at one time.

Cause at the end of the day Kenny mate, the venue owners make their money from the sale of alcohol, they say they want a bar and there is nothing promoters can do about it. The venue owners can at the end of the day get just as much money and probably more from a "normal" kind of night were all the folk go to get pissed and pull a bird/bloke, unlike the northern scene where the punters intake of alcohol is no where near as much. Take it from me venue owners already complain they don't take enough over the bar and Lifeline have approached many venues in the past only to be told not interested, can make more from a disco and send bar staff home in a taxi at a "reasonable" hour. All-nighters slowly becoming a thing of the past, not so much our ages but because there's no money (or not as much money) in it for the venue owners when NS is promoted. Like you said the all night bar is now attracting local piss heads looking for a late drink which in turn causes antagonism between the soulies and the "locals" due to drunken antics of the idiots. Memberships a great idea....bring 'em back.

I said long time ago alcohol would be the downfall of the nighter scene as we knew it. It was much better when all you could get was a soft drink at the bar.

there's a few reasons Beeker. Too many don't care for their own generation let alone the younger generation, they just want to carry on doing what they did in 1977 listening to the same music they did in 1977. Also kids don't want to be seen out with people old enopugh to be their parents and in more than a few cases grandparents The aforementioned venues you run and that others run of a similar nature are not what you would call Northern Soul. Many don't even want ot listen to "new" 60's northern soul let alone introduce contempory soul as you call it. I haven't seen playlists Beat Boutique and Shake and finger....but guess it's more mod orientated????? If owt like the mod doo's I've been to then it's not for the northern scene.

It is a boot.

I had it in my head a red one on Soul, like I said probably imagining it on that label. I can remember listing it for Andy for £200 or £250 and it selling with no problem about 4/5 years ago.

the lame excuse of well we are after a different crowd so the clash won't matter always makes me laugh I said this in the too many chiefs topic that there are too many with self inflated opinions of themselves who care little for the bigger picture and only in what they are doing and f*ck anyone else UNTIL promoters start talking with each other and look at the bigger picture the scene will continue in the mess it's become. They should put the scene first and put aside any egos and petty arguments, then the scene will be healthier for it, musically and socially!!. As it is the soul night scene (and the all-nighter scene to a lesser extent) is alienating many, splitting the crowd, friends falling out over in essence f*ck all and in the end driving many away. The area that started this toipic, there was four or 5 venues within approximately 30 minutes of each other this weekend.....whats the point? Why not get together, talk and have two full venues spread over the weekend, one Friday and one Saturday....with no acrimonious arguemnts, splits or petty feuds going on in the background. It's simple really. If this was to mean a venue closing then so be it, the scene shouldn't be suffering like it is it should be prospering.

I was thinking last night I'd seen a red vinyl copy but wasn't sure if imagining it Have put one on ebay in the past and that might have been red but can't for life remember

soundfiles anyone?

another scan for you Ken.....

I can't see the point in running a soul night, there are so many out there as it is so why bother with the hassle. Most say they are trying to do something different but in the end they are really no different to what's already on offer. There are very few that really do offer something different, I mean really different. DDA @ Lowton and Greatsone two that sping to mind that do stick to their guns of offering something other than the tried & tested. Can only think of the Attic in the midlands since the Union closed. So I'd save me pennies unless you are really gonna offer something different and just go along as a punter, there's enough venues out there now so why add to the choas.

having not watched was assuming clip from Northampton

Has she been over here before? Yarmouth????

Yep it caught my ear too and has had a few repeat plays but unlike AAISAD the other two are the ones with maybe some potential for a venue. Flashback has already made it of course with the original acetates in the hands of two of the scenes biggest DJ's, past and present, Searling and Butch.

less than seven quid on amazon Jock, bargain. Had a few cds through this week, Tommy Tate, Luther Ingram, Brooks O'Dell, just gotta find the time to listen

think you've seen the topic I mentioned already

there was a discussion a week or so ago about vinyl to laptop. It'll be in the PC, web section.

As Dave said, mid-tempo my arse Fabulous Northern Soul dancer!

yes but one went the previous night on ebay for half that price Marc, $655 I think. I know some have been sold privately too but for what I couldn't say. I agree it sounds great at a nighter, loud, better than at home or on refosoul for example. It's filled the floor at Lifeline.

it has had spins now and then over the years

one on JM's site now for £150

Sent Al Williams and Moses Smith these four I can send later tonight as they aren't on the computer, unless someone can send you them before. JACK MONTGOMERY - DO YOU BELIEVE IT JACK MONTGOMERY - DEAR BELOVED LESTER TIPTON - LOSING AGAIN DONNIE BURDICK - CANDLE