Paul-s

NO, they seem a bit slow picking up on this beauty Sam.

Diane Jenkins - Recycle creative funk m- Just a sh-- hot uptempo 70's soul/funk dancer..storming!£230SOLD

GOSPEL COMFORTERS - Yes, God Is Real on MARCS absolute storming record getting plays!! Floor filling soul...£75

bloody horrible record..

Think Austin Powers meets Benny Hill......

BLACK LIGHTNING - Trouble RCA vg++ hard core soul/funk £75 THIRD FLIGHT - Third Flight/Love, Love, Love YODI one side mad uptempo other is sublime soul..vg++ £150 TYRONE ASHLEY - I Want My Baby Back vg++ (wol) demo Phil-l.a £50 SKIP MAHONEY - Town Called No where Dc international m- £40 HALLELUIAH CHORUS - Ive Got To Find A Way nickel vg++ xover soul/gospel beautiful £40

Played it at Radcliffe last sat in Soul or nothing room.....very, very hard to find, doesn't seem to pop up much...good luck

Got mine stolen at Lifeline weekender a few years ago..

Top artist, who has struggled in life and come through...still has relevent things to say. One of the few artists who does nowadays....made mistakes YES, thats why i want to hear him..

He does have a family to support.

"You turn me on like a gigantic fossett" - The Primers

Inky winky wang dang doo!

Windjammers- Poor Sad Child Curtis Mayfield - Gotta Have Peace Sunrise Movement - Running Wild Gil Scot Heron - The Bottle Gil Scot Heron - Home Is Where The Hatred Is Antonio Castro - WELFARE Fantastic Mainstream - Lets Be Friends Lumpen - Free Bobby Now Soul Injection - Stay Off The Moon Early Clover & georgia soul drifters - Freedom Diane Jenkins - Recycle Frankie Staton - Bi- Centenial 1976 Great Expectations - Welcome To The world Bill Withers - Harlem Gospel Travellers - Ive Got A Mind Charles Bradley - The Whole World Is Going Up In Flames ST-4 - Black Skinned Blue Eyed Boy Sons Of Nature - Disillusion City-Town Creations - Save The People Essence - Black Reflections Little Oscar - The Message Sheila Wilmer - Look At Your Soul Leroy Clofer - Mr Big Man Johnny King - Peace , Love, Not War Jeffrey Gaither - Struggling Ghetto Woman cant remember who did - Lets Clean Up The Ghetto?

True mate...i actually dont think big rooms will survive...we need a medium room. Karl is a great example of translating 70's to the 60's loving crowd. BUT as i said, they are 70's, and their are loads out there that are Great records in any bracket and dont get hammered each week. Karl being a dancer is a great example because if a tune he plays clears a floor, he doesn't bottle it, because he knows in his heart its a great dancer. He sticks with it and people listen and eventually dance. Djs who dont dance, lose faith if a floor clears to a new tune and panic into their safety records box...its easier and doesn't require faith or passion.. Keep the Faith. Dynamic Corvettes had the floor in Steves. and would in any big room.

Right back on topic sort of, Can anyone tell me how the Modern boy's went down in the same room before it was handed over to Mr Cato & co?? They packed it and did great! To set things straight...what im saying ONLY shows respect to what these 'Big Names' (not all though! ) have in terms of knowlegde and tunes. Thing is I WANT TO HEAR THEM! Cant wait to support Mick in Oslo this year or hear Sam abroad...ill travel for the promise of that. Pauls original post should be encouragement, not 'ruffle feathers'. Hes a young generation of soul lover and runs a busy club with other young soulies. If you want to attract a new committed and energetic crowd, then listen and encourage, not just make inadequate statements about 'thats the way it is'. I want the big venues to pay for and put on young, foreign dj's (not just when they happen to be attending the venue anyway)..Markus, marius, Tommy, Goldie and many others . I want to hear sets that travel between genres and i dont notice the join...all good dance music. On a last note, im using the word 'Big names' in the scenes accepted form But my 'big names' are ALL the guys who put soul and bollocks, impulse and creativity into their sets. If it wasn't the promise of coming across them, id stop going out. peace.

Nice post mate...I dont play Northern though. Dont own a northern soul tune. Yes, the reality is that the scene is stuck in a self imposed limbo and neither dj nor punter will take the initiative to shake up and wake up and have fun again. I dont have to go in big rooms and dj anymore, when i did it was too depressing and life sucking. I like most others who try to play from the soul, got complaints from badly and bagilly dressed throw backs. So got taken off But it didn't make me buy a load of over priced oldies to entertain them, gain acceptance and bore myself to death for the next 5 years. I just cant compromise my heart, soul or music... Keep up what your doing mate...

I dont care who AKA he is. If hes done that himself he wouldn't use the word Wannabee about djs who play tunes they love and find via hard work. END OF. It implies they wannabee in those f--king lifeless big rooms! He showed himself to be out of the loop just with that naff statement. I DO GO OUT mate and ive heard most of those who go on about HISTORY and "hes heard more tunes than youve had hot dinners", but i dont see them supporting f--k all at moment. So if they dont go out and listen, quite frankly, I dont give a f--k for their opinions as they are based on what? Have they heard every tune mate? I can guarantee NOT. As i said ive heard most big names playing a lot of times over the last few years and apart from BUTCH playing abroad, GEORGE buried em on Friday, Saturday and Sunday...Now, the problem is, they wouldn't know because they dont bother with the wannabees...the wannabee playing fresh, soulful music crowd. As someone said earlier they are chasing a lot of tunes George has! Quality non-battered rarities! Its so arrogant ..all these statements about "hes heard more tunes in 3 months than you will hear in a lifetime, for one, how would you know? Or him? Just totally naff statements...driven by a mis placed hierachy. I would never in my lifetime presume to spout such crap about what ANYONE has heard. I dont know what they have heard. I only hear what they play. Arthur i get my tunes by travelling around the world and listening to anyones spot i can..talking to them about their tunes and then chasing it, if i like it. I listen to clips, inhabit small soul rooms, peoples houses, USA radio shows, get sent clips, search clips..every day, listen to other types of music....have a few dealers who know i love non battered tunes? Why?

Thanks.

I agree Arthur, He did do that. But i havent seen it for years... you dont see these guys out as punters or going into rooms to listen much anymore. I dont doubt their knowledge, BUT i also know that, like us all, they havent heard everything. Laurels are no excuse to stop. Wally is just an example, i have loads of other examples , but thats not the point. Some Big Djs get music fed from a few big dealers, they dont get informed by listening as a punter to the array of excellent djs that are around (the world). If you dont use the internet now then you fall WAY BEHIND whats happening and the great stuff thats yet to be hammered! It narrows your boundaries and you become victim of someone elses taste. Wally just took the click of a google search to be informed of its history.

Dont think it was? You talikng about the modo re issues?

Its cos they know it all. I already gave the example of the Wally Coco debacle recently. Had the dj in question ever ventured out and listened to tunes and other djs spots.... popped his head out as a punter, then he would have known his new discovery had been discovered about 2 years earlier in the small rooms of venues he had actually been at, but had never bothered listening at. It must be an ego thing? i dont know, i listen to everyones spots and base my judgement on that, not hearsay or hierachy. To be honest i cant think of ONE exciting big room in the UK...its getting so hackneyed and worn out and worst of all PREDICTABLE. I can almost make a list of what will be played just by looking at the lineup and the venue. When did it become like this? As i said i supported 3 events over the weekend and not just ones i was djing at! A lot of opinions on how the floor needs oldies and playing to the floor, seem to come from people you only see out at venues they dj at....so what do they know, beyond their own doorstep? Also, i haven't actually seen many packed BIG ROOMS, so where the f--k are these punters who demand homogonized soul? A lot of the time they go home at 2pm, pissed and tired...and the venue empties out! I think a small room with committed , soulful punters, is a far greater experience than hanging out in room full of lack lustre soulies who stopped caring about the music when they stopped going to Wigan... Many of the small rooms still contain that original spirit of exploration and excitement...And i have seen quite a few 'Big names' die in small rooms around the country because, when they were given the freedom to play anything, they still played the programmed set they were stuck in and had no idea how to operate outside the 'Big boy tunes'.... I actually feel sorry for them having to wear the straight jacket of the 'Big Name' boys (shame i cant say girls as their not allowed in ) ..it must get so f--king boring week in and week out, playing the same tunes over and over.....soul destroying! Punters need to set them free.....

...anyone got marks number or email thanks....