Paul-s

Sounds like a lost opportunity definitely. Probably the wrong time to raise funding for it then. Ahead of its time, i think. Its very difficult raising cash for films. If you look at the Winstanley project, it says FREEDOM films are producing it. But , search for that company and it doesn't seem to exist? A lot of chancers seem to set up their own production company and pretend a film is going ahead, in a bid to generate more funding. When in reality, they have NO FUNDING at all. Its a chancers technique, hence Russ and Co want to get footage of the potential market (young soulsters) onto a website, so they can show potential funders that there is a market to sell to with a film....

Prices reduced! LONELY MANS HUM - Porgy Williams sylves m- £100 JOANN ZACHERY - Down To Earth zacks m- (dirty r & B out of texas) £50 LOST FAMILY - Blow My Mind Internatinal m- £40 SUNDAYS CHILD - What Are You Thinking reprise m- £150 (covered as voices inc, storming uptempo) INSIGHTS - Love Is A Game vg++ united Audio £100 rare, unlisted, little known dance floor filler! MASQUERADERS - The Truth Is Free stairway m- £70 (so soulful 70s)

Wa sn't a NORTHERN SOUL club, obviously!ha!

Must have been a different play. In the one i did, Eugene had a scooter and so didn't need to take a bus or train.?? Also, his home environment wasn't that smart and most of the audience put 2 + 2 together, that he may be hard up and struggling for cash, by observing this. But, as Steve said not everyone will get it.

TRUE Steve...its 90mins. All you can do is tell your own story and tell it truthfully...which i did. Also, people have lateral thought processes, such as when we saw the dingy flat of Eugene on stage, they might assume that EVERYTHING (including travel) was difficult financially for him....which most of the audience realised...And if they remember, EUGENE had a scooter, so why the f--k would he take a bus or hitch..

Well, if people had refused to help ipso f--kto they would have had no dancers? No advisors and no choreographers. So yes, it would have been harder. I think your the naieve one my friend, i have been involved in theatre and film for over 20 yeras and know how esay it is to halt progression. EXAMPLE Russ and Mick have already been asking some clubs if they can film their young crowd and oput it on website to raise interest and finance. Those guys, because they already knew Russ is a soul leach, refused to have anything to do with it...result...no film of that club and their hip young crowd!

Its finished. But im sure you can buy a FLYING PICKETTS cd at most HMVs if thats the ssort of soul your into.

I have it.......hard to find Liam on either label. good luck

EXACTLY! Well put!

Duffy is a f--king awful singer! But the flying pickets covering most of the Wigan back catalogue for Russ & Micks Wigan Live play at Bolton, has to be a contender!!

Wow the Webs is £70. I prefer the flip 'Its So Hard To Break The Habit, but used to play 'Give In' at Sheridens. Was a £10/£20 tune..how quickly prices change! That said, its worth £70!

Im getting very tempted. BUT, I know how rare it is...hardest on the label!!

Flying Pickets???? They certainly look the part!!! And Russ definitely played them! Best tune in his box and still a re-issue!

I want to hear the music flow. Not some 'SMASHEY & NICEY' type telling me how good and rare a tune is! If i want to know, i will go and look or ask. That promotes a better interaction between dj and punter. Also, lets be honest, the sound sytems at 98% of Northern Soul events are appalling...massive hall and two tiny speakers on the stage, as if surround sound or modern equiptment didn't exist. So, the day this improves and we can actually understand what a dj is saying, maybe i will listen...unless of course they are actually saying "argh, yah, eeeeeee, trust, laootyy, me, rare,klau, doogs,arhyy bollocks!!!"

APPEAL Please DO NOT HELP these souless w--kers. They already tried to ruin the original play with the 'Once Upon A Time In Wigan LIVE' , blue eyed musical they did at Bolton Octagon. Russ is only ever interested in making a fast buck and as we all know, wouldn't know a good tune if it landed on his head. And he is, apparently, the musical adviser for the project. He is a tacky 'smashy & Nicey' DJ whos totally poptastic......SO AVOID THIS TERRIBLE PROJECT AT ALL COSTS. Mick Martin was NEVER on the scene and knows NOTHING about it. He too, is just after a quick buck and neither of these fools should be trusted with making a film about the scene. Here are examples of what this dynamic duo will do for money and fame! 'This story of love, sex and rock’n’roll is a revamped version of Mick Martin’s original piece, which has already been seen on two previous occasions. Recommissioned by the Octagon, Martin’s brief was to include live music, and Howard Gray and his great band, with terrific vocals from ex-Flying Picket Paul Kissaun, do justice to the nostalgic sound of northern soul.' so, if briefed, Martin will do anything and another classic addition 'Set in September 1981 on the last night of the Wigan Casino’s famous all-nighters, Richard Foxton has designed a suitably tatty, two-tiered set with the band playing above and the dancing performed below.' and 'Although there are still references to the drug scene, which ultimately caused the closure of the casino, the original addiction scenes and the deterioration of their relationships - which gave the show a harder edge - have gone.' Russ's rose tinted and uninformed view of the Casino striking again. Changing history and the original play!! Both of these fools careers have been plodding along, lack lustre and devoid of any talent, so they are trying to bastardise this play! I personally dont remember the flying picketts singing the tunes from the balcony at Wigan... 'Directed by Mark Babych, this entertaining production may have lost the raw energy of the original' Yep! Its losing its energy by the second with these soul sucking baboons! So, if approached, for the sake of honesty and 'soul'...tell them to f--k off! Thanks If they REALLY are doing 'their own thing', why use the title of my hit production 'Once Upon A Time In Wigan'? Why did i have to get Bolton to stop using the quotes about my production? Why did i have to ask Russ to take a mis-representing claim off his site about my production? Why are they trying to cash in on the success of my production, if they are so inovative and independent? Call it something else! Then they could truly claim it was their idea!

I pointed out that what he put was mis-leading lies and that he was musical consultant on 'Once Upon A Time In Wigan LIVE', the horrendous BOLTON OCTAGON rip off of the play that featured no original music, just a blue eyed band doing covers! I was the musical director and director/deviser on the play that toured and was about vinyl addiction called 'Once Upon A Time In Wigan'. that featured original tracks by the original artists and used the lyrical content as a narrative. These guys, as did Bolton, are deliberately trying to confuse the two plays. Because they are trying to raise finance for a shit film version of their musical i guess.....the Bolton thing was a dire flop and my play was a success, so they are probably telling potential financiers that they did my play, not the shit one. Utter lies of course....dont think Russ knows what original vinyl looks like... He said he would alter what he wrote accordingly. SO, if anyone sees anymore of Russ's mis-representation, please let me know...thanks paul-s

https://www.raresoulman.co.uk/rarest-of-the-rare/D/7 hear it here

Hey, glad i have it! Seems to be a scrabble for copies...

I paid for and comissioned the script via my company Urban Expansions.

Everytime i try to pm on this site it freezes. can you PM me and ill reply? would really like some help. Mike, if your reading, why cant i pm by clicking on icon under members name?

Was my idea, and it was written via the scenes that i set up in rehearsal. As i had been close friends with Mick for over 20 years we had a verbal agreement that i would have an artistic say in its future and i contracted him to write it (after we had done 6 weeks in rehaersal improvising it.) via his agent. Things like him using my stage directions and musical scoring in his script, i have let go (for now) . But, after taking advice, i do have an intellectual proprty rights claim that would certainly halt any film or at least make investors very nervous.

LONELY MANS HUM - Porgy Williams sylves m- £140 JOANN ZACHERY - Down To Earth zacks m- (dirty r & B out of texas) £50 LOST FAMILY - Blow My Mind Internatinal m- £40 SUNDAYS CHILD - What Are You Thinking reprise m- £170 (covered as voices inc, sstorming uptempo) INSIGHTS - Love Is A Game vg++ united Audio £120 rare, unlisted, little known dance floor filler! MASQUERADERS - The Truth Is Free stairway m- £70 (so soulful 70s)

Due to a f--king dishonest timewaster......one of the rarest and best tunes around is back up for sale (i gave this guy 3 weeks to pay and he still hasn't!) DELON WASHINGTON - GETTING MIGHTY CLOSE Lovelites (this is the only known copy and appears on JMs rarest of rare, if you want to hear it and see actual copy) vg+ skips on spoken intro, but i start it as music comes in, as is heard on jms. A mighty tune and uptempo soul at its very best. £1500 please note that i cant wait 3 weeks for payment!

SAME couincil that wouldnt back the play when i had no money to go into rehearsal. Also same council that will get a writ from me debating intellectual property rights if they go ahead!!