Paul Conroy

Dear All Can I bring your attention to the above who is a member of this site, Arlene from LA, I got to know Arlene through a mate Terry Sproat on Facebook, check out her You Tube Channel, it's awesome also Arlene is on RADIO LIVE365.COM SOULERA'S SWEET SOUL Cheers Paul Conroy

Manus Just remebered about that night at the big hotel in Tynemouth ( can't remember it's name I think the Grand ????) never mind there was a bus on from Gateshead remember getting picked up at Heworth Metro with Toma, Tonge, Cranny and Jeffrey Joe to name a few and there was a huge fight with some knackers from a pub across the road, for some reason it had something to do with Ted White and Duncan ( I may be wrong) but Big Ray was in the thick of it, were you there???? Paul

Manus/Rick The last time a saw and spoke to Big Ray was about 5 years ago, me and Toma were at Beach in Whitley Bay at one of Ash's do's and he turned up, apart from the hair he looked no different, your right about the taxi driving he told me he was doing that but if I recall correctly it was in Tynemouth/Whitley Bay and he was still living in the area I'll do some digging see what he is up to

Chris It is Roger Banks I booked him and I think it's about 1989 or there abouts if I remember rightly it may have been the last night and if you were there you may recall the guy who owned the place had all his electricity cut off and we had hundreds of candles to light the place up we had a cable running outside of the place to a womens house across the road to get electricity for the decks and it ws a cracking night I don't have many photo's left of the place do you have any left mate?? Sure Mark Bicknel was there as well that night Paul Conroy

Manus nee probs mate was out with Davey Elaine Matty Duncan Frankie firday gone at the Swallow brill night mate it was rammed over 230 people in loads of old faces there Vin, Paul Murphy Tim Ray Callan but to name a few next one boxing night mate all the best Paul

Chris I recall going there I on;y went once as the night I went it was full of students pissed out of their heads throwing glassess about Maus /Micky it was an all nighter in Sunderland Genevie's( if thats how you spell it) alex organised it and me little mate Toma did a spot Cheers Paul

Micky if you are talking about soul nights in general how about Wealcroft club in Gateshead, the Broadway Ballroom in Pelaw, but what events do you want us to recall cheers paul conroy

Missed an epiosde of Stargate for this crap hoping it would be different, cerainly was, more fool me for watching it Cheers Paul Conroy

Wot The West Denton one Paul Conroy

Gateshead High Street are you sure that's a new one on me, i recall there was one at Gateshead leisure centre but did not go due to work is this what you mean, just the thought of any strangers on the high st particually yanks, not going down too well with regulars from Curlys bar Paul Conroy

Karen Can recall plenty of events on at the Guild hall but not a nighter, however talking about the Quayside was'nt there a couple at the Red House, and about 1977 me Toma,Duncan, and I'm sure Manus , Tonge and Pam and I think Framkie went to a one at West Denton Boys Club.can'trecall who organised it, if you want to talk about all nighters in the North East, Aycliffe Youth Club say no more Brilliant Paul Conroy Tyneside Soul Promotions

Am sure i read in a footie mag a lot of years ago that Alan Hansen had a large 60's soul collection, Paul Conroy

Hi in relation to Susan I one of those responsible for it being released, only 500 were pressed on 12" and it was not an Australian release. It came about re a mate of mine 'Ash Dear' who is form Whitley Bay in the North East, he worked with Susan at a local collage, and one break time they were talking about music and she mentioned she cut some tracks in the 90's that were never released,( Look me over being one of them) Ash thought she was talking shite untill she came in one day with a battered C90 Tape and he was blwon away. Ash called me I, we had a meeting with Susan and I tracked down the producer Ian Morrow of Nightcrawler Fame and he invited me to his house come studio in Scotland where the orginal demo was cut, the original version is by a man who's name escape me but he was in Nightcrawlers with Ian. Anyway Ian had about 25 tracks by Susan some brill other well not for me. we strck a deal to release it which took forever due to contractual reasons and when I was running The Fed in Gateshead Susan sang it live she was brill, after that things went a little sour between me Ash and Susan and we fell out ( not Ash and I) Ian had warned us about her Diva tendecies and that was the reason she did not make the first time around, and when I first met him he was very reluctant to get involved with her again But I went on and on untill he relented and it was released. I don't regret getting involved as it was great experience and I learned loads, but I did not count on being backstabbed by a person I wanted to succeed so much as her voice is amazing, I still belive in her voice but not Susan, I am not sure what she is doing now but i wish her luck Still have 250 copies in me loft £6 pus p&p Cheers Paul Conroy Tyneside Soul Promotions

been reading this thread with some interest and it seems there will always be a debate about Oldies , Modern, Rare, underplayed, House etc, etc,etc, and it will never go away, what ever gendre' of soul/black music you are into nee probs, myself I love the lot, from early sixties to Soulful Garage, and enjoy what ever night I go to, I think Steve mentioned on page one why can't we have a night where all forms are played in one room??, or something like that, well actually there is( there may be others but now aware of them ) and it's Bumping and Stomping in Edinburgh and it's been going for some years now Shaz and Jolly have it on 4 times a year 2 of which are Oldies night but the other 2 have a seperate Northern roon but in the main hall you can hear The Chandlers to Deepswing, Mario Biondi to Stevie Wonder,Driza Bone to Harold Melvin and the floor is never empty and the atmosphere is brill, if you want a party night getting pissed having a geat laugh well you can't go wrong here. Re House Music being played at Northern Do's by Northern DJ's,it was not that long ago a well known DJ was at my house and i played some Soulful House, this DJ stated not for him, not a problem at all, it's all about opinions, well last year at Whitby same DJ was on and played Soulful House, including a couple of tracks I played to him,saying they were brilliant tunes, I was a bit peeved at first but then realised that peoples taste's change, and good on him, he had the floor full, but one thing that does come out of this why do people only change when a big name DJ plays something different, why can't they accept it when a lesser know(not leser knowleagable) DJ plays something and then kick up a fuss calling the DJ shite etc, I wish people would listen to the music and accept it for what it is,and not accepting it when the music is only played by certain DJ's . Well rant over some Soulful House recomendations for you and you can listen to them on traxsource Mighty Mighty Love Deepswing Papa was a rolling stone Temptations Jihad Mohammad remix He is the joy Donna Allen Change the world Solaris Rise Joillet Have a listen let me know what you think Paul Conroy Tyneside Soul Promotions

Re footage of Mr Pollard. am sure i have we have him on video from Yarmouth weekender, will look for it and get it posted up if poss Paul Conroy Tyneside Soul Promotions

Might suit everyone but what a cracking Sax intro followed by brass section before the vocals awesome just awesome Another Day Jasper Street Company Paul Conroy Tyneside Soul Promotions

Chris I was there it was about 83/84, sure Pat Brady was on, but bthat may of been on of the other nighters they had at Tiffs, sure kev johnson was there so he may know the date and line up Paul Conroy Tyneside Soul Promotions

worst journey to Wigan???, there were a few, Where do I start 1) 6 of us travelling from Gateshead in Toma,s ,Robin Reliant,to say it was a bit cramped is a understatement 2) When our bus passed a load of Hell's Angels on the M62, some were getting towed so we decieded to give them a wave with 2 fingers!!!, well some time later we pulled into Birch Services as usual, and some time later who also pulled in , our dear friends!! we passed earlier, did'nt realise that the mens cubicle could hold 20 people 3) Every time we went on one of Duncans buses, the man is a maniac, could'nt relax at all in case you became the but of his merrymaking like shaving your eyebrows off, covering you in makeup etc etc etc 4) I'm sure something happened in Kirby Stephen, come to think of it something happened in Kirby Stephen everytime we stopped there, I'm sure we got barred Paul Conroy Tyneside Soul Promotions

been meaning to put this up for a few days, but you know what i'm like?? anyway tonight starting at midnight til 8am we are doing a all night Northern Soul radio show on NE1FM 102.5 playing the sounds are myself,Davey Mason, Matty Turner, Frankie Lucas, Micky Bish and Tizer So what ever do you are going to tonight, why don't you carry on the party atmosphere by tuning in when you get home, we will be playing requests etc so you can either e -mail us or contact me on 07812803410 web site details are www.ne1fm.com or www.ne1fm.com/live.mu3 hope you can tune in and give is a ring with requests Paul Conroy Tyneside Soul Promotions

Today between 5 and 7 on NE1FM 102.5 we have guests Colin johnson and Peter'Rad' Blacklock to talk about and play tunes from the recent Village Soul Italia not to be missed some fantastic sounds to be heard and some stories!!!!! to be told listen live on line at www.ne1fm.com/live.m3u also got the dubious pleasure of me and Frankie Lucas other guests in the next few Weeks Cubo, Micky Bish, Andrea Robertson and Steve and Liana from Piercebridge, making arrangments with others to come will keep you all posted Cheers Paul Conroy Tyneside Soul Promotions Today between 5 and 7 on NE1FM 102.5 we have guests Colin johnson and Peter'Rad' Blacklock to talk about and play tunes from the recent Village Soul Italia not to be missed some fantastic sounds to be heard and some stories!!!!! to be told listen live on line at www.ne1fm.com/live.m3u also got the dubious pleasure of me and Frankie Lucas other guests in the next few Weeks Cubo, Micky Bish, Andrea Robertson and Steve and Liana from Piercebridge, making arrangments with others to come will keep you all posted Cheers Paul Conroy Tyneside Soul Promotions

Tony was a gent indeed, he will be sadly missed rest in peace mate Paul Conroy

I agree with Tone, they are not cheap, I came across a web site by accident approx a year ago, some agency thingy!!, anyway the prices were very high, so I passed the info onto a good friend of mine who promotes live acts of all types of music to see if he could get a deal, and this guy has had Solomon Burke on in Newcastle just recently and he knows his stuff, he got back to me saying it was not worth the risk what they were asking.He told me he tried all ways to get a deal but could not. It's a great shame as they would go down a storm over here and on the continent,lets hope someday someone will take a risk and they perfrom live in the UK Paul Conroy

Not too sure how to take this, you say no offense to Northerners, it certainly has come across to me that way, maybe it's the way you have used smilies to highlight certain points may be if you had stressed more that it was one individual you had a problem with, it may not come across as annoying as it is 'it just seems down south we are more open minded with our music ' as above how can you justify the comment you made Like I said it may just be me, but it has annoyed me enough reply Paul Conroy

Sean Been away on me hols, and reading through the replies you received there is none from the North East ( apart from Kirsty and Picerbridge) so hear we go Up here we are suffering the same as the rest of the country, the attendances are dropping.I don't think it has anything to do with Holiday periods,myself personally there are too many events on in a small area which attracts a small number of people anyaway, and to make it worse they clash. I've just recently stopped writing for Nsoul re the North East Scene, but when I did I attended every event possible up here and I noticed about a year ago attendances were dropping, Why??, well this is a personal view, the same tunes are being played, at the same time , bythe same DJ's!!! in the same order, it was becoming boring. I could go to an event on a Friday night and hear the same tunes on a Saturday night. there needed to a variation and sadly it is not happening, and to add what about clashing, here's a one for you last year me and me mate Micky Bishop who always accompanies me went to 5 do's in one night up here starting off in Newcastle, South Shields,Sunderland,Newton Aycliffe then Darlington, before returining to the Toon, there was ahandful in each event and to be honest there was not that much difference in the sounds that were played, these types of situations cannot help either Me and Micky promoted The Fed, which sadly is no more, we were getting over 450 in and we used to ask what people wanted to hear, we even put out questioners at one event,the answer was 'we want something different' we did it and were criticised for not playing enough Oldies, because of this we suffered attendance wise at the next Fed. so we reverted back to Oldies with current floorfilles, got criticised again too many Oldies. We already had 2 rooms going the second being modern Room, so we decided to go for 3 rooms, extra costs meant we had to raise the price from a fiver to £7, from 4pm til 2.3am we had 29 DJ's on in all 3 rooms catering hopefully for everyone and his dog, it was starting to work but with all 3 rooms working great particually the Modern and Rare rooms, and if the new company which came in not trippled the costs of room hire our attendneces may have risen but I'm sure it would of stayed the same 450 plus, but we will never know over the pst 5 years one club the Cumby in Newton Aycliffe has always been progressive in it's music policy,but even there the attendances suffered the lads have had to move to a smaller venue, others are trying like The Rolling Mills in Darlington and Bob Armstrongs new venture in Easington to play something different, not too sure what the attendances are like as I've not been able to go due to work and personal reasons, but the people I know who have attended say they have had healthy numbers I have wondered if it would be best for venues to go Bi-monthly, you could still attend an event every month, support one event one month, another the next, so on and so on, this may raise attendances and stop the clashing Sorry for going on a bit All the best Paul Conroy