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yes congratulations to Mike and the team, only been a couple of years but my knowledge of all things Northern has increased greatly due to the members on here it has also changed my opinion on several aspects of the scene ovo in particular.

Or the scriptwriters do,

Anyone know what's in store on Corrie this week, I've been given half a story about I'm guessing its Craig Charles's character selling his Northern records to raise some cash and one of them being worth a grand, anyone got the full story, and no I won't be watching just interested to know if its true

Thursday mornings won't be the same anymore guessing the end prices of JM's auctions, like many didn't know Joe personally but always appreciated the time he spent posting, RIP Joe , condolences to family and friends.

Cheers for the info Malik, with luck I'll get to the Soul Inn for a couple of hours.

Hi I'm in Brussels this weekend on my son's Stag do and hoping to find time out to hear a bit of Popcorn and possibly some Northern, anyone got any recommendations for bars or clubs I might be able to check out?

I watched this when it was shown last week, very interesting hearing the guitarist who played with Nina talk about her, for me the girl who is singing when the Gospel section starts sings Mvula under the table,

Part one and part two, and three if we have time, now I'd rather leave while I'm in Love while I still know the meaning of the word

I've not been collecting long but have some very nice ones, to answer the question of unexpected Northern ones I have a very nice Gloria Taylor You Gotta Pay the Price, a signed Percy Sledge When a Man Loves a Woman, quite a few Motown, a couple of Wilson Picketts,Eddie Floyds Knock on Wood. Searching on American Ebay can be quite time consuming but worthwhile, I've found that not all titles come up on searches and to find the real gems you have to trawl through pages and pages of sheet music. One other Northern related one I've seen a couple of times is Jackie Lee the Duck.Not being blessed with a large bank account when you put the postage on top it can be quite expensive though nothing compared to record prices but still cost prohibitive for me personally.

I used to have this as my ringtone on my mobile, brilliant

Cheers Pat,I remember you ,I used to come with John known as Mac and Karen McCarthy who are still out and about but on the modern scene,don't know if you remember them, my memory obviously isn't up to scratch but I do remember seeing someone at the Miners,I seem to recall it being a one off and being packed to the rafters, please don't tell me I dreamt that too.

Purely from a punters point of view my views have changed on ovo , there was a time when I could not have cared less whether the sounds played were boots as long as I enjoyed the night. Things changed for two reasons, one was joining this site and reading the recurring threads on the subject and reading the comments of Dj's and promoters who champion ovo. The other was from striking up a friendship with a DJ and hearing from the horse's mouth so to speak how it feels when you are just setting up your first tune which you have paid several hundred pounds for and you see the needle drop on a ten quid pressing from the previous dj of that very same tune. That said what the eye doesn't see kind of thing from the dancefloor I wouldn't know one way or the other what was being played so when out it never crosses my mind whether what being played is a boot or not, I just put faith in the dj that it is ovo. I would not go as far as to boycott non ovo events but my taste has changed over the past twelve months and given the choice at a two roomed venue I find myself generally in the smaller room listening to rare and underplayed, rnb or whatever is on offer rather than the main room playing more or less tried and tested classics ,much as I love them. As for too much choice ego's being what they are you are never going to stop someone thinking they can do a better job than the bloke up the road

I have a tape somewhere in the house Dave sent me as a wide eyed teenager falling in love with Deep Soul, no track listing though from memory side one contained mostly the tracks which later made up the bulk of Treasures Vol 1, side two had Irma Thomas's then latest album on Fungus. If I can find it I'll post up any tracks not already mentioned on this thread should there be any.

I know it's a bit late being the end of the holiday season but a heads up for anyone planning a visit next year.I was in Dubrovnik a month ago and came across The Soul Cafe at the end of one of the streets in the Old Town.Quite hard to find as it is only advertised with a small chalked blackboard which you can easily miss.No food just a great place to sit with a beer or coffee away from the crowds ,the owner was a nice guy ,music played ranged from bluesy big band to funk while I was there .Checked it out on Trip Advisor later and it's a matter of luck what's playing as other reviewer's heard a range of Classic soul.Probably no Northern but nice to find quality music where you'd least expect it.

R.I.P didn't know the guy but like others here feel a great sadness ,condolences to his family and friends.

I'd love to read Manship's description of this if he got to sell it.Well done mate .

I think it's a safe bet there will only be one person laughing and it wont be all the way to the bank, hope I'm wrong of course

Never, always tempted by the podcasts yet never listen to those either ,maybe because I spend too much time on Youtube.

Just skipping round Youtube and came across this, not to keen on the talking at the start but the way Bettye's voice quivers in parts sends a shiver down this old back,

Heard this played about 6months ago in amongst one of the oddest sets I have heard at a Northern event, an odd mixture of 70's pop soul,Motown chart stuff etc,I'd tried to banish it from my memory as he also played something else far worse (yes it was that bad)which thankfully I can't remember

I don't drive but listen to cds when doing jobs outside at work, Johnny Nash Falling In and Out of Love always has me hitting repeat

Just a few thoughts from a simple minded punter,no aspirations to be a Dj, this might be an age thing but I'd be happy if some Dj' s just turned down the volume a tad,volume just does not equate with increased enjoyment of the music ,I don't feel I should have to leave the room or use a megaphone to carry on a conversation,maybe that's just me. As with a couple of others I'd be interested to know Rob' s pedigree on the scene as with each post the only things that spring to mind concerning the scene are "arse and elbow" .I can picture it now and by the way I like and often dance to the record but I can only imagine the reaction from some quarters if over the mike a Dj announces "and now for my specially extended double mixed ,scratched dubbed ,sequenced or whatever the technical jargon is (I should know but to be honest I lost interest half way through some of the posts) 15 min version of Bob Sinclair's Tribute. I struggle to get to the end of The Brothers without collapsing in a heap so for me play the records as intended don't faff about with something that aint broken I'll put my head back in the sand now.

Well I can only dream that my brain engages before my mouth, I hope to hear something new that blows me away

Don't mess with Shirley's man, https://youtu.be/vlrWbCH020I

The Sax at the start of Jr Walkers Take Me Girl I'm Ready, had it as my ringtone at one time, along with all of This Heart of Mine the Artistics