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Jimmy Armstrong-I Wont See It you posted some great tunes here Chief but this ones a belter,....

I'm an occasional clapper and think it adds to the overall atmosphere of a night, brings a feeling of togetherness.One memory that has stayed with me for many a year is the reaction of the members of Tavares at the Ritz All Dayer when they were singing Don't Take Away The Music and the whole room raised its collective arms and clapped in perfect unison, something of a stunned double take.

Somewhere in the back of my mind I recall seeing Rockie Robins at the Miners with another artist as support, can anyone confirm this and who was the support, please tell me I didn't dream it.Came across my Burnley and Pendle membership card the other day,is it still valid?

If you are after Northern the After Hours CD' s are pretty good 1,2,and 3, or you can now get all three in a box set on Amazon for 14 quid, lots of stuff out there, beware of re recordings on some of the cheaper box sets available

Just searched and sorry it was the Preston Cyber Men in the thread in may

Wasn't there a thread a couple of months ago that detailed their names and exploits, might have been contained in another thread, might be wrong

Very hard to imagine what direction Otis would have taken I think. Dock of the Bay was a little different to a lot of his output in its feel , his performance at Monterey introduced him to a whole new audience and maybe that would have taken him away from his roots into a more mainstream pop culture, we'll never know but great question ,I look forward to reading others thoughts.

I guess it depends what you want from a night, if you want to dance a good Dj fills the dancefloor, a great Dj keeps it full, for me it's unpredictability that makes a great Dj as i'm just as happy listening to great music as I am dancing to it so if I can come away from a night with three things in my mind, not heard that in ages, never heard that before and a few tunes noted for future listening then I'm happy. On the use of the mike it depends on the Dj, a clear and enthusiastic voice can add to the atmosphere, incoherrent babling just annoys me , is it just me or do Dj's in general never seem to tell you the artist and title of the one record in the night you don't know and really like?

Sounds like she is competing with the awful orchestration and that bleedin rimshot or whatever it is that bangs away constantly in the background is very annoying, cannot fault her voice though

Great thread mate, I've always wondered too,

On the You Tube page under the video click on "share" , url comes up in blue,right click and copy, paste into message on here,

Hi Lorriane, I only mentioned the poetry bit because that is one of my interests and I found this many years ago whilst searching you tube for poetry videos and it became my introduction to Slam which with the passage of time has become popular over here and spawned another form Flash fiction. Very interesting to read you observation and first hand expereince . I must admit it had never occured to me that he might not have written it, I'll have to research that some more, got to say I would be disappointed if he hadn't ,but it would not be the end of the world it's still a fabulous piece of writing which deserves to be heard by more people,for me it has stood the test of time which all good writing should.

Hi , my second passion after Soul music is poetry, I've done a quick search of the site but cannot find any reference to this and I thought it might be of interest to some of you, sorry if it has been posted before at some time.

some great tunes new to me here Gareth, cheers, Soul Children ,you gotta love em,I'll have to dig that album out from wherever it's hiding

I would hope not but you never know these days

My monies on he dosen't get out much , mind you I would like to see his My Girl, she must be a peach,

Nice cup of tea,toast with homemade jam, Saturday was goin so well, knew I should have ignored this

My conversion started at a church disco around 68/69, amongst the usual pop fodder of the day the Dj played a string of Motown,Third FInger etc but what blew me away was 25 miles.It seems odd now but my best mate who was a couple of years older than me was already into soul and I never knew,it was his secret from his parents he'd been going out to local clubs for months.I'd go round to his early Saturday night as he was getting ready he'd have Mike Raven on the radio and there started my soul education.Never a big club goer I went to the Casino a couple of times and that was it until the mid 80's when I went to a number of small local nights and really discovered Northern, left the scene late eighties to return about 5 yrs ago,more active now than ever.

Just the other week at a venue the Dj played a request ,Lee Dorsey's Ride Your Pony, the girl who asked for it took to the floor and danced what I presume was The Pony, she was quickly joined by a guy from the other side of the dance floor, they had the floor to themselves, I wouldn't say they didn't know each other but the they were not together at the event, they danced in almost perfect harmony and got a round of applause at the end.For me at any rate it was the first time I'd seen anyone do a recognised dance at a Northern night. As for where the dances came from the late fifties onward I' d hazard a guess in some cases from the performers themselves or dance groups when seen on Tv shows interpreting the lyrics.

Super Limited! as opposed to what, just limited, as has been said ........Shite

Hi All, been doing a bit of tidying came across a Jay Boy demo, if anyone on here is looking to complete a set it's free to a good home, nothing exciting I'm afraid ,Lou and Laura Poole Only you Know and I know, anyone needing it to complete a set is welcome to it, no idea of its value or rarity which would not make any difference, contact me if interseted,

Oh dear, that's shite

i 've always loved em' ,