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Thanks Dave for confirming what I wrote. If you mention Tony's Blackburn make sure you put empress ballroom in the middle it confuses some of the readers on here .they might mistake it for Lenny Gambles empress ballroom LOL CHEERS MICK l

I told him that you Scal and peterbanger listen to his show excitedly every sat on radio 2 Best wishes M L

Cheers Ian can now see were its all leading. God Bless Mick L

Dave Rimmer is currently doing a timeline on all the past allniters when they started n finished,most successful periods ect. I gave him some info on Tony,s Blackburn I'm sure Dave would be a barrel of information on your project After Wigan. kind regards Mick L

Good luck with your project,you will need i set of ensyclopedias to cover what happened after Wigan every promoter,every dj every soulie every venue every soulie would have a piece of the jigsaw to make the story the way they saw it after Wigan. Dig a little deeper beyond the usual suspects for stories you might be pleasantly surprised at what you discover otherwise you,ll end up with the same as.there are a good many unsung soul stalwarts male and female who helped to keep the scene going for the last 33 years some sadly are no longer with us but I'm sure their friends and family would love it if they got a little mention in your project.Again I wish you well with After Wigan Stoy. God Bless Mick L

The Film was a damm good effort it did manage to catch the time1974 very well and you could relate too most of the characters a little bit of fiction which explained many facts. kind Regards Mick L

Why not a project Before Wigan.beleive me there was lots going on.A underground scene which was much deeper and darker music wise than the casino . mick L God Bless

A laptop player is called a lazy bastard with no soul. Kind regards Mick L

A Cake is no good without the main ingredients vinyl is one of the main ingredients it tastes a lot better. it should always be in the mix. God Bless Mick L

I'm sorry to sound offensive but to some replies on here I can only say you should have got out a bit more.tattoes earrings, swearing were part of life along time before 1974 I myself was heavily tattoes and wore earrings and was into soul music in 1967 onwards along with lots of other Soulies you cannot pigeonhole and should not pigeonhole the soul scene it has too many facets for that. God Bless Mick Lyons

A Really good effort. Mick L

I Had the honour of meeting Jimmy 42 years ago when he was performing at the casino Wigan pre allniters he was a regular on the soul circuit at the time he was a gentleman besides being a top soul artist 16 years later I had the privilege of having supper with him after a performance at Scott's Wigan he was still the same God Bless you Jimmy I hope you get well. bless Mick Lyons

They weren't always the same people sometimes there were extra people. Kind regards Mick L

SAN REMO STRINGS DETROIT SYPHONY OCHESTRA,FUNK BROS,all played one time or another in one another's bands. Mick

I would say N Soul was born in 1964 I personally went to soul and mod venues aged 13 14 years of age and it was in full swing then and all through the mid and late 60's all the dance moves and feeling ect. Soul clubs everywhere.these years were impotant for what followed it 1964 when people like ourselves split from mainstream pop and rock and chose the alternative soul scene which we alll love for tht reason I would set the timeline at 1964 instead of 1971 sorry for those who weren,t there but believe me it did happen Big time. Kind regards Mick Lyons

Picked my copy up about 25 years ago beautiful sound very atmospheric with a top sound system stands up well to the two vocal versions .3 top sounds. Kind regards Mick Lyons

Bang on Len. Your earlier comments MICK L

I repeat when you are dj ing it's not the jokes it's the way that you tell them otherwise you miss the punchline. God bless Mick L

Fantastic singer with a haunting voice R I P Lenny mick L

As i,ve stated before it was played everywhere and I mean everywhere.every mod who had a record player had it remember all the main towns in country had at least 2 or 3 mod soul clubs all the dj,s at the time played it.It was that popular it was accepted as mainstream. GOD BLESS MICK L

Sounds pretty lightweight today.

wrong drugs. Wrong tune .. It's not the jokes it's the way you tell them.

Hi Chris the inn crowd Dobie Gray was possibly the biggest record around in the spring of 1965 in the nw anyway. Every DJ worth his salt had it and played it in Mod clubs and Discotheques of the day it reappeared in later years but 1965 it was massive played everywhere pirate radio stations ect. God bless mick L.

BIG dee Irwin is Difosco I still play it out used to play it out regular at Keele and Tony,s Blackburn early 1990's funnily enough I can't remember anybody else at the time playing it. bought it in Manchester about 25 years ago for 2£ heard the first few bars thought I'm having that. good record GOD BLESS MICK LYONS

THE IN CRoud was a massive record at the room at the top marketplace Wigan spring 1965. GOD bless Mick L