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LJblanken....from all above you have been dished some Diva tunes indeed....but shame on em all.....for leaving these out.....!!!x @@ ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBDK_M45Myc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-uW7_IuAT4 ....me 2 FAVOURITES dancing in me bedroom 1975/6...and lead to this at Youth Clubs and learning how to dance....which I went on to play thru' the 90's at A/Nighters happily...as I did 'Love Don't Go thru No Changes'......!x https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLpRdwul2j4 ...and became refined with stuff like this...before I focused back onto music 10 years later circa '91 which has now encompassed music from all decades and genres....me fav being Northern...... !x https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPlNrP9B2Zs&list=PL3FEF88F8348F2367 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_oGq1USOIo Some that din't make it 'big' but should have I feel... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAP1xZFDSxY ...and a B side....which i've always liked...t'other side of Young Hearts Run Free...!x https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HX79Cn1nDWc I know nowt except....there's loads init!!!!x....oh and that Pete99is a diva obviously....Peeta the Deeva....swing em gal...and handbag in that corner with the rest taaa....hehe!!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X

I am surprised to read this thread Chalky!!x My thoughts on the industry was precisely that...'vinyl is at an all time high'!! It was all over the news yesterday....and it left me feeling 'happy' about things as I went to bed last night!x Like anything....we are influenced by what we read and hear........and it's choice that determines that influence!x I'm happy to promote the positive....wherever............!!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X

TOPSYTURVEYYYYY!!!!!Here u are!!!x Sorry mate....just found this thread.....!x Thank you for your friendship and presence at Knottingly 't'other week end...!x Slapping a CD in me hand as we met will always warm me towards folk!!x Super stuff on there and indeed enjoyed your set at the gig...every tune!x We are 'congregating' again on the 8th December and I hope you'll be there for another hug!x If you are....then the hat requires festive trimmings.....as mine will have been dressed as per usual each xmas.....do ure best!!!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X ...anytime you have a 'graveyard spot' at some unearthly hour when everyone is in bed i'd love to come over and play some tunes with you on your show!!x We could talk about some of the new developments and future hopes of 'Charity Soul' too which has moved on much since our week-end Topsy!x Your input and support of that new concept is appreciated by me mate...nice 1!x I did a Charity radio spot on BBC Cambs a couple of years ago.......it dun me head....no people dancing....no applause or...or...people!!! Weird experience and I usually am good talking to meself...but wos lost for words often...!! It's a 'skill' Topsy that I admire mate and an aspect of DJing i'll respectfully leave to those most qualified...as you clearly are!x Nice 1!x So...if u'd hold me hand....I would love to pop over and share some tunes with you and your folk anytime!x Brilliant week-end and quality company you were Topsy....thank you for your welcome and see you soon mate...X

...and while you was all at Wigan......there was this AWESOME noise filling The Barn at Braintree...for the first time...!x Fortunately I was there 2 nights 1 of which featured the playing for the first time of this now CLASSIC 12" intro.....and I danced me ar*e off....... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYMMfaxruGA Honest.....you can't believe the impact it had on us all....at the time! Like the first time hearing the Snake or summink init!!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X ...disclaimer....nope...I coudn't shuffle like all the others during the break.....slid off the floor had a swig on me drink without anyone noticing and then went back to it....whistle whistle....!x

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gNHINjgONE ...another I had in me original 30 back in 77/8!x One of the few songs I used to try and sing 'seriously' in me bedroom!......never went Public....absoluuute sh*te..,...but I looked good!!hehe!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X

"...never thought I'd see a Madonna video posted on here! Great pop tune though."... Cutting edge stuff eh Rich B!!!hehe!x.....indeed I can believe there are many Soulies out there who think it a 'stomper'....but yup....best left for Xmas Party's and the like!!!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X

...at my first gig after 10 years a couple of week-ends ago....I heard Lou Rawls...Let's Clean Up The Ghetto. I was outside talking at the time and walked into the Dayer to make sure it is what I heard! The floor was rammed. I carried that around with me for 9 years to Northern dooes...and daren't ever play it once....except at Soulie 'party's I did!x On that basis....the gloves are off........!!!x @@ ~ My fav 12" of all time.....none of which I would ever play today but for the 7"inch versions...they go oooon init!!........and had them in me initial collection of around 30 tunes on 12" vinyl in '77/8.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPyNI6MgE7Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCRUgfpkK7Q ...and this was the last 12" from back in the day I bought to add to me collection....none of which survived to the current collection as 12"!x https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTHapEqW7T4 I bought the Propellorheads 'History' tune on 12" and Marlena Shaws and Candi Statton's 90's tunes too....but that's 'it' for 12" these days...3 of...!x ...and as said....the gloves are off.....and this comes from the same stable as Lou Rawls.......Stomper end...!x I swear I had it as a 12" as a kid......??? But can't find it listed or on utube anywhere......so the good news is....I have a 'quick' 7"....when the time is right....and it will be...somewhere..soon....!x @@ ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt4Kw3s_t_Y LUV SOFUNKY X ....12" were Funk music to me......!x.......ooops!....erm......I have this......I just remembered......and yup....IT'S BRILLIANT.....i'll get me coat.....!!x....arghhh...did u have to throw me hat at me like that too...?!x @@ ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tvzoknZ4gE .....oh take me shirt why don't u Winnie.......!x I'd dance to it anyway...NAAAKEEED!!!x

...the Competition Liquidated is a firm favourite out there Pete for sure...as is the Hopez n Dreamz!! But then Fred's Rap appeals to all too......my mate....'genius' as I keep saying!!!x Penny...X My mate Pete...'Zombieboy'...a successful Producer in the 90's was lost in the wilderness....like many after Wigan!!...or returning Vets...in his Million £+ studio for the last 10 years looking for 'inspiration'!! I played him some of my music from across the board including some Northern for 'time out' one night 18 months ago. He came back the next night and wanted to record 30 of em! That was that...we never saw each other again.....but....a year later....he comes up with 14 tracks and a NEW man....never heard of Northern in his life apart from The Snake and his ex liked The Night...!x 5 of the tracks are sampled from Northern stuff....some are pop....some Drum bn Base...some just bouncy tunes that will chart anyday!!x So we have currently 15 'proper' tracks all on an album which music moguls are scrapping over out there.....whilst me and him enjoy our 'original' music with you all!!x The DVD Penny is a documentary I made 10 years ago 'off the wall' turning up at Kings Hall unannounced and spoke to....erm...everyone really!!! Put it on VHS...1000 copy's went out via Kev/Richard....and 10 years later i've decided to put it out there for 'the masses' who perhaps never knew it existed!x The topics discussed in the DVD are stuff you'll find everyday in here.....'timeless' product....and done with no script or 'agenda'....just me...wanting to capture for meself....'the scene'...!x LUV SOOTY X I have been asked to add to the post above to Brav.....the profits of the DVD are going to 3 Football Fan Trusts of local to me Non-League Clubs. I have relationships with all and any monies they get I will ensure is used for 'kids' stuff at all 3 clubs. The proceeds from the Vinyl will go to Charity Soul....an organisation set up within the Soul Scene of which I have taken a keen interest in. At present it is focusing on funding Stem Cell research for Cancer. I have got involved happily and the concept is being taken to a new level and will become a National phenomenon and encompasses all Soulies/Promoters and DJ's who want to get involved. So...the 'Youth'...cancer research...and the scene....will benefit from our product. Pete will make dosh with the Commercial world...and is 'away' again as he was in the 90's....super!x Me....never ever have I wanted to make money outta this scene...or its folk. Never have....and i'm consistent with that ethos today.....X Edit.....Pete read this and said 'stick it out theeeeeere'.....! Music.....good music....needs to be shared....here's our approach and opinion on that and our intro to the album....!x 3 Northern based tracks are on the DVD and this as a 'bonus'.....and as the title of the thread is about R n B....I think this may juuuust scrape that genre.....definately tappable......and the words.....well.....Simon Cowell's email said it all when we sent him it....'Bang on!'....as he smoked another fag.......sigh....... @@ ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsxQmZp5dsk

Investing/supporting/promoting the 'youth' has been a part of me life always Brav!x As a kid I always confronted bully's of those vulnerable at the 27 schools I went too.....stepped in when folk were intimidating others....and brought to account all kinds of wrong things done against 'youth' including assist over 400 receive compensation for abuse of all kinds done to them whilst in the care of Social Services as kids around the land........so to help them musically is a joy....and for me...a welcome relief to be honest!x However.....this particular singer....as with all out tracks....will be 'replaced' by the Commercial world with an established 'star' once in the Public domain. That discussion has already taken place and it is where we secured the right to use the tunes with original singers as a 'rare' version...and are putting the 4 Northern influenced tracks on the forthcoming DVD for 'free' to pay our respects to you folk who inspired us in the first place!x We are having 500 ONLY Demo's/Samples of each double A vinyl single with 2 tracks on each manufactured too...the 'originals'.....and sticking to me...underdog....'underground' roots and philosophy as such!x Hence the delay in the 'package' arriving!!x No problem....soon be Xmas!!!!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X

BEST tune of the day for me Dave....thank you!!x Just putting the details in me Boot Sale book.....then notice in me Collectors book it's £700 for the 45!!! I must have seen one in the thouuuusands i've trawled thru.....but now know what i'm looking at...!!hehe!x This thread has inspired me to re-visit the 78's piles....which i've taken a wiiiide birth of in recent years due to my haphazardness with such delicate things!!!!!x I've just dusted me 78's box down and had a good look...and here's me top 20 outta my 60 odd! No order just as they 'hit me' as I went thru em!x I've probably listened to around 1500 in me time collecting music....and these are the ones i've salvaged/kept out of that limited exposure to date!x There could have been more but I keep to the 45 of the obvious 'classics'...if I have them! Most of these 20 I have on 45 but kept them as I think they look good to play at the right occasion!x I do a 'travellers' Party....about 2000 attend each year. I play them there....they love their Rock n Roll and old classics.....and when I spin em on 78's......well....not 1 dare come near me all night when DJing....i'm me own man...end of...and they appreaciate and respect it!! I'm a 'well travelled man'....they reckon!!x @@ ~ Paul Anka-Diana Doris Day-Whatever Will Be Will Be Johnny Ray-Wlalkin' My Baby Back Home/Singing The Blues/Walking In The Rain (...erm....got a deal from a Johnnie Ray fan....3 for £1 init!!) Charles Penrose-The Laughing Policeman The Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group-Freight Train.....goes with me 'I'm A Train inspired by Soul Source...!!hehe!x) Michael Holliday-The Story Of My Life....always been a favourite spin at a doo late afternoon/early evening on a 45 and gets folk tapping!!x https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKDTqdlaiXM Dean Martin-Memories are Made of This and Volare The Ying Tong Song-The Goons Frankie Vaughan-Green Door Al Hibbler-Unchained Melody Bill Haley-See You Later Alligator & Rock Around the Clock Bing Crosby-Teddy Bears Picnic! Always play at a kids party.....kids are fascinated by the record spinning sooooo fast!!!x Most are just gobsmacked at seeing a 'record'....!!! Harry Belafonte-Coconut Woman Petula Clark-Baby Lover....never found the 45 at a Boot Sale?!!x https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP9pE-_TObU Some of me top tunes from me 78's are these... Tennessee Ernie Ford-Sixteen Tons....of which I still ain;t found the ;'original' 45....just me 'go go' version....and the original 'old gold' or summink copy...sigh!! A Teenager In Love-Dion & Belmonts Rita Williams-Willie Can!...tuuune! ...and perhaps the one I reach for happily whenever I get me 78's out is this.....and perhaps it goes back to me childhood aged 10/11 when playing Subbuteo with a mate Bobby Dowsing prior to the Chelsea/Leeds FA Cup game early 70's whilst living in Grimsby!!! He used to sing a song which used the tune whilst we flicked players him Chelsea me Leeds......and was so pleased to find the tune in the groove when I got this 78 home!!! The joy of collecting....!!x https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yeE6n9uxe8 ...the rest are obvious classics or from classic films/musicals and the like! I dunno what it says about me as a collector based on the tunes i;ve kept outta the ones i;ve had thru me fingers....but there it is!!!x Thanx for the inspiration Dave!!!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X

....music and the collecting of it is a joy Swifty...always has been...and I won;t have it any other way!x I can't 'give it large' technically music wise in here as there are far more knowledgeable folk who know better...and I respect that unreservedly....and will always remain a willing student!!x Same as Football really...I leave the detail to others and enjoy the spectacle...or not!! As for what's 'in the groove'....i'll stand alongside any Soulie and look them in the eye confidently with my collection gathered...even if I forget the artist or label...no probs!!!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X ....u see doomed plane...I see ejector seat...hehe...!!x....i;m outta 'ere.....YEEEEHAAAAA!!x @@ ~ ...EDIT...I don;t believe it Swifty....just looking thru' some folders for pics of stuff...and found this as I was flippin' thru em......haha....I've been trained in the art for a looooong time....hehe!!x @@ ~

I have seen hundreds of singers from differing genres. I have also filmed stage shows and been sat on the stage closest to singers possible when performing......and there is only 1 singer whom I saw consistently able to equal his recordings and match any newcomer with vocals....and still would today.......I reckon. EDWIN STARR...RIP...X End of!x LUV SOOTY X

Bu**er me...all dusty hot and sweaty now Gene R....u've had me rummaging in me dark corners of me music shack!!x I popped in here...read the new thread on 78's...got excited about 78's...and after you've pointed out the detail....i;ve just checked...looked through me 78's first time in aaaages...and ure bang on!!x I broke the Teenager In Love by Dion...not the Wanderer!!! Me Wanderer is on a blue HMV 45...which was in me head for some reason when writing casually!x But yep...mint copy of Teenager went smashing on the floor.......even worse considering the value too!x I paid a £1 for it at the time...well for both that and Sixteen Tons....well pi**ed off tho'!x Thanx for reminding me of me real loss Gene R....!x Mind u.....I think we'd both be crying if it had of been a test press or summink of the Wanderer init!!!phew!!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X ...amazing....i;ve repeated that story over the years and always said the same thing.......nobody has ever said a thing to tell me different....I believed it!!! Mad how you can believe your own bo**ox accidental or not...init!!!x

It works both ways too Brav!x The young girl singing on this track had never heard of Northern Soul!!!x She now is coming to the 100 Club with us all excited...as a 22 year old...'Indie' fan!x She has convinced several of her friends to go too as a consequence of having her mind opened!x It done her head when one of Fred's relatives contacted us and said how happy they were that Fred's music is trying to be re-recognised by the 'masses'....which is our hope!x She feels priviliged to be 'alongside' such a quality voice too!x I gave her a framed copy of the original which she has put proudly on her flat wall for all to see!!x Music can cross genres succesfully...we have figured!!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMm4VrsE8is

FANTASTIC Brav.....an 'opinion'...which I appreciate whatever that may be!x It's a 'pop' record for the masses....which The Searchers went out with after Lavern!x In context....the majority of 'pop' moguls out there 'luv it'...! But.....never ever have I or my Producer mate considered following or featuring Lavern's original...that's soul..and a hard act to follow.......not pop!!!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X

I went to one of your |Soul Nights back in the 90's en route to DJ at the 100Club....i'm sure!!! A BIG room....full of 'youngsters' and dressed like I would have been in 77/8 when the 'Mod' revival came round first time with The Knack...The Specials...Selector and the like taking the lead......I know I know....sigh...!x A super night full of tunes i'd only heard at the 100 Club really and it obviously made an impact as I remember it 20 years later!!x Super stuff guys....and I will pop in to one of your doo's for a refresher...!x Brilliant...X LUV SOOTY X This singer featuring on 1 of 14 of our new tunes we've put together goes to your doo's....but she wishes to remain 'anonymous'...!x She has a suuuuper collection of RnB which continually bowls me over.....so u all must be doing summink right!!!x I'm on it!!x @@ ~ Our tunes are a fusion of what's gone before and probably was 'missed' back then and presented for the modern era.....and the remaining Searchers are excited by it...and so they should be!!!x Reeeal Police Car siren too on the intro....me Producer mates Mrs was a copper at the time and brought the car round to be recorded....proper stuff no watering down 'ere...!x See you all soon...X https://www.skooters.cc/zoots/bumblebeesnrudeboys.mp3

Great stuff Dave!x I have about 60 x 78's hand picked over the past 20 years and have a Citronic all in 1 twin deck from the early 80's that plays them! When a party is on I usually spin Sixteen Tons...The Wanderer and Rock Around The Clock via 78rpm and they sound much 'deeper' than the 45's! Folk luv to see them!x But...i've broke more than i;ve got! The Wanderer and Sixteen Tons I found originally in '94 in a charity shop in Aldershot! MINT they were and had been in a Gentlemens possession since new and probably played a handful of times before being archived in his record box...and I was well happy! Got them home....took them into the kitchen....went to show the then Mrs....got em outta me bag.....and dropped the pair like a flippin' donut.....and they shattered on the floor! The deserving name calling came forth from the Ex.....whilst I looked at the waste spread on the floor! Poo!x It took me several years to replace them and today me 78's are in a box of their own and they stay there until a special occasion!x I'd happily buy any vinyl tune at any cost cos I can drop it as such....but a 78.....irrelevant of costs.....i'd bust it....guaranteed!x There's a guy in Saffron Walden Cambs that is a Millionaire who also collects just 78's....he has over 40,000 in his collection and has his rareity's framed all around his 10 bedroomed Mansion....everywhere!!! It keeps you fascinated for hours reading the lovely labels and names of artistes going back near on 100 years! I relish popping round his on the few occasions I get the chance to each year!x Great article and the tune ain't that bad either and glad I've heard it!x LUV SOOTY X

LEN, on 15 Oct 2013 - 6:07 PM, said: Crass....CRASS????.....PROUD MAN....!x You and us all deserve to be!x Nobody else will say it Len...!!x Be black and be proud.....ooops...well ure white and me brown....but u know wot I mean bruv!!!x @@ ~ I'll name it, the Embankment club Wellingborough, for years the best local event we had, innovative music, great dance floor, good people in attendance and truly excellent promoters ...well said Winnie...'we wos there'....and if I may add....and truly excellent promoters...who had an eye on how to spot a quality DJ and crowd puller too..........pay him little....cream his collection...cough....and kill our 1000mph nighter for an hour wiv gurly whirly stuff....................but we luv him still....!!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X I was so impressed I knicked Len's 'gangsta' and used it for all the 9 Club promo flyers!!!x Just noticed that 'flash'comment after all these years of it being on display in my music shacks!!!...."The New Wave of Rare/Northern Soul Disc Jockey's".......there....u were 'proud' to announce ure truth...ability and passion once Lenny!!!x BANG ON u was too....!x Proud to have been there with you friend...!x

...I look forward to shaking ure hand even more mate...X I deal with hundreds of kids/youth and stuff my way through Tourny's I sponsor and the like. Supported the Academy/Youth scene at ours for aaages too in ways and means.....so fully appreciate your efforts Greg from a football perspective!x However...I will remain your faithful understudy.....in 40 years i;ve never figured the techno's out on football....honest!! Offsides....positions.....who is where....clueless!!! All the fans among 4 clubs in Cambridgeshire will tell you i'm clueless as to 'the game'...and I have never ever claimed owt else!x Peoples man...focused on the terraces...someone has to be...what happens on that pitch will be determined by a man in black...a fluke deflection and a balloon on occasion...or a racist striker....whatever happens....i'm there at the end....win lose or havei it stolen!!!!!!x Same as your tunes.....never figured out how you put that collection together I remember....and certainly was 'Northern' in my educational journey!x Look forward to seeing u soon for defo Greg......nice 1X LUV SOOTY X ....I know this much your end....when Bernie Eccleston hears the name QPR when i'm out and about over recent years.......boooooy can he go into one....hehe!!!x Have a super season...!x @@ ~

....and no St |Ives in there.....'your own'.....it was all in vain.....a waste.....gutted for yer Len.......really am....all that effort....an irrelvance for u...X If i'd have known u'd have felt like that 20 years later i'd have put a CD on during ure spot.....and used that DJ time wisely. Pah.....youffs....when they were youffs....tut. LUV DISTRAUGHT OF ST IVES X @@ ~...X

...I agree entirely with your findings SheffSoul regarding Tommy Bush etc.....but my 'Northern' I was introduced too back in 1975....around 100 records gathered by a keen follower of the music albeit him being 14/15 at the time and only attending 'youth clubs' for inspiration! They included stuff such as Instrumentals...Joe 90.....to Bari Track....and James Bounty too Jimmy James....Cashing In....to selling out with 70's pop tunes and loads of blue eyed soul thrown in! ALL...was considered 'Northern'....and to date nobody has said different really.....even if said embarrassingly!x But through the years...I met HARD CORE Soulies who 'know' what Northern is and speak up based on their collections etc.....but....in the same breath they'll say...instrumentals ain;t Northern...or even 'Soul'...! Then there are others who don;t go beyond the 60's....or never dip into the 60's!!x 'Northern' incorporates ALL...for me....and the Tommy Bush...Ray Agee 'sound' is always gonna be Northern to me too....whenever or however it is discovered!x A tune...is a tune....and if it ain;t Northern......me body...and head....says so....'naturally'....and I leave DJ's to stimulate those senses...or not!x LUV SOOTY X Music......personal choice....and the Northern Soul scene has some of the most varied and opinionated folk involved.....I like that too!x @@ ~

........RICHAAAAAAARD(Edit!)...ooops...Mrs Bergman...!Just realised...!x......stop bringing me fav all time r&r vinyl into it!!!hehe!x Try the flip side of Rock Around the Clock........it would make me top 100 tunes of all time.....and beats the monotony!x I learnded flippin' thru being a Northern fan and collector......!x https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzL8n5_OOkA @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X PEEENNYYYY....this for you.....and I don;t spin it often....a rareity!!x I was introduced to this via a Lady DJ a few years back who is a 'raver'!!x If you was willing...I could play u tunes from the 40's that would sound like R & B from the early 60's......a tune is a tune and it is hard to say it's best from this year or that i'd say poppet......! Pink Floyd took the saw and bow tune from an Aboriginal chant they heard and stuck it on the Dark Side of the moon album....Syd Barrett told me that a few times over the years as I looked after him in ways and means until his death...RIP...X.....he had repetitive syndrome.....but was tuned into music THOUSANDS of years old...as am I...we wondered about stuff regularly!!x @@ ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpfoxFi1xFo ...taken from a Southern Slave song of around 200 years ago i've been told...!!x....erm....and would a group be allowed to be called the Gay Poppers today???! Things change.....or are encompassed....like music!x

Cheer up Richard....hehe!!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS8YgEwLdsQ ....they is coming over them there hills.....I reckon....!!!x

"Do You Like To Feel Welcome" A smile when money is taken at the door is suffice Barney...however I must say that wherever i've been Nationally...be it a Soul Night or Nighter...i've always been met with a warm welcome of some kind!x So...no complaints here!x LUV SOOTY X "Once, some one was 'really deep', telling me about a time they were going to kill themselves, etc - A record came on, I said ..."Back in a sec".....and as I was dancing, I thought, oops, that was bad timing....." ....and i'm still standing on that chair with noose waiting for u to stop dancing Lenny...15 years....me knees are sore.....wot u like....I have problems......u listening???.......I faawt u luv'd me too......i;m stepping forward...I am...I really really am.......hello????..... @@ ~ ...you see...there's this DJ that plays mid tempo in the middle of me STOOOORMING all-nighter and has all the guuuuurls swaying like good uns.........how can I do that?? I';m finished.......ended...............

Good to hear from you Greg!x Happy days sharing the decks with you mate at the 100club...X Utopia really....dance all night and always knowing I could end the night knowing not 1 of me records had been played....!!!hehe!x Never had an impact at a venue as much as I did arriving at the 100 club for the first time. I met Dave Flynn who;d just released his album and all excited and Changy from Norwich to start the night...and then heard your stuff......blew me away the whole experience....and lapped it up when Ady gave me the privilige of joining all you 'trail blazers'....I appreciate it and you all....X I've mentioned the 'Mods' at the Piano corner and the reaction I got from them when accidentally playing a 70's tune in me set inthe forum before.....they all LOVED IT...hehe!!x Then at Xmas once I played a super dance track....they went laaaary for it....and came rushing up afterwards asking what it was......u din;t have it....or Butch......so i got away wiv a mint Roulette Copy of Dance Dance Dance by the Casualeers.....xmas init!!!hehe!x However....after all is said and done...that tune epoitomised the 100Club for me...and your spot especially for me Greg.....and I was proud to play it there!x Nice 1 mate...and i'll look forward to a hug again soon!x Off with some friends to 100club on 2nd November it has been decreed.....!!!.....hopefully get to see you somewhere soon!x LUV SOOTY X ...looong ball u say??!x Can't complain about the concept Greg.....John Beck took us...Cambridge...4th/3rd/2nd and we wos 3 minutes away from joining the first ever Premier League in 90/91 as a result!!!x Mind u...if he'd have packed it in for just the 2nd half....we'd have been there....!....sigh.....stuck in the muds eh?!x I see it becoming the rage again!....get ure crash helmets on.....iiiincooooominggggg.....YEEEEHAAAA!!!!x Happy days...!x The Chairman he did it with back then had a late age crisis and brought him back 10 years or so ago to go for it in the same manner again....over the top.........it wos horrific....i'll spare u the detail....but I had to remove them both and we moved on with me keeping a close eye these days but let 'em get on with it!x Ain't done bad on it.....top of the table flyyyyinngg...and we should...already....be looking good for promo!!! If it starts going pear shape.....we have our experience to draw on......R N B....Raining Nostalgic Balls....!!..and I look forward to returning to your nostalgic tunes too Greg...very soon!....Keep on keeping on mate......spot on...X https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_j94AaMcBA