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.....hehe....Dekka.....ure a good poster and I enjoy your stuff mate......but your response here is unexpected....!x It has made me laugh tho'....so thanx for that!!!x @@ ~ Orotavo... On a personal level....fortunately I have never developed the desire to 'have one'...! I can afford any tune available on the scene or considered Northern.....without it being a drain on resources really....but choice is what has stopped me from doing so! My choice...is 'music'....and at the 100 Club or anywhere...I played £2 tunes next to £200 out of my box. I became the last DJ to finish the night at many A/Ns during the 90's....nobody wanted to follow me really...so had to dig deep.....but most left the forgotten tunes that were 'bread and butter' back in the day....which they left for me!x Soulies would wait 9 hours for it at some gigs...! The Ritz....which I never did.....I could have followed any DJ with £2ers and had it away.....tis in the groove....not pocket for me!x I did witness 2 'serious' situations which are akin to gambling/addiction which led to financial ruin. In essence...the guy got £100k redundancy money.....within 3 months he'd spent most of it on records..........the other on drugs........and he went to heaven happily within 18 months of the windfall......RIP P...X The records were sold by his family for about half of what had been paid a year earlier..........and they went to Disney for 6 weeks and blew it all within 2 months of returning. The 2nd was a mate who decided to collect the British Motown series....from No1 as they do! Over 4 years I see him lose his job...then wife...then kids.....as his 'addiction' ran away with him. He still has them....and waits for someone to pop round to see them on his front room shelves of the dingy flat he has after his Mrs threw him out of their 3 Bedroomed house 20 years ago. He smokes pot all day and plays X Box or makes Airfix type models! I saw a thread about such things last week.....but didn't add anything as my mate whom i'm talking about has 8,000+ unmade kits....in his flat.....!! I see them regularly.....and know loads about em thanx to my mate! We was in the Air Cadets together '74....and we made them back then together....he's never stopped....indeed had a model shop in the 80's/90's but frittered the profits on tunes!! The stock from his shop he lost has graced his flat for 20 years.....!!!. He's dead proud of his model kits as he is his Motown......and he has me......and that's it really these days!x We knew each other at school and were good mates before I went in kids homes. We didn't see each other until i started promoting Soul Nights in the 90's 20 years later. By then....it was too late to salvage his family situation or his potential...he'll tell you that himself....like all mature addicts will!X Whilst i'm here....whoever it is mentioned as 'collecting/trading' model kits....then my mate would love to talk to them!!!! I mentioned the thread to him...he don't do the net....and he got all excited and would love to sell a few hundred or trade!!!!! I wasn't going to get involved as i've been busy....but...i'll gladly put you both in touch with each other and u can trade away!x He'll spend the money on weed.....he has the Motown collection he required I understand....at some cost......obviously!x However....the models are up for sale.....not records!....that's still his first love....and possibly last!x @@ ~ I hope those stories satisfy your curiosity on whether folk have 'blew it' on tunes Orotava!x LUV SOOTY X ...a tune for u Dekka.......for making me laff...!x @@ ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1E-wcMUdvU

They don't do em like they did Mark...I was told that in 1994 from folk who were about in the 70's....!x Glad I weren't about back then.....I would have died.......wiv a smile and back flip....!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X

Many happy nights in Stockport Paul throughout the 90's. Lots of locals piled in and made many friends your way...X I wish you every success with the concept and it deserves support from all....super idea...X I would gladly support a future night with pleasure for free as an old 'outsider'!x LUV SOOTY X I still use this today as me main middle if me fingers are picking me nose or summink....!x Presented on an Anniversary Night which was another fantastic memory...I think....!X @@ ~

...my first ever A/N...Keele....xmas '92....and danced to 'Too Many People' by Bobby Goldsboro 3 times as it wos spun 3 times!x Never erd it! Indeed I ain;t heard most of what I heard that night...yet all 'obvious' to the majority I suppose!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X Dis-claimer.....erm...anuver first was me taking 5 script dexis cos I wos told that would help me get thru the night by me mate....who spent the rest of the night laffing at me...?!!........i'd have danced to Bobby at 4pm Sunday afternoon too I think......and the mrs weren't laffing at 11pm Sunday night either!!!...!x I figured 3 wos suffice after that! Heeeey....perhaps new promoters should give free dex.................or perhaps thats a utopian night....or Wigan...!hehe!x Right or wrong....I had a happy night and will never forget it...no regrets...!x Let's spin it for old times sake...!x https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk-4xXijocw

I agree with all....some stuff cannot be improved upon.......however.........at ure mercy's....!x @@ ~ ...pop.... The original.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0TQ2lSXxyo ...our remix.......... https://www.matso.tv/zoots/bumblebeesnrudeboys.mp3 ...and Soul wise..this cannot be bettered....I know...me hairs on me arms tell me so 35 years after first hearing it.....but.....but.....our remix has its place in me heart too.....!x https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdEap9c7sU8&list=TLzNx1Xan4aXCixa97l5Abtxg6ErE6eWIz LUV SOOTY...& ZOMBIEBOY...a.k.a The ZOOTS COLLECTIVE! XX

As a promoter in the 90's...I sat with my local Constabulary over a coffee and 'talked' with them about my plans for The Maltings and St Ives. It was a mature debate with real 'street wise' chat used and shared. It comes with looking for an A/N license! The Cambs DS had no interest in 'policing' Northern Soul gigs....end of. The St Ivo manageress was the same one who was there in the 70's to witness the 'reality'. She endorsed my view wholeheartedly. The scene...Nationally...has had this approach from Law Enforcement of this kind. You are considered 'mature'....and 'sensible' with drug use. Like anything...it's there to use or abuse....and Soulies have developed a decent track record over the years of positive use....is my understanding. Doormen Nationwide love you too.....!x Jack would be proud of us all....on the whole...I reckon!x LUV SOOTY X

...let's sing in harmony....!x @@ ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyzlCH3Z2HU LENS LUVCHILD X

I started small....Soul Night holding about 120-50 comfortably. We played all and it didn't seem a problem when only 8/10 were dancing to the then unreleased Carla Thomas 100 Club Anniversary single 'I'll Never Stop Loving You'....which 20 years later i'm sure is considered a 'classic' and would interest 90% today!!!x As a collective...several Soul Clubs 'united' to provide a bigger night for all. That venue was The Maltings...it held 350 'officially'. We maxed that out at the first and each one of 3...! Shifty who was a 'newbie' then DJ'd his first A/N there.....played stuff that didn't hit the Ritz for another 2 years!!!! Some of it cleared the floor...I have it on tape....ohhhh yessss....and left about 20/30 dancing I recall......but didn't 'kill it'....! Therefore....it's about the 'quality'! If 10% ain;t dancing to the tune.....perhaps its the tune....!hehe!x The 'marketing' of the new night gives the impression too for what is expected.....here was ours! EVERY recordfeatured in print on the flyer....was among our collections collectively!!!!x However...if the venue you are describing is 'old school'....a 'Stomper' type of venue......then Norvern is wot I would expect.....hand bags and all! Keele...Kings Hall....all epitomise that kind of doo. The environment/design can dictate the folks reaction! When we went to St Ives as we'd outgrown The Maltings....we needed at least 50/100 on the dance floor to make sure 'negative' din't go out there Nationwide that it was a cr'p night/empoty dancefloor!!! Fortunately there was only Len that did that too us.....so 1 hour outta 10 was wivin the 10% allowable failures.....!(Luv u too mate...X!) @@ ~ Here is the first review of that first night....the one where the decks didn't come on until 2 minutes to go......! I've given a link to a bigger pic for those wanting to read it proper...X https://www.skooters.cc/images/manifesto.jpg The St Ivo became a predominantly top 500 jobbie....and rightly so. It's a 'rave' init....not geared up as a college or owt!x What I did do to satisfy those eager students was this....set up the smallest venue I could find! The Duke of Argyle in Cambridge! A room above a side streeted pub! Held max 50....dark....dingy....and the DJ could sit behind a booth with a hatch in front of them....which they could hide behind when tunes got reaaaaaal iffy!!!hehe!x To be sincere.....these nights were some of the best nights I had whilst being active throughout the 90's. I heard more tunes and learned more stuff at these nights than anywhere else in the UK. Horses for courses I suppose i'm saying Dean!x Choose your product....know the market interest....and find a suitable venue to 'flog it'....supply and demand!x Use the 10% rule for 'mixing it'....and I think Bob will be ure Aunt and u'll have a super night wherever!x The above tunes were played at that do in '95 to a packed....5/6/7/8 folk...dance floor....and EVERYONE enjoyed the music and occasion! Sold out months in advance!x DJ's from around the UK featured! The Manifesto report suggested a few 'big names' would assist in the promotion of my nights at the outset of the St Ivo...but I never used 1...in all my promotions. Yes some featured....BUT...it wasn't about them...and never needed any of their 'qdos'. My nights were to promote/reward new folk....new music...and 'togetherness' of all that had gone before. It worked. It was the blue print of the 'Togetherness' concept. Kev et al took on the wisdom of our experience gathered in the 90's....and invested it into Kings Hall after we'd finished. The only thing missing...is the newbie DJs/Soul Club involvement....oh.....and oranges!x Hopefully some thoughts for your future efforts Dean and u newbie promoters...X LUV SOOTY...Lens bestest mate....!x X @@ ~ For u folk with Business degrees and the like....figure this..... 10 hours....divided by 10 Soul Clubs=1 hour each. Initially....50 tickets to each Soul Club that usually accommodate 100+ at their own does to sell to their own!! Their investment meant this new network could capitalise on it. 10 x 50=500 folk in attendance.....irrelevant of the Nation....yawn. Ipso Facto....no marketing really required. Observe the masses....and do the opposite. It's a Sootification app...which a figure cannot be quantified for....sorry as ure equation won;t work without it...it's the X factor......I reckon!x @@ ~

...in defence of us 'amateurs' exposing our misfortunes...I offer this to those 'techies'!x St Ives A/N...re-launch '95. We came from the Maltings which held 350 'officially'.....and so I decided we needed bigger kit for the St Ivo venue with a hopeful 1,000 to kick it off! Brought in a now good friend upon recommendation! He came with big lorry 8pm...2 hours to go....4 helpers.....and asked me to stay outta the way as they set up on the stage! £400 worth of 'support' and it looked impressive! As back in the day.....a queue was forming outside our very first St Ives.......and we were due to open the doors at 10pm....yet no sound had come from the stage since the techies arrival with half hour to go! I wandered in.....leant against the stage arms folded head resting on them..........'any luck yet Chris?'....sez I innocently.......him sweating profusely....his lads running around checking stuff........he shouted...SOOTY I'M ON IT OK...???!!!!'.....and so left again to wander to the doors and wave confidently at friends in the queue....9.50pm..........not giving away any worry....kept smiling! 9.58.......go back to the stage......lean against it in standard non intimidating pose......Chris next to tears now.....silence......and I allowed myself a quick bury of my head into me arms.......as I did so.....I looked down and saw a socket on the front stage wall.....it had a plug in it.......coming from the stage! It was off........so I switched it on........and a warm...deep...re-assuring humm echoed around the room as the deck lights flickered on Chris's soaked forehead......!!! Chris looked up from the deck.........asked 'WTF DID U DOOOO???'.....I said....'turned the mains on'.....! Doors opened....1146 Soulies poured in.....and I never lost a drop of sweat before 10pm.........I managed my 'stress' and danced looooads off afterwards in relief....! Techies.....pah!!!hehe!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X

Hi Ian...X Hope your well and thanx for your effort in putting the podcast together with us SS folk in mind!x I don't know the history betwixt ureself and this site....and tbf...I ain't interested either. However....don't be too harsh on us 'all'! I'm an independent and speak as I find. I appreciate your time served and again thank you for your tunes that impacted my life in a positive way....such as Weakspot...LJ...Chuck.....and The Exciters....all bread and butter stuff to me back in the mid 70's....happy days...!x However...as a 'neutral' i've paid you the courtesy of listening to your podcast....a rareity as I don't do music....only when playing it meself!x In fact I possibly upset a lovely Lady in here a few weeks back by not accepting her kind offer of sending me her DJ CD....cos I don't listen to music other than at dooes!! Therefore....consider yourself privileged from that perspective!x I scooted through it....and The Startones....Loving You....was me nugget.....end of!x Perhaps i've been spoilt! There is a guy around Cambridge way called Chris Brown. He was DJing aged 15 at our Youth Club circa '75....and went into local Commercial Radio and has had huge success with 'soul' over the years as a DJ Nationwide However....like your podcast.....Chris went mad for the 70's....after loving the 60's....and followed the 'modern' course throughout the past 30 years really. Most of what I heard on your podcast.....had his 'sound' throughout! Unfortunately....not my thing!x Too laid back for me to listen or dance too most of it! I flirted with the Funk scene but was never a 'floater' as far as Soul goes......ar*e kicking stirring stuff....is 'soul' to me! It also reminds me of 'session' stuff that i've heard much of.......recylced recycling...in my mind!x Forgive me basic vocabulary but I don;t know the proper music critique terms!x 10 years ago you said to me that you considered it important to 'entertain' the crowd and not play 'rareities' to each other.....on that basis....I look forward to what you consider 'Northern'...obscure or mainstream.....and would give you the courtesy of listening to it with pleasure...X LUV SOOTY X .....as a side point mate.....you must luv this site really...! It motivated u to put at least 5 hours of your time together for it....!x Direct motivation only comes with feeling Ian....and its appreciated by me whatever....without passion.....it's pointless.....X @@ ~

...Ian adds.......10 years ago.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKtReivY750&feature=c4-overview&list=UUzdEGZLeRkfvIw3TDiAnhKw @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X .....has there been a 6th copy found since?!x

Never had the pleasure of the DS's company in me time! The one occasion I should have....I got an apology instead! Around 1994 a friend went to Amsterdam. He posted a tape cassette to me! Wrapped around the spools was 'solid' rolled out like a sausage...or pencil....and wound around both spools....and put back together again! This parcel arrived....with tape and stickers on it! They were from C&E saying they had inspected the package as routine and apologise for any inconvenience.....! The tape weighed about an ounce......obviously not right.....but they sent it anyway! No...for u para lot....they weren't waiting around t'corner either for me to open it........never heard a word.....and it smoked even better I recall!!!!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X ...tape collector.................!x Edit....I forgot!! There was this one time.....and i'm sure she won't mind me telling it!x I was arrested for possession in Stansted.....another funny longish story which I will tell another time......but as a result....I was in a cell waiting for the Duty Inspector to get their lives together.....I had £75k cash in me suitcase and had to be in Belfast in 3 hours....end of! Whilst waiting for them to sort their lives out......my home was attended by 2 police officers! My ex Mrs answered the door...they explained I had been arrested in Stansted and was there anything at the house that shouldn't be? She didn't panic.....nope....in her innocent way she replied.....'yeah....he's got a plant growing in the garden but it hasn't budded yet so it ain't illegal init....'......! Weeks later I met the young Constable in a professional manner.....and he said he did all he could to not laugh.......! I still laugh to this day.....she was that innocent...and why I loved her....and yup.....will never stop loving that about her!x @@ ~ ...due to PM demand....i'll tell it now.....for u PT!!x I was commuting to Ireland./..North and South each week for a year 96/7. Each Monday I flew out and returned Friday. The Ex would put my bit of personal in my wash bag in me suitcase. Enuff to last a week of a few on the evening. No problems ever. Then....one day I arrived at Stansted to find me flight was delayed. I had a new tin of duty free Golden Virginia which I had been buying on me trips and opened it for me first cigarette out of it whilst waiting for the plane. Had the roll up....announcement was made that the plane was ready for check in....so went to the desk to checkin! Got to the front.....bag safely over the counter......then there was this tap on me shoulder.....I turned around....and there was this HUUUUGE bearded copper stood brandishing a machine gun asking 'excuse me Sir....is this your tobacco tin?'.....YES....sez I....loose me head if it weren't on me shoulders' was my reply as if said yesterday! He then added....'do you mind if I look in it for any devices'?......WTF???...Devices???...!!! Was I brown or summink??hehe! Of course not I replied.....he lifted the first flap as I had to make me first rolly.....then he opened the second flap......and sitting there???....yup....me lump of solid....! She decided to put it in there.......for the first time in a year.....!!! Dunno why.....still don;t to this day.....but that then lead to her assisting me in getting out of this predicament i'd been put in by sharing her knowledge of gardening.....! U gotta laff init?! I had too.......!x @@ ~

I think what Jordirip is trying to say Pete is that 'the lurrve'...or 'soul' isn't in there as such in the presentation!x DJ's DJ without showing any soul too I have witnessed....but it don;t mean they ain't got any as the floor tell no lies...and i've danced merrily for hours to some of the most perceived miserablist!!!hehe!x We all show it through different things.....Ian has done it with his understanding of 'Northern'...and done it well on record. Visuals....is another 'love'...and passion...which I think me and Jordrip touch base on! I've made around 40 music vids....2 of my lads are now touring with album topper groups making their vids as an independent outfit.....so am proud of what we have achieved over time. But...it has been successful because we 'feel it'...and 'see it'....not everyone does....I find...as does Jordrip...I gather...X @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X I collect film up to 100 years old....and learn from it all. I think stuff can be debated in context without it getting personal! My comment is based on an approach to film....not content! Any capture of our history and culture is important....irrelevant of ts presentation....ultimately...X

The Utube version above is definately not as 'beefy' or succinct as the vinyl copy I have as featured above Sunnysoul...X It appears to be a discofied version of the 'original'. Possibly 're-mastered'? I rate the vinyl copy as high as carrying it among around 15/20 70's that would ram any floor Nationwide and would happily dive for in an emergency...knowing it would pack a floor no probs! A 'quality' Chuck Jackson 'modern' tune...and muically bang on for that genre...I reckon...X LUV SOOTY X ...found it....this is what I played....note for note...!x https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcByD5rm89M

...ignorance is bliss....I can confirm!!!x Read on..... When beginning DJing on the Northern scene circa '93....I knew nowt....apart from 100 records put on tape in '75. Weakspot...LJ Johnson etc were all on there! Now...in '93 I began gathering knowledge.....learnt about the 'disco' era...and the 'quality' 70's. However....it seems someone didn't educate me on the 80's...!!!! I got a copy of Chuck Jackson's 'All Over The World' after hearing it at Kings Lynn/Boston Soul Nights. I also think it was played at Wellingboro regularly in the 90's. Rammed wherever......so I took it with me on me A/N travels....and had the same success with it among me 'I'm So Happy' and 'Let's Spend Some Time Together' section! That was until 2000. It wasn't until 5 minutes ago that I read the above thread and realised it's year....and who was behind it...........!!!!! I recall someone saying it was a Levine tune......which mentally i'd put in the 70's era and an all time classic then along with Weakspot and LJ....init!!!! As said....ignorance is bliss.....but on this occasion....i'm glad any pre-judging etc wasn't applied....pure innocence and folk danced.....irrelevant of who or when...or where....! Happy days...no nightmare for me.....!x Now...like others say above....the man has had involvement with folk many of us would have loved to have had the chance to meet.....I 'respect' his ability to have achieved those things...X Musically....as i've been involved in making tunes....then yep.....he's got it right and in the groove.....Weakspot...LJ and Chuck remain firmly in my collection today.....they reflect my childhood dancing in me bedroom and innocence as a DJ which packed floors Nationwide with some of his music....and am grateful to Ian for the experience and 'happenings'...X But...we are all good at some things....and better at other stuff....I have promoted Ian's better stuff.....here is his innocence in other matters.........and claims 10 years ago of his film making attributes........! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvM1Xup37MU ...my opinion....?.....as a film maker of over 100 docs n stuff.........yep...he coulda done better in the presentation of his tunes I s'pose...given any ciircumstance........but music....not Politics...is definately his game....I reckon....!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X Edit....upon reflection....I wouldn't care how he presented it....but personally....I would have rather interviewed him for an hour on his life and Dr Who.....and I would have listened and respected every word he had to say about it.....! Yep...he interests me more for that part of his life than Northern....! I like Star Trek too....!x @@ ~

Morning!x Went to my regular Saturday Boot Sale....spoke with 50+ folk as I do.....which included around 7 'collector/dealers' whom buzz around for those profitable tunes! As usual...not phased by 'competition'....cos I ain't got any! I'm after being surprised.....not looking for anything....just what takes my fancy based on the label info or past experience of the artist! It means I take gambles.....if u consider splashing out 20p/50p.£1 a gamble!! Because I know many stall holders...then the newbies stick out! I always make a point of 'welcoming' them to the event in my own way and make pleasantries! Whilst doing that at 1 stall....the luvly elderly couple were pleased that I was interested in their tin of needles for a 78rpm player! I go through about 20 needles in an afternoon session so am constantly looking to replace them! I asked the couple if they had any records still at home....with that....the old fella jumped off his seat and said 'oh yes...I forgot i;d put them back in the car an hour ago because of the sun....and I haven't put them back out!" Good news to my ears on 2 fronts.....a 45rpm will 'die' at a boot sale within 15 minutes if direct sunlight is on it I have witnessed...and the previous hour or so I had been nodding at the dealers as they buzz'd around....and had all gone by now.....so 'fresh' pickings left behind.....wonderful!! They say 'the early bird gets the worm'....well.....I collect records.....not worms hehe"x It's good to talk....to stall holders.....I consider my ability to do so an asset!!! A Walkers crisp box arrived with about 20 78's....a couple of magazines.....and 7 45's from the 50's/60's tucked to the back! I didn't know 1 of them....but knew a few of the artistes...and 4 were instrumentals according to the old boy...and so when prompted to take the 'little ones' for a hesitant £3...I went for it and gave the Lady a £5 and suggested she buy herself an ice cream with the bonus as her husband wouldn't due to their on going 'banter' as to her diet effort...or lack of!!! He cursed me...she smiled.....u can't please all....all the time!!hehe!x I got home and spun them/checked the RC 2012 book for prices....and this was the playing order i'd go for if DJing with this 'collection' at a chilled party.........as Kev Fev would say......'like this'.... ..kicking off to get folk off their seats....one of my favourite singers across genres.....since aged 11....Gene Pitney.....but here he is singing in Italian...!...never 'erd it...STOMPER......! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjZUaBv6KhE My copy is on Italian United Artists....and flies along dunit?.....bellla!x ....next...to keep those 'launched' by the first tune 'busy' then i'd follow up with this burster of a B side by The Flee Rekkers on Pye called Shiftless Sam from 1960....booking @ £20....! Never heard of them or it...altho summink rings familiar in the background somehow....?! I have about 100 instrumentals in my collection....so it's possible it's a cover or remix of summink from the Glen Miller era?? Found this excellent clip to go with it from the vinyl era....... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m7uZq0aW1A So let's have a 'quality' breather tune to get ure breath back...! Back to vocal....and tune/s i've never heard....! BUT...this singer was the 2nd artist introduced to me as singing a 'Norvern Soul' song in 1975....by my mate Wayne who went thru his then 100 tunes as we bunked school 1 afternoon! Don Fardon...and Indian Reservation was played....luv'd it then as a tune...and still do 38 years later! This tho'.....never seen or heard! BOTH sides are decent...in their own way! I utubed it.....and......this came up.......!!!!!!!!!!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlIboR5H7hQ American Youngblood on British books @ £40 in the 2012 RC...! However....it get's better....as BOTH sides are EXCELLENT.....double bubble.....2nd track coming lata! Now ...let's put a 'floater' on! I like me instrumentals and The Shadows were it as a kid! They taught me how to play the air guitar in me bedroom! I have perhaps 20 shadows tunes many which aren't 'obvious'! This one isn't! I'd never heard it in 40+ years of liking them! It's called Maroc 7...and was a film I understand! However....whilst the tune is superb booking @ £10....and joins my Man From Uncle...The Saint....Mission Impossible section.....the most interesting thing I noticed was the label! It's got BIG letters! Never seen that on a British Columbia! Indian...Australian.....yep...big letters....but I ain't got 1 Brit Columbia like it?! Anyone know the craic on that?!x I put this clip up to play as it features a cinema ad run in...! I have a few of these including Shirley Bassey's Diamonds are Forever on a demo with Brit Emporial voice doing the cinema intro....great stuff.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5yTQ5_nr5U The B side is Bombay Duck which is also 'neat'....and is available to watch 'live' by The Shadows on Utube!x ...ok...u 've had ure fag and caught up on whose banging who....time to dance again.....!...................!x Take it away Don....walk....don't run or Mr Fontana may kick ure butt......hehe!!x B side....Keep On Loving Me...! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMZixaN7iCg ......and for all u travellers who have come to the gig......the next ones for you......it packs a beat....and is....The Packabeats with Gypsy Beat....YEEEEHAAAA.....TUNE.....booking @ £20....get ure shuffling shoes out.......!!!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yROlUvkwG68 The B side 'Big Man' is worth listening too as well for those keen on instrumentals! The bonus...? Both tunes made in 1961....the year I was born....which I always find as 'nice'!x Ok you shufflers...stompers....and floaters.....kick ure shoes off...hug together and join me with the final tune...!x As always.....it's the last tune on the deck that leaves the impression.....I saved it to play last myself....and wasn't dis-appointed...Sammy Turner on London...booking @ £20 inthe RC 2012 edition....and worth every penny too methinks....never heard it......enjoy....Always........ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBCEVRQNW1o I can only find US Big Top clips of it!! Super tune......and worth getting out of bed for on its own!x Drink up folks...drive safely....and look forward to the next......what?....that's only 5 outta 7?! Ok...u got me....shoes on.....let's groooove...those not dancing then sing along with the guy behind Shirley.......!!!!!!! London copy books @ £6....but who cares.....PAAAARTYYYY.....!!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jfVpizj1Uk @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X ...the 7th wonder??...erm....i'm still wondering!...The Playmates.....What iIs Love on Columbia....under a £5er I suppose as not featured in the RC book! I like their Beep Beep tune which I have....but.....look at the write up on this utube clip....'Suzy Parker'??? Is this the Suzy Parker Dance of Love Suzy? Willing to learn....!x @@ ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_L_y5vWV0A What is love if it is not shared??....thanx for reading....off to get some worms....for fishing! What else would u be up at this time of the morning for..........hehe...........enjoy your day...!x @@ ~

....thing is....there was this echoing silence and then a derrrrr that came over the speakers......and we all danced....!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X

....errr.....I went thru perhaps an Oz of weed each one Barry......din't do much hopping....and me hips hurt sat in the chair for ages...but wos focused....for hooooours....!!!hehe!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X It took me 3 hours to decide which cow to put on the front lawn of the Maltings flyer I recall......dunno why.,....it just had to be right!!! 20 years later......Damien Hirst reckons he is the guru of cows........he jests shirley?x

Len sez....."In the past, all of my flyers were complete 'one offs'......because I was using Letrasets, and a 'humongous' Blue and 'Hearing Aid Beige' photo copier that needed two people to carry the damn thing! This also left a 'unique' black shadow on each and every one! " ...from that sentence Len.....we've been there...!hehe!x Cut every pic....scratched every letter and around 8 hours a flyer minimum I reckon!!! I had a kids typewriter to make sentences which I then cut up and put on the flyer! I cheated by going to Staples with my finished 'original' tho'! They look psychedelic too as I used all different colours and things to make the flyer as they were printed black n white so it din;t matter.....but look......20 years later.......have we got some Picasso's on our hands.....??!!!hehe!x The remains....recycled for new flyers init!!x I know Russ Vickers is about still...but....is it strange that the 2 names still on that flyer that are current promoter active??!! Spooky eh?!x ....i got some jazzy letrasets from the Boot Sale circa '95....so things got more 'pro'!! ...but xmas wos an extra effort.......Argos/Freemans/Grattons and Tesco's leaflets..........sorted!!!!x ....never got a present off any of em......bah humbug...!x Computers eh Len?.....takes the human side outta it methinks.....X LUV SOOTY X I used Jackie Wilson shouting the date often....I think it's Jackie...!.......but like Len....all my flyers were 'original'......proud of it too....old school Lenny.....we should book into the same retirement place and get some origami or summink to be happy wiv!!x @@ ~

Lifted the arm off the record playing to a packed dancefloor at Tony's....could hear a pin drop until the whistles started....which made me look up.....realise woot i'd done....did big grin to all....and put said arm back down and motioned to carry on....which they did!!! Never forget that silemce.....and I din;lt hear it!!!!hehe!!!x I've always said....when i'm messing up...it's because i'm happy and chilled. In 25 years of DJing....like Dave Rimmer sez....i;ve done everything to cause meself grief and followed others trying to inflict grief through tampering!.....yawn! A 'DJ' is in control....end of.....even if it is chaos....it's organised or dealt with...or should be...!X LUV SOOTY X Phoning a friend at Blackburn........ 'i'm scaaaaarrrred and me ba**s are making me ar*e tingle...dunno wot to dooo'..........."get off the stage then tw*t!!"...i'd hope would be the reply!hehe!x @@ ~

"Love the camo outfit Sooty, is it to fool colour blind Zebra so you can sneak up on them and catch em to add to your collection of exotic pets. Love the stories , Keep them coming." Steve ....for me sins Steve....I owned a pub with a good Lady friend several years back called The Zebra!!!x I can't say I ran it b'cos I wos barred....! On the occasion I popped down....(cos I don't drink so it's pointless init?!)......then I would get behind the bar and help the staff serve! Usually a Tuesday night as I did the quiz......my kind! It used to be rammed....but....I always got the biggest queue....indeed other staff would be stood idol whilst folk gladly waited for me to serve them! Here's why.....i'd do the drinks....add a bit on the optic after it'd emptied once....cos it din;t seem a lot and it took ages to wait for the drips to finish.....then if the bill come to say £5.23.....i'd round it off to a fiver.......friendly pub and landlord init?! I got the sack twice....once from the bar Manager and then when she'd grassed me up to me business partner....she barred me too.....!!! I think they wos jealous of me building up a clientelle.......!x I woulda shared me tips but I din;t get any...............! @@ ~ ....never got a Zebra onesie.....wear the Devil one quite often tho'....especially when rounding up Hen's @ 3am in the morning......u should hear them 'cluck' when me pitchfork goes up their jacksie.......animals....pah....X @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X .....and when talking of 'animals' of a human kind........alllll my experience tells me......a Hen will cause me more grief than a Stag ever will.................I reckon!!!!!!x Married over 300 of them off......as a DJ or Limo man in me time.......gladly!!!!!hehe!x ....edit! For the frustrated PMers...hehe!!x Thereheizzzzz....................!!x

...i've always had an affinity with the natural world Peter...X I go back to basics as often as I can! I've just realised me Northern T shirt was worn that quad night....!x I bought it 10 years ago when making the DVD at Kings Hall. The badge is wonky i realised when getting home....doh.......but I take it with me when going au naturale. It could be camping...fishing....or quadding. It brings me as close to me roots as possible! Lidl helps too!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X ....no bull...in the last 4 years......the silly cow next to me has made sure I pay more attention to wildlife......she wants to squidge...shooo.......trap.....every 'mate' of mine!!!!!!!!x Screams like a guuuurl when I get her to hold owt.....YEEEEHAAAA!!!!hehe!x

I returned this week-end to find a swan...the dad of a family of 2 this year....had been killed by a 15 year old frequenter of our village. He threw a plant pot at it apparently. Me and Abs have watched the 2 kids grow up along the same strip of river as stated in me post re the seals. I waited for this 'youth' to arrive in the village last night. I walked up to him and his 3 'mates'.....he knew I weren't happy about it as I walked towards him and he began bleating...'Sorry Sooty.....I din't mean......."....and it was as far as he got as me hand gripped his throat and me other hand went around the side of his head....! His head rocked so much it hurt me wrist holding his neck straight. I swivelled his arse and gave him a kick on it as I threw him in the direction of the village he came.....said nowt....and he kept walking. I looked at his 'mates'....they all said in unison 'we din't like what he did either Soot's....'......and I left them saying...'it's our wildlife...village....and environment. If we don't look after it...the Poles won't.' Their attention span lasted until I left. They all seemed relieved that the 'action' had stopped. Job done. RIP the Swan....and squirrels...X I came to post about a different 'muscle' in this thread...but had to share the swan after reading the squirrel story!x As a kid living in Hull/Grimsby in the 60's/70's.....my memory's are filled of walking across Cleethorpes...Whitby...Redcar....and east coast sand flats with me nan...grandad....and looads of Uncles and Aunts and cousins....cockelling...winkling and musselling!! I left Grimsby in 1974 and recall the beaches being closed for cockling around that time for the first time due to pollution. The pic below is Hayle Beach in Cornwall. You can ride for miles when the tide is out.....and at the end of the normal beach are these rocks......full....teeming...with fat large British mussels! Home grown stuff.....yet NOBODY picking them.....?! Has those 'bans' on beaches that hit many resorts in the 70's/80's killed off this past time? There is no 'ban' on collecting them at Hayle...they are 'perfect'! But not 1 family....kid.....or Eastern Block person to be found! I went most evenings to get a saucepan full.....saw no one except sunbathers/surfers nearby!!! Don't get me wrong....i'm glad about it as all the big ones are left for me.....but......back in the 60's......you'd have been using your muscle to get the big ones before others did....!hehe!x Like strawberry picking.....mad dash for the biggest init!!!hehe!x I was in natural ecstasy in this pic....'arrived' sort of! However.....don't be fooled. Look at the left tyre....I wish I had! We stopped....got some mussels.....and began returning along the 3 miles of beach back to the van. The tide was coming in and the sand gets soggy! I began to realise I had a puncture......and by the time I reached the end of the beach....it was flat. It had took me 2 hours to get a 'grip' to that point as it was the drive wheel!! Then....at the end of the 3 mile....there is a steep climb up a sand bank...........and I couldn't get any drive into the wheel! 2 further hours of trying....and exhaustion....darkness....we slept in the van overlooking the quad from the cliff top! We had the mussels on a camp fire overlooking the beach and sunset....luvly. 5am next morning......went down to see about getting it up the hill again! I'd tried Abs's quad to tow it up the hill.....erm....and had burnt her clutch out the night before! So...tried some long run ups from the river estuary....got bogged down a few times...dug meself out.......and then after 4 hours non stop.........9am......my mate the Coastguard arrived on a shiny Big Red.....hooked me up........and we wos sorted in 3 minutes................................sigh. I needed the day to recover.......but after all is said and done....it's the joys of musselling.....!x At least me wrist din't hurt.....!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X ....."oh u been away.....how wos the Hotel?!".........sez interested human.......... ...there were bugs everywhere....no services....reception.....not a person in sight. I couldn't recommend it....or any of the other 10 or so 'resorts' we go to in a year around the UK in the sticks. These places are going back to the middle ages....honestly! I can see why folk stay in 5* resorts around the world init! I done that for 20 years.....and realllllly realllly miss it.......cough. 'Was the weather good?'....naaaa....pi*8ed it down a couple of days.....all we could do was go canoing....surfing....fishing..........and skinny dipping. 'Awwwww wot a shame'. I know sez i......see ya. @@ ~ Some other friends whom I like to associate with when escaping humanity's routines.... Chuck.......found abandoned in one of my bolt holes driveway! Saved.....1-0!x Bobbette.....the Robin! Made a nest in me letter box...had 3 babes......all flew off.....wiv a bit of help!x Frodo....lives in me barn for me limo's! Batman meets monkey boy!!! Found in me window sill asleep....! Forgive me dress and dirty hands Ladies....I was tiling...in me monkey onesie....as u do!x ......oh....and 'him'.....'Mouse'! We had this friendship see.....I promised I wouldn't forget him...so every time there's 'pet' talk...I have to mention him. We played games together......Where's Mouse?!x ...a rare find.........some of natures wildest......at rest.....in a bolt hole away from human activity...... ....and this uncaged beast was found walking across a Norfolk fen......! .........blending in.......!x @@ ~

Me and Merlin...my 'wmd' as opposed to HMV pal...congratulate you on your considered purchase!x Well done all in assisting Mark in making a sensible acquisition!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X

Captured on a phone this week half a mile from my 'home'! I have seen this family over the past 6 weeks whilst sorting me boat out testing me British Seagull engine and stuff! The Dad is in the second pic! I also see looooads of different 'foreign' birds along 1 mile of this river than I see at a Boot Sale! Amazing shapes....bills and plumes! It's been a joy 'mixing' with it all!x |Over the past 5 years I have had a big white Barn Owl fly 15-20ft away at 30-35 mph as I come home in a Limo at unearthly hours in the night! We have run this Country course several times together as he returns to a disused shed at the end of the fen drove I use as a cut thru! It's been a personal experience that is hard to share/write about....but i'm sure some of you folk can relate to my privilege in seeing our wildlife in such ways....X LUV SOOTY X ...ooops.....he wouldn't forgive me if I din;t give him a plug....here's my mate 'mouse' who shared a 'bolt hole' I had 3 or 4 years back....!x Hand fed him twice and he used to do somersaults into me waste paper bin!! I had Robins nest in me letter box next to the front door too......luv'd it!!!x Nearest neighbours I have had at my homes over the past 6 years have been a mile either side of me minimum.....so I enjoy meeting these local characters.......!!!x @@ ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph93_qRGX6Q&feature=c4-overview&list=UUzdEGZLeRkfvIw3TDiAnhKw Edit.....the seals are 50 miles inland by the way!!!x They come each year to raise their pup/s apparently!!x