Sooty

Thinking of you all...X LUV SOOTY X

Morning all!x Still got sand in me box so may be a bit irritated this morning......!x............! Listen up all.......lesson for today.....hang on....now where's me platform....and sandals..........there....now close your eyes and ponder the following.... If you 'give'...it will come back ten fold........I have found this to be true in life..x Not always where it may be deserved or expected! It's biblical stuff...but....the last time I thought I had been chosen as a 'prophet' and had been touched by God....they sectioned me!!!!! How come 'they' all get away wiv it???!! So nowt to do wiv that malarkey........just a general truth in life I find. It has shown itself here too. I have declared that this dosh raised is going to good causes. From such an act....I have made over a dozen new 'friends' and indeed had my soul stirred....! Due to this 'happening'....I am inspired to ask my fellow brethren......WHY THE HELL HAVE I NEVER HEARD THIS IN 38 YEARS OF WANDERING IN THE WILDERNESS.....??????!!!....you heeeeeathens......share that lurrrve...it's good for the Soul....and taken wiv a spirit if u must............!!!! Now open ure eyes and pin back ure ears.....and be enlightened..... Thanx to our Scottish brethren for such inspiration...(X)........I feel as tho' I have been blessed...and so should many of you.!!!!x So rise good people.....go forth and make merry...multiply....(no boot legging mind)....fill ureselve's wiv spirits....it is ure destinys....and responsibilitys....deal wiv it......and there will be a place for you...................................at any of my gigs......I reckon..!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X ooops...nearly forgot...offers for the tunes will end at 2pm...and all highest offers will be the price!x ...now where's me sandals.........and chaffing cream.......!x Now there is a bowl at the exit as you leeeeeave.....rumble rumble............echooooooooo........... ....................tight ar*es......a plastic middle in me pennies bowl........sigh. (Thanx buyers/bidders for the fellowship and banter....proper stuff to start the day....luv it...X) @@ ~

Me mobiles died and an't got me charger with me..and seeing as i'm off quadding I go WOOOOOHOOOO!!!x @@ ~ Please wait until morning for any further chat on the above tunes...thanx!x LUV SOOTY X My kinda musselling.....!x @@ ~

I have been swamped with PMs and phone calls...!!!!! I'm writing all down and those who offered first on a tune...will be given a 2nd chance if a higher offer comes in ok! I didn't write it in the above....but....the cash raised here is going to a local kids Hospice. Wasn't going to mention it...but it has ome out in chats already...so...there it is. I donate to Charity through things like this and me Ebay stuff. So forgive me faffing about a bit but i'm keen to get as much for the Hospice as is fair...please respect that and thanx for your positive responses to the sales!x LUV SOOTY X ...one Soulie has said 'good on yer Sooty...ain't seen a sale presented like that ever!!'.....my reply.....observe the masses and do the opposite!!! I never conformed in the 90's.....din't do me or 1,000s of Soulies any harm!!!hehe!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X

......WOOOOOHOOOOOOO!!! Off to Barry Island now Barry....all happy!!! Straight up!!! Llantrisant on business...then quad along the beach for pleasure....happy days....eventually!!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X ...chilled...x

....start again....and stop laffing Barry and Mr Rimmer.....you wicked wicked folk..........sigh...X @@ ~ Hi! Dunno what they are in the collectors market...what they is worth really...or even if they is 'real'!! I read the thread on Cashing In....looked at my copy...Bell Sound looks proper....but still none the wiser!!hehe!x But...they go up for 'offers' and I ain't interested in milking yer or taking your money...all I ask is u look after them! personal init!x I have looked through Ebay...and the 3 sections of me Record Collector...cough....and I have found 'rough' prices for them all. However....that is what is out there price wise....they are worth what YOU are wiling to pay for them! Make an offer....and you may be surprised!x I am consolidating my collection from 600ish to 500. I have not gone through my collection for over 10 years proper....and perhaps never in 20 years with a mind to sell this many! I will regret it tomorrow as you do! I have copy's of them all in some way shape or form....and therefore all are considered quality tunes...and not 'passed it' as such! Time and a place for every tune I find!x As for the condition.....every one is suitable for dJing vinyl wise...GUARANTEED. If you ain't happy.....then i'll give you your money back and you keep the record....END OF! Any chancers....go for it...if you dare!...no problem! However...the labels are as they are on some of them! I have uploaded pics of them all in photobucket and the link is here for your scrutiny!x https://s1276.photobucket.com/user/xSOOTSTERx/library/NORTHERN%20SOUL%20TUNES%20X?sort=6&page=1 As for dosh....once we've agreed a deal...then I will post the record. Pay when u pay....no probs!x In 15 years I have never taken a deposit or money up front for a Limo hire....£400 deal on average!!! Thousands have come through my system...and only 2 have needed addressing..in 15 years out of literally thousands of folk! The Limo indistry UK wide can't understand my 'casual' approach!!! They want ure muvver locked up with her purse intact until the jobs finished as security usually......! Why should I treat ALL as potential pi** takers...when it is just 'the few' in life?! I trust all...until YOU give me a reason not too!x Money can be paid straight into a bank account without fuss...to suit once agreed! It means then you can budget and buy from the next list too....!!x P&P £2 with proper packing!x More if you buy more than 1 but at less than cost to me and will be agreed upon. I want the tunes to be appreciated and cherished as i have....for up to 20 years for most of these!x Any opinions on whether these are 'originals' or if my estimated/discovered prices of these tunes are waaaay off base....higher or lower....I and potential buyers would be thankful of your input i'm sure!x Out Of The Blue-The Beachcombers DJ COPY RARE TAPE! As featured in the Best Boot Buys thread in the main forum!x Price??? Never been 'spun' and perhaps 1 of only a few made as a 'promo' back in 1996! I just want it to go to a tape collector who'd appreciate it!x PULLED!! When I shared this tune in me Best Boots thread...I said i'd put it on Ebay to giet 'exposure' for the tune and Caroline as she and the tune deserves. After me mishap with posting yesterday ....the 2nd time I was in 'robot' mode and was placing em up as they came on me pile....again! Now i've thought....then it will go on there so it will benefit from my 'following' that reads EVERY Ebay sale I do....cos they is 'different'...and generally informative but nowt to do wiv the sale! I got several thousand look at some Subbuteo stuff t'other week...who needs Twits when i get 'quality'....and will do it with this.....'share it'! I believe the tape would have done its intended.....17 years after its manufacture! The first Northern tunes back in the 70's had been waiting that long for their due 'respect' too over here! What goes round comes around...!'...I dunno wot it is...let's just stick it out there!!!!'...and such an act will remain true to mine and my Producer mate Pete's ethos.....job done!!x Methinks i'm gonna have a cigar..... 7" I've Had It-Lee Andrews and the Hearts...Crimson (Listed usually £15-20) Latest OFFER £10 SOLD That's Enough-Roscoe Robinson...Wand (£15-20 on Ebay i've seen!)Latest OFFER £8 SOLD Open the Door/Our Love-Darrell Banks...UK Stateside (Seen go for £10-50!!)Latest OFFER £5 SOLD All Over The World-Chuck Jackson...UK Nightmare (Seen on Ebay for £10+)Latest OFFER £5 SOLD Wait Til My Bobby/Today I met...-Darlene Love...UK London Demo (Listed in RC 2012 part2 @ £15...for issue!)Latest OFFER £10 SOLD Love Runs Out/Lend a Hand-Willie/Bobby...UK ABC (Listed usually £10-15...this is miint!) Latest OFFER £15 SOLD I Have Faith/SOS-Edwin Starr UK Polydor (On Ebay over time at £25...din't sell but!!!) Has label tear on SOS side. Latest OFFER £5 SOLD Cause Your Mine-The Vibrations...CSP (Saw 1 sell for £22 in 2012 on Ebay!) Latest OFFER £15 SOLD Secret Home-Willie Mitchell...UK London (Usually listed for £5-8) Middle missing Latest OFFER £1 SOLD Philips x 3 Black is Black/Paul Mauriat/Youre Ready Now/Frankie/Love Love Love/Bobby Hebb..UK Philips. Latest OFFER £3 SOLD Arabia/Many's The Slip-Delcos/The Present...SOS Latest OFFER £1 SOLD I Can't Get Enough-Johnny Sayles...St Lawrence (Me dj copy looks the same!) ....! Latest OFFER £45+ 1 kiss!!!!.....! SOLD Cool Off-Detroit Executives...Pameline (Orange) (Seen listed for £60...put it up on Ebay for £30...no takers?!) Latest OFFER £40 SOLD Never For Me-Millionaires...UK Plastic label Mercury (Listed in RC 2012 as £15...seen it on Ebay for £45!!) Latest OFFER £10 SOLD If You Ask Me-Jerry Williams...1973 Calla. (1 sold on Ebay for £30 recently. Seen it listed for up to £100?!!) Latest OFFER £30 SOLD LP's They owe me nothing...given by a friend as a thank you...best offer secures!x The Motown Sound Vol 7-16 tracks...UK Motown (Listed in RC 2012 @ £18...1 on Ebay for £30 BIN!) Latest OFFER £5 SOLD E Pluribus Funk-Grand Funk Railroad (Round Sleeve!) (Listed in RC 2012 @ £20) Latest OFFER £5 SOLD Jools/Brian-Driscoll and Auger...UK MFP (Listed £18 in RC 2012...on Ebay now from £5...£15!) Latest OFFER £1 SOLD LP SOUL PACK-Various x 8! (Collectively valued at £50+ in RC 2012) Latest OFFER £10 SOLD There you go! I have about 20/25 more to go and will put them up later this week!x As said...all GUARANTEED players...and as i'm clueless about all this...happilly so....then be gentle!!x Call me on 07521042699 to discuss any of the above or PM me in here....or E-mail m.edmunds@hotmail.com Mike is a young lad given the task to 'manage'/Post this lot for us all!!x All I ask...is you look after the tunes.....20 yeaaars i've cherished them.......I better go before I change me mind....!x OFFERS WILL END AT 2pm Wednesday...and successful folk will be informed of their win...X These then go back into my box...for anuver 20 years....gladly!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X ...now.....copy just in case.......push post new toooopiiiic......backsides twitchinggggg...................

Hate...hate?? Your mellow init!!hehe!x Threw me record Collector Book which was on me lap at the time about 20 feet ....I am now the proud owner of 3 Record Collector 2012....sections....................................!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X ...i perhaps would have been sectioned too if one of me psycho mates had witnessed it!!!hehe!x

I wasn't sweating Barry......but I am now.....! Just spent an hour putting a post together of records for sale in the sales forum.....and....aaaannnd.....just went to review it all.....clicked....froze....go back....gone.....F*****************************************************lippin eck. @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X ...coffee time.....8 sugars and lots of biccies....stop me sweating....hehe!x

MR ROOOOOBEEEEERTTTTSSSS!!!!!!!! Poo.........gonna pull it and do it again....can't have Dave Rimmer taking the P in anuver 10 years.....!x....!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X

....not being pedantic or owt....just confused!!! When putting the Togetherness video together 10 years ago....I asked how to spell Richards name!! I was told it was 'Serling'...by folk who should have known! I needed to know as I wanted to pay my respects on the video credits to him and Kev Roberts. I have just finished editing....and sent it off for duplication...the new DVD of that video......annnnd...I left the spelling as it was.....Serling!!! I have seen both spellings f it on here...but was confident of my 'sources' insistence 10 years ago! Nobody has said a word about it either when the vid went out....or since! Plllllleeeease tell me i've been informed right....in the beginning....or i've repeated that same mistake twice over 10 years....innocently! If i'm wrong in my spelling....sorry Richard!x If i'm not...then i'm happy.....!x LUV SOOTY X ...my mate Paul Donnelly pointed out name spelling to me recently...and it is important and I always try to use folks names correctly....basic init! So...just keeping it right and I thank Paul for the kick up the ar*e in this personal area!x If i;ve done wrong agaaaain...please fogive me!x @@ ~

Happy Birthday today Dave Thorley!!x Good to see your enjoying life still mate....and the 100club has always been 'guaranteed' with the right attitude!x Your points are well worth repeating regarding Ady...or any promoter with that approach...which should be 'standard'...but it ain't!x Like Ady does...I spoke with every Soulie coming through my doo's door. Folk came just to get such a welcome!! Soulful stuff init! It amazes me that folk go to the trouble of sorting a venue....gear...DJ's....yet forget the basics of what it is all about....'the people'! Quite often when trekking I would have to go seek out the Promoter/s to say 'hi' and 'thanks' as I arrived and left! Then they wondered or moaned about why they didn't get the support from 'the people'! Needless to say...I didn't get into a group dynamic/humanitarian discussion to explain why they had failed...or failing.....as personally i'd had a good night and it weren't my problem!! But for you folk contemplating 'entertaining'...then givin it large wiv ure mates in a corner or remaning 'aloof'...isn't part of the programme....if u want success and the support of 'the people'...I reckon!x Whilst Ady has been mentioned as being a great 'host'...the same applied for Little Scotty up t'norf....Pete who was involved in Winsford...Dave Clegg at Stockport(0nce giaining consciesnuss!!hehe!x)...and indeed many smaller promoters of Soul Nights Nationwide....too many to mention....but it weren't always the case....especially at some of the larger venues! I hope that's changed!x. LUV SOOTY X ,,,,the 1ooClub has always been an attraction for the younger crowd it seems. Throughout the 90's the it always had a healthy and keen youthful bunch attending and up front dancing and being up front at the front with it! Luv'd them there everytime!x! In fact my best ever reaction to a tune in 7 years was at the 100club...from these 'youngsters'! To finish my set 1 night I played a tune which had just arrived on a mint Demo.....and never been played by me ever in public! It had been a favourite since hearing it in my mate Waynes bedroom in 1974! I just wanted to play it LOUD...and PROUD....and did! The place went maaaad with dancing....and then when leaving the stage....I was mobbed by these youngsters en masse.....still sweating from their dancing exploits....and they asked "WOT THE F*** IS THAT TUNE????"....all eagerish and in a state of euphoria still..!!!!! I told them.....and their reply was AWEEEESOME!!!! All I remember is looking over this amassed bunch and seeing Ady smiling across at me.....content! Happy days!!!x Ooops....the tune?????>>>>>>>>>> ....and u know wot......after 40 years of first hearing it..............and just hearing it now.......it still is AWESOME....I reckon!!!!x I hope on your Birthday Dave this tune may have been a happy memory for you too at some point in your Soull life....I hope so...as it is dedicated to you and your service to the scene too!x......have a good un!x @@ ~

Dave....I have been on this forum for a few weeks....and you mate have epitomised what it is about for me in the above!x Thank you!x LUV SOOTY X

....poo....I paid 50p for this one Jules.....robbed...again!!!!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X

FOUND A NUGGETT!!!x I came across this record in about 1994. A good friend called Pat Loasby from Kings Lynn...who has since passed away...(RIP x)...introduced me to the tune! It was his 'favourite' at the time and that...coming from Pat who had about £100k in his box of rare records...was something! I listened ..and fell in love with it to this day. In fact...It stays in the front of my Disco box where 'enders' sit...'Out Of Time' Chris Farlowe....etc. It stays there because after everyone has gone....lights on....putting gear away often alone...I put this on as i dis-assemble the decs....feeling sorry for meself after everyones had an exciting night...! I played it once at Blackburn and at the 100Club...but that was it...back in 1995. The copy I have sourced on Utube is the same copy I have in my collection...a Reprise Demo....but the issue....featuring Bang Bang on t'other side...i find perhaps 1...maybe 2 copys at boot sales each year! So they are out there in junk shops and the like! I dunno how much they go for....in the RC 2102 book it says £18!! Whatever it costs...50p or £18+...it is in the groove for definite!x Played in memory of Pat...and for those reading the thread about forgotten soldiers in cemetary's and the like....it is spun for those innocent folk too.....£1.....take it away Sammy.... Worth getting out of bed for methinks this morning!x Gonna swop it with a mate whose been waiting for it for about a year.....gonna get me a copy of this picture disc which is a rareity these days as a swop!!! LUV it too...!x ...and yes....it's a beautiful day!!!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X

JEEEEEEEEEEEEEZUUUUUUUUUSSS!!! WHERE'D U COME FROM GREG???!!!!x I'm supposed to be going to a Boot Sale to hopefully find one of those 'nuggetts' above...!x Never heard the tracks....BUT...they gave me the same buzz as when walking into the 100Club and listening for the first time to a names sake Irish Greg!x I had never heard the like in 20 years! That was 1993....20 years later....and I am so glad to say....I AIN'T HEARD THE LIKE IN 20 YEARS!!! That first one......proper!x Must make sure I make one of your gigs mate and will hit the floor automatic!.....thanx for keeping on!!!x LUV SOOTY X .....willing to learn!!!x @@ ~

!!!!!!!!!!!!...now i'm reeealy messed!!x I've seen 4 copys now...all different...slower....live...so there's a faster one too...and whatever else!! I had the Warm & Soulful album.....swopped it for Looking For You US Demo about '97...! That's the version i''m after!! Go on Spinney....tell me it's the 6 squ$$ion version init???!!!.....!x LUV SOOTY X ....20 years......I know it....it's gonna be that bu**er.....and I came on 'ere to be 'appy......sheeesh.....them blues are getting me too Lenny....hehe!x @@ ~ Thanx folks...X

TUUUUUNEEE!!! Always liked this since having a Garnett Mimms album that it featured on for a few weeks. I then got the above copy...all excited like....and then i t weren't it!!!! I see there is a French copy with the 'original' on...I assume as on the album? I hope so....been looking for nearly 20 years!!x What are the details of the French copy?! Thanx..X @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X

BLIIIMEYYYY!!! 10 years ago.....already!!!x Wonderful stuff!x I haven't mentioned this really as it wasn't my 'choice' to do but I was asked to do it! I was asked to make a video capturing the Wigan 30th Anniversary at Kings Hall! Kev and Richard asked me to do it based on my independent 'Togetherness' video which had been made earlier in the year....and due to be released on DVD soon...10 years later!!x It was a geat night...for the people...but for me...not really!x I had returned into the Country from a 15 hour flight...the morning of the night! Rushed up there against my real feelings...a fluey cold came over me...and I was talking thru me nostrils/handerchief for the evening feeling a bag of poo!!! It turned out I had some tropical disease of some kind a few days later!!! But...these things only come round every 10 years init!!!x It featured Lorriane Silver and Edwin Starrs saxophonist James paying a tribute to Edwin who had passed away just before the night. Tommy Hunt did his thing...which was super...and we got good interviews/footage of the night including the dance competition and all! I haven't seen the film for probably 9 years myself...but i'll get it out and have a look to see what is worth sharing with you all in here! I'll pull the relevant stuff off and utube it ok!x Not many have seen it to be honest! I think Kev had about 500/600 copies and as i wasn't happy with it as it wasn't of the quality and dedication I usually gave my productions then I didn't bother to get it out there my end! All copies that were made were sold....but 500 videos out there soon get forgotten...indeed are possibly a rareity/collectable now as we all know!x A super night as said for all...except me...and hopefully I can make amends and attend this one....without anyfing up me nose...and be happy with that!!!x Certainly a good night for all to congregate and celebrate methinks!x Perhaps if those organising this night would like similar...with a more measured approach and without a pre-flight and tropical disease in tow...then i'd be delighted to offer me services at a reduced rate and special deal to capture that moment...as many of us may not make the 50th anniversary under our own steam...!!!!x You may have a vid already sorted and ready for it....if so....nice 1!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X 07521042699 sooty@matso.tv

'Confidence' is the word I think we are looking for. A confident DJ will do the job. I've seen the likes never touch the mic....and had it away. Then there's the likes of me and the Chris Kings etc....who aren't phased by the situation but....don;t think I or any of them don;t pay attention to what they are playing. Among my casualness...I put in some now established unknowns or forgottens since the 70's and indeed surprises!! Chris and others may do that through experience and intent.....mine was done innocently....without the knowledge...and purely done on what was in that groove...and how it made me feel. I shared that...it worked......unplanned....but wouldn't recommend it! You'd have to live in a box listening to 100 tunes over and over for 15 years to start!!!hehe!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X

Your bang on Nev!x A/N or big functions need big players and big records. Like Russ...when I say 'big' records...I mean wots in the groove wise! I've followed Butch and the best of em with £1ers....and rammed it. So it is in the groove whatever methinks!x I would put it in the DJ/Music order though for such large events. As someone who run a succesful Monthly Soul night for 5 years...more intimate...then the music did come before the party as such! That's why I finished the nights off to ensure everyone went home happy...at the end!!x I still do....whatever happens at the wedding/function party etc...I make sure they all go home happy...at the end! That's what folk remember mostly! BUT...I remember those empty dance floors here and there...'93...94....when certain 'bold' DJ's or ones who had an obscure collection...cleared the floor!!! I LOVED most of their stuff...and quite often there was me and a handfull dancing....whilst the masses went to the bar or moaned on the dance floor edge!!!hehe!x Now..the records???? Emperor of My Baby's heart....She'll be Gone...Hyperions.......all ahead of their time i recall!! Even Carla Thomas took 2/3 spins by meself before it got going at Soul Nights...broke it as such at A/Nighters first....emptied Wiinsford floor first time out....GOBSMACKED I was!!!hehe! So...we can't please all of the people and all that....but we can look to be aware of what it is folk are there for! An enjoyable night...some memory's...and something new....all in moderation! That kind of approach would go down at large or small gatherings i reckon...and din;t do me any harm whilst treking!x LUV SOOTY X

It seems to me mate from reading all the threads over recent weeks....which we used to get monthly via Manifesto back in the day.....then it appears ripe for 'summink' like we experienced Mark!x When becoming active in '93...this thread as laid out was being discussed every week-end! I had to listen to it allll the way up the M6 and alll the way back down....whilst driving the minibus smiling!hehe!x The comments in the vid were made 10 years later....and here we are in this thread....10 years later! Nowt's changed as to 'concerns' out ther...!x Good to hear from you Mark...X After listening and reading all....I love both camps. As Chris/Richard said...it needs both camps. Irish Greg...Butch....Dean Anderson.....i'll tell u this if they hadn't have shared their music en masse as they did/have....then I wouldn't have enjoyed meself as I have! I luv'd sharing the decks with them all everytime and hearing their stuff. Then the Roger Banks...Chris Kings...Brian Rae...and yes Derek Allen's....RIP....all added their 'thing' to the occasion....as well as tunes!! I only had 1 policy at the A/Nighters I had the say in.....only dancing DJ's could DJ!!! Revolutionary i know!!! We had over 30 Dancing DJ's come through The Maltings/St Ives all/nighters in the 90's that never got the chance anywhere else! Sean Chapman I think came via that route when he returned after years being away!x....and it worked from the stage and among the Soulies on the floor too!! As Shifty sez...they were awesome nights...because it was all done for the same reason....to enjoy...no bo**ox!!!x I had a list of over 40 DJ's and Soul Club promoters wanting a craic at its peak!! 800+ were piling in....for a 'party'...with proper music and no yaya pass the Moet mallarkey!!x Personally...as a punter...I don't care who is playing or what everyone else is doing....if a tune gets me...i'm dancing....alone if necessary !! It's never been an issue for me as to what to play or how/when to play it. It's 'natural' for me to just get up there...dunno why...!....I was born like it! But...Len's approach to think about it...in measure...is a good thing for all to do. When flicking thru your tunes...force your ar*e to wobble when looking at whether to take that tune that you like...but aren't sure if everyone else will....and spin it....among the guranteeds!! Have faith in YOUR belief and ability...and passion for the music YOU have invested your money and effort into. That's the key for any DJ. The music is good enuff....I reckon....believe you are...and share it with confidence! I've done that all me life as a DJ....and I look up as i forget they is out there sometimes cos i;m singing or summink.......and the floors full......! Guaranteed!x £1 tune or £1,000....it was 'right' for the moment....and every tune has that moment...make it yours too!x LUV SOOTY X ....I asked all the DJ's and others some other questions that have been pondered/discussed in here. It will make good chat for when it is released...am on it!!!x @@ ~

...'ope your well Mark!!x I see a post of yours 'deleted' t'other day!!hehe!x I missed it!...but good to see ure 'about' still keeping folk moving!!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X

...i'll shut up....and listened to some 'time served' folks views.....as of 10 years ago....taken from the forthcoming DVD....blah blah....but pert for this thread and whacked together for your interest....X....and there's a message for you in there too Russ...!!!x @@ ~ ...........................! LUV SOOTY X

....did his mush frighten yer then when u got there...???!!!hehe!x It's for 'impact'...job done!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X ...there's a message on a vid from some DJ's!!! Go to DJs u want back fred...!x

LEEEE!!! I remember now...and his Dad Steve....both good dancers as well!!x I have seen a Steve Jefferies name on the forum....is that the same one?! Luvly fella and one of the friendly dealers for vinyl at the time and always made time to say hello and have a chat. Super stuff...and it was a pleasure to support and encourage his lad. If you look at the pic Len...it was that very night...and there is Lee with his back to us red stripey jumper...and his Dad is the fella in blue I think!x There's Paul from Northampton at the front left! Now...this night was another 'big' night for a more nervous DJ than Lee!!! His first ever spot at a nighter......found languishing in a den being battered by the North Sea rather than storming the Northern scene North and South as he deserved......so we put it right............and shipped him to where he shudda been.....he went kicking and screaming wiv sweat pouring throughout.....but he flew his flag.....and inspired a whole new wave.......... Shifty's 'launch'!!! Water was running off his arms....amazing!!hehe!x I watched the interview I did with him in 2003 for the DVD in recent weeks whilst editing it...and 10 years after this night....he was still saying it was his most memorable and enjoyable night!x Happy days....and in his excitement....he forgot his name....! Look at the flyer we all signed Len!!! No Shifty on it.....'Alan Neal'...before he got 'faaamuus'!!! Did he send you any dosh or flowers or owt as a fank u Len for giving him a life??? Royalties???? Me neiver......pah.....youffs...!x Perhaps we'll get squillions for the pre famous siggy???!!!x @@ ~ LUV SOOTY X I have always encouraged the young/new coming through in life in whatever subject it may be. Never 'sat' on it as if that or 'we' are 'it'. That's when life get's boring or complacent. The Northern scene has always been about surprise...excitement...a buzz....uplifting....a soulful experience. It was to me. I want to pass that on where possible. Shifty needed encouraging. Nobody was 'bothered' at the time about him...or any of us!! Look at the 1st all nighter we put together.....9 seperate Soul Clubs represented....13 DJ's involved....yet only me...and i think Kev Fev...had been the only ones to have done a spot at a nighter before! I can't remember if this was your first proper A/N either Len??? Several DJ's who came through my 'school of thought' as such will vouch for my approach as the only way forward. Shifty's input in the scene with hindsight along with Len's and others whom I could name who got 'exposure' through our mutual approach has been fantastic....and all there to see and recall. I was not alone in that philosophy. Ady Croasdell...Mick Lyons....Pete who ran Winsford...Richard at The Ritz all had a similar approach....or I would never have had the chance to share my passion and music either with you all. I haven't changed in that philosophy or approach in life. It appears to be paying dividends. Who knows where the next Lee...or Shifty.....is going to come from???.....perhaps this one is on the right track.....and i'm sure he won't mind me publishing it as there is nothing to hide.... received by E-mail this morning...before he left for school...i gather!x ----- Original Message ----- From: ethanjmcdermott@gmail.com To: "sooty@matso.tv" Cc: Sent: Wed, 15 May 2013 06:29:22 +0000 Subject: HELLO SOOTY, this is ethan, I got quite upset when mike said that, as most soulies love having us youngins talk. but that comment that you put on put a smile on my face,i am only on there to put want lists on, and the only reason I commented on that was because it was a feature story.. I have been on soul source since I was 12....... and about the records, that would be amazing just let me know wich ones as I am also going to buy some of soul source and yeah I will definatly play them thanks for that message as it certainly made me smile ---------------------------------------------- I will reply to him personally as from now on it' s our business. But publicly...i'll say this...Ethan...u messed up mate...for yourself!x If u ain't have said about your age....which you should be proud of...then u wouldn't be stuffed!x So...sort your life out....and get 'street wise'! How can you play the music from the Streets...if you ain't got it in your streak??! Urban??? Coooome on. You're different to all your mates b'cos of your music interests i'm sure. HARD CORE. But...you need to carry that positive difference into the rest of your life too! It's different to be among adults at your age.....so u gotta be different to a 13 year old to deal with it!x So no more grassing ureself up....and certainly less of ure attitude towards the mods who have rules to uphold! Yep...those in charge in life could be more friendlier and stuff! But some Policeman...Traffic Wardens...and Teachers ain't 'happy wiv it' either....so you'll come across it mate!x BUT....u invited him into your life....DEAL WITH IT!!!!x I will get an email back to you for when you come back home. No more 'chat' on 'ere ok!x @@ ~ SORTED...X