Woodbutcher

Gawd forbid that records that made #1 across most of europe ever get played out at a northern night , that would be barrel-scraping of the lowest order ... Donny bloody Osmond covered it ten years later , if that's not enough to get it sent straight to rare soul Room 101 then nothing is.

Still no response from the "EP" owner then , I thought it unlikely that a scan would appear ...

Just finished the brilliant "Mare of Easttown" , highly recommend this.

A quick forum search for "cover versions" will take you to a myriad of threads on the subject to get you started ... 🙂

Nice story ... But honestly I'd have been mortified if my parents had ever suggested 'escorting' me out on a Friday/Saturday night at 18. It was always a case of "Where you off to this weekend ... ?" , followed by "See you when you get back"... Very different times back in the 70s/80s and I dare say before that.

https://www.raresoulman.co.uk/292326-i-searched-for-soul-and-fiund-the-star-intrepid-tales-of.html

The only niter I remember being disrupted by a "bomb scare" was at the Wirrina in Peterboro' around the same time , early 80's. Some antagonism between the Wirrina and Fleet promoters I believe.

So where's the requested scan of this "real" EP ... ?

I've just started watching "Blackshore" , off to a promising start.

Ted Massey Rare Soul Tapes #1 and #2 are two of the first ones on my page sir ...

"Um um um um ..... " was his only UK Top 40 appearance.

None that I'm looking to get rid of but there's some old'uns on my Mixcloud page , have hundreds more that I haven't got round to digitising yet though. https://www.mixcloud.com/Woodbutcher/uploads/?order=oldest Karl has a few to peruse too on his page as well as his Stafford site ... https://www.mixcloud.com/Chalkster/uploads/?order=oldest

The High Numbers has always made good money , often above this.

Nastily overlaid track , the original sequence knocks that into a cocked hat , might not be "Norvern Soul" enough for the blinkered souls on here but it's classy and no mistake ...

Quick heads-up as to one to avoid ... "I.S.S." One word ... Garbage ...

The type of venues using dated cliched NS bullsh*t like KTF etc , etc ... !

Just finished bingeing on "The Tunnel" , fabulous Anglo-French drama series.

Looks just the same as the "World Championship" at Blackpool ... apart from the fact that the tune and dancing are way better ...

Perhaps the "Soul Staatssicherheit" should also get in touch with the 'Official Norvern Soul Dance Academy" to prevent any possibility of classes being offered in this perverted exhibitionism.

Used to love watching Les Parren and Carole Drinkwater from St Neots/Brampton cutting a rug at St Ives ... Methinks it's about time the "Soul Gestapo" got together and published the definitive set of "Northern Soul Do's and Don'ts" so that the rest of us know exactly what's acceptable ...

According to Discogs , Yes. Under "Sham-Ettes"

A major part of the 'scene' as I remember when getting into it was it's distance from what was 'mainstream'. That mystique and almost secret society feel , queuing up outside clubs waiting for the pissed up casanovas to bugger off at midnight so we could take over until dawn. Now it's been thrust firmly into the spotlight on every mainstream platform that mystique is forever dead , and sadly those pissed up casanovas seem to make up the majority of 'fans' these days , certainly in the soul night department anyway. I just hope 'our scene' survives until the latest bandwagon jumpers get bored and disappear back to whence they came , sooner than later. That way I might get my mojo back and start venturing out again , but for the present there's little appeal unfortunately.

Male/Female/Group ? Fast/Slow ? 60s/70s/80s ?

Women scorned and all that ...

They never trolled me ... they just got arsey and blocked me ... saved me hitting the button ...