Chilli

Unfortunately I missed The Prisoners release, as I'm a massive fan. Saw them at the Assembly Rooms in Rotherham around 1985/86, and it's probably the best gig I've been to. I'm looking out for a copy but don't expect to get one any time soon, certainly not at a price I'd be happy to pay, but that's the joy of record collecting!!

It sounds like we're cut from the same cloth, Gaz. My musical tastes, and record collection, cover the same genres, with the addition of the Mod revival period from 1979-1988ish (which I'm sure many on here wouldn't have the time of day for, understandably). As Dobber said, record buying can go through different phases, but mine are usually determined by what I'm liking at a particular time, not necessarily what is current or in-demand. My purchases are purely for home listening, so why should I buy something for someone else's taste, which DJ's sometimes have to do. Today, for example, I've had 4 7' singles drop through my letterbox: Dave Anthony's Moods EP (Acid Jazz), The Maytals - Pain In My Belly (Prince Buster); The Maytals - Dog War (Prince Buster), and Small Faces/Rod Stewart & PP Arnold - Don't Burst My Bubble/Come Home Baby (Immediate - taken from the Immediate 3-CD Mod Box Set). Later this week I'm expecting deliveries of Little Milton - More and More (Checker); Bobby Bland - Good Time Charlie and Turn On Your Lovelight (both Duke), and Bobby Marchan - Get Down With It (Dial). None of these are particularly rare or expensive (except Dog War, also known as Broadway Jungle on Island), but all of them except the Dave Anthony's Moods are tracks that I've heard out at different types of venues over the years and which have struck a chord with me, so to speak.

Ray Barretto- Mercy, Mercy Baby/Soul Drummers

Was it Steve Smith, the Scottish dj who used to dj at Clifton Hall. I could never understand a word he said, but loved his enthusiasm and energy. Then he'd put a record on a scratch it half way down 😂. Used to love him.

I think it does have limited print run, however I understand it's on it's third reprint so far

You're probably already aware of this, but Newcastle stalwarts Jools and Paul Donnelly have recently published a book covering the Club a'Gogo and Mod scene in 60s Newcastle. I've not bought a copy but I've heard good reports about it. Further details here for anyone interested - https://www.clubagogo.co.uk/

I think it's also important to think about the wider record buying public. Many on here are longstanding collectors and/or DJs on the scene and will often want the very best graded vinyl they can afford. Outside of this relatively small bubble is a larger market of people who have no interest in DJing and can't really afford a mint version and just want to own a record to be able to play it at home. Yes, they can buy boots, CDs or even download some tracks, but there's still a large group of people who want to collect original vinyl just for home listening but don't necessarily need it to be mint. I fall into this bracket. I'd love to own mint versions of all the tracks I want to own, but I know I can't afford it, so as long as a record is still playable to a reasonable quality, I'd consider paying a much reduced price to be able to play a record on original vinyl on my home system.

Mark, Sorry if this is a silly question, but are all the 14 parts you've previously posted all extracts from the book that appears in the photo? Cheers.

Pow Wow in Sheffield had a great vibe, in both of the venues that I can remember going to. Remember going to an after-party at Club 60, which is basically an illegal drinking establishment (no license) in a downstairs cellar which you could only get to through a printing shop 🤫. The cellar was not in the best of upkeep and looked like what I can only imagine the Cavern in Liverpool would have been like in the 60s. Absolutely brilliant vibe in there; the only problem being I had to leave at about 5am to get home to take the son to play football on the Sunday morning 😴.

My first NS event was Clifton Hall, and i was always too scared to go up to a DJ to make a request (I was only about 15/16 at the time and didn't really know the names of most records). So a couple of years later I was at a local soul do and plucked up the courage to ask for 'Jodie's got to turn and go'. The DJ just looked at me, smiled that knowing smile, and said 'Yeah, I've got that'; turned to his DJ box and pulled out said record to show me. Safe to say, after that I knew what the record was really called and who it was by 😁.

And a brilliant book it is too. I can't recommend it enough for anyone with even a slight interest in 1960s music.

I agree with your sentiment, however this and more is covered in Paul 'Smiler' Anderson's book 'Mods: The New Religion', where there's a wealth of clippings, membership cards, record scans, etc copied within, plus it's a fantastic read about the 60's Mod/early Soul scene around the country. Thankfully it's not just London-centric (though obviously there's a lot of focus on London and it's clubs), with scenes and clubs in other parts of the country covered. If you've not already got it, stick on your Christmas list; you won't be disappointed!!

Not seen that site before, or those pictures, so thanks for that.

I don't recall anyone within the Mod scene at the time calling it a 'mod revival', that was the work of journalists and the music press of the time, and the name kind of stuck. It's much the same now, where a lazy journalist will use the term 'Northern Soul' and use 'The Snake' as an example of the music. There have been many discussions on here about what that term actually means, and of course it will mean different things to different people, but it's a catch-all term used for easy reference. No problems anyway pal; I agree with you that it's the music that counts. I was just giving a slightly different perspective from someone who was part of the 'mod revival' as opposed to someone else's perception viewing it from the outside.

I agree with that Chalky, though there was, and still is, some overlap. Some Mods, myself included, love soul of most kinds, including 'Northern', but many don't, but there are many tunes that could be, and are, played on both scenes; they are not mutually exclusive.

I think that's a massive generalisation pal. The Mod revival did have its own music (which wouldn't be to many people's tastes on the Soul scene), but what it did do was enable many of the 'revival' Mods to dig deeper into what the original scene was like. So whilst I might agree that the early revivalists might not have had any (much!!) originality, this developed quite quickly with new clothing styles and an appreciation of 'newly' found music becoming much more appreciated and understood. As with all scenes, the revival developed and evolved into something very different from the 1979/80 revival years, and was all the better for it in my opinion.

I can't contribute any photos to this thread, but I've just been looking on the BBC website and seen the article linked below which include some stunning photos of the extreme weather experienced on the south coast last night. I thought some people on here might appreciate them also. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-48688194

and another....

Here's one popular on the Mod scene

This is a great clip on YouTube which shows some of the above dances, and others, being enacted, along with a great sound track. Enjoy

Isn't there footage on YT of some of the RSG dancers doing the block? Sure I've seen it but work won't allow me onto YT so can't check til later. EDIT: managed to find it on my phone 😀. Hope this link works: Can't really see any of the blokes feet to see what they're actually doing, but might give a flavour of their interpretation of the dance.

Whereas I think it's a tremendous record 😀 As someone said earlier, it's horses for courses isn't, if we all enjoyed the same records it would become very boring and monotonous.

Solo - Good Things Come To Those Who Wait Duet with Maxine Brown - Baby Take Me

Yes, Mallinsons was another of the tailors we used to use quite regularly, along with another tailors in darnall who I think is still going strong

George must have been working on Rotherham market for a number of years then because me and a few other mods from Rotherham used to have trousers tailored by george from bout 1984 through to about 1988. Thank god he never got our stuff mixed up with the Miami vice suits he used to sell to the "trendies" of Rotherham!!!