Chris L

This is a Bond Mark G reckon you'd get a bout 46 NS fans in this

The 1st car we ever went to a Northern Soul venue was a Ford Popular, only had three gears and lorries were overtaking us. It had those vacuum driven windscreen wipers that used to slow down when going up a hill It took so long to get from south London to Blackpool we took in turns to sleep on the back seat Chris L

Me too, when I win £20+ million on the lottery I will open a big house in the country where "oldies" can come for weekends for free to dance to oldies all weekend long................... Chris L

Jake The best of all is the one on the inside of the Torch CD from Goldmine, your father in his prime doing what he did best DJ-ing at a Northern Soul venue. If you contact Paul Donnelly he's made a CD from a tape I have of your dad performing at the Torch circa Oct 1972. Good luck Chris L

He was indeed a real character and it's lovely people are still talking about him. A super DJ in spite of the fact he had no or little records he seemed to come alive (more than usual) on stage, Martyn was always destined to go out with a bang. Gone but not forgotten.................... Chris L

It was the Agincourt, right on the A30.......... Chris L

I found going to the bogs the most scary thing of the whole night The 1st I went I saw teeth marks on one of the wooden doors But nothing, I mean nothing beats coming out at 08.00am in the morning wondering just what the freck had gone on the last 10 hours Chris L

If I'm not mistaken there's a slower version of "A little togetherness" on their album. The Younghearts circa 1970s - looking cool.

When selling a record and putting in the description "West Coast issue from the Monarch Pressing Plant" guarantees it the kiss of death............. Chris L

I was wondering if there is a website that gives the total sales of UK issued CDs ? Something that's available to the public maybe ? Any info most grateful, many thanks. Chris L

There was an all-dayer somewhere, I went once, thing was we had such a long drive back to south London in some rather dodgy cars we couldn't risk leaving too late for fear of having to drive in the dark Chris L

Yes Barry you're right and just where do you draw the line ? You wanna play Eddie Spencer ? Does it HAVE to be on Canadian ARC or on a UK release, after all the UK release isn't a boot, you could argue it's an original, I suspect the real reason has far more to de with being snobbish, that's always been on the scene. Right it's 06.58 it's cold time for some porridge..................

I think mine was Doris Troy but I can't be sure, there for Edwin Starr though

No sure Mike where I could be accused of being a Soul Copper with this text : "Generally speaking the scene is a pretty mature one, if possible one should play original vinyl at a venue however it's hardly a hanging offence if the odd pressing gets played here or there (like those unreleased Motown tracks). The vocal minority that posts on this forum (aka The Soul Police) are no way representative of the NS scene at large in fact most have their heads so far up their ar**s you can see their tongues sticking out of their bellybuttons." No enforcing on my part - maybe you read into it something else ??

You're welcome now go back to sleep.....................

I guess H-D-H come out top, Tom Bell is up there with the best of them too.......

Generally speaking the scene is a pretty mature one, if possible one should play original vinyl at a venue however it's hardly a hanging offence if the odd pressing gets played here or there (like those unreleased Motown tracks). The vocal minority that posts on this forum (aka The Soul Police) are no way representative of the NS scene at large in fact most have their heads so far up their ar**s you can see their tongues sticking out of their bellybuttons.

Dave Evison played this at Stoke, meethinks in March, can't be sure which date but he did play it, it went down quite well, probably the most expensive record Dave owns Chris L

Julian Bentley is a Yorkshire Pudding Man , and a great DJ to boot.......................he's on this forum.

I like it to, it's not a question of preferring one version or the other but this one is GOOD.......... Chris L

It's a bit of a duffer Chalky, surely you have better taste than that ?

Only 3 days to go...................

Check out item nr 260313136482 - You Should 'O Held On - MINT demo 100% original listed tonight starting at $4.99 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Clears the floor at most places anyway.................

Lorenzo Manley - Swoop down on you Olympics - Same old thing Jimmy Thomas - Where there's a will Richard Temple - That beatin' rythmn The Festivals - Music Little Richard - Don't want to discuss it Rose Batiste - Hit & Run (although to be fair Ian Levine had already brought it to the Wheel) Chris L