Mark R

What an afternoon Ali....... Cheers, Mark R

Are you forgetting Francis Grasso and his 12 hr sets of 45's Ian.......using 2 copies of the same tune to extend them etc....... Cheers, Mark R

Nowt to do with Northern Soul, well not musically maybe but I would draw pleanty of other parallels, but for what it's worth here's my favourite bit of DJ'ing from the last year.........you have to stick with it though....... It's an art form....... in this clip, when the tempo's at a minimum and a bit of echo is used the piano sounds like church bells....a totally different sound/instrument. ...........and with the lighting synched to the music the effect is stunning.........every record can sound a little different each time it's played. ..........stop the crowd, make them think WTF is he doing now.......and then bang........the hands go up and the whistles of appreciation start. Maybe you had to be there.......just an awesome passage of DJ'ing for me.....hopefully I'll witness something to trump this in two weeks time! :-) Cheers, Mark R

Well I've certainly seen DJ Spinna & Co. hotwire their Traktor between sets without interrupting the flow!! Cheers, Mark R

Mate, don't get me started on talc/records. Luckily I don't need to play rarer 7's out much, but when I do I'm always armed with my CD-R's of said tunes in case there's too much talc about!! Anybody that thinks I'm playing valuable records in that atmosphere can fook off, OVO or no OVO!! Same goes for shit equipment with 2p pieces on etc............no way man!! What I can say is that I would never play anything off CD-R that I don't actually own.............that's my own personal rule and not because I'm afraid of what people think! I really struggle with any argument against this! Cheers, Mark R

Regards the reproduction of the sound, I agree with what you are saying up to a point, but if you're going to be that fussy then you need a man on the dance floor side of the decks controlling things, because the sound is ever changing with the dynamics of the room! We used to set up for Soul Purpose, and when we'd done as much as we could I used to say, "anyway, let's tweek it when the rooms full as there's no point spending too long on it as it will all change with people in the room"! And in my experience, you are being extremely optimistic anyway!! LOL Cheers, Mark R

LOL......hardly cheating.......just standard practice! ! Cheers, Mark R

The whole things irrevalent when a scene becomes more obsessed with showing the upcoming record on a big screen to prove it's authenticity, rather than letting the dancers suddenly hear a killer intro. Now that's losing sight of what music was made for........ Cheers, Mark R

It's all largely irrelevant on the Northern scene, but the fact that some can't even cue up to avoid the intro "wind-up" or struggle to keep the levels under control is very relevant anf there's no excuse for that. There's more to it than just putting a rarer record than the next blome on the turntable. Out of interest, do you think the sequencing of records is so important on this scene.....especially the oldies/top 500 side of it?? I've never thought so, but I've only ever been on the dance floor, not behind the decks........ Cheers, Mark R

Not really, I must have overrun Dave! Cheers, Mark R

Not usually in modern rooms they're not.......remember that most new releases are circa 5 mins long....or more!! Cheers, Mark R

Sorry Dave, I just realised I answered this in the events thread thinking the comment was in there! Here's what I put........ "As for the half hour sets we just chose to do it that way to feel it out on the first one. It actually wofked quite well but if we can get the room to take off and really bounce we would approach it differently I'm sure." Cheers, Mark R

Ahhh, nice one Dave, I'd completely forgotten about this! I'll never find it though!! Cheers, Mark R

Terribly sad news...........hard to take in really. The words legend and pioneer are over used, but are very appropriate here. A very sad day! R.I.P. Frankie Knuckles Mark R

Hi all, don't tend to bother with playlist so much these days, but am making an exception here because a few folk inquired about some of the tunes I played..........lots of well known stuff but a handful in there not so.............. 10:00pm — 10:30pm Kenny Thomas - Turn It Up Aretha - One Step (Featurecast Re-Edit) Cookin' On 3 Burners feat. Kylie Auldist - This Girl Joi Cardwell feat. GTO - Turn On The Music Teddy Douglas feat. Marcell Russell - Only A Fool (Teddy Douglas Classic Soul 12" Extended Version) Kenny Dope & Raheem DeVaughn feat. Rhymefest - Final Call (Kenny Dope House Mix) 11:30pm — 12:00am Lenny Fontana pres. Black Sun - Spread Love (Classic Vocal Mix) Ben Westbeech - Something For The Weekend Gregory Porter - 1960 What? (Opolopo Kick & Bass Rerub) The Five Corners Quintet - Three Corners (Nicola Conte Sahib's Samba Version) Mario Biondi and The High Five Quintet - This Is What You Are R. Kelly - Share My Love 1:00am — 1:30am Regrooved feat. Lisa Taylor & DaPaul Phillips - Stand Tall (Woman) Tracy Hamlin - Never Too Much (DJ Spen Authentic Funk Remix) Charity Lockhart - Live To Love Natasha Watts - Good Love Elbowed-Out feat. Denis Wilcox - Things Are Changing Norman Hutchins - I Really Love You Cheers, Mark R

I bought 2 many years ago for 50p each!!! Kept one and sold t'other at a tenner! Oh well..... Cheers, Mark R

Blimey, Quinn Golden Ecko 7".....never seen that, though I must have the track as I have all of his albums, though the only vinyl one is his debut on Traction. Great artist! Cheers, Mark R

Hold 'em up to the light and it's easy to tell......the 2nd is translucent! ! Cheers, Mark R

They have nothing in common except a title and the fact that apparently someone put them together on a Youtube video!! So, I'm pretty sure there is nothing wrong with your hearing Steve! Cheers, Mark R

Immense! Cheers, Mark R

Hi Russ, Funny thing is, I'd need to be desperate for cash to get rid of mine as the label is just toooo pretty!! Cheers, Mark R

I must admit that at times like this Keb's quote from C4 "Chasing Rainbows" (Stafford) rings in my ears............" I wasn't born a purist, ken?" Cheers, Mark R

Some list............. Cheers, Mark R

Today we air the sets from Neil Self & Mark Randle recorded from The Prestatyn Soul Weekender, show time is 2pm on Starpoint Radio.com Cheers, Mark R

Oh well, must have missed that Pete.......not surprised it's already been done! Cheers, Mark R