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Funny at the time story - Friday Oldies night coach from Aldershot went to Newbury bus station probably to pick gear up on the way and a few people - on gets a few soulies and a tramp, he’s worse for wear ok and merry and thinks we’re going somewhere he wants to go - some hours later we stopped off at Birmingham Hilton M6 - where he got off and we left him there -👏🏻👏🏻🤣😂 well it was funny at the time

Just a quick side story it’s 1976/77 got the Wigan Friday oldies coach from Aldershot - so we’re travelling back Saturday morning M6 or M1 back south - we stop off at a service station - we’re all coming down / still chewing / staring - all of a sudden about 15 blokes appear from the entrance which was via the over head bridge - There Newcastle going somewhere and they saw our coach and thought we were another football firm going to another game - all a bit tense until someone goes in a Gordie accent “ there ok there soulies” 🤣😂🤣 happy times

In the early days 75 to 79 jumped trains to Wigan from Euston by hiding between the seat backs usually end up covered in dust / dirt seemed fun going coming back an effing nightmare - if you got caught always give another persons name / usually a mate 🤣😂 Hitched it / stole cars / jumped taxis / borrowed you’re mates mums car / didn’t care as long as you got there - win win 👍🏻 only got caught once driving a mk 1 Cortina after Loughborough town hall all nighter on the M1 not my car no licence no insurance - gave them a false name then had to hand myself in 👍🏻

KGB Sheffield - it was a full time dance (take ur kids there) centre although those full walled mirrors did ur head in - as that person was always staring back at you - 😳

Factionalism refers to arguments or disputes between two or more small groups from within a larger group. There has been a substantial amount of factionalism within the movement. It might be my age my ill spent youth - or simply am thick - but I’ve never come across this word before and am only 61 - and if I ain’t am sure there’s a few more out there - years ago when people used words like this, they generally were educated- which means they were posh - hence these words were know as “posh words“ 🤔👍🏻👍🏻

I remember Kenny Burrell when he had “Do I Love You” - chaining his record box to a speaker stand foot on the stage - the chain was like a motorbike chain massive - what he didn’t realise was that you just needed to tip the speaker back and the leg would come up which meant you could have slipped the chain out.

Just thought I’ll drop in an old story from back in the day about 76 - The story goes like this, in the oldies room at StIves all-nighter or the correct name was the theatre- there was a DJ from Kettering I believe called Brillo - he apparently gets caught with seeing another woman - his missus finds out and takes all his records inc TheTomangoes to the local charity shop - never knew if the story was true however never saw Brillo DJ again ?

Got this back from Timmy Bryant after I asked who was in the line up Great! Thank you so much! Currently the JB's are Frank Bryant and Jimmy's Son Tim Bryant (other members are interchangeable depending on location of shows). Thanks again! Lets stay in touch! Cheers!

Got this sent through so thought I would share it On Monday, February 10, 2020, njdaddy63 . <timbmuzic@gmail.com> wrote: Hi, I'm the manager for the Just Brothers who made the Northern Soul hit song Sliced Tomatoes. Please contact me to let me know if you would like to have them perform at your venue. Thanks Timmy Bryant (973) 816-3597

last ever soul night? soul music is a passion, it’s emotional - it will always move people - so I guess the answer is when civilisation ends

Hand clapping 👏🏻 60:02 Peggy March - If You Loved Me [RCA Victor] Packed night - I went to Bisley the Friday night before and someone had a ticket who couldn’t go - deffo to much gear that weekend lol

I can’t change - Just about sums up the terminology Northern Soul - you were recognised for you’re music, loved and more importantly respected in the UK - RIP

Russ - great info you’ve really gone into a number, just one Question - where’s Scotland on the list - lol ok that was only a joke sorry for my childish humour

Mike 4,605 Posted October 17, 2004 Following was posted up in motown legends news article in news/articles section - thought may be of interest, not sure how well known but so what. More of his bio can be found at soul weekenders site visit site and of course can catch him performing at the Motown Legends weekender Brief soundbite of Ritchie Pitts bio from site Born in Brooklyn N.Y. Richie's path to fame in the soul world started in the famous New York group The Velours who had several U.S. hits over the late 50's and mid '60's. they also recorded the sought after Northern Soul 45 "I'm gonna change" Around 1967 the Velours were invited to tour England. On arrival here they found they were being billed as The Fabulous Temptations ! However they carried on with the tour of emerging soul clubs like The Twisted Wheel in Manchester, Clouds in Derby and The Mojo in Sheffield where they went down a storm often doing 2 or 3 shows a night. It was at the Mojo where Richie met a young Pete Stringfellow who suggested the group change their name to The Fantastics. On their second tour of the U.K. they came back as The Fantastics and went down a storm and decided to stay !

Did a half hour spot - 10:30 - 11:00 last year, took 8 records 👍🏻 don’t do double decking.

Found my old one I sold June 2013 for £200 didn’t realise it was a demo till this thread - am sure someone said it was made in Canada ?

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My copy was an issue same as the Orange one above styrene - and if I remember correctly made in Canada

If you click on the link below it has Numerous comments ref blue eyed soul - however one thing I certainly didn’t know was R&B replaced the term used at the time “race music” Mike ErricoJuly 11, 2016 Interpretations of “blue,” as in “sad,” date as far back as 1385, and Chaucer’s poem, The Complaint of Mars. In the late 1940s, Jerry Wexler, a white Billboard writer who later became a partner at Atlantic records, coined the term “Rhythm and Blues,” or “R&B,” to replace the then-used term “race music.” In effect, R&B became a blanket genre for black artists, and the convention has largely remained today. https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2016/07/08/blue-eyed-soul-hate-phrase/

mid 60ts 64/65 Blue-eyed soul (also known as white soul) is rhythm and blues and soul music performed by white artists. The term was coined in the mid-1960s, to describe white artists who performed soul and R&B that was similar to the music of the Motown and Stax record labels. https://en.m.wikipedia.org › wiki

In these present times of apparently - doom and gloom - just thought I would put this up and remind those who went what a major effect it had on our lives - as well as the good times in those "who gives a F%$K years" of growing up - I started to go to the Casnio in 75 till the end, so cant say I was there at the beginning - but thanks for the memories. Wigan Casino was the name of the last incarnation of a Wigan ballroom called the Empress. Local DJ Russ Winstanley and Wigan Casino manager Mike Walker approached lease owner Gerry Marshall to run all-nighters. Walker brought Winstanley, who had a DJ set at the local rugby club, to the Casino Club. At 2am on Sunday 23 September 1973, Wigan Casino started its first ever Northern soul all-nighter, with Winstanley as the DJ. After Winstanley and his helper Ian Fishwick, Kev Roberts was the third DJ at Casino all-nighters, who was quickly joined by Richard Searling[3] Soul performers that performed there include Jackie Wilson, Edwin Starr and Junior Walker. Young people from all over the UK regularly attended Wigan Casino to hear the latest northern soul artists and to dance. There were long queues to get in. The second dance floor, Mr M's, stayed open until 06:00 and played oldies songs from a variety of DJs including Dave Evison and Steve Whittle. All-nighters generally ended with three songs that became known as the '3 before 8': "Time Will Pass You By" by Tobi Legend, "Long After Tonight Is All Over" by Jimmy Radcliffe, and "I'm on My Way" by Dean Parrish. Parrish is still active on the Northern soul circuit. Wigan Casino's 500th all-nighter was held on Saturday 16 May 1981, from 12:00 to 08:00. Wigan Council owned the building and wanted to extend the nearby Civic Centre, but short of funding, it never went ahead.[citation needed] The club closed on 6 December 1981; that final night of Wigan Casino in its Northern soul state was DJ'd by Winstanley, and the '3 before 8' were played three times consecutively at the end of the night. The crowd refused to leave; according to Winstanley, to "break this spell of hysteria", he picked a 7" at random from his box and played that. This final Wigan Casino song became one of the most famous Northern soul songs of all time, Frank Wilson's "Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)".[citation needed] Annual reunions are held in Wigan hosted by the original DJs.

Classic Motown Northern sound - never understood why is midtempo dancer with great spinning and clapping sections was never played out more - late 60ts early 70ts classic soul - smokey at his best

Tempest - I had to add this so you have Russ knocking out pressings being advertised - and RS asking for it to be curtailed in the same article 😂😂 - well it made me smile

Casino - when the first 5 seconds kick in - not rare some would say nota particularly good tune - you had to be there - outstanding