Patto

Thanks for That Soulman and Peter99 i don't know what came over me first time i have mentioned that cleggy night to anyone feeling a tad reflective tonight for some reason

Love these kind of threads a bit of sentiment does you good now and then.Remember back in 1997 Easter Bank Holiday At the sorely missed Cleethorpes Winter Gardens.My wife Bev had only a week left till the Birth Of our only Daughter Jess.I didn't want to go to the night but Bev insisted i didn't miss one of my fave venues.So off i went and travelling down the M180 to Cleggy the incredible sight of the Halle Bop comet was in full view all the way.Full of stress and Worry about Bev i couldn't really get into the night until late on Roger Banks introduced a record i had never heard before.The tune was No One Could Love You More by Gladys Knight & The Pips.As the record started building i jumped onto the floor and started to dance. the track captured perfectly the feelings i had at the time and all i could think about was Bev back home.At the end of the record i said my farewells to mates and hit the road back home.The Comet was even brighter and lit the sky as i put my foot down Gladys playing over and over in my Head.Got home Bev looked and smiled "your back early"she said rubbing her Bump."Crap night " i replied just as an excuse.Three Days later Jess Arrived and changed our lives.One Month Later i had secured an original UK motown copy of No One Could Love You More,and whenever i hear that record it takes me back to that Halle Bop Night.Oh and just in case your thinking this over sentimental stuff ment he never went out again Two momths later Bev was giving me Daggers as i set off for the Keele all-nighter leaving her up to the neck in nappies.Dam ive spoilt the tale now. Just to Wind up Another great Soul night experience came 15 years later this year at the Bridlington Weekender when Me and Bev were accompanied for the first time by my Daughter Jess,and to say i was proud when she danced at the side of me is the biggest understatement ever.

I made the point that the Word Stomping was also used to describe a style of Dancing to pounding uptempo Soul,i'm not trying to redefine anything to suit my preferences just stating how things were for me.I'm sure most people my age will be familiar with seeing this style of Dancing performed to records like The Champion,So Is The Sun,Psychadelic Soul,etc.Later on the style was modified with a bit more footwork and used to dance to the 70s uptempo numbers already highlighted in the thread.These uptempo 70s records in my opinion have just as much relevence on the Northern Soul Scene as say The Jewels.Why pigeon hole the word stomper surely there can be 60s stompers and 70s stompers Not got a clue what your Fat old bald men comment is about but i know many who would still love to be able to Stomp like they used to to at Clfton Hall to Janice.All i wanted to do mate was talk about RECORDS and the fact that at a lot of soul nights nowadays the 70s danceable stuff is overlooked and its a shame.I would love to hear the odd few thrown in to playlists just to remind us of how good some of em still sound out loud

Thanks for that so the shop is still there managed by his son.I've had the turntable for a few years now and often wondered about the label on its front,sorry for my ignorance about the Manchester scene I'm a Donny lad.

Hi I have an old Soundlab DL P1R turmtable bearing a sticker label JOHNNY ROADHOUSE MUSIC,123 OXFORD ROAD MANCHESTER.Can anyone tell me about this shop and the years it existed just curious.Also the Slip Mat is marked up as H.W Audio Bolton. Cheers--Patto

Love that Irene & the Scotts Track just discovered it for myself when i flipped the record over nice playlist

So many great ones the intros are often the difference between a good Northern Soul Record and one that gains legendary status.Another two i love are both by Edward Hamilton & the Arabians,the explosive drums intro to I'M GONNA LOVE LOVE YOU,and the great lead into BABY DON'T YOU WEEP

Always think that the greatest Northern Soul tracks are the ones with Brill intros that call you to dancefloor action.Off the top of my head Four Perfections--I'm Not Strong Enough Dee Dee Sharp---What Kind of Lady Younghearts--A Little Togetherness Precisions---If This Is Love Jades---I'm Where Its At and who can forget the Horn intro to Nobody But Me--Human Beinz

Exactly the type of record i'm talking about at the moment on my Cleggy /Clifton/Mecca thread,but would the oldies crowd take to it thats the question

My point on this is that if you go to a northern Soul night you don't hear many of these 70s sounds as they are getting pushed aside in favour of 60s classics and R&B.I love my oldies but also love to hear a cross section of tunes that i equally remember from my early days late 70s early 80s.Some more examples from my Box.

Nice ones there mate,Love the Bits N Pieces a great cleethorpes sound

As You say the word stomper was originally tagged to the 100mph pounding oldies.But later the term was used to describe a style of dancing, a sort of fast feet shuffell done to records of the right tempo and frequently seen performed to the 70s sounds in my first post.

Deliberately kept it broad to get responses and set off with well known tunes for the same reason.Don't want to get bogged down with dogmatic stuff just looking for the uptempo 70s records that seem to be underthreat of being excluded from soul nights.But basically talking about Late Wigan/Mecca/Cleethorpes Winter Gardens stuff that went on to be played at Clifton Hall,so 1977-85 ish period.If you own it post it and lets be reminded of the high speed feet shuffellers

This thread may sink or swim but i just love talking about my records and other peoples records.So here is the concept i'm looking for 1/ All records from your own collections and all original UK or US releases 2/ 10 choices of records 3/ UPTEMPO BLACKPOOL MECCA/CLEETHORPES/CLIFTON HALL SOUNDS 70s stompers seem to be resented by the oldies crowd but were a major part of the scene at all the legendary venues.They were difficult to dance to and took skill and youthfull energy maybe why they are passed over nowadays as we all nurse our bad backs and knackered knees.But you dont see many of the young uns dancing to them either.Its almost as if they are being rubbed out of the present soul night scene.So lets see your record lists of your fave shufflers and 7os stompers Lets have no infighting about what sounds were played where first,generally looking for the tracks in your collections that are associated with these venues.The records you select can be well known or underplayed,common or scarce,big money or cheepies.They must be its up to you as long as you own em.So 20 records to pick which represent a great of the Northern scene should be interesting if anyone still likes talking about records anymore we will see.I will kick off the proceedings with my offerings. All mine are well known and were massive plays back in the day

So does no-one else like the Corvairs then,must just be me,oh well still love my Colombia issue,sounds great played loud.

Nice copy wanted please cash waiting for a fair priced copy,please PM me with any for sale Thanks Patto SORTED NOW THANKS

What do you think about the Corvairs then Pete,To me its more Northern Soul than the others,more frantic with a more driven beat.Funny how this thread has just re-activated itself after i first started it almost 2 years ago

Yes Crown jewels coz thats what they are and i do remember them just like i remember lots of great stuff during my 40 plus years on the soul scene.Yes I'm On My Way is in my opinion also a classic along with Jimmy Radcliffe.They are not what i like to hear out these days as i prefere to hear stuff away from the same old oldies.However you can't understate the esteme that Tobi Legend is held in by Northern Soul fans its a slab of vinyl royalty.Yes there was some real crap played at the Casino but the 3 before 8 are not in the same league as Tommy Hunt with respect.Each to their own opinions mate not worth argueing about but just thought that your description of Tobi Legend as contrived and over-emotional was strange and an opinion i have never heard before.What would have been your ideal nighter ender out of interest.

How is it possible for a soul record to be over-emotional,thats what the music is all about.Superb record seen it reduce men to tears and played at many a soulies funeral.Like it or not T.W P Y B and the other 2 of the 3 before 8 are Northern Souls crown Jewels.Also to compare it to Love Bandit is like Comparing Barcelona F.C to Accrington Stanley

Thanks Stevie but its deffo the one Pete found i'm after.Have e mailed him for a copy.I have read Reg's book and enjoyed it .

Pete your a star thats the one mate,and thanks to all the other recommendations,read most of em already but love to hear peoples own raw stories and This book looks about right

Sound about right Pete looked like a good read ANYONE Know who it is,Sure it was on here but i can't find it

Some time ago i'm sure i saw a post on here refere to a Privately Published book about a soul mans Northern Soul experiences back in the day.I am trying to get a good hoiday read sorted so can anyone shed any light on the Book and author please. Or even recommend any other good reads about life on the scene. Thanks Patto

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