Davebanks

An absolute Monster at the Torch and now largely forgotten. To me it just explodes excitement. Lots of "northern" very little "soul".

On my way to enjoy my other passion. Bodyboarding at a secret Cornish cove.

Started my NS journey in 1969, built up a sizeable collection then sold it all up. To JM as it happens! Still collecting tracks but now in digital format. But for me the biggest change has been the internet. Any song is just a click away. A far cry from travelling the length of the country to hear a track just once. I enjoy JMs descriptions and usually there is a track new to me or a "b" side I forgot. It's all part of spreading the faith. Dave Banks

Still got my Dunlop green flashes. But how do you dance in them??🤣

Was Eddies my name really played as early as 1973? Suppose it must have if it's in the ad. Could have sworn it was much later. But then my memory like lots on here is not quite as good!

Back in the day (late 60's) at our local youth club we used to do a type of line dance to "Harlem shuffle" ; we thought it was the Harlem shuffle!! Then we did the "Temptation Walk" to the Jackie Lee song, just like the Temps (well nearly). Then someone came back from the Wheel and showed us the true way and our lives changed forever and we never danced in line or with anyone else again.,

If you contact me with an address I will post it to you. No charge. Maybe if you feel able make a donation to a charity. I would have probably donated it to our local air ambulance shop. Dave Banks

Just found this cassette at the back of the cupboard.

From "the Yanks" post on another thread. It's also listed in Manships guide. Others will know more but I think its a fairly common record. Dave Banks

Have been enjoying his version of the Volcanoes Storm Warning on YouTube lately. Filmed at "Daryl's House" and has a nice symmetry as Daryl Hall was at Arctic Records at the time the original was recorded. Seek it out you will not be disappointed. Dave Banks

According to his twitter feed Rose Battistes Hit and Run is one of his favourite tracks. Who knew? My respect for this man has increased enourmously !! Dave Banks

I enjoyed readings Tims story of the Mello Souls discovery and his "take" on it. As one of the old school who started at the Mardi Gras/Torch I have to say I really love the MS. I have not heard it at a nighter but only at home via the net. I think it still sounds magical and so northern. It is certainly in my top ten. Tim is right in that it probably wouldn't have stuck around much if found in the heyday of the 70's, but as a "new" sound found later it packs such a punch. And without a nighter experience it still sounds magical played loud on headphones or in the car. Dave Banks

That version of Stormy is so good, all the more so as Supremes versions of songs tend to be awful. Normally I can't get on with Diana Ross' voice but on this she seems to sing in her normal range and hits the spot. One of my favourites that really surprised me.

Surprised no-one has mentioned the Epitome of Sound double header, gets my vote. Such quality in a complete one off. Doh! meant to put in a plug for the Victors - Hurt/Not only a girl knows - Phillips

When I was young we used to listen to a radio show called workers playtime. Popular tunes played by jobbing musicians and singers and broadcast from a factory canteen. It was popular mainly because the BBC refused to play recorded music. Years later we had those "Top of the Pops" albums on budget labels. Then we had Wigans Ovations sound of Lancashire etc. There is a direct lineage here. Not really an OVO event more like a KFC advert.

Pretty sure the first imports I saw were Motown and Chess stuff in late 60's. Barrett Strong/Little Milton that kind of thing. The first NS/in demand record on import was probably Edwin Starr SOS. That started our search for all things RIC TIC.

Bit late to post , but got this card from my son. Would have liked the record but hey its the thought that counts.🤣

slightly veering off topic............had to have a brain scan in hospital....as they keep you in the chamber for 30 mins and you have to keep still you can take a CD in, they play it for you in the chamber. Bit of a mistake......as minutes into my northern soul compilation comes a voice over the chamber speakers ...."can you keep your feet still..its making your head move" Dave Banks

So at what temperature do we think our precious vinyl records would warp? Obviously you don't want to leave the rarest record in the world on a chip shop counter that would be stupid !!!!!! But seriously do we need to watch were we store our records now that 40C temperatures, in the shade, hit UK? Dave Banks

thanks Paul; now I think about it a bit more I seem to remember one of the top DJ's playing Band of Gold of a carver cut from the album, maybe it was covered up as something else. Dave Banks

For some reason this album popped into my head. I know its not rare and definitely not soul. Seem to recall it was played in some clubs in 1972. I remember scouring Liverpool for a copy and then immediately selling it to a DJ for a 50p mark up. Well 10 bob was a lot of money them days. Anyway does anyone know what particular tracks were played? was it Band of Gold? thanks Dave Banks

I chuckled when I read this, how true. I was one of the 16 yearolds in 1969 that ventured wide eyed into the world of NS. By the time baggy trousers and vests came in we had retreated back into our own small clubs. Baggy trousers and the anything goes type dancing I find embarrassing. NS is still the only music for me and I still get a kick out of listening to new sounds but now this is done on the internet. Each to their own but the original NS movement was built on "cool"; Levis and Ben Shermans and to be really cool your Mum had embroidered the OKeh logo on the pocket. Dave Banks

Well look at Carol Anderson on Whip, what's happened to that? A good record and one I bought from JM for £3 back in the early 80's. But surely its not a £2.5/£3K record now? 2-3 hundred surely? Is there a sudden resurgence in this one despite it being well known for years? Dave Banks

You guys talking about fishing got me to want to post this. A common stingray in the harbour of Morro Jable Fuerteventura, and just a few fish. Dave Banks

A very clever bit of driftwood art on the wall of the villa we've just been staying in in Fuerteventura. Dave Banks