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OMG I pissed myself laughing reading that Ah, memories of Champion The Wonder Horse; The Littlest Hobo and of course the classic White horses have come flooding back to me! On subject of the C/U, I'm afraid it's a a huge pile of dreary dross and certainly not Northern or Soul in any shape or form, and I speak as a lover of Brit Soul!!!! Having said that I've seen similar dirge listed going for equally high prices, at least it will distract from the BBC debate raging elsewhere.

Hi Alison, would that be the documentary film leading up to the launch of his first album? If it is it's fantastic! Truly inspiring given his life experiences.

Your spot on Pete and I did in fact go out last night - will let you all know how that went once I get out of surgery

Agree with you on this Steve, take it as it was and it was OK, we are NEVER going to get a programme that covers the myriad of diversity that the scene is unless it's a 13 week 2 hr series which, as we all know only too well, will still be ripped apart on these forums for missing something, not covering XYZ etc etc. Lifes too bloody short, just enjoy whatever elements of the scene you are into and carry on

All I know is that the US release is Palomar and Marvins wife was Ann Heywood of 'Crook his little finger' fame Boston might have been a bootleg to cater for the Popcorn scene demand as this toon is a classic inn that scene

er, google the term Northern Soul - 50,000,000 plus hits. We anit that underground anymore

Surprised theres enough room with all the baggies and circle skirts! (joke!) I'll get my hat

Think they still are and yes I was a repeat customer you silver haired fox you x But in my defence I've gone up from my original waist size of 26" for my first pair to my current 33/34", so thats my excuse, I needed to re-order those Bowies and baggies.

Is Channel 4 yoof controller still the genius Stuart Cosgrove? He may be the man to ask given he's more than familar with the scene and still holds a fond place in my heart for his excellent articles and reviews on Northern

Richard & Elaine and still in business I think today selling golf plus4's, lovely guys, nothing too much trouble even when you gave them a detailed breakdown on exactly how many buttons, flaps or fish weights were to be sewn into the bottom of your flares. Now that was customer service (in case your wondering, weights helped your bags get a perfect look whilst spinning outwards)

Caddyshack the film, cult classic, released a dancing Gopher doll as thats' what everyone remembers from the film and when placed next to Ady at the Dome (I think) they had exactly the same shuffling dance style; priceless As for Horace not Ady; was this the first ever 100 Club cover-up then pmsl x

Does Ady still dance like the gopher doll from Caddyshack? I placed it next to him one night at a London 'Do' whilst he was hitting the floor and bugger me they danced one and the same!!!! I still dont think he's forgiven me, if he remembers at all LOL. If you like I still have a pic of Ady in vest, headband and RIGHT ON salute I can mail to you so you can at least prep yourself for future sightings? I'll get my tin hat now!!

Last time I spoke with Elaine she was trying to sort out the distributors from cutting out a major chunk of the film central to the experience, namely the move from youth club to soul night to allnighters, hence the delay. I support her fully, better to have the film as you want it and a little delayed rather than releasing something with all the balls cut off! Not sure if it's going to be a mainstream release or not, who cares! This looks set to be the best film on the subject to date so I'm looking forward to it.

Those were 20 pleat 'Bowies' which most of us around here wore throughout the 80's along with baggies when we felt like it. As is SOOOOOOOO obvious, not because they were cool or fashionable (clearly not) but because they were great to dance in, full stop. Like a threadbare old pair of fave slippers you refuse to get rid of, they just felt right when dancing, much like my 22 year old dancing shoes which are, by my own admission f**ked visually and held together by spit, tape and a prayer! However without them I can't move as freely and I'm too old to break another pair in over 20+ years, lol.

Gave it a 4. As has been said 30 mins to cover the myriad of diversity (thats not the dance group btw) that is the Northern/Modern Soul Scene is never going to be enough and your simply not going to tick everyones boxes and keep all happy. FFS just look at the weekly rants that go on here, it anit going to happen. I got into Northern back in the late 70's and for me one of the biggest things, outside of the music obviously and the friendship etc, was the fact that as long as you loved the music who gave a f**k what you wore! I remember baggies and vests (me for a time) alongside circle skirts, rockabilly's (not Keb lol) skinheads, Mods, the odd Hippy (where is Sid Whitworth now?) soulboys and jazz funkers all in the same venue and none of us went up to the other to have a go about their sartorial elegance. All there for the SOUL! The programme did very well in the time given and if it gets some new blood into the scene then great because we aren't that relevant anymore in the world of Spotify, MP3's and downloads etc. Thought Paul came across very well (loved him spinning in various locations across the world, nice touch) and Elaine was fantastic, summed up that feeling of euphoria on the dancefloor, that collective heartbeat brilliantly.

Well put Steve as usual you silver fox you x I hear a lot about Stafford etc but very little about what it was really like being part of the Sixties Newies movement of the time, or the Modern Scene. Stafford was hated by a large percentage of the scene wanting Oldies only, Guy and Keb banned from venues, the usual civil war and arguments on the way forward etc etc. If you read posts about Stafford now it gives the impression it was all great and rosey and there was no bitter in-fighting. I can tell you from experience it was hard to be in the 6Ts Mafia! As for todays scene the problem is we are older, have commitments, life gets in the way and the price of petrol etc makes it very prohibitive to travel from Thursday to Sunday in search of soul. Steve is right, a lot of the passion has gone from the majority, it's hardly an underground scene anymore when you can type the words NORTHERN SOUL into google and get several million hits!

and fun is what its all about today as most sounds are known, at least to someone, and I've lost count of records played at clubs or listed recently as cover-up or 'new discovery' that are old Stafford or Morecambe spins from the 80's etc. That said I have fallen foul to the devilish Big Jacko who handed me a toon to spin covered up at our local Sunday Nite Soul Session in Hitchin in the 80s, claiming it was a Guy Hennigan MONSTER that he'd got the night before at Stafford and I gave it the big intro, everybody waiting for the burst of a new Sixties Newie to send them into delirious dancefloor delight only to be greeted by the opening bars of 'The Birdie Song!' - cue much laughter and pints being thrown my way!!!! Total bastard lol but genius

I always liked the 70s LP track version that John Vincent used to spin at the end of the 70's/early 80's and whose name has completely escaped now that I'm typing!

Now thats a toon! Reminds me of Pyramid vocally, that deep tone which gets you by the balls and says LISTEN SUCKER! I'm going to have to dig thru the racks and get my old copy out gain, thanks Mark :-)

Barbara Lynn at Fleetwood (I think, memorys going) was a belter! Major Lance in Stoke in the 80's was another great one, he was and still is my hero, the first man I ever collected everything on with a religious zeal, walking from Burton to Stoke to see him and had the joy of meeting him at the venue after, chatting and sharing stories. He took time out and made me feel as though he was generally interested and happy to talk to me. A top man who didnt disappoint either in performance or person. Edwin Starr always at the top of the tree as far as I'm concerned too. ( 1Direction live at the O2 a few months back with my daughter was ........ I'll get my coat x)

Features on the CD just released No Boundaries compiled by Colin along with a shed load of other great TOOOOOOONS! Always loved this track, spun at the jazz rooms I've attended over the years in Camden too.

The Olivettes featured former Ikettes Frances Hodges and Sandra Harding (aka Sandy Harrell) who used to back Oliver Sain after Frances became pregnant. Not sure who the 3rd member was yet. Quick google search reveals that Sandy and Ann Olivette were background vocals on Fontella Bass songs whilst Oliver was arranging and playing on them so this may be the original line-up of the group. He did recruit local talent throughout the area to handle background vocals.

I remember thinking at the time that Robin's adulation of Soul Sam was going too far when he started to look and dress like him!!! I'll get my hat

I remember Robin spinning this at Stafford and making a dive for the decks to see what it was, not sure if he was the first to give it a push but he was certainly the man I associate with it - along with a load of other Modern TOONS at the time. Him, Soul Sam and Adam, to name but 3, completely changed my musical tastes and I embraced the newer soul sounds and 70's alongside Sixties newies etc. Never did convince Soul Sam that R&B was great though :-)