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Behold Brothers&Sisters, that after 3 years I have at last sussed out how to post pictures directly on this site (OK, I still have had to mail one album set to Mike for posting but give me a break!!!) Gaze in awe at the latest Plinston pictures from the Jan 16th event this year in the Users gallery section and feel your moistness grow as you check out the flyer section and the Soulgate N14 flyer. Prepare yourselves for the posting of our latest Trading card celebrating Mssrs Fenn, Welding and Handscombes forthcoming gracing of the Plinston decks and be warned that there will be more pics from the past year that Ive not managed to upload before, due in the main that Soul Sam taught me all I know about computing (!) (This is the man we gave a torch to in The Ghetto! one night and he asked How Do I turn This Thing On then??? God love him :-) ) So, enjoy the pics and all comments of a dubious nature are encouraged....TheBigO -
TheBigO Has Mastered Technology!!! View full article
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PLINSTON NOT ON FRIDAY 19th March!!!!!! View full article
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Seems that the P.O b****ked up our mail out and some people didnt get their notification that the planned Plinston night this Friday 19th March is not on and has been cancelled. Next night is Friday May 7th with Arthur Fenn, Dave Welding and Alan Handscombe. Please spread the word to avoid fellow soulies turning up and dancing to a Jimi Hendrix Tribute band - PLEASE!!!! TheBigO
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SOULGATE RETURNS! View full article
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Great news that Taffy posted re: Soulgate being held on Saturday 26th June 2004 in honour and memory of Randy, and as he had instructed. I know all the Letchworth crew are looking forward to it and I hope that the event is well supported and that we can raise more money for the nominated charities. As always Ive been put in charge of the flyer designs so expect a special Trading Card to be on the look-out for! The DJ line-up is HUGE with many of the scenes TOP DJs pledging their support. Full details will follow Im sure from Taff and from myself with updates etc, so start spreading the news (Old Blue Eyes!) an get your arse down for what I am sure will be a fantastic alldayer - and FREE as well!!! TheBigO
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Ah, it does my old heart good to confirm that the next night at North Herts venue for all things soulful, The Plinston, will be Friday 7th May and will of course be another 3-room packer. The Usual Suspects of Taffy, Nathan, Hammie, Fingers, Soul Sam, Ab, Leon, Kieron and Yours Truly will be joined by 3 tip-top guests: Alan Handsome Handscombe (in both the Main Hall and The Mojo), and both Dave Dracula Welding and Arthur Uncle Fester Fenn (Main Hall and The Ghetto!). The usual mix of forgotten oldies, current monsters and new spins will be the order of the day and as always its an 8pm-2am job. We will be featuring our guests from the cancelled event in March, namely Gene R and Mr Mischief, at a later date for those eager to pay homage as they DJ. Full details will be posted in the events guide shortly so keep em peeled and spread the word. Also keep the March event flyers as they will now be worth something one day :-) Last, and by no means least, the guests will be this months Trading Cards, a special group of 3 being issued in their honour, so keep an eye out for The Plinston Family Trading cards as, and I know your chuffed about this, they will be in a strictly limited number available on the night and at select venues across this land of ours. And NO you cant get the missing ones to complete your set, unlike some when we say limited we mean limited!!!!! Hugs and love TheBigO
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NEXT PLINSTON - FRIDAY MAY 7TH! - Trading Cards Soon View full article
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PLINSTON MARCH 19TH EVENT CANCELLED!!!!! View full article
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Hi all, Due to unforeseen circumstances outside of our control the March 19th event at the Plinston Hall, Letchworth has been cancelled. We are looking at trying to reschedule to an alternative date but failing that our next night will be Friday May 7th with Alan Handscombe joining our residents and another T.B.C. We are sorry about this and hope that as many of you as possible will spread the word at venues and via the web etc to ensure that everyone knows about this and avoid fellow soulies turning up on the night. Ill post further news as soon as I have it re the next night. Thanks all for your help with this. TheBigO
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Oi! Taffy don't be daft mate there can only be a choice of 2 from the mighty Curtis - You've Been Cheating or Little Young Lover! for when you shuttle off this mortal coil oh buddy of mine :-) Mind you you could also go out to Lover, 2 Loves Have I, oh the list is endless....do you think they were thinking of you when they wrote these toons????? Only kidding mate, you'll probably go out to 'It's All Over' or something....TheBigO (now in hiding!!!)
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I WILL SAY IT AGAIN RE: PLINSTON TONIGHT... View full article
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Hi all, tickets are flying out the door but there are still some left BUT, and I say this every time, if you are travelling call the Box Office (01462-672003) to make sure you can get in. You can ask them to hold the tickets for you and pay on the door (at the ticket price of £6). Its easy and makes sure you get in!!!! (and to the smart arse who emailed me, no Mr Smug its not a ploy to get people to come, ask anyone who attends, its always a 350/400 packer!!!) Now, I have to get back to the phone and heading off for the set up that no one ever sees! TheBigO * One last point: dont email from 4pm today as we wont be able to read them AND leave the posters on the wall until after 12am PLEASEEEEEEEE! Then you can grab them in the Plinston Scramble!!!
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Oi! Mark you forgot to mention great dancer, style icon, good looking etc etc......e-mail me Marcus as I have a feeling it's going to be heaving Friday and getting a ticket would be a good idea!!!! The venue is easy to find: A1(M), Jkt 9, folow the sign in for town centre, past longabout, 2n roundabout straight over and keep straight till you hit the one-way system (park in front of you) and there we are over on the right as you look straight on. Mark, I expect to see you and that lovely lady of yours at front of stage and getting down with the Honey Monster as well as me upstairs in what will be a rockin' good night - Taff and myself and Fingers have all got new toons to hit ya with but as you rightly point out it's the 3 main men that will make the night - and with all 3 upstairs in the Ghetto spinning Modern and Crossover for the first time ever anywhere it should be a night to remember!!! Oh and we're great by the wayMarcus!!!! (Biased I know) TheBigO :-O
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With the weekend coming to an end and people planning for next weekends soulful fix we have been able to get a better grip on what the demand for tickets is going to be for Fridays event with Mick, Butch and Sam et all. In short HUGE!!!!! We have recieved over 40 emails requesting tickets for Friday (accounting for 100) and I know that the 100 Club was full of people saying they were coming down. If that is the case then we strongly advise you to get a ticket or reserve one before setting off as we have a regular attenence of over 350 and, having done the number crunching, if everyone turns up who says they will then we are on for another sell-out and a waiting list adopted to get in!!!!! Dont say we didnt warn you......that said, looks set to be an absolute BLINDING night so see ya inside. * Mick and Butch and Soul Sam will be on from 9pm onwards so come early
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LATEST NEWS FROM THE PLINSTON! View full article
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Have no problems whatsoever with lp tracks being played and inc. many myself in my set at the Plinston and Fingers is always trying to play a 100% LP only set when he's behind the decks and more power to him. As a soul lover I have no problems with legal reissues either (Kent & Grapevine for example) as I am at the stage where it's the music that is all important and getting it out there to the masses (Have been and am still a collecter though) and I am happy to spin a rare original (Allen Sisters, John Wesley, Mind & Matter et all) alongside a Grapevine release of True Image, Eddie Holman unissued gem, Little Ann and so on. It doesn't matter if it comes from a 45, LP or even CD - if that's the format it's on and it's a great SOUL tune - then it gets played! (I have a curent Plinston Monster that is a CD only track and no-one cares about the fact it's a CD.) TheBigO Current Plinston LP spins inc: Sam Dees U/I version of 'Lonely..'; Mary Saxton 'Losing Control'; Various Ace Spectrun tracks off all the LP's; Beres Hammond 'Various'; Countless Motown gems and Little Mama 'Barefootin' (CD Only).
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Plinston Contact Info! View full article
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Hi Brothers&Sisters, The family and I jet off this Friday for the rather nipple freezing -40c and 6ft of snow that is Minnesota at this time of the year for Xmas, where the wife and kids can sample the delights of the Mall Of America and I can be found, as usual, knee deep in shite, dust, the heady aroma of dubious leaf products from the staff wading through the racks of 45s and Lps that my little source has in his warehouse. Whilst Im away anyone that needs info on the forthcoming, and looking to be a sell-out, Plinston bash with Butch and Mick Smith guesting should call the lovely Kay on 01438-236808 where she will impart words of wisdom and answer any queries you may have. Have a lovely Xmas everyone and heres to a successful and soulful New Year for all clubs in 2004. Now, wheres my thermal jock strap?......
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I think she is in fact white, remember reading a few lines in some Jazz book way back when I still had flowing locks and decent eyesight! If you like the 'I am what I am' track then check out Dana Vallery 'Never Let Go' on UK Decca (I think) which has a similar sound. I like it anyway and have spun it a few times at the Plinston in the first hour slot.
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Jsut running out with the kids on the school run but thought I'd post my brief thoughts on the subject now.....Fingers plays a majority of LP tracks when he DJ's at the Plinston, both lp only and 45 releases on lp, and has a huge collection of outstanding toons that deserve to be heard elsewhere. He has a Jap LP with a stunning unissued version of Sam Dees biggie on it which begs to be heard and always gets a great response from the dancefloor. As a collector of lp's only he has introduced me to many great soul tracks and keeps alive the mantra of ensuring that quality soul should be heard, played and giving it's time in the light. I think that Richard Searling summed it up best by saying we are a Rare Soul scene, that is rare in quality, not just quantity and I firmly belive that it doesn't matter if it's a 45, an acetate, an lp or even a CD only track, it is the soul that is the key. Look at the lp only tracks that have been spun over the years from the likes of The Outsiders; Dynatones; Les McCann; Betty Wright; Millie Jackson; Williams & Watson...the list is endless. In conclusion let's not go down the 'should we or shouldn't we spin lp's?' route but unite uner the banner of 'Soul - by whatever means neccessary!' And now, off to the playground!!!!! TheBigO * One final thought re: has the 45 well dried up? Not if Manship's rareest of the rare listing (with soundbytes) is anything to go by! Quality toons galore that I've not heard of, let alone seen, and that's in over 25 years of hitting the floor!!!!
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Not underplayed to us at the Plinston dear Ricky where it has been spun many times over the past year (and for many many years at other local nights B4 that!) A great track it's true but check out some of his hidden lp tracks, many championed by our own king of lp collector Fingers inc. his brill' version of 'Open The Door To Your Heart' (that's Jackie and not Fingers version obviously!) and many others whose names escape me at the moment :-O Talking of Jackie his Biog is a great read and rather apt considering the frenzy surrounding Mr Jackson at this time.
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What the f*** is going on!!!! It's a top 20 of rare records spun by a DJ, whom I rate by the way, and who has a love and a passion for the scene that many could learn from, with comments designed to aid collectors and inform in general. This scene of ours is based and built upon the sharing of knowledge and the love for great soul music, music that is rare in quality not only quantity. Mark has done no more than carry on a tradiation that has existed since the scene was built in the early 60's. Commenting to assist in the hunt for the vinyl, letting you know how hard that hunt may indeed be. I have dealt with Benji in the past and have always found him a pleasure but I have to say on this one mate your wrong. I think Mark's right, it does just seem to be have a go at him month. I have never had problems with Mark, despite the fact that we don't always agree on some issues relating to the scene, and I respect him and his comments because they are constructive and passionate and he truly loves, as we all do, this scene of ours. Having seen some of the other comments posted relating to other topics I would say there are others who deserve to be taken to task other than Mark! Now, can we all back off and get back to enjoying this life we have chosen - otherwise my head may explode!!!!! TheBigO :-P
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Well said Mike, too many people happy to post comments slagging people/venues off without having the guts to put their name to their work!!!! I forgot to mention on my posting (under Mark's top 20) that, as you said, 'Guest' should read the post again because I saw no mention of value expressed in £'s, only notes that indicated that the discs were rare. As people from all across the world read soul-source and use it as a guide to what's hot etc etc then surely indicating if a 45 is hard to get, a one-off etc etc is a good thing for those who want to get hold of it (or not in most of Marks listing - gutter!!!) Besides, the scene has always given indications as to a records rariety or currency value since the beginning (check out old issues of 'Blackbeat'; 'Midnight Express' 'Sold On Soul'; 'Shades Of Soul', in fact ANY of the fanzines over the years covering this scene of ours!) Now I've known and respected Mark for many years and this smacks to me of an attempt to attack the new Manchester venue he DJ's at (not runs!) I hope this isn't the start of a dirty tricks war, like those Mr Levine and his allies were so fond to use on the 'Crossfire' events recently. Why have you not attacked other posters to the site when they have stated record value etc??? (Eric Lomax is the most recent I can think of.) Right, said what I wanted to say, back to a normal life again with the kids. TheBigO
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Arthur Conley Dies @ 57 View full article
