Mick Howard

Obviously that's Mr Barnfather 2nd right but who are the others? John Vincent sans moustache perhaps? Anyway, just had a look on the Cambridge Soul Collective website and think that £8.50 (that's with the collectives' discount) is a little steep for a Soul night - the Real Deal Lifeline in Wolverhampton is an all nighter running from 9pm to 7am (10 hours as opposed to 6) on the same night and its only a tenner..... Not too sure about going now! Mick

Hopefully I've figured out how to get these extracts the right way up so here's the last of the ones I have.... Mick

Guys I pm'd Cambridgesoul on here and I got a reply to go onto the Cambridge Soul Collective website for more info. That was weeks ago and I looked this morning - nuffink! It's all a bit last minute and appears to be a bit disorganised if you ask me. Mick

Tom Thanks for the compliment. I'm flattered. Any joy in tracing my old mucker Lee? Mick

Neil Great info. Thanks. I missed your initial articles as it was 5 or 6 months before I went to my first all nighter and 'discovered' the scene. Mick P.S. Got your book - great....

O.K. so no ones come back to me on this so I'll just post this sideways. Another 'footsteps' & 'ramblings' from January 1985.Enjoy Mick

Tom I think you'll recall I had a fairly decent collection myself back in the day (fairly sure I spun some tuen at some gigs round Nottingham) - no super rare stuff but a good solid lot of tunes many of which weren't 'common' in those days, but I'm sure you'll remember that I loved to shake a leg too. Basically, it was quite difficult to balance the two but my method was to hit the dealers at the beginning of the night for a couple of hours and then the dancefloor & then back to the records mid-way through the night just in case anything new had turned up - there were of course a few times when verballing took over completely depending on what the medicine was like! I sold my collection some 13 years ago or so & from then I never had a problem although for a little while I got 'withdrawal' pains every time I saw a box of records. The problem now is that I started buying again a year or two ago but unfortunately I just can't afford it despite a lot of folk insisting that there are 'cheap' records to have out there. I'm seriously considering giving up again & going back to dancing but even that is now a struggle at 50...... What's a true lover of danceable, collectable Soul music to do? Mick

Yeah - one in the hands of Roger Banks who's play it originally was (& still is when I request it). Great record (despite what Mark Bicknell says (lol). Mick

Simon Mine is #136 - I recall getting it personally from Rob who was a great guy & who I haven't seen for a very long time now... Mick

Chalky That's the one. My memberships - Soul Power middle left..... Mick

I know tha the 2nd Anniversary flyer has been posted previously but I don't think the other side of it has so here you go Mick

Can't be sure but I don't think Kev (original poster) meant this type of contemporary R&B (most of which is s***e anyway) - think he meant proper R&B from the 60's - I could be wrong though. Mick

Yeah that's right - knew it had 'field' in it somewhere. Think you're right about Searling as well - just about when he stopped travelling wasn't it? Mick

Chalky Fairly sure I was at the first one 'cos it was only a couple of weeks after my daughter was born so I was definitely back from Saudi at that time - fancy leaving your wife and newborn to go to an all nighter...... Anyway, as my mind is not as it was, what was the one that Rob Marriott used to run under the Soul Power banner? I thought that was Chesterfield. Mick

Not sure if this ones been done before but can't find anything. Does anyone remember this - I can't for the life of me remember the venue? Mick

I know that a few flyers have been posted but I think that this one was for the first Soultown all nighter...... Mick

I've just managed to scan some more Echoes extracts but before posting them can someone tell me how to ensure they appear the right way up 'cos they are sideways again. Cheers. Mick

Its The Eat - Major Lance One Way Sprout - Martha & the Vandellas Sorry, could'nt resist a couple of jokey ones. Apples, Peaches, Pumkin Pie - Jay & The Techniques Strawberry Shortcake - ditto Mick

The Trip - Dave Mitchell & The Screamers I'm Losing Again - Ray Agee (still dance to this though) Mick

So he got some facts wrong. This happens just about every time a 'journalist' tries to write the story. And who actually cares? Only those of us who are 'into' it - Mr & Mrs Normal don't give a flying f**k do they? We really shouldn't get wound up about it because we know the truth 'cos we've lived & breathed it - I'm 50 and only the first 16 of those 50 years were devoid of Northern Soul so f**k em.... Mick

Certainly was b/w Dragnet 67 Mick

All right some more of my RCA faves: Having Fun - The Bobettes You Shook Me Up - Roy Hamilton She's Got A Heart - Roy Hamilton Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid - Ketty Lester You Make Me Feel Good - The Dynamics Webby, you're comment about Crackin' Up early has a ring of truth although it should read Elvis was a Roy Hamilton sound-alike - he was one of Elvis' favourite singers..... Mick

Judy Freeman & Black Rock for the full title. If any seasoned Soul fans from Norwich are reading this then they may know a guy called Paul Moore (Moorso) and they may remember that we used to sing Paul Moore to the refrain of Hold On (go on, put it on and sing it and you'll see....). Mick

As has been said, very difficult question this not least because of the amount and quality of Soul that the company put out. Shame that the company did'nt seem to give Soul the kudos it deserved sticking as it did with the big hitters like Elvis. Anyhow, off the soap-box, First time I heard Keb spin It Hurts Too Much To Cry by HB Barnum I couldn't believe that a 'dancer' as good as that hadn't been discovered until then (or at least if it had that it hadn't taken off). Effin tremendous. I know the question is about released material but some of the stuff that Ady discovered not least the alternative take of What's That On Your Finger by Kenny Carter is fantastic too. Mick

Sorry to p**s on your chips Simon but however good it may have seemed it certainly wasn't better than 'any' Northern event that I've ever been to. Suggest that perhaps either you've been to the wrong events, haven't been into the scene long enough or your memory 'aint what it once was (lol). It was good as I said earlier but hey let's not get carried away here. Mick