Paul Shirley

well done exactly what i was thinking ways of atracting young blood , for me the music and the dancing atracted me without the help of the media , this scene has been and always was underground you found it' if you got to find ways of atracting them then its the end of the road

its a mater of opinion i disagree in fact its the worn out 45s as you say that stil make it very diferent as long as it stays very diferent there will be an intorest soon as you make it like all the chart stuff and so on it'l end up long gone and forgoton , we know it was the format of years gone by but its tradition part of what makes it special , in my opinion soon as you start changing it all it becomes somthing diferent and then you may as well start calling it whatever name takes your fancy , and the only young person i know personly on this scene who is in to it big time folows the traditions and loves it as part of the atraction ie the mods the clothes the vinyl the knowledg history the lot oh yes and he dj's and puts some good alldayers on with his farther the lad is only 20 somthing , its just my opinion also like many many other soulies northern soul music never found me i found it we didant need atracting it was an undergoround scene and yet thousands of young people back then found out about it and loved it we didant need er? the media or ways of being drawn in to it so now we need to find ways of atracting young people ? isant the music that good now or somthing

i cant think of any at all round where i live or any clubs i go to and thats hell of a distance i realy wish i could see some it would be realy nice . aniway kid its a real pleasure to know you enjoy the music and trust me the people on this scene will encourage you all i can say is that if people have given you a hard time up your way put the names of people on here and the club and i dont think they will be doing it again , ps: its the record dealers you want to be aware of lol joke

i think there are some realy paranoid presumptioms made regarding the older people on this scene its a joke , yeah man when i die all this i hope will die too ! ive been on the scene years now and these young people have no right being part of it , yeah right if only i could at least see any of all these young people would be a start give me a brake , maybe i must live in the wrong place and go to the wrong clubs or somthing but i would dearly love to see young people taking an intorest as my own kids range from 18 to 29 and they say its embarasing if anything' i have seen some rubish on here but this is geting me down

may be right mate but in my limited experiance of promoting your lucky to see yer money back never mind a big wedg i can only speak of my own experiance it is extremly hard work not to mention stresfull but then again i do everything my self am just a little cog on this scene even though i've been around a long time , but i agree there are people around on this scene that have been milking it for years

THATS FAIR COMENT BUT JUST DIDANT WANT TO INVITE LOADS OF ARGUMENTS WITH HAVING A DIFERENT POINT OF VIEW , I DIDANT THINK IT WAS WELL ATENDID AT ALL CHRIS BUT THEN AGAIN THESE DAYS WHAT IS WELL ATENDID ?? I ALSO WAS THINKING TO MY SELF WHAT HAD THEY DONE TO THE PLACE COMPARED TO WHAT IT USED TO BE LIKE IN THE 80'S , REGARDING THE ATTENDANCE OR THE VENUE THIS IS NO WAY ANY CRITISISM AGAINST THE PROMOTORS IN ANY WAY I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR ,I WAS JUST DISAPPOINTED THAT MORE PEOPLE DID NOT ATTEND THATS ALL , BUT THATS THE NORTHERN SOUL SCENE IN IT' regards paul

MAY BE THEY ARE LOOKING OLDER THESE DAYS THEN EH? BUT THEN AGAIN I DIDANT HAVE THE LUXURY OF SEEING THE DISCOUNT SLIPS, BUT ANIWAY GOOD FOR THEM THEN MAKES A NICE CHANGE DOSENT IT ??

I AM A PROMOTER "WELL JUST A BIT "AND WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOUNG PEOPLE FULL STOP ,ITS EVERY PROMOTORS DREAM ON THIS SCENE I THINK ?? AM SURE PEOPLE WOULD AGREE

i agree with only a small bit of what you say ' but if you change it around get rid of this and get rid of that then its not special any more is it ??,its just another every day sound that is like so mutch of the stuff thats filling the charts and like all that stuff it will be gone and forgotten the colecting of records and labels and so on is what is called the northern soul scene ring a bell ??? TAKE ALL THIS AWAY AND YOUR LEFT WITH EVERY DAY CHART MUSIC CHEAP AS CHIPPS NOT WORTH A TOSS ------- YOU REALY DO NOT HAVE A CLUE !!!!! "RIP NORTHERN SOUL MUSIC "

am afraid i see this stuff all the time now it apears on soul source very angry and opinionated but who exactly are you talking about because in all my years on this scene i have never ever seen or heard of people you decribe ??who exactly are you talking about ????? fogeys on the dance floor???? i was at maxims i did not see many 25 year olds ??? who are the mystery horible people that hate young people and want to keep the soul scene to themselves ??? not only that but where are all these teribley hard done to young people that are so hated ???? aniway dont hold back let it all out lol , am afraid i would be in my eliment as a promotor if loads of young people tuned up and i dont know any body that would act the way you describe ??

got to disagree with that one , lots of peeps i know canot be botherd any more with nighters due to going to nighters for donkys years age and good nights gone by take there toll and and a lot of peeps are content to go to a good well atendid club and i got to admit some of the clubs have far more people than the nighters like a lot of other people i stil get to 6 or 7 a year and they tend to be the same old faces most of the time i think some people havent a clue what the old real big nighters used to have in atendence maxims in wigan for example last wk was awfull to say the least and yet people on here are saying how well atendid and how good it was they must be triping or somthing ,yep its the same old story its stil the old uns keeping it all going no mater what people say , yes there is some young blood but compared to when we where all young its a drop in the sea , i think if it wasant for burnley i would not bother going to a nighter again , hey its just an opinion dont nail me for it

yes sean couldent agree more mate but my mate just down the rd from me at the legion has been doing it now for at least a year have a look at the dj's play list for the night 'after my do it is incredible but yet same old problem atendance geting low he is thinking of teaming up with me and doing a big venue and just go for the right mix rather than sticking with the rare stuff that way we try and keep the two camps happy so with my brains and his records lol haaaaa cheers sean see yer soon mate

ahh yes in deed i played moving to slow at my do in southport the other week nearly pips blowing up my mind i think ??? ,but am happy to say i got the rca 45 as well and started to play it again after hearing it for the first time in donkys years at blackpool tower wkender this year got mixed feedback from the floor , i can hear it now stomping away in mr Mms ahh the momorys what a tune yet another tune left on the shelf !

NOT BOTHERD WHAT COPY IT IS RARER OR DJ COPY SO LONG AS ORIGINAL ???? AND YES I KNOW THERE IS ONE ON EBAY THANKS'

now sorted for gwen and also the exciters lp thanks for your help people

gwen owens - i lost a good thing ?? also exciters LP with moving too slow on it caviar &chitins ??

Hi, Have you got a phone number or any contact other than through this site as this is taking an awful long time to sort a price out. Would you let me know today if you still want to sell the record and what price suits you. I have replied a couple of times today but have still not had a reply from you. Sorry to bug you but I just need an answer.

i agree with that brian the lads very good ' i mentiond on here just after the blackpool dancing comp or farce for want of a beter word that he was the real winer at blackpool apart from liam it was a joke some woman standing on her hands kicking her legs all over the place and so on' and the young lad that was the winer what a joke' he was ,

wanted evil by posse on janus ????

no but am beginig to feel as though i am

ok .lol very good re spelling ,i admit to start calling people names is a bit low and not my style the last thing i wanted to do was to offend people but i felt driven to it' lol. i see you have taken it in your stride and seen it for what it was just a bit of banter that says a lot about a person in my book . i sopose i felt i was being tarred with the cloth cap back in the day when i went te' casino image brush, aniway must go as i got to see to yon racing pigions and boil some water for a bath before i go down yon pitt

who yours or mine or his ?

dose he play for croatia ??

ok mate no problem if i think some body is having a go i tend to jump in with both feet i got the impresion you was trying to be smart' and i aint had much sleep over the wknd may be your right' yes indeed it would be good to chat in person am going this friday lol may be i am turning in to one of them grumpy old men you was talking about lol if yer going let me know regards paul

i think if you take a look at what i wrote its very diferent to your interpretation ? did i say i see the northern soul scene as an exclusive club for 40 -65 year olds ? listen prick if you dont like what i wrote try and come back with somthing that is relevent to what i actually wrote and not your twisted interpretation also who mentiond peoples backgrounds or age ? stick to fact not presumption , also its like comunicating with harry f,,in potter with all the stupid cartoon faces have you progressd out of short pants yet!!!! very disappointing potter !