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A surprise it didn't work back then. Off the back of Purple Haze or Keep On Keeping On perhaps?

Back on topic....... In 1967 at the back of Record Mirror, Rock & Roll collectors were already searching for a very rare 10" by Johnny Burnette, which contained ultimate dancers (Please Don't Leave, Train Kept A Rolling etc ). To this day, those tracks are still on DJ's playlists. Does it then come as any surprise that any chart wouldn't contain The Tomangoes, Salvadors or Checkerboard Squares? The scene has changed and more and more underplayed and/or failed first time rounders are infiltrating the standard week in week out DJ sets. That's a win win all round. Remember the dancer has the final say no matter how many times a DJ hammers a track. It's their call at the end of the day. The discoverers of newer popular singles such as Jonathan Capree take a bow. Masses have heard them at bigger venues and bought in. Larger venues need the Lifeline's, 100 Club's to be able to expose newer spins to ever growing NS audience. Remember the crowd swelling has come in the last 5 years, so we have thousands playing catch up. It's going to take a while for The Ravins and similar to cut through, so hang on in there. Be proud that YOU ARE AWARE of this fantastic treasure chest available to us, but at the same time realise only a few non traditional discoveries will cut through. With tons of R&B being collected, there isn't many that have busted out big time....but at least there's some(Willie John, JT Parker, Five Royales, Drifters etc). Same goes for Modern.....Hamilton Movement is now a solid gold hit on the Northern scene, much to bemused Modern crowd. The public make it that way not the promoters. As for Stanky Get Funky, I refer to a comment I made earlier in the thread. The 45 was in serious quantity at Selecta Disc, Nottingham in 72/73. In fact I remember Derek Allen(RIP) playing it at a Wednesday night disco in Heanor, Derbys with no interest from yours truly. If it were Cobblestone back then mate...it's Sounds of Lane(lol). Whoever revived it.....well done. Another interesting 45 for dancers to enjoy and dealers to make a buck on. There's one chart in my opinion.....the most popular tracks in general across the UK. The new sub-scenes that have been bubbling heavily over the last decade or so are absolutely vital though to fuelling Top DJ's with suggestions of what might work in a larger arena. Back in the day, the rotation of tracks was just as heavy as it is now. We were younger and never gave it a second thought...these days it's all scrutinised and debated heavily. If you are a social person and enjoy the complete evolvement of Northern.....the scene(s) have never been healthier. And the crowds prove it. PS It would be interesting to see a Top 20 'underground' plays over the last year, so we can see which ones break through to the Oldies brigade. To be continued......

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Don't be confused. Get out a bit more and see what the masses are dancing to. It's merely a reflection of 20 movers n shakers during the last year at popular nights up and down the country. Nothing cast in stone. We connected with more than 20 DJs plus we can see what's going on via requests etc. Mixcloud contains our History of Northern Soul series spread over more than 60 episodes. Thanks

Very true. The chart though is accurate enough to assemble 20 current 'happenings'. Soulutions will be probably deceased by Spring. Can't see Jonathan Capree lasting but then again...... A few commented on Salvation, hence I assume is the more easily available Robert Thomas. Hope that's the one everyone meant lol. To repeat, it's only a guide to a few songs the overall majority are talking about and have been in the past few months. If we remember 2013, Jeanette, You Should O Held On and Crying Over You were huge and still are, it's just the current 20 are being spoke of a bit more and deffo popular at key nights countrywide.

Even the regular oldies fans find that little ditty disturbing!

Not neccessarily. We cast out net far n wide. I don't think anyone can argue the 20 are current floor fillers. Name others that are on par with those in the popularity stakes?

Are there any songs that you believe are genuinely more popular than the 20 the mass public have suggested? Mark 'Wiganer 1' makes a good call on Billy Davis -Stanky, but what else.....or has the punter got it bob on?

If we think back though, haven't we always had some depressives in each era? Obviously newcomers are only just buying into certain songs.

How did it get started? Andy Jackson thrashed it on the Modern scene, but how did it suddenly cross over to Northern...anyone know?

It's the weirdest track ever to be popular on the scene isn't it? But I said that about Babe Ruth's Elusive nearly 4 decades ago!

Certainly a strange one TOAD. It goes right back to the Selecta Disc 3 for a quid bin in 1972! Guess it feels right today.

Hey Mark- Agreed. Wasn't mentioned much when I started to collate, but then again it can easily easily turn into a 50!

This year's Top 20 movers n shakers is up at Mixcloud. Just wondering which jobbing jocks have been largely responsible for the current revival tracks or is it largely a collective input? I appreciate most on here are at the sharp end of the scene, so just looking for the grass roots of who's got 'em going again. For instance, Andy Dyson has championed Robert Thomas, Nige Brown with Herb Ward but what of the others? Clearly the No.1 has had such an influence the value stands around 5k. If it's you or a spinner you know of......holler! I appreciate many of the popular tracks have been around forever, but who's hammering 'em now? A totally subjective set of positions based on extensive feedback from popular venues and the inevitable Facebook etc. And of course the recent film. If your not a fan of the popularity.......look away now...... The current 20 with the most feedback are...... 20. TOMMY NAVARRO 19. RITA and THE TIARAS 18. CHECKERBOARD SQUARES 17. HERB WARD-Strange Change 16. LUTHER INGRAM 15. BOB SINCLAIR 14. TONY GALLA 13. JIMMY RUFFIN-Gonna Give 12. HAMILTON MOVEMENT 11. PARISIANS 10. ROBERT THOMAS 9. JEFF PERRY 8. SALVADORS 7. JONATHAN CAPREE 6. SOULUTIONS-Listen 5. THE ORIGINALS- Suspicion 4. MARVIN GAYE-Love Starved Heart 3. TOBI LEGEND 2. RICHIE ADAMS 1. THE TOMANGOES https://www.mixcloud.com/goldsoul/northern-soul-top-20-for-2014without-narration/

As a fellow British collector......it's awful(IMHO) The flip is more listenable as a cover of Randy Newman's Simon Smith and His Amazing Dancing Bear made famous by former Animal Alan Price. Never went big and I can see why! Rare though Pete.....

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But there ain't one on this year until meladdo attempted to make it work with 3 weeks to go. That's not promoting but sheer stupidity and EGO Led!

About as unethical as the 'current' promoter contacting the venue in the last few days to hurriedly try and book a New Years Eve All Nighter.......with the Kings Hall Stoke(just down the road) already advertised a year ago. Who does that? It's certainly not financially motivated....ego however that's a different matter.

Mace...I am happy and I have no intention of wanting it all. I give encouragement to promoters who ask for help. I plug gigs(including yours) on the radio to ones that don't even bother to advise me. I am aggravated over certain issues here. Peace.

Of course it's no competition, it's just the way he went about it. Grabbing a venue 20 yds from the Kings while never even contacting me. And of course he's 'doing it for the love of the scene'......if that's the case, why not do something similar in a different town and on a night we are not on. The Kings were furious as they want folks out of the cold and in their building as soon as. Weatherspoons alone are a constant threat Mace.......I have a different view(and so do colleagues) of mine on the promoter in question . Best we agree to disagree. To close, although I think it will continue on and on......The Box was offered to another promoter by the owner. Shouldn't Jez Jones be taking up his dismay with him? instead of singling out others who have made it clear THEY ARE NOT INTERESTED IN THE VENUE.

Absolutely right. Do you want to get back to The Box offering the venue to Chris Burton with Jez Jones being shunted out the door and me urging Chris to pull away and leave em to it?

Like what could be different to our 2nd room The Windsor with Soul Sam, Ted Massey, Tim Ashibende or R&B and underplayed 60's with John Heaney?

Where in any of his advertising did he say it was warm up for the Kings Hall Stoke All Nighter? And what does Change mean? I take it as 'two fingers up' to a prominent All Nighter.