Spacehopper

very rare that i request a track but if i do and 'its in the other box' its a simple no worries mate in reply... if im the other side of the decks and i havnt got it 'sorry mate will ask the next dj for ya'...and if it is at home...i pop it back in the box for next time too... its not the end of the world and being polite about it doesnt f+++ up the nite for both... a good mate and top bloke was djing at a 'mod' night last month when was approached and told 'thought this was a mod night? play some ska and stop playinf this f+++++ northern soul shit!'....that kind of attitude ruined it for both of em... and i think by ska he probably meant two tone!...how same old is that...at least we have 600+ oldies to be bored with not half a dozen lps!! dean dean

personally despite all the doom and gloom in the real world ive had a good year soulwise...not bragging just wanna share and hear some positives! in no particular order... picked up loads of good records including a half a dozen big wants which i didnt think would be in my price range... heard shit loads of brilliant 'new to me' tunes...wants list is now a book the size or war and peace been to about 13 alnighters and 3 alldayers ..i think... only had about 6 weekends in... met loads of new friends... dj'd a few new venues and already picked up a dozen 'bookings' for 2013... and after losing our venue we found a bigger and better one and havnt had under 100 in yet not soul but...my lambretta hasnt broken down!!...which means more money available for vinyl... thats its so far...still 3 nights out in 2012...half a dozen new tunes in the post...roll on 2013!! hows yours?...hopefully as good or better than mine dean

i wonder how many of the top 500 oldies actually get played out?....i havnt got the new book but used to have the first..not sure where it went so cant be sure but i bet theres loads that havnt been played for a while...although some you probably wouldnt wanna hear out today i suppose dean

crackin record...how the hell did it not get a release back when it was recorded?? well chuffed when i heard it was being put out on a seven, think this will sell out quick...come on...when? dean

right heres me tuppence worth.... to answer the question... i think (and hope) on the whole its more 'this is a great record please give it a listen' as opposed to 'f*** you i like it'.... when there are problems i dont think its as black and white as some on here say....do people really book modern djs for mainly 60s clubs?...if so then yeah thats plain stupid and the promoter AND dj are wrong but if its a case of a dj playing some lesser known 60s stuff at that club and an oldies fan comin up and barkin play sumfin we know stop playin for yourself then i think the oldies fan should just chill and wait for the residents...as has been said its their job to on the whole play the 'norm' that has made the 'moanin' punter go there as he obviously wasnt going for the guest....unless he didnt know what the guest played in which case surely its his fault to? so while i agree a promoter should ask guests who he believes will fit into his/her club i also believe you shouldnt just get guests who will play the same as the residents...unless its a specific oldies, rnb club or whatever... we play a mix of 60s rnb,northern and funky edged both oldies and lesser known and always with something new but our punters and guests know that...some guests at our club have worked better than others but at least they are all slightly different and not so far out there that some of the people at least havent enjoyed them....maybe we're just lucky...but then again weve never and will never book a modern or 70s soul dj..now i suppose i should duck for writing that last paragraph but i think it was relevant dean

roscoe robinson is a killer!...love when that guitar riff kicks in second verse...someone buy it!!... should be played out more IMHO dean

great tune...took it out of my playbox to give it a rest a month or so ago and the first gig i did after i had a request for it!...back in for last saturday dean

i think most of us take between 1-200 tracks so more than enuff choice..ive never taken less then a 50 box for the smallest set at a charity/birthday gig with lots of djs...like someone else said dont make your set up before hand...have an idea but be prepared with a plan b if your chosen have been played or the crowds into sumfin else!..most of all enjoy!

and djs cant turn up late do one set ,get their dosh and clear off!

cheers eddie...maybe next time,hope youre feeling better soon dean

with the risk of being slagged off for pluggin my nite again....we did half hour sets on saturday...yes you havnt got so much time to mix from one genre or tempo to the other and i like dancin to sets that flow myself.. but it did seem to work...the reason we did it was because we had groups in our crowd that liked the funkier stuff..others that wanted rnb and others that just wanted some oldies and sometimes an hour can be a long time to wait if youre not into it all as a list half hour sets might not look so good but without being there i think its hard to tell as you cant see what the dancefloor was like at any one time....if a tune empties the floor a sudden change maybe needed when time is short a dj may also have requests to fit in....good mic. chat or use of the mixer with tunes with good intros may make a change in style or tempo better on the night than it looks ...if you know what i mean?? also think you need to have your playbox in somekind of order! IMO dean

top nite again with guests big george and nige graham playing mainly rnb and funky edged so this was me.. 9 -930 nice and easy-barbara lynn dont destroy me-margie hendrix mr green mrs green-gladys tyler dont give up-cassietta george here i go-maurice fortune (acetate) id rather have you-kelly brothers worried-joe l until i have you-paramounts every body got some soul-four pros love knot-chuck wells you can give your love-lou courtney big man-big daddy rogers 11-1130 ill never turn my back on you-wes and the airdales soul dance number 3-carl holmes show some sigh-victoria williams and jb ledbetter take it or leave it -satisfactions breakaway -valentines you got it-dealers pour all my love-johnny rome if i ever needed love-jean stanbeck i wanna be free-joe tex if you wanna-baby jean i want to know-mearle spears i believe-bertha tillman 1-130 wait until tomorrow-spirit of st luis im gonna get you-soulville allstars live on-jb troy got my eyes on you-channels what is this-bobby womack bring him back-sissie houston lend me your hand-kindly shepherds troubles-joe simon got have the green-lula reed she'll be gone-betty obrian when he speaks-dianne elliot low down dirty tramp-bb brown kangaroo pt 2-abraham and the casanovas bumpin-the torques dean

cheers mate will see you there!....BUT... spoke to them two days ago and was told 'the computer says' it was fine to wait till january...then ive just had a letter through asking for the balance immediattely!! so ive just rang then again spoke to a different woman and it seems the normal booking for pontins would be due in january which is why i was told by the woman,or the computer, two days ago it was fine BUT the organisers want the money in early...so it does have to be paid up NOW so ive just paid the outstanding ammount and would advise everyone to ...surely rather than leaving it to letters in the post the organisers should be starting threads on forums ...not the punters??? dean

thanx...but when i said 'meant what to look' out for i meant to tell the difference between repos and boots if they were lookalikes!...didnt wanna buy any ...and was thinkin about the 60s green and silver label not the earlier type in the link thanx anyway dean

https://select45rpm.com/pages/originals.html found this...didnt tell me what i wanted to know but an interestin read

ive heard some federal label were reissued back in the 80s...anyone know which tracks and what to look out for?... cheers dean

hi mate...just rang them and they said there has been some mix up but about deposits and payement balance but told me i didnt have to pay my second half till 11 jan...phew! dean

when did the flamingo open?...my parents would go down from norwich to it but as my mum would have been pregnant with my older brother in about 61/62 they would have been just before the mod /soul scene...they were more into modern jazz then although the soul came later in the early 70s when we were both older enuff to leave with babysitters and they would go to the us air bases around norfolk... back in the 50s as teens they would also get their clothes in london much to the envy of others in norwich,apparently she and her friends were the first to have a-line skirts in norwich?....but also had a lot of trouble hanging around with black americans though..dad had to carry a flick knife for fear of being jumped by 'white' gangs and mum was often called a n+++++ lover...even though she never went with a black man her best friend and sister did...infact it would be her best friends daughter who would later babysit us....my aunt married and moved to the states and sadly we lost touch in the late 70s...especially as far as having a contact for records!!...

great record...played it at gogo in bristol a couple of times and dr pickles from down here also plays it...mines a bit beat up though,no pops but bacon fat fryin in the background or would have probably played it more

longer than a cd...in my experience!

some recent reissues also...all starting at 4.99 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/130807736001?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 cheers dean

chained and bound-ricky ricks...sure shot....£30...vg++ or better,small writing on label and a couple of very light scuffs...SOLD here i am-lois blaine open g records...£40...vg++ or better,again only some minor scuffs mind your man-carlos and the rivingtons agc...books at 100...£40...ex cond. love aint love-florence ballard abc with sleeve...vg++ £20...SOLD music to my heart-patti austin abc vg++ cond...tiny edge chip that does not affect play...styrene copy £20 i dont want to cry-pearlean gray green sea...ex cond...£40 https://youtu.be/T84sPQIJyoE CLIPS JUST FOR REFERENCE NOT MY COPIES...MONEY BACK IF NOT HAPPY UK POST £1.50 EACH..WILL COMBINE CHEERS dean

and got one of these coming for 20...joe simon-troubles https://youtu.be/3QKmap7FBds

im sure most of you know it but was new to me about 6 months back!...just got one on a blue jet stream for a tenner....barbara lynn-nice and easy https://youtu.be/1YWTe9SG-zs

clip for reference only...my copy EX COND books at 100....£30...£1.50 post money back if not happy cheers