Spacehopper

been reading this thread all week and some very interesting points here is my opinion... i think most of us on here know it takes more than expensive tunes to make a GOOD dj but the original question wasnt about being a good dj but about being one of the TOP djs... so how do you decide who the TOP djs are?....deciding on good djs is easy its all down to our personal tastes..(.providing the ability to make a set and use the equipement are there which they should always be!)......expensive tunes dont come into it....one mans meat is anothers poison and all that! so would the top djs be those who had residencys at the biggest nights?...or booked up for months in advanced at venues all over the country..the in demanders?...if so then i would say you DO need big money tunes and I will never be able to afford to be one of the top djs...checkout all their playlists(if they put them on here)..even if they played some of the great cheaper tunes out there i bet most would still be £500+.(which to me is bloody expensive!!) please dont get me wrong ..theres no sour grapes here,i love djing ive done it for over 20 years in different scenes but know AND like my place i will carry on doing my thing hopeing people enjoy it... as much as i'd like to play bigger venues every week i understand why promoters tend to keep booking the big boys...a lot of the paying punters (most of which never post on soulsource) wanna hear the big tunes whether they actually know the value or not and be it an oldies crowd or underplayed/rare...most promoters are not in it to get rich but they still have bills to pay and dont wanna lose so maybe play safer that a lot of the djs thet promote! so there it is right or wrong whether you agree or not..my opinion dean

great tune but no,if i had a grand to spend on one tune it wouldnt be this...but as its a classic oldie it will always sell for big money...and agree with gene'not gonna cry' is a killer and you can get it for about 20 quid!! dean

im not sure about the others swifty but i sold my mel williams for 20 if i remember right and seen one since for the same..and mine was ex...even though it books at 100!...good luck dean

i saw a bit of that and he was talkin about the groups influencing his image ... agree with ted a different era so shouldnt really compare... compare like for like with take that etc then he wins hands down....his tunes maybe pop and wouldnt get played at a soul night but you can hear the soul influence and if it gets youngsters out of hoodies and baggy jeans with no belts and even searchin for the real thing as tunes like some of the tailor made ones in the 70s did then gotta be good hasnt it? dean

3 recent cheap as chips for me... john roberts-ill forget you...killer slightly funky northern on duke...still waitin for this kidnapper-julian and the rubies...great vocal group dancer...$3! tempests-what you gonna do...killer uptempo northern on smash,cant wait to spin this at weston saturday night,first time hearing it loud got all three for under £30

shes almost you-billy harner OR EX £7 get on up-esquires BUNKY VG++ drill hole and sticker on labe l£5 and get away-esquires BUNKY VG++ drill hole £5 stop breaking my heart-tom jones UK DECCA(SILVER BOX) VG+ £5 girl in trouble-the fawns TEC stomper! EX £5 chained to your heart-bobby moore CHECKER EX £10 great tune for a tenner wrong number-lee charles REVUE EX £7 good dancer once upon a time-the orlons ABC (styrene)VG++£10 classic £50 the lot and post in uk free STOP -THE OTHER ONES ABC(BLUE ISSUE) VG++HAS SOME LIGHT SCATCHES NOT 'FEELABLE' BUT MAKES MINOR SURFACE NOISE ON DEAD WAX AND SHORT BREAKS BUT MUSIC LOUD AND CLEAR WITH NO POPS ETC...BOOKS AT £200 NO DIFFERENCE IN GUIDE FOR DEMO/ISSUE,MANSHIP HAS A DEMO ON HIS SITE AND SAYS 'STUPIDLY RARE A WONDERFUL VOCAL GROUP NORTHERN SOUL'...£60 just picked up a mint demo,as this is still a great player was gonna sell the demo as its worth more but looks too nice..bit sad i know! P+P £1.50..recorded,insured a bit more but at cost dean

i think we all take this a bit too serious sometimes,maybe because we love it so much we cant wait till the weekend comes so were on the web chatting shit...is the scene split ? not in my opinion i go to all types of night rare soul,oldie and even those that play latin,mod or ska alongside soul SHOCK HORROR!....i dont just do one type of night or the other(although imsure there are those that do),it depends on whose playing...even without the internet most of us know what kind of styles different djs play...and if they dont play what makes you dance chill out! the next dj might... even back in the nostalgic hayday there were venues/djs that were known for being different with people prefering one to another its nothin newdean

and its not exclusive to the uk soul scene either as jamaican sound systems way back in the 'ska' days were doin it ,physically covering up or scratching the artist and title off the label....and as this would have been even before the wheel days must be a natural dj thing where the tunes are soooo important dean

some good tongue in cheek (i hope) posts on this thread but also sadly a lot of negative thinking ones which is strange cos when i go to a soul nite most people i meet are very positive and dont normally think the worst of people its also gone from about requests to why put a playlist up at all...you are entitled to your opinions ofcourse but personally i do it simply to tell people what im playing at our night...no ulterior motive...not looking for bookings ...not cock waving ! most if not all of my tunes are easily available...as for ashamed or embaressed to play it .... why the f*ck have it in your playbox ?..... i always have a ruff idea what im playing,a mix of new buys...recent spins our younger crowd are getting to know and classics for the oldies fans...but if someone requests a tune ive got it makes it interesting trying to work that tune into a set and then you may go off on another tangent and some of the tunes you thought you were gonna play get left till next time and tunes get played you'd completely forget about... think i played 2 requests last week...the first was i surrender ok an overplayed tune but still a good record and the person requesting was a new comer to our night. so why not? after all i want him to have a good time and comeback ..the second was the flip of bonnie brisker i had played earlier which was requested by a youngish regular...he knew i had it obviously and its another nice tune......a lot slower than most i play so i enjoyed working a few slower tunes in around it...although soon had requests to speed it up again which suited me fine! at the end of the day i like looking at playlists to see what people/venues are playing im interested... im not judging...i ,wrongly it seemed, thought that was the point and most people thought the same way.. dean

despite the yate allnighters of the past bristol is also a bit of a desert...we have got long established 70s/modern nites in soul train and hot buttered soul....getting together have been struggling to get a venue this year so go go children is the only venue playing 60s northern,we dont play the same old tunes but we DO play rnb and even ska and a little british beat so its more of a mod night than a soul night...although hardly any local mods or scooterists turn up(probably cos we dont play frank!)...but we are busy and getting loads of youngsters in so the futures looking good luckily for me we have wooten hall allnighters,riverside and soulfusion in gloucester, bridgwater soul nite and new nights starting in bath next month and weston supa mere in june...aswell as the goldsoul weekender in weston over the august bank holiday...but only a handful travel from bristol dean

The only reason I can think of is that it might give others an idea of the sorts of sounds the dancers are asking for at a venue rather than what the DJ thinks they should hear. yep...not embaressed to play anything in my playbox...isnt the whole point of 'playlists' on soulsource is to show others whats been danced to around the country..so if its the dancers choice and not the djs why not tell us that too dean

thanx for your replies ,saw the boot for 30 but have now got one through ss for a more realistic 12....i too am sure ive seen recent boots of the sparkles...but never when you want one! dean

time marches on-laine hill keep running away-bits and pieces try my love-sparkels dont worry baby-bessie banks cheers dean

ummm i wonder ?... ...dont suppose whoever it was would remember it as much as me though...my ear loked like a red cabbage ,was a f+++++ putting my crash helmet on for days ! strange how history repeats its self...people doin football,soul alnighters and drugs in the 70s..then people doin football,rave allnighters and drugs in the late 80s..which i believe put a stop to football violence for a few years...shit drugs around nowadays and it seems to be coming back dean

have you ever been played for a fool-willie williams mr green mrs green-gladys tyler everybodys happy but me-cheryl williams im the one to do it-lavern baker dont play-joe tex dean

cant put clips up but recent funky buys for me that you can still dance ina northern style are... kenny ballard-it sure looks good good lovin-rock robbins,,tunes a lot better than his name! showstopper-richard knight ask me no questions-eddie armen she gotta have soul-bobby blackmon get down-harvy scales dean

wasnt at nites in the 60s or 70s but for me the scooter rallies of the 80s were full of trouble including north/south divide and football related...still got photos of the aftermath of mini riot in a pub at lunchtime lunchtime,cant remember where,one seaside town looks the same as another 25 years on!.....all scooterists drinkin together to start with...then the football songs started as the pints went down...then the pub got smashed to bits...my photos of the two sides on opposite side of the street with black police vans everywhere... can also remember the clacton 'mod' rally in 85,been to a tony class do we seemed to be the only ones not from london..sitting on a wall outside a chippy too pissed to stand,someone talking to me about london next thing he twats me around the head with a walking stick with a metal handle..as you'd expect i went down like a sack of s***..can remember hearing my mate sticking up for me and he got some too...his mrs wouldnt speak to me for weeks i dont do so many scooter rallies today and they like the soul scene arnt so violent but its still there sometimes...weston last year or the year before..bristol and cardiff,started over pushing at the bar but local football rivalry probably didnt help...that was in the main venue and you could feel the tension as soon as you went in so we went back to the 'soul only' venue where it was a lot more chilled as for the ' casuals' in the 80s can remember them ....as a scooterist had some run ins with them too ! think its all a bit more chilled today on the whole as MOST people have grown up and couldnt give a f*** anymore,nuffin to prove also some shit gear sold on rallies back then...so im told dean

and the lee shot williams and voicemasters(doublesider) are geat tunes too.... dean

have to admit i like the milestones although i agree a bit too much laughing... its probably a nostagia thing for me as it was one of the first northern tunes i had on black magic and still got...got it off my older bruv he had a spare to be honest cant remember the last time i heard it out and actually mentioned that on here not long ago on a thread about hearing the same old oldies played over and over..still gets a good price when ive seen it on ebay too..the original that is not the black magic !! dean

different tune but even madder ...roland alphonso/el toro..a great ska record on last week for $150...now down to $100...its the b side of a desmond dekkar tune( 007 i think) and is worth a fiver tops!... unless its an add for someones website ofcourse as i didnt open it up

hi,updated from last week,paypal as a gift please...post 1.50 in the uk ...2.50 elsewhere ALL TEN POUND TUNES 5 FOR 40...OFFERS WELCOME james crawford/please dont go-symbol....good rnb mover books at 40 ex..£20 the orlons/once upon a time-abc...classic vg++ £10 but its alright/jj jackson-calla...classic some label wear vg+ plays thru no probs,books @ 30 £10 billy harner/shes almost you-or...classic ex £10 dont get your signals crossed/bobby mcclure...good northern dancer ex..£10 girl in trouble/the fawns-tec...great uptempo northern..ex £10 get on up/esquires-bunky..classic oldie vg++ sticker on label £5 mama didnt lie/jan bradley-chess(yellow/orange) ex £10 sos heart in distress/christine cooper-parkway ex £10 365 days/donald height-shout couple minor scuffs otherwise ex books @25 £10 and get away/esquires-bunky classic oldie drill hle ex £5 illusion/bob brady-chariot good uptempo northern ex £10 ON HOLD cheater/bob kuban -musicland(blue) vg++ £10 i need love/little richard stomper ! some small marks plays great £10 ON HOLD wrong number/lee charles-revue great northern dancer ex £10 got to be the man/emotions-volt great crossover /70s dancer vg++ some minor label wear £10 crazy feelin/robb fortune-now classic oldie vg++ £10 ON HOLD problem child/carol jones-mutt vg+ has some small scratches that cause some clicks otherwise vg++ books at 30 £15 ADDITIONS sugar and spice-billy stewart chess(orange/yellow) 10 quality rnb EX shot of rnb-clyde mcphatter-amy 10 great version EX dont turn your back on me baby-johnny sayles marvelus EX great northern stomper 10 30-60-90/take 5-willie mitchell-hi VG+ drill hole good double sided latin soul 5 girl dont make me wait-gladiators UK DIRECTION EX good version of bunny sigler classic 5 reissues.. please operator-tony and tyrone uk atlantic classic stomper EX 5 jokes on you-kenny gamble artic legit 2nd issue EX 10 adam and eve/we go together-reflections/august and deneen VG++ 5 thanx for looking dean

paypal as a gift please...post 1.50 in the uk ...2.50 elsewhere ALL TEN POUND TUNES 5 FOR 40...OFFERS WELCOME james crawford/please dont go-symbol....good rnb mover books at 40 ex..£20 the orlons/once upon a time-abc...classic vg++ £10 but its alright/jj jackson-calla...classic some label wear vg+ plays thru no probs,books @ 30 £10 billy harner/shes almost you-or...classic ex £10 dont get your signals crossed/bobby mcclure...good northern dancer ex..£10 girl in trouble/the fawns-tec...great uptempo northern..ex £10 get on up/esquires-bunky..classic oldie vg++ sticker on label £5 mama didnt lie/jan bradley-chess(yellow/orange) ex £10 sos heart in distress/christine cooper-parkway ex £10 365 days/donald height-shout couple minor scuffs otherwise ex books @25 £10 and get away/esquires-bunky classic oldie drill hle ex £5 illusion/bob brady-chariot good uptempo northern ex £10 ON HOLD cheater/bob kuban -musicland(blue) vg++ £10 i need love/little richard stomper ! some small marks plays great £10 ON HOLD wrong number/lee charles-revue great northern dancer ex £10 got to be the man/emotions-volt great crossover /70s dancer vg++ some minor label wear £10 crazy feelin/robb fortune-now classic oldie vg++ £10 ON HOLD problem child/carol jones-mutt vg+ has some small scratches that cause some clicks otherwise vg++ books at 30 £15 ADDITIONS sugar and spice-billy stewart chess(orange/yellow) 10 quality rnb EX shot of rnb-clyde mcphatter-amy 10 great version EX dont turn your back on me baby-johnny sayles marvelus EX great northern stomper 10 30-60-90/take 5-willie mitchell-hi VG+ drill hole good double sided latin soul 5 girl dont make me wait-gladiators UK DIRECTION EX good version of bunny sigler classic 5 reissues.. please operator-tony and tyrone uk atlantic classic stomper EX 5 jokes on you-kenny gamble artic legit 2nd issue EX 10 adam and eve/we go together-reflections/august and deneen VG++ 5 thanx for looking dean

agree with carms dont think the experts is funk at all...been playing it for a while now and the b side is a killer too "big mama ...shing a loo and boogaling" with those keyboards more mod/boogaloo/northern if i HAD to pigeon hole it,which i obviously cant !...just goes to show at the end of the day we all hear things different...and a good thing too ! dean

i cant rest is a personal fave,great voice that makes you almost believe shes telling her story....can remember watching an interview with her when she was talking about her move to chicago saying she wanted to sing gospel and didnt really want to do soul apparently it was down to motowns sucsess she got so many soul tunes to sing...thank god for motown ...again ! dean although some of the uptempo gospel comin on the scene nowadays is pretty good too

yes mate thats the one...mines the upbeat mover with great sax,got it from des parker at a nighter last weekend dean