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Linda, I can't thank you enough for putting this up! I've been raving about it ever since you played it at the Hideaway and was breathtaken by its beauty. Everyone I spoke to had never heard of it and said all his other recordings were terrible. This is a real gem. Hoorah to you. At least now Orton can claps his ears round it for the first time..... M
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Have to mirror the admiration for Eddie Reader. Anyone who owns 'First Of A Million Kisses' will testify. Still, from being a child, one of my top ten albums of all time. One of the greatest jazz albums ever made. Bought it for Orton for Christmas. Fairground Attraction were cruelly labelled with 'Perfect'. However, on a truly soulful note, I have to highlight one of the real talents that this country has produced. A little coloured lady by the name of Corrine Bailey Rae, Leeds born, and previously vocalist for a band called Sugarbrew, her voice will give you shivers. I played Ady Lupton her version of 'Save your Love For Me' and we just sat in the car speechless. I'd say better vocally than Aretha for tone and expression, but make up your own minds. EMI certainly felt happy enough to give her a 5 album deal. She'll rightfully blast every new soul singer out of the waters. And she's only 25. Cited here at the modernsoul website. https://www.modernsoul.net/dj%27sbiog.htm
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Have to mirror the admiration for Eddie Reader. Anyone who owns 'First Of A Million Kisses' will testify. Still, from being a child, one of my top ten albums of all time. One of the greatest jazz albums ever made. Bought it for Orton for Christmas. Fairground Attraction were cruelly labelled with 'Perfect'. However, on a truly soulful note, I have to highlight one of the real talents that this country has produced. A little coloured lady by the name of Corrine Bailey Rae, Leeds born, and previously vocalist for a band called Sugarbrew, her voice will give you shivers. I played Ady Lupton her version of 'Save your Love For Me' and we just sat in the car speechless. I'd say better vocally than Aretha for tone and expression, but make up your own minds. EMI certainly felt happy enough to give her a 5 album deal. She'll rightfully blast every new soul singer out of the waters. And she's only 25. Cited here at the modernsoul website. https://www.modernsoul.net/dj%27sbiog.htm
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Thankfully I've cracked the f*** out of all my design ware. Adobe Creative Suite (CS) is the best of them all. Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign and Imageready, their web authoring tool which alos allows you to do Flash animations Sadly to buy CS in the Apple store (and on PC) costs about £300. For the endless hours of making cars come out of your mates noses, it's worth every penny.
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Hoorah, two 100 Club virgins on as many months then if I'm not mistaken? JT? Unlike sex, your first time is always the best. Big turn out for Chris please. Should make things interesting. I'll be rooting for the underdog. Is he allowed to dance to his own records? This could prove problematic Ady. You haven't thought the logistics through really have you....
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Please allow me to add my tuppence worth in a (hopefully) constructive way. After being disappointed at the general quality of music last year, I really wasn't looking forward to this weekend, expecting it to be more of a social occasion. Carl Willingham's set in the pub was the first thing I walked into. It made me perk up and I danced to nearly every record he played. This weekend made me realise exactly how much of a hole Carl's departure is going to leave. His absence will hit the scene two fold in that not only will we desperately miss one of the foremost, bookable diggers and bravehearts in the progression of the soul scene, but also that there'll now be even less creativity as big DJ's look to chase the same records on seemingly increasingly limited playlists. The main room and 'Redemption' played, between them, 95% oldies and commanded 90% of the total crowd. Now correct me if I'm wrong, but on a scene that's managed to last for over 30 years(including the period when Stafford and 6T's valiantly dragged it through the 80's), drawing from a musical heritage that covers over a decade, it seems criminal that we have to resort to oldies. We must all be terribly misguided if we think that 'Northern Soul' comprises of a proportionately tiny pool of records. I refuse to believe that we can count ourselves as real 'soul' fans if we're happy to be dealt the same washed out 'biggies' every week. Surely, proclaiming allegiance to soul(in a 'Northern', 60's sense) should be a celebration of the whole immense catalogue. Regardless of whether a record is expensive or 2 a penny, the volume of quality, heartbreaking, floor-pounding soul available to us all is staggering. Probably considerably more in fact than any other genre to date. Over the weekend, I saw better, lesser known, more inspiring records in sales boxes than those laid on the decks. There were of course exceptions, 4/5 DJ's playing sets of staggering unknowns, one-offs and lesser played records, but the majority of them were sadly given a late billing that few were willing and able to stay awake for. Also from what I can gather (correct me if I’m wrong), quality DJ’s were turned down on political pressure from other DJ’s. Their exclusion was sadly to the detriment of the weekender. Granted, the ‘crossover’ room played some exciting things, but that was usually empty by about 3/4am. Spent most of Friday night in there listening to some cracking stuff together with another 7 interested people. Sad that, again, the best, most creative sets were in the pub. Shame, cos I’d have thought they’d have learnt that after last time… Cleethorpes really doesn't have anything to worry about in terms of being the only soul weekender worth it's salt in terms of quality and atmosphere. Needless to say I haven’t booked again for next year. Though doubtless 3000 already have. For me, Prestatyn signalled why Northern Soul in the North of England has largely become more about a tattoo and patch culture than the actual music. A parody of it's own past. From someone so relatively young, if this weekend was a snapshot of the current soul music scene in general, I expect it to gain very few young people for a sustainable amount of time. I'd like to point out that this post isn't supposed to be a defamation of the promoters as much as it is a subjective overview of the state of the scene in general… It seems many enjoyed the experience. This was the weekend I lost 'the faith'.
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'Very harsh. I remember when no-one gave a rats ass about it when I reviewed it in my own magazine over 10 years ago and included it on one of the tapes. It all goes round in circles Matt!' Totally understand Pete. Though in my defence I was only 16 ten years ago! I didn't claim that I was the first person ever to play it. Indeed, the last person I heard play it was Lenny Dopson at Cleethorpes last year in one of the most creative and enlightening spots I've ever heard. Much more interesting than most big name DJ's. Also the first time I heard The Love Potion/Joytones. My point was, to paraphrase you, that I restarted the 'circle' weeks back and no-one gave a badgers. Instead choosing to wank each other off, mostly over outplayed, expensive records. That Chi-Chi track Orton spun deserves a good mention an' all.
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Richard posted this weeks ago…. ‘Matt B playlist just in from some government hideout in Leeds - The Centre Stage - Are You There? - RCA Love Potion - This Love - Kapp Linda Griner - Goodbye Cruel Love – Motown The Lovelites - My Conscience – Lovelite’ I vaguely remember no-one (aside from Brett and Orton) gave a rats ass about this record when we played it at the alldayer. Pity us ‘yoof’ aren’t able to add anything of our own to the ‘enviable’, backslapping, Northern DJ clique yet. I guess we’ve hair to lose and ego’s yet to massage. A stunning record that you’d be mad to pay over £12 for. If you spend £20 you need your head seeing to. Mine cost me 75p trade, so that shows you how much the dealers are making at a tenner… Let’s hope it doesn’t become another Deep Dark Secret, because if we’re honest with ourselves, it’s a far superior record. I’ve seen people trying to sell battered copies at £20. Shame really. ‘I’m your conscience’ and all that. Some people just won’t learn…..
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'I remember buying Toni basil ..Breakaway £25' Think that's a bargain? I remember buying Mickey by Toni Basil back in 82 as a new release for £1.50. Things like that just don't happen nowadays. I blame the dealers.
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My foray into the scene is an all too familiar tale. Heard it at the youthclubs when I was 6, had a Wigan tatt inked at 7, bald by 8. By the age of 12 I was 19 stone. Never looked back. Keep the faith.
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Mikey, have to confer with you about Sweeney's knowledge. It's encyclopaedic at the worst of times. Bout time he got a crack at the quill. Don't ask Orton to do owt. He still spell-checks his grocery list. But seriously. Joe's way with words is great. Despite his typo's. And I can take pics of soul stars. We could be like Fatman and Bobbins.
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£10 - Love Potion - This Love - Kapp demo £50 - Jimmy Preacher Ellie - I'm Gonna Do It By Myself - £100 - The Q - That's The Way - Hound £200 - Haven't paid that yet!!!
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>Doesnt he still do Sheridans. nah, Mikey, that's Butch. Tho they do look alike. The way to tell them apart is one of them has a Two Plus Four. The other is 4 foot 2.
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Which Lou Lawton? Tell me someone didn't pay that much for Nick Nack...... m
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Always loved both sides to Val & Nick on Glover. Erring towards 'Lonely Town'. Both sides to the Roosevelt Matthews. That version of tighten up is frantic.
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>Not sure I agree with that. The level at the moment (until this lot get swept up) is >no more than £150-£200 I wouldn't ever have paid more than £150 for it. Friends payed £80 and I thought I'd been had when I paid £145! Worth considering rebuying cos I was played the flip after I sold it! Dammit. It's beautiful.
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Stevie's version of anything! My fave being his rendition of God Bless The Child off of his For Once In My Life lp. His greatest album in my opinion. There's something heartbreaking about a blind, black boy singing 'God bless the child that's got his own...' Also his version of Angel Baby literally rocks all over the original. Peggy Lee's version of 'Sittin' on the dock of the bay' jazzes up a song that's long bored me to tears. Jean DuShon - Feelin' Good on Cadet. Dee Dee Sharp - Comin' Home Baby. Fabulettes version of Money. And can anyone tell me if Butch's United Four came before Irma & Fascinations. Cos if it didn't, I think that's one of the greatest covers I've heard. ...and I know it's not a soul record, but you have to hear The Road's version of She's Not There..... You'll never listen to the Zombies' version again. ps. What's the Gladys version of 'Tracks..' on?
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£275 off another dealer and I sold mine for £145. Price obviously still floating around.
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Anyone have a copy of Teddy Mack & Mackateers 'Hey Hey Gypsy Woman' on Monroe? I saw it for £20-30 listed on here a bit ago but it'd gone. Be grateful if anyone had one spare. Cheers. Matty.
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For me one of the greatest records ever......
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I always thought Strider was pretty rubbish. Not least because 'What' it's a bad version of a better, more passionate, record, but rather I've still never known what the hell the 'artist' was thinking! It's abstract. It's a 'strider'. It's effortless. And not in a good way. As much as I love the record immensely (How Can I Tell...), I always thought that the Lovelite label with Patti and Jo on was terrible. What a great way to sell a record. Put three (halftoned) women on the label, one of whom looks like an anorexic zombie, another nothing short of James Brown in drag. Dammit, they had great voices tho. They should have stayed on Lock! The second label design is sublime. Where did they find that blue?! It doesn't even exist anymore! Only in a Pantone colour swatch.
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25th Anniversary at The 100 Club Review by Matt Bolton View full article
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Posted up originally in the forum - if you havent read it yet - just do it now! . Its review time again! Hope you can get through it..... It was Roy Castle who reminded us that Dedication was what you need. Dean Parrish that it was Determination. Displaying infinite measures of the two, the 100 Club hosts the longest running allnighter in the world. Not suprising then, that this marathon dance fest celebrating 25 years of soul should be one of the longest. We all thought Ady was heightening the suspense of our secret free 45 as the doors failed to open for 20 mins. Backdoor Kenny shattered that myth outside as he paraded up and down the queue with two copies of the previously unreleased Magicians (and the lush sounds of Wee Willie Walker) up his jumper like a wax baby. Alas, the sound had gone again, but as the swarm finally trouped past Kolla to pick up their vinyl treat, Mick Smith was already knocking out the classics. The night was going to be a celebration of all things 6Ts, from unreleased magic to quality oldies to the memories of those no longer with us. And it was with this in mind that the allstar line-up entertained us with a batch of the finest black music that has always been synonymous with the 100 Club. By 11pm, the prickly atmosphere and heat were overwhelming. And it already felt like one of those notoriously busy ones at 3am. Full to capacity, the dancefloor was soon a seething mass of the enchanted and enlightened. The DJs were seemingly unerring in their dancefloor choices. From Gregs blistering RnB for the London Mods, to Kebs unintelligible floorshattering (and opinion splitting), modern instrumentals, a whole kaleidoscope of obsessive tastes got their sugar. After his showcase appearance at Cleethorpes last year, there could be no-one better to help us celebrate the passing of time and old friends like Dean Parrish. His on stage arrival to a full house of cheers and applause gave him the confidence he needed to perform superlatively. Determination stomped, Bricks, Broken Bottles... swayed us and Im On My Way simply floored his ecstatic audience. Twice. Back it was then to the DJs and it was to be the host himself who gave the most comprehensive reason for why his and Randys dream had lasted 25 years. Adys 45 minute set comprising of the acetates and unknowns from over the last two and a half decades cemented the reputation for which the basement has long been revered, envied and enjoyed. Little Ann, Nancy Wilcox, Maxine Brown, The Magicians, Luther Ingram, the list goes on. And theyll keep adding over the years. As the night merged with the morning, the temperature became unbearable, Mick Smith bringing the room up past boiling point with a jawdropping spin of Marvin & Tammis thrilling, Aint No Mountain. After Dean, the night pretty much became a blur of both pounding and heart warming soul, old and new. Taking her place back behind the decks, Val wowed us with a set ten times better recieved than her 100 Club return at Ladies night. Im positive Roger Stewart dropped Roy Roberts, Mick Smith showed us why Eric Lomax was such a necessary record in 2004 and Butch proved himself prize digger with his stack of unreleased metal plates. Ex-Capitol Captain, Irish Gregs choice of records included a Patti Austin killer that reminded us why his venue had shone so brightly in recent years. Skip Mahoneys Janice could have landed like a fish out of the 6Ts water for Keb Darge, but the crowd just danced on, lapping up his Sharon Jones newies. Shifty injected a burst of latin with The Checkmates Mastered The Art Of Love, recalling the 100 Clubs South American invasion of the 80s. Thankfully we still managed to keep Mick Smith from returning to Peru. The last hour fell upon us with a packed dancefloor and a wedge of tracks which never fail to make us all weepy and nostalgic. Annabelle Fox, Martha Starr and ultimately, the death knell of the night, The Four Tops. The night had been a joyous reminder of a quarter of a century of soul at the famous club. And as Walter Jackson serenaded a sweaty legion of followers towards Starbucks, there was a distanct belief that the night could, and should, go on forever. To infinity. And beyond Matt Bolton Below added by site Photos in gallery Plus of course check out the 6ts Home site for more 25th Anniversary stuff such as online video clip from the night, more photos , and all the latest news and info concerning 100 Club Nighter, weekender and much more 6ts Home Page
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Chris Clarke Lilly Fields Greater Experience Joss Stone (She sings loads better than some big $$$ 'black' soul 45's I've heard) Soul Incorporated (I think) DEAN PARRISH! And a million more we'll never be aware of. I can't believe we're having this discussion. It's like saying you'd disregard your most expensive, prized 45 if you found out it was sung by some pasty pikey from Texas.... Puuuurlease. Soul comes from the heart. Where it belongs. And unfortuantely for some, every black and white person alike possesses one. On the fence again.
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I'm still not sure that the hardcore scene per-se has a massive future. That's not for want of trying! There are really only a small number of younger people who do the regular soul circuit. Notably young Paul from manchester and Richard from Yorkshire, whose own parents still are active go-ers. I remember when I was the youngest for a long time. But I know I'm growing up when I see the infrequent 18 year old attend do's. I know London has a much younger fan base. Saying that, a few weeks ago I threw caution to the wind and played Linda Griner at midnight to a full house. I watched in awe and amazement as a girl in front of the decks clapped with glee and sang every word back to me! I couldn't believe she was aware of one of the more obscure Motown sides. And it gave me great hope.