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The Gig Guide for Northern, Motown and Modern Soul!<br />
ISSUE 2 - NOVEMBER 2012<br />
WHAT’S GOING ON<br />
The 2012/13 Annual Guide to the North’s Main Soul Events<br />
INSIDE:<br />
A LOOK AT 2013 WITH<br />
RICHARD SEARLING<br />
THE 40 YEAR ITCH<br />
WITH KEV ROBERTS<br />
RICHARD SEARLING’S<br />
WIGAN CASINO<br />
“40 AT 40” pLAYLIST<br />
A FAMILY AFFAIR WITH<br />
SEAN HAMpSEY<br />
pLUS<br />
Free Event<br />
Calendar!
The LEGENDARY<br />
SHEFFIELD CITY HALL<br />
THE LEGENDARY SHEFFIELD CITY HALL, SHEFFIELD, S1 2JA<br />
SATURDAY 16th FEBRUARY, & 10th AUGUST 2013, 9pm-2.30am<br />
SHEFFIELD<br />
SOUL NIGHT OUT<br />
FEATURING the NORTH’S BEST LOVED DJ’S: RICHARD SEARLING,<br />
KEV ROBERTS, GINGER TAYLOR, TONY B, STEVE WHITE,<br />
SEAN HAMPSEY, SNOWY, JOHN KANE AND DAVE NEEDHAM.<br />
TICKETS<br />
£10 - ADVANCED / £12.50 - on the DOOR UP UNTIL 1AM<br />
CALL: 01909 515150 or 0114 278 9789* booking fees apply<br />
BOOK ONLINE: WWW.GOLDSOUL.CO.UK, WWW.SHEFFIELDCITYHALL.CO.UK<br />
THE HOME OF GOOD TIMES AND GREAT SOUL MUSIC<br />
WWW.GOLDSOUL.CO.UK<br />
FACEBOOK/GoldSoulEvents<br />
TWITTER @GoldSoulUpdate<br />
3 ROOMS of INCREDIBLE<br />
NORTHERN SOUL,<br />
MOTOWN HITS & 80’S<br />
MODERN SOUL ANTHEMS<br />
T: 01909 515150<br />
WWW.GOLDSOUL.CO.UK<br />
OVER 18’s ONLY<br />
WELCOME TO OUR LATEST<br />
‘WHAT’S GOING ON’ MAGAzINE...<br />
Thanks to everyone who complimented us on the<br />
inaugural publication from last year, and we hope<br />
you will find this second issue an equally good read<br />
and useful for planning in late 2012 and into the<br />
New Year.<br />
Looking back on 2012...<br />
2012 was again another good year for the scene,<br />
with all areas of the UK continuing to see a<br />
resurgence in interest locally, and some tremendous<br />
national events taking place.<br />
Highlights for myself include guest appearances<br />
at the fabulous Ritz Ballroom, Brighouse, West<br />
Yorkshire - an incredible venue that continues to<br />
lead the way over in Yorkshire, the recent Preston<br />
Guild celebrations where we appeared in a stunning<br />
Spiegel Tent in Avenham Park, the return of Ian<br />
Levine and Colin Curtis to the Manchester Ritz All<br />
Dayer in March, the establishing of a great new<br />
Soul night in Sheffield at the City Hall, The King<br />
George’s Hall in Blackburn still going strong and<br />
now into its 18th year, The “Summer in the Park” All<br />
Dayer and soul nights at the luxurious Dunkenhalgh<br />
Hotel in Accrington, the “Pendulum” reunion<br />
event in Manchester, The Luxury Soul weekender<br />
at the Hilton Blackpool, the excellent 3-roomed<br />
All Nighters at the Winter Gardens Blackpool,<br />
and of course the totally brilliant Blackpool Tower<br />
“Togetherness” weekenders which are now firmly<br />
established in May as well as November.<br />
I’ve also enjoyed being a first-Wednesday-ofthe-month<br />
guest on John Kane’s excellent radio<br />
programme on BBC Radio Sheffield/ Leeds, and<br />
of course presenting some bank holiday specials<br />
for Smooth Radio, and just recently appearing with<br />
Pete Roberts for Radio 5 live.<br />
<strong>On</strong>e of the most memorable events of the past year<br />
took place back in August at the King George’s Hall<br />
when, for the duration of one weekend, the venue<br />
was dressed as Wigan Casino (even down to the<br />
DJ turntables) for the filming of the All Nighter<br />
scenes in the forthcoming movie, “Northern Soul”.<br />
Over 1000 attended the filming and I have to say it<br />
was absolutely stunning - the attention to detail was<br />
so precise and what an experience for so many on<br />
the scene to get the opportunity to be part of what<br />
I am sure will become THE defining film about the<br />
Northern scene. I can exclusively reveal that the UK<br />
premiere will take place early next year at The King<br />
George’s Hall in Blackburn.<br />
<strong>On</strong> the record front, my “Northern Soul Collectors<br />
(volume 1)” 2CD set eventually came out via EMI<br />
GOLD, while on the GO AHEAD label front, I was<br />
pleased to get another six single releases out in<br />
limited edition picture sleeves from Prince Phillip<br />
Mitchell, Bettye Swann, Jackie Wilson, Kenny<br />
Thomas, Dana Valery and Gloria Scott.<br />
Looking forward...<br />
With Christmas fast approaching, there are a<br />
couple of festive events I’d like to recommend to<br />
you. <strong>On</strong> Saturday 8th December we hold our very<br />
first “Christmas Motown and Soul” party at the<br />
Tower Ballroom, Blackpool. It will be a great night<br />
with live band “The Soul Train” on stage and a<br />
tip-top line-up of local DJs spinning the soul hits<br />
from the 60s to today.<br />
Then on Sunday 23rd December it’s our annual<br />
Christmas All Dayer at the Dunkenhalgh Hotel and<br />
Spa, Clayton-le-Moors near Accrington. Held in<br />
immaculate 4-star luxury, there will be two rooms<br />
with Northern and Motown, and another dedicated<br />
to Soulful Dance and Modern Soul at an event that<br />
will run from midday to midnight.<br />
2013 is the 40th anniversary year of Chris Burton’s<br />
legendary “Golden Torch” All Nighters and probably<br />
the biggest news right now is that the event will<br />
be celebrated in the Potteries and beyond with a<br />
one-off “Legends” All Nighter at Keele University on<br />
Saturday April 6th. Having been to see the venue<br />
I can assure you that this is now a very impressive<br />
location, and although 2,000 admissions are being<br />
made available, this will be one of the most sought<br />
after tickets of the year. The Keele Allnighters are<br />
sadly missed, and this welcome return on a<br />
once-a-year basis coincides with a multi-million<br />
pound redevelopment of the campus, which will<br />
be a stunning backdrop to a 3-roomed event<br />
featuring, not only the ultimate in Northern Soul“<br />
from The Wheel to Keele”, but there will also a<br />
state-of-the-art Modern Soul room and another,<br />
dedicated to what many have been asking for, a<br />
genuine “rare and underplayed” session.<br />
We got more good news recently regarding the<br />
return of the Prestatyn Soul Weekender - now the<br />
dust has settled following the takeover by Britannia<br />
in early 2011, Pontin’s are fired up and ready to<br />
go with a huge 3 day event over the weekend of<br />
March 8-10th 2013. With a DJ line-up that bears<br />
comparison with any and exclusive American live<br />
acts The Vibrations, Ronnie McNeir and Vince<br />
Broomfield (from Audio) appearing, plus recessionbeating<br />
prices and refurbished venues and<br />
accommodation, it’s no wonder that over 2,000<br />
have booked to go already.<br />
We all know about the famous Wigan Casino,<br />
and on the 23rd of September next year, it will be<br />
exactly 40 years since Mike Walker and Gerry<br />
Marshall opened the doors to that first All Nighter.<br />
Lots of us, DJs, dancers and collectors alike hold<br />
Wigan Casino dear to our hearts and we have<br />
therefore designated two venues to celebrate the<br />
40th anniversary in style in September 2013. To do<br />
justice to the memory of The Casino, we feel that<br />
only the right venues of a comparable stature have<br />
to be used, so we have two mighty events now<br />
confirmed. Firstly, on Saturday September 21st,<br />
an historic first-ever “Casino All Nighter” at the<br />
Tower Ballroom, Blackpool and then on the<br />
following Saturday, another All Nighter, this time<br />
at the King George’s Hall, Blackburn where we<br />
have regularly held Casino anniversaries since the<br />
late 1990s. More details will be announced as the<br />
dates approach, but DJs exclusively booked at this<br />
stage include Casino stalwarts Steve Whittle, Dave<br />
Evison, and Chris King, supported by Kev Roberts<br />
and myself with support from Ginger Taylor, Mark<br />
Freeman and live acts to be announced soon.<br />
The early part of next year is dominated with<br />
anniversaries - Saturday 26th January sees the 18th<br />
anniversary of the 3-roomed soul night out at The<br />
King George’s Hall, Blackburn then just two weeks<br />
later on Saturday 9th February, we hold our second<br />
Richard Searling<br />
anniversary 3-roomed All Nighter at the Winter<br />
Gardens in Blackpool, where attendances<br />
have been going from strength to strength.<br />
Then on Saturday 16th February, on the other side<br />
of the Pennines, it’s the first anniversary of the soul<br />
nights at the Sheffield City Hall, where the local<br />
DJs involved have been doing a magnificent job<br />
in spreading the word and firmly establishing this<br />
landmark venue on the calendar.<br />
With so much going on next year, my guest sets will<br />
be somewhat limited, but I am looking forward to<br />
my return to the Ritz Ballroom in Brighouse, West<br />
Yorkshire on Friday 18th January and a special<br />
“forgotten classics” Saturday afternoon set with Kev<br />
at the fantastic Whitby Weekender on the 6th July.<br />
It’s a sad goodbye to “The Twisted<br />
Wheel”...<br />
<strong>On</strong>e of the last original venues, The Twisted Wheel<br />
in Manchester, finally closes its doors with a<br />
“bow-out” session on Sunday 30th December this<br />
year. The last ever All Nighter took place back in<br />
September to a lock-out attendance, and promoter/<br />
organiser Pete Roberts has asked me to convey<br />
his thanks to everyone who has been part of the<br />
massive success enjoyed at the venue since Pete<br />
rescued and revived the venue and the brand some<br />
12 years ago.<br />
It closes due to no fault of the scene, but rather<br />
a local council decision to grant permission for<br />
another hotel to be erected.<br />
Manchester is the UK’s fastest-growing city and<br />
I’m proud to be a Mancunian, however to allow<br />
such a historical and musically integral part of our<br />
city’s heritage to close, really is unfathomable.<br />
Pete and John Green , the two resident DJs will<br />
look forward to us all joining them for their four<br />
final dates: Friday 30th November (9pm-2am),<br />
Sunday 9th December (3pm - 8pm), Friday 28th<br />
December and then the grand finale on Sunday<br />
30th December.<br />
Pete and John will now be moving the Wheel dates<br />
on an identical “second Sunday of the month,<br />
last Friday of the month” basis to their excellent<br />
new cellar club venue, Club NQ (formerly Club<br />
Moho Live) on Tib Street in the city.<br />
Yours soulfully,<br />
Richard Searling
YORKSHIRE’S ORIGINAL<br />
SOUL WEEKENDER in<br />
the BEAUTIFUL TOWN<br />
of WHITBY.<br />
WHITBY PAVILION, THE SPA, WHITBY, NORTH YORKSHIRE OVER 18’s ONLY<br />
5th - 7th JULY 2013<br />
WHITBY<br />
SOUL WEEKENDER<br />
TICKETS<br />
£32 - ADVANCED CALL: 01909 515150<br />
To BOOK TICKETS ONLINE: WWW.GOLDSOUL.CO.UK<br />
THE HOME OF GOOD TIMES AND GREAT SOUL MUSIC<br />
WWW.GOLDSOUL.CO.UK<br />
FACEBOOK/GoldSoulEvents<br />
TWITTER @GoldSoulUpdate<br />
UNRIVALLED DJ LINE -<br />
2 ROOMS for DANCING PLUS<br />
MARKETPLACE AND MUSIC<br />
WALKWAY. ALWAYS a SELL OUT!<br />
T: 01909 515150<br />
WWW.GOLDSOUL.CO.UK
‘40 AT 40’<br />
RICHARD'S FAVOURITE<br />
CASINO COVER-UpS<br />
AND DISCOVERIES, 1973 - 1981<br />
ARTIST<br />
The Jades<br />
Chris Bartley<br />
The Construction<br />
Trade Martin<br />
Ann Bridgeforth<br />
Betty Boo<br />
Eddie Holman<br />
Mr Soul<br />
Jimmy Delphs<br />
Moses Dillard<br />
The Imaginations<br />
Joey Heatherton<br />
Frankie Karl<br />
Billy Hambric<br />
Paris<br />
Vickie Baines<br />
Cecil Washington/The Group<br />
Carol Anderson<br />
John And The Weirdest<br />
Will Collins And Willpower<br />
Rita And The Tiaras<br />
The Combinations<br />
Earnestine Eady<br />
The Deadbeats<br />
Jackie Beavers<br />
Eddie Daye And The 4 Bars<br />
George Kirby<br />
John Leach<br />
Court Davis<br />
Al Williams<br />
Zz And Company<br />
Larry Houston<br />
Daybreak<br />
Tamala Lewis<br />
Gene Toones<br />
Marvin Gaye<br />
Bobby Thurston<br />
Rueben Howell<br />
Ike Strong<br />
Skip Mahoney<br />
TITLE, YEAR pLAYED<br />
I’m Where It’s At, 1973<br />
I Go Out Of My Mind, 1976<br />
Hey, Little Way Out Girl, 1976<br />
You Know What I Like, 1976<br />
What Should I Do?, 1976<br />
Say It Isn’t So, 1977<br />
Where I’m Not Wanted, 1977<br />
What Happened To Yesterday?, 1977<br />
Dancing A Hole In The World, 1977<br />
I’ll Pay The Price, 1977<br />
Strange Neighbourhood, 1977<br />
When You Call Me Baby, 1977<br />
You Should O Held <strong>On</strong>, 1977<br />
She Said Goodbye, 1977<br />
Sleepless Nights, 1977<br />
Country Girl, 1977<br />
I Don’t Like To Lose, 1977<br />
Sad Girl, 1978<br />
Can’t Get Over These Memories,1978<br />
Is There Anything That I Can Do?, 1978<br />
Gone With The Wind Is My Love, 1978<br />
What You Gonna Do?, 1978<br />
Let’s Talk It Over, 1978<br />
No Second Chance, 1978<br />
I Need My Baby, 1978<br />
Guess Who Loves You, 1978<br />
What Can I Do?, 1978<br />
Put That Woman Down, 1978<br />
Try To Think, 1978<br />
I Am Nothing, 1978<br />
Getting’ Ready For The Get-Down, 1978<br />
Let’s Spend Some Time, 1979<br />
I Need Love, 1979<br />
You Won T Say Nothing, 1979<br />
What More Do You Want, 1979<br />
Love Starved Heart, 1979<br />
Just Ask Me, 1979<br />
You Can’t Stop A Man In Love, 1979<br />
Your Love Keeps Me Dancing, 1979<br />
Janice (Don’t Be So Blind To Love), 1980<br />
LABEL<br />
Nite Life<br />
Acetate<br />
Sync 6<br />
Acetate<br />
Acetate<br />
Acetate<br />
Acetate<br />
Genuine<br />
Carla<br />
Mark V<br />
Fraternity<br />
Decca<br />
Phil Town<br />
Drum<br />
Doc<br />
Parkway<br />
Prophonics<br />
Fee<br />
Tie<br />
Bareback<br />
Dore<br />
Kellmac<br />
Phil-LA of Soul<br />
Strata<br />
Revilot<br />
Shrine<br />
Cadet<br />
Lawn<br />
East Coast<br />
La Beat<br />
Columbus<br />
HFMP<br />
P I P<br />
Marton<br />
SIMCO<br />
Acetate<br />
Mainline<br />
Motown<br />
Mable<br />
Salsoul<br />
NOTES<br />
A one-off at the time, probably got me the job at Wigan<br />
T M publisher’s unreleased demo for Jackie Wilson<br />
Covered as The Del-Capris<br />
Dick Miller associates acetate<br />
Covered as Rose Valentine and The Sisters Three<br />
From Richard Popcorn Wylie studio tape discovered by John Anderson<br />
From Harthon studio tape discovered by John Anderson<br />
Covered as Maurice McCallister “Your Love Is Slipping Away”<br />
Covered as Tony Hestor<br />
Covered as Eddie Jefferson “I Won’t Think Twice”<br />
Covered as Ray Pollard /Wanderers “Gotta Get Away For Good”<br />
Covered as Cindy Scott<br />
Later played on Congress by the 7th Avenue Aviators<br />
Covered as Steve Mancha<br />
Covered as Gene McDaniels “Living Through (Sleepless Nights)”<br />
Covered as Christine Cooper<br />
Covered as Joe Matthews<br />
A superb recording from Detroit, a new mellow style at the time.<br />
Covered as Spyder Turner and the Webs<br />
Covered as The Love Committee<br />
Covered as The Velvelettes<br />
Covered as The Chessmen “Like I Never Did Before”<br />
Covered as Dee Dee Gartrell “Over Again”<br />
Covered as The Phantom Janitor<br />
Covered as Mel Britt “I Want My Baby”<br />
Covered as Frank Wilson<br />
An outstanding mid-pacer<br />
Covered as The Showmen<br />
Covered as Herbie Williams “The Lover Who Loves You Not”<br />
Covered as The Masqueraders<br />
Covered as Oscar Perry<br />
Covered as Top Cat<br />
Covered as Tyrone Edwards<br />
Covered as Sharon Scott<br />
Arrived in the post as an unknown from Soul Bowl, Easter 1978<br />
Covered as Marvin Gaye “It’s Killing Me”<br />
Covered as Al Johnson and the Hit Men<br />
Covered as Sandy Linzer<br />
Covered as Lee Moore and the Resourceful <strong>On</strong>es<br />
Demonstrated how well new releases were being received
WHAT’S GOING ON<br />
THE 2012/13 YEAR pLANNER<br />
NEVER MISS A GREAT NIGHT OUT!<br />
Dec. 2012 Day Area Venue Type Enquiries<br />
8th Saturday Blackpool Tower Xmas Party 0871 222 9929<br />
23rd Sunday Accrington Dunkenhalgh All Dayer 01254 303400<br />
27th Saturday Blackburn King George’s Hall Modern Soul<br />
Christmas Party<br />
01254 582582<br />
Jan. 2013 Day Area Venue Type Enquiries<br />
4th-6th Fri-Sunday Blackpool Hilton Luxury<br />
Weekender<br />
01253 754403<br />
26th Saturday Blackburn King George’s Hall Soul Night 01254 582582<br />
Feb. 2013 Day Area Venue Type Enquiries<br />
9th Saturday Blackpool Winter Gardens All Nighter 0844 856 1111<br />
16th Saturday Sheffield City Hall Soul Night 0114 223 3701<br />
Mar. 2013 Day Area Venue Type Enquiries<br />
2nd Saturday Stoke King’s Hall All Nighter 01909 515150<br />
8th-10th Fri-Sunday Prestatyn Pontins Weekender 0844 576 5949<br />
23rd Saturday Accrington Dunkenhalgh Hotel and Spa Soul Night 01254 303400<br />
Apr. 2013 Day Area Venue Type Enquiries<br />
6th Saturday Keele University All Nighter 01909 515150<br />
13th Saturday Gateshead Lancastrian Suite All Dayer 07812 803410<br />
19th Friday Wolverhampton Civic Hall Soul Night 01909 515150<br />
27th Saturday Blackburn King George’s Hall Soul Night 01254 582582<br />
May. 2013 Day Area Venue Type Enquiries<br />
3rd-5th Fri-Sunday Blackpool Tower Ballroom Weekender 0871 222 9929<br />
WESTGATE SUITES, LONG EATON, NOTTINGHAM, NG10 1EF<br />
EVERY LAST FRIDAY of the MONTH 8:30pm - 1:30am<br />
The BIG EAST<br />
MIDLANDS SOUL<br />
NIGHT OUT! SOUL AND<br />
MOTOWN NIGHT<br />
LONG EATON<br />
£5 on the DOOR BEFORE 9.30pm CALL: 01909 515150<br />
To BOOK TICKETS ONLINE: WWW.GOLDSOUL.CO.UK<br />
THE HOME OF GOOD TIMES AND GREAT SOUL MUSIC<br />
WWW.GOLDSOUL.CO.UK<br />
THE HOME OF GOOD TIMES AND GREAT SOUL MUSIC<br />
FACEBOOK/GoldSoulEvents T: 01909 515150<br />
TWITTER @GoldSoulUpdate WWW.GOLDSOUL.CO.UK<br />
OVER 18’s ONLY<br />
THE HOME OF GOOD TIMES<br />
AND GREAT SOUL MUSIC!<br />
Today’s Best Mix<br />
Wigan/St Helens<br />
Saturday<br />
6-8pm!<br />
ALSAGER CIVIC CENTRE, LAWTON ROAD, ALSAGER<br />
STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST7 2AE<br />
EVERY 3rd<br />
of the MONTH!<br />
STARTS FRIDAY FEBRUARY 15TH, 2013<br />
A NEW MONTHLY<br />
SOUL NIGHT<br />
ALSAGER<br />
NORTHERN SOUL and MOTOWN PLUS FUNKY 80’S/90’S<br />
THE HOME OF GOOD TIMES AND GREAT SOUL MUSIC<br />
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ALWAYS on THE 3rd of the<br />
MONTH WITH KEV ROBERTS,<br />
OZ and MONTHLY GUESTS.<br />
FACEBOOK/GoldSoulEvents T: 01909 515150<br />
TWITTER @GoldSoulUpdate WWW.GOLDSOUL.CO.UK<br />
OVER 18’s ONLY<br />
2 ROOMS of<br />
SATISFACTION<br />
GUARANTEED<br />
WULFRUN HALL, NORTH STREET, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV1 1RQ<br />
APRIL 19th 2013 / 9.00pm - 3.00am<br />
WOLVERHAMPTON<br />
SOUL NIGHT OUT<br />
TICKETS<br />
£8 - ADVANCED FROM the BOX OFFICE<br />
CALL: 01909 515 150 or 0870 3207000 BOOK ONLINE:<br />
WWW.GOLDSOUL.CO.UK, WWW.WOLVESCIVIC.CO.UK* booking fee may apply<br />
THE HOME OF GOOD TIMES AND GREAT SOUL MUSIC<br />
WWW.GOLDSOUL.CO.UK<br />
NORTHERN SOUL and<br />
MOTOWN PLUS FUNKY<br />
80’S/90’S IN 2 ROOMS<br />
FACEBOOK/GoldSoulEvents T: 01909 515150<br />
TWITTER @GoldSoulUpdate WWW.GOLDSOUL.CO.UK<br />
OVER 18’s ONLY<br />
KEY NORTHERN & MODERN SOUL EVENTS 2012/13<br />
THE NORTH’S BEST LOVED DJ’S & VENUES,<br />
WITH pEACE OF MIND SECURITY<br />
Jun. 2013 Day Area Venue Type Enquiries<br />
15th Saturday Pudsey Civic Hall Soul Night 01909 515150<br />
29th Saturday Blackburn King George’s Hall Film Launch<br />
Party (tbc)<br />
DERBY’S BEST<br />
LOVED VENUE!<br />
1st FRIDAY of EVERY MONTH!<br />
ROLLS ROYCE<br />
SOUL NIGHT<br />
MOOR LANE, DERBY, DE24 9HY<br />
£5 - ADMISSION CALL: 01909 515150<br />
TO BOOK TICKETS ONLINE: WWW.GOLDSOUL.CO.UK<br />
THE HOME OF GOOD TIMES AND GREAT SOUL MUSIC<br />
WWW.GOLDSOUL.CO.UK<br />
FACEBOOK/GoldSoulEvents T: 01909 515150<br />
TWITTER @GoldSoulUpdate WWW.GOLDSOUL.CO.UK<br />
OVER 18’s ONLY<br />
PUDSEY CIVIC HALL, DAWSONS CORNER, PUDSEY, WEST YORKSHIRE<br />
LS28 5TA<br />
NORTHERN SOUL<br />
SATISFACTION<br />
JUNE 15th / NOVEMBER 22nd 2013 8:30pm - 1:30am<br />
YORKSHIRE<br />
OKEH SOUL<br />
NIGHT AT<br />
PUDSEY CIVIC HALL<br />
A NEW TWICE YEARLY CLASSIC SOUL NIGHT OUT for YORKSHIRE<br />
THE HOME OF GOOD TIMES AND GREAT SOUL MUSIC<br />
WWW.GOLDSOUL.CO.UK<br />
YORKSHIRE<br />
SOUL NIGHT<br />
FACEBOOK/GoldSoulEvents T: 01909 515150<br />
TWITTER @GoldSoulUpdate WWW.GOLDSOUL.CO.UK<br />
OVER 18’s ONLY<br />
the Greatest Hits of all time<br />
Staffs/Cheshire<br />
Saturday<br />
6-10pm!<br />
THE NORTH’S BEST LOVED SOUL EVENT<br />
SATURDAY DECEMBER 8th 2012, 8:30PM - 2:00AM<br />
BLACKPOOL<br />
TOWER<br />
CHRISTMAS SOUL<br />
THE HOME OF GOOD TIMES AND GREAT SOUL MUSIC<br />
WWW.GOLDSOUL.CO.UK<br />
01254 582582<br />
Jul. 2013 Day Area Venue Type Enquiries<br />
3rd Fri-Sunday Whitby The Pavilion Weekender 01909 515150<br />
20th Saturday Stoke King’s Hall All Nighter 01909 515150<br />
21st Sunday Accrington Dunkenhalgh Hotel and Spa All Dayer 01254 303400<br />
26-27th Fri-Sat Beaumaris Leisure Centre Weekender 07917 770643<br />
Aug. 2013 Day Area Venue Type Enquiries<br />
3rd Saturday Newcastle-u-tyne Tyne Soul Day Cruise + Soul<br />
Night<br />
07812 803410<br />
10th Saturday Sheffield City Hall Soul Night 0114 223 3701<br />
23rd-25th Fri-Sunday Keele University Weekender 01909 515150<br />
Sep. 2013 Day Area Venue Type Enquiries<br />
7th Saturday Blackpool Winter Gardens All Nighter 0844 856 1111<br />
21st Saturday Blackpool Tower Ballroom Celebrates Wigan’s 40th Anniversary Wigan All<br />
Nighter<br />
0871 222 9929<br />
28th Saturday Blackburn King George’s Hall Celebrates Wigan’s 40th Anniversary Soul Night 01254 582582<br />
Oct. 2013 Day Area Venue Type Enquiries<br />
5th Saturday Stoke King’s Hall All Nighter 01909 515150<br />
26th<br />
(7days)<br />
Sat-Sat Costa Del Soul Sunset Beach Club Benalmadena,<br />
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In the first ‘What’s <strong>Going</strong> <strong>On</strong>’ magazine,<br />
we talked about how there are many<br />
offshoots, born out of the ‘Northern Soul’<br />
scene (Crossover, Modern etc.). But on further<br />
examination, even ‘Classic Northern’ seems<br />
to be evolving into two discrete scenes, which,<br />
for clarity, we’ll call the ‘Progressive Northern’<br />
and the ‘Nostalgia Northern’ scenes.<br />
These scenes are related but they are not the<br />
same. They’re probably cousins but certainly<br />
not twins. They have the same genes… if not<br />
the same jeans!<br />
In this short article, I’ll try to explain the<br />
key differences:<br />
1. The ‘Progressive’ Northern Scene<br />
The ‘Progressive Northern’ scene is frequented by<br />
folk who want to hear, play and discover tracks that<br />
are ‘new to them’. Those who attend these events<br />
want to ‘hear something different’ on a regular<br />
basis, to keep them stimulated and to ‘keep them<br />
coming back for more’ – ‘Just like it was in the old<br />
days’… seeking out the next big tune, being true to<br />
the ‘ethos’ and ‘Keeping The Faith’.<br />
The DJ’s on this ‘Progressive Northern’ scene tend<br />
to play new and more recent discoveries. They are<br />
as conscious of the 40+ year history as anyone<br />
else - to ensure that what they are ‘breaking’ is<br />
truly ‘new’ or exclusive - but it is these DJ’s, and<br />
those who eagerly attend wherever they play,<br />
that keep the scene going. They work hard at it,<br />
are dedicated, some might say fanatical, about<br />
their chosen path. They constantly seek those<br />
elusive sounds and are generally some of the most<br />
passionate people you could ever wish to meet<br />
when it comes to talking about the music.<br />
In this scene, and there are numerous exceptions,<br />
many discovered the music in the latter days of<br />
Wigan or sometime after it closed its doors.<br />
They found ‘Northern Soul’ at such places as<br />
Stafford, 100 Club, Rotherham Clifton Hall,<br />
Cleethorpes ‘After Dark’, Bradford, Warrington,<br />
Keele and are catered for nowadays at ‘upfront’<br />
events throughout the UK and Europe with<br />
dedicated rooms in the leading venues such<br />
as WWthe King’s Hall Stoke Allnighter.<br />
2. The ‘Nostalgia’ Northern Scene<br />
The ‘Nostalgia Northern’ scene is frequented by<br />
people who want to hear and play tracks that are<br />
familiar to them, to keep them stimulated and to<br />
‘keep them coming back for more’ – ‘Just like it<br />
was in the old days’… reminiscing about their<br />
youth, being true to the old tunes and ‘Keeping<br />
The Faith’.<br />
The visitors here probably left the scene sometime<br />
before Wigan closed its doors, missed the 80’s<br />
and 90’s, spent the decades, between then and<br />
now, growing up, getting married, having kids,<br />
living and working to pay the mortgage, getting<br />
divorced, being made redundant, retraining for a<br />
new career, paying off the mortgage, remarrying<br />
and then rediscovering their youth with a bit of<br />
‘Northern Soul’.<br />
These folk don’t want, or need, to travel around<br />
the country every weekend in pursuit of the ‘next<br />
big thing’ or new discovery. They’ve been there,<br />
done that and are happy to enjoy the memories.<br />
Nothing new there. Older folk have been looking<br />
in the rear-view mirror for thousands of years.<br />
But, unlike previous generations, these 50 or 60<br />
somethings won’t have to grow old alone. They<br />
have plenty of opportunity to spread their wings<br />
and grow old disgracefully if they choose to at any<br />
number of events throughout the north; enjoying<br />
a drink or two, catching up with old faces and<br />
making new friends, to incredible music that takes<br />
them back a bit, keeps the pulse racing, raises a<br />
smile and keeps the heartbeat turned up!<br />
And it sure beats crown green bowling!<br />
Nowadays the ‘Nostalgia Northern’ scene has<br />
attracted many ‘new faces’ to Soul Music and<br />
taken to playing and enjoying more ‘post Wigan’<br />
sounds. The NS Top 500 has recently been<br />
revised to reflect this; not too very long ago ‘I’m So<br />
Happy’ and ‘Home Is Where The Heart Is’ were<br />
considered ‘Modern’ by many, whereas now these<br />
are considered Northern Soul Classics!<br />
The heritage side of things and the ‘legacy’ of the<br />
Northern Scene, at its absolute peak in the 70’s,<br />
in the North of England, is still seen as something<br />
that many Northern Soul fans feel quite proud<br />
of. And (even though many got busy doing other<br />
things, some 30 odd years ago) just like a prodigal<br />
son, it seems somehow more valuable to them<br />
now. Middle age brings greater lifestyle choice<br />
and ‘Northern Soul’ is something many want to<br />
celebrate and enjoy, free of someone else’s ‘rules’<br />
and ‘pressures’, and they just want to relive a<br />
bit of it all over again.<br />
Sean Hampsey<br />
3. The Soul Family<br />
Given these two scenes have common<br />
Grandparents, it’s important not to enter<br />
into a ‘family feud’ of sorts. We all have more<br />
in common with each other than we have<br />
differences and it’s therefore wrong to<br />
criticise the family from either side.<br />
The ‘Progressive’ scene will just keep on<br />
‘progressing’ just so long as those that are<br />
on it ‘want’ to do it.<br />
The ‘Nostalgia’ scene will also just keep on<br />
doing what it wants to do. Enjoying the music,<br />
the friendships and even creating new memories<br />
along the way.<br />
At my time of life, I like to think I can enjoy it all,<br />
regardless, because the MUSIC is important to<br />
me and because the Tomangoes, Jimmy Burns<br />
and Sam Williams sound every bit as good to<br />
me now as they did 40 years ago.<br />
Life is far too short, for Soul fans, or anyone<br />
else, to be overly concerned with other people’s<br />
choices. We grow together rather than apart and<br />
embrace the differences, enjoying this fabulous<br />
music wherever and whenever we can!<br />
With plenty on offer, we look forward to many<br />
Soulful years ahead!<br />
Sean Hampsey<br />
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THE 40 YEAR ITCH<br />
Pretty much every year I end up agreeing with<br />
most Soulies that our beloved scene is in better<br />
health than the previous one. It certainly knows<br />
no bounds.<br />
During 2012 another feature length movie got<br />
close to a wrap and ready for a 013 launch,<br />
Inspector George Gently surprised us with an<br />
episode dedicated to the genre and crowds<br />
rocketed at a fair few events.<br />
The highlights for me personally were the Tower,<br />
(May) with a stunning emotional ending. The Kings<br />
Hall Stoke All Nighter, particularly the July one,<br />
whereby the car park resembled Station Rd,<br />
Wigan circa ’75. And the Cleethorpes Pier All<br />
Dayer in August which saw a terrific turnout with<br />
music to match. At this time, the venue is being put<br />
up for sale, so hopefully events will continue should<br />
a new owner be found.<br />
Well after 40 years I am enjoying the scene far<br />
more than the past. So let’s take a look at the<br />
contributing factors to the feel good factor rippling<br />
through our weekend’s at present.<br />
I could start by citing Inspector George Gently<br />
which certainly topped the curiosity meter during<br />
one barmy Summer night. Personally I thought the<br />
script was weak to say the least.<br />
The filming in Blackburn of the new Northern Soul<br />
movie created a real buzz and we look forward to<br />
seeing the latest motion picture about our beloved<br />
scene sometime in late 013. Look out for a WGO<br />
contributor playing a ‘screw’.<br />
Numbers at some events have risen sharply, while<br />
others have remained static or even declined.<br />
Clearly a new influx of 40/50 somethings have<br />
arrived, largely due to the music they may have<br />
collected in the past, being unavailable to dance to<br />
in any retro formula.<br />
Love Is The Drug-Roxy Music and Jean Genie-<br />
Bowie probably felt right at the time, but today its<br />
fixed firmly to a Radio Station or Ipod. Northern<br />
on the other hand is one great treasure chest of<br />
discoveries to newbies. So if you are one of those,<br />
come on in...the water is delightful!<br />
Facebook: Goldsoul Events<br />
Twitter: @goldsoulupdate @kev_roberts<br />
Live acts seem to be on the upturn. Boy do we<br />
now have withdrawal symptoms due to not having<br />
the Edwin Starrs available. I see The Impressions<br />
are getting across the pond quite regularly and<br />
word is Motown’s The Contours are scheduled for<br />
up 10 dates in 013.<br />
Good to see Prestatyn back. Weekenders have<br />
been notoriously difficult to promote in the past,<br />
largely due to the venue’s lack of understanding<br />
as to the type of customer they are attracting.<br />
Fortunately the North Wales site is in experienced<br />
hands. Hopefully the 2 events a year at the venue<br />
will stimulate fans of the 3-4 day culture.<br />
With the King’s Hall, Stoke, firmly ranked as the All<br />
Nighter you ‘must go to’, it’s good to see a classic<br />
returning to compliment the 17 year history of the<br />
UK’s leading ‘niter. Keele returns on April 6 for a<br />
special All Nighter in 3 rooms. Plans are afoot<br />
for a mini weekender later in the year too, due<br />
to the amount of on site accommodation the<br />
University have.<br />
I finally got around to updating the Top 500.<br />
The older versions are all out of print and I thought<br />
it best to create a definitive edition based on the<br />
movement’s 45 year history. A plus point being the<br />
images are in full colour which proved too costly<br />
in 2000 when first released. I urge you to buy it...<br />
well a guy’s gotta eat lol<br />
Finally, back at Goldsoul HQ, we launched our<br />
NEW website in October plus the new App for<br />
the iPhone. You can now listen to Goldsoul Radio<br />
24/7 completely DJ Free. The site is far easier to<br />
see what’s happening and order tickets for events<br />
with clear links to reach our venue fan pages on<br />
Facebook. And with all this technology, time to<br />
update our contact details.<br />
Have a great end to 2012 and we’ll see you at<br />
a gig real soon.<br />
Warmest regards,<br />
Kev<br />
www.goldsoul.co.uk<br />
www.goldsoul.co.uk/radio<br />
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