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scouserdave

10-31-2006, 12:59 PM

scouserdave

10-31-2006, 01:21 PM

BTW, amongst others, I found this mint condition blue label Atlantic 1969

Drells record in a Manila second hand record shop. Bought it for 20p!:celb (23):
http://www.liverpoolpictorial.co.uk/drells.jpg

FKoE

10-31-2006, 03:34 PM

Did you have a pair of those

bell bottoms covered in patches ? :D

Punk was really more my bag in the mid to late 70's, oh and white reggae punk like the Ruts and even Pil

scouserdave

10-31-2006, 03:49 PM

Did you have a pair of those bell bottoms covered in patches ? :D

Punk was really more my bag in the mid to late 70's,

oh and white reggae punk like the Ruts and even Pil
Nah, the Canny Farm lads I knocked around with dressed in a proto casual/scally way. Punk came

around a couple of years later in 76/77 which was when I suddenly discovered RAWK! I'd moved down to London by then and saw quite a few bands. BTW,

cracking performance by PiL (Careering) on The Old Grey Whistle Test DVD. If somebody can tell me how I can rip it and post it to youtube, please PM

me:PDT_Aliboronz_24:

FKoE

10-31-2006, 03:57 PM

Nah, the Canny Farm lads I knocked around with dressed in a proto casual/scally way. Punk came around a couple

of years later in 76/77 which was when I suddenly discovered RAWK! I'd moved down to London by then and saw quite a few bands. BTW, cracking

performance by PiL (Careering) on The Old Grey Whistle Test DVD. If somebody can tell me how I can rip it and post it to youtube, please PM

me:PDT_Aliboronz_24:

Grab a program called 'WinAVI', rip the dvd to mpeg or .avi and upload ;)

Do you remember a London band

called 'Menace' Davey ?

scouserdave

10-31-2006, 04:36 PM

Grab a program called 'WinAVI', rip the dvd to mpeg or .avi

and upload ;)

Do you remember a London band called 'Menace' Davey ?
OMG! How old RU? LOL!
When I lived in Highbury New Park N5, I saw

them in the Hope & Anchor. The bands played in the basement, a bit like The Cavern except not so deep down. It probably cost me 50 pence for entry. Menace

had a cracking single called GLC (Greater London Council) which I have knocking around somewhere.

john

10-31-2006, 07:14 PM

Nah, the Canny Farm lads I knocked around with dressed in a

proto casual/scally way. Punk came around a couple of years later in 76/77 which was when I suddenly discovered RAWK! I'd moved down to London by

then and saw quite a few bands. BTW, cracking performance by PiL (Careering) on The Old Grey Whistle Test DVD. If somebody can tell me how I can rip it and

post it to youtube, please PM me:PDT_Aliboronz_24:

Has that DvD got Be Bop Deluxe on it?

scouserdave

10-31-2006, 07:22 PM

Has that DvD got Be Bop Deluxe on it?
That was another interesting pre-punk band. Never quite got into them like I did with the

likes of Roxy Music. Nope, not on the DVD.

lindylou

10-31-2006, 10:00 PM

Is, or was anyone into Northern Soul?
I've always loved uptempo soul beats, but never quite got into the

Northern Soul scene. In the early 70s, Liverpool was more into the Funk thang:) but a gang of us from Canny Farm used to go up to the Wigan Casino for a few

months. We gave up in the end, because we got fed up being chased by the huge amount of Manc Northern Soulers who went there. Happy

Daze!:unibrow:

speaking of Funk - there was a phase of 'Jazz Funk' and 'African Funk' in the Soul clubs in L'pool during the 1970s.

Does anyone remember 'Ossi Bissi' or 'Matumbe?' (not sure if my spelling is correct).

We used to go to the 'Time Piece' club in Fleet st

which was Funk orientated and often had live bands.
The 'Victoriana' club was my stamping ground - OMG we lived for our nights at that club !:D we

used to go twice a week come rain or shine. Great Soul music played there and also many live Soul acts. Ike & Tina Turner were on there once although I

didn't see them.

Northern Soul was good but I never got heavily into it.

scouserdave

10-31-2006, 10:12 PM

speaking of Funk - there was a phase of 'Jazz Funk' and 'African Funk' in the Soul clubs in L'pool during the 1970s.

Does anyone remember 'Ossi Bissi' or 'Matumbe?' (not sure if my spelling is correct).

We used to go to the 'Time Piece' club in Fleet st

which was Funk orientated and often had live bands.
The 'Victoriana' club was my stamping ground - OMG we lived for our nights at that club !:D we

used to go twice a week come rain or shine. Great Soul music played there and also many live Soul acts. Ike & Tina Turner were on there once although I

didn't see them.

Northern Soul was good but I never got heavily into it.

The Timepiece was almost a Blacks only (can I say that?)

club when I went there in the early 70s. If you wanted to listen to the latest "imported" funk sounds, that was the place to be. You probably mean Osibisa.

Haven't a clue about the other one, but Afro Soul's Manu Dibango was pretty hot at that time:PDT_Piratz_26:

john

10-31-2006, 10:19 PM

How about

this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9pHTwHNyUk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CcW53rS4Ac

sweetpatooti

10-31-2006, 10:23 PM

We used to go to the 'Time Piece'

club in Fleet st which was Funk orientated and often had live bands.
.

Went there a few times too Lindy!! I was really into Parliament and

Funkadelic and Cameo before they went too mainstream - when they did Cardiac Arrest.

Did you see George Clinton on the telly on Saturday - BBC2. Had

all the Parliament/Funkadelic stuff on Mothership Convention - it was a hoot. :celb (23): Mmmm..big 70s style Afros and long leather coats....could turn a

girl's head

(Dya like Bootsy Collins in my Avatar?)

john

10-31-2006, 10:26 PM

That was another interesting pre-punk band. Never quite got into them like I did with the likes of

Roxy Music. Nope, not on the DVD.

They are on a OGWT

dvd

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbVnSYmaxtU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIAD86arxu4
http://www.youtube.com/

watch?v=wrYXQTclbog

Be bop deluxe a great band still into them in a big way

scouserdave

10-31-2006, 10:28 PM

Went there a few times too Lindy!! I was really into Parliament and

Funkadelic and Cameo before they went too mainstream - when they did Cardiac Arrest.

Did you see George Clinton on the telly on Saturday - BBC2. Had

all the Parliament/Funkadelic stuff on Mothership Convention - it was a hoot. :celb (23): Mmmm..big 70s style Afros and long leather coats....could turn a

girl's head

(Dya like Bootsy Collins in my Avatar?)
I've admired your Bootsy avatar ever since I joined up. If you ever want to chat

about all things 70s/80s funky, I'm your man!

john

10-31-2006, 10:30 PM

Went there a few times too Lindy!! I was really into Parliament and Funkadelic and Cameo before they went too

mainstream - when they did Cardiac Arrest.

Did you see George Clinton on the telly on Saturday - BBC2. Had all the Parliament/Funkadelic stuff on

Mothership Convention - it was a hoot. :celb (23): Mmmm..big 70s style Afros and long leather coats....could turn a girl's head

(Dya like Bootsy

Collins in my Avatar?)

Just for the funky sisters

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjKSl_ILQUE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVkKKzmKyjI

scouserdave

10-31-2006, 10:32 PM

How about

this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9pHTwHNyUk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CcW53rS4Ac
I'm still skanking

Mon:PDT_Aliboronz_24:
Thanks:PDT_Piratz_26:

john

10-31-2006, 10:36 PM

Mmmm..big 70s style Afros and long leather coats....could turn a girl's head
So thats were I went wrong :shock:

sweetpatooti

10-31-2006, 10:43 PM

Mmmm..big 70s style Afros and long leather coats....could turn a girl's head
So thats

were I went wrong :shock:

You and Scouserdave probably did a mean spin on the Timepiece dancefloor - really fast so that your leather coat

spun out.

Tear the roof of the sucker!!!!!!!:celb (23): :celb (6): :celb (23):

john

10-31-2006, 10:52 PM

You and Scouserdave probably did a mean spin on the Timepiece dancefloor -

really fast so that your leather coat spun out.

Tear the roof of the sucker!!!!!!!:celb (23): :celb (6): :celb (23):

Possibly right

who says white boys can't dance?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPnXW7LmX44

Better first time around hate the version in the charts at

the moment

This is cool as well
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_vLzsG2TCU

scouserdave

10-31-2006, 10:56 PM

Tear the roof of the sucker!!!!!!!:celb (23): :celb (6): :celb

(23):
With a Bootsy bass!:PDT_Aliboronz_24:

sweetpatooti

10-31-2006, 10:58 PM

Better first time around hate the version in the charts at the

moment

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Everything is!

john

10-31-2006, 10:59 PM

True, I remember RJ superfreak 12 in went on for ages

john

10-31-2006, 11:01 PM

How about this one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHZJKct7pgU

sweetpatooti

10-31-2006, 11:01 PM

yup - you had to be fit.

scouserdave

10-31-2006, 11:03 PM

Rick James was a ******. Plastic Funk.

john

10-31-2006, 11:05 PM

Good dance track

lindylou

11-02-2006, 02:41 PM

The Timepiece was almost a Blacks only (can I say that?) club when I went there in the early 70s. If you wanted to

listen to the latest "imported" funk sounds, that was the place to be. You probably mean Osibisa. Haven't a clue about the other one, but Afro Soul's Manu

Dibango was pretty hot at that time:PDT_Piratz_26:

Yes, Osibisa. My memory is a bit cloudy these days ! :)
Matumbi played live on the

TimePiece club once.
I remember Manu Dibango too.

Does anyone remember the DJ Les Spain in the TimePiece ?
He was well known there.

The Time Piece was great :D

lindylou

11-02-2006, 02:48 PM

Does anyone remember a club called 'Buck's Place?'
:) :)

lindylou

11-02-2006, 03:20 PM

I used to get the magazine 'Blues & Soul' .... I had stacks of them and kept them for years. Then I had a

clear out and got rid of them. I probably should have kept hold of them - they might have been collectors items now! :rolleyes:

Blues & Soul was a

way of keeping in touch with what was going on.

I remember in the clubs when word would get around that there was a new sound out, or a new dance -

usually from USA.
Someone would demonstrate, and we'd all practice the steps 'till we got it right !! Ha! You had to be perfect to look cool ! :celb

(6):
A lot of the dances had complicated steps and you'd practice in your front room before hitting the town ! :)

It's amazing that you can get

anything you want via the computer now.
OMG, we used to wait weeks before the latest James Brown record reached the UK. We'd get word that he'd

released another and it wouldn't come out here for ages.
If you were lucky and knew someone that was coming from America they might bring it for you.

Same with Reggae. It was great if you could get stuff from Jamaica brought over.
We used to use a particular record shop that got imports. You'd go

down to see what was the latest stuff in.
Or I sometimes used to order stuff by post from the likes of 'Greensleeves.'

People are lucky now

that they can see and hear groups instantly on the inter-net. We didn't even know what some of our favourite stars looked like - especially the Reggae

artists.

scouserdave

11-03-2006, 07:02 AM

Yes, Osibisa. My memory is a bit cloudy these days ! :)
Matumbi played live on the

TimePiece club once.
I remember Manu Dibango too.

Does anyone remember the DJ Les Spain in the TimePiece ?
He was well known there.

The Time Piece was great :D
Les Spain is a legend! Played the best sounds by any DJ I've ever heard. Greensleeves used to have a shop on

the corner of Seven Sisters Road/Stamford Hill/Tottenham High St, London in the 70s. I think that was before they even had a record label. Me and the missus

used to live nearby on top of a betting shop in 629a Seven Sisters Road. I was and still am into heavy dub reggae 70s stylee:) and it made my day when I

discovered the shop.

BTW I think Blues and Soul morphed from the magazine BM (Black Music). Here's one of their mags from March 1981 with Marvin on

the front cover. Got a loft full of them:PDT_Piratz_26: Do you remember Black Echoes? That was a cracking read. More emphasis on reggae than the Blues and

Soul mag' which concentrated solely on Funk and Soul. God! I feel so old!:disgust:

http://www.liverpoolpictorial.co.uk/bm1.jpg

lindylou

11-03-2006, 08:15 PM

Wow ! you jogged my memory !

I'd forgotten about the 'BM' mag and 'Black Echoes ... it was all so long ago ! :shock: :D

I had some mags brought from America ( back in the

70s) - 'Ebony' and 'Jet' ... lots of ads in them for Marlboro cigarettes, Big Macs, and 'Afro Sheen' :D

lindylou

11-04-2006, 11:12 PM

Greensleeves Mail

order Catalogue. :)

scouserdave

11-11-2006, 12:49 PM

Anyone remember the Yank "Soul Train" programmes? It was never shown in the UK, but some of the bands that performed on there were amazing. Go to youtube and do a "Soul Train" search. You'll be strutting your funky stuff all day la!:PDT_Piratz_26:

lindylou

11-11-2006, 03:47 PM

Yes I remember it. :)

scouserdave

11-11-2006, 03:51 PM

Whenever I need a pick me up, I look at this video.:celb (23):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOl0lqOCdgs

lindylou

11-11-2006, 04:01 PM

That's fantastic. Guaranteed to make you smile! :D :D

I'm keepin' that !

lindylou

11-11-2006, 09:04 PM

Just seen a Madeline Bell vid there too.

Wonder where she is these days ??

scouserdave

11-11-2006, 09:14 PM

Just seen a Madeline Bell vid there too.

Wonder where she is these days ??
Didn't she once have a "thing" going with Dusty Springfield once?

lindylou

11-12-2006, 09:51 PM

Yeah, that's right. It was alleged. :)

Madeline Bell has dropped right out of the lime light. Can't recall when she was last around.

Motorhemp

11-12-2006, 11:46 PM

They are on a OGWT dvd

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbVnSYmaxtU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIAD86arxu4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrYXQTclbog

Be bop deluxe a great band still into them in a big way

off the subject but Bebop Delux - Sunburst finish - swapped a Visage 12" single for it years ago - brilliant - Bill Nelson produced most of the Skids stuff...back on with the soul :)

FKoE

11-14-2006, 11:25 AM

http://editorial.jpress.co.uk/web/Upload/BLAC/13112006571311-page-3-soul-dancers.jpg

Reliving the soul of '70s

COOL cats and groovers twisted the weekend away at the annual Northern Soul event in Blackpool.

Promoters Richard Searling and Kev Roberts, two of the original DJs from the 70s, presented the weekend of top tunes at the Tower. More than 1,400 people attended the events which were once the highlight of the social calendar during the decade.

Blackpool and Wigan were the top venues in the North West for Northern Soul, which attracted a cult following. This weekend's event was the biggest ever held in the country since 1976.

SOURCE[/B] (http://www.blackpoolonline.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=62&ArticleID=1874793)

Not much of write up commerating the event, but they did push the boat out with this summers punk fest colour supplement :D

scouserdave

11-14-2006, 11:48 AM

I remember Ian Levin being the top jock to spin discs at the Blackpool Mecca in the 70s. He went on to be a producer of a load of HNG Gay disco tracks. Wonder what's happened to him?

lindylou

11-14-2006, 12:55 PM

I used to read about him in the old 'Blues & Soul' mags. In fact he might have had a column - my memory's a bit rusty now.

FKoE

11-14-2006, 05:12 PM

I remember Ian Levin being the top jock to spin discs at the Blackpool Mecca in the 70s. He went on to be a producer of a load of HNG Gay disco tracks. Wonder what's happened to him?

Ian Levin.that name rings a bell for some reason.. I wonder if he is the feller that started spinning Northern Soul tracks to the House Beats in the early 90's in the clubs..