Post by soulfusion on Nov 23, 2008 12:22:58 GMT
HOPE YOU ALL ENJOYED THE NIGHT
WELL I HAVE TO SAY, THE M5 WAS KIND TO US AND WE SAILED THROUGH IN JUST OVER AN HOUR FROM GLOUCESTERSHIRE.
GOT THERE AT 8.30 TO FIND THE CAR PARK PLEASINGLY FULL.
ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE AN EVENT WELL ATTENDED. PETE AND CATHY MUST HAVE BEEN HAPPY WITH THE TURNOUT.
WALKED IN TO SEE STEVE AND KERRY DOING A SUPERB JOB OF WARMING THE CROWD UP WITH A GREAT SELECTION OF CLASSICS. HAD EM DANCING VERY EARLY ON WHICH IS A GREAT ACHIEVMENT SO EARLY ON IN THE EVENING. FOLKS WERE STILL ARRIVING AND GETTING STRAIGHT ON THE DANCEFLOOR
A FEW PROBLEMS WITH THE SOUND SYSTEM NEEDED LOOKING INTO SO I DID MY TECHNICAL BIT AND SORTED IT OUT, ONE CHANNEL ON THE MIXER FAULTY, SO SHUFFLED THE DECKS OVER ONTO THE NEXT TWO CHANNELS AND AWAY WE WENT AGAIN.
I FOLLOWED ADY HEANEY WHO HAD TREATED THE BRIDGWATER CROWD TO A REALLY NICE MIX OF NORTHERN SOUL CLASSICS ALONGSIDE SOME OF THE TOP CROSSOVER TUNES FROM THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS FINISHING HIS SET WITH HAROLD MELVIN & THE BLUENOTES - WHERE ARE ALL MY FRIENDS TO A PACKED DANCEFLOOR.
I FOLLOWED ON AND KICKED OFF IN THE CROSSOVER VEIN FOLLOWED BY SOME DETROIT & CHICAGO CLASSICS.
HERE'S WHAT I PLAYED
WILL COLLINS WILLPOWER - ANYTHING I CAN DO - BAREBACK
JERRY BUTLER - MOODY WOMAN - MERCURY(REQUEST FOR THE PLYMOUTH CREW)
GLORIA JONES - COME GO WITH ME - UPTOWN
JOE SIMON - LONG HOT SUMMER - SOUNDSTAGE 7
ROSE BATISTE - I MISS MY BABY - REVELOT
JJ BARNES - PLEASE LET ME IN -RICTIC
DETROIT EXECUTIVES - COOL OFF - PAMELINE
SOUNDMASTERS - LONELY LONELY - JULET
SEVEN SOULS - I STILL LOVE YOU - OKEH
PEABO BRYSON - WHY DON'T YOU MAKE UP YOUR MIND - CAPITOL LP
BLACKSMOKE - SUNSHINE, ROSRS AND RAINBOWS - CHOCOLATE CITY LP
ROY DAWSON - OVER THE TOP - COEMANDS
VOICES OF EAST HARLEM - CASHIN IN - JUST SUNSHINE
BOBBY SHEEN - SOMETHING NEW TO DO - WARNERS BROS
ANN SEXTON - YOU'VE BEEN GONE TOO LONG - SEVENTY 7 RECORDS
DIPLOMATS - HONEST TO GOODNESS - MINIT
MAJOR LANCE - YOU DON'T WANT ME NO MORE - OKEH
HOLLY ST JAMES - THAT'S NOT LOVE - ABC
SAM DEES - LONELY FOR YOU BABY - SSS INTERNATIONAL
AD LIBS - THINK OF ME - KAREN
MARLENA SHAW - LET'S WADE IN THE WATER - CADET
THE IVORYS - PLEASE STAY - DESPENZA
CHRISTINE COOPER - HEARTACHES AWAY MY BOY - PARKWAY
THE ARTISTICS - THIS HEART OF MINE - OKEH
GINGER THEN STEPPED UP AND CHARMED US WITH SOME OF HIS BIG SOUNDS ALONGSIDE MORE FAMILIAR OUTINGS FROM THE MOTOWN STABLE DELIVERED IN HIS UNIQUE STYLE "TOP MAN"
PETE LYSTER THEN SENT US ALL HOME WITH 30 MINUTES OF PURE CLASS, THE TRIPPS SOUNDED SO GOOD MATE
CHRISTMAS CAME EARLY IN THE LYSTER HOUSHOLD!!!
HOPE YOU ALL ENJOYED THE NIGHT AS MUCH AS I DID.
IT WAS A GREAT PLEASURE TO DJ FOR YOU, THANKS FOR DANCING. BIG THANKS TO THE SOUTH WALES CREW, AND THE PLYMOUTH AND GLOUCESTER CREWS FOR COMING ALONG AND SUPPORTING THE DJS.
IT WAS SO UNUSUAL TO SEE SO MANY DJS DANCING INCLUDING STEVE G, ADEY H, PETE LYSTER, LEON BROWN THE BIRTHDAY BOY, GINGER TAYLOR, JON WILLIS AND HIPPO, "YES HIPPO ACTUALLY STRUTTED HIS STUFF, GOTTA BE A FIRST FOR A LONG LONG TIME"
CONGRATULATIONS TO PETE, CATHY AND THE CREW. WELL DONE TO YOU LOT FOR PUTTING ON A GREAT NIGHT.
BEST REGARDS TO YOU ALL
NEIL SELF
WELL I HAVE TO SAY, THE M5 WAS KIND TO US AND WE SAILED THROUGH IN JUST OVER AN HOUR FROM GLOUCESTERSHIRE.
GOT THERE AT 8.30 TO FIND THE CAR PARK PLEASINGLY FULL.
ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE AN EVENT WELL ATTENDED. PETE AND CATHY MUST HAVE BEEN HAPPY WITH THE TURNOUT.
WALKED IN TO SEE STEVE AND KERRY DOING A SUPERB JOB OF WARMING THE CROWD UP WITH A GREAT SELECTION OF CLASSICS. HAD EM DANCING VERY EARLY ON WHICH IS A GREAT ACHIEVMENT SO EARLY ON IN THE EVENING. FOLKS WERE STILL ARRIVING AND GETTING STRAIGHT ON THE DANCEFLOOR
A FEW PROBLEMS WITH THE SOUND SYSTEM NEEDED LOOKING INTO SO I DID MY TECHNICAL BIT AND SORTED IT OUT, ONE CHANNEL ON THE MIXER FAULTY, SO SHUFFLED THE DECKS OVER ONTO THE NEXT TWO CHANNELS AND AWAY WE WENT AGAIN.
I FOLLOWED ADY HEANEY WHO HAD TREATED THE BRIDGWATER CROWD TO A REALLY NICE MIX OF NORTHERN SOUL CLASSICS ALONGSIDE SOME OF THE TOP CROSSOVER TUNES FROM THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS FINISHING HIS SET WITH HAROLD MELVIN & THE BLUENOTES - WHERE ARE ALL MY FRIENDS TO A PACKED DANCEFLOOR.
I FOLLOWED ON AND KICKED OFF IN THE CROSSOVER VEIN FOLLOWED BY SOME DETROIT & CHICAGO CLASSICS.
HERE'S WHAT I PLAYED
WILL COLLINS WILLPOWER - ANYTHING I CAN DO - BAREBACK
JERRY BUTLER - MOODY WOMAN - MERCURY(REQUEST FOR THE PLYMOUTH CREW)
GLORIA JONES - COME GO WITH ME - UPTOWN
JOE SIMON - LONG HOT SUMMER - SOUNDSTAGE 7
ROSE BATISTE - I MISS MY BABY - REVELOT
JJ BARNES - PLEASE LET ME IN -RICTIC
DETROIT EXECUTIVES - COOL OFF - PAMELINE
SOUNDMASTERS - LONELY LONELY - JULET
SEVEN SOULS - I STILL LOVE YOU - OKEH
PEABO BRYSON - WHY DON'T YOU MAKE UP YOUR MIND - CAPITOL LP
BLACKSMOKE - SUNSHINE, ROSRS AND RAINBOWS - CHOCOLATE CITY LP
ROY DAWSON - OVER THE TOP - COEMANDS
VOICES OF EAST HARLEM - CASHIN IN - JUST SUNSHINE
BOBBY SHEEN - SOMETHING NEW TO DO - WARNERS BROS
ANN SEXTON - YOU'VE BEEN GONE TOO LONG - SEVENTY 7 RECORDS
DIPLOMATS - HONEST TO GOODNESS - MINIT
MAJOR LANCE - YOU DON'T WANT ME NO MORE - OKEH
HOLLY ST JAMES - THAT'S NOT LOVE - ABC
SAM DEES - LONELY FOR YOU BABY - SSS INTERNATIONAL
AD LIBS - THINK OF ME - KAREN
MARLENA SHAW - LET'S WADE IN THE WATER - CADET
THE IVORYS - PLEASE STAY - DESPENZA
CHRISTINE COOPER - HEARTACHES AWAY MY BOY - PARKWAY
THE ARTISTICS - THIS HEART OF MINE - OKEH
GINGER THEN STEPPED UP AND CHARMED US WITH SOME OF HIS BIG SOUNDS ALONGSIDE MORE FAMILIAR OUTINGS FROM THE MOTOWN STABLE DELIVERED IN HIS UNIQUE STYLE "TOP MAN"
PETE LYSTER THEN SENT US ALL HOME WITH 30 MINUTES OF PURE CLASS, THE TRIPPS SOUNDED SO GOOD MATE
CHRISTMAS CAME EARLY IN THE LYSTER HOUSHOLD!!!
HOPE YOU ALL ENJOYED THE NIGHT AS MUCH AS I DID.
IT WAS A GREAT PLEASURE TO DJ FOR YOU, THANKS FOR DANCING. BIG THANKS TO THE SOUTH WALES CREW, AND THE PLYMOUTH AND GLOUCESTER CREWS FOR COMING ALONG AND SUPPORTING THE DJS.
IT WAS SO UNUSUAL TO SEE SO MANY DJS DANCING INCLUDING STEVE G, ADEY H, PETE LYSTER, LEON BROWN THE BIRTHDAY BOY, GINGER TAYLOR, JON WILLIS AND HIPPO, "YES HIPPO ACTUALLY STRUTTED HIS STUFF, GOTTA BE A FIRST FOR A LONG LONG TIME"
CONGRATULATIONS TO PETE, CATHY AND THE CREW. WELL DONE TO YOU LOT FOR PUTTING ON A GREAT NIGHT.
BEST REGARDS TO YOU ALL
NEIL SELF