The Sidac 19th April 2014 issueWhat a great start to the Season for the Saints fans, eight wins on the bounce and two great escape wins

over Leeds and Cas, to stay top of the league, just brill. The premiership is hotting up and we still don’t know who will pick up the title or go down Liverpool & Sunderland are looking favs.Shame for Lattics winning 1 – nil, then manager made a booboo, by subing best player & first two penalty takers, Gutted! Tonight’s line up of DjsPaul Berry 8 till 9 Early doors Guest Dj: from St. Helens standing in for Freddy T.Chisser 9 till 10 Warm Up spot from St. HelensSue trappasso 10 till 11 Northern spot Res’DJ: from LiverpoolMoz 11 till 12 Stomping spot Wigan & Torch stompers Res’ DJ: from WarringtonChisser 12 till 1 Final Hour Cross-Over & Modern Promoter & DJ: from St. Helens

Parr lad, born & bred, I first got into Soul listening to my elder sister’s Motown records. When I was about 14 I attended the Y youth club in Nunn St. Parr, and heard Love Love Love by Bobby Hebb and it was my first Soul record I bought. When I started work at UGB I met Garry Beech and he played at the Connie Club in Sutton, which I attended. later we went to the Casino in Wigan then we started to go to the Ritz in Manchester, Some time later after getting married and having a family I started to go to Lowton on the Second Friday of the Month and I then bumped into Keith Brady at a boot sale, and started looking for Northern records again. My favourte record is “Didn’t Say A Word” by Yvonne Baker, my favourite soul Artiste are Roy Hamilton, Lou Johnson, Darrell Banks, and David Ruffin.

Chisser It started for me in 1961 having a dance with Denise Anks to lets Twist Again, by Chubby Checker at Sutton Nash school's Christmas Party, this became my first record, on the Green Columbia label DB4961 followed by Sam Cooke's Chain Gang and the Drifters Save The last Dance For Me, and its been my vice ever since buying these little Black Gems. My first djing was about 1966 at Derbyhill youth club between the Band sets on Thursday nights. Then I played at the Geraldo club with a couple of mates of mine Trev Muhic & Rob Tully until late 1972. My favourite Artiste is Bobby Womack. favourite record last one played Ktf!

Sue Trapasso Joined the Team at Joe's in 2009, having been Djing at the Birchfield Club Widnes. Sue comes from Stoke and went the Golden Torch from 1967 and saw live acts there before it was a all-nighter, Sue moved to Liverpool in the 70s. She’s been collecting Northern soul for nearly 40 years and has a few thousand, her favourite Artiste is Jacky Wilson and her fav record is Just Be Sincere;

Moz Warrington born & bred, came from the Gas Club Warrington, which he ran for 3 years, A scooter boy at heart, he attends the National Scooter Rallies he rides a Lambretta GP 185 which is named Key To My Happiness, he also DJs for VFM. He’s been into Northern Soul since attending the All-Nighters in the 80s at Parr Hall in Warrington His fav tunes are Charades, Richie Addams, and Thelma Lyndsey, Moz is noted for playing top stomping sets. He ran Tetley Walker Club in Warrington in 2008 but closed down in

July 2011 He now runs Thames Board soul club, which is also in Warrington with DJs: Chris Penn and Biff, on the 4th Saturday Monthly.

What’s happening April/May2014Phoenix Scooter Club St. Georges Do on April Sat 26th “SAX of Soul”percival Room Ruskin Drive Tickets £5.00 Nalgo night with Dave, Phil, Noel, and guest DJ, Jimmy Fleming 2nd May all ticket do £4.00Blackpool Tower Ballroom Week-Ender £20.00 Richard Searling, Ginger, Kev RobertsTo book Tel:01909 515150 or go online to www.goldsoul.co.ukHot of the Pres!!! Sandy Wynns and Greg Perry at Cleethorpes June 14th husband and wife to perform At the 22nd soul week-ender more info: soon.

If you are celebrating a Birthday this April you are in good company Jimmy Cliff 66yrs 01/04/1948 Jamican Reggie StarPharrell Williams 41yrs 05/04/1973 American Rap Singer Charlie Thomas 77yrs 07/04/1937 The Drifters Lisa Stansfield 48yrs 11/04/1966 British female Soul singerAl Green 68yrs 13/04/1946 Hi recording Soul Artiste has released 30 albums & 50 singlesAnn Peebles 67yrs 27/04/1947 Hi recording Soul ArtisteApril Stevens 77yrs 29/04/1936 POP singer Northern soul hit Wanting You

R.I.P soul Sisters & soul Brothers who passed away in April.April 1st 1984 Marvin Gaye aged 45 American Motown soul singer Writer /producer super starrApril 2nd 2003 Edwin Starr aged 61 American soul singer/writer Ric Tic/MotownApril 2nd 2003 Homer Banks aged 61 American soul singer/writer April 5th 2006 Gene Pitney aged 66 American singer /producerApril 8th 1997 Laura Nyro aged 49 American musician, Guitarist, Pianist,Writer & ProducerApril 9th 1988 Dave Prater aged 50 Soul Singer with Sam Moore Sam & Dave Atlantic RecodsApril 9th 2009 Randy Cain aged 63 Soul Singer With The DelfonicsApril 10th 1986 Linda Creed aged 37 American singer/songwriter April 10th 2003 Little Eva aged 59 USA ,Baby sitter for Coffin & King who wrote the “locomotion” for herApril 11th 2006 June pointer aged 51 American soul /pop singer the Pointer SistersApril 13th 2013 Harry J.Johnson aged 67 Jamaican Musician Bass player Record Producer/WriterApril 14th 2013 George Jackson aged 68 USA R&B Singer Song/Writer for Goldwax RecordsApril 19 2014 Deon Jackson aged 68 USA Singer Song/Writer for Carla RecordsApril 20th 1969 Benny Benjamin aged 43 American Motown Session Drummer Funk BrothersApril 20th 1991 Steve Marriot aged 44 Uk Lead Singer With Small Faces played Artful Dodger In OliverApril 21st 2003 Nina Simone aged 70 American Blues soul Jazz singer/writer/pianistApril 21st 2008 Al Wilson aged 68 American MOR Soul singer northern soul hit “The Snake”April 27th 1984 Z. Z. Hill aged 48 American Blues /Soul SingerApril 27th 2000 Vickie Sue Robinson Aged 45 USA Stage Starr Hair Disco Hit Turn That Beat AroundApril 30th 1983 Muddy Waters Aged 36 Chicago Blues Guitar/singer, Writer for Chess Records.

Radio Stations playing the Soul & Motown sounds Wednesday 8.00pm 10.00pm radio Wirral 7Waves Tony & Lynn Motown & Soul 92.1FM Wednesday 11.00pm 12.00pm radio 2 BBC Trevor Nunn Across The Board 88.9FM Friday 10.00am 12.00Noon radio Halton Widnes Martin Halstead Soul Show 92.3FM Friday 7.00pm 8.30pm radio West Midlands Jenny Wilkes 60s Soul & Motown 55.6FM Saturday 12.00pm 2.00pm radio Wythenshaw Rob Goulden Soul Colletion 97.2FM Saturday 6.30pm 8.00pm radio Lancashire Russ Winstanley Northern Soul 95.5FM Saturday 6.00pm 9.00pm radio Leeds Steve White Northern Soul 92.4FM Saturday 7.00pm 8.00pm radio Pure Grant Rankin Northern Soul 107.8FM Saturday 6.00pm 8.00pm radio Smooth Dave Brown Motown Show 100.4FM Saturday 8.00pm 12.00pm radio Smooth Andy Pebbles Soul Train 100.4FM Sunday 6.00pm 8.00pm radio Lancashire Keith Fletcher Northern Soul 95.5FM

Sunday 6.00pm 9.00pm Wa12Radio Wayne Hill Soul Town Tonight www.wa12radio.co.uk Sunday 8.00pm 10.00pm radio Warrington Al Kinsella Soul Show Internet Sunday 11.00pm 12.00pm radio Bolton Will Harris Soul Train Show 96.5FM

Saturday 15th April 2014 playlists side 1

8 till 9.15 early doors Spot, Paul Berry guest DJ: from St. Helens standing in for Freddie T.Timebox …….. Beggin’Wirgina Wolves……………… StayRoosevelt Grier …………. In My TenementDenise LaSalle…………….. Love ReputationJunitia Williams……………………Baby BoyFed Hughes………………… Baby BoyVibrations……………… Cause Your MineVelvets ………………………. I’m Gonna Find SomebodyBill Blacks Combo………….. Little QueenieJulian Covey………………… A Little Bit HurtsJimmy Hughes…………… Ain’t What You GotJimmy Robbins……….. Just Can’t Please YouRoscoe Shelton…………… Running For My LifeGene Chandler ……… There Was A TimeDana Valery…………… You Don’t Know Where Your Intrests LiesYvonne Baker………….. Didn’t Say A WordPeggy March………………… If You Love MeJerry Butler……………. Moody WomanBunny Siglar ………… Girl Don’t Make Me WaitShowman………… Our Love Will GrowPaul Anker……………. When We Get ThereRudy Andrews………….. Just Loving You Kurt Harris………………… The Emperor Ben . E. King……………… Cry No MoreDean Parrish…………… Bricks Bottles and SticksNice set from Paul all top tunes !

9 .15 Till 10.30 chisser DJ playing requests and Favourites!Donald Heights……………..Talk Of The GrapevineRoy Head …………………..Treat Her RightRoger Collins........…………..She’s Looking GoodAlexander Patton……………Little Lovin’ SometimesCliff Nobles…………………..My Loves Getting Stronger Mel Torme…………………...I Coming Home BabyBenny Spellmen …………….Fortune TellerMickey Champion…………..What Good Am IAlbert Washington……………I’m The ManEtta James…………………..7 Day FoolVibrations…………………….Cause Your MineHuman Beinz………………..Nobody But MeTriumphs……………………..Walking The DuckSynge McGowan……………That’s What I wantBarbara Randolf……………..I Got a feelingLara Lee……………………...To Win your HeartContours …………………….Baby Hit And RunTemptations………………….Way you Do The Things You doSandy Sheldon………………Your Gonna Make me Love YouCharades…………………….Key to my Happiness

Saturday 15th March 2014 playlists side 2

10.30 till 11.45 Sue Trapasso Resident Dj From Liverpool Jack Montgomery………….Dearly Beloved Dee Clark ………….……….That’s My Girl Moses Smith ………………Girl Across The Street Paul Anker …………………Can’t Help Loving You Velveletts……………….......Loney Loney Girl Of Mine Martha Reeves …………….I Gotta Let You Go Four Tops…………………..Something About You R.Dean Taylor……………..Ghost In My House Jackie Wilson………………I’ve Lost You Linda Jones………………. My Heart Needs A Break Chuck Wood ………………7 Days Too Long Betty Everett ………………Getting Mighty Crowded Bob Cuban…………………Cheater Aretha Franklin……………See Saw Monitors …………………...Number 1 In Your Heart J.J. Barnes ………………...Real Humdinger Isley Brothers …………….Tell Me It’s A Rumour Kim Weston ………………..I’m Still Loving You Marvin And Tammi ……….Ain’t No Mountain High Enough Philip Mitchell……………..One And One Tyrone Barkley ……………Man Of Value Don Covay ………………...It’s Better To Have Eddie Spencer……………..If This Is Love Almetta Lattimore…………Theses Memories

Nice set from Sue my favs are, J.J.barnes and Moses Smith!

11.45 till 1.00 Stomping Spot (Moz resident DJ from Warrington playing The Volcanoes………. Gotta Be A False AlarmRichie Adams…………. Can’t Escape From YouThe Four Pro's ……….. Just Another GirlShirley Ellis………….. Soul TimeThe Human Beinz…….. Nobody But MeJudy Street…………….. WhatGerri Granger………… I Go To PiecesRoy Hamilton………….. Cracking Up Over YouIsley Bro’ ……………… Why When your love is GoneTemptations…………… Girl Why You Wanna Make Me BlueThe Four Tops…………. Something About YouEdwin Starr……………. TimeMillie Jackson…………. House for SaleDriazbone……………… PressureBobby Paris…………… I Walked Away Carla Thomas…………. I'll Never Stop Lovin YouBobby Sheen…………… Something New To DoHolly St James………… That’s Not LoveDean Parish……………. I'm On My WayMartha Reeves………… No One ThereJimmy Radcliffe…………… long after tonights all over

Solid set Moz! Not one bad tune not much crossover tonight just top Northern toone The Djs never let us down music wise they hit the spot every time for our club!

On The Music Scene

RIP Frankie Knuckles House/Garage DJ.

"Disco's revenge," was the way Frankie Knuckles, who has died aged 59 after a long period of ill health, mischievously described house, the style of music that was born in his club, the Warehouse in Chicago. The raw, machine-driven, four-to-the-floor kickdrum sound that Knuckles helped conceive went on to become one of the dominant forces in popular music over the next 30 years, upping the energy in dance clubs and earning him the tag Godfather of House. One of the most sought-after remixers in club music, he worked with scores of stars, including Michael Jackson, Chaka Khan and Diana Ross, Frankie Knuckles found a fan in playing in London 2007. Barack Obama who gave his name to a street in Chicago.

Raised in the Bronx, New York, he grew up surrounded by music; Luther Vandross lived down the road. As a gay man, Knuckles was one of the early beneficiaries of a rapidly changing society and the nascent disco scene was a primary driver of those changes. His entry into the music industry began as a teenager when he and Larry Levan, his childhood friend and fellow DJ, worked for Nicky Siano at the Gallery in Manhattan, blowing up balloons and assisting Siano. His first DJ break was at Tee Scott's Better Days on West 49th Street, but he also did the lights and filled in for Levan at the Continental Baths. In 1977, when Levan turned down a residency at a new club in Chicago called the Warehouse, Knuckles stepped in. Over the next five years he established himself as a primary force in the city and, as disco collapsed towards the end of the 1970s, he began to experiment with his own edits, adding electronic oddities from Europe and employing drum machines that emphasised the beat in his live performances. "Sometimes I'd shut down all the lights and set up a record where it would sound like a speeding train was about to crash into the club," he told the Chicago Tribune. "People would lose their minds."

The term house probably came from the local record store Imports Etc, which would describe the music Knuckles played by this condensed term, although house music was never actually played at the Warehouse, which closed before musicians began making their own productions. "I really felt that I became a part of something, and that I belonged somewhere," Knuckles recalled. "I got the same thing that David Mancuso got from the Loft and Larry got from the Garage: you knew it was yours. It was always being heard and recognised and adhered to."If the Warehouse lent the term house, the other clubs where Knuckles played, the Powerplant, and Ron Hardy's Music Box, provided the foundry in which house music was forged. Chicago producers eagerly passed on cassettes for Knuckles to play, the most influential of which was Jamie Principle's Your Love, which was played years before its release. The pair then collaborated on a string of club hits.

Although house music was driven by outdated electronic technology, principally Roland drum machines and rudimentary polyphonic synthesisers, Knuckles's intentions revealed him as someone more ambitious than the average bedroom producer. Under the tutelage of Judy Weinstein, owner of the production company Def Mix, with whom he signed in 1988, arguably the most significant relationship of his career, he enjoyed great success as both a producer and travelling DJ. He recorded two albums for Virgin in the early 90s. The Whistle Song was his only crossover hit, but he continued to deliver consistently opulent remixes that made him one of the most in-demand club producers of his generation.

In 1998, his role in house music was acknowledged when he won the inaugural Grammy in the category Best Remixed Recording, and on 25 August 2004, thanks to a campaign backed by Obama, who was then a senator, South Jefferson Street in Chicago, the original site of the Warehouse, was renamed Frankie Knuckles Way.For the past 10 years, having developed osteomyelitis after breaking bones in his foot, he also developed Type-2 diabetes; in 2008 he had the foot amputated after refusing to let up on his punishing schedule. He appeared regularly in Britain, his final gig being at the Ministry of Sound in London, two day”s before his unexpected death.

Frankie Knuckles (Francis Nicholls), record producer and DJ, born 18 January 1955; died 31 March 2014

Top sounds by Frankie Knuckles ,Original “Your Love” covered by the Source & Candi Staton ,

The Whistle Song”, “Tears” & “Baby Wants To Ride” theres too many mixes to mention

Putting On And Running a Northern/Soul VenueOnce again I’ve been asked about doing a Northern Soul night at the Birchley St.Mary’s Club in Billinge, and my answer is, it’s not for me, also the club said no more after Col Walker stopped his night, through poor attendance.

I’ve said this before, I just don’t think the general public realise how much work the promoters put in at organizing and running a soul club. Hiring the room for 12 months in advance, getting a rostrum of good resident, DJs and booking all the guest DJs to appear, getting the flyers printed and out to the clubs, advertising in the local paper, and on the soul sites, setting up a club Website and keeping it updated. last year, just to keep it fresh, I’ve tried to do a Monthly news letter at my soul night the Sidac,

On the night it’s important to make sure the room feels warm and looks inviting, the dance floor is polished, the equipment is set up, sound tests done and the sounds right, then you just hope the soulies will turn up! It takes a lot of time and effort to try and create an ambiance and we’ve not played a record yet. And by the way these records are not cheap to buy. And we keep finding these little gems for you the punters to enjoy as well as ourselves.

So I can understand Ann & Webby saying they were finishing and going out with a bang on their New Years Eve Dance. This couple over the last five half years have worked their socks off, at putting on a brilliant soulful club, and they have done everything I have mentioned, plus more, free key-rings club badges etc.

Ste Gaskell and the guys at Formby Halls has gone down the pan which was on the third Friday of the month low attendance and room hire going up, and Jackos and Jimmy’s Burtonwood also has gone and these guys also put all-dayers on but to no avail, they all closed and Andy Gartside now only runs a few all-dayers at Orrell.

The punters only have to turn up, to have a great time, but sometimes we can’t be bothered, I’ve heard all the excuse for not going to a club, mainly, once in the sofa after a hard days work, that’s it for the day! Also Floor Sticky, floor’s too slippy, can’t use talc, too much talc, too dark and not dark enough, best one yet the Sidac is in the Sticks, too far, This is our local soul nights we are talking about not Cleethorpes,the other side of the country.Sometimes you only miss things when they have gone.

Yet some people only have to put a deck on a table and that’s it, Well believe you me, it’s not that simple. I believe if you are going to do a job, you do your best, and you put all your Heart and Soul into it. So I say

thanks to Ann & Webby Jimmy and Jacko, Ste Gaskell and Col Walker, and Andy Gartside The Sidac may be the next, one to close. One thing is for sure, take a look around, I don’t think we need another one. We

all like a good night so attend your local soul night before it closes KTF Chiss

Records Labels Atlantic Part 9 April 2014 issue The Soul/Rock Years 1962 - 1967 In late 1961 singer Solomon Burke arrived at Jerry Wexler's office unannounced. Wexler was a fan of Burke's and had long wanted to sign him so when Burke told Wexler his contract with his former label had expired Wexler replied: "You're home. I'm signing you today". The first song Wexler produced with Burke was "Just Out of Reach", Atlantic 2114, which became a big hit in September 1961. Burke's soul/country style predated Ray Charles' similar venture by more than 6 months. Burke became a consistent big seller through the mid-1960s with “Cry To Me” Atlantic 2131, in 1962 which is still sought after today. also “Down In The Valley” Atlantic 2147, in 1964 “Everybody Needs Somebody To Love” Atlantic 2241 In 1965 “Got To Get You Off My Mind “Atlantic 2276 and Bob Dylan’s Maggie’s Farm Atlantic 2288 in 1966 he released “Keep Looking” Atlantic 2349 scoring hits on Atlantic into 1968. With “I wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free “/ “It’s Just A Matter Of Time”Atlantic 2507

Doris Troy signed with Atlantic in early 1963 and in June scored a major hit with "Just One Look", which she co-wrote and which reached #3 on the R&B chart and #10 on the pop chart. She scored another UK hit with "What'cha Gonna Do About It" and went on to a long and a successful career as a backing vocalist on many Dusty Springfield hits and with other famous acts including Pink Floyd, George Harrison and Nick Drake. "Just One Look" has been covered by many other artists including The Hollies, whose version became a major hit in the UK and gave the group its first US chart placing in 1964. In 1965 Jerry Wexler signed Los Angeles duo Sonny & Cher to Atco having met Sonny earlier on when sonny was a studio Musician for Phil Spector. Their first single for the label became an international smash hit; "I Got You Babe" it spent three weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and sold more than million copies in the USA, as well as reaching #1 in the UK, where it sold 780,000 copies. Over the next three years the duo scored a string of hits, with a total of five Top 20 US singles including the #6 hit "The Beat Goes On" (1967), and their debut album Look At Us reached #2 on the US album chart in 1965.

1966 Los Angeles group Buffalo Springfield were signed to the Atco and in1967 had a hit "For What It's Worth", which, sold over 1 million and earned a gold record, Ahmet Ertegun's had high hopes for the band, but internal tensions and the drug-related deportation of Canadian bassist Bruce Palmer the band split up in May 1968 However remaining members Stephen Stills and Neil Young became members of Atlantics 1970s Rock group Crosby, Stills, Nash &Young. Nash met the group when he toured the States with the Hollies in 1967

The mid-1960s British Invasion led Atlantic to change its British distributor, since Decca did not give Atlantic access to its British artists, Because of their U.S. subsidiary London Records. So in 1966 Atlantic signed a new licensing deal with Polydor Records. Thanks to Polydor's recent distribution deal with Robert Stigwood's Reaction label, the deal included newly formed British "supergroup" Cream, whose debut album was released on Atco in late 1966. In May 1967 the group came to Atlantic's New York studio to record their US breakthrough LP Disraeli Gears with Tom Dowd; it became a Top 5 LP in both the US and the UK, with the single "Sunshine of Your Love" reaching #5 on the Billboard Hot 100. Although Jerry Wexler was dismissive of the new sound. Cream's American success marked the beginning of Atlantic's hugely successful diversification into the new rock music market, which reaped enormous rewards with signings of the groups Led Zeppelin , Bad Company and Yes.

1967-68 was a peak soul period for Atlantic, as a string of hits came from the Stax roster which was augmented by the tremendous success of the recent Fame Studio hits of Aretha Franklin, who shot to fame virtually overnight, becoming the preeminent female soul artist of the era, and earning the title "Queen of Soul". Wexler signed Franklin in January 1967 after the expiry of her contract with Columbia Records, who had tried to market her as a jazz singer. A Columbia executive asked Jerry Wexler what he was going to do with Franklin, he replied "we're gonna put her back in church". Wexler was determined to return Franklin to her gospel roots and personally took over her production at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, allowing her to establish the "feel" of the songs by singing while accompanying her-self on piano. both US pop and soul Top 10, hits followed of which five were million-sellers;"I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)" (b/w "Do Right Woman") (soul #1, pop #9), "Respect" (soul and pop #1), "Baby, I Love You" (soul #1, pop #4), "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" (soul #2, pop #8), "Chain of Fools" (soul #1, pop #2), "Since You've Been Gone" (1968, soul #1, pop #5) and "Think" (1968, soul #1, pop#7). Although the session was successful (it was fraught with tension mainly due to the presence of Aretha's husband and manager, Ted White), and Many more hits followed but not at Fame her husband Ted White had a Fist fight with Fames Owner Rick Hall and that was that with Fame Records.

Sidac Can You Name The Stars

Here are some cluesThis lady should have a smile and not a frown artistically speaking. It’s Sunny but Yesterday was one of the coldest days of my life! The next clue is right on the tip of my tongue it’s a bit of Candy. Was Joe Stubbs a Surveyor his band certainly knew the lay of the land, there’s something strange happening the Cutlery is missing must be a right Charlie who took it home,

And who’s took the urn of water? Give me strength Frankie Vaughn had a hit with his tune, don’t get excited now but do you make TNT with Dynamite and Nitro Glisalyene, time for a festival because the girls are out to get you and this lady sang the vocal track to the tune on Ric Tic. Tammy! “I’ll always need you”. And She sang “One In A Million”!