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HI, I'M STEVE A.K.A. SOULSUPPLIER. I'VE BEEN COLLECTING VINYL RECORDS SINCE MY MID TEENS (THAT'S 30 YEARS NOW - DOESN'T TIME FLY). MY ROOTS IN MUSIC BEGAN, LIKE MOST PEOPLE OF MY AGE, IN MY TEENS, TAPE RECORDING MUSIC OFF THE RADIO AND INITIALLY ATTENDING ALL THE LOCAL YOUTH CLUB & SCHOOL DISCO'S etc. WHERE A MIXTURE OF ROCK, DISCO, SOUL, REGGAE AND POP MUSIC WAS PLAYED. I SOON REALISED I WAS A SOUL BOY EVEN THOUGH IT SEEMS STRANGE LOOKING BACK HOW A SNOTTY NOSED 14 OR 15 YEAR OLD SCHOOL KID WAS HOOKED ON MUSIC WITH SLUSHY ROMANTIC LYRICS ABOUT FALLING IN LOVE & BREAKING UP & MAKING UP (Ha Ha). MY FIRST RECORD BUYING TRIPS WOULD BE FUNDED WITH POCKET MONEY & PAPER ROUND WAGES, IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME WELL, FROM A LITTLE STALL IN THE OLD WIDNES MARKET, SEEKING OUT RECORDS THE OLDER LADS HAD TOLD US ABOUT OR FROM ADVERTS IN THE LIKES OF BLUES AND SOUL MAGAZINE etc. WE WOULD TAKE OUR BOX OF RECORDS TO THE DISCO'S AND GET THE DJ TO SPIN OUR RECORDS. AS SOON AS WE THOUGHT WE LOOKED OLD ENOUGH WE WERE ATTENDING THE LEGENDARY WIGAN CASINO (BUNKING ON THE TRAIN AND ASKING FOR A RETURN TO BRYN IN OUR FAKE BROADEST LANCASHIRE ACCENT IF WE GOT STOPPED LEAVING WIGAN STATION) AND S.N.O.B.s (SOUL NIGHTS OVER BRITAIN) ALLDAYERS AT WIDNES QUEENS HALL. TAKING TO THE FLOOR WHILST DJ's SPUN OBSCURE SOUL MUSIC UNDER THE 'NORTHERN SOUL' MONIKER. WHAT CAN I SAY, THE TRANSITION FROM HAVING YOUR YOUTH CLUB DJ PLAY, AT MOST, 5 OR 6 'COMMERCIAL' NORTHERN SOUL RECORDS IN A ROW INBETWEEN ALL THE OTHER GENRE'S OF MUSIC TO A WHOLE NIGHT OF UNDERGROUND SOUL MUSIC AND WATCHING THE MOST AMAZING DANCERS AT WIGAN, I WAS WELL AND TRULY HOOKED. UNFORTUNATELY THIS WAS AROUND 1980/1981 AND WIGAN WAS SOON TO BE CLOSED DOWN. MY INTEREST IN NORTHERN SOUL / RARE SOUL HAS ALWAYS REMAINED AND I CARRIED ON COLLECTING VINYL WHILST INCORPORATING OTHER STYLES I WAS INTERESTED IN AT THE TIME (FUNK, NEW YORK DISCO, JAZZ FUNK etc) I ALSO WENT THROUGH THE MOD REVIVAL IN THE EARLY 80'S WHICH INTRODUCED ME AND MY MATES TO EVEN MORE STYLES OF MUSIC AND A WHOLE NEW SPECTRUM OF MUST HAVE RECORDS TO ADD TO MY COLLECTION. (SKINHEAD REGGAE - BLUE BEAT - SKA - PYSCHEDELIC SOUL - HAMMOND ORGAN GROOVES - 60's BEAT - TAMLA MOTOWN etc). I HAVE SINCE FOLLOWED MOST (MAINLY BLACK) MUSIC RELATED TRENDS OVER THE YEARS, INCLUDING JAZZ FUNK - BRIT FUNK - ACID JAZZ - RARE GROOVE etc. SINCE THEN I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN MOST OF THE MAJOR DANCE MUSIC MOVEMENTS THROUGH EARLY CHICAGO HOUSE MUSIC - ACID HOUSE & FREEDOM TO PARTY CULTURE AND HOUSE MUSIC IN MOST OF IT'S SUB GENRE'S. SUPPORTING UNDERGROUND NIGHTS AND FELLOW DJ's AS WELL AS DJ'ING AND PROMOTING MY OWN NIGHTS. LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THE CURRENT NORTHERN SOUL 'SCENE' HAVING BEEN MARRIED - DIVORCED & SON ALL GROWN UP A NEW RELATIONSHIP (NOW 5 YEARS ON) SPARKED BY A CHANCE CONVERSATION ABOUT A MUTUAL LOVE OF NORTHERN SOUL HAS SINCE RE-INTRODUCED US TO THE STILL THRIVING NORTHWEST NORTHERN SOUL SCENE. THE ONCE 28" WAIST MAY NOW BE A MORE 'CUDDLY' 34" BUT THOSE LEATHER SOLED BROGUE CLAD FEET CAN STILL 'BUST A GROOVE' ON THE DANCE FLOOR.
OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS MY DJ'ING HAS SEEN ME MORE INVOLVED IN NORTHERN SOUL AND SCOOTER SCENE EVENTS. PROMOTING AND DJ'ING A TWICE MONTHLY NORTHERN SOUL / TAMLA MOTOWN NIGHT (WITH A STRICT VINYL ONLY POLICY) AND I'VE ALSO BEEN 'ADOPTED' OR SHOULD THAT BE 'ABDUCTED' ha ha ! BY MY LOCAL SCOOTER CLUB - A57 SC - PRESCOT - AS THEIR RESIDENT DJ, FOR THEIR CHRISTMAS PARTIES, ANNUAL OPEN DAYS AND BANK HOLIDAY 'SHINDIGS' - GAINING RECOGNITION AMONGST A LOT OF THE OTHER NORTHWEST SCOOTER CLUBS ATTENDING FOR PLAYING MAMMOTH 8 HOUR PLUS SETS.   SPINNING MOSTLY VINYL ACROSS ALL THE SCOOTER SCENE MUSICAL GENRE'S (NORTHERN SOUL - TAMLA MOTOWN - 60'S R&B - 60'S BEAT - FRENCH BEAT - PSYCHEDELIC SOUL - HAMMOND GROOVES - FUNK - SKA - SKINHEAD REGGAE - MOD REVIVAL - PUNK - PSYCHOBILLY   etc)  
IF ANY OTHER SCOOTER CLUBS NEED A DJ FOR THEIR EVENTS - EITHER TO PLAY THE WHOLE EVENT OR JUST TO DO A GUEST SPOT - (CAN PROVIDE OTHER DJ'S TO GUEST TOO) GIVE ME A SHOUT !   to be continued >>>>>>>
TO VIEW MY ONLINE T-SHIRT SHOP FOR SCOOTER SCENE RELATED CLOTHING CLICK ON PICTURE LINK TO THE LEFT. ONCE ON THE SITE CLICK ON CATEGORY REQUIRED (TOP LEFT) AND THEN CLICK ON INDIVIDUAL T-SHIRTS TO SUPERSIZE FOR A MORE DETAILED LOOK. THANKS ! lot's more designs being added all the time. Why not 'favourite' and call back often.
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I WAS PLEASED TO DJ PRESCOT'S CLASSIC SCOOTER AND MOTORCYCLE EVENT ON SUNDAY 3RD OCTOBER
ANOTHER DJ ASSIGNMENT FOR A57 SCOOTER CLUB FOR THEIR AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY EVENT 2010 SEE FLYER BELOW !
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