By David Meikle (81.103.135.227) on Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 03:31 pm:

Thanks to Steve Kings for sending me this amazing image from the Northern Soul Scene in 1974. An attendance of 7,000 watched JJ Barnes, Major Lance, Willie Henderson and others.

Quite remarkable...

By David Meikle (81.103.135.227) on Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 03:33 pm:

Here's the flyer too

By David Meikle (81.103.135.227) on Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 03:37 pm:

And another poster shows there was still appetite for more elsewhere on Sunday evenings.

This poster, again from Steve, is from the heart of the Northern scene...Stoke-On-Trent.

By David Meikle (81.103.135.227) on Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 03:39 pm:

These were some of the top Rare Soul deejays of the day.

By Ritchie (62.254.0.8) on Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 03:52 pm:

The Funky Sisters? Somebody refresh my memory...

And below, 25p. That won't even buy you a Mars Bar now, let alone a night out!

By Mick D (217.44.216.55) on Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 05:06 pm:

Ritchie

The only track I know by the Funky Sisters was "Do it to it" I think it came out on Aurora records.

I can remember it getting quite a few spins in the mid to late 70's on the all nighter scene.

I Can't recall anything else by them though.

By the way, great picture of Queens Hall. You can't beat a bit of nostalgia, you can almost smell the "Brut" from here.


Mick D

By Ritchie (62.254.0.8) on Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 05:09 pm:

I don't know, Mick. Nostalgia's not what it was in our day ;o)

By MEL&THEN SOME (195.219.7.69) on Friday, February 21, 2003 - 12:31 am:

That actual flyer for the Queens Hall gig I have blown up about 4 times the size shoown on here and had it framed and it hangs in my front room along with various other all-nighter framed pictures.
Great stuff fellas.
mel.