Date

Contributor

Comment/Top 10

October

Steve Shaw

Top 5 for Steve
right track billy butler
afternoon of the rhino mike post
just a little misunderstanding contours
moody woman jerry butler
baby boy fred hughes

December 2

Byron Woods
Omnibus Records
Detroit

Bernie, What a cool web site! My Name is Byron Woods, Richard Searling was playing my record on his station this past summer. The songs were "You Are Here Tonight" and "Work of Art." He was very instrumental in breaking my first record, "I've Been In Love" on Paul Mooney's Zing Label in the UK. in 1991. I hope to visit England next year. Keep up the good work with your site, very informative!

November 23

FLANNY (DJ)

IF IT WAS NOT FOR PEOPLE LIKE BARRY MALEEDY & MYSELF THEN WE WOULDN'T HAVE A NORTHERN SOUL SCENE PUSHING THE BOUNDARYS HAS FOR ME BEEN THE THING THAT KEEPS IT ALL FRESH SO TODAYS NEWIES WILL BE TOMRROWS OLDIES AND YOU CANNOT FUALT PEOPLE WITH FORSIGHT INTO THE NEXT MONSTERS TO BE PLAYED AS FOR SAINTS CLOSING THERE WAS MORE TO IT THAN NOT GIVING THE PUBLIC WHAT IT WANTS I WONT EVEN GO THERE ! LETS SEEIF ANY OF THE OTHER SMALL VENUES LAST 11 SOULFUL YEARS AS ITS TOUGH NOW FOR ALL THE SMALLER VENUES ON A LIGHTER NOTE THE 11th ANNIVERSARY HAD 200IN ATENDENCE AND WE STILL CHOSE TO END ON A HIGH YES CHOSE SO ITS TIME TO MOVE ON TO PASTURES NEW SO WATCH THIS SPACE ALL THE BEST              FLANNY

November 99

Richard Simm
Cheltenham

thanks for the prompt reply mate, just a bit of background from me I am an old git 38 now!!. went to wigan/yate/lacarno/mecca still love the sounds although am well into to modern 70's. Top five     
1. just can't live my life - linda jones
2. it really hurts me girl - the carstairs
3. cashing in - the voices of east harlem
4. too late - williams&watson (immaculate stomper)
5. norma jenkins - the cowards way   i heard it on your web page from richards show, what a an absolute belter of a voice, brought back the old shivers..where can i get a copy ??

November 99

Dean Cavanagh

 seventies seven faves
can't get ready for losing you...willie hutch.
i just want to fall in love....the spinners
since i fell for you...hodges,james & smith
helplessly...moment of truth
that's where i'm coming from...the true reflection
don't let this smile fool you...jerry butler
learning to love you was easy...the dells
gotta lot of love left in my soul...hoodoo rhythm devils
you keep coming back...100% pure poison
aint like it used to be...randolph brown & co
get the cream off the top...eddie kendricks
your love...marylin mcCoo & Billy Davis jr
lend a hand...bobby hutton
a mighty good feeling...shirley brown
how can i go on without you...corey blake
look on the good side...the invitations
under your powerful love...joe tex

October 99

Sandy,
SWINDON UK

Here is a top 10 from my own collection not in any order. 
JOE TEX--UNDER YOUR POWERFUL LOVE-DIAL D1154
TOTAL ECLIPES--YOU TOOK OUR HEART-RIGHT ON RRO102
THE NIGHTS--LOVE KNOCKED YOU DOWN-LITTLE STAR LS1577
5 DEG FARENHEIT--JUST LET YOUR HEART BE YOUR GUIDE-ABET 9443
JESSIE FISHER--YOU'RE NOT LOVING A BEGINNER-WAY OUT W104
ELDORADOS--YOU MAKE MY HEART SING-TORRID 100
MAGNIFICENT MEN--FOREVER TOGETHER-CAPITAL DEMO P2062
LENNY WILLIAMS--HOW CAN I FORGET YOU-GALAXY GAL770
DOTTIE CAMBRIDGE--CRY YOUR EYES OUT-MGM K 1384
NITE-LITERS--CHERISH EVERY PRECIOUS MOMENT-RCA 74-0714

October 99

Steve Worthington Warrington

1- Nolan Porter - If I Only Could Only Be Sure
2- Four Perfections - I'm Not Strong Enough.
3- Don Thomas - Come On Train.
4- Julian Covay - A Little Bit Hurt.
5- Sandi Sheldon - You're Gonna Make Me Love U.

24th September 1999

Steve.Spragg Wellington, Shropshire.

In reply to colin hodgsons comments on your comments page
from one old git to another ( 43 ), my daughter who is now 16 has been bought up on 60ts & 70ts soul from day one and still thinks it's rubbish, if I put a cd on in the car it is taken off straight away in favour of beany man or tupak, it's the same at home. But seeing the bass level of the aforementioned artists is much higher than soul music it wins everytime. Perhaps in the 60ts & 70ts if they had put more bass volume in the mix things would different ( joke ), also reguarding todays music, a game I like to play is to work out which track and what part of that track has been used and sampled and included in the music of today, that passes a hour or two ! and back to my daughter....... I still ask myself where did I go wrong ? oh by the way, like the website your's soulfully Steve.Spragg Wellington, Shropshire.

14th September 1999

Colin Hodgson.

I don't listen to today's chart music much, and haven't for about 12 or 15 years, except for some stuff like M People or Simply Red. When I do catch a bit of chart music on the radio I find that I often think "I know this one". There seems to be lots of new versions of old soul records being released, of course ruined by the addition of techno drums or overdubbed with rap. Well, there's the debate, do others agree that today's treatment of old songs ruins them? Anyone with teenagers should be able to help me out with this question, do today's youngsters appreciate the originals or do they only like them if they have been mutilated by the addition of the rap or techno beat?
Maybe you readers aren't really the one's to ask because their teenagers will, no doubt, have been brought up listening to the original records so they are educated in good taste. Of course there's another view, I'm just an old git who can't appreciate today's music, but that's getting too controversial

14th September

Sandy
Swindon

Just a little intro on myself, I am a 46 years old soulie who lives in Swindon a pretty much soulless town, over the decades we tried hard to get things going but to no avail.So in about 72'-73' I think,my mate Graham & myself decided to reach out and journey to places we had only read about. Graham had an old Triumph Herald and it took us everywhere. Our first venture north was to Blackpool Mecca, it was an incredible experience for us to hear records that we had only read about in Blues & Soul. The DJ's that night were Ian Levine and the long haired Colin Curtis, Colin was the most unlikely looking soul DJ you would ever expect to see, it was brilliant and we were hooked. We then started travelling to Gloucester to visit Maxies that played only Northern and we soon made friends with the locals, this became a regular venue for us every Thursday.Sometimes we would make our own way to Blackpool and stay over in B&B other times we would travel to Gloucester and fill one car and travel to Wolverhampton for a coach.We travelled all over the country to places like Darwin, Sale, Coalville, Leicester, Birmingham, Frankley, Nottingham Ritz, Whitchurch, Yate, Wigan and the fantastic all nighter in Leeds that had loads of live acts all night long,also a pub in Malvern at the top of hill, The Soul Twins used to run the Disco, this is just to name a few.Then I met my wife in 77' and that was it.
I used to like most types of northern from oldies stompers to mid tempo floaters 60's & 70's alike. Now I just listen from afar these days collecting the odd CD but there is nothing in the world like collecting vinyl. I can virtually remember where I got most of mine. Those 4 or 5 years directly on the scene were for me musically the best of my life, being at the Mecca when the Carstairs first got aired and seeing records broke by playing them again and again until they grew on you. Nobody can take those memories away from me. 
All the best

4th September 1999

Colin Hodgson.

Hi there Soul City,
I would like to request a mention on your Soul City, Your Bit page please. At Blackburn on 31st July, The Strange World of Northern Soul premier at King Georges Hall, I met Suzanne from Bishop Auckland, who was with her friend Leanne. I stupidly didn't ask her for her number. Please ask her to email me at gdh07@dial.pipex.com if she would like to contact me again.
I am Colin from Stoke and I was wearing a white polo shirt with an International Soul Club badge on the breast.
Many thanks,