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<blockquote data-quote="Barrie Jay" data-source="post: 802810" data-attributes="member: 1163"><p>Cheers Greg - it has helped satisfy my curiosity once and for all.</p><p></p><p>Due to the demise of the northern scene in general and the closure of The Highland Room I lost my vital insight into the underground dance scene.</p><p></p><p>Ian moved on to Angels and Colin moved, initially, to Rafters in Manchester (with Mike Shaft I recall?). I was not aware that Colin was also pioneering House - must have a natter with him about that when I next see him!!!! Any further information on what he was up to post Rafters would be appreciated.</p><p></p><p>I did not like Ian`s change in music (well tbh I was never too fond of his playlist adventures away from Northern) and the crowd that frequented Rafters were mostly not from the Northern scene and the vibe in there did not appeal to me. I did not know of any other clubs, part from down south, who were playing quality tunes so, in the early 80`s, I moved away from the dance scene and got into electro and synthesised music (this is when I got into Tangerine Dream, probably my greatest musical influence ever) and although I kept collecting jazz/ funk artists some of those went down the pan as the commercial disco bug influenced them (Earth Wind and Fire`s Boogie Wonderland is a prime example - possibly the worst record they ever made - but many quality artists such as Stanley Clarke, George Duke, Kool and The Gang and even George Clinton jumped on the disco bandwagon to some degree) so I missed out on most of the quality releases on Prelude and similar labels and how this all then developed into House.</p><p></p><p>I still have my temporary membership cards from the Hacienda for the first two years of opening (they never actually issued the full cards) and the playlist there influenced me a lot. I know you were resident around this time so it looks like you were part of it - thanks for that!!</p><p></p><p>It was only in the late 80s that I got back into dance music again in a big way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Barrie Jay, post: 802810, member: 1163"] Cheers Greg - it has helped satisfy my curiosity once and for all. Due to the demise of the northern scene in general and the closure of The Highland Room I lost my vital insight into the underground dance scene. Ian moved on to Angels and Colin moved, initially, to Rafters in Manchester (with Mike Shaft I recall?). I was not aware that Colin was also pioneering House - must have a natter with him about that when I next see him!!!! Any further information on what he was up to post Rafters would be appreciated. I did not like Ian`s change in music (well tbh I was never too fond of his playlist adventures away from Northern) and the crowd that frequented Rafters were mostly not from the Northern scene and the vibe in there did not appeal to me. I did not know of any other clubs, part from down south, who were playing quality tunes so, in the early 80`s, I moved away from the dance scene and got into electro and synthesised music (this is when I got into Tangerine Dream, probably my greatest musical influence ever) and although I kept collecting jazz/ funk artists some of those went down the pan as the commercial disco bug influenced them (Earth Wind and Fire`s Boogie Wonderland is a prime example - possibly the worst record they ever made - but many quality artists such as Stanley Clarke, George Duke, Kool and The Gang and even George Clinton jumped on the disco bandwagon to some degree) so I missed out on most of the quality releases on Prelude and similar labels and how this all then developed into House. I still have my temporary membership cards from the Hacienda for the first two years of opening (they never actually issued the full cards) and the playlist there influenced me a lot. I know you were resident around this time so it looks like you were part of it - thanks for that!! It was only in the late 80s that I got back into dance music again in a big way. [/QUOTE]
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