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<blockquote data-quote="Barrie Jay" data-source="post: 802826" data-attributes="member: 1163"><p>Les Cokell was a huge friend of Colin and Eileen.</p><p></p><p>They bought 20 thousand soul records from the USA within which were many many northern gems and Ian used to go to their house and rummage through them. He often `borrowed` records that were never returned and was tipped off with quite a few classics. Les was a star, and he is sorely missed and his roots do indeed stretch back to the Wheel.</p><p></p><p>I can tell you a little known story about Les and Ian who, at the time were really really close friends.</p><p></p><p>When Ian went on to record his own tunes (LJ Johnson - Your Magic Put a Spell on Me and there were five others I will not bore you with) Les was appalled that he was going to play them on the northern scene and that Ian was boasting he had the only copies in the world.</p><p></p><p>Les promptly went and got some acetates made and gave them out to other DJs just to piss Ian off, which it did, fine style. Ian was completely baffled as to how this happened not thinking for one moment that Les would be behind it. He never told Ian as far as I am aware</p><p></p><p>I also know Bernie Goldin very well. He used to sell records at the Highland Room but was just one of the big crowd who frequented the place every week and, as a consequence, got to know each other. He will recall me with my real name. I have not seen him since the Mecca closed. Very knowledgeable and nice guy.</p><p></p><p>I know Richard Searling quite well for the same reasons - we were all part of the same crowd. Again he will recall me by my real name.</p><p></p><p>The Ritz all-dayers were something else although they followed the music direction that Ian and Colin had done in the Highland Room with the emphasis slightly more on new music than true northern. It was indeed an odd blend of the two. The newer jazz/ funk/ disco introduced a new way of dancing whereby you sort of jumped from one leg to the other and the infamous bouncing Ritz raised dance-floor used to move around 6 inches or more when the crowd were going for it. You were fooked if you went out of time though. The whole club used to bounce.</p><p></p><p>Although Ian was responsible for the demise of the northern scene as it was back then (along with some of the shite that Russ Winstanley was playing at the Casino putting many true followers off) what he and Colin did in the Highland Room was truly inspiring and ground-breaking. I just wish they had kept it completely separate from the Northern scene as the new stuff alienated a lot of good people away from it. This way we could have had two parallel scenes instead of the mix that often put people off - although indeed the success of the Ritz all-dayers did prove there was an audience for it but this, as it progressed, and moved further away from northern resulted in many of the soul devotees just leaving the scene altogether.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Barrie Jay, post: 802826, member: 1163"] Les Cokell was a huge friend of Colin and Eileen. They bought 20 thousand soul records from the USA within which were many many northern gems and Ian used to go to their house and rummage through them. He often `borrowed` records that were never returned and was tipped off with quite a few classics. Les was a star, and he is sorely missed and his roots do indeed stretch back to the Wheel. I can tell you a little known story about Les and Ian who, at the time were really really close friends. When Ian went on to record his own tunes (LJ Johnson - Your Magic Put a Spell on Me and there were five others I will not bore you with) Les was appalled that he was going to play them on the northern scene and that Ian was boasting he had the only copies in the world. Les promptly went and got some acetates made and gave them out to other DJs just to piss Ian off, which it did, fine style. Ian was completely baffled as to how this happened not thinking for one moment that Les would be behind it. He never told Ian as far as I am aware I also know Bernie Goldin very well. He used to sell records at the Highland Room but was just one of the big crowd who frequented the place every week and, as a consequence, got to know each other. He will recall me with my real name. I have not seen him since the Mecca closed. Very knowledgeable and nice guy. I know Richard Searling quite well for the same reasons - we were all part of the same crowd. Again he will recall me by my real name. The Ritz all-dayers were something else although they followed the music direction that Ian and Colin had done in the Highland Room with the emphasis slightly more on new music than true northern. It was indeed an odd blend of the two. The newer jazz/ funk/ disco introduced a new way of dancing whereby you sort of jumped from one leg to the other and the infamous bouncing Ritz raised dance-floor used to move around 6 inches or more when the crowd were going for it. You were fooked if you went out of time though. The whole club used to bounce. Although Ian was responsible for the demise of the northern scene as it was back then (along with some of the shite that Russ Winstanley was playing at the Casino putting many true followers off) what he and Colin did in the Highland Room was truly inspiring and ground-breaking. I just wish they had kept it completely separate from the Northern scene as the new stuff alienated a lot of good people away from it. This way we could have had two parallel scenes instead of the mix that often put people off - although indeed the success of the Ritz all-dayers did prove there was an audience for it but this, as it progressed, and moved further away from northern resulted in many of the soul devotees just leaving the scene altogether. [/QUOTE]
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