IMBER VILLAGE SOUL CLUB

"Seven miles from any town, There stands Imber on the Down"

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NEW NORTHERN SOUL BOOK 

Dave BrutOn Dave, one of the London Mob. Discovered a lot of records in his time, most of them from out of the DJ's boxes. Covering up "Out On The Car Showroom Floor" by Does it Cummingrey as "Footsteps On My Temples" by Bobby Barcelona. Dave B, as he is infectionately called, now lives in Malaysia where he raises young children.

Simon Shoeshine Guatemalan born Simon started out selling photocopies of hard to find vinyl for 2 shillings and threepence each. Graduating to actually making hard to find vinyl made him very popular, well everybody seemed to be looking for him. Simon left the scene in a hurry and now sells pork pies on the Golan Heights. His production of Marionettes - "Oh Papa, Cum Now Now" will be with us forever.

Dave Estuary Dave E, partner to Dave B, was quick to see a market at Imber. Dealing in meat pies, rubber boots and Jamboree bags, Dave stepped up market at introduced many a fine tune to Imber. "Pee-ing over you" by Duke Brownnose "Just like my mother" Noleen Nolan "Poo is Running" by Rose Bottisore "I was born to snog my pig" by Herby ShuntHer "I have a boil" by The Magicians But who could ever forget "Tyneside, It Just gets to me" by the legendary Puking Hudson. Dave has returned to the scene, wants to re-build Imber, reckons he'd fill it, but then he'd have to empty it again, so why bother. Dave a true Northern Soul hero and all those stories of him and those geese are just rumor. Goosey, goosey Dave

John Nightingale Disco lovin' John who Dj's under the moniker of "Brett Kincaid" liked to show off his 12"'s to the laydeez in Imbers Modun room (the broom cupboard behind the Milk Bar.)....John is still DJing!

Rodger Banks brilliant product of Imber Village Soul Club. Back in the heady days of Imber's Nighters, Rodger would astound the crowd with his own style of dancing. He is still a popular figure on the Northernsoul circuit.

Pete French, Pete is now a record dealer and has fond memories of Imber, Pete a local lad was also a Wigan Casino regular Pete has his own web site now http://www.cdkm.co.uk/ 

John Buck big favorite at Imber, John, a local boy from Little Cock just seven miles away used to walk the distance every night to play his heady selection of Up Front Garage and Soul. After Imber closed John became a driving force on the UK Scootering scene. Pictured here with his pet dog he.

Chris King once a driving force at Imber, Chris has possibly the biggest collection of unknown Motown records. Chris topt the charts in the early nineties with a cover of K T & The Moon Shine Band's "Babe I love you so what!" Now Chris can be heard spinning his records at Bretby and The Tadchester Ritz.

A very very young Dave Rimmer, Dave never made it to the decks at Imber but busied him self in the Milk Bar serving hot sweaty soulies meat pies, chackkan, meyt, lavere, and the clubs favorite burnip en batata. Who would of thought years later Dave would be a top DJ and author of The Rare Soul Bible. 

Sole Sam, I was responsible for breaking many records at Imber, I was made to pay for them all and I have stopped breaking them now and promise never to do it again. 

Imber Taylor is the UK's top Motown / Northern Soul Disc Jockey.
Hailing from Tadmarsden in Lancashire, England. Imber Taylor now owns three copies of  THE WRONG SIDE OF IMBER  - Five Vandals HEAR IT

Ian Latrine, without doubt one of the most prolific DJ's Ian, a local boy would holiday with his parents in Devon. It was here that his passion for Soul music and detective type hunting skills would see Ian scour ring through the three Devon record shops. Ian was responsible for inventing Northernsoul back in the seventies then again a couple of years ago he invented it again at his new venue The Satellite in London.

Ricky Searling (left) and Wuss Winstanley (Right) original DJ's at Imber All Nighter, Sept. 1973

Terry Davis now successfully running his own Northern disco in Prestwich

Keb Barge now well known in the Jazz Funk world but "cut his teeth" at Imber.

Adie Crowsnest now a big player in London's 1000 Club a club dedicated to RnB b Sides. The need to attract girlfriends led me to soul music.

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