Terry Davies does Germany

 

Terry Davis	Nige	Terry, Simon and Nige

 

Simon Northern- and Rare Soul Allnighter in the U-Club 31.01.2004 Germany, billed as the ultimate Soul Experience supported by Soul Satisfaction Top DJ's in two soulful rooms: Terry Davies (the Ritz/Togetherness/TSOP), Nige Brown (Top of the World, Stafford), Fox & Peter (soul Experience), Michael Wink (Blow Up), Kubi (Münster) and guests...
 

The Bricky	Michael Fuchs	Nige with Imber Badge

Great Nighter! And an opportunity to catch up with some old pals from the UK. A few beers with Nige and a chance to shove a microphone under Terry Davies’s nose! The last time I interviewed him was nearly four years ago for Manifesto. Here Nige and Terry are both spinning their stuff in front of an eager German crowd.

How are the sound of Prestwich soul nights going?

Terry Well to be honest I’m not the person to be answering that; the right people to ask are those who turn up month in month out.

Simon What do you think makes a good club?

Terry We have a great line up with at least seven top DJ’s every month, we do mix it up giving a lot of unknowns the chance to play along side the more established DJ’s. The Modern room is going from strength to strength as well. The dance floor is perfect and the venue seams Taylor made for Soul.

Simon Let’s talk about tonight, how many records did you bring over with you?

Terry About 500
 

Lynne and daughter	The Davies sisters	Lynn and Simon

Simon What’s your ‘all else fails’ tune?

Terry Not too sure really, this is a German crowd and to be honest if you travel like I have tonight I am here to do my thing. There are a few records that you shouldn’t be without. Harold Melvin – Get out, Just a little misunderstanding, Ruby Andrews, Sam Dees, the Isley Brothers, Your gonna love my baby, do I love you. There are many more.

Simon Are you a millionaire?

Terry at this Terry laughs and says, only if I win the lottery!
 

KTF	Wot you lookin at!	The girls

Simon How much did it cost you to get the pressing done of Otis Redding......Lovin' by the pound?

Terry  Forty quid! With Chris King.

Simon I did hear that you had recorded it in a booth at Imber.

Terry  I deny all knowledge of that!
 

Hi	Champ	Sunny and Silke

Simon Terry, your quite known for Otis Redding......Lovin' by the pound Larry Trider....Carbon copy and Phonetics.....Just a boys dream, did you break these records at TSOP?

Terry  I can’t take credit for that because Larry Trider....Carbon copy and Phonetics.....Just a boys dream were quite well know by the collectors, I was behind Lovin' by the pound definitely and I did push Larry Trider and The Phonetics.
 

Skins	The Crowd	Michael Wink

Simon How much did you pay for Just a boys dream?

Terry  Seven hundred pounds but its value is a lot more now.

Simon What is your slant on playing CD’s at venues?

Terry No comment
 

Me old mate from Belgium	You lookin at me!	Vespa girl

Simon Well I’m gonna press you!

Terry OK, then my answer is NO!

Simon In your opinion, do you feel the scene has changed for the better or worse over the last eight-ten years?

Terry  I don’t think it’s changed much. It is as strong as it was, it’s a great time for music and every one is getting what they want.
 

Skin Girls	Foxy doing hi stuff	Fred Perry

Simon How did the Sweden trip differ from the German trips?

Terry  The scenes are both a lot younger, Sweden was terrific. I really enjoyed it and trying to choose between the two is impossible. Both have a good, young soul crowd who love the music. We are having a great time visiting.
 

Foxy	Brilla	Scooter Girls

Simon What is your worst DJing Experience?

At this Terry goes silent and Lynne and the girls start to giggle! This is the first time I have seen Terry speechless and I move swiftly along! “Mental note, find out from Lynn at a later date!”

Have you ever DJ’d at Imber?

Terry  I DJ’d there last year during the “Imber Anniversary Weekender” Brilliant night and one that is very special to Lynn and myself.

Simon How do you answer your critics when they say TSOP deliberately clash with the Imber Nighters?

Terry  This is not true! Yes TSOP had a fall out with the Imber crew some years ago, but that was a personal thing between me, Lynne and some of her family. I met Lynne there many years ago, people forget this, Lynn is a local girl and her mum still lives there.
 

 

Simon "Travolta" Cuerden	Scooter Boys	Terry The Scooterist

Simon I gave Terry some Imber badges for his collection.

Why did you sell your Scooter baby love?

Terry  Baby love is in my record box!

Simon One last question, do you like marmite?

Terry  No!

Simon Thanks Terry, the Nighter was with out doubt thee best Nighter I have ever been to in Germany! Nige Brown played a fantastic set and his collection of rare Motown is breath taking! I loved every record and it was a treat not to hear the same old same old! Well done Nige!

Carsten Fox dazzled us, he always does! Certainly my favourite German DJ top bloke, top tunes and top spot! Peter had the crowd eating out of his hand; he knows how to work the crowd with out ever having to play safe! Michael Wink gave an exellent account of himself with his box of rare soul playing to an eager German audience. Kubi did his funky stuff and a round of applause given to him at the end of his set was well deserved and quite an honour over here in Germany! Champ gave the Scooterists what they wanted and all in all a superb Nighter.

I would honestly say that Carsten Fox got it right on this night and if you were planning a trip across, then just do it! This is a brilliant event.

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Silke's revue

Hi Peeps,

I was a bit ill the last days (No, not from too much drinks :-) and not in shape to write up a review of the Allnighter last saturday.... I try my best to give you a view on that event.

Wuppertal is a small town in the middle of the Rhine-Ruhr area, with a famous old suspension (cable) railway (hope that describes it in the right way?), My first visit to Wuppertal and it looked very weird in the darkness with this supporting pillar across this very hilly town....anyway....we found the venue (It was a huge old brick building without any windows (!?)) We paid our  €8 entrance fee, a bit too expensive we thought, for an Allnighter in Germany, in a location like this! Dark, high round vault ceiling, open brickwork, a 2nd level on half of the hall with a bar upstairs, it smelled a bit clammy, but it wasn't cold.....it looked like a bit like a  castle dungeon!....much more suitable for hardcore independent party's incl. sacrificed virgins.

The dance floor was also....stone. The 2nd room was a smaller one with a lower ceiling and some rotten mattress on boxes, very dark and also very clammy..... I know, it's always very hard to find a proper venue for an Allnighter here in Germany.

The Punters were from all (Sub-) cultures.....Mods, Scooterists, Psychobillies, Punks, Skins, and before I forget to mention them....a few so named Soulies .... around 300-400 altogether, I reckon (I'm really bad in that...), the music was mostly good in my opinion....the sets of Terry and Nige were above the rest of the sets (that's my opinion - because I've heard the other sets much too often, and for me it's nothing new even the order is predictable, so the sets of the 2 Brits were quite refreshing for me)

Dancing on the stone floor was really hard work....even with the new discovered Tanzglätte (ordinary Talcum - but there's a supplier in Austria or South Germany who sells it as Dr.Bechers Tanzglätte ( i.e. smoothness for proper dancing) in plastic bottles. On this floor it only worked when mixed with beer;-(

Anyway...it was ok, but not unforgettable....there seamed to be a bit less of an atmosphere usualy found at Nighters? , must have been this strange venue?

We left at around 4AM and went to a friends home in Recklinghausen, nearly 60 km away further up north, together with Alex in our car and Tine (Mrs Fox) and the 3 Davies Girls
(Lynne and her 2 daughters) at the other car....I think Nige and Terry stayed till the end !

Cheers Silke
 

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