2009 reviews (courtesy of www.soul-source.co.uk)
del: oxford
Many, many thanks Jamie and Crew for another outstanding week-ender,
A pleasure to meet you,
short and sweet,,,,still recovering,
great organisation,
great music,
great people (friends, old and a lot new)
great atmosphere,
It don't get much better.
Del.
for:-
Maz, Paul, Richie, and Del.
Oxford Soul Club.
pilgrimsoul: boston
Totally agree,from the time that we arrived on Friday until the time that we left on Sunday we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves,Didn't bother with the motown room but the modern and main rooms were banging and the atmosphere was fantastic.On behalf of most of the Boston and Kings Lynn crew I would like to thank Jamie and his team for a superb weekend,well done guys looking forward to next year.By the way I thought it worked a lot better without live acts even though one or two dj's were fairly lively.
arkwright:
Gotta agree there. A cracking weekend all round.
Reducing the size of plaza which hosted the "jazz funk/modern" was a vast
improvement on last year and really came into its own this year.
Wife prefers the Motown/Youth Club kind of side so we spent roughly an equal
amount of time between all three rooms taking in the variety of sounds.
All dee jays did us all proud with a great selection of tunes whether they be
Northern, Crossover, Motown, Classic, Modern or just great soul sounds.
Congrats to promoters, jocks and everone else involved in the running of the
weekend, you did us all proud again. Only disappoinment was not being able to
get the weekends soul radio on the box.
Enjoyed it all but the highlight for me was Martin Stanford's set for the last
hour on Saturday night ---------- IT WAS JUMPIN'
indalosoul club:
Second year at Sunny Hunny and believe me it wasn't.....I guess the EASC
T-shirts should have a couple of brass monkeys on them instead of 2 little ducks
(some sort of "Bingo" reference, I guess) on them.
Was this weekend better than last year!!! For some I guess yes, for me sadly not
(soulwise that is). The sound systems were absolutely awful, with Bass and
feedback hum coming from every room, and even the Promoters helpers (not Santas
little helpers!!!) admitted that they were embarrassed that Numark decks were
being used with cartidges that had been on since the end of the last millenium.
Now the people there seemed very nice and the ones I knew and were introduced to
were really great and friendly. So, from a social aspect and if you like
drinking lots of alcohol (particularly a DJ who had Bottles of Vodka ice on the
Modern dance floor!!!!) then please go to this weekend because it is for you.
The venue itself is very smart and well laid out and with 3 rooms you would hope
for everything you could hope for. So why did DJ's walk in with 3 or 4 boxes of
great records and we ended up with repeats of some tunes....Again!!!
I love Teddy "The More I get, the more I want" but the title doesn't mean that
we have to hear it four times in one night in the Modern (Oldies,Jazz Funk,Disco,????)
Room. Infact, I joked with Steve Jay, that if he was playing later on, that he
could play it again just in case any person in the East of England had happened
to miss it!!!.
The Pizza (pepperoni) was to die for (12" for £7.50) and picking up a copy of
the Superlatives "I still Love You" from the respected Dave Appleyard for £5
(hope it's not a boot???) was great. Mick Cooper and Martin Stanford played some
of the tunes you could expect to hear on Sunday and the Yorkshire boy and John
Poole mashed the main room with there "Northern" tunes. The Cleethorpes thing I
missed, sadly, as I was otherwise engaged so perhaps someone can tell me how
that went.
There seemed to have been alot of political and ego rivalries going on before
the event and during, which is great and someitmes typical of this scene
wherever you go and at least gives us non-interested in politics people
something to smile about. Sadly, however it ended up with one of the best record
dealers not turning up and then not DJing, which sort of takes the laughter away
(don't you think???).
You see, the thing is, that my opinion is mine and the great news is that the
caravans have sold out already for next year and if I change my mind and decide
to go, I have no doubt that at £25 a night i will book into the B&B (thanks
Angie) and wake up in my four poster bed again before wandering down to my
grilled (very healthy) English Breakfast.
It was a VG+ quality weekender and will continue to be so as long as people
support it.
Soulfully Yours
Jonathan
corby john
Hi there Jonathan,
I thoroughly enjoyed the weekend as it was our first trip there. 3 good rooms,
good accomodation and varying "Soul Types" in attendance.
Spent sometime in the main Northern room on the Fri night due to friends/ family
being in there & then moved to my favourite room..............Jazz Funk & Modern
room & stayed there.
Yes, you are correct in saying that there was a few repeat tunes in there, but
the same applied in the Northern Room, & something that you will always get at
weekenders.
My only criticism of the "Modern/Oldies/jazz funk / Disco Room" ( as you called
it ), was the size of the dancefloor as it could have been bigger to accomodate
the amount that wanted to use it!!
There were numerous people there that drank lots of alcohol, including myself (
copious amounts of Tramp fuel a.k.a. Cider ) & 1 or 2 did wander onto the
dancefloor with their drinks, but not for long.
Shame about the lack of record dealers there as i was looking forward to having
a rummage through the boxes
I didn't catch the whole of the Cleethorpes Tribute on Sat afternoon, but caught
Poke's spot which i thought very enjoyable, as he played some stuff that i
hadn't heard for sometime, tunes akin to Black Nasty - Cut your motor off, which
sounds real good today.
The Caravans are not sold out for next year, it's only the 2 berth ones that
have been snapped up.
We have already booked for 2010 & i'm sure that with more dj's added to the
rosta (Marco Martinelli, Sam Evan's etc ) that it will be as good if not better
than this year's event , & i'm sure we'll see you there.
Regards,
John Mc.
red or dead:
Thoroughly enjoyed nonsunny hunny,friendly and fun Well done Jamie and team As for the dj on the floor with a bottle !!!! Does nobody get irony any more?
dancing girl:
A fantastic weekend - Well done Jamie and all concerned.
A weekend of good music from all 3 rooms.
A big thank you to my caravan friends
maz: oxford soul club
CONGRATULATIONS JAMIE AND YOUR EAST ANGLIAN CREW.
THERES ALWAYS GOING TO A FEW ISSUES WHEN YOU CREATE A MONSTER, AS IT WAS ONLY
THE SECOND TIME THE EVENT HAS BEEN HELD, PERSONALLY I THINK YOU DID A
MAGNIFICENT JOB.
LAST YEAR THE MODERN/JAZZ/FUNK ROOM WAS RELATIVELY QUIET, THIS YEAR IT WAS
PACKED CERTAINLY ON SATURDAY NIGHT,LAST YEAR THE MOTOWN ROOM WAS PACKED,THIS
YEAR A LITTLE QUIETER(IS THE REASON THE WHOLE COUNTRY HAS BEEN SATURATED WITH
MOTOWN THIS YEAR ?).
THE NORTHERN ROOM,YOU GOT WHAT IT SAID ON THE CAN,BUSY BOTH NIGHTS.
AS FOR THE MUSIC,WELL ,THERES ALWAYS GOING TO BE A FEW TRACKS REPEATED ,DJS
PLAYING A CERTAIN TRACK,A BIT LATER ON A PUNTER REQUESTS THE SAME TRACK FROM
ANOTHER DJ.ETC.
HERD A FEW MOANS THEY'VE PLAYED THIS ALREADY,I WONDER IF THE SAME FOLK WOULD
HAVE COMPLAINED IF,JOSEPH WEBSTER,ARTHUR WILLIS,ANTELECTS ETC WOULD HAVE BEEN
PLAYED TWICE ?.
THIS WAS A GREAT WEEKENDER THE ATMOSPHERE WAS BRILLIANT,AND HAD THE PLEASURE OF
BOOKING FOR 2010 FOR THE NEXT PARTY.
IT WAS A PLEASURE TO MEET UP WITH CHRIS DALTON AND YOCKY AGAIN,FIRST TIME SINCE
CHICAGO,GOOD TO SEE YOU BOTH AGAIN.
A BIG THANKYOU MUST GO TO ALL THE STAFF AT SEARLES REALLY WELL LOOKED AFTER ALL
WEEKEND AND NOT FORGETING THE ST.JOHNS AMBULANCE BRIGADE HOPEFULLY THEY WERE NOT
REQUIRED.
ALL IN ALL THIS WEEKEND IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT,WE HAD AN ABSOLUTE BALL.
HERES TO 2010
HAVE A GOOD CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR
MAZ
OXFORD SOUL CLUB
maria
Never been a Pizza fan, probably healthier eating the box it came in.
If you ventured into the restaurant; fantastic, healthy breakfast (if you
wished) but also fried eggs, plus mountains of other food.
Evening meal consisted of liver and bacon or turkey or gammon steak or lasagne
with veg or salad, a sweet or two including fruit salad.
A four star hotel would be proud of these very tasty dishes served with a smile.
Reasonably priced.
Caravans, clean and warm, a few minutes walk from the gig, thankyou Mick, Sharon
and especially Jobie for your company.
Why would anyone at a soul week ender want a four poster bed, to knackered to
appreciate it, now on holiday, well thats another story.
Took my bucket and spade, but this is England. Ducks enjoyed it, a bit of fine
tuning needed, but a great weekend.
As for the politics, I don't vote, too long in the tooth.
cambridge soul:
Well at one point I had 3 bottles of vodka
ice on the dance floor! I’m such a naughty boy!
Lol well last weekender I went to was Southport and there is no where to put ya
drink down so you learn the skill of dancing with a bottle ....let ya hair down
Jonathan
...this is defo not a chin strokes weekender! Although I did play a few rare
7”’s in the jazz funk/ modern room that maybe you will own one day if you’re
lucky Jonathan.....the atmosphere at this weekender is fantastic the majority of
people (99%) are up for a great weekend out with people they know and to meet
new friends..... I’m ok with said dealer not turning up as I got to rock the
modern room this year as well as next! lol, thanks to Jamie and crew for putting
this event on...end of.
Can’t wait till next year
David “ vodka bottle” Hayden
at £5 it's prob a boot, could you not tell ?????
coops:
for me i found this years east anglian soul weekend even better than last
years (new sat-nav) and last years was top-draw.
constant 'tweaking' from the team led to a couple of verry well received
additions to the dee-jay line up, the curtaining off of the modern room and the
weekend radio was a big plus.
the modern/jazz funk room really came into it's own this year and
all-in-all i don't think i would even consider missing next
year.
the caravan this year was both bigger and warmer than last year and the saturday
breakfast once again sank all who ate it!!!
(yocky and joys stories in the caravan more than made up for our skip's snoring,
gowd bless him)