This was a practice picked up by the Northen Soul Djs in the UK who played almost exclusivly rare and old Detroit soul.
actually, this is a bit wrong... Northern Soulies have always told the name of the tune. It was the importance of owning the track rather than knowing the name. Once it had been 'broken' they were all for telling folk since they'd be highly unlikely to ever get it, since some of the records were b-sides and outtakes which were never even released and were only found twenty-odd years later by trawling through warehouses.
Also, they didn't all play old detroit soul. much (if not most) 'Northern Soul' was actually Mississippi based as -particularly around Wigan- the DJ's were after a particular 'driving' sound, and with detroit sound you just don't get the kick drums... It's an interesting point however that the sound in Yorkshire, mainly cleethorpes, (less famous and less well reported than Wigan / Manchester) is somewhat sweeter and more detroit based.
A large number of northern soul DJ's will often toast their records trojan-style, including last time I saw them both Keb Darge and Dave Godin, and the same happens on some old (really really old) tapes.
hasta, seth "talc" redmond _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.
