Andy Farley

[straight acting]

Andy, I really thought I knew it all when It came to hi nrg but your knowledge amazes me, where are you from, where did you go clubbing etc??

[Andy Farley]

:oops: Thanks. I started collecting in 1987, used to go out to The Nightingale in Birmingham to listen to Tony de Vit and the Powerhouse also in Birmingham to hear Funky Dunc (Duncan Finlayson). Both sadly no longer with us.

I started playing out myself in '89 at and then became resident at The Nightingale in 1990 when Tony had changed his sound to Belgian techno, which a few of the regulars couldn't quite into!! I played Nrg & vocally house there right up until 1994 when I got more into house and hard house which is baiscally what I play now along with techno.

I still love my nrg & disco and am always looking out for tracks that I missed out on before I started collecting. A bit of a fanatical collector! 8)

[Energyguy]

:oops: Thanks. I started collecting in 1987, used to go out to The Nightingale in Birmingham to listen to Tony de Vit and the Powerhouse also in Birmingham to hear Funky Dunc (Duncan Finlayson). Both sadly no longer with us.

I started playing out myself in '89 at and then became resident at The Nightingale in 1990 when Tony had changed his sound to Belgian techno, which a few of the regulars couldn't quite into!! I played Nrg & vocally house there right up until 1994 when I got more into house and hard house which is baiscally what I play now along with techno.

I still love my nrg & disco and am always looking out for tracks that I missed out on before I started collecting. A bit of a fanatical collector! 8)

Hi Andy
I remember Duncan.. I met him a few times when he was over in Manchester. I was a regular at Les Cockell`s record shop in the gay village (I spent most of my saturday afternoons in the shop chatting with Les & spending loads of dosh on all those hot hi-nrg imports). Duncan was a great guy !! Les sadly died in the mid 90s - They are both sadly missed but will live on in our memories and the great music they gave us over the years. 8)

[marmite7]

Hey Neil. Don't know if it's a coincidence, but the pile of hi-nrg tunes I bought all those years ago (late 90's), al belonged to "Les". Many of them were autographed, with the message "To Les, many thanks" etc (Paul Parker, Sharon Dee Clarke, Jessica Williams)

Perhaps the same Les?

[Energyguy]

Hey Neil. Don't know if it's a coincidence, but the pile of hi-nrg tunes I bought all those years ago (late 90's), al belonged to "Les". Many of them were autographed, with the message "To Les, many thanks" etc (Paul Parker, Sharon Dee Clarke, Jessica Williams)

Perhaps the same Les?

Hi Andy.. They probably were his records. I have bought quite a few 12" singles recently from a second hand shop in Manchester and they had his name written on them or the name of his shop... I also have quite a few that belonged to Moz Morris (DJ in Blackpool). I recently found a great record shop not far from where I live. They have a shop AND cellar full of boxes crammed full of 70s/80s dance /pop/hi-nrg stuff, Went in yesterday and found some great stuff including CINEMA "I LOVE MEN", WATERFRONT HOME "TAKE A CHANCE ON ME" - They were bargains!!
Not sure if you got my e-mail yesterday. Did you receive those hi-nrg charts & that £5.00 payment for the Vikki Benson 12". Can you let me know they arrived OK.. Cheers pal :D

[marmite7]

Andy?


Dizzy mare!!!


PS: Damn Ebay newbies! I put a hig bid on the Lama 12" and some sod with 1 feedback has outbid me. Grrrrrr

7 hrs to go and I'll have to snipe the little blighter.

[Energyguy]

Andy?


Dizzy mare!!!


PS: Damn Ebay newbies! I put a hig bid on the Lama 12" and some sod with 1 feedback has outbid me. Grrrrrr

7 hrs to go and I'll have to snipe the little blighter.

Ooops! Sorry pal - did not realise it was you !
I was gonna bid on that lama as well..but spent too much already :lol:

[Andy Farley]

I knew Les really well from when I used to go up to Rockies in Manchester around 1989-1990. I covered for him once downstairs in the Mineshaft. Another sad loss too.

[totoman]

I used to go to the Powerhouse a lot int eh late 80s and whenever I hear P-Machinery by Propaganda and Running Up That Hill by kate Bush I think of Funky Dunk.

Do you know if they were special remixes or just the standard 12" versions that he played?

toto

Energyguy - where is this store packed full of tunes for sale? I would like to take a look. I remember I Love Men by Cinema.

[marmite7]

Cinema - released on the classic Street Wave label and quite a departure don't ya think?

Everything else seemed to be disco/funk/soul including the gorrrrrgeous Another Man - Barbara Mason

[Energyguy]

I used to go to the Powerhouse a lot int eh late 80s and whenever I hear P-Machinery by Propaganda and Running Up That Hill by kate Bush I think of Funky Dunk.

Do you know if they were special remixes or just the standard 12" versions that he played?

toto

Energyguy - where is this store packed full of tunes for sale? I would like to take a look. I remember I Love Men by Cinema.

Toto - The shops i go to are -

Vinyl Exchange - Oldham street manchester
Vox Pop - Oldham street Manchester
Vinyl Revival - Hilton street (Just off Oldham street)
Endless Music - Bury old Road, prestwich (shop full of vinyl - tons of 70s/80s disco/dance/soul/funk etc.. and some hi-nrg. Also has a cellar full od vinyl !

[ianmusic]

:oops: Thanks. I started collecting in 1987, used to go out to The Nightingale in Birmingham to listen to Tony de Vit and the Powerhouse also in Birmingham to hear Funky Dunc (Duncan Finlayson). Both sadly no longer with us.

I started playing out myself in '89 at and then became resident at The Nightingale in 1990 when Tony had changed his sound to Belgian techno, which a few of the regulars couldn't quite into!! I played Nrg & vocally house there right up until 1994 when I got more into house and hard house which is baiscally what I play now along with techno.

I still love my nrg & disco and am always looking out for tracks that I missed out on before I started collecting. A bit of a fanatical collector! 8)

just joined this site today and going through every page ive got mixed tapes by andy,les from manchester moz from blackpool and roy from birmingham cheers ian

[Energyguy]

just joined this site today and going through every page ive got mixed tapes by andy,les from manchester moz from blackpool and roy from birmingham cheers ian

Les Cokell was a superb DJ and I bought most of my HINRG records from his shop in manchester.

[ianmusic]

Les Cokell was a superb DJ and I bought most of my HINRG records from his shop in manchester.

i remember les working in spin inn records before he moved to his own shop i used to tape his radio show on kiss fm mixing a the new nrg it used to be on 7 - 8 on a friday night cheers ian

[Nrgfan125]

Hi guys,Happy new year to all...i remember going into spin inn on cross st all those years ago,they had a gay disco chart,thought it was fantastic,you could buy all those european and american imports from there..

Then les opened his own shop energise records,and well i thought id died and gone to heaven,he would try his best to get you anything you wanted.

Do visit the shops around oldham st in manchester occasionaly and you can pick up a rare gem or 3 there,not come across any signed copies yet though,but if i did it would be an honour to own a piece of vinyl that was dedicated to the late great les cokell.

Still have mix tapes done by duncan and moz morris,and of course mike coppock one of thses days ill transfer to cd,still good to stick one on and relive those great days..ahhhhhhh:icon_lol::icon_lol::icon_lol:

Gaz

[ashtonrick]

Hi IanMusic,

I used to religiously listen to Kiss NRG on a Friday nigt in 1994 and 1995. I've still got some old tapes. There are about 2 tracks which are top that after all these years I've never managed to identify. I have them converted to MP3 from the old radio tapes but really want to know their names - reckon you could help?

Another one I tried to get but failed was a great mix of Gimme Gimme Gimme by Abba - it was Euro NRG and had a ragga section in it like Ice MC - got loads of NRG covers of that tune but never found the one Mike Coppock and Les Cokell played on Kiss NRG. Similarly they played an amazing 1994/5 NRG mix of California Dreaming and not found that (it's not the Bandido version - similar but with a better riff). Can anyone help identify these?

Any help after 14 years would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks

[hotdiscomix]

Similarly they played an amazing 1994/5 NRG mix of California Dreaming and not found that (it's not the Bandido version - similar but with a better riff).

Maybe, Midnight Shift's "California Dreaming", published 1990 on Prinicpal Records.

[ashtonrick]

Hi HotDiscoMix,

Thanks for the help but it wasn't that version. It was very mid-90s Italo NRG (sounded very much like Saifam), is very similar to the Bandido version but the synth bit is better - maybe it's another mix of the Bandido version?

On a good point after 15 years I finally found one of the Kiss NRG tracks I've been after since 1994 - it was Increase Joy - Comin' On My Side (albeit speeded up a bit).

[gunbuck]

Hi HotDiscoMix,

Thanks for the help but it wasn't that version. It was very mid-90s Italo NRG (sounded very much like Saifam), is very similar to the Bandido version but the synth bit is better - maybe it's another mix of the Bandido version?

On a good point after 15 years I finally found one of the Kiss NRG tracks I've been after since 1994 - it was Increase Joy - Comin' On My Side (albeit speeded up a bit).

There was a version of "California Dreaming" by a group called High Jinx in 1997. Maybe that's the one or is that later then the mix you have?

High Jinx Discography at Discogs

[Andy Farley]

Similarly they played an amazing 1994/5 NRG mix of California Dreaming and not found that (it's not the Bandido version - similar but with a better riff).



Could maybe the version by Italian Girls that came out in 1992 on Stil Novo Records.

[ashtonrick]

Hi guys,

Sorry not any of them - I'm trying to find the old cassette I have the recording on of California Dreaming so I can upload a bit of it so can show you. It's very much like the Bandido version but with a different synth riff.

You might be able to help with this one though, as when searching the old Kiss NRG tapes I came across this track from 1994 too which has a chorus (at around the 40 second mark on the uploaded sample) which has almost the same tune as Anthera - Good Time Tonight, but it's not that track. The link below will take you to an MP3 snippet. Can anyone name it? Would be eternally grateful as been after that since '94 too - If only I'd asked Les Cokell when he had his shop in Manchester, but I had limited money in those student days to buy Italian imports lol. Anyway, sample at the following:

http://www.geocities.com/rick.holden...issnrg1994.mp3

Thanks for all your help so far guys and thanks in advance to anyone who can ID the above track!

Rick

[Andy Farley]

I don't recognise it I'm afraid, but did a search for tracks with the title 'Take Me To Your Heart' and this came up

Humanize - Take Me To Your Heart (12") at Discogs

Found an mp3 and it is that track, though not sure which mix of it