Back in 1980 recorded at the Royalty with Sean French Froggy & Chris Hill,with clips featuring the Front Line Brixton,the Soul Family Tribes,Light Of The World & Linx :-)
Aww... the all nighters at purley,Sutton scamps,taverners East grinstead,Brighton top rank, 45 year later....still funking strong!! long live soul music ❤😊
Only Chris Hill could get away with playing the Ovaltine tune and getting everyone in the room to dance to it! Loved the early 80's going to Zero 6, The Goldmine, Ilford Palais and Caister. Long live the Essex soul boys.
amazing,brings back so many memories,and did anyone notice,no one was stumbling around bumping into other people,no violence,no drugs,just fantastic people dancing to the best music on this planet having the times of their lives,oh how I wish those days were still here
@@ajs41 you wouldn't have guessed that this time last week that the capitol building would have been stormed but there you go that's the world we live in
When music and people were real. Had I lived in England back then, I would have been friends with these guys. Nice to hear the Rah Band in the background.
Looks like such a great time and place to be. Unfortunately I was 2 years old at the time and living in the Midlands. Southern Freeez by Freeez is one of my favourite tracks of all time and they were one of the main jazz funk groups in 1980/1981.
@@ajs41 Those days were special and im blessed to have lived thru the best times and best sounds in history... I,m 60 now and can,t step as good as my teens... Special days...
Wow some wonderful memories of a time that will live with me forever, so happy I was a young soul funkateer in those days. Great to see Chris Hill, Sean French and Froggy who I came across many times at Alldayers etc.
Didn't go to my first Caister until 1983, but, as a little country girl from Essex, was a regular at Zero 6 and had just started going to the Goldmine. Brilliant to see this, and remember when Danny Baker was this young too. Love it! x
@@ajs41 It's still going. I've been a part of this since I was 14 & I'm 56 now. So many club nights & weekenders came out of this time covering Soul, Funk, Reggae, Boogie, Hip Hop, Jazz & House & we're still out there raving. These days the weekenders tend to be abroad in sunnier climates. Caister & Southport weekenders are still going.
the gold mine was amazing,as was the watersplash,lacy lady ,global village .Fantastic days ,oh how I wish we could go back to those days when the music was the only thing .
Real good times I’ve so many memories of these times great djs great music great people getting home at 5 in the morning going to work at 7 no wonder I’m fucked now but would I do it all again Fucking right I would. Bring the family back
Well the me de uh finally caught up , but by 1980 the tribes were probably in decline, but the music lives on. I attended a few Purley / Reading All Dayers and Jazz funk clubs and religiously listened to Robbie and Greg's shows and the Pirates. Chris Hill had his heart in the right place but there was no greater crime than a DJ singing over a record for me, and as for the Ovaltinies... nuff' said. !! Bless the Funk and Keep the Faith.
oh wow just discovered this & I'm in tears ! such amazing times I had at the royalty Southgate in the early 80,s.Such a fantastic friendly vibe,no trouble or violence just the music was what we were all there for.The tribes came from all over.The DJs were amazing too.The weekenders were the best times as well, Caister ! Thankyou so much for posting this ,it really has made my day .
What a traffic find!!Love it love it...was there at them all😁 Great days happy memories and still the best music always. Made me very happy!😀 thank you!😀
I am from Tottenham, two late school friends appeared in the crowed in this documentary and another three were faces in the crowd. When I was sent to the grocers for lets say onions, carrots and potatoes; like a pied piper the sound of drums, saxophone and trumpets would attract me to Sheraton Records where Light of the World and gang would rehearse. We threw stones at David Grant for strutting his greasy wet-look stuff down our street when he visited Joe Williams and later we bought his records, and ended up at Caister.
Great video, taking back to those great days were we would dance for 3 days on the trot and met some great people. Living in Caister it was on my doorstep, remembering all the DJ's in the day and Sister Sledge who sent a message to us from America on a big screen one day, love it such happy days. Thank you for posting.
How long did this movement go on for? Was it still going in the mid/late 80s, for example? I'm love this style of music although I was only about 18 months old at the time of this programme.
A time when the 'DJ' knew the music, knew the audience, and knew how to use a microphone..... Also very little in the way of electronics to aid mixing the tracks.... All mixed by ear... Living up North, these big roadshows only appeared infrequently, but I did see Dave Lee Travis, (Radio One) a number of times, using Froggy's outfit. Froggy himself played locally a couple of times with that ASS rig, and Rosko appeared several times, sporting his 'Orange' rig, alleged to be around 10kW in power. Whatever it was, it was most impressive, but not as loud as Froggy! There are pictures knocking about of a 25kW system, Rosko used in Wembley stadium, in the mid 70s,but this was a mish-mash of his own Orange show, and dozens of other PA cabinets filling the stage. Great days which spurred on many a local DJ - including me, to suddenly become a 'Roadshow', instead of simply being a mobile disco. I was lucky, and ran my operation for 37 years, finally selling the company in 2008. These were great days for disco and music... You cannot compare it to today, where its all about computers & electronics. Very few DJs have any charisma, and most don't even use a microphone.... Sad really!
Hey, Jonannlou ... 'Night cruiser' Deodato. Well done Andy, spreading the word via FB mate. I thought this broadcast had been lost. Brilliant upload mate. Cheers Graham
Slightly disappointed that Freeez aren't included in this programme. They were one of the main jazz funk groups around in London at this time. I believe their song Southern Freeez was based on the Freeze dance move that originated at the Royalty in Southgate.
A Distortion of history this is not a normal night at the Royalty Southgate Usually Cool Music,Cool Clothes serious dancing no who ha who hass no pyamids,Tribes jumping of balconys. I was there 1976-1981.
Nice trip down memory lane. Does any one remember the britfunk film called the British Hustle..like a lot of tribes we were in it when shot at the Goldmine. I have been trying to track a copy down if anyone knows of one, love to hear.
This was not a standard night at the Royalty,to the regulars this was a complete joke no cool dress,pryamids,jumping off balconies,mooning,tribes whoo are whoo chanting and no serious dancing.A distortion of history.A normal night was cool dress,dancing and music no lingering round drinking all night.
@@theurbanghost The scene was more serious like Northern Soul at the Royalty.Then there was now and then whats on the film which happened there once every three months.A bit like the circus coming to town.
@@theurbanghost Forty years on maybe someone does read these comments 2020 Rodney Ps Jazz Funk BBC 4 on I Player for the next 27 days Documentry think it was on Saturday.Nearer the truth.
Forty years on 2020 Rodney Ps Jazz Funk Documentry BBC4 on i Player for a while.Maybe people do read these comments as the new programme is more near the truth
@@ajs41 Yes that night did happen but only once every three months thus not a regular night for the regulars.Regular no tribes,no pyamids ,no diving off balconies, no holicks tunes ,no baring bums, just getting down to cool grooves. Different night but a usual night.
So true, Scamps, Lacy lady’s, royalty, goldmine, 1st caister, room at the top, We were the Wembley boys, the drug dealer/ fat drunk wankers who wanted a late drink fucked it in my book, Still into tunes large, Robbie, Chris hill, sean, Froggy will always be the inspiration for the dance scene
@@JBass42 You can thank Matt Adshed (Louis Winthorpe) for my answer as he sent me the link to this clip tonight although I do remember watching it at the time hoping the Havering Funk Force might be in it.
Always found Chris Hill a pompous prick.. very average DJ.. where as Froggy.. would have a beer ^& a chat with everyone.. .. .. very down to earth & a talented DJ..
Can't be bothered with tribes, shouldn't it be just about the music? or is that too simplistic. All the years I have enjoyed listening to Acid Jazz, I haven't met one fan but that might be due to various factor's. I like the Family concept though and the music is ace.
Such Great days to be around. The Royalty Southgate was my local.
Aww... the all nighters at purley,Sutton scamps,taverners East grinstead,Brighton top rank,
45 year later....still funking strong!!
long live soul music ❤😊
I loved all that UK Jazz-Funk in the late '70s & early '80s here in the Northeast US. Every time a new 12" came out or LP, I bought it.
Only Chris Hill could get away with playing the Ovaltine tune and getting everyone in the room to dance to it! Loved the early 80's going to Zero 6, The Goldmine, Ilford Palais and Caister. Long live the Essex soul boys.
amazing,brings back so many memories,and did anyone notice,no one was stumbling around bumping into other people,no violence,no drugs,just fantastic people dancing to the best music on this planet having the times of their lives,oh how I wish those days were still here
You wouldn't guess that the 1981 London riots were only a few months away from when this was recorded.
@@ajs41 you wouldn't have guessed that this time last week that the capitol building would have been stormed but there you go that's the world we live in
oh how I wish that too! fantastic days
Blackcurrant and lemonade was my tipple.. 😂😂😂
Going to clubs then and we would come out absolutely soaked with sweat from dancing for hours on end.
When music and people were real. Had I lived in England back then, I would have been friends with these guys. Nice to hear the Rah Band in the background.
Looks like such a great time and place to be. Unfortunately I was 2 years old at the time and living in the Midlands. Southern Freeez by Freeez is one of my favourite tracks of all time and they were one of the main jazz funk groups in 1980/1981.
@@ajs41 Those days were special and im blessed to have lived thru the best times and best sounds in history... I,m 60 now and can,t step as good as my teens... Special days...
Wow some wonderful memories of a time that will live with me forever, so happy I was a young soul funkateer in those days. Great to see Chris Hill, Sean French and Froggy who I came across many times at Alldayers etc.
Didn't go to my first Caister until 1983, but, as a little country girl from Essex, was a regular at Zero 6 and had just started going to the Goldmine. Brilliant to see this, and remember when Danny Baker was this young too. Love it! x
Do you know how long this movement went on for before it turned into something else or just disappeared?
@@ajs41 It's still going. I've been a part of this since I was 14 & I'm 56 now. So many club nights & weekenders came out of this time covering Soul, Funk, Reggae, Boogie, Hip Hop, Jazz & House & we're still out there raving. These days the weekenders tend to be abroad in sunnier climates. Caister & Southport weekenders are still going.
the gold mine was amazing,as was the watersplash,lacy lady ,global village .Fantastic days ,oh how I wish we could go back to those days when the music was the only thing .
Real good times I’ve so many memories of these times great djs great music great people getting home at 5 in the morning going to work at 7 no wonder I’m fucked now but would I do it all again Fucking right I would. Bring the family back
I'm too young to have gone to these things at the time, but I love the music. These scenes look like top fun. Dream atmosphere!
Southern Freeez by Freeez is probably the perfect example of a British jazz-funk song. Have you heard it?
Well the me de uh finally caught up , but by 1980 the tribes were probably in decline, but the music lives on. I attended a few Purley / Reading All Dayers and Jazz funk clubs and religiously listened to Robbie and Greg's shows and the Pirates. Chris Hill had his heart in the right place but there was no greater crime than a DJ singing over a record for me, and as for the Ovaltinies... nuff' said. !! Bless the Funk and Keep the Faith.
What was the Olvaltinies thing?
I can see similarities with the northern soul scene - loads of passion about the music and having a good dance
Yeah at school you was either a soul boy or a mod...some of my best friends were mods...there was no antipathy
12:51 Yes, but in the Norther Soul Scene no one felt male genitalia in the back of the neck.
Had some good times at the Royalty back in the day. I am in my early 60’s now but the music was good back then !
Broadcast for the first time on London Weekend Television (ITV) exactly 40 years ago TODAY!
Trying to work out the date that would have been. 20th December 1980? Is that right. The day before my second birthday incidentally.
oh wow just discovered this & I'm in tears ! such amazing times I had at the royalty Southgate in the early 80,s.Such a fantastic friendly vibe,no trouble or violence just the music was what we were all there for.The tribes came from all over.The DJs were amazing too.The weekenders were the best times as well, Caister ! Thankyou so much for posting this ,it really has made my day .
❤️❤️❤️❤️🔥bring the family back, bring it back together. Fantastic!
RIP to dj Froggy my mentor 🙏🏽
What a traffic find!!Love it love it...was there at them all😁 Great days happy memories and still the best music always. Made me very happy!😀 thank you!😀
Do you know how long this movement went on for? Was it still going in the mid-80s for example.
Brings back so many memories... Best times... Best music ever!
Hey Andy!! Hope this stays put.. What a find... No wonder we won't let go, it's the most positive thing to ever come out of Music!! xx Auntie
I am from Tottenham, two late school friends appeared in the crowed in this documentary and another three were faces in the crowd. When I was sent to the grocers for lets say onions, carrots and potatoes; like a pied piper the sound of drums, saxophone and trumpets would attract me to Sheraton Records where Light of the World and gang would rehearse.
We threw stones at David Grant for strutting his greasy wet-look stuff down our street when he visited Joe Williams and later we bought his records, and ended up at Caister.
I had no idea beachwear was the fashion style of jazz funk devotees. You learn something new every day.
Brilliant, what memories!!
Great video, taking back to those great days were we would dance for 3 days on the trot and met some great people. Living in Caister it was on my doorstep, remembering all the DJ's in the day and Sister Sledge who sent a message to us from America on a big screen one day, love it such happy days. Thank you for posting.
How long did this movement go on for? Was it still going in the mid/late 80s, for example? I'm love this style of music although I was only about 18 months old at the time of this programme.
@@ajs41 I think it is still going on.
Sister Sledge are at The Royal Albert Hall umm June or July 2023
Another great blast from the past, thanks for posting
A time when the 'DJ' knew the music, knew the audience, and knew how to use a microphone..... Also very little in the way of electronics to aid mixing the tracks.... All mixed by ear...
Living up North, these big roadshows only appeared infrequently, but I did see Dave Lee Travis, (Radio One) a number of times, using Froggy's outfit.
Froggy himself played locally a couple of times with that ASS rig, and Rosko appeared several times, sporting his 'Orange' rig, alleged to be around 10kW in power. Whatever it was, it was most impressive, but not as loud as Froggy!
There are pictures knocking about of a 25kW system, Rosko used in Wembley stadium, in the mid 70s,but this was a mish-mash of his own Orange show, and dozens of other PA cabinets filling the stage.
Great days which spurred on many a local DJ - including me, to suddenly become a 'Roadshow', instead of simply being a mobile disco.
I was lucky, and ran my operation for 37 years, finally selling the company in 2008.
These were great days for disco and music... You cannot compare it to today, where its all about computers & electronics. Very few DJs have any charisma, and most don't even use a microphone.... Sad really!
Facts...
I'm from Bristol in 2000 i bought an ASS Rig from a guy who made them from Southend , same outfit as the Frog's by any chance ??.
Brilliant Days !!!
Hey, Jonannlou ... 'Night cruiser' Deodato.
Well done Andy, spreading the word via FB mate. I thought this broadcast had been lost. Brilliant upload mate.
Cheers
Graham
I can now see where The Jam got their ideas for their latter stuff 'Precious' for example.
Not my cup of tea funk but I really enjoy watching these kind of documentaries from this time and all the different types of youth culture
Slightly disappointed that Freeez aren't included in this programme. They were one of the main jazz funk groups around in London at this time. I believe their song Southern Freeez was based on the Freeze dance move that originated at the Royalty in Southgate.
Rodney Franklin's The Groove is where the inspiration for that dance comes from.
What a wonderful find, Thank you for up loading ..This is sure to spread like wildfire !!
This is the most uplifting and positive video I've seen for a long time.
Came on a Sunday afternoon. Originally some of the programmes were done in black and white. A youthful Danny Baker presenting the series.
Oh my God a young Danny Baker
thank you, this is document that has a goldmine of super-precious information :)
Great archive footage of Chris hill and The late funkmaster himself Froggy 🐸
Oh i love it!!
AMAZING !!!!
A Distortion of history this is not a normal night at the Royalty Southgate Usually Cool Music,Cool Clothes serious dancing no who ha who hass no pyamids,Tribes jumping of balconys. I was there 1976-1981.
Nice trip down memory lane. Does any one remember the britfunk film called the British Hustle..like a lot of tribes we were in it when shot at the Goldmine. I have been trying to track a copy down if anyone knows of one, love to hear.
I saw the whole film on u-tube recently including the Goldmine bit
Here's the film: czcams.com/video/bOhLMyjXbko/video.html
remember this on TV...thanks Andy..xx...where are these guys now? the search is on..
Pukka.
Goldmine reunions still going strong in essex.
This was not a standard night at the Royalty,to the regulars this was a complete joke no cool dress,pryamids,jumping off balconies,mooning,tribes whoo are whoo chanting and no serious dancing.A distortion of history.A normal night was cool dress,dancing and music no lingering round drinking all night.
Not a distortion of history, the doc is about the scene not the venue, they had to film it somewhere
@@theurbanghost The scene was more serious like Northern Soul at the Royalty.Then there was now and then whats on the film which happened there once every three months.A bit like the circus coming to town.
danceandshakeyour I hear you, thanks for that. I’m not going to argue with someone who was there from the start, I wish I had been.
@@theurbanghost Forty years on maybe someone does read these comments 2020 Rodney Ps Jazz Funk BBC 4 on I Player for the next 27 days Documentry think it was on Saturday.Nearer the truth.
@@danceandshakeyour Thanks for that mate, going to watch it now. I love Rodney P anyway so should be good
👏👏👏💙
WOW, nice thx for posting this
Global Village represent!
I wonder if there is any film clips of the Regency Suite or Oscars Essex back in the day.
Oscars. It's a Mac Donald's Now.
Great post mr Bella hope you're well
Carlos - it's Deodato night cruiser at 19minutes, top tune
Forty years on 2020 Rodney Ps Jazz Funk Documentry BBC4 on i Player for a while.Maybe people do read these comments as the new programme is more near the truth
Night cruiser--- deodato
cheers mate, good tune
Nice
A distortion of history of the Royalty Southgate. I was there 1974-1981
Why a distortion?
@@ajs41 Yes that night did happen but only once every three months thus not a regular night for the regulars.Regular no tribes,no pyamids ,no diving off balconies, no holicks tunes ,no baring bums, just getting down to cool grooves. Different night but a usual night.
So true, Scamps, Lacy lady’s, royalty, goldmine, 1st caister, room at the top, We were the Wembley boys, the drug dealer/ fat drunk wankers who wanted a late drink fucked it in my book, Still into tunes large, Robbie, Chris hill, sean, Froggy will always be the inspiration for the dance scene
Great doc. Whats the track at 15.20?
Deodato - Night Cruiser
14.40 Which tune is that??? Looove it!!!
What's the song at 19:00? I've been searching for it since last summer....
The World Is A Ghetto by George Benson
Pure class !
Great documentary! Whats the song around 15.30 Andy? rings a bell :)
Night Cruiser by Eumir Deodata. Only taken 7 years to get the answer John!
@@JulianHallLevel42 I've been going grey worrying about this 😂 cheers mate, deodato has some belters
@@JBass42 You can thank Matt Adshed (Louis Winthorpe) for my answer as he sent me the link to this clip tonight although I do remember watching it at the time hoping the Havering Funk Force might be in it.
@@JulianHallLevel42 that name rings a bell from the digest??!
@@JBass42 A big contributor in Ultimate 42.
the titles gave me mental scars.
Very advanced titles for 1980 I thought.
Always found Chris Hill a pompous prick.. very average DJ.. where as Froggy.. would have a beer ^& a chat with everyone.. .. .. very down to earth & a talented DJ..
Anyone knows the name of the song at 12.00 mark?
Deodato Night Cruiser
Sadao Watanabe - Orange Bypass
Think Danny got Cancelled somewhere along the line
Track ID at 17:40...anyone?
Willie 'Beaver' Hale - Groove On
Can't be bothered with tribes, shouldn't it be just about the music? or is that too simplistic. All the years I have enjoyed listening to Acid Jazz, I haven't met one fan but that might be due to various factor's. I like the Family concept though and the music is ace.
The Ovaltine section is just weird. I think I would've felt very uncomfortable on this scene.
+stretchmorgan
It kinda made sense when you were part of it,Bonkers times :)
@@bobfunkhouse1161 Fun times, it looks like. I was only 18 months old at the time, sadly. Love the music.