The best club night Sheffield ever had? Discuss. Anybody got any of the tapes?

My brother Solid State played there. I'll ask if he's got any tapes.

Discuss?

Well, yeah, it has to be well up the list!

My name is Solid State and I was the main Sheffield resident at the Jam Factory throughout its brief run from Sept 1991 to June 1992.

For those who don't recall this night, the other residents were Anwar and Green, Dave Seaman and Dave Ralph (Ralphy).

Anyway, I have one tape from The Jam Factory, dating from April 1992... it's of me (sorry, not Dave Seaman!)

I also have access to a tape of the April 92 Sasha appearance (provided my mate Rich still has it... a slightly long shot but you never know!)

There are also several tapes still existing of my Fantasy FM Saturday show, and several home mixes that are basically Jam Factory demo's.

Let me know if you are interested in copies of any of these.

PS I too would be interested to hear from others who have managed to hold onto Jam Factory or Fantasy FM tapes from the 1991-92 era.

... Is There Anybody Out There? :-)

That's my brother I was telling you about.

The Jam factory was very good,but the best Sheffield club ever
I think not!!
In my opinion occasions(88-94) would take some beating,i've a few live tapes from it,but I would also be intested in the jam factory tapes as i was a reguler there too!!

What about Rise at the Leadmill, from about 1996 to 1999. Me and my mates still reckon that was the best night ever.

I think "rise"started in 94 around the same time as "love to be" at the music factory,had some good nights in rise,but perfered the M.F. as had better DJs and a more clued up and friendly crowd.
Must be up there for the most glamourous club in Sheffield:thumbsup:

Originally posted by Society
Discuss?
My name is Solid State and I was the main Sheffield resident at the Jam Factory

Hey richard, they never told me that !!!....green.


BTW, I have NYE 91/92...."CJ's posse" on the microphone if you remember it.

Jam Factory was a great club but I was torn between Jam Factory & Occasions (Techno city) (around 1990 -1991)
Not heard the name Solidstate for a long time though nice to see your still around Sheffield!

I remember techno city jon jack master j and owen music maker were residents there. I recall that the majority of clubbers seemed to be far too young to be in a night club. also remember the sweaty walls lol

Occasions on a Saturday night around 1990 was a clubbing revelation for me. Parrot and Winston played the tunes, Warp Records were playing a load of their earliest cuts there - the bleeps of Sweet Exorcist's 'Testone' brought forth cheers and airhorns aplenty, and I believe it was first played there on cassette - and the 50/50 mix of black and white clubbers dancing to house, techno, soul and funk gave it an irresistibly unique atmosphere. Always hotter, sweatier and less dressy than Jive Turkey (in its neo-classical ballroom setting), Occasions on a Saturday was the night that showed me what clubbing was fast becoming.

And the thing that was so fabulous about it was that it felt utterly and uniquely Sheffield. Regional differences in dance music really existed then as DJs weren't really travelling to other cities - I don't think a night like this would have gone off in Manchester in 1990. The Hacienda scene was very different. Only Sheffield, Leeds and Bradford were doing nights that looked and sounded like Occasions that year. And of course, as it reached its peak, it all rolled into the euphoria surrounding the Italia '90 world cup, and for some reason Cameroon became team of the moment - I recall "Cameroooooooon!" being bellowed across the dancefloor as airhorns went off and Winston yelled "Make noise!".

I have been to nights that were madder and I've become a regular at clubs where ultimately, I've had more 'special' moments (Voodoo and Bugged Out in Liverpool especially), but Occasions was there first, and it was a Yorkshire thing - it felt like something that would be almost inexplicable to a clubber from London, or Bristol, or Newcastle.

I started a thread about Jam Factory and tapes in the 'Going Out' forum. Me and some friends have some tapes and would be interested if anyone else has any. Could do with remastering if anyone can do this??

Originally posted by Damon
And the thing that was so fabulous about it was that it felt utterly and uniquely Sheffield.

Very true. Tunes like LFO, Tricky Disco and Nightmares on Wax used to rock that place.

Oops sorry Green! Me the 'main resident' ?smack me round the gob for saying that! Didn't know you were listening!... ahem!

Anyway, I have to agree that Occasions/ Jive Turkey was the best club to come out of Sheff.

I went within a weeek or two of it opening (Jan 1985 when it was called Mona Lisa's) and they were my main musical influence from then on (if only in the sense of consciously NOT trying to copy them!) - Winston and Parrot are hands down the most important djs Sheffield has yet produced.

And yes, it was unique to Sheffield, the Jam Fectory, great as it was, was an 'import' - Greeen I think you were responsible for the idea of trying to copy Shelleys here in Sheff! Well, it worked.

Tho Im still very proud of the night, it was never on a par with Jive Turkey in terms of innovation, uniqueness, quality of music etc etc...though, at the time, there was nothing to touch it for atmosphere.

RIP to the both of em!

Society/Solid State... did you go to Abbeydale Grange?

Yes, as it happens, I left in 1985, and my civilian name is Richard Hardcastle.

Why, is something spooky about to happen online...? :-)

Originally posted by Society
Yes, as it happens, I left in 1985, and my civilian name is Richard Hardcastle.

Why, is something spooky about to happen online...? :-)

He... then j'accuse you of once going under the name 'Hitch' (I think) and hanging about with the likes of Joe Simpson and Dave Ranyard.

And I've got a yellowing article stuck in a scrapbook somewhere that I snipped out of Melody Maker or Sounds - it's all about the Sheffield club scene (1988 vintage) and features a photo of your good self playing out somewhere or other, together with the 'hilarious' caption "Look! It's the lost Proclaimer!"

Before it starts to sound like I'm some weird stalker, I must add that I snipped the article because it was about Sheffield, not because it featured a pic of your visage.

Good call on Occasions by the way ;)

Correct on all counts... and yes, I remember your name if not your face... and of course 'Mr Fairclough' rings a bell...you prob remember my sister, Penny, too, who was in the year above you?

How did you suss out the Abbeydale connection? Was it the Sounds article that 'joined the dots'?

I still have that article too. Winston and Parrot are on there with another 'hilarious' caption re the dog getting Winston's jacket (cos was frayed - duh...)

If you fancy meeting up for a chinwag come along to one of our Society nights (at Dulo, London Road, free entry 2nd Sat of the month) just come and say HI! I still look like the person in the photo, just balder!

PS no idea about Ranyard or Simpson these days, have you..?

I've sent you a PM mate.

Back to the topic folks!!

rise was garbage now cjs now you,re talkin who can remember the e raffle.

Just thought I'd resurrect this thread!!

Anyone got any old tapes from Jam Factory / Fantasy FM era?

What ever happened to Anwar - he would remember me (Barbara)- I was manager there for a while and we had some great nights there! V. Late but great!

Vanished of the face of the earth :-)

Green is still in Sheff though


Happy days in that club !!

I remember techno city jon jack master j and owen music maker were residents there. I recall that the majority of clubbers seemed to be far too young to be in a night club. also remember the sweaty walls lol

ah the music maker, anybody know what owens doing these days, he used to come round my flat occasionly when i lived in pitsmoor, cos a mate i lived with wear (who died recently R.I.P) was supposed to be drawing the sleeve artwork for a single"tears of the acid puppet" if i remember rightly, i still have that on tape somewhere, never knew if it got released or not, unfortunately wear was always too smashed and never got the artwork finished....pity

i never went to the jam factory, being mainly a punk, i did go to the music factory a few times.

solidstate im interested in thos mixtapes if you can get em uploaded, put onto cd :) i love listening to the old mixes. club nights, pirate stations
bugger, just noticed the date :P
ah well, prolly wont get the mixes now lol

been searching the web for old tapes of that era.
nothing around unfortunately!

I did manage to get a CD of Easy D & MC Rush on Fantasy FM circa 92...it sounds great!

really?

wanna swap? ive got one of skyjuice and legs diamond off SCR :)

Does anyone recall those excellent parties in the Peaks hosted by DiY crew? They were really good. Think Dino played a few with that other guy who was around at the time, what was his name? Was it Mat Sunday?

some of my mates used to go to the diy parties.
one guy i used to know, simon was in a band in the early 90s called head......i have a tape somewhere with a couple of tracks on

been searching the web for old tapes of that era.
nothing around unfortunately!

I did manage to get a CD of Easy D & MC Rush on Fantasy FM circa 92...it sounds great!

Now thats memories!! Eazy D and MC Rush aka Darren and Pete.

What memories I have are wicked and would never change places with todays younger generation, would not have missed 1990 - 1996 for the world.

Make some noise!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

would not have missed 1990 - 1996 for the world.

Here Here!!! right then folks we haven't resurrected the Jam Factory thread for a while. Just been listening to the NYE 1991 Cd that I've got and I need more tapes/cds from those amazing nights at the Palais. So come on Solid State,Green or anybody who has any recordings reply to this thread and lets keep the great night circulating. Please

come on guys cheer up this monday mornin, where are the lost tapes from the Palais

I'm officially resurrecting The Jam Factory thread for 2008.
Come on guys whose got tapes/cds/memories from this great night.

jesus !! would love to be in occation's just one more time:D then the main tune of the time 'old spice tune' would come on:hihi: i would die a happy man

when to Ocassions a couple of times when I wasn't at the Palais. The Music Maker was tops for me

when to Ocassions a couple of times when I wasn't at the Palais. The Music Maker was tops for me

Breaks my heart what happened to the old music factory/palais/bed, breaks my heart!

O, this thread is alive again. I've got a box full of palais tapes, ripped some. I'll have to stick them online somewhere at some point.

O, this thread is alive again. I've got a box full of palais tapes, ripped some. I'll have to stick them online somewhere at some point.
nice one..........id love to hear them :)

i joined up to www.4shared.com, its like a virtual 5gb hardrive and its free (more than 5gb if you pay for a higher service) and unlike the free hosts such as rapidshare etc they stay there forever, dont get deleted...the only downside if i remember is files have to be under 100mb ......most albums, live sets etc are tho.
or you could start a multiply page (like my sheffield music one in my siggy) and stick em on there with pics and other info (i think thats infinite resources)
let us know how you get on

O, this thread is alive again. I've got a box full of palais tapes, ripped some. I'll have to stick them online somewhere at some point.

Ah, another wet summer, another teasing little post from Green. Maybe all those late nights at the Palais affected my mind - I just keep getting deja vu all the time :hihi:

when to Ocassions a couple of times when I wasn't at the Palais. The Music Maker was tops for me

i have an old tape by the music maker (i know it has tears of the acid puppet? on it)...think that was a single he was trying to do, did it ever get released? my mate was supposed to be doing the artwork for it but he never got round to it, the music maker came round to my flat a couple of times up pitsmoor to see him about it

i have an old tape by the music maker (i know it has tears of the acid puppet? on it)...think that was a single he was trying to do, did it ever get released? my mate was supposed to be doing the artwork for it but he never got round to it, the music maker came round to my flat a couple of times up pitsmoor to see him about it

Nice one, can you rip the tape and post it on the net, i would love to hear the musicmaker again. I dont know if the track got released or not.

I'm officially resurrecting The Jam Factory thread for 2008.
Come on guys whose got tapes/cds/memories from this great night.

Here's one for you:

DJ Green, Jam Factory, 20 Jun 92, Side A (http://www.mediafire.com/?jxdmxzyinlm)

DJ Green, Jam Factory, 20 Jun 92, Side B (http://www.mediafire.com/?jnjnjmze50j)

Don't know where they found that DJ though :hihi:

And another one:

Sasha, Jam Factory, Sheffield 22 Feb 92 (http://www.mediafire.com/?yhyitzwddty)

all the bad mixes are mine :P

all the bad mixes are mine :P

Hehe, didn't like to say ;)

Good though, that mediafire - you should try it :D

I remember techno city jon jack master j and owen music maker were residents there. I recall that the majority of clubbers seemed to be far too young to be in a night club. also remember the sweaty walls lol

HP

I'm still in Sheffield!:hihi:

But I really do miss playing out!

Jackmaster Jay

just bought a USB tape player to start recording all the old Palais tapes, 2 down, about 30 to go ! Hugh and Lorrie anyone ? Dave Seamon 9/11/91...nice mixing (ouch its not).

just bought a USB tape player to start recording all the old Palais tapes, 2 down, about 30 to go ! Hugh and Lorrie anyone ? Dave Seamon 9/11/91...nice mixing (ouch its not).

I reckon I was there that night. If not it will have been about the only Sat night I missed in 1991!! Let me know when you get done mate cos those will be so cool to listen to again!!

turns out the quality of the recorder is sheeeite.. so its on hold again..sorry.

BTW, Dont but one of these (http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=280934)

turns out the quality of the recorder is sheeeite.. so its on hold again..sorry.

BTW, Dont but one of these (http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=280934)

i have a proper sony cd recorder with my decks, technics tape deck etc plugged into

:)

Discuss?

Well, yeah, it has to be well up the list!

My name is Solid State and I was the main Sheffield resident at the Jam Factory throughout its brief run from Sept 1991 to June 1992.

For those who don't recall this night, the other residents were Anwar and Green, Dave Seaman and Dave Ralph (Ralphy).

Anyway, I have one tape from The Jam Factory, dating from April 1992... it's of me (sorry, not Dave Seaman!)

I also have access to a tape of the April 92 Sasha appearance (provided my mate Rich still has it... a slightly long shot but you never know!)

There are also several tapes still existing of my Fantasy FM Saturday show, and several home mixes that are basically Jam Factory demo's.

Let me know if you are interested in copies of any of these.

PS I too would be interested to hear from others who have managed to hold onto Jam Factory or Fantasy FM tapes from the 1991-92 era.

... Is There Anybody Out There? :-)

Thanks for the nostalgia trip Solid, :clap: X

Hi all, I live in Scunthorpe and used to go to the Jam Factory between 1991 and 1992.
Please forgive me if dates and events do not add up, my memory is not what it used to be.:)
I have a couple of tapes from this club, one by Dave Seaman from 27/06/92 and another one from 91 (think this one is Ralphy but not too sure).
I had some of the best nights ever in the Palais, E'd and whizzed up, dancing my head off and not a care in the world.

I am trying to put these tapes onto youtube this week hopefully and i will link them here when i get that done.

I will always remember a chap with a short beard gurning like a madman chatting with me while i was getting a back massage off my girlfriend.

Has anyone got any photo's of this club?? I would love to see them as i will probably be in some of them :)

you know I dont have many pics... but for my 40 my Mrs this week has just given me a picture of the Palais done by local artists Johnathon Wilkinson... its fantastic !

Anyway, I do have a lot of flyers... I'll post some up,

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Best NYE of my life !

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Hi all, I live in Scunthorpe and used to go to the Jam Factory between 1991 and 1992.
Please forgive me if dates and events do not add up, my memory is not what it used to be.:)
I have a couple of tapes from this club, one by Dave Seaman from 27/06/92 and another one from 91 (think this one is Ralphy but not too sure).
I had some of the best nights ever in the Palais, E'd and whizzed up, dancing my head off and not a care in the world.

I am trying to put these tapes onto youtube this week hopefully and i will link them here when i get that done.

I will always remember a chap with a short beard gurning like a madman chatting with me while i was getting a back massage off my girlfriend.

I remember a crowd from Scunny that used to go, could have been you and your mates (sorry I didn't have a beard).

It would be great to hear the Ralphy tape. I've long since given up trying to persuade Green to rip his Palais tapes but I've got about a dozen from Shelley's where Seaman and Ralphy were playing a lot of the same stuff. PM me if you want the details.

Thanks for the flyers Green. I didn't realise JF only started on 28 September. The first time I went was 5 October, which must have been the second week, but I thought it had been going for a while by then.

Yeh, timing sounds strange doesnt it, but before Saturdays, I'm pretty sure we only did compulsion on Wednesdays - which we did do for about 8 months (maybe more) before JF.

Best NYE of my life !

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What a truly amazing night that was. Will never forget it. The best new years eve which ended the best year of my life for many reasons. All my mates went to Shelleys but I went to the Palais with my new girlfriend of only 3 weeks. Shes now my wife and this is our 20th year together (obviously lol)

Thanks for posting the flyer. This really has brought back memories.

Wish we could get a good palais/JF reunion up and running. Looking forward to Techno City on Saturday.

If you've been following this thread, you might like this

http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?p=8118025