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The Ashby Road Sports Club. Location: Hangmans Lane, Hinckley. Date: 1978. |
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| The Ashby Road Sports Club has long been a successful venue for discos and private parties in Hinckley. A large room, with a capacity of around 200, it has a large, wood block dance floor, and a raised stage. The big attraction is that the club is on the edge of town in large playing fields, effectively isolating the neighbours from any noise made by late night revellers. |
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The Ashby Road hosted the HSC for a few months in 1978, attracting a good
turnout due to the improved facilities (it had a bar). The music had improved
since the beginnings, as DJs were beginning to locate better quality, more
current material. One record I will always associate with the HSC is the
instrumental version of Joey Dee and the New Starlighters 'How Can I Forget',
mainly because it was such a simple record, but you could not get it out of
your head. You would go to bed with 'dang-da-dee-dang-dang-da-dee-dada-dang-da-dee-dang-dang'
running through your head!
Left: Dave Redshaw spinning the sounds at the Ashby Road Sports Club. |
| It was about this time that a lot of early sounds started to be revived, and 'Better Use Your Head' - Little Anthony and the Imperials, 'Destination Unknown' - Del-Reys Incorporated, 'Didn't Say A Word' - Yvonne Baker, 'That's What I Want To Know' - James Carr etc. were duly dug out and played, to the great approval of old and new soul fans alike. The HSC pooled some cash, and we managed to have an EMIdisc (that's what we used to call acetates then) cut, featuring some of the monster sounds of the day, including 'Soul Step' - The Dogs and 'Of Hopes and Dreams and Tombstones' - Jimmy Frazer, at the huge cost of 22 quid. We just couldn't afford the real stuff, because the HSC wasn't about making money, it was about the music. |  |
| The Ashby Road venue was ended by 'The Management' because of vandalism. Somebody ripped up some beer mats. Sad. |