Neil Gits Sloppy

You may find it hard to believe after listening to last Monday’s show, but a month short of 40 years ago I went on a broadcasting course ! I spent several weeks in a studio in Southend (ironically on a Monday evening between 7 & 9 pm) along with three other budding radio DJs, polishing up any existing talent we had and learning various techniques to become professional presenters in the future.

We were taught by the late John Hayes who was well respected at both Essex Radio then later on BBC Essex and many of the things I picked up from him I still use today, though putting the wrong songs on and tripping over my tongue constantly were NOT two of them ! Whatever station I’ve appeared on since Jnauary 1986, whether it was an RSR broadcast, commercial radio, a community set-up like Gateway or even my brief spells dabbling in ‘naughty radio’ many years ago, there are ‘rules’ that I stick to rigidly which hopefully make listening to my shows easy on the ear – along with some great music from the soul era of the 70s & 80s !

One thing I was able to do in my years on air at Essex Radio was to record all of my ‘links’ between the songs. We had an incredible engineering team there and they set up a cassette machine that would start recording each time you opened the microphone ! That way I could play it back after being on air (sometimes in the car on the way home!) and hear just how well / badly I’d done, ready to improve next time out. I’ve tried to do that regularly ever since, when technically possible, and here in 2025 we have something called the ‘internet’ which allows you to go on a ‘website’ and ‘listen again’ to your chosen station’s previous shows – which just like you I do ! Rest assured I won’t be making the same schoolboy errors I’ve heard myself make on there this week, but whatever happens when the mic fader goes up the tunes will always be top notch …

The Tunes – Monday 1st December 2025

Jacksons – Blame It On The Boogie
The Team – Wicky Wacky (House Party)
Chi-Lites – Love Can Be Hazardous
MS1 Project ft DJB & Tygressa – Remedy 4 The Mind Pt 2
Windjammer -Tossing & Turning
Windjammer – Stay
Lance Vantile Whitfield – Happy
Four Tops – Yesterday’s Dreams
Universe – Every Single Night
Unique – What I Got Is What You Need
Phylis Hyman – You Know How To Love Me
Ben E King – We Got Love
Billy Ocean – Mr Business Man
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – You’re All I Need To Get By
Marlena Shaw – California Soul
Diana Ross – The Boss
Petawane – My Sweet Angel
Rene & Angela – Come My Way
James Day Audrey Wheeler & Walter Beasley – Natural Thing
Loose Ends – Hanging On A String
Pointer Sisters – Happiness
Quincy Jones – Stuff Like That
Cheryl Lynn – You Saved My Day

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The Old Gits Soul Show is broadcast LIVE from 7pm–9pm every Monday, repeated on Saturday evening from 5pm–7pm, on Gateway 97.8FM in Basildon & East Thurrock, across South Essex on DAB and available nationally via the Radio Player on your TV as well as online via www.gateway978.com You can listen on your smart speaker or your phone too … plus you can hear it again anytime you like via the “Listen Again” button on the Gateway website – just search “Cool Soul” !