Cool Soul
Neil Gits Out The Big Guns
It’s all about the tunes this week (and the Lockets & the Soothers too actually…) ! Squeezed in a couple more cuts than usual somehow and alongside those almost forgotten one-off gems, there are plenty of major names with cult & classic tracks. We dip into the 1977 “All n All” LP for some vintage Earth, Wind & Fire, there are 80s hits by Aretha Franklin & The Four Tops to enjoy, a minor success for the Whispers which is every bit as good as their big ones, a request for one of the great Temptations...
read moreNeil Gits His Bits & Bobs Out !
Ooo-er Missus ! It was time to give an airing to a few tracks I had put aside for the right time to play them – and this week was that week, being an exceptionally busy one for my quiz nights when a minimum of radio prep was required ! Whatever the state of my other activities, or lack of them you can always be sure that the tunes that make it onto the show will be at the very least interesting, bringing back a few nearly forgotten memories maybe and occasionally letting you hear something soulfully wonderful that may have passed you by...
read moreNeil Gits In A Muddle…
I normally plan my show playlist out meticulously, so I know exactly what songs I am playing and when, leaving me free on the night to concentrate on pushing all the right buttons in the studio and come up with something vaguely intelligent to say in between. One week I actually managed to do all three things together! This time however, for some weird reason, I decided to keep chopping and changing the tunes around, but damn good tunes they are as you can see from the selection below. The highlights this time are possibly the full length...
read moreNeil Gits Back To “The Shed” !
Just under 30 years ago, two good DJ buddies of mine, Russ B & Graham “Grumpy” Brown started out on what was to be a near four year Sunday night weekly soul gig at the Rising Sun in Billericay and I, as a junior DJ just starting out, tagged along faithfully each week taking notes of the best tunes played and rushing out to buy them as soon as possible during the next seven days ! They started off in the function suite called “The Shed” just off the car park there, but after starting in the summer, the colder nights...
read moreNeil Gits Butterfingers !
Almost every Monday from 7-9pm “The Old Gits Soul Show” is broadcast LIVE from Gateway 97.8 and almost every week it is worth listening to for the music alone – though sometimes there are bits in between and either side which make entertaining listening on the repeat play on Saturdays at 5pm !! For lovers of 70s & 80s soul, jazz-funk and disco, tune in tomorrow to hear classic tracks from Cameo, Shalamar, Windjammer & The Detroit Spinners, with some lesser known gems by great singers such as Phyllis Hyman, George...
read moreNeil Gits Another Cough
Well it is that time of the year ! Inevitably after a busy week of quiz nights and radio, the throat gave way and if you listen carefully to the repeat play of the show tomorrow evening you can the croaks coming in loud and clear towards the end ! However, as I always say, its all about the music and boy I found some corkers for you to enjoy this time. I introduced a new feature in the second hour of the show called “Philly Dips” which will take a couple of cuts each week from my much treasured 14-LP box set “The...
read moreNeil Gits A Bit Behind…
As well as hosting my “Old Gits Soul” show live each Monday, I also run quiz nights and last week was one of those freak ones where straight after the programme I had a run of four on the trot – which takes a lot of preparation ! Hence, I never got round to adding my blog so just for the sake of completion here is the playlist for last week’s show, plus a fully updated list of soul events in the Basildon & East Thurrock area .. and then some ! I WILL get back on track later this week, promise… The...
read moreNeil Gits Sloppy
Hands up, I was very tired when presenting this show, for one reason or another, but … everything was prepared to the last minute detail so it should have gone like clockwork. WRONG! A super duper new microphone appearing in front of me was the first thing to throw me and took a few minutes to adjust to, then Nathan picked the worst possible moment to trip over in the studio and send a pair of headphones flying nosily to the floor and before you know it concentration had been totally lost … with the plot following quickly behind...
read moreNeil Gits Back In The Groove
It was great to get back to doing our full funky thing this week with all your favourite features back in place - ”The Tasty Twelve”, “The Old Gits Jazzy Bit” and “Short Trousered Soul” being included amongst the “Soul Smoothies” “Mellow Moments” and “Vinyl Reminders”, just check the playlist below to see which tracks you think were which ! Or even better listen to the show this Saturday from 5pm !! And if you are looking for somewhere suitably soulful to go to in...
read moreNeil Gits To Spend Two Hours With “The Ladies Of Soul”
The second part of my Bank Holiday “Soul Superstars” specials gets a repeat airing this evening at 5pm – every single song is by one of the great female singers of the 70s & 80s soul scene ! I have posted the track listing and a couple of early 2012 recommended gigs below – all back to normal finally on the first “regular” show of the year live at 7pm on Monday … Playlist Jocelyn Brown - Somebody Else’s Guy Chaka Khan - I Know You, I Live You Jean Carn - If You Wanna Go Back Deniece...
read moreDigital TV Switchover
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Gateway 97.8 is the local community radio station for the Basildon and East Thurrock areas of South Essex, providing news, sport and information to the local population. 