Neil Gits His Slippers Ready

It’s usually only a couple of times a year that snow throws up something else to consider into the equation, but last Monday was definitely one of them ! With a fair amount of the white stuff falling outside my home on Saturday and Sunday, but not enough to concern me about being able to reach the studio for my show, I wondered just how hard Basildon would have been hit. I know from past experience that Billericay & Brentwood always cop it worse than Wickford & South Woodham Ferrers, so what would I be facing on arrival at Gateway HQ ??

I feared a snowy icy car park on arrival, so ditched my usual “best shoes” that I normally wear, with their complete lack of grip on the soles, and braced my new “walking boots” for an adventure, bought last autumn with future “Wednesday Wandering” in mind, but only worn two or three times so far ! However, I felt they might be a little too “clumpy” to be comfortable in whilst on air, so I also squeezed in a pair of comfy slippers into my bag, along side the trusty box of CDs and a bottle of Pepsi – ready for anything now !

In actual fact, I hardly saw a flake of snow on my way in or in Basildon itself and the boots proved unexpectedly comfy, so they stayed on for the duration – it was afterwards that they were REALLY needed ! During the two hours I was enjoying another fine selection of soul, jazz-funk and disco tunes with my lovely listener, down it all came again and I emerged from the building to find everything including my car now TOTALLY WHITE !!

I hope your week didn’t involve any snow and ice horror stories and that you are keeping snug indoors, ready for the next installment of “Cool Soul” . You can hear the “fine selection” repeated on Gateway this Saturday evening at 5pm … or “Listen Again” at your leisure elsewhere on this website. I’ll be back again at 7pm on Monday, with or without slippers, for the next new show crammed full of the good stuff …

The Tunes – Monday 8th February

Lipps Inc – Funky Town

Voices Of East Harlem – Wanted Dead Or Alive

The APX – Right On Time

Rose Royce – It Makes You Feel Like Dancing

Edwin Starr – Contact

Steffen Morrison – Positivity

Tavares – A Penny For Your Thoughts

Auteria Wally Winzer Jr – Be As One

Oliver Cheatham – Get Down Saturday Night (12″ version)

Melba Moore – Your Sweet Lovin’

World Premiere – Share The Night

Idris Muhammad – Could Heaven Ever Be Like This

Ce Ce Peniston – We Got A Love Thing

Shy Baldwin – One Less Angel

Was (Not Was) – Spy In The House Of Love

Billy Ocean – Get Outa My Dreams, Get Into My Car

Taylor Dayne – Tell It To My Heart

Lisa Stansfield – So Be It (Soul Talk Remix)

Laura Rain & The Caesars – Closer To The Win

Guinn – Open Your Door

Don Covay – It’s Better To Have

Sheila B Devotion – Spacer

Bobby & Steve feat Jean Carne – Was That All It Was

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 The Old Gits Soul Show is on Gateway 97.8 in Basildon & East Thurrock and also around the world via www.gateway978.com from 7pm–9pm every Monday, also repeated on Saturday evening from 5pm–7pm, plus you can hear it again anytime you like via the “Listen Again” button on the Gateway website … search “Cool Soul” !