The Soul Mafia Story "That's what started the whole thing off"

The Soul Mafia Story- Retail Video version.
For many thousands of people the soul movement of the 70's and 80s was a magical time that will never be forgotten. Its almost impossible to imagine the energy and excitement felt by everyone involved. Soul boys and girls would travel far and wide to see the Mafia and never be disappointed, at places like The Royalty/ Southgate, Goldmine/ Canvey Island, Rio/Didcot, Americas/ Southall, Lacy Lady/ Ilford, Frenchies / Camberley, Flicks/ Dartford, add the regular all dayers, Purley, Brighton, Bournemouth, boat trips (Isle Of White) etc.
In 1979 the Soul Weekender officially began with 3 days of dancing and excess at Caister courtesy of Adrian Webb's Showstopper promotions, from here on in the soul train did not stop with weekenders at Prestatyn, Camber, Bognor and Southport, these became annual pilgrimage sites for soul boys and soul girls looking for a good time.

This gem was originally filmed at "Caister" back in 1996, as a soul boy myself it was such a pleasure to chat to some of the "Mafia" that I had followed in my youth. Back in the late 70's Chris Hill was the "Don" of the Mafia, a DJ showman, sporting bleached blonde hair and leopard skin jacket hyping the crowd to become as one on the dancefloor. Froggy's vinyl selection was always spot on, his cross handed mixing technique was so different but so good! After a visit to NYC's Paradise Garage, and getting into £20,000 worth of debt, his orange sound system was the biggest and the best, we all appreciated it Steve! What can I say about Chris Brown, he was the other end of the scale to Hilly but always spun the best jazzy tunes, ending every set with "My Baby Don't Care by Nina Simone. Other notable Mafia crew not featured in the video, Sean French, Robbie Vincent, Greg Edwards, Jeff Young etc.

The original footage was pre TV broadcast when the show retailed only via Virgin Megastores and post, now re edited into a new format, the story of 'how it all began" must be told to keep the memories fresh.
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