Legends reunion

[superdan]

Well what can i say???

Absolutely awesome twas mi first time at this event and loved every minute of

Tunes i've never heard before and they were all mint as foooooooook!!!!

Atmosphere was spot on and so was the crowd!!!

Was dancin away and non other than irene ortiz came on and she went down a treat!!!!

Big up to the promoters of this event

Plus a bloody good turn out of OSAers

erm thats it for now.....time to get smashed

[Saysay]

Had a top night! Great to see so many OSA'ers out didn't really dance that much (for a change) those leather sofas are just TOO comfy! lol Even had one in the womens toilets......YEEAH!!

Top tunes, managed to get up n boogie to Irene Ortiz (ya cant sit down for that!!) ....even popped in next door to dance to Blue Monday, lolol!! There were some right 80's tunes being played there, haha!

Great to finally meet the tune theif himself Sy69 lol! Also..Tall Pauls bro, a guy called Richie, RabbitCity, Noggy, im sure there were others but im a tad skewWiv still!

Vee n Lil'sonz.....top top birds.... Probably talked your ears off most of the night, lol!! I blame Vee

Big thanks to Konspiracy for the lift.....much appreciated.

[nowthen]

Tunes were absolutly on fire, right up my street.

Anyone know if they recorded em on mini disc or somat?

Hello to everyone out, I don't remember sayin much cos I was finished!

ps. is everyone in Warrington on steds or wot.

[missmuzik]

Yeah absolutly brilliant night, my first time too as too young to go to Legends, Toonz were the business. Totally different to anything i've ever seen Maximes who??? crap compared to the lads last night.

Yes they recorded can't wait for copy, I think they recorded it last time but cos everyone was mashed it wasn't that good so they scrapped it
I hope to see this soon.

Do you think there will another one? surly they can squeeze one in before woody goes in Jan?? DO IT!!!

I didn't want it too end

[RabbitCity]

Yeh top night not as good as the last one for me because i had to drive
But i were still a little fucked
Nice to see the familiar peeps
Yeh there should be another one jan is a long way off.............

[badroxx]

Firstly thank you for your support it was nice to meet so many of you that came and spoke to me. Secondly there will definatly not be another one as it is for me impossible to recreate a fraction of the atmosphere of Legends as they were very different times and it is just so difficult for me to play those records all night and enjoy it. But the good news is the web site is ready to go online any day now and all the original tapes have been transfered to cd and will be avalible shortly. There will be a legends bootleg mix for download which you will get an idea of how the crowd reacted to those records in the club.

I will be keepimg in touch with everyone on the message board of the site so if your in Melbourne I should be playing in some of the clubs there so come and party in the sunshine with me.

Mike Woods www.lovelegends.com

[toxy]

What a fantastic night, and what a bizarre one at the same time.
We got a taxi there and the bloody driver turned out to be an ex Dj from Legends...cant remember his name but he was scouse and used to do a warm up on odd night!!!(i don't remember him...anyone shed some light? )
Met in the hotel bar next door, surrounded by wedding guests, and then theres us lot, ready to ave it big time...popping pills at the table....Bizarre!!!!
Tunes were amazing,dancefloor rocking, hot as hell, toilets like a cesspitt, Random girls in floral dresses on the dancefloor (Ritzy gatecrashers),

Completly mad seeing everyone again after about 13 years, its like we had stepped into a timewarp.......Mike, Noggy, thanks for the flashback..pity its the last one!...but it was a good un!!!

[nowthen]

Originally Posted by badroxx

Firstly thank you for your support it was nice to meet so many of you that came and spoke to me. Secondly there will definatly not be another one as it is for me impossible to recreate a fraction of the atmosphere of Legends as they were very different times and it is just so difficult for me to play those records all night and enjoy it.

You seemed to give it a good go to me mate, u an Noggy both played a blinder. Fuckin shame there aint gonna be another

I'll have to put one on meself! Just throw any tunes ya aint got rid of by Jan my way, can't take em with ya!

[Bubbles]

Has a brill night i had to leave early cos ov my feet and i was tierd need to get out more i think

Was great to see every one vee wee you little monkey was a lurvly suprize ,s-j thanks for the card was great to see you again

Took a few pics will get them up as soon as ...

[DJ H]

Excerpt from an email, from a very old & dear friend, a friend whom like so may others over the years had drifted away, though who due to the last reunion night, is now, I’m happy to say, back in my life again. I think these words help sum up pretty well what the nights have meant to many of us.

(mail prior to the reunion)
“I was there at the beginning when everything was new - there is not a lot new for me now - the highs are not as high, the people are generally not as nice - I WAS in Ibiza & Blackburn in 1988.
It probably won’t mean much to people who weren't there, but, to me, and the 1250 people week-in week-out that went to Legends, it was more than a religion........ I finished with my fiancé and lost a very good job through it.
How do you look at that as being a positive I hear you ask? Well I tell you, I got FAR MORE from Legends and the people who went there than from all of my previous life.
They helped to shape the way I am today, to look at life as an adventure and NOT a chore…
The death of dance started as soon as it began.
Nothing has an end unless it's already begun.
I was one of the lucky ones to be able to witness 1st hand what it was all about - & it was all about Legends!
I grant you the fact that "What you never had you never miss". Unfortunately, I had it, and yes I DO miss it.
I hope to rekindle my affection for the dance music scene, but as with everything it all depends on the people - I have a strong feeling that this may install that belief again…
I hope so”.

(mail after the reunion)
What a stormer of a night!!!!!!
So many faces smiling and welcoming embraces.
It's a pity it takes a tragedy - Mike’s deportation – to get things like this to work. (Ed. I think my mate meant ‘departation’ – but knowing Mike I may be wrong, it may indeed be ‘deportation’ – only kiddin’ mate…)
I don't think I saw a single person who wasn't free to give a smile away, as well as other things!!!!
Was able to get a couple of phone numbers etc which I’m thankful for (didn't get as many as I wanted, but what the hell).
I think if we knew there was gonna be another one then we could have taken it all in.
6-7 hours passed like nobody’s business and then it was back to reality - reality which for most of us is far more mundane than it was before, but for that short time we WERE the people who we remember having being…
This surely can't be the end!!!!”

Simple words – but heartfelt.

Mike – your being too hard on ya self – “it is for me impossible to recreate a fraction of the atmosphere of Legends as they were very different times and it is just so difficult for me to play those records all night and enjoy it”. It’s the same for us mate – it’s impossible to go out anywhere & experience the atmosphere of Legends! Yes, they were indeed VERY DIFFERENT TIMES – but just to have the chance to go out & meet with so many old friends, in such a relaxed (but equally potty) place, rammed with mad folk, old & new, lovin’ every minute of it (it’s easy to see from the other side!!!), & listen & dance to some of the music that was, & still is for many, the soundtrack to our lives – from the best & most formative years we ever had – that is enough. All expectations were met, no, exceeded… It’s that simple. What you & Nog have achieved with the last 2 nights is a truly rare thing these days, as many folk on here have stood testament too – everyone fuckin’ loved it – AGAIN! I for one salute ya both for your efforts – good work fellas.

(I feel like shit today though – needed me Zimmer to even get to the kitchen to make a brew this morn…)

[silocybe]

Hey toxy is that phil jones in the fourth picture youve posted ? Looks like him , a very old mate

[toxy]

Well his name is Phil, cant for the life of me remember his surname, went to college with him..heres a pic of him back in the day at legends...is it the same guy you know.?

[Mister_DJ]

Superb night. Absolutely rocking (and mighty HOT!) from the start. Loved the tunes early doors especially.

Spent a lot of time in the bar area - those sofas were just too darn comfy, but the music (a spotters paradise at times) still came through there nicely.

Massive thanks to Noggy - really nice to meet you aswell...

Toxy - are you in those pics?? The guy on the right in the first one made my night with that book of "pictures" he had with him - omg pmsl I was in stitches and the magic tricks - lol n1!

Mart

[toxy]

Yep, im in the second pic down on the left. The bloke your on about is Guy...he's had that bloody book all these years...calls it his 'mad as f**k book...him and his mates used to be at it every week...messing everyones heads up...see pics circa 91-92

[Northern Star]

Kickin myself on missing this one...souunds like a very successful evening

Like lee says...shame there isnt too be anymore