good times

Who wants one more….?

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The early days…
 
 
 
 
 
 
pa by Alex Party performing  the classic “read my lips* &  “ dont give me your life”  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
October saw an acceleration in numbers with 3 consecutive weekends of  top quality fresh dance acts…

The Happy Clappers performing the timeless piano  house anthem “I believe”

Pizzaman  project of the great Norman Cook (aka Fatboy Slim)  performed “tripping on sunshine “  a ground breaking production for its time.

Umboza rocked the house with one of my personal favourites “cry India” with eclectic organ stabs & the crowd pleasing sample from Lionel Ritchie’s worldwide hit “all night long” .

DJ Pete Davis from Kiss  FM  & sound factory NYC joins the team, Good Times is gaining traction…

using parachutes, camo nets & backdrops  the club is looking better
JX was one of our first big  bookings, they were huge at the time, known for the early 90s club anthem *son of a gun* & *don’t stop movin*

Nigel Benn  starred  as our first big name DJ & numbers soared to 1800 people. He was booked to pull people in and he did. Although the music was not ideal so we had to take him off early. The crowd was what we wanted and this night launched Good Times on its path to success.

Enigma’s first birthday saw an incredible night  of music & groundbreaking visuals from a futuristic illusionist called The  Wizard (Marc Oberon) the club was plunged into total darkness for the 20 min show. It was Amazing….

Good Times goes stateside with an American themed night of US house & garage & sending 2 clubbers to the big apple on an all expenses paid trip.

The 1st Good Times summer ball was a hedonistic ‘Ibiza discovered ‘night with many entertainers, stunning visuals & cutting edge Balearic beats.
We would take 8 lucky people to  Ibiza for a 7 day clubbing trip to the closing parties…

Good times is packing in 1500 clubbers  every Saturday

Astro Trax team performed the house/ garage anthem “the energy” with support from Dazz Norman, DJ KC and Paul Gillies alongside Dave bergin. Brilliant music and these DJs featured regularly in the future

 

 

 

 

 

Lovestation brought the house down with an electrifying performance! The  crowd loved ‘Teardrops’  who doesn’t?

 

  When Lovestation  invited the crowd to join in it felt like 5000 voices… an incredible atmosphere, then raised up a notch with the powerful vocals & hi tempo of ‘love come rescue me’

The first ‘Club Classics’ night  I put on & played at. House music was barely a decade old at this point (1997/1998) and rapidly diversifying , for me it’s important to stay in touch  with my musical roots & early influences, there’s just so many awesome tunes out  there forgotten or rarely played.

 

Club Classics is born…

Good Times gets in big trouble with tobacco giant  Marlboro Lights for this cheeky number… All flyers and posters had to be taken out of every shop & destroyed. A bit of corporate grovelling  saw us back in business but it was a close call. This was pre digital age so this image should be fine  now right?

Another cheeky ‘rip off’ flyer!

This idea was first created for a ‘one for you’ new years eve  party in 1995  at the Q Club in Cambridge.  see below

Good Times made this shockingly tacky flyer to enter into a DJ MAGAZINE competition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was lots of fun and we won!

  A great relief after  the Malboro Lights incident…

March 1998 saw a Legend  grace the stage at  Good Times. Chicago singer Byron Stingily raised the roof with his timeless anthem ‘get up everybody’ & ‘you make me feel’ .
what an incredible voice! a real star…

Blockster in the house.

Club Classics 1988-1998 with the talented Bongo Ted on percussion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes we got in big trouble for this one too! Someone did not learn their lesson…
Say no
 
more.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
So no more rip off flyers… Apparently  
 
 
 
 
 

 

 
Juliet Roberts… The UK’s no1 Diva sells out Good Times!
There was so much demand for  soulful, vocal led house music and more artists like this.
 
 
 
Good Times was selling out every week so created a new brand on Fridays called DeVine.  It was similar to the ‘warm up’ section of Good Times but stayed at that tempo.
 
 
 
 
The Divas of DeVine…
 
 
 
 
 

Good Times runs the show at Enigmas 2nd Birthday as part of a weekender featuring Camisra. The First of a series of free mixtapes  on special events.

 

 

 

 

Good Times the 2nd Birthday with Radio One’s Dave Pearce

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The 2nd of the Good Times mixtapes.

 

 

 

listen at the bottom of this page or browse in my tunes

1800 of these cassettes were professionally produced & given out to everyone that came
 
 
 

Good Times plays host to Sundance  Ibiza with this balearic themed event featuring  guest  DJs  Roy the Roach  and Eddie Lock.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good Times Opens  in Portsmouth in an enormous 2000  capacity venue called Regal Palace

Good Times hosts the main room at  Enigma’s  3rd birthday with Dave and Capital FM Radio’s Paul Gillies  

Ruff Drivers top the bill with a host of artists & enterertainers including The Wizard & Bongo Ted .

Check  out the  Press page for more

The club had a serious makeover for the night & 1800 of the latest  Good Times  mixtape were given out. 

Head to the bottom of the page for a listen

Good Times presents IBIZA  DISCOVERED!
4 Weeks of Balaeric beats, block rockin DJs  & hedonistic fun! 
 
 
The talented Dazz Norman, Eddie Lock & Bongo Ted join Paul Gillies & Dave for  the last summer of the millennium….
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
We  just couldnt resist doing another Good Times mixtape… Ibiza Discovered
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Good Times goes stateside with this Independence day special! 

It was ‘God Times’ for 1 night only 

featuring the super heavyweight American DJ,

“THE GODFATHER OF HOUSE”

Farly Jackmaster Funk plus the equally super heavyweight U.S. singer Daryl Pandy.

Simply Awesome…

Good Times offshoot DeVine Launches a second night on the south coast in a huge 2000 capacity  club with a sound system to rival the massive 40k rig  at Enigma.

A host of household names  joined Dave  to get things going!

These include Brandon Block, Alistair Whitehead, The Luv Dup Twins & John OO Fleming

Good Times 3rd Birthday Ball, Another spectacular celebration with an army of entertainers, artists, special effects & stunning visuals.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mixtape ! Good Times 3rd Birthday Ball… 1800 cassettes were professionally produced & given out to everyone that came.
 
Scroll down to listen to  this & many many more…
 
 
 

The Millennium… Say no more

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dazz Norman  becomes the latest Good Times  resident DJ

Enigma’s 4th Birthday & Mixtape

 

 

 

Age Of Love tour came to Good Times and Dave brought Good Times to the Age of Love Tour in Southport the following month

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DJ Magazine comes to see what Good Times is all about…

 
 
 
 
 
 

1800 of these cassettes were professionally produced & given out to everyone that came
 
 
 

GALLERY

MY TUNES

GOOD TIMES

ONE FOR YOU

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