Counting Down The Top 100 Oldies Of All Time (Top 20 Added)

[Pete S]

Don't know if you remember when I originally did this in 2008, it was pretty well received as I added old radio jingles and countdowns etc, anyway I thought they were all lost but I found them earlier on a site called Podbean, anyway I thought I may as well upload them to mixcloud over the next few days, it's not meant to be serious so no point analysing it, it's just to listen to...

https://www.mixcloud....time-100-to-81/

IT GETS LONELY SITTING HERE AT HOME GAZING OUT OF THE WINDOW SO TO KILL SOME TIME I DECIDED TO GET ALL MY OLD FAVOURITE RECORDS OUT AND SEE IF I COULD PUT THEM IN SOME ORDER OF FAVOURITISM. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT TASK AS THERE ARE SO MANY ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT NORTHERN SOUL RECORDS TO CHOOSE FROM - BUT I'VE HAD A GO AND COME UP WITH A TOP 100. ANYWAY, I THOUGHT I COULD TURN THESE INTO A 4 OR 5 EPISODE SERIES OF PODCASTS AND IT MIGHT BE FUN FOR PEOPLE TO LISTEN IN AND MAYBE GUESS WHAT'S COMING NEXT, WHAT'S IN THE TOP 10, AND HOW SHIT MY TASTE IN MUSIC IS. SO I DID IT, AND THE FIRST 20 TRACKS ARE NOW AVAILABLE TO LISTEN TO AS A PODCAST.

REMEMBER, IT'S JUST A BIT OF FUN, THEY ARE JUST MY FAVOURITE RECORDS, IT'S NOT MEANT TO BE SOME KIND OF OFFICIAL CHART!

I ALSO ADDED A FEW 60'S RADIO JINGLES AND COUNTDOWN NUMBERS TOWARDS THE END.

PLEASE, ENJOY!

NUMBERS 100 TO 81

(p.s. I only used records I had on vinyl at the time, no cd tracks etc so loads were missed out)

100 RAY CHARLES - I DON'T NEED NO DOCTOR (ABC)

99 RITA & THE TIARAS - GONE WITH THE WIND IS MY LOVE (DORE)

98 STEMMONS EXPRESS - WOMAN LOVE THIEF (KARMA)

97 LESLIE UGGAMS - DON'T YOU EVEN CARE (ATLANTIC)

96 SOUL BROTHERS INC. - PYRAMID (GOLDEN EYE)

95 REPARATA & THE DELRONS - PANIC (MALA)

94 SAXIE RUSSELL - PSYCHEDELIC SOUL (THOMAS)

93 MARION STEWART - I MUST BE LOSING YOU (R RECORDS)

92 TOBI LEGEND - TIME WILL PASS YOU BY (MALA)

91 RUFUS LUMLEY - STRONGER THAN ME (RCA)

90 JOE JAMA - MY LIFE (OPTIMUM)

89 POOKIE HUDSON - THIS GETS TO ME (JAMIE)

88 THE HIGH KEYS - LIVING A LIE (VERVE)

87 THE EMBERS - WATCH OUT GIRL (MGM)

86 CHECKERBOARD SQUARES - DOUBLE COOKIN' (VILLA)

85 THE DYNAMICS - I NEED YOUR LOVE (RCA)

84 COURT DAVIS - TRY TO THINK WHAT YOU'RE DOING (EAST COAST)

83 LILLIE BRYANT - MEET ME HALFWAY (TAY-STER)

82 EMANUEL LASKEY - I'M A PEACE LOVING MAN (THELMA)

81 EDDIE DAY & THE FOUR BARS - GUESS WHO LOVES YOU (SHRINE)

Edited July 27, 2012 by Pete S

[Guest GARV]

I have all 4 of these on my iPod...................... still listen to em when in the van. Did`t you mail them out originally? , anyway, proper Sunday evening top forty style countdown.

[Pete S]

I have all 4 of these on my iPod...................... still listen to em when in the van. Did`t you mail them out originally? , anyway, proper Sunday evening top forty style countdown.

I might have mailed them to people if they asked me but I never sold / distributed / produced them on cd's Garv, it was just on that podcast site.

Don't know if you remember but it inspired Rich Chorley to poll everyone about their top 5 sounds and he was working on producing the definitive top 100 until he fell seriously ill. Shame it never got completed.

[Mal C]

Blimey that number 84, has drive me to dispare, the one time it came up for sale recently, I did not have the money... GOD DAMM its a good one..reminds me of the famous Ted Massey tapes from the Old Vic, dark rainy nights in Wolverhampton lit with yellow street lamps and the entrance at the back of the car park... Pep's Mrs on the door... kinda what Northern soul is...

Mal.C

[Pete S]

Blimey that number 84, has drive me to dispare, the one time it came up for sale recently, I did not have the money... GOD DAMM its a good one..reminds me of the famous Ted Massey tapes from the Old Vic, dark rainy nights in Wolverhampton lit with yellow street lamps and the entrance at the back of the car park... Pep's Mrs on the door... kinda what Northern soul is...

Mal.C

My best memory of that one (Court Davis) was buying it off a UK pop dealers auction list where he had it described as a "Gene Pitney soundalike", strange record to find in the UK.

[Benji]

Pete, is the old Podbean site still accessible? Would like to put them on my iPod.

[Pete S]

Pete, is the old Podbean site still accessible? Would like to put them on my iPod.

It is, and the download links are all still working.

I've been thinking, I was looking through my old records this morning and I would think that almost every chart place would change and at least 20 records would come in to replace ones I'm fed up with.

I'd still have to stick to the rule of only including records I have on vinyl though, be it original or reissue.

See if this link works Benji

https://planetrecords.podbean.com/

[Benji]

Thanks Pete, will give it a try tonight. I was a subscriber of your Podbean casts but don't recall downloading your oldies count down ones....

[Guest MrC]

I have that full chart on my ipod too!

[Pete S]

HERE IS PART 2

WELL I HOPE YOU ENJOYED PART 1 - HERE IS PART 2, COUNTING DOWN NUMBERS 80 TO 61. I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT TO QUALIFY, ALL OF THE TRACKS HAD TO BE FROM VINYL, SO ANY OF MY FAVOURITES WHICH WERE ON CD OR MP3 SADLY DIDN'T QUALIFY.

LOOK OUT FOR A FANTASTIC 'COCA COLA' ADVERT FEATURING LEE DORSEY ABOUT HALF WAY THROUGH!

PART 3 WILL BE COMING UP VERY SOON.

https://www.mixcloud.com/mayfairmenthol/the-top-100-northern-soul-oldies-of-all-time-80-61/

80 BOBBY HUTTON - LEND A HAND (ABC)

79 GLORIA JONES - TAINTED LOVE (CHAMPION)

78 JOHNNIE MAE MATTHEWS - I HAVE NO CHOICE (BIG HIT)

77 NANCY WILSON - THE END OF OUR LOVE (CAPITOL)

76 BILLY PROPHET - WHAT CAN I DO (SUE)

75 RONNIE MCNEIR - SITTING IN MY CLASS (DE-TO)

74 GARNET MIMMS - LOOKING FOR YOU (UNITED ARTISTS)

73 ELOISE LAWS - LOVE FACTORY (MUSIC MERCHANT)

72 E. RODNEY JONES - R & B TIME (TUFF)

71 BRENDA HOLLOWAY - RECONSIDER (MOTOWN)

70 JACKIE EDWARDS - I FEEL SO BAD (ISLAND)

69 GEORGE BLACKWELL - CAN'T LOSE MY HEAD (SMOKE)

68 TOWANDA BARNES - YOU DON'T MEAN IT (A & M)

67 ESTHER PHILLIPS - JUST SAY GOODBYE (ATLANTIC)

66 TONY CLARKE - LANDSLIDE (CHESS)

65 THE MONITORS - CRYING IN THE NIGHT (MOTOWN)

64 JERRY WILLIAMS - IF YOU ASK ME (CALLA)

63 JIMMY BEAUMONT - YOU GOT TOO MUCH GOING FOR YOU (BANG)

62 TIMI YURO - IT'LL NEVER BE OVER FOR ME (LIBERTY)

61 LARRY WILLIAMS & JOHNNY WATSON - TOO LATE (OKEH)

[Guest GARV]

I might have mailed them to people if they asked me but I never sold / distributed / produced them on cd's Garv, it was just on that podcast site.

Don't know if you remember but it inspired Rich Chorley to poll everyone about their top 5 sounds and he was working on producing the definitive top 100 until he fell seriously ill. Shame it never got completed.

When i said mailed, i should have said e-mailed. I had my yahoo account hacked & had to close it , i got some great podcasts from you, especially the " jumbled up ones " as i called em, 60`s garage/ reggae/ post punk stuff.......... excellent listening .

[Pete S]

When i said mailed, i should have said e-mailed. I had my yahoo account hacked & had to close it , i got some great podcasts from you, especially the " jumbled up ones " as i called em, 60`s garage/ reggae/ post punk stuff.......... excellent listening .

Yeah I used to love doing those mix compilations but I kept getting complaints from people either wanting reggae or soul, not usually both, and only a few brave souls wanting the punk and beat stuff...though when I did podcast machine, I put some crackers up on there - all now sadly lost

[Pete S]

Part 3 just gone up on mixcloud, numbers 60 to 41

WELCOME TO PART 3 AND THANKS FOR ALL OF THE COMMENTS SO FAR - GLAD SOME OF YOU ARE ENJOYING THE CHOICES. I'VE HAD TO RUSH THIS LAST ONE AND SO DIDN'T GET TIME TO INSERT ANY JINGLES BUT I'LL TRY AND FIND SOME MORE FOR THE FINAL TWO EPISODES.

ALSO, I DIDN'T REALISE I WAS RECORDING IN SUCH LOW QUALITY SO THIS ONE AND FUTURE ONES SHOULD BE AS GOOD A QUALITY AS PREVIOUS CASTS.

ALL BEING WELL, I'LL POST PART FOUR TOMORROW AND THE FINAL PART ON THURSDAY EVENING.

https://www.mixcloud.com/mayfairmenthol/the-top-100-northern-soul-oldies-of-all-time-60-41/

60 LOU RAGLAND - I TRAVEL ALONE (AMY)

59 RONNIE & ROBYN - SIDRA'S THEME (SIDRA)

58 EDDIE PARKER - I'M GONE (AWAKE)

57 THE BELLES - DON'T PRETEND (MIRWOOD)

56 TONY MIDDLETON - TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH (MGM)

55 MORRIS CHESTNUT - TOO DARN SOULFUL (AMY)

54 CAROLYN CRAWFORD - FORGET ABOUT ME (MOTOWN)

53 DELREYS INCORPORATED - DESTINATION UNKNOWN (TAMPETE)

52 GENE CHANDLER - I CAN TAKE CARE OF MYSELF (CONSTELLATION)

51 THE FI-DELS - TRY A LITTLE HARDER (KEYMEN)

50 BOBBY BLAND - SHOES (DUKE)

49 THE REFLECTIONS - LIKE ADAM AND EVE (ABC)

48 ADAM'S APPLES - DON'T TAKE IT OUT ON THIS WORLD (BRUNSWICK)

47 THE WORLD COLUMN - SO IS THE SUN (TOWER)

46 REGGIE GARNER - HOT LINE (CAPITOL)

45 KARMELLO BROOKS - TELL ME BABY (MILESTONE)

44 DENA BARNES - IF YOU EVER WALK OUT OF MY LIFE (INFERNO)

43 JIMMIE RAYE - PHILLY DOG AROUND THE WORLD (KKC)

42 MEL BRITT - SHE'LL COME RUNNING BACK (FIP)

41 CAJUN HART - GOT TO FIND A WAY (WARNER BROS)

[Pete S]

Part 4 just posted up, numbers 40 to 21

https://www.mixcloud.com/mayfairmenthol/the-top-100-northern-soul-oldies-of-all-time-41-20/

WELL ALMOST DONE NOW, HERE IS PART 4 OF THE TOP 100 OLDIES RUNDOWN, HERE ARE NUMBERS 40 TO 21...ONE THING THAT'S STRUCK ME WHILE COMPILING THIS IS HOW MY TASTES HAVE CHANGED - IF YOU'D ASKED ME FOR MY NUMBER 1 SAY 10 YEARS AGO IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MONIQUE, BUT NOW SHE'S DOWN AT NUMBER 38, AND MANY CLASSIC OLDIES WHICH I HAVEN'T PLAYED FOR YEARS HAVE MOVED 'UP THE CHARTS'. ANYWAY ENOUGH OF THIS WAFFLE - SEE YOU TOMORROW FOR THE TOP 20!

40 JIMMY CONWELL - CIGARETTE ASHES (MIRWOOD)

39 LITTLE RITCHIE - JUST ANOTHER HEARTACHE (SOUND STAGE 7)

38 MONIQUE - IF YOU LOVE ME (SHOW ME) (MAURCI)

37 PAUL ANKA - I CAN'T HELP LOVING YOU (RCA)

36 YVONNE BAKER - YOU DIDN'T SAY A WORD (PARKWAY)

35 ROSE BATTISTE - HIT AND RUN (REVILOT)

34 RICHARD TEMPLE - THAT BEATIN' RHYTHM (MIRWOOD)

33 THE CHARADES - THE KEY TO MY HAPPINESS (MGM)

32 SAM WILLIAMS - LOVE SLIPPED THRU MY FINGERS (TOWER)

31 DEAN COURTNEY - I'LL ALWAYS NEED YOU (RCA)

30 THE DEL LARKS - JOB OPENING (QUEEN CITY)

29 THE GROUP FEAT. CECIL WASHINGTON - I DON'T LIKE TO LOSE (PROPHONICS)

28 HERBERT HUNTER - I WAS BORN TO LOVE YOU (SPAR)

27 BERNIE WILLIAMS - EVER AGAIN (BELL)

26 THE ORIGINALS - SUSPICION (MOTOWN)

25 MELBA MOORE - THE MAGIC TOUCH (KENT)

24 WILLIE MITCHELL - THE CHAMPION (HI)

23 STANLEY MITCHELL - GET IT BABY (DYNAMO)

22 LITTLE ANN - WHAT SHOULD I DO (KENT)

21 DETROIT EXECUTIVES - COOL OFF (PAMELINE)

[Pete S]

The last episode featuring the top 20

https://www.mixcloud.com/mayfairmenthol/the-top-100-northern-soul-oldies-of-all-time-20-1/

WELL FOLKS THIS IS IT, THE FINAL 20 TRACKS IN MY ALL TIME TOP NORTHERN SOUL OLDIES. A NICE YOUNG MAN WILL INTRODUCE EACH OF THE TOP 10 (WELL HE WILL SAY "NUMBER 10" ETC), IT GETS QUITE EXCITING!. WHEN IT'S ALL OVER, THE LEGENDARY WOLFMAN JACK WILL SIGN OFF FOR ME

I HOPE YOU'VE ENJOYED IT ALL, IT WAS GREAT FUN DOING IT, I MIGHT DO THE NEXT 100 IF YOU'RE NOT CAREFUL.

CHEERS,

PETE

20 J.J. BARNES - SWEET SHERRY (GROOVESVILLE)

19 POINTER SISTERS - SEND HIM BACK (ATLANTIC)

18 CHUBBY CHECKER - YOU JUST DON'T KNOW (PARKWAY)

17 THE VOLCANOS - (IT'S AGAINST) THE LAWS OF LOVE (ARCTIC)

16 THE FLIRTATIONS - STRONGER THAN HER LOVE (FESTIVAL)

15 AL KENT - THE WAY YOU'VE BEEN ACTING LATELY (RIC TIC)

14 CHAPTER FIVE - YOU CAN'T MEAN IT (CBS)

13 LOU PRIDE - I'M COMUN' HOME IN THE MORNUN' (SUEMI)

12 LITTLE ANTHONY & THE IMPERIALS - BETTER USE YOUR HEAD (UNITED ARTISTS)

11 BETTY BOO - SAY IT ISN'T SO (GRAPEVINE)

10 WILLIE TEE - WALKING UP A ONE WAY STREET (ATLANTIC)

9 FRANKIE (LOVE MAN) CROCKER - TON OF DYNAMITE (TURBO)

8 THE SKULL SNAPS - I'M YOUR PIMP (GSF)

7 LUTHER INGRAM ORCHESTRA - EXUS TREK (HIB)

6 J.J. BARNES - PLEASE LET ME IN (RIC TIC)

5 JOANIE SOMMERS - DON'T PITY ME (WARNER BROS)

4 THE COASTERS - CRAZY BABY (ATCO)

3 THE EPITOME OF SOUND - YOU DON'T LOVE ME (SANDBAG)

2 DONI BURDICK - BARI TRACK (SOUND IMPRESSION)

1 THE YUM YUMS - GONNA BE A BIG THING (ABC)

[Guest GARV]

Not related to this but do you remember those bluebeat /ska/Reggae pods you did a few years ago. I was working with a young guy from Miami, his father is West Indian & his mother is from Maristus .......anyway, he was in the van one day & asked if he could connect the Ipod & listen to some tunes, no problem..... after 5 mins of, my bitch , my whoe & putting a cap in someone`s ass i`d had enough. Do you have any proper music on this feckin thing?, because if we are to work together you can forget this shite. So we took a detour to my place & he downloaded a load of stuff & your pods.

He sent them to the states & related this story to me the following week

His brother downloaded them & made a cd out of the Ska/reggae stuff & gave it to his dad , apparently he moved the big speakers onto the front yard & took a 12 pack from the fridge, dressed in shorts , string vest & sandals, he rolled a BIG fat number & started to boogie on the front lawn.

All they could hear was " shiiiiiiiit maaaaan.......... i love thiiiiiiis shiiiiit

Your pods made an old Jamaican very happy.

[Pete S]

Not related to this but do you remember those bluebeat /ska/Reggae pods you did a few years ago. I was working with a young guy from Miami, his father is West Indian & his mother is from Maristus .......anyway, he was in the van one day & asked if he could connect the Ipod & listen to some tunes, no problem..... after 5 mins of, my bitch , my whoe & putting a cap in someone`s ass i`d had enough. Do you have any proper music on this feckin thing?, because if we are to work together you can forget this shite. So we took a detour to my place & he downloaded a load of stuff & your pods.

He sent them to the states & related this story to me the following week

His brother downloaded them & made a cd out of the Ska/reggae stuff & gave it to his dad , apparently he moved the big speakers onto the front yard & took a 12 pack from the fridge, dressed in shorts , string vest & sandals, he rolled a BIG fat number & started to boogie on the front lawn.

All they could hear was " shiiiiiiiit maaaaan.......... i love thiiiiiiis shiiiiit

Your pods made an old Jamaican very happy.

Good to hear mate