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What Album Never Left Your Turntable When You Were Younger?


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In the days when we only used record players to listen to soul music, you could leave the disc stacking arm open and the LP below would play repetitively. In our house in the late 60's the Temptations Gettin ready album took up residence, fending off me Mums Cliff Richard and my sisters Herman Hermits!

What 60's or 70's album monopolized your player?

Later on the Impressions - "Young Mods" album would be the backdrop to many a night in helping a "friend" with her homework!

Dave Banks

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I always had albums on but ones i played more than other especially when getting a bath with music turned up full pelt in next room

The motown story, 5 box set, and jumpin at the go go !!, isley brothers brother brother brother.....and the list goes on

when i got a bit older... Earl Klugh- Low ride, Morrisey mullen- Badness, Bob marley, ..........god there are so many

thing is Music was never off the turntables when i was younger so its a talk ask this one

geeooooordie

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Three immediately spring to mind:

Great Disco Demands on Pye - This LP was probably my introduction to Northern Soul.

A Thunderbirds/Captain Scarlet LP on Hallmark (?)

Bobby and Betty go to the moon - an LP with a narrated story on one side and some strangely hypnotic dance music on the other.

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Guest Matt Male

Isaac Hayes - Shaft soundtrack was the LP I got with my first record player one Christmas.

Then:

Capital Soul Casino

The Grapevine LPs - This Is Northern Soul etc... all had a good run.

But one I always played was a boot LP I bought from Wigan on the BEE label I think it was, yellow. No idea what happened to it but it was a brilliant selection of tunes. No idea who made it either. This would be around 1980.

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Some of you mentioning reggae stuff reminds me of when those albums like tighten up and prince buster would be played alongside our soul stuff.

Mind you some of it we had to hide from my Gran.

Bang Bang Lulu and Big 5 were considered quite risque then.

It is also forgotten now but in the late 60's early 70's most of us were just discovering what a great collection of tracks the Drifters had laid down over the years. the album I'll take where the music is playing was still new and fresh then. Still gets an airing on CD in our car.

Dave Banks

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For two different reasons Millie Jacksons early LPs and the Levine compiled Solid Soul Sensations ( the Sceptre, Wand stuff)

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After the first two in my post above, I then found this one in my older Brothers collection,

somehow it then remained amongst my records, very strange he never got it back. :D

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Me too mate - and many others too I'm sure - top LP

Solomon Burke - Keep Looking - absolute class :D

Cheers

Richard

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I've got that somwehere. Haven't a clue what's on it.

Peter

:thumbsup:

Wilson Pickett - Mustang Sally

Carla Thomas - B-A-B-Y

Arthur Conley - Sweet Soul Music

Percy Sledge - When A Man Loves A Woman

Sam & Dave - I Got Everything I Need

Ben E.King - What Is Soul?

Otis Redding - Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)

Eddie Floyd- Knock On Wood

Solomon Burke - Keep Looking

Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)

Percy Sledge - Warm And Tender Love

Wilson Pickett - Land Of A Thousand Dances

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Wilson Pickett - Mustang Sally

Carla Thomas - B-A-B-Y

Arthur Conley - Sweet Soul Music

Percy Sledge - When A Man Loves A Woman

Sam & Dave - I Got Everything I Need

Ben E.King - What Is Soul?

Otis Redding - Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)

Eddie Floyd- Knock On Wood

Solomon Burke - Keep Looking

Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)

Percy Sledge - Warm And Tender Love

Wilson Pickett - Land Of A Thousand Dances

Cheers Richard

Some classic stuff. I seem to recall that my next door neighbour gave me this album and some motown albums about twenty years ago - I'll go and dust em off at some point. I think Wilson Pickett is a tad under rated.

Peter

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Wilson Pickett - Mustang Sally

Carla Thomas - B-A-B-Y

Arthur Conley - Sweet Soul Music

Percy Sledge - When A Man Loves A Woman

Sam & Dave - I Got Everything I Need

Ben E.King - What Is Soul?

Otis Redding - Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)

Eddie Floyd- Knock On Wood

Solomon Burke - Keep Looking

Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)

Percy Sledge - Warm And Tender Love

Wilson Pickett - Land Of A Thousand Dances

First track I'd ever heard by Otis, supprised I'd not worn this out, kept hopping the stylus back to the beggining of this track.. :thumbup:

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Still love this one. Just takes me to another place :)

Me too. A groundbreaking journey of discovery for me. I listened to the whole album in full multiple times when it came out round at my mate, Al Horseford's flat in Huddersfield, along with James Brown Live At The Apollo Vol 2. There is no doubt that those two albums shaped my experience and musical taste at a key point in my life. I remember saying to Al at the time, "can it seriously get any better" and he said "No, not really".

And it hasn't.

Within their respective areas, these two albums still top it for me.

Ian D

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Wilson Pickett - Mustang Sally

Carla Thomas - B-A-B-Y

Arthur Conley - Sweet Soul Music

Percy Sledge - When A Man Loves A Woman

Sam & Dave - I Got Everything I Need

Ben E.King - What Is Soul?

Otis Redding - Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)

Eddie Floyd- Knock On Wood

Solomon Burke - Keep Looking

Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)

Percy Sledge - Warm And Tender Love

Wilson Pickett - Land Of A Thousand Dances

Forgotten "Keep Looking" was on this, fabulous tune :yes:

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Superfly Curtis Mayfield,with of course also Back to the world by the man,,great to listen to ,spent many many hours during the week listening to curtis mayfields albums among others round my mums or at Wilkys with the lads.

Ps Oh and of course "Ship Ahoy", O jays..

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Be Bop Deluxe - Axe Victim & Futurama

Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon

Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Face To Face

The Jam - Setting Sons

Secret Affair - Glory Boys

Four Tops - I Just Cant Help Myself - mfp album - (first soul album owned - christmas present off gran!! Played it to death. Happy days)

No blushing required, still revisit all when life needs it.... :-)

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BIG 6

  1. Larry Williams & Johnny Watson - Two For The Price Of One
  2. Sound Affects - The Jam
  3. The New Religion - Jimmy James and the Vagabonds (think this one is great on MFP with Pete Meaden sleeve notes and the RED and BLUE sides :wub: )
  4. From The Beginning - The Small Faces
  5. Nitty Gritty - Gladys Knight And The Pips
  6. Club Ska '67

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Motown Chartbusters 3 , still a great album that i could put on today and enjoy :thumbsup:

that was the first album i ever bought others i remember listening to non stop include

exodus / bob marley and the wailers

rumours / fleetwood mac

ship ahoy / the ojays

rock of the westies / elton john

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