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What Album Never Left Your Turntable When You Were Younger?


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The Isley Brothers, the one with the three of them in orange suits and the one on the left has the campest pose ever, and 3 + 3.

The Detroit Spinners, the one with "one of a kind", "could it be I'm falling in love" on it

Lets Get It On

Ohio Players, Skin Tight and Fire

Bob Marley, Rastaman Vibration

O'jays, Backstabbers

The Persuaders

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The Isley Brothers, the one with the three of them in orange suits and the one on the left has the campest pose ever, and 3 + 3.

The Detroit Spinners, the one with "one of a kind", "could it be I'm falling in love" on it

Lets Get It On

Ohio Players, Skin Tight and Fire

Bob Marley, Rastaman Vibration

O'jays, Backstabbers

The Persuaders

ohio players fire , that got some hammer from me to
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Bowie's 'Diamond Dogs'.......I had all of Bowie's early 70's albums but when DD came out I just loved the Sci-Fi, Apocalyptic aspect....not his greatest work I think most would accept but tracks like 1984, Big Brother and We Are The Dead.....set my 15 yr old imagination off!!! LOL!!!

Ironically, even though I wasn't into Soul Music at all until mid '75...we had the compilation album 'Superbad'...background music to doing homework....grew to love nearly every track on that album.....

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I remember having Supremes Greatest Hits ( Blue back ground with drawings of the girls). COME SEE ABOUT ME. I used to play it as I was getting ready for school everyday. Still love the tune.

First paypacket bought Ojays Backstabbers. My dad said you cant go spending your money on records!! IF ONLY EH?

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Surprised no one has mentioned Backtrack 6, as it was that album that opened many of our eyes and ears to the joys of Detroit soul away from Motown. The thrill of hearing those artists; Parliaments, Precisions and Al Kent for the first time on that album started the search for more more more, that still carries on today.

Dave Banks

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The Isley Brothers, the one with the three of them in orange suits and the one on the left has the campest pose ever,

Was this a budget album, Regal Starline or MFP, I had that and nearly wore it out, I hear A Symphony was my favourite track, I had a light blue dansette type record player and wrote ISLEY BROTHERS in massive letters on the lid in marker pen, got into trouble for that of my parents. But what an album.

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Surprised no one has mentioned Backtrack 6, as it was that album that opened many of our eyes and ears to the joys of Detroit soul away from Motown. The thrill of hearing those artists; Parliaments, Precisions and Al Kent for the first time on that album started the search for more more more, that still carries on today.

Dave Banks

I didn't mention any of those because it would be a lie to say they were never off my turntable, I understand why people older than me would relate to that album but by the time I was of LP buying age, that had been deleted.

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Jumping At The Go Go

Talk of The Grapevine/Sound of The Grapevine

Capitol Soul Casino

Tommy Hunt Live at Wigan Casino

Out On The Streets Again

Fawlty Towers (can't remember how many episodes were on the LP) :lol:

Big Country

Echo & The Bunnymen :thumbsup:

Proud to say I've still got them all. Not played for many years :)

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Was this a budget album, Regal Starline or MFP, I had that and nearly wore it out, I hear A Symphony was my favourite track, I had a light blue dansette type record player and wrote ISLEY BROTHERS in massive letters on the lid in marker pen, got into trouble for that of my parents. But what an album.

Yes mate, just had a look at it (not the original one), its says EMI Regal top left and Star Line top right.

Cheers

Steve

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The Isley Brothers, the one with the three of them in orange suits and the one on the left has the campest pose ever, and 3 + 3.

The Detroit Spinners, the one with "one of a kind", "could it be I'm falling in love" on it

Lets Get It On

Ohio Players, Skin Tight and Fire

Bob Marley, Rastaman Vibration

O'jays, Backstabbers

The Persuaders

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Various albums over a period of time.

Starting with Siouxsie & The Banshees 'The Scream', Boomtown Rats 'A Tonic For The Troops', The Jam 'Setting Sons' (The only Jam album I can listen to these days), Secret Affair albums in order of release - I still think they matured as they drifted away from the mod scene, The Specials debut, then I discovered Northern: Out On The Floor Tonight (Inferno), Floorshakers (Kent), a second hand copy of Casino Soul Classics and the first four 'Northern Soul Story' LPs. I loved those.

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club rock steady 68. The soul city LP. james brown live at the appollo.

playd on a bush record player wired up to a 25wt valve marshall guitar amp.

both plugged in to the electric light socket for power.

13 years of age then.

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Guest Garry Huxley

Sure it was Motown Chartbusters for me , remember an ex girlfriend buying me Donnie Elbert LP on one of those 11/9p contour albums and Ric tic Relics LP which I had probably never heard any of them before , should've married her :lol:

Swifty :thumbsup:

The only ex girlfriend i never looked back and thought i should have married her was the ex wife

For me it was mary wells, isley bros wilson pickett on mfp/ marble arch, Slill play the pickett, however its the orig wand now

Garry

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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

EXILE ON MAIN ST-ROLLING STONES..STILL DOES..

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For me it was always the Isley Brothers - This old heart of mine , mainly because at the time I bought it the single of the title track was unavailable as was, I guess ill always love you ,although I bought it for these two tracks, as luck would have it the whole album is comprised of great material.

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Uptight - Stevie Wonder - Bought at the time for Love A Go GO and I Want My Baby Back both big at my local Soul Night

Soul Master - Edwin Starr - I dare say my all time fave Motown LP

Motown Memories Volumes 1 and 2

After The Goldrush - Neil Young - College mates got me into CSNY and still a huge Neil fan

Tumbleweed Connection - Elton John - First and last EJ LP I ever bought but really rated this.

Also purchased other Soul, Non Soul albums but these were the ones I always played. That was until Bobby Womack ( Understanding ) and Millie Jackson (Caught Up )

came out.

Steve

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Buzzcocks - Love Bites :shades:

B 52's first 3 albums which I then swopped for The Motown Box set..... :huh:

David Bowie - various LP's owned by then boyfriend :wicked:

And lots of K-tel stuff featuring 50's tunes....... :D ...I have no shame :facepalm:

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Mine were probably:

Stranglers - Rattus Norvegicus

Stranglers - Black & White

All the early Jam albums

X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescents

Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material

Cheers

Richard

love the Stranglers - Rattus Norvegicus LP bloody great from start to finish

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14 to 20 non-Northern

Blondie - Parallel Lines

TV Smith - Last Words Of The Great Explorer

X Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescents

Ian Dury - New Boots And Panties

Ian Dury - Do It Yourself...(Til they went grey)

Stranglers - No More Heroes

Teardrop Explodes - Kilimanjaro (1st issue without 'Reward' :wink: )

Simple Minds - Glittering Prize (such a great album)

Blancmange - Happy Families

blah, blah, blah

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Out on the floor inferno LP

Floorshakers Kent LP

Jam- sound effects

Sex pistols - great rock n roll swindle

dennis got to agree with the floorshakers L.P. still playing it and all the other early kent L.P.s brilliant
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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.

Think I have this album, can't remember where it came from but I had to send away for it and it came with just the white inner sleave. Still got it! Album that I played repeatedly was probably Solid Soul Sensations on Pye, this got me hooked on Northern (along with Great Disco Demands) still have both of these also!

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Think I have this album, can't remember where it came from but I had to send away for it and it came with just the white inner sleave. Still got it! Album that I played repeatedly was probably Solid Soul Sensations on Pye, this got me hooked on Northern (along with Great Disco Demands) still have both of these also!

Think it was either Selectadisc or Colin Bee, all the biggest oldies on one LP.

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Fondly remember those Motown Chartbusters and Tighten LP's thanks to my older brother and his mates initially. First LP I owned was Four Tops 'Main Street People' bought for me as a christmas present.

Already familiar with their Motown classics I wondered niavely at the time why this was on ABC? Loved (and still do) "I Just Can't Get You Out Of Mind".

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Guest Matt Male

Everyone seemed to have Capital Soul Casino, but I don't think I've seen it for sale anywhere, there are none on ebay or Gemm.

Where are they all? :huh:

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