Ever been in a shop or another location and been surprised at what you were hearing ?

In Redhill, hardly the home of funk, last year I had two such experiences :

Woolworths : Kleeer - Get Tough !

Marks and Spencers : Kurtis Blow - Christmas Rapping !

Any offers ?

Martin Snow

I was shopping in Next in Ealing Broadway a few summers back & " cool jerk" came blasting out of the tannoy system, turns out the area manager was a soul boy & had a cd he insisted on playing when visiting his stores.Never got a chance to meet him but the girl behind the jump said " we hide all the good stuff when we know he`s coming" ....... mind you she had more metal in her face than Steptoe`s yard.

  MARTIN SNOW said:

Ever been in a shop or another location and been surprised at what you were hearing ?

In Redhill, hardly the home of funk, last year I had two such experiences :

Woolworths : Kleeer - Get Tough !

Marks and Spencers : Kurtis Blow - Christmas Rapping !

Any offers ? lou johnson reach out for me in the ex servicemens bar imeadville pa.usa with lynns cousins and some rednecks.....

Martin Snow

Heard 'Cashin In' a few times in Marks and Spencer. When we were on holiday last year in Las Vegas there was a male version of 'Stormy' playing and 'I love you more today than Yesterday' was played at the pool another time.

co op is by far the most soulful and funky shop...

recently heard gloria jones! yes i know! still a great if overplayed record....

aretha franklin full album!!!!!

lou pride and george blackwell along with a number of james brown tunes

i asked what was happening they said an old guy in the back likes northern!!!

good on him

I was in Tallin, the capitol city of Estonia in winter last year, sitting at a bar enjoying a pint when on came Ace Spectrum "Don't send nobody else." I thought I was hearing things! Had to ask the bar maid if somebody in the house was into soul....she didnt have a clue what I was on about!

  MARTIN SNOW said:

Ever been in a shop or another location and been surprised at what you were hearing ?

In Redhill, hardly the home of funk, last year I had two such experiences :

Woolworths : Kleeer - Get Tough !

Marks and Spencers : Kurtis Blow - Christmas Rapping !

Any offers ?

Martin Snow

Last year I was working in Fredrikshafen in Germany on the first day at dinner time in the works canteen "Tough Girl" & "Compared to what" came on in the background to say I was surprised is a understatement then I found out that a Guy from the British Army was working there on a tank gear box, He had been there for the last month and had asked the manageress to play his Northern CD for him. The best part was my boss hated soul he was into heavy rock and on the way down he was telling me about all the shit he likes being played all the time in Germany.

Steve J

In Matalan Bury heard "Can I Change My Mind"---Tyrone Davis.

And in a Beefeater whilst in Dundee "California Dreamin'"---Bobby Womack.

Tony

  MARTIN SNOW said:

Ever been in a shop or another location and been surprised at what you were hearing ?

In Redhill, hardly the home of funk, last year I had two such experiences :

Woolworths : Kleeer - Get Tough !

Marks and Spencers : Kurtis Blow - Christmas Rapping !

Any offers ?

Martin Snow

in donegal, rep. of eire, pepsi advert, its your voodoo working....on the telly

Edited March 18, 200718 yr by lenny h.

  lenny h. said:

in donegal, rep. of eire, pepsi advert, its your voodoo working....on the telly

I was in a diner in Tulsa , Oklahoma , August 1980 ; when " Afternoon Of The Rhino " came on the radio between country tracks .......

Malc Burton

MANY YEARS BACK IN A SAUNA IN SWITZERLAND ,SNOWING LIKE HELL OUTSIDE SUMMER IN THE PARKS COMES ON.

BAZ A

Nearly fell off my chair a couple of times when I was in Barcelona some months ago as I heard quite a lot of "accidental" soul. Off the top of my head, I heard Dorando's "Didn't I" in the background while eating tapas at some random restaurant and then while drinking some mojitos at some random bar I heard Silvetti's "Spring Rain" blasting in the background... Was a bit surprised.

Edited March 18, 200718 yr by Sebastian

In a shopping centre in Borneo or Malaysia hearing a lot of local music then on came Doris Troy-I'll Do Anything!!!!! Then back to local music. In a shopping centre in Stourbridge a couple of weeks ago when Little Richie-Just Another Heartache came on over the PA. 15-ish years ago in Burtons on came The Belles-Don't Pretend and The Professionals-That's Why I Love You.

TT

Just under 10 years ago now, walking past the New World pub (as it was then) in Worksop and...hey this sounds familiar....it's James Bounty - Prove Yourself A Lady! Wow, thinks me, I'll pop in here...turns out one of the regulars had brought a Northern tape in and in doing so had sparked my journey back onto the scene

Walking with Pete Shirley from Derby City Centre to Pride Park to see Foxes take on Derby, we were amused to hear "The Joker" blasting out of a pub....we had a look in...and the pub was empty with no one at all to be seen - very surreal...

Best buzz was hearing probably one of my fave record of the last 3/4 years in a shop at Dalton Park Outlet nr Sunderland recently...The Superimposers "Would It Be Impossible". Taken from a Jazzanova comp Cd "Secret Love vol 1" I was very surprised..

THIS MORNIN' WAS HAVIN BREKKIE IN THE IBIS HOTEL JUST OFF EUSTON STATION....PLAYIN' IN THE BACKGROUND... LEROY HUTSON - LUCKY FELLOW . PROPER BREKKIE MUSIC.

BRI.

  Robin S said:

Walking with Pete Shirley from Derby City Centre to Pride Park to see Foxes take on Derby, we were amused to hear "The Joker" blasting out of a pub....we had a look in...and the pub was empty with no one at all to be seen - very surreal....

Perhaps "The Joker" had driven 'em all out!

  Monique said:

Heard 'Cashin In' a few times in Marks and Spencer. When we were on holiday last year in Las Vegas there was a male version of 'Stormy' playing and 'I love you more today than Yesterday' was played at the pool another time.

O C Smith has a good version of 'Stormy' on one of his LP's...can't think which one though

many years ago whilst travelling around, i found myself in a bar in a remote part of morocco, on the juke box in amongst the local faves was "and get away" by the esquires, i put in the required amount and heard the track amongst the camels and sand, as a side track to this not to far a way from this bar was a shop advertising swarfega,

Hasn't there been Northern played in TK Maxx and Mattalhan like Ann Sexton - You've Been Gone to Long it's not something we expect to hear.

  codfromderby said:

as a side track to this not to far a way from this bar was a shop advertising swarfega,

I sincerely hope this isnt yet another anal sex reference, there was enough of them on here last week !

Edited March 19, 200718 yr by MARTIN SNOW

Tony Clark - Landslide

In the Modern room at Prestatyn.

  pikeys dog said:

Tony Clark - Landslide

In the Modern room at Prestatyn.

I am intigued ....... Who played the said opus ?

Malc Burton

  WPaulVanDyk said:

Hasn't there been Northern played in TK Maxx and Mattalhan like Ann Sexton - You've Been Gone to Long it's not something we expect to hear.

they were playing cool jerk in tk maxx in stevenage only this saturday, much to the amusement of me and my girlfriend who started shuffling in the aisles

  Malc Burton said:

I am intigued ....... Who played the said opus ?

Malc Burton

Don't know - was passing through to Queen Vic on Saturday tea-time.

Had to get someone to pop their head through to confirm I wasn't hearing things due to my weekends excesses.

Hearing Ike and Tina Turner's version of Somebody Somehere played in Digbeth Coach station waiting room Friday afternoon... whilst waiting for our connection coach to Prestatyn...just how surreal was that Delxx

Howlin Wolf's "Smokestack Lightning", in Willesden Green's Gateway supermarket (later Somerfield), one lunchtime in 1991.

It will always be among the most surreal experiences of my lifetime...

TONE

Walked into a little bar last week in the city ( ¥rhus in Denmark ) and they were playing The Buckinghams "Don`t you care " The place was full of drunken eskimos dancing to it !!!!! Freaked me out anyway.

  Malc Burton said:

I was in a diner in Tulsa , Oklahoma , August 1980 ; when " Afternoon Of The Rhino " came on the radio between country tracks .......

Malc Burton

That is the most amazing one yet! No rhyme or reason for it at all.

at the blessington carriage, a student type pub in derby pub the other week ,in between the thrash metal and indie stuff appeared boogaloo party the flamingoes, love love love bobby hebb and tell me its just a rumour by the isleys. the long haired student types just carried on jumping about as if it was any other record, i just stood on the edge of the dance floor feeling very old

  WPaulVanDyk said:

Hasn't there been Northern played in TK Maxx and Mattalhan like Ann Sexton - You've Been Gone to Long it's not something we expect to hear.

The local TK Max is a Mecca (groan) of all tunes soul related. Yesterday they had my son s fav Bobby Womack,Across 110th street , Alton Mclain and Destiny and some Marvin Gaye. It worked as well because I stayed in there long enough to consider buying something...but then I changed my mind.

Someone with a degree in marketing has worked out the 40 something soul lover should have a disposable income to spend on reduced designer wear and is creating a happy shopping ambience for us which is nice isnt it?

well me and the lad just popped into the local newsagents martins to buy a water pistol ( dont ask its a long story ) when we both burst into song as timi yuro-it'll never be over for me blared out over the tannoy closely followed by arethas - you make me feel like a natural woman.......followed by....the bangles ...

cookie

  nubian75soulsis said:

Hearing Ike and Tina Turner's version of Somebody Somehere played in Digbeth Coach station waiting room Friday afternoon... whilst waiting for our connection coach to Prestatyn...just how surreal was that Delxx

We've just been shopping in Scarborough town centre and heard the same Ike and Tina track in Debenhams. I told Mrs G about this thread and suggested we check out TK Maxx. We were in for less than 10 minutes and caught (sandwiched between two unexceptional rnb tracks) Moses Smith - Girl Across The Street.

Is there something we haven't been told?

Godz

  Godzilla said:

We've just been shopping in Scarborough town centre and heard the same Ike and Tina track in Debenhams. I told Mrs G about this thread and suggested we check out TK Maxx. We were in for less than 10 minutes and caught (sandwiched between two unexceptional rnb tracks) Moses Smith - Girl Across The Street.

Is there something we haven't been told?

Godz

I have a theory about all these tracks played are being played in department and outlet stores .....

It is a goverment scheme to test that the hearing of aging soulies is still OK ......

Malc Burton

  stix said:

O C Smith has a good version of 'Stormy' on one of his LP's...can't think which one though

Thanks Stix only just got back to reading this thread.

Last two weeks when we've heard 'the Snake' and Bettye Swann' - 'Make Me Yours'

when we've been in the pub!!

  WPaulVanDyk said:

Hasn't there been Northern played in TK Maxx and Mattalhan like Ann Sexton - You've Been Gone to Long it's not something we expect to hear.

Yes down in Bournemouth last year heard it at Matalan.In fact its just come on as next track on my cd as i type .Spooky.Very twilight zone.

Dave.

near my job this morning(st.albans local co-op).colour my world blue ANN SEXTON,had exactly the opposite effect for a monday morning.i'll have to ask tomorrow,was it cd or radio?stunned!

i asked yesterday and it was co op radio,so judging from other posts i imagine someone in the co op is one of us.

Wedding Belles Ch4 now. Alfie Davidson playing, bloke in pub dancing, talc, allsorts ..!

Just watched that meself.

DJ puts a Revilot Single on the Deck.

Then Alfie Davison starts belting out,

is that what they mean by The Strange World Of Northern Soul?

Tony

Stockholm lunch restaurant - Gene Chandler "Groovy situation".

But the below compilation was played everywhere in Stockholm a few years ago - cafs, restaurants, stores you name it:

V.A. - A / A FUSION SOUL CLASSICS COLLECTION

01 BRIEF ENCOUNTER/HUMAN

02 VERA HAMILTON/BUT I AIN'T NO MORE

03 WHIRLWIND/DON'T LET HIM GET THE BEST OF YOU

04 BELOYD/GET INTO YOUR LIFE

05 MARVIN GAYE/YOU'RE THE MAN,PART.1

06 LENNY WILLIAMS/GOTTA LOTTA LUV

07 PAUL JOHNSON/TO BE WANTED

08 LUTHER VANDROSS/ARE YOU USING ME?(MAW MIX)

09 MENTAL INSTRUM/TRUST YOURSELF(280 WEST CLUB MIX)

10 SEAN OLIVER/YOU AND ME

11 RENE & ANGELA/SECRET RENDEZVOUS

12 GLADYS KNIGHT/IF YOU EVER NEED SOMEBODY

13 AL HUDSON & THE SOUL PARTNERS/SPREAD LOVE

14 GLENN TURNER PROJECT/POWER

15 LOGG/I KNOW YOU WILL(LARRY LEVAN MIX)

16 KUH LEDESMA/DREAMING

  KarlM said:

V.A. - A / A FUSION SOUL CLASSICS COLLECTION

01 BRIEF ENCOUNTER/HUMAN

02 VERA HAMILTON/BUT I AIN'T NO MORE

03 WHIRLWIND/DON'T LET HIM GET THE BEST OF YOU

04 BELOYD/GET INTO YOUR LIFE

05 MARVIN GAYE/YOU'RE THE MAN,PART.1

06 LENNY WILLIAMS/GOTTA LOTTA LUV

07 PAUL JOHNSON/TO BE WANTED

08 LUTHER VANDROSS/ARE YOU USING ME?(MAW MIX)

09 MENTAL INSTRUM/TRUST YOURSELF(280 WEST CLUB MIX)

10 SEAN OLIVER/YOU AND ME

11 RENE & ANGELA/SECRET RENDEZVOUS

12 GLADYS KNIGHT/IF YOU EVER NEED SOMEBODY

13 AL HUDSON & THE SOUL PARTNERS/SPREAD LOVE

14 GLENN TURNER PROJECT/POWER

15 LOGG/I KNOW YOU WILL(LARRY LEVAN MIX)

16 KUH LEDESMA/DREAMING

FLIPPING HECK, THAT'S GOT TO BE THE MOST JUMBLED UP DISJOINTED COMPILATION I'VE EVER SEEN ! THERES CERTAINLY NOT MUCH OF A COMMON THEME ON THAT ONE IS THERE !

GOT TO ASK THIS KARL, IS THAT YOU SHAVING IN THE PIC BECAUSE THE MORE I LOOK AT IT THE MORE IT LOOKS LIKE THE LATE JOHN PEEL TO ME ?

Appreciate this isn't RARE RARE soul but I was in a restaurant a while back and out of nowhere they played the whole Otis Blue album.

I was choking on my food - said to my colleagues - "Do you realise what this is!!??"

Of course they neither knew nor cared.

I just opened it up on Amazon.co.uk to get a few "30 second fixes".

They have as Track 4 - Down in the ALLEY!!

Makes an otherwise tender song sound quite GRUBBY.

MB