READING'S GOT SOUL- 16.8.24

[Slimoneill]

Thanks to everyone who came down for the inaugural Reading's Got Soul at The Milk Bar. Lovely Bar with an eclectic crowd. We wanted to mix some Jamaican Soul, Northern, Motown and Funk together, to see how it would turn out. Hopefully, the recipe worked.

Anyway, please find playlist below. Back for Part 2 in December.

First Set.

Glen Miller- Where Is The Love (Doctor Bird)

Lynn Taitte & The Jets- Man Is Too Faced (JA Blank)

Ronnie McNeir- Sitting In My Class (DE.TO)

The Temptones- Girl I love You (Arctic)

The Gaysters- One Look (High Note)

Soul Stirrers- Come See About Me (Duke)

Delroy Wilson- Got To Change Your Ways (Island)

The Allan Sisters – I’m In With The Downtown Crowd (Quality)

Big Don’s Rebellion- It Was True (Ethon)

Oscar Brown JR.- Sing Hallelujah (Columbia, Japan)

Tan Geers- Let My Heart & Soul Be Free (Okeh)

Tony Galla – In Love (Swan)

The Supremes- Dr. Goldfoot & The Bikini Machine (American Int)

Little Eddie Taylor-I Had A Good Time (Peacock)

Monguito Santamaria- Hey Sister (Disc Jockey)

Doug Banks- I just Kept On Dancing (Argo)

The High Keys – Living A Lie (Verve)

Ann Heywood – Crook His Little Finger (Hondo)

Otis Lee- Hard Row To Hoe (Quaint)

John St. John- You Can’t Mean It (gta)

Set 2

Lloyd Williams – In Love With You (Studio 1)

Bobby Kline- Say Something Nice To Me (MB)

The Harvey Averne Dozen -Never Learned To Dance (Uptite)

The People’s Choice- Savin My Lovin For You (Palmer)

Slim Smith – I’ve Got Your Number (Island)

Zu Zu Man -Zu Zu Blues Band (A&M)

Carlton & The Shoes – Love Me Forever (Studio One)

Jo Ann Garrett- A Whole New Plan (Chess)

Little Tommy- Baby Can’t You See (Sound of Soul)

Howard Guyton- I Watched You Slowly Slip Away (Verve)

Ritchie Adams – I Can’t Escape From You (Congress)

Tommy Navarro- I Cried My Life Away (JAC)

Kurt Harris- Emperor Of My Baby’s Heart (Diamond)

The Masters- I Need Your Love (Crimson)

Larry Houston- Let’s Spend Some Time Together (HFMP)

Johnny Watson- It’s Better To Cry (Valise)

Kingstonians – Sufferer (Big Shot)

Marcia Griffiths (Feel Like Jumping (Coxsone)

Rhetta Hughes- Light My Fire (Tetragrammaton)

The Sheppards – Stubborn Heart (Mirwood)

Gene West- In The Ghetto (Original Sound)

Jackie Wilson – Because Of You (Brunswick)

Long John Baldry – The Drifter (United Artists)

Alton Ellis – Too Late To Turn Back Now (Giant)