Guest marco i Posted March 29, 2005 Posted March 29, 2005 Hi there, I read some very interesting topics on 80's soul and wondered about 90's soul. Any suggestion on what is worth having / listening? Thanks, Marco
Little-stevie Posted March 29, 2005 Posted March 29, 2005 Hi there, I read some very interesting topics on 80's soul and wondered about 90's soul. Any suggestion on what is worth having / listening? Thanks, Marco link Ask Pete Smith,he is the main man on everything modern send him a pm and i'm sure he will throw up a good few gems..
Guest alison Posted March 29, 2005 Posted March 29, 2005 Ask Pete Smith,he is the main man on everything modern send him a pm and i'm sure he will throw up a good few gems.. link LOL, the very thought of it ! Marco, Dodger's your man on here for 90's tunage.
Guest dodger Posted March 29, 2005 Posted March 29, 2005 LOL, the very thought of it ! Marco, Dodger's your man on here for 90's tunage. link Marco, PM me off list with your address and I'll do a couple of CDRs for you. Roger
Guest woolie mark Posted March 29, 2005 Posted March 29, 2005 Ask Pete Smith,he is the main man on everything modern send him a pm and i'm sure he will throw up a good few gems.. link marco, you do realise this is a joke don't you? all the best mate, mark
Guest marco i Posted March 29, 2005 Posted March 29, 2005 Marco, PM me off list with your address and I'll do a couple of CDRs for you. Roger link Thanks Roger
Guest marco i Posted March 29, 2005 Posted March 29, 2005 marco, you do realise this is a joke don't you? all the best mate, mark link Don't worry Mark, I realised it Ciao, Marco
Little-stevie Posted March 29, 2005 Posted March 29, 2005 Thank god..World war 3 will have to wait ...Hope the cds are to you're liking Marco.. ..
Pete S Posted March 29, 2005 Posted March 29, 2005 Ask Pete Smith,he is the main man on everything modern send him a pm and i'm sure he will throw up a good few gems.. link Yes that's right, I'm the man in the know, my first choice would be Murder On The Dancefloor by Sophie Ellis Bexter, it's got that modern 'groove' to it which we all love so much. Steps were a much underrated 90's band who cut some good dance tunes, most of which are deleted now but cd singles occasionally turn up. Top of the heap has to be "I lost my heart to a trout lipped suitor" by Ali N and the Tasteless Wilderbeests (cd only). 90's soul
Guest in town Mikey Posted March 29, 2005 Posted March 29, 2005 Huh not another oldies thread! link I got it Mike, even if nobody else did.
Guest dodger Posted March 29, 2005 Posted March 29, 2005 Yes that's right, I'm the man in the know, my first choice would be Murder On The Dancefloor by Sophie Ellis Bexter, it's got that modern 'groove' to it which we all love so much. Steady mate, you'll get people playing that if you tell them it's good. I mean, they play Lisa Stansfield and Richard Darbyshire and Susan Duffy and think that constitutes modern soul.
Pete S Posted March 29, 2005 Posted March 29, 2005 Steady mate, you'll get people playing that if you tell them it's good. I mean, they play Lisa Stansfield and Richard Darbyshire and Susan Duffy and think that constitutes modern soul. link I quite like Sophie, she's got a great voice - different to most - as a pop singer I mean.
Daved Posted March 29, 2005 Posted March 29, 2005 I used to think the early 90s were awful. I bought virtually naff all between 1992-5. Now I think I probably missed out on an awful lot of good stuff. I've caught up on bits and peices (not Dave Clark 5 ) but there's still a big gap in my colection from these years.
Guest woolie mark Posted March 29, 2005 Posted March 29, 2005 I quite like Sophie, she's got a great voice - different to most - as a pop singer I mean. link she's got a nice arse
Guest woolie mark Posted March 29, 2005 Posted March 29, 2005 Steady mate, you'll get people playing that if you tell them it's good. I mean, they play Lisa Stansfield and Richard Darbyshire and Susan Duffy and think that constitutes modern soul. link ....and lulu and kenny thomas (isn't he a taffy?) god, pete's right, some of it is shit isn't it
Guest dodger Posted March 29, 2005 Posted March 29, 2005 she's got a nice arse link And a face shaped like a BSkyB squarial.
Chalky Posted March 29, 2005 Posted March 29, 2005 Ask Pete Smith,he is the main man on everything modern send him a pm and i'm sure he will throw up a good few gems.. link he'll probably throw something up
Guest dodger Posted March 29, 2005 Posted March 29, 2005 ....and lulu and kenny thomas (isn't he a taffy?) god, pete's right, some of it is shit isn't it link Some of the as yet unreleased Kenny Thomas stuff doing the rounds now is actually mighty mighty fine - it was recorded mid 90s but never came out, tracks like 'Him' and 'Let It Rain' are simply bloody wonderful tunes if you can put aside your preconceptions. For me, the track 'Him' is the finest blue-eyed soul tune ever to be made in the UK. Roger
Guest alison Posted March 29, 2005 Posted March 29, 2005 For me, the track 'Him' is the finest blue-eyed soul tune ever to be made in the UK. Roger link My favourite record of last year Its glorious. What the latest low down on release for this Rog ?
Pete S Posted March 29, 2005 Posted March 29, 2005 Some of the as yet unreleased Kenny Thomas stuff doing the rounds now is actually mighty mighty fine - it was recorded mid 90s but never came out, tracks like 'Him' and 'Let It Rain' are simply bloody wonderful tunes if you can put aside your preconceptions. For me, the track 'Him' is the finest blue-eyed soul tune ever to be made in the UK. Roger link What, better than I Wanna Know by John E Paul ????
Guest dodger Posted March 29, 2005 Posted March 29, 2005 My favourite record of last year Its glorious. What the latest low down on release for this Rog ? link All still shrouded in mystery I'm afraid Ali. They should have put it out months ago because like Crazy World when it finally appeared, people either had it on CDR or were tired of it. As you say, a glorious piece of UK soul music. Roger
Guest dodger Posted March 29, 2005 Posted March 29, 2005 What, better than I Wanna Know by John E Paul ???? link Yes, what a pile of crap that record is. Needless to say I've never heard it!!
Pete S Posted March 29, 2005 Posted March 29, 2005 Yes, what a pile of crap that record is. Needless to say I've never heard it!! link Hey thats my line Just for the record, I know you think I'm a retard and that may be so but it's not that I'm against modern and new soul music, I'm just against it being played at Northern Soul venues, that's all. Have been since about 1978.
Guest Posted March 29, 2005 Posted March 29, 2005 Hi there, I read some very interesting topics on 80's soul and wondered about 90's soul. Any suggestion on what is worth having / listening? Thanks, Marco link Nothing, its all crap
Guest dodger Posted March 29, 2005 Posted March 29, 2005 Hey thats my line Just for the record, I know you think I'm a retard and that may be so but it's not that I'm against modern and new soul music, I'm just against it being played at Northern Soul venues, that's all. Have been since about 1978. link You certainly don't have to explain that to me Pete, we've had enough conversations in the past to know where we both stand on our musical viewpoints. I think the term 'friendly disdain' would just about cover it!!
Pete S Posted March 29, 2005 Posted March 29, 2005 You certainly don't have to explain that to me Pete, we've had enough conversations in the past to know where we both stand on our musical viewpoints. I think the term 'friendly disdain' would just about cover it!! link (Little Britain voice) "Yeah I know"
Guest Posted March 29, 2005 Posted March 29, 2005 Hi there, I read some very interesting topics on 80's soul and wondered about 90's soul. Any suggestion on what is worth having / listening? Thanks, Marco link Far too many to mention Marco! Search & ye shall find... People doing you CD's will be a great help, however some essential albums IMO: Sounds of Blackness Incognito The Affair Drizabone C&C Music Factory D'Influence Impromp2 D'Angelo R. Kelly Portrait Maxwell Ann Nesby Erykah Badu Tony Toni Tone Adriana Evans Zhane Lauryn Hill Hil St. Soul Angie Stone Something to get your teeth into... Sam
Petebangor Posted March 29, 2005 Posted March 29, 2005 Far too many to mention Marco! Search & ye shall find... People doing you CD's will be a great help, however some essential albums IMO: Sounds of Blackness Incognito The Affair Drizabone C&C Music Factory D'Influence Impromp2 D'Angelo R. Kelly Portrait Maxwell Ann Nesby Erykah Badu Tony Toni Tone Adriana Evans Zhane Lauryn Hill Hil St. Soul Angie Stone Something to get your teeth into... Sam link Sharp intake of breath soulsam you've mentioned Maxwell.there's nothing that get's Dodger going like Maxwell,being mentioned or played out eh Dodge??
Guest dodger Posted March 29, 2005 Posted March 29, 2005 Sharp intake of breath soulsam you've mentioned Maxwell.there's nothing that get's Dodger going like Maxwell,being mentioned or played out eh Dodge?? link Not in this case mate, only in the case of upfront modern soul DJ's who should know better. Every artist mentioned will be on Marco's CD's plus a whole heap more, just putting them together now - give or take a couple of tracks I've done these on two CDs so far: Ali - Feelin' You Akin - Stay Right Here Gena Breedlove - Free Act Of Faith - Love Not Love 4Kast - This Feeling Colonel Abrams - You Don't Know Caron Wheeler - Living In The Light Blaze - I Wonder Alison Limerick - This Love Alisha Warren - Discover Me Angie & Debbie - Father Father. Angelo & Veronica - Do What's Right Angie Stone - Tell Me Yolanda Adams - Already Alright Zhane - Shame D'Breez - When I'm With You Groove Theory - Baby Luv Affair - The Way We Are Hipness - Hipness Kareem - Never Give Up On Love Ben Tankard - N'Da Spirit Be Be Winans - Thank You Andre De Lang - Don't Stop Believing Andre De Lang - Could You Be Urban Blues Project ft. Michael Procter - Love Don't Live Adeva - Don't Think About It Terry Ronald - What The Child Needs Ivan Matias - Somebody Knows How You Feel Shaboom - Never Felt This Way Before Al Green - Keep On Pushing Love Aretha Franklin - Here We Go Again Ann Nesby - In The Spirit Light Of The World - The Power 4Love - Hold Your Head Up High Maysa Leak - Compliments One or two more still left to do . . . Roger
Guest Posted March 29, 2005 Posted March 29, 2005 Ali - Feelin' You Akin - Stay Right Here Gena Breedlove - Free Act Of Faith - Love Not Love 4Kast - This Feeling Colonel Abrams - You Don't Know Caron Wheeler - Living In The Light Blaze - I Wonder Alison Limerick - This Love Alisha Warren - Discover Me Angie & Debbie - Father Father. Angelo & Veronica - Do What's Right Angie Stone - Tell Me Yolanda Adams - Already Alright Zhane - Shame D'Breez - When I'm With You Groove Theory - Baby Luv Affair - The Way We Are Hipness - Hipness Kareem - Never Give Up On Love Ben Tankard - N'Da Spirit Be Be Winans - Thank You Andre De Lang - Don't Stop Believing Andre De Lang - Could You Be Urban Blues Project ft. Michael Procter - Love Don't Live Adeva - Don't Think About It Terry Ronald - What The Child Needs Ivan Matias - Somebody Knows How You Feel Shaboom - Never Felt This Way Before Al Green - Keep On Pushing Love Aretha Franklin - Here We Go Again Ann Nesby - In The Spirit Light Of The World - The Power 4Love - Hold Your Head Up High Maysa Leak - Compliments One or two more still left to do . . . Roger link
Guest j a c k o Posted March 29, 2005 Posted March 29, 2005 Hi there, I read some very interesting topics on 80's soul and wondered about 90's soul. Any suggestion on what is worth having / listening? Thanks, Marco link You could do a lot worse than the Expansion compilation CDs from the 90s. There's also a few good boxed sets probably still available like the Supreme Soul sets. Best Jacko
Guest dodger Posted March 29, 2005 Posted March 29, 2005 I'm just gettin into the 90's myself Dodger, any chance of a CD too Joking, I don't have a CD player! Some nice tunes there Dodger, a couple I don't know myself and will search out now... Special mentions: Ali & Terry Ronald - WOW! Awesome tunes... link I'd HIGHLY recommend you buy a CD player if you're getting into the 90s!! You were joking, right?
Guest dodger Posted March 29, 2005 Posted March 29, 2005 You could do a lot worse than the Expansion compilation CDs from the 90s. There's also a few good boxed sets probably still available like the Supreme Soul sets. Best Jacko link Just out of interest (or not!), I design the Expansion CD covers. Good comps as you say but a lot of the tracks are fillers on the Supreme Soul comps. The Winners Circle comps were stunners, I'm sure you can still pick them up cheap. Roger
Guest j a c k o Posted March 29, 2005 Posted March 29, 2005 Just out of interest (or not!), I design the Expansion CD covers. Good comps as you say but a lot of the tracks are fillers on the Supreme Soul comps. The Winners Circle comps were stunners, I'm sure you can still pick them up cheap. Roger link Forgot them 2. Yeah probably the best ones overall. Jacko
Guest Posted March 29, 2005 Posted March 29, 2005 I'd HIGHLY recommend you buy a CD player if you're getting into the 90s!! You were joking, right? link Unfortunately I wasn't Spend far too much on vinyl, couldn't cope with CD's too, I'd have to start selling mi body! I know, I know, I'm missing out on loadsa stuff, but my mates tend to tape me some CD only stuff, and a fair whack is still available on vinyl. You can't have everything tho...where would you put it!? Talking of Expansion, them Friends in High Places weren't half bad, and the Soul Sauce lot too, then there's the Togetherness ones and Soul Boulevard and... Thank You Expansion for such wonderful music! Did you pick up the Groove Nation LP from 94, UK indie Q! Sam
Sunnysoul Posted March 29, 2005 Posted March 29, 2005 Just seriously for a moment everyone : back in the 80's I used to be an avid reader of Voices from the Shadows and tried to collect a fair amount of contemporary , ie 80's , US soul on 7" vinyl (remember we used to call it "Real Soul" at the time !!!). Up to the late 80's you could still find the odd excellent US soul release on 7" vinyl. But from about 92' on , my attention drifted back to 70s rarities and 60s newies. The list of worthwhile 90's soul that previous posts in this thread have listed appear to be mainly UK artists or US "urban" or "garage" influenced acts. My question is, is there any TRADITIONAL soul sounding ( southern soul slanted if you know what I mean ) US (not UK ) product from the 90's that could make it on Rare (modern /crossover) Soul dancefloors today ?
Guest dodger Posted March 30, 2005 Posted March 30, 2005 My question is, is there any TRADITIONAL soul sounding ( southern soul slanted if you know what I mean ) US (not UK ) product from the 90's that could make it on Rare (modern /crossover) Soul dancefloors today ? link There's probably a reasonable amount but in general I gave the 'suvvern' soul stuff a wide berth in the 90s because most of it was badly produced rubbish with fake horns, Rolf Harris Stylophone backing and horrible embarrassing lyrics, though the vocals were sometimes good in a hairy chested kind of way. Get hold of any back issue of Voices and you'll find plenty that have had plays at 'real soul' venues. Roger
Mark Jones Posted March 30, 2005 Posted March 30, 2005 (edited) remember we used to call it "Real Soul" at the time link This sorta stuff u mean? Ok..not 90's but '80's..Love this one, bought it new all those years ago. The person who knows it gets a toffee apple! https://ic0htsk00.ic24.net/soulechoes/guess.ra OOOOps!...silly me! realplayer tells you the answer William Lane Jr - Show me around (off his Unbelievable album) Edited March 30, 2005 by soulechoes
Guest marco i Posted March 30, 2005 Posted March 30, 2005 Oooh Marco you lucky bugger! I'm just gettin into the 90's myself Dodger, any chance of a CD too Joking, I don't have a CD player! Some nice tunes there Dodger, a couple I don't know myself and will search out now... Special mentions: Ali & Terry Ronald - WOW! Awesome tunes... Sam link Looking forward to receiving the CDs Thanks to everybody, Marco
Guest dodger Posted March 30, 2005 Posted March 30, 2005 My question is, is there any TRADITIONAL soul sounding ( southern soul slanted if you know what I mean ) US (not UK ) product from the 90's that could make it on Rare (modern /crossover) Soul dancefloors today ? link A couple have sprung to mind which I've heard played - David Brinson 'Hit And Run' and Andre Lee 'Tell Me That You Want My Love' - both very very good indeed. CD's going in the post today Marco. Roger
Guest Posted March 30, 2005 Posted March 30, 2005 Just seriously for a moment everyone : back in the 80's I used to be an avid reader of Voices from the Shadows and tried to collect a fair amount of contemporary , ie 80's , US soul on 7" vinyl (remember we used to call it "Real Soul" at the time !!!). Up to the late 80's you could still find the odd excellent US soul release on 7" vinyl. But from about 92' on , my attention drifted back to 70s rarities and 60s newies. The list of worthwhile 90's soul that previous posts in this thread have listed appear to be mainly UK artists or US "urban" or "garage" influenced acts. My question is, is there any TRADITIONAL soul sounding ( southern soul slanted if you know what I mean ) US (not UK ) product from the 90's that could make it on Rare (modern /crossover) Soul dancefloors today ? link Not too many to be honest. Southern Soul that I picked up in the 90's were the likes of Bill Spoon, Tyrone Davis, Shirley Brown etc. Then there was the odd 12 and 7's that popped up, Games - Jimmy Scott, Quinn Golden, Fifty/50. Some excellent indies were brought to us by Expansion on the albums previously mentioned, but these were competing against fresher and funkier stuff out and about with the likes of Swing Beat, Acid Jazz, UK underground soul scene etc., so didn't get played too much in the modern rooms. However there are gems out there for home listening pleasure, seek and ye shall find... Also remembered some more good 90's releases. The Movin' On series on Rumour, I think they put out 5 volumes all excellent underground/urban soul with a lot of UK talent involved! Sam
Guest dodger Posted March 30, 2005 Posted March 30, 2005 Also remembered some more good 90's releases. The Movin' On series on Rumour, I think they put out 5 volumes all excellent underground/urban soul with a lot of UK talent involved! Sam link There was some top stuff in that series though at the time that 'streetsoul' genre was dismissed out of hand by many 'sole-affishernadoze' A lot of these things sound very very good now and work very well on a modern soul dancefloor. Roger
Guest the dukester Posted March 30, 2005 Posted March 30, 2005 I quite like Sophie, she's got a great voice - different to most - as a pop singer I mean. link DIDNT SHE SING ON SPILLER, GROOVE JET? SAMPLING AN OLD SALSOUL NUMBER
Guest j a c k o Posted March 30, 2005 Posted March 30, 2005 Not sure if it's too old for this thread, but there was a good compilation CD on Prevue in about 91 with some stunning soul inc Rovve, Ernie Lee Banks and Mary Love Comer. It's "Prevue Soul On CD Vol 1" - and damn fine it is too. Begs the question if there was a volume 2. Jacko
Guest Coxy Posted March 30, 2005 Posted March 30, 2005 My question is, is there any TRADITIONAL soul sounding ( southern soul slanted if you know what I mean ) US (not UK ) product from the 90's that could make it on Rare (modern /crossover) Soul dancefloors today ? Here`s a few which I think might fit your bill: Ann Peebles - Nobody but you - Rounder Cd (92) Tutu Jones - Cant leave your love alone / Be good to your lady - Bullseye Cd (98) Gene Chandler - Candy / Love is growing deeper - Black Tiger Cd (96) Dorothy Moore - Daydreaming - Malaco Cd (97) More recently theres also been King Ernest (Ernest Baker) - Must have lost my mind (2000) Lou Pride - Bringing me back home - Severn Cd (02) think this made it onto a Kent Cd Stan Mosley - No mistake - Malaco Cd (02) Most of whom are artists we`ve admired in the past but still doing there best to make it in the music bussiness. Cheers Trev
Guest Johnny One Trout Posted March 30, 2005 Posted March 30, 2005 Yes that's right, I'm the man in the know, my first choice would be Murder On The Dancefloor by Sophie Ellis Bexter, it's got that modern 'groove' to it which we all love so much. Steps were a much underrated 90's band who cut some good dance tunes, most of which are deleted now but cd singles occasionally turn up. Top of the heap has to be "I lost my heart to a trout lipped suitor" by Ali N and the Tasteless Wilderbeests (cd only). 90's soul link
John Siret Posted March 30, 2005 Posted March 30, 2005 andy 61 There was (at least) a volume 2, think there were more of the Prevue Soul on CD series. Volume 2 contains - Brotherly Love, Bill Spoon, Lucy Lucille, Curtis Gadson, etc.
Guest woolie mark Posted March 30, 2005 Posted March 30, 2005 Nothing, its all crap link i know you are, but what am i? sorry mate, went a bit kindergarten then, no offence
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