Kent's Proposed Popcorn Cd

[Guest NASHEE]

LINDA, EXCUSE ME FOR BUTTIN' IN CHICKEN...EVERYTHING YOU PLAY IS SOULFUL...MORESO....THAN ANYTHING I HAVE HEARD OUT...IT CERTAINLY AIN'T "NORTHERN" AND THANK GOD. WETHER IT'S A BLACK-WHITE- HESPANIC-MIDDLE EASTERN OR FUCKIN CORNISH...WHOMEVER THE ARTISTS ARE ON THE RECORDS YOU PLAY THEY'RE UPLIFTING AND SOULFUL...WITH HEART AND PASSION...NOW THATS SOUL MUSIC. THE VERSION OF THE CLASSIC STANDARD COME ON A MY HOUSE YOU PLAY...IS AMESOME AND WOULD BE A NICE INCLUSION.

.....(HAVE YOU STARTED WRITING YOUR SLEAVENOTES FOR THE C.D YET!!!

blushing !!!

[Guest posstot]

RIGHT, LET'S SEE IF I COULD ADD A COUPLE OF SELECTIONS; ADY, IF I MAY, PLEASE PUROSE THROUGH THESE SUGGESTIONS...AGAIN DON'T KNOW IF THESE WOULD BE CONSIDERED "POPCORN". PERSONALLY IF ITS AN EARLY-ISH SOULFUL DISC THAT HITS THE SPOT THEN THAT'S ME...IF ANY ARE CONSIDERED POPCORN THEN I'D BE DELIGHTED TO SEE ONE OF THE TRACKS BELOW CONSIDERED FOR ADDITION...I THINK THEY ALL DESERVE TO BE ON ONE OF THE VOLUMES YOU PUT OUT!!

ROBERT AND JOHNNY PRETTY BROWN EYES SUE

LULA REED MY KIND OF BABY TRC( YES THE FLIP TO WALK ON BY ME) WOW

JENNY LEE AND THE STARLETS WHAT I GOTTA DO CONGRESS.

JAY MILLER CAN'T YOU TELL HIM NO CAPITOL.

JOHNNY DUNN I'M GONNA MAKE YOU MINE DOUBLE L

(THE FLIP DARLIN IS ALSO SUPERB)

CLEFTONES DO YOU GEE. ( BOOOWWWW OOH)

KELLEY STONE TRYING TO WIN YOUR LOVE REPRISE

FREDDY JAYE THINKIN' OF YOU UNITED ARTISTS

(WHAT A VOCAL ON THIS... A PROPER CROONER)

JOE BRAGG IF I HAD A LOVER LIKE YOU ATLAS

KENNY CARTER WIL MY BABY BE WITH ME U.ARTISTS

**KENNY DANA IT'S BEEN SO LONG SHELL**

(ONE I SHARE A LOVE...WITH THE EZZ MEISTER)

HILLARD STREET RIVER LOVE CAPITOL

CHUCK JACKSON ANGEL OF ANGELS WAND

JUNIOR LEWIS TEARS ON MY FACE COLUMBIA

(LATER TO BECOME C.L BLAST)

FORTY DAYS AND FORTY NIGHTS

HEAR WHAT I SAY/WHERE THE WORLD BEGINS

OTIS WILLIAMS IN PARADISE DE LUXE (EARLY SOULFUL VOCAL THAT I LOVE TO BITS)

i'LL PROBABLY BE BACK LATER TO SEE MORE OF WHATS GOIN ON HERE...WITH A COUPLE MORE SUGGESTIONS TOO NO DOUBT....

[Guest posstot]

blushing !!!

NOT MEANT AS A KISS ASS, I HOPE YOU REALISE...JUST A FACT...

[Guest Fatius Bumius]

Connie Francis - Fallin', it's being used in an advert, saw it on telly recent, forgot the product, remembered the tune...doh. There's a bloke version as well, Andy Williams ?? can't remember but some well known crooner did it.

I'm like Linda, strange (to some) taste in Corny-Pop, I bat from the same side, big production belting voices, yum yum. Popcorn I don't like, Monster Popcorn, (like creaking doors and spooky coffin lids lifting, yep, got two CDs full of stuff a bit like Monster Mash, and chinese popcorn, bit like a load of kids banging about on xylophones I could listen to popcorn stuff all day, Little Joe Cook version of I'll Never Go To A Party Again etc.

When I've gone in search of the 45 I've heard from some popcorn CD's, bought it, it plays faster on 45. Belgiums are buggers for slowing songs down to fit the popcorn scene. I've got a cd somewhere with a slowed down version of Ernie Washington - Lonesome Shack on, and it lasts 20 seconds longer, Freddie Houston, Soft Walkin - also slowed down, came across quite a few! Not bad though I bought a Faye Adams - Hammer, when it came it played a lot faster than on a popcorn CD i'd got! DOH.

Be nice to see a few oddball popcorn tracks on the CD though, apart from what's already known to Northern Soul ears. Might be a way forward, push the boundaries a bit.

Might even get Bazza into popcorn before he puts it into Room 101, some Ska played on the popcorn scene.

I'll add, Jordan Porter - Nobody's Boy (Hanna Barbera)

^^Probably equivalent cheesy boring-ness to a popcorn fan as Frank Wilson is to a northern soulie ???

[Guest nusha]

Bobby Jameson -Im So Lonely (Talamo)

[Guest NASHEE]

They always sound better on these:

Now that is nice !!!

I have the Wendy Hill version too...but I do love Ross best....whoever he turned out to be

...although I'm not sure we should be discussing the early works of the man who became 'David Seville' of 'The Chipmunks' fame in a sub-forum called "All About The Soul". Still I suppose he's no worse than other Popcorn legends like Perry Como, Eddie Fisher, Anne Shelton and Tommy Dorsey...

[Guest NASHEE]

Connie Francis - Fallin', it's being used in an advert, saw it on telly recent, forgot the product, remembered the tune...doh. There's a bloke version as well, Andy Williams ?? can't remember but some well known crooner did it.

I'm like Linda, strange (to some) taste in Corny-Pop, I bat from the same side, big production belting voices, yum yum.

RAY_RUSH.mp3 really brill uplifting pop

EVERETT_MILLS_MY_VISION.mp3 I love this guy....not expecting others to though

Popcorn I don't like, Monster Popcorn,

you wouldn't like Igors party then....I love it just for the oboe intro.

(like creaking doors and spooky coffin lids lifting, yep, got two CDs full of stuff a bit like Monster Mash, and chinese popcorn, bit like a load of kids banging about on xylophones I could listen to popcorn stuff all day, Little Joe Cook version of I'll Never Go To A Party Again etc.

When I've gone in search of the 45 I've heard from some popcorn CD's, bought it, it plays faster on 45. Belgiums are buggers for slowing songs down to fit the popcorn scene. I've got a cd somewhere with a slowed down version of Ernie Washington - Lonesome Shack on, and it lasts 20 seconds longer, Freddie Houston, Soft Walkin - also slowed down, came across quite a few! Not bad though I bought a Faye Adams - Hammer, when it came it played a lot faster than on a popcorn CD i'd got! DOH.

I mess about with speed all the time

Be nice to see a few oddball popcorn tracks on the CD though, apart from what's already known to Northern Soul ears. Might be a way forward, push the boundaries a bit.

Might even get Bazza into popcorn before he puts it into Room 101, some Ska played on the popcorn scene.

TOMKOS_THE_SPOOK.mp3 about as close to ska as i get

I'll add, Jordan Porter - Nobody's Boy (Hanna Barbera) excellent tune

^^Probably equivalent cheesy boring-ness to a popcorn fan as Frank Wilson is to a northern soulie ???

[Guest andrew bin]

Tomkos the spook, what a fantastic track

[Guest LWJ2]

Al Martino - 2 hearts are better than one

Bobby Hamilton - How Come

Malcom Dodds- Tremble

Don Sargent -Jelly Coal man

[Guest]

OK as we know SSers have the best taste going. Let's have your suggestions for an out & out Popcorn CD but black music, predominantly soulful and ideally from labels we have contacts with. Though don't worry if you're not sure; that's really my job.

So far for starters we have had volunteered:

Mack Vance Down By The Waterhole ??

Love is a nightmare - Johnny Darrow (sue)

Your heart wasn't in it - Chuck Collins (dot)

Nothing without your love - Johnny Barnes (Jaba)

Pretty little girl - George Smith (laurie)

Oh what a feeling - Jimmy Ricks Festival?

The tingle - Jackie Weaver ??

And obviously nothing from the 3 New Breed CDs we've already put out, though odd tracks from other Kent or Ace CDs would be OK if it's presenting them in this context and particularly if they've been out for some time already.

Thanks in advance

Ady

[ShorterSoul]

bobby guy - good enough (apt)

Dolly Lyon - Palm of your hand (apollo)

Kitty White - i'm gonna be your fool next monday (mercury)

Joe Cyr - Too wild to tame

Edited March 21, 2008 by ShorterSoul

[Guest dundeedavie]

this isn't relevant but i wouldn't know a popcorn record if it bit me in the arse (though i prob play a lot lol) however if ever anyone was tailor made for this kind of project it's linda .....i'd trust you with my life on this stuff duck

[Guest vinylvixen]

Ady, Jo's right you should just use Alan H as a consultant for the CD, he'd easily have enough knowledge/tunes to fill about 10 of em.

Blimey - we agree on something - at last.....

My USB turntable isn't connected to my PC

But is your hip bone connected to your thigh bone

One suggestion - and I'm not sure if you'd call it popcorn - Mel Carter 'Do I Love You' on Imperial....I await to be stood corrected.... Jo

[Guest eedeecee]

here's some more 'real' R&B Popcorn tunes ...and Ska is essential for any comp with the genuine Popcorn flavour

Jackie Shane -in my tenement

Prince La La -she put the hurt on me

Hank Jacobs -so far away

Derek Martin -daddy rollin stone

Jordan Porter -nobody's boy

Eddie Holland -Jaimee

The Miracles -if your mother only knew

Nat Wright -fantasy

Ronnie Douglas -you'll come back

Billy Bland -my heart is on fire

The Skatalites -freedom sounds

Mamie Perry -lament

Lee Rogers - I want you to have everything

Rosco Robinson -that's enough

Byrdie Green -tremblin

[Guest TONY ROUNCE]

...Donald Byrd "You've Been Talking About Me Baby" & Major Lance "Crying In The Rain"...

[Guest lolmil]

Harry & The Keyavas

https://www.soulclub.org/stream/Harry_&..._Is_Goodbye.ram

Loll

[Prophonics 2029]

Harry & The Keyavas

https://www.soulclub.org/stream/Harry_&..._Is_Goodbye.ram

Loll

Harry Starr??? wow its great.

[paultp]

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Edited March 23, 2008 by paultp

[Guest TONY ROUNCE]

ROSS BAGSDADIAN - COME ON A MY HOUSE

...Are you familiar with Della Reese's version of COAMH, Linda? It's on her terrific "Della Della Cha Cha Cha" album which - as its title implies, is 100% Belgian Popcorn all the way through.

I also really love her version of "Why Don't You Do Right" from said album....

[KevH]

RON JEFFERSON-THAT GIRL OF MINE on NEDWARD.I think its popcorn

[Rbman]

Barbara McNair..He's A King

Mickii Lynn..I've Got The Blues

The Impressions...The Woman's Got Soul

The Valentinos....Baby lots of Luck

ZZ Hill...Everybody Has To Cry

Freddie Houston..Soft Walkin' (played at about minus 3)

Edited March 22, 2008 by Rbman

[Codfromderby]

not sure if i,m on the right track but how about

the man with the cigar- lew courtney, not sure if its r and b popcorn or what but its certainly something.

and also, i talk to your picture- lesley miller, once again not sure but i like it

[Anoraks Corner]

...Are you familiar with Della Reese's version of COAMH?

...or by Chiemi Eri, should you appreciate a vintage Japanese version?!

[Guest TONY ROUNCE]

...or by Chiemi Eri, should you appreciate a vintage Japanese version?!

Well, I'd certainly like to hear that, Dave, even if nobody else does!

[Ady Croasdell]

not sure if i,m on the right track but how about

the man with the cigar- lew courtney, not sure if its r and b popcorn or what but its certainly something.

and also, i talk to your picture- lesley miller, once again not sure but i like it

And of course the music's strongpoint is such interesting titles. None of that "I Love You" nonsense but songs about cigars, typewriters and cash registers. If we can only find some about pies and ale it should be massive in Yorkshire.

Seriously thanks for the huge number of suggestions and advice, I'll certainly try and co-opt a couple of the leading collectors into the organising committee and it won't be peanuts I'm paying them with (It'll be popcorn!).

[Guest NASHEE]

Well, I'd certainly like to hear that, Dave, even if nobody else does!

and I'd like to hear both versions if possible please guys

[Guest Stuart T]

...Donald Byrd "You've Been Talking About Me Baby" & Major Lance "Crying In The Rain"...

Ray Terrace Version of You've been Talking Bout Me Baby is worth a listen too. Think its on his Home of the Boogaloo LP. Got to have some songs not about Typewriters and houses made of bamboo. Is the same track isn't it or has my memory gone all fuzzy again?

[P5OULH]

Joe tex - Pneumonia

Bill johnson - Traveling stranger

Bill baker -Another sleepless night

jesse james - Dreams never hurt nobody

Jesse davies - Albuqueque

Little joe cook - I'll never go to a party again

Pat clayton - You gotta share

Bobby adams - I think you want my girl

Micki lee - So tired of talking

Just a few to be going on with more to follow Paul

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Edited March 23, 2008 by P5OULH

[Guest NASHEE]

Joe tex - Pneumonia

Bill johnson - Traveling stranger

Bill baker -Another sleepless night

jesse james - Dreams never hurt nobody

Jesse davies - Albuqueque

Little joe cook - I'll never go to a party again

Pat clayton - You gotta share

Bobby adams - I think you want my girl

Micki lee - So tired of talking

Just a few to be going on with more to follow Paul

I bid on Jesse davis Albuquerque on Ebay many years ago thinking it was just a popcorn track....I bid $100. my face must have been a picture when it went for $600 due to the massive northern B side 'Gonna hang on in there girl'

[Guest Pete Griffin]

I remember some guy was watching what i was buying on ebay from Australia i think? and he wanted me to do a cd swap because we had the same taste popcorn ect, so we did the swap. Got his cd through, played it, and i thought it was pretty crap, there were 4 tracks i really liked, but they sounded very soulful r&b, the rest sounded like gene pitney (pop). When he played mine, he said it sounded a bit to soulful you just cant win.

I think the soul and rnb scene collectors pic the better tunes from the popcorn scene that they know will fit around the sixties music what is being played in our clubs now.

Maybe we should change the the name of the below coined names for the music we like, and take out a letter out each one to make a new name for our scene

Rnb

Club Soul

Soul

Northern Soul

Popcorn

Newbread Rnb

I have said this before we take the best out of all the music from the era that fits in.

Rnb

blue eyed

latin

funk

jazz

country

even Jamaican artists.

Its all played on the soul Scene.

Good luck with cd Ady, your doing a great job mate.

Pete Griff

Edited March 23, 2008 by Pete Griffin

[Mace]

I remember some guy was watching what i was buying on ebay from Australia i think? and he wanted me to do a cd swap because we had the same taste popcorn ect, so we did the swap. Got his cd through, played it, and i thought it was pretty crap, there were 4 tracks i really liked, but they sounded very soulful r&b, the rest sounded like gene pitney (pop). When he played mine, he said it sounded a bit to soulful you just cant win.

Was his ID Teenwopper or something similar.

He sent me a few emails about 3 years ago, moaning at me cus I outbid him on a 2 or 3 copies of the same record within a few days....I won them all for $10 or less so told him to bid higher or stop whinging.

He sort of apologised and we ended up swapping CDs but I had a similar experience to your own, with receiving predominately teen orientated CDs.

[paultp]

This is awesome, don't s'pose there's a female version out there knocking about?

Simon

Hi Simon, I know this isn't very helpful but there definitely is as it was used on a TV advert recently. Unfortunately I have no idea who it was by.

Best I can do

Cheers

Paul

[Guest Pete Griffin]

Was his ID Teenwopper or something similar.

He sent me a few emails about 3 years ago, moaning at me cus I outbid him on a 2 or 3 copies of the same record within a few days....I won them all for $10 or less so told him to bid higher or stop whinging.

He sort of apologised and we ended up swapping CDs but I had a similar experience to your own, with receiving predominately teen orientated CDs.

Thats the guy Mace, i thing he does a radio as well, not 100% sure on that though.

Pete Griff

[Richard]

This is awesome, don't s'pose there's a female version out there knocking about?

Simon

Give it a minute

Edited March 23, 2008 by richard

[Guest NASHEE]

I remember some guy was watching what i was buying on ebay from Australia i think? and he wanted me to do a cd swap because we had the same taste popcorn ect, so we did the swap. Got his cd through, played it, and i thought it was pretty crap, there were 4 tracks i really liked, but they sounded very soulful r&b, the rest sounded like gene pitney (pop). When he played mine, he said it sounded a bit to soulful you just cant win.

I think the soul and rnb scene collectors pic the better tunes from the popcorn scene that they know will fit around the sixties music what is being played in our clubs now.

Maybe we should change the the name of the below coined names for the music we like, and take out a letter out each one to make a new name for our scene

Rnb

Club Soul

Soul

Northern Soul

Popcorn

Newbread Rnb

I have said this before we take the best out of all the music from the era that fits in.

Rnb

blue eyed

latin

funk

jazz

country

even Jamaican artists.

Its all played on the soul Scene.

Good luck with cd Ady, your doing a great job mate.

Pete Griff

His name is Ash Wells...he is a collector of teen and doowop...I also did a cd swop with him and was dissapointed...although I like some teen...he collects real teen stuff...some of which is very very rare, he is apparently a very well respected guy, who knows his stuff, he seems to contribute quite a lot on the spectropop forum...we certainly don't share the same taste in music.

[Mace]

I bid on Jesse davis Albuquerque on Ebay many years ago thinking it was just a popcorn track....I bid $100. my face must have been a picture when it went for $600 due to the massive northern B side 'Gonna hang on in there girl'

Have another pop at it Linda.....one on ebay right now...

https://cgi.ebay.com/Rare-Northern-Soul-45-...tem280209770699

You'll have to start at $1200 this time though if you wanna be in the running...

[Guest nusha]

Johnny Nash-Im Leavin

Pete Terrace-Listen to me

[jazzyjas]

MAYBE NEVER/IF BY ANY CHANCE-JIMMY BARNES-SUE-PLEEEEEEEEAAAAAZE BOTH SIDES!

COME ON AND DANCE WITH ME-JOHNNY BURTON-BROADWAY

I'M GLAD IT WAS YOU-NAT WRIGHT-PETAL

SHE'LL COME BACK-RONNY DOUGLAS-EVEREST

HIS TRUE LOVE FOR YOU-AL MCCARTHER-TWO GUITARS

YOUR OLD STANDBY-MILT GRAYSON-DERBY

I LOVE YOU MUCH TOO MUCH-MILT GRAYSON-KEEN

NOBODY'S BOY-DICK JORDAN (LABEL?)

TICK TOCK-JIMMY JORDAN-ROULETTE(?)

LET'S START A ROMANCE-LITTLE JOE HINTON-ARVEE

THE SNAKE-MAXIMILLIAN-BIGTOP

OZZABOO-OZZIE TORRENS-DECCA LP TRACK (BOOGALOO IN APT. 41)

THE JOKER-XAVIER CUGAT-DECCA-BANG BANG LP

SPANISH MOSS-BRACEROS-VAULT(I THINK)

SAHARA-MAC REBBENACK-ACE

CHINA GATE-RAMSEY LEWIS-CADET LP TRACK-UP POPS RAMSEY LEWIS

LIVING DREAM-LENNY MILES-RCA VICTOR

LET'S BREAK UP FOR AWHILE-SAPPHIRES-ABC

BABY COME HOME-RUBY & THE ROMANTICS-KAPP

ONLY THE GUILTY CRY-CLYDIE KING-PHILIPS-CMON YOU'VE GOT TO DO THIS ONE!

OVERSEAS OPERATOR-HASH BROWN-PHILIPS

WHO'S GOT THE ACTION-PHIL COLBERT-PHILIPS

TAKE ALL MY LIFE-CARRIE GRANT AND THE GRANDEURS-NEWTOWN

LET HER GO-GENE STRIDEL-VERVE

WHY DON'T YOU DO RIGHT-MARK MURPHY-RIVERSIDE

SHE'LL BE GONE-BETTY O'BRIEN-LIBERTY-NOT NORTHERN...IT'S POPCORN!

ESCORTS ON RCA VICTOR-NICE JACKIE NITZCHIE THING

ADIOS MY LOVE-SERENADERS-RIVERSIDE

LOVE ANOTHER GIRL-RAYS-AMY

MAMA I THINK I'M IN LOVE-BEVERLY & THE DEL CAPRIS-MORE ISLAND BEAT MAYBE

I GOT A MILLION OF EM!

-JAS

[Geoff]

As far as I know the original version of Come On A My House was by Rosemary Clooney, a big hit in the early 50s. I read somewhere that she was told by the producer to sing it as if she wanted to get laid.

[pow wow mik]

Ah yes...the bloodhound/ chain gang one....Al's got that What with hanging and chain gangs....is there any cheerful popcorn PS - slightly off topic - what's the tune used on the Special K ad at the moment - sounds a bit like Brenda Lee crossed with Ruth Brown....

not read all the posts so sorry if someone has answered already. that is 'i've got a feeling i'm falling' by...Connie Francis.

Another great popcorn one by her is 'Come On jerry'

The popular popcorn version of 'I've got a feeling Im falling' is by Jesse Pearson.

IMO the ultimate record that is popcorn tempo but definitely soul is Johnny Barnes - 'Nothing without your love' on Jato.

I'll list some more suggestions when i get a minute.

[Richard]

As far as I know the original version of Come On A My House was by Rosemary Clooney, a big hit in the early 50s. I read somewhere that she was told by the producer to sing it as if she wanted to get laid.

Edited March 26, 2008 by richard

[Guest soulman1949]

His name is Ash Wells...he is a collector of teen and doowop...I also did a cd swop with him and was dissapointed...although I like some teen...he collects real teen stuff...some of which is very very rare, he is apparently a very well respected guy, who knows his stuff, he seems to contribute quite a lot on the spectropop forum...we certainly don't share the same taste in music.

Personally I love Ash's taste in music. He does some great CDs, I bought 4 CDs totally blind and adore every one - visit his website at https://rarerockinrecords.com. They also do a superb fortnightly show "Bring Back Yesterday". It's syndicated on destinationdoowop.com but can also be downloaded from his site at https://rarerockinrecords.com/raresounds.asp. The music is a wonderful mix of teen, doowop, girl sound, soul, real "boppin' oldies". After most of the BBY shows I end up buying at least a couple of the tracks played. Love the stuff, can't get enough. Each to their own, eh?;-)

Alan