Toytown Soul

[Mike]

had to smile at the use of this term

its used in a article on a sweet floral albion site

TOY TOWN SOUL:

Those tracks once played at the Wigan Casino in the second-half of the '70s but which fell out of favour with the Northern soul scene's snobbish reaction against white pop-stompers and a return to black-only US soul, often provide the richest vein for this magical sub-genre. The Northern Soul scene was always way ahead of psych collectors in unearthing those golden Brit-pop nuggets. It is also interesting to take note of the sounds on these pre-1967 pop-soul tracks and to recognise the influence of such material on the toy-town pop of 1967 and 1968.

Other good examples of toytown soul/pop are, Sue Lynne - 'Don't Pity Me', Paula Parfitt - 'Love Is Wonderful', Five And A Penny - 'You Don't Know Where Your Interest Lies' and Adrienne Posta's version of 'Something Beautiful'. Adrienne takes a fine mid-tempo US soul original (by Margaret Mandolph) and transforms it into a twee and chirpy Brit-pop dancer. What it loses in genuine, serious soulfulness it more than makes up in happy tweety swinging poppiness. In fact, it is a genre distinction of toytown soul that it lacks overt seriousness, that the soul element be minimised in favour of out-and-out pop.....

full article in which above is clipped can be found at the SWEET FLORAL ALBION SITE

on this page

https://homepage.ntlworld.com/marmaladeskies/sfa36.htm

also pysch northern gets a mention on other page below

*** IT'S ONLY A NORTHERN PSOUL, by Paul Hodges ***

https://homepage.ntlworld.com/marmaladeskies/sfa22.htm

[Simon T]

had to smile at the use of this term

its used in a article on a sweet floral albion site

Paula Parfitt - 'Love Is Wonderful',

One of the biggest sounds on my school bus!

[Guest Jamie]

had to smile at the use of this term

its used in a article on a sweet floral albion site

Paula Parfitt - 'Love Is Wonderful',

One of the biggest sounds on my school bus!

link

So was Lorraine Silver 'Lost Summer Love'. But I think that was because the first line went something like: "Summer is over and we have farted"

Very Schoolboy

Jamie

Edited April 30, 2005 by Jamie

[Godzilla]

also pysch northern  gets a mention on other page below

*** IT'S ONLY A NORTHERN PSOUL, by Paul Hodges ***

https://homepage.ntlworld.com/marmaladeskies/sfa22.htm

link

Interesting article - although I think their definition of psych is a bit loose at times - I mean - Eula Cooper

If just having sound effects counts, they missed The Sweets "Satisfy Me Baby"

and Three Degrees - "Contact" for starters.

The bits that raised my eyebrows most though were the claim that The Count Five's "Psychotic Reaction" got Northern Spins (wonder if they're getting confused with The Seeds?) and that The Present's version of "Many's The Slip" is the best - suggesting there is/are other versions.

Can anyone spread some light on those two claims?

Godz

[wendy]

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The bits that raised my eyebrows most though were the claim that The Count Five's "Psychotic Reaction" got Northern Spins

no light to shed on this for you Godzilla (mainly because you destroyed the pylons yet again) but anyone wants to play this record at an allnighter I'll definitely dance

[Paul R]

TOY TOWN SOUL:

and Adrienne Posta's version of 'Something Beautiful'. Adrienne takes a fine mid-tempo US soul original (by Margaret Mandolph) and transforms it into a twee and chirpy Brit-pop dancer. What it loses in genuine, serious soulfulness it more than makes up in happy tweety swinging poppiness.

link

On "Sounds Of The 60s" on the radio on Saturday they played Georgie Fames Version of The Spinners "Sweet Thing". Same as above . A reasonable version but with no feeling.

Paul

[Gary]

Just out of interest, are there any dedicated collectors of this?