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Soul Satisfaction 02 - The Motown Connection Cd Review At first glance the design and presentation of the CD earns full marks with a breezy design and the front cover also doubles up as a 8 sided informative pullout. Each track being allocated, first a brief description by Jo Wallace, using her own unique style of description, which anyone who has had the pleasure of hearing her Dj will be familiar with . Who else would use the term "Moist Motown" ! And then following these lyrical descriptions, a potted factual history for each track for the info freaks, as in release date, details, numbers and origins. Always can tell how good a insert is by the amount of times you find yourself reading it and so far this one is well on its way to being well thumbed. On to the tracks themselves, well the listing was previewed earlier on Soul Source but just to refresh you its repeated below, as you may spot not strictly a Motown one but sweeps up and includes a few tracks from labels that later came under Motown. The track order follows a loose time structured format apart from just a few skips back and forth. The opening tracks finds us in the time of 1963 and the end ones has us finishing in 1973 and the styles follow suit, with early Detroit first, leading us into the labels golden age and then finishing just before (to me when the label lost it self) the mid 70s. Trackwise, well as said Jo Wallace comments and the info facts do each track justice, but as you cant read them without buying the Cd have just added my scribbles on a few of the tracks. Junior Walker - Good Rockin First track always a important one on a cd as its the one that sets out the stall, and this one takes us back to the Harvey Label in 63 with a well raucous opener, Mr Walker certainly gets you up and taking notice with this one. Will just say this had the whole household up and rocking this morning, all brushing our teeth in time to this one. Marvelettes - Goddess of love Carolyn Crawford - Forget about me Still in 1963 and well just say ... perfection Earl Van Dyke - How Sweet it is A track that works so well down at "These Old Shoes" and seems to be made for that style of venue Billy Eckstine - I wonder why nobody loves me Another floor filling track thats been in demand for a fair while now and its good to see it on CD. Tammi Terrell - I cant believe you love me Smokey Robinson and Miracles - Can you love a poor boy Martha Reeves - My baby loves me One track which seems to have always been overlooked due to its commercial success, always been a constant dig out and play through the years for myself. Fantastic Four - Just the lonely Fantastic Four - Cant stop looking for my babyBoth sides of this Ric Tic outing are on here and deservedly so, always good to hear those classic opening lines of "another two dollar room thats never seen a broom....." Monitors - Say you Temps - Hey Girl Jimmy Ruffin - Everybody needs love Current the last play at these old shoes nites and surprisingly I read its the flip of " I passed this way before", which sadly is one that must have lived in my shoe box for years unappreciated. Gladys Knight & Pips - Hes my kind of fellow A LP track which is another one that has been in demand recently and yet another one thats worth the cd price alone. Four Tops - Im Grateful Edwin Starr - Dont tell me Im crazy Spinners - Shes gonna love me at sundown Edwin Starr - Running back and forth Flip of his popular Time and another one which makes you wonder why stuff of this calibre was ignored on initial release and why you didnt pay more attention to those flips. Martha Reeves - Love, guess whoA first hear for me from 1970 and one that will definetly be played again. Edwin Starr - There you go Stevie Wonder - Light my fire Gladys Knight - Who is she Original of the Creative Source outing and a stop off on this trip to those funky psychedelic early 70s Eddie Kendricks - Date with the rainFrom 1972 comes one which found fame later in 80s on the rare groove side, and still works well in 2001 Marvin Gaye - Come get to this The one that earned the title "Moist Motown" and a great way to finish with the master and a track combining the magic of his 60s stuff with the feel of his classic 70s epics. Proves the top tip "Always finish on a high!" correct. Well there you go, as said just a few notes on some of the tracks, looking back at the Cd overall, it was a great journey, from those long far away days of 63 where both throbbing uptempo and girl soul sounds started us off, right up to the smooth hazy days of those early 70s, with stops off at a wide range of different Motown stops, ranging from the well known in demand tracks to little heard overlooked potential classics. To me thats the one thing that makes the cd stand out from the crowd, its not just a collection of thrown together tracks, but you can feel the thought and effort that has gone in to planning this journey, its a collection that you can listen to from the start to end with no need to keep hitting that jump track button that some comps suffer from, which proves the attention paid to the track choices. The final word, A top selection of tracks, a great mix of in demand items, little heard potential classics and just some cracking soul music. Its a good one and well recommended. In the shops date as soon as get it Universal - 013215-2 being the number

More info passed on, heres the playlist for Stuart Tylers spot on Friday. As you may know the CSC give the first hour of the night over to, up and coming local DJs and heres a example of the quality soul that is dished out in these "warm up" spots Irish Gregs and David Flynns full playlists have been added to review lower down Belita Woods Magic Corner Moira Marva Josie Dont UA Sandy Winns Ill Give That To You Simco Exits I Dont Want To Hear It Gemini John Bowie At The End Of The Day Merben Holidays I Lost You Groove City Cathy&Bootleggers Dont Count on Tomorrow Discovery Marion Stewart I Must Be Losing You R Sharon McMahon Love Is Wonderful Karen Dave Hall Look At Me Sound Sam Williams Love Slipped Through My Fingers Tower Pamela Beatty Talking Eyes Tip 1018 Martha Starr Love Is The Only Solution Thelma Dickie Wonder Nobody Knows Golden Triangle 101 Jades Im Where Its At NiteLife 70002 Startones Loving You Bille Fran 1 Cautions No Other Way Shrine Jimmy Mack My World Is On Fire Palmer Delites Lover Cuppy 101 Hattie Littles Love, Happiness, Misery and Pain Jobete Acetate

Busy times, heres a few scraps of news, thanks to David F and Neil The Motown Connection Cd complied by Jo Wallace is due out soon, Junior Walker - Good Rockin Marvelettes - Goddess of love Carolyn Crawford - Forget about me Earl Van Dyke - How Sweet it is Billy Eckstine - I wonder why nobody loves me Tammi Terrell - I cant believe you love me Martha Reeves - My baby loves me Smokey Robinson and Miracles - Can you love a poor boy Fantastic Four - Just the lonely Fantastic Four - Cant stop looking for my baby Monitors - Say you Temps - Hey Girl Jimmy Ruffin - Everybody needs love Gladys Knight&Pips - Hes my kind of fellow Four Tops - Im Grateful Edwin Starr - Dont tell me Im crazy Spinners - Shes gonna love me at sundown Edwin Starr - Running back and forth Martha Reeves - Love, guess who Edwin Starr - There you go Stevie Wonder - Light my fire Gladys Knight - Who is she Eddie Kendricks - Date with the rain Marvin Gaye - Come get to this Ripped from echoes The Motown Connection Vol 2 These Old Shoes co-promoter and DJ Jo Wallace has put together an excellent collection of less well-known Motown treasures which is due out soon on Universal. Almost every track is a must have addition to any serious Detroit fans collection, with many gracing the silver disc format for the first time. With everything from NS crowd pleasers to rare grooves this collection has something for everyone. Jo and fellow Shoes sideick Paul Thomas-Peter came into the soul 24-7 studios as guests of the Bee Cool show back in March, when the album was due for imminent release. despite a petulant mimi disc player that seemed to select tracks in a random fashion, we managed to give many of the cuts an airing and during the broadcast Jo and Paul did their best to fill the enforced gaps with informed background information. However, as these things tend to happen, the release date was pushed back and now looks like the CD will be in the shops in early August. But rest assured, its well worth the wait. Still a guaranteed floor filler, Junior Walkers Good Rockin dates back to 1963 when it first appeared on Harvey Fuquas eponymous label. A no-nonsense belter. Then theres Gladys Knight&The Pips Who Is She And What Is She To You which, although later covered by Creative source, is still damned funky. The 80s rare groove crowd are well catered for with Eddie Kendricks Date With The Rain from his 72 album People Hold On, and Stevie Wonders Light My Fire which first appeared on his My Cherie Amour LP. Jo has managed to pull together some not so obvious contenders such as Billy Eckstine,Earl Van Dyke, Tammi Terrell, Martha&The Vandellas,The Fantastic Four, and the Monitors AD truly one for the Tamla connoisseur. With any luck, a more detailed review will be in the next issue.

Latest news of what Kent is up to, thanks to Mr Flynn, who as you may know besides being one of the regular DJs at the CSC Dome, and involved with Soul talk List also runs great site Anorack Corner New Cd out now New Breed R&B - Various Artists - CDKEND 199 Listing and review by David F below Out Next Month Classiest Northern Soul - CDKEND 192 - Out July 30th 2001-listing in earlier post The Birth of Soul III - no track listing yet New Breed R&B - Various Artists - CDKEND 199 Ive Been Hurt So Many Times - Larry Davis / No More Doggin - Z.Z. Hill / Love You Baby - Bobby Blue Bland (Vocal) And Ike Turner And His Orchestra / Tired Of Walkin - Little Joe Hinton / Long Gone Baby - B. B. King / Stand Up Straight And Tall - Jackie Shane / Dixie Woman - The Newports / Stuffed Peppers AKA Humpin - Frank Armstrong / New Figure - King Solomon / Yea, Yea, Yea, Yea, Yea, Yea, - Terry & The Tyrants / Baby Youre The One - Marvin & Johnny / You Gotta Bend A Little - Larry & Tommy / You And Me Together - Vernon Garrett / Just To Hold My Hand - Vernon & Jewel / The New Breed - Jimmy Holiday / Me And My Chauffeur - Big Mama Thornton / Let Your Hair Down - Arthur K Adams / Take Your Shoes Off (Part 1) - Booker T Averhart & The Mustangs / Lovin Touch - Lowell Fulsom / Aint Givin Up Nothin - Al King / Find Another Woman - Willie Headen / Hes The One - Ike & Tina Turner / Move A Little Closer - Mary Love / I Got Eyes For You - Jimmy McCracklin. Hit read more for review.............CDKEND 199 24 tracks "New Breed RnB.........Soulful 60s Blues for todays dancers" Its good time dance music, upbeat on the whole and makes for a great party cd! Aimed at the 2001 RnB scene which dips its toes into the NS, Mod and Blues scenes, this cd is sprinkled with flavours from all of genre.........and should appeal to fans of all of em as well. Larry Davis Stafford fave "Ive been hurt so many times" is actually from 69....didnt realise it was that "late", and the Tommy in Larry & Tommy is actually Tommy Bush........didnt know that either. Not mentioned in the sleeve note but it suddenly clicked for me on listening through, was the fact that Marvin & Johnnys "Baby youre the one" shares the same backing track as Ruby Rowes "We need each other" on Resist........and Ive had both 45s in the past! Really liked Jackie Shanes slick "Stand up straight and tall", and was pleasantly surprised how smooth King Solomons vocal delivery was for once, on the jazzy finger snapping "New figure". If you appreciate a groovy instrumental then Booker T.Averharts "Take your shoes off" and Frank Armstrongs "Stuffed peppers" hit the spot. One track that stands out for me because of its great swinging Chicago style male group harmonies, is Terry & The Tyrants "Yea, yea, yea, yea, yea, yea", anyone know anything about them? One of the current popular spins on this "new scene" is the Newports "Dixie woman"...........yep, its not offensive and as mentioned in the sleeve note (entertaining and informative as usual with Kent) these kinda sounds have been popular on the popcorn scene for many a year....NS influenced but not necessarily the "traditional NS dance beat"....more bluesy or "early", if you know what I mean? To me, these style of tracks have loitered in my collection over the years cuz they are good records, but not necessarily NS ones....almost there but rejected for a non-soulful delivery or elongated guitar break......but kept as they have a certain quality, if you know what I mean again?! Eventually I would turn the discs around as I couldnt afford to keep/hoard everything........money/space wise, so its always a pleasure to get a cd dedicated to this musical genre! On the whole, most tracks are hard edged gritty and bluesy......and danceable. Id recommend it to anyone into 60s soul/rnb for sure, and theres gonna be a series of these kinda releases to look forward. David

Continuing the weekend soul feast and here's something we have not done for a while audio wise, yeah bang back up to date and back to todays current Rare Soul Scene Its the DJ sessions; and this one sees the return of Pete Coulson whos last lot seemed to have gone down well. From the North West, have caught his sets at Tonys and Llandudno recently and did good things to my ears. You can catch him at next Saturdays niter at Llandudno. Pete also runs the fanzine Northern Essence ( see mag section in topics for more info) Quality stuff and big thanks to Pete C for and all the others keeping things fresh and moving Read more for track list and Petes track info Take it away Pete .................. inc Doc+interns, Mighty Marvellows, Four Pros, Bonnie Brisker and more!! Doc and Interns - Baby I know -Now Out of Hollywood California, I think this is just right for today, pounding beat, great breaks and superb vocals with the backing running alongside the lead singer. This could go big if enough jocks started playing it. Thanks to Barry James for putting me on to it Johnny B Goode - Im willing - Ember On Ember records out of New York arranged and conducted by Dave Cortez. A bit more on the R+B side. Only just got this so Ive not played it out yet probably try it at Tonys in a couple of weeks. Thanks again to Barry The Mighty Marvellows- This Towns To Much - ABC Another one out of New York. My wife Viv has been raving about this for a couple of weeks after hearing Brian Dunne play it at Lowton, I heard Brian play it at Cleethorpes and I knew what the fuss was all about a wonderful piece of soul music and set to go massive Maurice and the Radiants - Baby You've Got It - Chess I have been playing this for a couple of months now and am getting a big response to it. I believe it got played at Stafford - always a good recommendation - I think the time is right for it again. Thanks to my mate Horse for putting me on to it. The Four Pros - You Cant Keep A Good Man Down - Carla Arranged by Mike Terry the production has got everything and you notice something new every time you play it. Another one thats got a few plays at Stafford but didn't make it at the time, it could be time now. Thanks again to Horse Bonnie Brisker - So much Lovin-Magic City Defiantly one for the dancers 100mph Northern on the R+B side. I never thought I own one of these , its took me two years to get one and I have only ever seen two other copies, Im sure there are more out there, but staying in collectors boxes I think. Absolutely awesome, never fails to get me dancing site note : six pack can now be found in refosoul 6 pack section

CSC Dome Fri 27 Jun 01 Afterwords Well my plans to get there early went straight out of the window due to a 2 hour jam, on the M bloody 6, so missed Stuart Tyler doing the “opportunity knocks” opening spot, but heard it went down well. Turned up at about 1030 with still a sizeable queue outside, thru the doors and into the cauldron, it was hot! Sounds wise, spent most of first half just catching up with people, so not many details from the first lot of sets, though dancefloor was busy and stuff like Downtown Crowd and Barbara Redd from Alan H were doing their work and building the temperature up even higher. As always the CSC DJ rotation policy was in effect, with the regs doing 2 spots each with a different order than last one and guest doing the one long one. Ian Cunliffe from the North West was the guest DJ arriving with a CV of being one of the top respected DJs up there, and he quickly put his credentials on the decks with a cracking set which included tracks such as: Mean Mis Treator - Joyce Taylor – Wally, Richard Anthony -Keep On Livin On–Virtue Tommy Turner-Lazy plus I Have No Choice, Go For Yourself, I Have Faith in you, Hush Don’t Cry, (Don’t forget you can hear 2 great sessions from Ian C featuring some of the tracks, in soul sessions page ) Carl F was up next and some of his delights included: Springers – Nothings Too Good For My Baby, Esther Grant-Lets Make The Most Out Of Love-Wilstone, Vickie Baines - Country Girl – Parkway, Martha Starr-Sweet Temptation-Chara Eddie Billups – Ask My Heart –Peachtree Onto David Flynn- he threw our way gems such as I Need A Man -Precious Three Ref-O-Ree Somethings Bad – Nomads Mo-Groove My Proposal - Soul Inc - Coconut Groove Oxford Nights - Im Such A Lonely One –Delphi Sidney Barnes- Youll Always Be In Style- Red Bird This Ones For You My Love- Benny Spellman –Alon Baby Yes I Do – Temptones – Unissued Version Rodd Keith & Raindrops - And The Lord Said – Preview Sidney Barnes- Safety Zone – Jobette Acetate (Check video clip of Benny Spellmans effect on dancefloor and Sidney Barnes live at a earlier dome in the soul sounds section in topics.) Irish Greg – up next with the end spot, Carl F had to leave early and he dished out quality rare soul with the likes of Did My Baby Call – Steve Mancha – Wheelsville Anita Anderson - Secretly - Contact Tomangoes - I Really Love You –Washpan Judy Freeman – Hold On Test Lp Version -Rca Jackie Wilson – Because Of You - Brunswick John And Weirdness- Can’t Get Over These Memories –Tie Virginia Blakely -Let Nobody Love You Cliff Nobles – My Love Is Getting Stronger – Atlantic Jimmy Raye – Philly Dog Around The World – Kkc Jesse Davis- Gonna Hang On In There Girl- Era Moses Smith– Girl Across The Street – Dionn Tangeers - Let Your Heart And Soul Be Free - Okeh Four Tops – Lonely Lover - Unissued Jimmy Ricks –Oh What A Feeling – Festival (Unofficial Dome Ender) And As A Encore - Trends – Thanks For A Little Lovin - Abc ok that was just a brief selection from the latter sets, hopefully will get fuller ones inlater, Crowd wise, well as said it was a packer, seems like every one turned up for this one, Loads of the regular suspects all turning up, too many to list, but nearly everyone was there, plus loads from all over the UK, NW, SW, SE, Scotland, Wales, as said all over. Quick name check for some who put the miles in were Pete Coulson , plus wife and gang from the NW, and as always Julie G made the trip down from there, bringing Kev and Steve with her , plus good to see a few recognisable “new” faces there for first time Russ Vickers and Pete Smith. Record bar had usual lot in attendance Roger Banks, Andy Dyson, Mark Hanson, Rob Messor. International wise Pete Morgan (ex North Wales) and gang from Australia, Leonardo and his mates from Italy, Germany was represented by Gerhard and mates from Frankfurt and also the Berlin gang were there in force as well. Long bus ride home or what. As always a well-mixed crowd, which gives the event a well unique feel. So that was that, top sounds, top crowd, end result a top nite. One of the best just got better. Of course this is just my own view on it all, though everyone have spoke to on the nite and after has said it was a top nite. If you haven’t made it there yet, well check the playlists, check the sound clips, check the video clips, check the reviews on here and other web sites, plus in many mags and fanzines and if it seems that its your cup of tea, get your arse down there and give yourself a enjoyable quality rare soul nite. Mike

Word of a new kent cd Northern Soul's Classiest Rarities- CDKEND 192 - Out July 2001 tracks Strange Neighbourhood - The Imaginations Just Your Fool - Eddie Whitehead This Love That Im Giving You - The Joytones My Hearts On Fire - Little Bob Cards On The Table - The Diplomats The Way Of The Crowd - Dan Folger Aint No Danger - Clifford Curry What Happened To Yesterday - Mr Soul Why Would You Blow It - Claude Huey Tell Me Baby - Karmello Brooks IllBe All Alone - Barbara Redd Raining Teardrops - The Rockmasters I See Your Face - Joe Simon Something About - The Royal I Have No Choice -Audrey Mae Mathews Youll Get Enough - The Delfonics The Yesterday Of Our Love - Jimmy Seals I Wouldnt Change A Thing About You - Johnny Wyatt Ive Got To Keep Movin - Charles Latimore & The Extremes Yes Im In Love - Unique Blend You Cant See - Five Stairsteps Dont Stop Now - The Mayfield Singers Trusting In You - The Fascinations Dont Tear Me Down -Charlie Rich.

Yet another Top Nite in London A cracking nite at the Notre Dame, if you were after a good time then this was the place to be this weekend. Great music, great crowd, great venue (air-conditioning!) what more do you want! Must say thanks to promoters and DJs - Nick and Dawn Brown, Andy Rix, Chris Dale and guest from Bradford way - Derek Pearson for such a top nite. Few bits of trivia - Russ Vickers, along with Dave Rimmer are the confirmed guests at next Saturdays 100 club niter. CSC Dome going monthly next year plus free 50 tapes at Jul event Latest copy of Soul Renaissance issue 5 was out There was also some interesting reading going around, copies of recent remarks that a DJ made over the internet slagging down London venues, Djs, promoters etc and a reply to those remarks!