Roger Williams

Have to admit, that 'LP only if not on 45' 'rule' is a new one on me. You really couldn't make some of this stuff up could you! Roger

Doesn't it count if you have the LP playing on the decks with the arm up at the same time you're playing the CD . . .

The title track to this LP is OUTSTANDING! Roger

I love my LP OVO sets at the North Lancs Soul Festival Morecambe Weekender as well mate, looking forward to the next one at the end of the month. Also my radio shows now are primarily LPs tracks. I love me LPs I do, always have, always will. Cheers Roger

A podcast can be as long as you want it to be. Ones done via radio shows are generally two hours, but if you're just going to do a podcast of music or a standalone podcast, then you might want to do it so it'll fit on a CD for people to play in the car. Podcasts can either be downloaded as an mp3 or they can be streamed in real time depending on where you upload it to. I do all my podcasts on https://www.podomatic.com - when you start out it's free and you get a certain amount of storage/download bandwidth, but if/when it gets popular you'll find that won't be enough so there's options to go 'Pro' and pay for the privilege, which works out about $15 a month, which isn't too bad. Worth checking out I'd say. Cheers Roger

Yes, but you're not a northern soulie as I would define one, you're just a bloke with dodgy taste in music.

Classicsoulradio.biz Show 3 - Sunday 26th February PLAYLIST: Gavin Christopher - We're In Love (LP: Gavin Christopher 1979) Anglo Saxon Brown - Gonna Make You Mine (LP: Songs For Evolution 1976) Gene Page - Second Time Around (LP: Love Starts After Dark 1980) Love Unlimited Orchestra - Dreams (LP: The Love Unlimited Orchestra presents Mr. Webster Lewis 1981) Opus 7 - I Love You (LP: Thoughts 1979) Sweet Thunder - To Give Love (LP: Above The Clouds 1976) Lovesmith - Look Out Below (LP: Lovesmith 1981) Heaven & Earth - Whole Lot Of Love (LP: Fantasy 1975) G. C. Cameron - Lets Run Away Together (LP: You're What's Missing In My Life 1977) Main Ingredient - Rolling Down A Mountainside (LP: Rolling Down A Mountainside 1975) Trammps - Living The Life (LP: The Trammps III 1977) Smokey Robinson - I Love The Nearness Of You (LP: Where There's Smoke 1979) Norman Connors feat. Adaritha - Handle Me Gently (LP: Invitation 1979) Paul 'Brighton Boris' Regan Listener Selections: Jimmy Smith feat. Afreeka Trees - Can't Hide Love (LP: Sit On It 1977) Family Of Eve - Having It So Bad For You (45 Jeree Records 1980) The J.O.B. Orchestra - Don't Want That Ilusion (LP: Open The Doors To Your Heart 1978) Breakwater - Time (LP: Splashdown 1980) Niteflyte - I Wonder If I'm Falling In Love (LP: Niteflyte 1980) Earth Wind & Fire - Turn It Into Something Good (LP: Faces 1980) Lovelites - Love's So Strong (LP: 45 Lovelite Records 1973) Jeannie Reynolds - I Don't Want To Be Second Best (LP: One Wish 1977) David Ruffin - Can We Make Love One More Time (LP: Gentleman Ruffin 1980) Jean Carne - Bet She Won't Love You (LP: Happy To Be With You 1978) Anthony White - Yes You Need Love (LP: Could It Be Magic 1975) O'Jays - Let Life Flow (LP: Message In The Music 1976) Brainstorm - Loving Just You (LP: Journey To The Light 1978) Side Effect - Finally Found Someone (LP: What You Need 1976) Linda Clifford - Only The Angels Know (LP: I'll Keep On Loving You 1982) Links as follows: PLAY DOWNLOAD Cheers Roger

Classicsoulradio.biz Show 2 - Sunday 19th February PLAYLIST: Rufus - Bet My Dreams (LP: Numbers 1979) Leroy Hutson - Love Oh Love (LP: Love Oh Love 1973) Willie Hutch - Soul Strut (LP: Havin A House Party 1977) Natural Four - Try To Smile (LP: The Natural Four 1974) Impressions - We Go Back Aways (LP: Finally Got Myself Together 1974) Notations - There I Go (LP: The Notations 1975) Zulema - You're So Empty (LP: R.S.V.P. 1975) Webster Lewis - Do It With Style (LP: On The Town 1976) Webster Lewis - Hideaway (LP: Touch My Love 1978) Webster Lewis - The Love You Give (LP: 8 For The 80's 1979) Jaisun - Keepin' It To Myself (LP: Jaisun 1977) Shirley Brown - Honey Babe (LP: Shirley Brown 1977) The Joneses - Universal Love (LP: The Joneses 1977) Jones Girls - Life Goes On (LP: The Jones Girls 1979) Marlon Guildford listener selections: Robert Winters & Fall - Do It Any Way You Want (LP: L.O.V.E. 1982) Gemini - Can't Throw Away A Good Love (LP: Rising 1981) Darrow Fletcher - Rising Cost Of Love (45 rpm single 1979) Waldo - You Better Play Your Cards Right (LP: Love Don't Grow On Trees 1982) Ohio Players - Star Of The Party (LP: Ouch! 1981) Beau Williams - Stay With Me (LP: Stay With Me 1983) Crystal Winds - Love Ain't Easy (LP: First Flight 1982) John & Arthur Simms - Love Will Getcha (LP: John & Arthur Simms 1981) Michael Wycoff - Take This Chance Again (LP: Love Conquers All 1982) Earth Wind & Fire - Take It To The Sky (LP: Faces 1980) Dazz Band - Gamble With My Love (LP: Keep it Live 1982) Aretha Franklin - Just My Daydream (LP: Jump To It 1982) Stanley Turrentine feat. Jean Carne - Night Breeze (LP: L.A. Place 1989) Ronnie Dyson - Heart To Heart (LP: Phase 2 1982) Links as follows: PLAY DOWNLOAD Cheers Roger

Always used to do new music radio shows, but a few months ago I changed tack for a number of reasons and now do a weekly two hour show consisting of quality 70s and 80s tracks, mainly LP cuts, which may be of a bit more interest to the good folks of this fine forum. Or maybe not as the case may be. All shows podcasted weekly, this is the first one: Classicsoulradio.biz Show 1 - Sunday 12th February PLAYLIST: Leroy Hutson - Lucky Fellow (LP: Hutson 1975) Lou Courtney - Somebody New Is Lovin' On You (LP: I'm In Need Of Love 1974) Reflections - She's My Summer Breeze (LP: Love On Delivery 1975) Notations - Take It Slow (LP: Notations 1975) Impressions - You Can't Be Wrong (LP: Loving Power 1976) Nancy Wilson - Now (LP: This Mother's Daughter 1976) Donny Hathaway - Flying Easy (LP: Extension Of A Man 1973) Black Ice - Postcard Love Affair (LP: I Judge The Funk 1979) Leon Ware - Love Will Run Away (LP: Inside Is Love 1979) Nature's Divine - I Just Can't Control Myself (LP: In The Beginning 1979) Natural High - I Think I'm Falling In Love (LP: Natural High 1 1979) Paulinho Da Costa - Let's Get Together (LP: Happy People 1979) Bobby Thurston - Sweetest Piece Of The Pie (LP: Sweetest Piece Of The Pie 1978) Main Ingredient - Save Me (LP: I Only Have Eyes For You 1981) Mighty Fire - Sweet Fire (LP: No Time For Masquerading 1981) Sandra Feva - Just To Be Close To You (LP: Savoir Faire 1981) Alton McClain & Destiny - Answer To My Prayer (LP: Gonna Tell The World 1981) Earth, Wind & Fire - My Love (LP: Raise! 1981) The Emotions - There're Never Be Another Moment (LP: New Affair 1981) Herbie Hancock feat. Gavin Christopher - Satisfied With (LP: Love Magic Windows 1981) Cameo - I Never Knew (LP: Knights of the Sound Table 1981) Tom Browne - I Know (LP: Magic 1981) Zingara - Are You Ready for Love (LP: Zingara 1981) Dazz Band - What Will I Do Without You (LP: Let The Music Play 1981) Future Flight - Let Me Love You Where It Hurts (LP: Future Flight 1981) Phyllis Hyman - The Love Too Good To Last (LP: Can't We Fall In Love Again 1981) Debra Laws - Meant For You (LP: Very Special 1981) Links as follows: PLAY DOWNLOAD Cheers Roger

I've waited about 15 years for a northern soulie to be honest enough to say that, fair play to you mate. Roger

It's the old 'what is modern soul' chestnut, Mark, it's been discussed many many times both on here and other forums. All irrelevant really mate, good music is just good music. Roger

Pete all time classic 'I'd rather listen to a blank disc than modern' is still etched on my memory.

Mark, you could check you my last few shows here, all 'modern' in the 70s and 80s sense of the word: https://soulsorts.podomatic.com Roger

As well as "Wanna Be Where You Are", "You're So Empty" and "Why Do I Love" do it for me as well. Roger

You've quoted me but I didn't 'have a go' at anyone, I just questioned that his post was more applicable to a collector rather than a DJ, no more than that.

Anyone can call themselves a DJ and play for an hour with original vinyl 45s and still be rubbish, I've seen it plenty of times. Original vinyl doth not a DJ make. That's a quote from the Rare Soul Bible that is.

Isn't that a collector?

Plenty of old boots though!

Thinking about this, if that was the case, would the 'originals only' scenario come into play here? The DJ can only have sex with somebody who actually went to the Torch or Wigan?

Simon Murray goaded me into saying it mate. Now there's a interesting concept eh? Taking up DJ'ing on the Northern Soul scene to get laid.

Whereas with Ian Dewhirst it's the other way round.

Very sad news indeed, didn't know Max that well but DJ'd alongside him in the early days of Lin Taylor's Soul Underground gig 9 years ago and found him to be a really nice bloke. Condolences to all his family and close friends. Rest in peace Max Roger

One of the truest statements I've read on here for a long time, 60s dance music, that's all it is.

I don't like any reggae at all. It's all shit. This record's only being hyped by Lee Jeffries on rarenorthernsoul.com anyway to generate sales isn't it? Same as that Lisa Stansfield 831 was hyped as something along the lines of 'the biggest modern soul dancer ever', which surprisingly enough was met with some mild amusement by a few of us 'Modern Knobheads'. The Beres Hammond is pretty good imvho but one of those records which is the aural equivalent of eating a chinese meal. Roger

Bollocks, sorry folks, been chocka this last few days, didn't post them when I said I would (obviously!) and haven't been near a post office during office hours since. Will leave a note for self to shoot out at lunchtime regardless tomorrow with them, hopefully it'll be worth the wait. Apologies again for being a big rubbish. Roger