Soulsmith

Was listening to James Fountain - 7 Day Lover and was struck by the fact its a perfectly good northern soul tune and a perfectly good 'modern' record. I'm sure there are plenty more tunes out there that would fit into the northern/modern catergory.....but what about other categories? Interested to here other peoples opinions for tunes that it perfectly well into 2 distinct categories ie northern/gospel, northern/latin, northern/garage, northern/blues etc.

HMV - special offer 2 CDs for a tenner. Picked up Aretha Franklin double CD & Etta James triple CD Result

Tower Of Power have a new CD out - on it there is a collaberation with Joss Stone - cover of Heaven must be missing an a angel. Getting played on Radio London this week. Available on itunes

Must be my lucky day. Thank you.

SALSOUL.............SAdly Lacking in SOUL...........unless I've missed something. But I do like that Moment Of Truth record.

I'll let you know if that is true - they are playing Staines in the cup next week. They have already upset the residents on the local newspaper chat forum - they have threatened to come down & pee on the petunias

Cheers for tip. Personally I'm interested in drums. There is sweet FA on ebay In an ideal world I'd like a songbook called "Play along with the Funk Brothers - the rare & unreleased tracks" In the real world I'll take anything with a soul 4/4 beat played at a manic pace.

Just scene links to his other stuff.... Check this one out Blokes a genius.

Yep like that - got any more?

Thanks for replies - as the man says "happy days"

Here is a quote from Ian Dewhirst in the book......"There were 7 lads there with custom blazers, all with Torch logos on them" Seem to remember were pretty fussy about our clothes......

Following on from the sax thread - I can see there is a fair bit of fun to be had playing the sax or drums or whatever instrument over the top of a soul record. I've had a look at quite a few download sites & have found bugger all. Anybody care to help out by suggesting a couple of sites?

Any idea if one of the dancers was Jethro?

Hi Chalky, Excuse me being a bit slow here - did you download from i tunes?

Just finished reading a book called the Soul Stylists. Its a bright & breezy read, mainly a collection of anecdotes covering the history of mods. Modernism started in the jazz clubs in Soho in the 50s and is still going today, apparently. The book has a chapter on Northern Soul - and gives the impression that the mods of the 60s evolved into the northern soulies of the 70s - and that evolved into the casuals of the 80s. I'm not too sure about that. Have always thought of the northern scene as a standalone scene not a progression of another scene. Whilst I appreciate that its not really a debate worth losing any sleep over - I was wondering what other people might think?

Is this the best NS You Tube clip to date? It certainly raises the bar - clips really well put together. Flows so well. Any body identify the NS dancers?

Nice one. Cheers for posting.

Name the tunes. Might be easier if we go 1. 2. 3. & so on. 24 DoM.mp3

I'd agree with that. Any idea where I can pick up an mp3? Cheers Col.

I too have a copy, but sadly no interesting anecdote

pot, kettle, blakc

Superb

I didn't realise the scene had travelled so far up its own arse.

Iain was certainly enterprising. I helped him with transport to & from the market. If he had done well I got paid in cash.....otherwise it was records. He had a talent like nobody else I have ever met for finding records cheaply. Think he still does a bit of buying and selling, but hes not on the scene, but turned up at Bisley all-nighter a couple of years back with Jasmine, Mick Lloyd & Tracey.

Ive still got a couple of copies.......makes no sense now Think there is the odd article by yourself.