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I would also praise Pete & Tony's peerless knowledge & Baz's infectious enthusiasm for sharing this wonderful music. I've been turned onto many a great sound via these venerable sages, & that in itself is impagable, as they say in Spain. Keep on guys!!

Nice to see Soul Source, or rather the members of Soul Source, giving something back once again. Very heart cockle warming.

One after another, sadly it seems. RIP Uriel.

Well done Darryl. The jigsaw is finally coming together. Let's hope the Musicor one turns up too. While we're waiting, you can post up Darryl 2009! We can then add them all to the artists gallery. :-) M p.s. First pic now uploaded to artists gallery! albums -> galleries -> artists.

Why would the UK deport him? On what grounds? Work permit irregularities? Surely we hear worse at Speakers' Corner, as far as 'free speech' is concerned.

The title track to the album Winter In America is just superb. The stark lyrics, such as 'cities staggered on coastlines', forests beneath highways', 'robins perched on barren treetops watching last ditch racists marching across the floor' & 'democracy is ragtime on the corner'. Powerful stuff. Wonder what an old recalcitrant lefty like GSH thought to Obama's historic election? From the Indians who welcomed the pilgrims And to the buffalo who once ruled the plains Like the vultures circling beneath the dark clouds Looking for the rain Looking for the rain Just like the cities staggered on the coastline Living in a nation that just can't stand much more Like the forest buried beneath the highway Never had a chance to grow Never had a chance to grow And now it's winter Winter in America Yes and all of the healers have been killed Or sent away, yeah But the people know, the people know It's winter Winter in America And ain't nobody fighting 'Cause nobody knows what to say Save your soul, Lord knows From Winter in America The Constitution A noble piece of paper With free society Struggled but it died in vain And now Democracy is ragtime on the corner Hoping for some rain Looks like it's hoping Hoping for some rain And I see the robins Perched in barren treetops Watching last-ditch racists marching across the floor But just like the peace sign that vanished in our dreams Never had a chance to grow Never had a chance to grow And now it's winter It's winter in America And all of the healers have been killed Or been betrayed Yeah, but the people know, people know It's winter, Lord knows It's winter in America And ain't nobody fighting Cause nobody knows what to save Save your souls From Winter in America And now it's winter Winter in America And all of the healers done been killed or sent away Yeah, and the people know, people know It's winter Winter in America And ain't nobody fighting Cause nobody knows what to save And ain't nobody fighting Cause nobody knows, nobody knows And ain't nobody fighting Cause nobody knows what to save

I met Yogi in the Thistle Bar in Edinburgh around New Year two years ago. A thoroughly likeable chap.

Club Caliente!? Has the Boro' gone all Latino?

Cock up!

That's an interesting challenge Pete. But I reckon if you're gonna dub sounds from discs, it makes it a whole lot easier to put a compilation together for a start, right? You can put virtually anything you like on it. The more difficult, elusive titles will just come out of Tim Brown's record room, irrespective of whether they're warped to buggery or suffering from acute snap, crackle & pop. Perhaps I'm wrong, but I think it must be much more rewarding & credible to do the research, delve into record company vaults, listen to dusty old master tapes that haven't been gathering dust on shelves for years, finding unreleased gems, alternate takes etc, etc.

Interesting. I never rated these releases as it's always arguable as to what could be considered to 'sum up' venues like Wigan Casino, The Torch, The Mecca etc; If you add the dire disc dubbing that took place, it makes for a naff product, in general terms. Can't say it breaks my heart. The KENT-ACE compilations were always better value for money and continue to be so.

Andre Brasseur. Or was that The Wheel?

Excuse my trumping in church, but wasn't The Casanova Two a Torch spin?

I reckon you ought to send comps to mrs.radish. she done a sterling job providing you with all these torch classics!!

John E Vincent. Who else FFS?

duplicated post, but I was in the vicinity watching, nay stalking...

I witnessed the donnelly purchase from jev of marsha gee 'baby I need you'. Was that Tunstall or early Wigan.

Good God! It just gets better and better, doesn't it. A very warm welcome Paul.

Here's the info for the Chicago event Darryl. You can either PM them on here: the golden 101, or just contact them direct via the website. https://www.goldsoul.co.uk/event_pages/usa2009.htm

What an amazing thread. We'll all have been committed by the time it ends!

Superb. It's listening to stuff like this that makes you wonder how fickle the record buying was back then. This stuff to me is as good, if not better, than any of the chart bound stuff that year. I mean we had to contend with Blue Mink & Steam in the UK, didn't we? In the US, I suppose they were all getting into Sly Stone & wanting to be taken higher. It'd be great if you could tell us about your days at Musicor too Darryl. What about the NY scene back then? All those studios, the big corporate ones & then people like Juggy Murray's Sue set up turning out such brilliant material. Must have been an incredible period to have lived through. M

Christ, the Adams Aplles white? Never would have thought. Treeeeeeeeeeeeeemendous sound, now & then.

Black vs White, the old chestnut. I'm of the opinion that the blue-eyed argument is a bit of a tightrope. I love Danny Wagner, Bob Brady & The Conchords & some of the Magnificent Men stuff. These guys definitely ploughed a black furrow in my opinion. The great Bob Babbit came from that tradition. Some records that have been played on the scene, as I see it, don't plough that furrow and they are the ones that generally leave me cold. Jeanette Harper, Barbara Mills, Peggy March, Jackie Trent, Barry St.John, Helen Shapiro etc. A lot of it sounds like cod Bacharach David to me, though I did try to listen with an open mind, I found I just couldn't stomach it. I don't think that's an elitist position, just a matter of taste, which Gawd knows can be very subjective at times. I've advocated Feliz Cavaliere's Young Rascals on here before. Probably America's greatest 'blue-eyed' band, & when I say 'blue-eyed', I mean white artists that evidently plough the aforesaid furrow bla, bla, bla.

Top notch stuff. The uptempo tracks really swing & the ballad, as arnie j says, just oozes Soul. Keep the memories, tracks & pics coming Darryl. We're like gannets here, we always want more