lisahurley

Having trouble acquiring the Contempo release...

come down here and stay at mine anytime Sharron x

funky nassau - beginning of the end

I think the Stetsasonic nicks heavily from Donald Byrd's Dominoes and then there's a sample of it on the b-side. For me it's I'm cumin home in the mornin - Lou Pride and What's it Gonna Be - dusty, beginnings - Astrud Gilberto

crafty

the clip on you tube is the longer version, I wondered if that was an LP track. Goosebumps choon. xxx just looked for it but it's gone

Liam could charge a quid for each tomato thrown

I've never been so depressed

I received word from him a few weeks ago. He's living in Las Vegas, doing the gig circuit there, seems very happy, still married to Clella-Anne, though I'm not sure where she'll hang out in a sinful city. He's recording and performing live still and I'm sure he'd come over if invited. He's on Facebook and Myspace too. L x

A friend forwarded this link: https://www.beonscreen.com/uk/tv-shows/audi...n-soul-2347.asp

What was Tony Blackburn's NS name? (Gareth you know). He works at my place sometimes and once when a colleague of mine was away on a shoot with him I texted the colleague telling him to call TB by his other name, and he sent me back a photo he'd taken of Tony flicking me the finger. So I guess he's not so proud of it.

I get sent dave's list here's his email davewithers2001@yahoo.com

Yes Ian, I wish I understood it better. I guess it's exciting records like Exus Trek that got me into Northern though, because they were unusual. Ditto when I first heard Towanda Barnes thought it sounded a bit like Motorhead! There's a whole bunch of Northern records that I really don't get and I think it's the ones that follow a pop formula, intro-verse-chorus-verse etc, and played in an obvious key which would be chosen for pop as most palatable, ensuring a hit. But of course it's impossible to sumarise and you should never say "all northern". As for writing a book about it, you, Rachel and Michele should definitely get together, I know a good graphic designer.... Lisa x

I didn't mean to make it all sound complicated, I was notoriously shit at music at school and that's why I thought it could be simplified. But now I'm a bit more confused, I thought Doby Gray would be a minor, that piano riff is deeply depressing sounding to me, but I find the Roy Roberts record very exciting, so I guess I'm a minor key type of person. Maybe the soul community can be split into two types this way, regardless of which football team you support.

https://www.guardian.co.uk/notesandqueries/...,-20342,00.html I saw this posed in the Notes & Queries section of the Guardian and it's something I've always wondered about Northern. Some records touch you so deep as to make you feel high, even though you know they're essentially sad, is this because they're in a minor key? Or am I simplifying it? Maybe it's not the key but other elements that get us going on the dance floor or crying in the toilet. Any theories?