Mark S

Judging by the examples offered I hope I am never grown up enough to understand it .

Frankie beverly would win because he,s got the butlers with him and they,re well hard

Bought quite a few water damaged albums in the early 70s from Robinsons records in Manchester ( Tamla, Gordy , Motown ) once you scraped the barnacles they played fine only the sleeves were knackered .

I much prefer to remember these great artists in their heyday dont wnt to see them as elderly and struggling , the music they were famous for was vibrant and young and thats how it should stay . I watched some youtube clips of Levi Stubbs recently and it was heartbreaking and painfull to watch someone that had given so much pleasure so obviosly suffering .

Back in the day I thought it was quite cool but now 40/50 odd year olds just look like Uncle Knobhead at a wedding .

Ah Phukett come back Malc

Maybe a poor analagy I dont know but the principle is quite simple . People are free to choose whatever format they want I,m not judging them . Part of the OVO thing for me is that link with an era , who,s hands has that disc passed through before it got to my box / ears, was the artist trolling round Detriot with copies of it in the boot of his car trying to get exposure ? . this albeit a bit of a nieve view to some is how I feel about the subject , its so much more than just the music its history .

Difinitive answer , you can stare all day at a print of the Mona Lisa it will register the same visual message in your brain as the original would but............. it lacks provenance , history and a tangible link to the artist in short it lacks soul . Well thats my view anyway . edit typo corrected

I will probably get lambasted and strung up for this . Working of an assumption that soul music is a reflection of the black experience and all that embodies then if a white artist sings soul surely its an imitation of that style .

He must have been a good dancer , he,s worn his legs right down

The twisted Wheel will be going spare in a bit

The ideal soul night would be the one that my knees dont hurt and a good mix of all sorts of soul

The Esquires - Get Away , pure unadulterated brilliance all killer no filler

What a brilliant thread this is , I have just played all the tracks people have posted one after the other, cracking session Not heard any of them before so thanks to everyone thats uploaded

IDIOT Not a soul fan ?

Not at all narrow minded just not heard any TC that floats my boat thats all and to prove my point about overated the responces that Ive had to my comments/oppinions amazing .

Call me a Philistine or tell me I,m wrong but those two killer tracks are bloody awfull However I appreciate your efforts to try and convince me otherwise

Unfortunately look at me now is as good as it gets for him the rest of his stuff is awful

Never trusted the Plutoniums either

Ordinary Joe bloody awful not over keen on what Ive heard of the rest of his output , so as for daft guilty as charged m,lord

Propper overated get me a bucket I,m going to be sick song The Winstons - Colour him father . Oh yes and Terry Callier , overated poo

Not heard the re-mix before not to bad , Sharon Jones can do no wrong in my book .

If your first experience of Northern soul was Blazes in Stockport and none of your mates would go because of its reputation and location then you have paid your dues and can handle anywhere

As Johnny Jones and the king casuals were Hendrix,s band isnt this the original ? then Jimi covered it as a solo artist . Or have I just confused myself trying to be a smartarse

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