yet they dismiss proper roots-of-soul rhythm & blues as rock n roll and country music.
I lot of what I hear played of this ilk are tin pan alley also rans and have less connection to black music than music made by black musicians, frequently from detriot and chcago, for black audiences in the past 25 years.
I notice no one mentioned 90's or even Y2K indie soul, for me there's probably more miliage in street soul or even what was on the fringes of the acid Jazz scene.
same here matey, gave up northern in 89 to go to the Hacienda, Shelly's, Legends, shaboo ect, then just followed the soulful side of the music since then. Returned to the scene around 97ish after the best of it was done.
When I first got into the scene it was beat ballads, 15 year since it were crossover, nowadays everyones on the funky northern tip. Wha'st next? Gospel, uptemto 7ts (stuff termed too disco int past) or even a return to soulful house?
cant believe how influential some of these 'corners' records are, I was listening to a panamanian track the other day with that 'corners' breakdown on it.
Always wondered bout, jj Barnes sweet sherry, was this first played on acetate, or from the rare stamps LP? anyone ever seen or own an acetate, rather than an emi of this?
I suppose thats the real lagacy of this scene and back from the first mod generations, even surpassing the music, its the exclusitity the feeling of being into something different, something thats yours, or more importantly ours.
Butch playing the mello souls @ Jollies in stoke, around 88 and getting chairs thrown across the dancefloor at him by the stoke oldies brigade! PMSL. nothings changed!
I used discogs a lot about 5 years ago to buy classic house and proto rave stuff, to replace the stuff i'd sold to buy northern, LOL. I could buy the same tunes now for around 1/2 the price of less!