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strange I can off load bog standard 80's pop albums but not cheapo NS, again down to the size of the well saturated NS market

its not an idea pete, its an opinion, if the scene sticks to its current 60's obsession it will die in my honest opinion, sooner or later. if it can take the ethos of championing underground music with passion, then it has an indefinate lifespan, again, IMHO.

imho it only has a future if the definition of valid music, for the majority, can move away from its 6ts bias.

heard frankie knuckles once say its all about the sequence, and over the years that statements been born out time and time again. that certainly doesnt mean you've got your playlist down before you hit the venue. I great DJ know how every tune in his box will intergrate into the others, where their set is going, and where its been. Have to agree about Cunnie's comments on the northern scene but have to add that I'd extend them the modern scene as well.

Sorry Adey but it would have to do some serious convincijng for me after that last trailer, Brinsdale was it? FFS!

thats just ace, my new xmas fave.

this would be on top of my tree, and would have fitted the remit well Ian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W77AfaU9MqA

not heard this before, good version, but it also reminded me how good the original is.

those tunes were always intended to be mixed, hence the beats, hard to programme otherwise. It got played 3 times in one night by parks @ the Hac, then faded like so many other worthy vocals of that era.

i was thinking of the bastardisation of the term garage, the uk garage scene, in the late 9ts tina moore- never let you go, RIP groove ect, shite imho, but yeah there was certainly good uk product, from labels like, 'hot', 'azuli' amongst others, I've made the assumption thats things were us released and noticed uk producers names on there too sorry for any offence you obviously know your stuff, but think you missunderstood my intention

and the bell acetate.

a couple from '93 that got played at lovehouse last night in cheshire, by Stoke's finest Dabba. Not heard either out in ages and sounded fantastic on a big system. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZArmBAjL3M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TumItWF1Sjs The later defines what garage was all about in the early 9ts, before the UK dicks got involved.

absolutly hammered this as a new release, his best and one of the best soulful garage sounds ever imho

you're always a man of taste Chris, I'm still after tunes you put on tapes years ago, lol.

got a copy of the smoke on here for a fiver, absolute steal imho

get a NS hi viv vest from here, you can direct traffic at the kings hall! https://soularcade.spreadshirt.co.uk/

personally I think the guys got a great voice, and the insturuments aint too bad, but as prevoiusly its a bit of an obvious choice and a bit of a cash in really, still I'd prefer it to the Shite solo record on another thread, ever likley modern soul has completly imploded.

I was ready to slag it as over hyped and over rated, then I remembered just how good this is, tunes as good as this with as low initial pressing are truely rare indeed.

remember Sam buy this again, late 9ts, early milenium and hammering it at the ritz bank holiday nighters.

doug banks- 'kept on...' and howard guyton, evoke, Keele bigtime for me, 'down and out' from the soultown era of Blackburn.

messers plant and page certainly owe a lot to that track and are indebted to Bobby, sad loss, and under credited guitar hero.

that might make a great video, lol, but bearsy I'm mystified why, for some, soul has to be attatched to the human voice, as plaintive as it can be, certain instruments, strings, horns, guitar, piano can all resonate just as deeply. i just heard Miles Davis, 'summertime' on R2, again if thats not soul oozing from horn, what the hell is it? you'll proper think I've lost the plot now! but just listen to it, and that sound he creates makes me ache in a way that just means soul to me. otis had it, janis had it, Jimmi Hendrix and billy holliday, christ even lou reed had soul. Its not a genre for me its a feeling. and you cant attatch it to a style date or even the human voice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oh2QN1OoXvg

fair do's russ, I've not had a hi fi set up at home for 20 years, but I've always had a mixer and decks, so I sposse i'm spoilt really. the qualities of frigging with the eq are much underplayed on the NS scene imho. We have loads of threads on here about cleaning records in various form but enhancing a tune with the gain and eq can be highly effective and is seldom mentioned. You cant play album cuts well unless you know how to use one either.

one, maybe two per set is about right for me, i love instrumental music as much as I love voices, do they have soul? well, I can remember Frank ellison articles that bored me to tears on the subject, all I'll say can you honestly, hand on heart say this doesnt have soul????? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0MopHto_So

thats sounds just like a smokey cut from the 6ts, outstanding deserves to be massive.