Pete S

Unfortunately they are going to be picking and choosing which comments show up on their website

Feel free to butt in anytime Tone, I would never profess to be anywhere near an expert like you obviously are (sorry thats not meant to be sycophantic or sarcastic), I just know what I know which is just about enough to get by! I enjoy all of Mark Lamarr's shows except when he sits in for J Ross and talks and talks for too long, helped by someone (usually Jo Brand). Although I think he may be a tightwad, I offered him my entire ska collection 2 years back and he wanted to cherry pick, I said no and that was that..

Walk away from love - bitty mclean - peckings 14546 refosoul

I can't believe I forgot to post this, if you enjoyed that soulful reggae thread I'm sure you'll appreciate this, an absolutely fabulous version of David Ruffin's "Walk away from love"

I think they used the example of Bowie doing a soul album to illustrate how it got fans to move from one kind of music (Bowie fans into glam rock) and listen to another (Bowie doing soul then yhinking it's good and discovering proper soul artists) I've always been a massive Bowie fan but I can't stand the Young Americans album. It is a soul album, it was recorded at Sigma Sound in Philly using the best black and latin musicians and singers, and his voice is superb but the songs are substandard. A track that never made the album, It's Gonna be Me, is one of the most intense white soul tracks you'll ever hear. And why they used a ropey version of John I'm Only Dancing Again, no idea. As for Dexys, again, they produced their own brand of soul, if you ever see that video of the tour they did called The projected Passion Review you'll find it hard not to think they have soul but they are not a soul group. They were used as an example of how soul music infurenced them.

Ian Levine ever ever played The Snake at the Rocket, not once. He played Judy Street one time, but never never never The Snake. So where did that little rumour come from?

Jazzie B "I used to go to all those parties up North and therewasn't a single black face there and I decided I didn't want any part of this, down South was more of a melting pot". Bye bye.

This is the original R & B sound and not the one we talk about on here all the time...won't be to everyone's taste but give it 10 minutes, see if you like it! GOOD ROCKIN' 50's RHYTHM & BLUES Authentic 50's rhythm & blues sound system classics...something a little bit different here everyone. Includes Amos Milburn, Etta James, Lynn Hope, Thurston Harris, Louis Prima, Roy Brown, Big Mama Thornton, Faye Adams, Dave Bartholemew and many more.. just clickon the Podcasts page and scroll to the bottom, click play and away we go! DAVE BARTHOLEMEW - THE MONKEY SPEAKS HIS MIND AMOS MILBURN - CHICKEN SHACK BOOGIE ETTA JAMES - THE PICK UP SMILEY LEWIS - ONE NIGHT JOHNNY ACE - PLEDGING MY LOVE THURSTON HARRIS - LITTLE BITTY PRETTY ONE THE ALADDINS - GET OFF MY FEET FATS DOMINO - BE MY GUEST LOUIS PRIMA - ROBIN HOOD ROY BROWN - ROCKIN' AT MIDNIGHT THE DODGERS - LET'S MAKE A WHOLE LOTTA LOVE ERNIE FREEMAN - LIVE IT UP MAXWELL DAVIS - HEY GOOD LOOKIN' AMOS MILBURN - ONE SCOTH, ONE BOURBON, ONE BEER CALUM BOSE -WAITIN' AND DRINKIN' LITLE JUNIOR PARKER - MYSTERY TRAIN FAYE ADAMS - SOMEONE LIKE YOU TINY BRADSHAW - THE TRAIN KEPT A-ROLLIN' JIMMY PRESTON - ROCK THE JOINT OSCAR & JEANETTE - HEY BOY, HEY GIRL ARTHUR CRUDUP - THAT'S ALRIGHT MAMA LYNN HOPE - BLUE MOON JAMES SUGARBOY CRAWFORD - IT'S OVER BIG MAMA THORNTON - HOUND DOG SONNY KNIGHT - BUT OFFICER https://www.raresoul.co.uk/wordpress/?page_id=11

This is the original R & B sound and not the one we talk about on here all the time...won't be to everyone's taste but give it 10 minutes, see if you like it! GOOD ROCKIN' 50's RHYTHM & BLUES Authentic 50's rhythm & blues sound system classics...something a little bit different here everyone. Includes Amos Milburn, Etta James, Lynn Hope, Thurston Harris, Louis Prima, Roy Brown, Big Mama Thornton, Faye Adams, Dave Bartholemew and many more.. just clickon the Podcasts page and scroll to the bottom, click play and away we go! DAVE BARTHOLEMEW - THE MONKEY SPEAKS HIS MIND AMOS MILBURN - CHICKEN SHACK BOOGIE ETTA JAMES - THE PICK UP SMILEY LEWIS - ONE NIGHT JOHNNY ACE - PLEDGING MY LOVE THURSTON HARRIS - LITTLE BITTY PRETTY ONE THE ALADDINS - GET OFF MY FEET FATS DOMINO - BE MY GUEST LOUIS PRIMA - ROBIN HOOD ROY BROWN - ROCKIN' AT MIDNIGHT THE DODGERS - LET'S MAKE A WHOLE LOTTA LOVE ERNIE FREEMAN - LIVE IT UP MAXWELL DAVIS - HEY GOOD LOOKIN' AMOS MILBURN - ONE SCOTH, ONE BOURBON, ONE BEER CALUM BOSE -WAITIN' AND DRINKIN' LITLE JUNIOR PARKER - MYSTERY TRAIN FAYE ADAMS - SOMEONE LIKE YOU TINY BRADSHAW - THE TRAIN KEPT A-ROLLIN' JIMMY PRESTON - ROCK THE JOINT OSCAR & JEANETTE - HEY BOY, HEY GIRL ARTHUR CRUDUP - THAT'S ALRIGHT MAMA LYNN HOPE - BLUE MOON JAMES SUGARBOY CRAWFORD - IT'S OVER BIG MAMA THORNTON - HOUND DOG SONNY KNIGHT - BUT OFFICER https://www.raresoul.co.uk/wordpress/?page_id=11

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No Win I was asking whether I should PM details to Mike or put stuff on the forum for all to read, I changed my mind as I thought it might get a bit heated so it's best left alone I think.

James is right ( ) the guy has had long enough now to come on here and defend himself, if people were saying these sort of things about me I'd be on straight away, as wars lars last week when a complaint was made about him

I'm sure its not but if you read this and you still have it, I'll definitely take it at that price

Often see this artist listed on Ebay - The Soul Cop (Oliver Christian) Norfolk International 10001 I keep coming back for more / Tribute to girls Mint- I wonder who he was...anyone know anything about him, and was he indeed a policeman?

What, go out and miss American Idol? You're having a laugh.

I just amended my reply Mike and I think I'll stick to it, sorry about that

Stuart. I'm shocked and pleasantly surprised. I knew McOrish was a bad influence on you.

Trouble is, they had to use the effects on many of the pieces because they were in peoples living rooms. They went way over the top, but some of them were done out of necessity. Bobby Sheen, for instance, was living in a delapidated shack more or less in Compton, Chirs Lalor was there when it was filmed and he said it was filthy and like a crack house. Well it probably was as Bobby was a user up until his death.

By PM or on the forum Mike? Second thoughts, forget I said that, it's not my argument, he wouldn't do the same for me and it's ancient history now.

I wasn't replying to your comments mate, sorry if it looked like that

I've got 3 of those ska records but people can't afford to be fussy about conditions nowadays...it's a case of buy it or you'll never get the chance again!

I know a lot of people are going to disagree with me but I think the Northern scene is a much worse place without Ian Levine in it. The way he was harangued and almost chased away last time he came back was despicable. So he rubs people up the wrong way and will never admit he's wrong, he's a bighead and he's rude..but but there's never a dull moment when he's around: his knowledge of soul music is immense his enthusiasm is boundless his taste is pretty much impeccable he knows how to put a spot together perfectly along with Richard Searling, he is the most important and best dj in the history of the Northern Soul scene People like Levine should be encouraged and celebrated, not crucified and have the piss taken out of. Bring back levine (again) I say.

First record I ever bought with own money was Dancing in the street(s) - Martha & vandellas on UK Tamla Motown reissue 68 or early 69 when I was 8/9. The first northern soul originals I ever had were In Orbit and festival Time in 1972 but I didn't know they were northern, if you see what I mean, I'd never heard the phrase.

I went downhill the moment you bought that Houston turd