Roburt

I'm always amazed that though Motown put out 20 or more solo tracks by Valerie in 71/72, hardly any of them were uptempo outings. I guess they were keeping the most commercial Ashford & Simpson songs for their top selling artists.

My fave from A & S ....

Here's Sammy, enjoying himself on the dance floor at the event (ALSO he really did like beer !!) ...

Didn't Sean Gibbons organise a Weekender in Morecombe in 1990 ?? I know I took Lou Ragland to perform at a weekender in Morecombe around then; Sammy Ward & Francis Nero were also on the bill at the event.

MGM, I'm just up the road in Abingdon. They didn't have any copies of 'Young Soul Rebels' in there did they ??

I checked the availabilty of Young Soul Rebels in my 10 nearest branches of THE WORKS ... sold out in everyone.

Mark, have you stocked Tony Newton's book (Gold Thunder) ... I got a Kindle version free off Amazon (this only works if you have a US address) & it's a good read. How about the book on Duck Dunn - Soul Fingers ? ... though it seems a lot of the book space is taken up reproducing sheet music.

So was this where you headed on Thursdays ...

Same ladies as in the above pic (early 80's ) ....

NOT CONNECTED TO THE ACTUAL GROUP ...... BUT .... if you do a google search using their name & soul .... just about the only thing that comes up are articles about the Brodway show of that name (which was based around Duke Ellington's music). Incidently, one of the stars who had leading roles on that show was Phyllis Hyman ... CHECK THIS OUT THOUGH .... https://www.uncamarvy.com/Bobbettes/bobbettes.html .... an extract .... 1977 saw some releases as the Sophisticated Ladies. These were 12-inch 33 1/3 dance mixes, released on both Bareback and Mayhew (with the same record numbers), one record was "Check It Out, Parts 1 & 2), and the other was "Check It Out, Part 1," backed with "Good Man."

One last Miami club ad ... this one mainly features nationally famous acts but it does illustrate the strength of line-up that appeared locally a lot back in the mid 60's (before the Overtown area was destroyed by the local {white} council's urban clearance / highway improvement schemes) ... The Miracles didn't even get a featured picture or a high place on the billing .....

A publicity pic for another local show staged in 66 .... pity the book doesn't seem to touch on the complicated Marvel(l)s / Fabulettes story.

Not only were there numerous local soul singers playing the club circuit, but lots of visiting acts would come down (mainly over the winter period) ... Guess the book only really deals with the local scene (clubs / acts) & not the visitors ... but here's a club ad from 65 ...

This new book looks really interesting .... the Florida & Miami soul scenes back in the 60's / 70's was a really fascinating & diverse entity ... don't know if this book truly captures the full picture but I hope it does ...

The Small Faces back when they played mainly soul numbers in London clubs ...

The Marquee back then ....

A top London soul club back then ...

NOW SOLD OUT (on-line at least, some individual stores will probably still have copies).

Another from Joyce Bond ...

Some of the acts only stayed on the UK soul scene for a short period, folk like Jimmy Cliff & Joyce Bond soon returned to their reggae roots. Not before they'd cut some decent tracks though ...

I know we've had loads of books about the 60's mod scene, even more about the NS scene that touch on what went on here in the 60's and club specific books (Twisted Wheel, Mojo) BUT is there a comprehensive book that deals with the UK Soul Club / Live Acts Scene in the 60's ?? One that mentions the legendary venues in London, Portsmouth, Windsor, Dunstable, Boston, Newcastle and more (Wigan Casino was already going strong as a venue for live soul acts to perform back in the 60's). ALSO, I'd like one that also included info on the live acts that played these places -- The regular US visitors (Edwin Starr, Jnr Walker, Ike & Tina Turner, Ben E King, Oscar Toney Jnr, etc) The US acts that settled here (P P Arnold, J J Jackson, Rosetta Hightower, Sonny Child (aka R B Greaves), Johnny Johnson, the Drifters, the Velours / Fantastics, Gypsies / Flirtations, etc). The US folk that came over as servicemen, started to perform & sometimes stayed on (Geno Washington, Herbie Goins, Ronnie Jones, etc.). The US groups that came over here to find they had to perform as another act (Diplomats / Sam, Erv & Thom, Invitations, Topics, Internationals / Persuaders, etc). The Caribbean immigrants who performed here (Jimmy James, Jimmy Cliff, Joyce Bond, Jackie Edwards, Diane Ferraz, Carl Douglas, Clem Curtis, etc). The UK guys / groups who performed here on the soul club circuit (Alan Bown, Georgie Fame, Julian Covey, Linda Lewis, Chris Farlowe, Zoot Money, Ferris Wheel, Rod Stewart, Brian Auger, Julie Driscoll, Action, etc). If no one tackles these topics & turns the info into book form, we''ll lose much of the detail needed to capture just what went on back then ...

'Greg in New Jersey' is now 'Greg in Palm Springs' .... moved to the sun a couple of weeks back.

The recentish thread But Was It 'A Big Thing' After All ? dealt with this subject (the many different versions of the song).

Kegsy, you can't possibly recall who was there at the time, what they knew & which track was which ... you were always off your head back then.

More info on the actual incident at the hotel (which isn't covered fully accurately in the film) was detailed in the 1968 published book The Algiers Hotel Incident (JOHN HERSEY). He interviewed folk actually involved that night (including Dramatics members), and took details from TV and newspaper coverage, etc. He states that the Dramatics had finished their spot on the show @ the Fox Theatre before heading out to the motel. They had performed the following on the show ... GROOVIN, I WANT A LOVE I CAN SEE, INKY DINKY WANG DANG DO, BINGO, SOMEWHERE & ALL BECAUSE OF YOU (Sport 45 cut).