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Jackie Wilson/Betty Everett

Ah Jimmy Norman, class!!!

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Always amazed by the number of records I've not heard of before , that by the titles and artists sound like they're gonna be great. Look forward to checking out some of these sounds

Big Frank's a great track. Love Luther to. Isn't there an early seventies LP by him entitled 'Luther'?

Yes of course, you'd already said it's on Dade, what a dick! Is is expensive though d'you know?

What labels' Benny on? Is is Money? I'd like the two of a kind track by Wade F, but it's hundreds

Ah, you gotta love Wade Flemmons, other place as well as two of a kind, Jeanette etc - top! Four Perfections is brill. What's that Benny Latimore flip like? Only heard the other side, which is something else. Top tunes..

Every week there's a new tune or a different version of something, things picked up a do's or heard from other sources. This week I av been mostly listening to (in no particular order), old & new; Patti & the Emblems - It's the little things you do Temptations - Check yourself Jerry Jackson - It's rough out there Ben E King - Getting to me Peppermint Harris - Wait until it happens to you Rockmasters - Raining teardrops Benny Spellman - This is for you my love The Sunliners - All alone Deadbeats - No second chance Vanguards - Good times bad times Dean Barlow - Third window from the right Freddie Houston - Chills & fever Hytones - You don't even know my name Imperial C's - Someone tell her (awsome slower version) Jerry Fuller - I get carried away Jimmy Beaumont - You got too much going for you Lew Kirton - Heavan in the afternoon Mr Tears (Paris) - Don't lead me on Ollie Jackson - Gotta wipe away the teardrops Ritchie Havens - I can't make it any more Paradox - Ring the changes Sam Cooke - Sugar dumpling Roy Roberts - Gotta have your love The Moments - You said Plus assorted others, that I av been mostly listening to this week. SHOW US YOURS . . . . . .

Northern soul coasters you say? Ever got a chipped record and gone at it with the big scissors? I know atop my speakers etc are SEVILLE - Dooley Silverspoon, MOTOWN, Stevie Wonder, MAJOR MINOR - Johnny Nash, VILLA - The Checkerboard Squares, VERVE - Clara Ward (don't ask, the label looked nice, honest)! Keeps beer condensation and coffee rings to a minimum and they look nice. If you like that sort of thing.

Don't get your coat just yet. I'm trying to think of an instrumental good enough to end on, but then again, I think you're right an ender should have words - meaning etc

Not seen that one yet. Upbeat eh..? Yeah I guess that's true. Getting back to the KFC ads, (groan) I remember the finishg strap line 'Got Chicken Got Soul' ... got chicken got soul...? When you've been on the floor for ages and the mood's just right and you've had your fare tipple of your favourites and you dance to records that you've never heard before, but they seem familiar in a magical way. That's the kind of thing that makes me think of soul. Not selected pieces of shaped chicken, formed and coated in a crispy batter!

You're twisting my melon matt, what I said was"I came in through the mod back door " thus embarked upon the scene, dig? you perv!

No need to be embarrassed Jamie, 3 years or 30 on the scene, theres still lots to learn/hear etc. NOBODY knows everything (Except PeteS obviously ). If you are still learning, surely thats where you derive the enjoyment. Well said Steve

You may be slightly missing the point Paul if you'll forgive me for saying so. Anyone who warms to good soul music has good taste in my opinion, thats fine. It's not new listeners that trouble me, it's the corporate grease peddlers. link [/quote Your first post on this thread stated you'd been into all this for 20 years, now you're saying you've been into it for a year! No it was PAUL who has been into it for a year, I was replying to his thread, I have been on the scene for over twenty years.

Why do a certain crowd like to think that this music is theirs and want to take it to their graves. Its pathetic. I've been on the scene for about a year and listening for about 3 years and i might not know all the artists or have a mega record collection, but the point is i love the music and its changed my life. You may be slightly missing the point Paul if you'll forgive me for saying so. Anyone who warms to good soul music has good taste in my opinion, thats fine. It's not new listeners that trouble me, it's the corporate grease peddlers.

I hear you Sam, I started out by saying most people on our scene feel as you do. It's not fried chicken music as the bird in Harpenden said. Fast food really is rubbish food and to associate that with with the quality music we listen to was just a little unsettling thats all. But no giggie, didn't want to go OTT on this. I'm off home for me dinner, let's hope she's not made me fried chicken!

Northern Soul not cool ???? It's straight from the fridge baby!!!

providing they're genuine ... Exactly, that's the key. Early 80's mod converts I think had some credibility by being into a retro scene for starters...

Hear hear

I hear it's finger lickin' good!

Yeah, I guess so. But this music is too good for the scene to fizzle out completely. I've been to nighters that have been sparse over the years, but on the upside, there's always plenty of room to dance! If it was a choice between the above or those 'drinks on the dancefloor' types I referred to in my other thread, I know what I'd prefer. Nothing against new blood though - peace

Cool, citizen may be a poxy term but I don't know what you'd call non soulies. By the way, your not Steve "stop your killing me Steve" are you?