Chalky

To be fair to many of the acts that have come over here, I have only seen a handful who had lost it. Two or three who were suffering with illness, cancer, Mary Wells and one of the Brothers of Soul come to mind. Most have been good or better, some fantastic. if you get the chance to see the likes of Lee Fields then do so.

Taken on my phone so quality not the best. He was great. He could hardly walk or move but he could still bang a tune out.

Spencer Wiggins, last year or year before. Into his 80s I think....

Martha had lost it altogether last time I heard her, someone I would no longer pay money to see.

It does the next day

I haven’t witnessed any young uns attempting to force the older lot out of the way, the opposite IMO. There simply isn’t enough youngsters to do this.

It tells you in the Catalogue of Entries that Don Hart is a pseudo for Donald Erquhart. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HkMhAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA669&lpg=PA669&dq=Donald+Erquhart+don+hart&source=bl&ots=vgK5jmRQFJ&sig=ACfU3U277Jat0RTN-eAV0U82TRNPkV8GOg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi58_qbmaDgAhWEsnEKHaABCw4Q6AEwCHoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=Donald Erquhart don hart&f=false

Arthur Fenn makes a welcome return to the studios of Radio Newark. January 31st 2019.

went for a £1000 (at least twice) and £1100 in the last couple of years.

2000Taylorboy That’s Bobby Taylor’s twitter handle, give him a shout. He is probably on facebook too. I’ll message him later when I have a bit more time

I’m with Pete, this site seems to spend so much time with what they dislike. There is so much negativity on here of late no wonder people are choosing other avenues for their social media. So you don’t like a record, move on to something you do rather than waste all the energy on a record that in reality you rarely hear in a venue. I cannot even remember the last time I heard it out? I heard it on a radio show recently but I didn’t feel the need to smash the radio up

Listen to this and tell me they are shit, Tom did a brilliant job with them.... Northern Side of Philly Soul https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00005N855/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_xjevCbXASNR7Y

Tom Moulton has done some brilliant work with a lot of Philly stuff.

Disliked personally maybe...certainly not by the scene

No it's not

What a joke of a topic. Some of the records, well just about all ram every dance floor somhow on earth can they be hated. Ones personal taste I can understand but to say a record such as Margaret Little is one of the most hated is just plain daft. It may not be the most soulful, it may not be the best record ever but by eck it rams the floor, its great northern soul.

I’m actually ok this week, surprisingly.

I think we should go back to a midnight finish the recovery time is a killer now

I don’t count but I no longer go out for the sake if a night out. I am pretty choosey these days. I can stop in for a few weeks the. Have a spurt where I am out for three ir fiur weekes running. I no longer worry if nothing takes my fancy and work no longer allws me to hammer it.

Just read the news that soul music legend James Ingram has passed away. https://www.soultracks.com/story-james-ingram-dies (January 29, 2019) Some things hurt too much, and this is one of them. We are extremely sad to inform SoulTrackers that legendary singer and songwriter James Ingram has died at age 66, after a long and very private illness. Ohio native Ingram first received attention in the late 70s as part of the band Revelation Funk and served as pianist for the legendary Ray Charles. But it was a 1980 demo tape on which he sang that became his unexpected career boost. He cut the demo of "Just Once," a Barry Mann/Cynthia Weil composition that was being delivered to Quincy Jones for possible inclusion on Jones's landmark The Dude album. Jones not only liked the song, he liked the singer on the tape and invited Ingram to provide the vocals to both "Just Once" and "One Hundred Ways" on The Dude. Of course, The Dude became an international smash and both Ingram cuts rocketed up the pop, soul and adult contemporary charts, ultimately landing Ingram a performance at that year's Grammy Awards as well as the trophy for best R&B vocal performance. Ingram's debut album, It's Your Night, was released to great anticipation, and it didn't disappoint. Led off by the smash duet with Michael McDonald, "Yah Mo Be There," Night was perhaps the best soul album of 1983 and was highlighted by the achingly beautiful ballad, "There's No Easy Way." Most of that album was also included on Ingram's 1991 greatest hits disc, The Power of Great Music, a nearly essential collection of romantic 80s soul music. Over the course of the next decade, Ingram's career took an unusual direction, as he became known almost exclusively as an adult contemporary duet artist. He consistently hit the charts in duets with Patti Austin ("Baby Come To Me," "How Do You Keep The Music Playing"), Linda Ronstadt ("Somewhere Out There"), Dolly Parton ("The Day I Fell In Love"), Kenny Rogers and Kim Carnes ("What About Me"), and Barry White, Al B. Sure and El Debarge (on Quincy Jones's "Secret Garden"), but his solo recordings struggled to find an audience. He broke his drought in 1990, taking the Thom Bell-produced ballad "I Don't Have the Heart" to number one, but never again had a major hit. After a six year hiatus, Ingram released Forever More: The Best of James Ingram in 1999, which included re-recordings of some of his biggest hits along with some lesser new material. He also appeared as a guest vocalist on Michael McDonald's excellent In the Spirit holiday album in 2001. Ingram continued to provide guest vocals for a number of artists and was been a regular participant in the "Colors of Christmas" concerts with Peabo Bryson, Roberta Flack and others. He also occasionally penned material for other artists such as Phil Perry and Brian McKnight. Ingram spent most of the early 21st century devoting his time to his family. He also performed regularly in Los Angeles and appeared in spot dates elsewhere. He remained active as a writer, teaming with dancer Debbie Allen to create seven plays, including the noted musical Brothers of the Night. He also became an active athlete, including a daily regimen of running, push ups, pull ups and stretching, and even participated in a marathon. While performing with Gospel harpist Jeff Majors, Ingram sang a composition he wrote called "Mercy." It won over the audience and sparked his interest in releasing an entire Gospel album. Beginning in early 2007, Ingram began recording Standing (In The Light), his first full inspirational album. The title track was inspired by his emotions as he observed on television the tragic results of Hurricane Katrina. The album was ultimately released in 2009 to moderate reviews. He played a series of dates to support the album and continues to stay busy in the wake of its release. Ingram continued to perform regularly on tours, but reportedly struggled with cognitive issues, which prevented him from reaching as many fans over the years as his enviable career would have warranted. James Ingram will be remembered as a talented, very good man with a golden voice that graced dozens of songs that will remain a part of the soul canon for a generation to come. All prayers for the family of this incredible star. By Chris Rizik

10 or so venues in an area so large, not much at all compared to other areas. Within 30 minutes of Sheffield I counted 31 one weekend. Manchester, over 70 within an hour.

Great record it is too.

Surely been enough discussion lately for you to by now make up yer own mind

It sin’t a reissue but simply a further run or press if you like. If it was a reissue as you imply it would have a different matrix altogether as the first would have been deleted. There is a difference between further presses and reissue. Neither is it an oddity, been enough about over the years although as you say it does seem to be harder to come by And in any case does it really matter? It is simply another piece of the collecting puzzle.

Where was the event at the weekend? One all-nighter just relaunched was pretty empty too by all accounts, one account from someone I trust yet the reviews by those involved implied the opposite. More securtiy than punters come 4 or 5 o’clock. something needs to happen soon, the scene is doing its level best to bugger itself up. Sh*t holes for veneus, often free to hire, new events every week even thought they are not needed, clashing with sometime 3 or 4 venues in the same town on any given weekend. All it is doing is dividing loyalties, splitting the crowd. I know many are getting disallusioned, myself included (have been for a while now). Sounds like the Mojo has lost its mojo, where is it anyway?