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Another week ticked off and another Friday night unwinding with JD, a change of tempo from some of the recent slower mixes. Serving up a warm starter with a fiery chicken main and some rare steaks on the side. Hope you enjoy, keep safe and well!

Giving more thanks to all those who dig to find share previously unreleased / unissued / alt-takes of SOUL. Going deep this time for a Sunday, not for the faint-hearted. All from vinyl releases, some only recently released for the first time, some from over the last decade or so. Recordings by The Valdons, The Lovers, The Truths Inc, Brief Encounter, Gold, Marvin Smith, Otis Clay, Ike Perry & The Lyrics, Eddie Parker, The Diplomats, The Lyrics, Lee Moses, Frankie, The Exceptionals, Brenda Varner, The Masqueraders. Hope you enjoy and keep safe & well.

Couple of 45 min mixes here for anyone interested, giving thanks to all those who spend so much time & effort to find & release previously unreleased / unissued / alt-takes over recent years. Soul that might otherwise have been lost forever. These two mixes are on the more mid-tempo side from 45s and LP across various labels. Some more uptempo mixes to follow in a few weeks, some slower sides too. Hope you enjoy and keep safe & well.

Some slower and lower contemporary soul releases, recent and decent from the last several months, mostly 45's with some digital pre-orders. Hope you enjoy. Keep safe and well.

What a brilliant find and version, well done and thanks for making it available after all these years! I love the story, the tempo, so soulful....and now with Jesse’s amazing vocal. Both sides wonderful.

Thanks Paul and Kristen for including my take on ‘Soul with a message’ this weekend. The platform you’ve created is really interesting and some amazing selections from those who’ve contributed so far, lots more to come hopefully. Listening to all the mixes so far and taking time going through my own small collection to find recordings I felt fitted the project has reminded me again how vast the number and range of records out there and an insight into how the artists and their families, communities may have felt about various struggles then, as now all these decades later. I look forward to hearing more of the mixes this year and reading more too. Thanks again, take care all. Steve Link again here for anyone who’s interested to listen: https://www.lookatyoursoul.org

Just under a dozen soul 45's from the last few years. Hoping for better times ahead. Thanks for listening if you do. Happy New Year. Keep safe and well, Steve

Amazing performance that night, Maydie’s voice, stunning and the band too. What a night. Thanks for posting Chalky. Seven years ago already, hopefully more live performances and soul nights out again next year. Cheers

Looks brilliant...and alongside Gilly’s book also finally due in a few months...Winter might not be so bad afterall! Well done everyone involved, I can’t imagine all the time and effort that goes into such huge projects.

Mid tempo philosophical soul...another Sunday in lockdown.

Thanks for taking the time to type that..really interesting read and has made me pull out and re-listen to all the Hit and Run 45s I’ve bought over the years, without knowing much at all really about the label and stories behind it..until now. Keep it going, as so many wonderful CD albums and certain tracks getting missed or forgotten about. Cheers and keep well at this uneasy time Steve

Thanks. Glad you could listen. It’s by Dynamite Singletary - I really love you. Other side of that is great too! Cheers.

Take care all and hope you enjoy this latest mix

Mix of 18 tracks from LP, 45 and a few CD only gems in there too. Cheers.

Stumbled on this great interview and info / photos today when searching for something on Marvin Smith. I’d forgotten all about this and also the great CD of 4 unissued tracks until I found it when having a tidy up today...shame that never got issued to wider audience, would make a tidy pic-sleeve EP on 7 or 12. Can’t believe this was 5 years ago already...Thought worth re-posting the link here, otherwise might also get lost, as far as I can see being in events at the time rather than a featured article: Cheers, Steve

This pre-order might appeal to some who like the new/old records which sound like a dozen other familiar tracks rolled into one. Got me tapping me feet at lunchtime just now anyway. https://www.dalarecords.com/store/bobby-harden-amp-the-soulful-saints-runnin-to-get-to-your-love-vinyl

Thanks for reminding me about that...listened to the CD loads when it first came out in ‘94..shame he didn’t go on to record more, or maybe he did?

Enjoying the new debut LP from the Black Pumas which arrived in the post today. Think I already posted a track on the last thread (Colours) so here’s a couple of others.

Summer at last! Here's an hour of various soul for lazy days and long nights, mostly 70's 45's...The Futures, The Florida Spiritualaires, The Master Plan, Rosey Grier, Carl Hall, Bo Kirkland & Ruth Davis, Michael Wycoff, The Vibrations, Linda Clifford, Phillips Mitchell, A Brother's Guiding Light, Lynn White, Bobby McClure, Weldon Irvine, Charles Drain, Clausel.

Download only as far as I can see.. itunes, apple music, spotify etc. Would be lovely if both sides made it to a 45 with pic sleeve and liner notes to honour him. Fingers crossed!

....and the second one for anyone who also enjoys the slower sides “Lonely as you are”. It’s just done me in listening to this!

Charles Bradley - “Lucifer” One of two recently released posthumous recordings from the late and VERY great Charles Bradley, I believe recorded while he was sadly undergoing chemo for stomach cancer in 2016. What a voice and what a collection of recordings he’s left us with.

B side to latest 45 and not on the recent LP Soon be summer!