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That's right Steve, and especially true for the huge number of people outside of the UK from all around the world who are not of British background but who are now firmly into rare soul ... The Mod Revival scene in the late 70's / early 80's was huge in places like Australia, Germany, Japan etc.

Matt, Are you completely underwhelmed by the apathy shown by our beloved fellow Soul Sourcers towards Soul LPs Guess those damn 45s are a habit soul fans will never break ... Anyway, one thinks that there's a bit of urban myth making going on about this LP, it comes up every now and then, so I wouldn't think it's that rare. It's got 4 listings on popsike alone and in a couple of those the sellers state that there may only have been less than 10 made !!! I doubt it ! But who knows !

Arthur Fenn been playing this. I have one to sell. What's the current value ?

Believe it or not - and mind you , Bobby Bland is one of my favourite all time soul men - but there is an absolutely brilliant kick-arse version of 36-22-36 by Len Barry (and the Dovells) on their Cameo LP from 1965 !!!

Films like this are are produced to make money , pure and simple. And the commercial dictates of making such a film will require well known names to in some way be associated with the film. That's why names like Duffy Weller Winehouse etc are being bandied about at this early stage. It will be interesting to see what lengths the producers will go to to give this film some commercial appeal to the rest of the world (read : the US market !!!) . If they are looking for a setting for the film, then an interesting approach might be that mythical piece that Tony Cummings wrote in Black Music magazine in 1974 ... Set in the USA ... old soul man Eddie Foster (played by a Hollywood star - possibly Samuel Jackson ? ) , now down and out on his luck , having long given up on a musical career and his dream of fame and riches , wakes up in the middle of the night , startled after a nightmare - it's a telephone call from this barely intelligible Englishman telling him that this one obscure record "I Never Knew" that he made a long time ago and hardly sold more than a handful is massively popular with thousands of (then) teenagers in the north of England and can he pack his suitcase to get over there post haste .... and so on and so on . Sound familiar ?

Was Admiral Shohn Ice's "My Carolina Girl" a tailor made for the US Beach Music scene ?

Sorry Ken , I'm busy, gettin' ready to watch Australia take on favourites Argentina in the Olympic football today. Of course England ... or rather Great Britain ... don't even attempt to qualify for Olympic football tournaments ... how pathetic !

Played "Soon As Your Thing Is Done" at the very first northern soul allnighter ever held in Australia in 1991 at St Elmos Nightclub in Sydney along of course with Doug's version of "I'll Be Around" ...

Well, the Joy Lovejoy issue gets even more interesting .... Can anyone explain this issue of In Orbit on US ARGO !!!! Check out the photo on this link https://thehookandsling.podbean.com/2008/07/23/couldnt-hold-back-if-i-tried-to/

Well, the Joy Lovejoy issue gets even more interesting .... Can anyone explain this issue of In Orbit on US ARGO !!!! Check out the photo on this link https://thehookandsling.podbean.com/2008/07/23/couldnt-hold-back-if-i-tried-to/

Another great blue eyed soul dancer by the same writing and production team is "Alive and Well" by a group called Spare Change on the Vanguard label. Not sure if it ever got any spins on the Northern Scene. Has all the ingredients. Anyone ?

Yes that's right Steve, and now that you mention it, I'd really like to know what is the legitimate first issue (UK) of John Miles "One Minute Every Hour" ? Black coloured label called Orange ? And what does the counterfeit look like ? Anyone ?

It's staggering that - after all this time - the international movie industry has still yet to make a major motion picture either directly based on the Northern Soul scene or at least using the scene as the basis or backdrop (pardon the pun) for a movie. And I've always suspected that is due to the defining characteristic that is unique only to the Northern Soul scene like no other ... which is for the last 40 years whenever the outside / commercial world has taken one step towards the Northern Soul scene, the scene has then promptly taken two steps in the opposite direction with the middle finger firmly raised ....

Well posted Ian ! People looked at the pic of DJ Toomp and just assumed his father had to be black : ... which can sometimes be a very dangerous assumption to make ! The vocalist on Turning My Heartbeat Up is clearly white ! Which is of course irrelevant, because no matter how one characterises the record - whether you think it is Pop Rock or Soul - Turning My Heartbeat Up is a fantastic piece of music !!! It's an absolute credit to the Northern scene that this record is a classic. Now, of much more interest to a trainspotter though are the credits on the record. The composers of Turning My Heartbeat Up were Bobby Flax and Lanny Lambert who along with producer Stan Vincent had various chart hits in the late 60's early 70's, notably with the Stairsteps. The same writing and production team were behind another Northern Soul record that got some spins in the 70's, Willpower Weak Temptation Strong by the group called Bullett ... and I've always suspected that the vocalist on both the MVP's and Bullett were one and the same, probably a studio singer that the producer used behind various faceless groups. Anyone ever thought the same thing ?

What's a "moster" Samantha daaaaarling ???????????????

Yes, correct Tony, although reading the sleeve notes of the "New Religion" LP, Meaden appears to imply that he transformed them into a fully fledged RnB (ie soul) group , gave them a new musical direction. What type of material appears on their Decca LP ? Is it soul / RnB based ? Meaden also waxes lyrical about the "New Wave RnB" with Curtis Mayfield and The Impressions at the vanguard, and he acknowledges music journalist Norman Jopling of Record Mirror as being crucial in the acceptance of RnB in the UK.

Kings Go Forth sounds absolutely brilliant when played in the right context ..... with similar sounds like ... Duffy , Amy Winehouse, Jo Boxers , Maisonettes, Frank Popp, The Bureau, The Untouchables, Joss Stone, Q Tips ... oh and I almost forgot Culture Club's "Church of the Poison Mind" ...

orthentisity ???? definitely a new entry for the Oxford Dictionary !!!!!!

An associate is in the process of writing a book on the London club scene of the 60's with a very heavy emphasis on the nascent 6T's London soul scene and I have been asked to post this on Soul Source. In particular, as much information as is possible is needed on two important figures, Pete Meaden & Jimmy James and the Vagabonds . Pete Meaden for those unaware was famously the man who first managed the Who but he was also one of the top "faces" on the original London mod scene. Soul music was his obsession. Some have said that Pete Meaden in his own way was as crucial in the acceptance of soul and RnB music in the UK at the time as other influential figures such as Dave Godin, Guy Stephens etc. After selling the Who's contract he put together Jimmy James & the Vagabonds. Meaden's philosophy on life and soul music was encapsulated on the sleevenotes to the Vagabond's first LP entitled The New Religion . Every soul fan should take the time to read those sleeve notes. Relatively little is known about Meaden save for some renewed interest in him when the mod revival hit in the late 70's. There was an interview with a UK music paper at that time but not long afterwards he died. Did any Soul Source members personally know or have contact with Meaden in the 60's ? Any photos, clippings or reminiscences of the man ? One wonders whether the late Randy Cozens would have known him ? Similarly with Jimmy James and the Vagabonds, did anyone see them live in their earliest incarnation in '65/66 ? Whenever the 6Ts London soul scene is mentioned, Geno Washington is the one who gets name checked but Jimmy James was equally popular with mods and soul fans. Your help would be most appreciated.

Actually Bobby Vee's "Do What You Gotta Do" LP is one of the great blue eyed soul LP's from the sixties and his version of Let Nobody Love You is - if truth be told - in my opinion just a touch better than Virginia Blakely's rarity on Mojo. That will horrify the soul purists of course and may well inspire a rush of poison posts in this direction . His version wins out for the crystal clear production, arrangement and instrumentation. Information on session musos and background singers doesn't appear to be instantly available. If it was recorded in LA though it probably has Darlene Love and the Blossoms singing background and probably the usual West Coast muso suspects who played on so many soul classics ... He recorded two other also excellent LPs in '66 & '67 in a similar soul vein . Interesting thing is that in an interview he did many years later that he pretty much dismissed this period of his career as a blue eyed soul man ...

Well, it still got to number 10 on the US Billboard Soul charts in 1975, so it was by no means a "non hit".

Mal, Jackie Day W & G is blue and black,

How about France's answer to James Brown - the legendary Vigon - and his version of Harlem Shuffle captured here on a 6T's Scopitone Movie Reel ... !!!!!!!!!

Well here it is ... the amazing, brutal full length version of Jimmy Fraser's classic as done by Down Under's finest blue eyed RnB merchants the Purple Hearts ... and currently being auctioned by Mr Manship ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X90lvy0clYQ

Surely one of the greatest movie film clips is Dobie Gray's appearance in teen flick "Out of Sight" (1966) performing Out On the Floor !!!!!!!!!!