Chris Turnbull

Absolutely spot on, same here The ending to ‘everybody’s got to believe in somebody’ I mean

Bit harsh that! Wouldn't buy it personally but good authentic sounding effort to my ears

Many thanks both, very interesting

Sad news indeed - what a legacy of great music Off thread slightly but not seen that great ‘Twisted Wheel last night’ film before, wish I’d gone - did go once early 1990 when niters were on again, remember Butch downstairs in that room. Anyone tell me though, I remember going upstairs to a bigger room playing more like ‘Club Soul / Wheel classics’ - was it a two room venue back in the day 1963-71? Always thought just a single cellar bar

Great stuff, thanks Chalky - not seen these before PS in issue 4 Cleethorpes review, anyone know what the Betty Turner was that Poke was playing upstairs in the disco / funk room? (Says 'yes, Betty Turner is a monster!!')

So the later one is a real second Smash issue? Always assumed it was a UK boot

Sad news - remember Guy H playing 'I don't know what to do with myself' years ago and being blown away Always loved this one as well

Very interesting - I know that feeling I was too young to have gone to Wigan, but spent an unreasonable amount of time early - mid 90's thinking about it, feeling like I'd missed out, nostalgic for something that I'd never even experienced - bit strange really

Sorry yes realise that, not the best example but after Tim's find Butch one of the first to get behind it from memory

Anyone mentioned these yet? Dewey Jeffries - When no one cared (Gary-Dew) O C Smith - On easy street (Columbia) The Stratoliners - What do you want with my love (Federal) Esther Phillips - Nobody but you (Roulette) Also Butch one of the first to get behind Dennis Edwards 'I didn't have to' (Sam was playing 'Johnny on the spot' around the same time, and Tim Brown of course) - remember Butch berating the crowd at Bretby when it virtually cleared the floor, saying one of the best discoveries in the last however many years

Me too, absolutely love it, though interestingly audio on Youtube much slower than when Mark plays it out, so presumably he pitches it up a good bit - didn't occur to me until I heard the audio. Pitching up or down always strikes me as a bit of a dark art

All good thanks Peter, thanks for the contributions and everyone for theirs - some great choices

Apologies if it’s been done before but what do you reckon is the best soul album by a single artist or group, as opposed to a compilation Just listening to Archie Bell ‘Tighten up’ and thinking it would have a claim - Tighten up pt’s 1 & 2, When you left heartaches began, A Thousand Wonders’, plus other great stuff. William Bell ‘Bound to happen’ comes to mind as another contender, also Carla Thomas ‘Memphis Queen’

Loved ‘Let’s try it over again’ since Richard S used to spin it late 80’s / early 90’s but had no idea it was a cover - also have Sweet Soul Music on a 45 but never played the flip

Just seemed a bit revisionist / wide of the mark to me - article says ‘When Northern Soul DJ’s discovered the song in the 1970’s, it kept the group in business’, but I couldn’t imagine it was a style of tune that would have been played at the time. Mind you it also quotes the producer saying ‘Tony Blackburn told me it was a big Northern Soul record’, so big pinch of salt there as well I guess