
Everything posted by Pep
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The Chin Stroker's Oldie - Your Oldie Top Ten - 2012
Like you say, chinstrokers! Pleased to see Judy Freeman in so many lists.
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The Chin Stroker's Oldie - Your Oldie Top Ten - 2012
Buster & Eddie... unique Cats powerhouse. Underrated.
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The Chin Stroker's Oldie - Your Oldie Top Ten - 2012
Arthur Freeman... now that's a goosebump sound if ever there was one! (Nice to see the Dealers in here too).
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The Chin Stroker's Oldie - Your Oldie Top Ten - 2012
Roger Collins... lost a few pounds to that in my teens. Was my favourite record in 1969.
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The Chin Stroker's Oldie - Your Oldie Top Ten - 2012
Bob Wilson... one of the biggest (and best) instrumental records ever, but rarely played?
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The Chin Stroker's Oldie - Your Oldie Top Ten - 2012
Jackie Moore and the Demures... both brill.
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The Chin Stroker's Oldie - Your Oldie Top Ten - 2012
Jamo Thomas... sounds better than ever. So atmospheric.
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The Chin Stroker's Oldie - Your Oldie Top Ten - 2012
Nice to see Peoples Choice in the thread.
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The Chin Stroker's Oldie - Your Oldie Top Ten - 2012
Nolan Chance and Billy Woods in the same list. Cool.
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The Chin Stroker's Oldie - Your Oldie Top Ten - 2012
Master 4 - haven't heard that since the Cats, and Lynn Vernado... such class.
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The Chin Stroker's Oldie - Your Oldie Top Ten - 2012
Nice to see Billy Keene in there... superb.
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The Chin Stroker's Oldie - Your Oldie Top Ten - 2012
Judy Freeman and Terrible Tom in the same breath... and outsiders say all Northern Soul sounds the same!
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The Chin Stroker's Oldie - Your Oldie Top Ten - 2012
Herb Johnson... love it!
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The Chin Stroker's Oldie - Your Oldie Top Ten - 2012
Wally Cox... makes me cry. So uplifting, emotional and soulful!
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The Chin Stroker's Oldie - Your Oldie Top Ten - 2012
The Van Dykes... unsurpassed!
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The Chin Stroker's Oldie - Your Oldie Top Ten - 2012
The Ethics... stunning!
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The Chin Stroker's Oldie - Your Oldie Top Ten - 2012
Kris Peterson... just superb!
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A Few 45's To Go Incl Marvin Smith, Anita Humes, Tony Troutman
How much is San.Fran TKOs on Golden State?
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Soul Stirrers - Don't You Worry
NB: I just added this comment/image for interest (I wouldn't have if it hadn't already been sold). There are a lot of sub-£ records worth hundreds now. I'd say most of the good collectables are worth 5x - 20x what they were just 8/9 years ago, many are worth several hundred times what they were in the 80s. Pep.
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Soul Stirrers - Don't You Worry
Just searching through a few old boxes from the old shop store room, to try and see what people are playing/buying these days. It's got 15p (yes 15 pence) priced on it in my handwriting. How times have changed. It sounds great now. Don't know how/why I priced it so cheap back then. Mint issue on Monarch styrene, plus slightly different wording under title.
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Mickey Lanay - I´m Gonna Walk - Vulcan
Remember having this in the late 70s off our friend Simon (Soussan). It got a few plays and was sought after, but everybody was dubious it was one of his advance copies of a future pressing... which wasn't the case as it turned out. It probably had the wrong sound for its time. I'm sure t would have fared better had it turned up around/after the Stafford era. I don't remember there being any others at the time, although a couple turned up later.
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Martha Reeves On Tour
I think some are missing the point here. This is all about seeing a living god(dess), breathing the same air. Paying homage to unsurpassed and timeless music. Music that will live forever, music that defined a generation. Music that our soul scene brought into the UK public's consciousness -when it had the power to do so. Music we should all be proud of. Music we should honour and pay tribute to, despite having now crossed over into popular culture. I always regretted not seeing Marvin Gaye. There won't be many opportunities to be in the company of such gods and goddesses again. There aren't many on this Earth. Even fewer like Martha and the Vandellas (the best of the early Motown girl groups) who will be remembered and listened to hundreds of years from now.
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Major Harris R.i.p.
"Call me tomorrow"... one of my H's favourites. I don't think I can bring myself to play it again. R.I.P.
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Terry Callier - Rip
Yes, glad you clarified that. My original assumptions and gut feeling were, it seems, correct, but my laziness in failing to research it in detail led me to just believe the accuracy of the article as written. I have always classed it as what would now be called a 'crossover' record... it certainly sounds like one. An interesting aside about a great singer - songwriter. Anything that keeps him and his music topical is fine with me. May he be remembered forever. For sure his music will keep us soulies dancing for many, many years to come. Pep
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Terry Callier - Rip
A sad and major loss to the soul world. Knowing his music well from the early/mid seventies (when things were a tad more frantic!) I never then expected to hear any of it on the soul scene. However the scene being what it is, picked up on the quality of them and promoted them. Deservedly. I never investigated the record number or release date of this ("Look At Me Now") and always assumed it was much later. It certainly sounds quite modern and ahead of its time for a 1962/3 recording. R.I.P. Terry.