Nice one Sean - one i completely agree with too! Apart from (imho) maybe the fact Richard Searling should be creditted along with Rod Dearlove for pioneering the genre at the same time on opposite sides of the pennines
Here's a potted version from me, that i did for a mag a while ago, prompted as you can see from an earlier Soul Source thread.................
Staying on the theme of reviewing danceable 70's US 45's, I thought I'd concentrate on pure CROSSOVER tunes this issue.
Prompted by a recent discussion on the Soul-Source web site forum of what Crossover Soul actually is, here are 5 sides that I personally consider to be in that genre i.e. that wonderful period between 1968 to 1972 when 60's Soul was evolving into smoother 70's Soul. 60's Soul blended with sophisticated 70's production techniques, making for thousands of unique Soul recordings that are now played and collected across the whole of the Rare Soul Scene. I don't want to dwell on what is or what isn't Crossover, suffice to say that the term came about in the late 80's when venues like Thorne (Rod Dearlove) & Parkers (Richard Searling) were pioneering this strange new sound that had emanated from the traditional 70's Modern Rooms & Weekenders and the classier end of the Northern scene. Today the term tends to relate to anything from the 70's but I'm not going to get hung up over that I just wanted to point out the actual origins of the genre itself!
So you can add that into the mix aswell..........until we discuss it again in a few months
Cheers
Steve