Soulstu

That's a fantastic clip!...Brian at his peak - just before it all went a little awry. Brian Wilson threw out the rulebook when recording in the mid 60s (Pet Sounds and Smile) and became a massive innovator - he pretty much ditched the band as studio musicians and used top session guys (The Wrecking Crew - Hal Blaine on drums, Carol Kay etc..) He used bass harmonicas, theremins, harpsichords ,cellos, you name it - all to get the 'texture' right. Electric and upright bass played together would have been purely for texture and a 'different' sound. With Smile, given free reign by Capitol, he pretty much went mad (literally!) writing and recording small sections of exquisite music....just gave up in the end as stitching all the little bits together proved too much. I'd recommend getting the Smile sessions box set if you want to hear more of that - stunning! I wouldn't say two basses used like that was a common technique - however, I'm certain Phil Spector will have done that. By the mid 60s electric bass ruled the roost in pop and soul. Some soul records that used big orchestras still had upright basses, and certainly some of the earlier doo woo inspired tracks. Hopefully someone will give us some good examples of upright bass tracks...and even dual bass?

Strange, ain't got Show place, but my One-Der-Fuls all sound wonderful! sorry, that's not answered your question has it. It's on my wants list though so I'd be interested to know.

I'll give you a grand for it…that is a 'grand' gesture with 2 fingers, mind

Lots of stuff by Tammi Terrell - I get very sad when I think of how young she was when she left us. Beautiful voice, beautiful woman - so much potentially great music lost.

Come on Derek, I bet you still like the title track - what a riff!!!! ! (don't tell anybody though!) Did you have it on Mooncrest?

Yep bought mine from Syd Booths as well - all pressings and reissues. First 'proper' one for me was Marsha Brody - Right Combination on Hot shot - rubbish!

Me having whinged about the A-side, I reckon it's worth 13 quid for 'Opelia' the B-side however - a great surf instrumental! (If you like that kind of thing)...and I do. It sounds like it could have come off the last Allah-Lahs album.

Bloody hell - Muriel Day, Tim Tam, Wombat, The Snapper by the Montons (????)!!!!!!! Somebody remind me, why did I get into northern soul?!!!

As I've mentioned before in a thread way back when, Karmello Brooks - Tell Me Baby - lovely little vocal growl when the verse comes back in after the instrumental break. Turns a great record into a stunning record.

Anybody?

Dave, just substitute 'crap' for 'pants' (That's got to be the most ridiculous thing I've ever posted)

I hate these threads!!!!…yet another of my so called originals goes in the bin!

That's the kind of waffling we like Geoff!...a few great facts chucked in there!

....then there's people like me - 50, with a few hundred records bought in the late 70s early 80s....followed by the early Kent LPs After getting over the thrill of the first northern compilations on CD (and having a bit more spare cash recently) I have been buying original vinyl for the past year... the thrill has come back big time!... I only wish I'd carried on buying back in the day. I'm not trying to build a cock-waving collection of 'big lads', just a nice bunch of proper northern records that I can pop on to the deck and marvel at how wonderful they sound!

Lonely Girl - Miss Madeline (One-der-ful) - would love to hear that out.

Ouch - goes downhill fast that one!

Credit to Benji for the idea. For me it's 'I'll Hold You' - Frankie & Johnny - The best British soul intro ever - 2 bars of blistering tuba/trombone (?) and then beautiful sparkling chimes (twice) that then disappear followed by....well the rest of 'I'll Hold You', and it's not all that is it, really. or 'I Wanna Know' - John E Paul - another great British intro, then it all goes a bit jerky and uncomfortable ..exactly the same with The Sherrys 'Put Your loving Arms Around Me' / Little Joe Cook - great intro, then goes a bit 'stiff' what d'yer reck??

Humph, thought so... ta Pete!.. the lying buggers.

I've got a version of this on pale blue Philips that is, according to 45 Cat, supposedly 'the very rare Pitman NJ pressing'. Would this still be a £15-20 disc or is it worth owt? ps can't see any on Popsike

Just for a change I'm spinning some lovely mid tempo, mid 60s Tamla discs at the mo' - You're The One, That's What Love Is Made Of, Don't Mess With Bill, The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game - Smokey Robinson's the nuts isn't he!

For me it wasn't a big ticket event, or a niter or a dayer or live gig, or somewhere warm and exotic. It was a regular Friday night at Route 61 in Sheffield - a proper grass roots northern club do. Probably half way through the night and Tez the DJ finished his set with about half a dozen unbelievable records (IMO - Frank Dell, Harry Deal etc) and it was one of those occasions where everything clicked - I was in a room full of friends, with my soul mate Clare, great dance floor, dancing as well as I could, legs weren't aching, and it all made perfect sense - why it's such a big part of our lives and why we love it so much. If I experience that even once next year I'll be a happy bunny. Stu

Some of my red & black styrene Atlantics are rubbish!.... Barbara Lewis, TSU Toronadoes, Barbara Lynn, they're quiet, distorted, poor definition - and these are records that haven't been hammered. Anybody got any good styrene Atlantics?

Original Vinyl Only, Stephen…. I'll tell you if no one else will! edit: beat me to it Sean