Soulstu

I knew there'd be more than I could think of... ...about 300 times more! - loads I haven't heard - thanks a lot everybody.

Cheers Steve, Fantastic explanation. All makes perfect sense now. I'll listen to your shows when I get home.

Do you love me - Contours - fades out fades in fades out. i'm not a DJ and would like to know - Which is the WORST record to cue in or finish off?

Thanks everybody - been wondering about it for 35 years, answered in about 6 minutes! Top notch.

Sorry! shows how much I bloody know.

All starts to make sense chaps. Never about the music, always about the money.

OK this could get answered pretty quickly by you lot. Here goes... I've often wondered (usually when daydreaming at work) why The Supremes were on Tamla, The Tops were on Motown, Velvelettes on VIP etc etc...Gordy! Soul!, Rare Earth!..well that one speaks for itself...you get my drift. Did Berry Gordy draw the artists names out of a hat and just divvy them up? Are there any particular differences between how the labels were perceived or run? It's not as though particular styles were funnelled through a particular label....or is it? Why couldn't everything be released through, say, Motown? Also I wonder, did artists cross over from label to label willy nilly? Can't even think of any who did - wonder who was released on the most labels? Actually I've just checked and Kim Weston's been on Tamla, Gordy and Soul, so... Over to you...

Brilliant thread! You don't just get an answer from the SS crowd - you get the full story. And yep, the Magnetics track is a stonker, lush and jazzy!

I think he's got at least one foot in the soul camp - I think the backing tracks have quite a good 'big city soul' feel. His voice could do with a bit of grit that's all. He's from Philly so I guess he must have picked up on what was happening there soul wise.

Thanks everybody. Great responses!

There Was A Time - another Gene Chandler - great abrupt stop.

Yep - same with slow starters! - I'm thinking Get Out, Beatin' Rhythm, Keep Marchin On (Mockingbirds) - that one takes FOREVER to start.

Of course! I'm already starting to face palm! cheers R

Hey soul fans, I'm a newbie so I hope this hasn't been done before. Now, when I look at my records or think about when I used (I know, I know) to go dancing, 99% or more of them fade out, as did most 2 or 3 minute singles of the 60s and 70s. There are a few significant tracks that don't fade out that I can think of: Nothing Can Stop Me - Gene Chandler Come On Train - Don Thomas Scratchy (!) - Travis Wammack Night Owl - Bobby Paris - My London reissue comes to a clumsy stop but the original Cameo version fades out Afternoon Of The Rhino - Mike post Coalition Now, it's getting a bit late and I'm knackered - I'm sure i've missed loads of obvious ones. Anybody want to add to this list and make me kick myself?!!!