Soulstu

As I said in my post, nothing that'll get anybody hot under the collar - Dave Love - Colalined Baby, Ethics - Look At Me Now/Think About Tomorrow, Mamie Galore - It Ain't Necessary Just cheapies I guess (I'm on a budget) but I'm not going to buy anything I don't LOVE. Speaking of my first £100 record - my heart is set on Kim Weston - I'm Still Loving You on Tamla. Not this month tho!

Cheers everybody - some great comments and good advice. I know I'm doing the right thing. Buying and playing soul vinyl makes me very happy - it's pretty simple really. Just got to look carefully for the best places to buy.

I know I know..... I want some more... NOW!

So here's the thing - I've got probably the archetypal late 70s teenager's northern collection - a big mish mash of pressings, UK re-issues and the odd original - all the usual suspects, about 300 in all, each one in a cardboard sleeve decorated with magic marker writing and crap drawings of labels. It's sat dormant for donkeys years like a time capsule. I stopped buying singles around 1980 (doesn't mean I fell out with soul, I was skint!). Anyway over the years I've since bought loads of stuff on CD etc which I thought was a great concept at the time but somehow felt a bit hollow. Well, recently I've bought my first vinyl northern records since 1980 (half a dozen or so from Manships - I won't bore you with the titles, they're pretty obvious). Now here's the point - when they arrived (like an old 'soul pack') I can't begin to describe the thrill of opening them, looking at the beautiful labels and getting the vinyl out and putting it on for the first time. It was a FANTASTIC feeling, just like when I was 14 or 15. Can't say I feel the same when I get new CDs or download albums. Do you seasoned collectors, or even those of you who just keep steadily picking up the odd single still get the same thrill (I hope you do) or have you become immune to it? Just thought I'd put it out there!

NS - A Floater RW - Better get a stick!

Today's solid northern three for me are: Betty Lloyd - I'm Catching On Dave Love - Colalined Baby Marvin Smith - Have More Time OK, OK they've got whiskers on, but a good record is a good record is a good record. Can't get them out of my head at the mo. It'll be three totally different ones tomorrow (or even later tonight).

Dead right bud, To mark my impending 50th I'm just in the process of replacing some of my boots/reissues with US 1st pressings. It's going to be a long job. I'm picking up some decent stuff for about £30 - £50 but there's a hell of a lot of records that are way out of my price range. I'm planning to get a couple or 3 a month so it's gonna take ages. I'm beginning to wish I'd done this a couple of decades ago! However there's a lot of quality motown to get my teeth into.

Recorded 6 years after he went solo

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?!!!