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As I have grown older and my Soul music reach has expanded along with other genres, I've come to appreciate Quincy Jones increasingly. Sad to see his passing, but it looks to of been as good as they ever can be.

That is quite an extensive article, which was nice to see.

Excellent to hear the stories first hand. David Nathan has done a huge amount for Soul Music and still continues now. Thanks everyone. I look forward to more episodes.

Of course it could be an AI thing..... you can now literally put in a few parameters and it will generate a song.

You picked a good one - I just couldn't. Would it be a stomper or a beat ballad, Northern or Modern, happy or sad? It changes continually.

Far Out Magazine is notorious for shallow semi-AI-produced clickbait, often derived from earlier music content. It's best ignored.

Excellent reading and listening, thank you

Well it's 1968 era Sunshine white pop with a psych-middle. Close to David & The Giants or Spiral Starecase with the urgency of Steve Karmen Big Band's 'Breakaway' or Human Beinz later on. I don't know it and it's not for me these days. I'd of enjoyed it a lot at their age in the video I bet. There have been a fair few 'Sunshine Pop' compilations in recent years of this type of music, so may be findable via them if not already known.

The Castle In The Sky theme reminds me of the song of that title by Gerri Grainger - but I don't think it has that specific lyric. Can you share the link and point in the video?

I have the utmost admiration and enjoyment of Terry Caller's music, his albums and singles are in constant rotation. Beyond his Northern & Modern Soul spins his albums take him into the same realms as Gil Scott-Heron, Curtis Mayfield, Donny Hathaway, Bill Withers etc. I didn't connect to the later UK made albums at the time, but will go back and try them.

Hi Richard, welcome. What areas of Soul do you enjoy?

I had the above on demo original and got an offer far beyond what I had paid, but wish I had it now for sentimental reasons. I danced to that on my living room floor more than just about anything else apart from Love's The Only Answer.

Ordered the CD and looking forward to hearing it. Thank you

Excellent, thanks Mike. I've seen it reported that he has sung it live and it sounded more than a demo when Richard played it. Richard digs out many of his one-offs and unreleased songs on the second hour of his Sunday Solar show. It's always worth a listen and has cost me a fortune over the years in rare Japanese CDs and the like.