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    Thanks. Will go take a look.
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    RIP Aretha

    Thinksmart commented on Philb's article in News Archives

    Music 'Legend' is thrown around too readily. Aretha is. Not just the obvious Atlantic songbook, there is so much before and after too. I've been buying a lesser Aretha album a month for the past year and been delighted at how much great music there is. Imagine the harmonies now the sisters can sing together again!
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    It's time to hit the poll vote button at the top everyone. Artistics for me.....
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    I'm easy either way on this one. Need a third choice.
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    Wow! Kent's curation of non-obvious Motown is great. I look forward to this immensely.
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    Nice! I'll go add that to my Mixcloud queue.
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    Pre-ordered CD arrived from Ace today a couple of days ahead of formal release. I look forward to playing it tonight.
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    A forthcoming 3 CD release in August by Soul Time who did the Casino Classics CD update and Soul On Fire sets recently: https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/the-contempo-story-1973-1977-the-original-home-of-soul-various-artists-3cd-boxset/
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    Loving this release. Let's hope for many more. I'm looking forward to Steve Levine's mixes of Millie Jackson immensely.
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    Sunfire. Both sides on the above Expansion comp.
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    What a great article. A nice reminder to enjoy Richard's music which I'm doing as I type. The positivity and soul in Richard's songs endures. He more than emulated his heroes mentioned and is distinctive in his own right. 'Where is the love' is on now and creates an impression of Curtis at Philadelphia International, which sounds Richard's ideal along with Motown. Thank you Richard and those who enabled him to perform in UK to an appreciative audience.
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    FLAC is perfect digital format for backing up muaic no.loss of quality and reasonable file size. MP3 at ,320kbs 44.1khz is great as portable source.
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    Yes- a key contributor along with the wider family.
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    Not really many download sources, certainly not in wave format. Buy CDs with the tracks on and rip to WAV format. Mediamonkey is good for that.
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    Ordered mine via the site too now. As was said, looking forward to it.
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    I asked Richard on Twitter, the link will go up within the site by Friday, possibly before.
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    There were a few funk based nights and clubs in and around London in early 1970s mentioned in books on dance music. These were I think the inspiration that Chris, Froggy etc took to Goldmine. By all accounts that was a black music scene of great dedication but almost no attention at all. There definitely was crossover musically by mid-1970s onwards in some places. I've read Chris Hill extended interviews where we talked about the Northern Soul scene and how they ran in parallel and was occasional overlap/conflict.
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    Finally got around to listening to this in one sitting. What a cracking, varied selection with some newly unearthed songs of the highest quality.
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    RIP and thank you.
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    Dave, I do the same. CD is my CD master ripped to FLAC twice and then put into my Google Play Music Cloud and on a Pioneer music player with 2 x 200GB cards inside. I use Chromecast around the house and can play to loads of devices quickly. It works really well and as you say, introduces that element of surprise.
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    Also Ralph Tee Radio Show on Mixcloud and Colin Curtis Soul of House Podcasts are both great.
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    Although you may know all the songs Richard Searling shows on BBC Stoke and Manchester (mostly same songs) are jolly and available on BBC iPlayer after. keV Roberts show is similar fun too. I can't recall hich internet station it is on.
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    Eddy Edmondon on Solar Radio 8-10 Sunday night is essential.
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    Track listing now available at: https://acerecords.co.uk/on-the-soul-side
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    It's a great book. I ended up reading it in two sittings.


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