Johndelve

Indeed. Seems to consist as much as anything of posts about birthdays and deaths of people who have absolutely nothing to do with soul music at all. : (

Bette Williams " He took my hand" is an album ? Surely not...?

I also recommend the Stuart Cosgrove book, "Detroit '67", but it is appallingly badly edited, containing more typos than any book, of any sort, I have ever read in my life. I really hope this has been sorted out by the time of his next book, "Memphis '68".

Just received a very apologetic email this morning from Will. Records STILL not ready but at least communication lines now open again.

Has anyone else, like me, paid for the M-Pac! LP weeks ( maybe months even) ago and still not received it ? To make things worse Will at Secret Stash records has now simply ignored my email of last week and one of the week before asking what is going on. A few weeks back, to be fair, he was enitirely apologetic about the lengthy dealy. Now he seems to have gone to ground.

The CD is absolutely fantastic. The drum sound Dap Tone get is better than anyone has managed since the mid seventies and the songs are also nearly all well above average' as evidenced by "Mr Teddy" above. Such a smart composition. "If only" is magnificent.

And for only $1.3 million. Says it all sadly about living in Detroit nowadays. A place of this size and opulence in London or New York - and many other places - would be way in excess of $ 20 million.

Thanks for the reply to my enquiry. The answer to your question is, I believe, "Hey there lonely girl".

As you are back, Dunc, do you know the answer to the question I posed in the post above yours of today ? Thank you.

Yes. Mine are filed in exactly the same way as you state here.

Great little film. Cosgrove comes across very well indeed.

I have just finished this excellent book and think it will take its place as one of the best there is that takes soul as a theme, although it is really just as much about Detroit as a city - even a mind-set - as it is about music. The research is highly impressive, and I admire the book’s structure too, breaking down what was happening in that key year month by month. The Supremes take centre stage, and everything keeps coming back to them. If anyone is looking for lots of stories about the smaller soul labels in the city, and the artists, producers and owners associated with those labels , then you won’t find it – or much of it – here. But that’s fine with me, as its already very generous at 608 pages long. There are also a number of photos I have not seen before, and the only “constructive criticism“ I think worth pointing out is around the proof-reading which is , frankly, very poor. There are literally hundreds of typos, and I’m sure Stuart will want to rectify this for his follow-up book, Memphis ’68, which also sounds very intriguing. The only glaring error that struck me was around the song “Sam Stone”, which Swamp Dogg is credited with writing; he didn’t – it’s by John Prine – although the Dogg certainly recorded it. A lesser inaccuracy contends that ABC “under promoted“ Florence Ballard’s debut album, but in fact no such album exists. But these shouldn’t, and don’t, detract too much from a fine piece of work.

It isn't northern soul of course, or indeed any kind of soul, but the Sam Butera sax solo halfway through this great record is a killer

Where did you get it from please Dave ? As others have said it doesn't look as if it is published until March 31st .

Certainly written by Floyd- and Booker T and Al Bell. I can only assume Jackey Beavers thought he could get away with it - there are plenty of other examples of people claiming they wrote things they didn't - or it is simply a genuine mistake.

You're right. Definitely NOT a hit in the States.

Yes, "Ask the lonely" is a good choice. Would add these : Impressions - I've been trying Aretha Franklin - Baby baby baby Billy Butler - Let her love me and doubtless a few others I can't recall now....

Sorry i meant # 10 soul....

Not to be too picky, Ian, but the Billboard singles chart book says it went to # 10 pop and # 25 pop, not to # 1.

Yes, and as said above, it's very good. Slightly boring front cover like the last one and a discography would have been nice, but the music is excellent with ten unreleased tracks on the LP.

I agree with Manus, and furthermore, see absolutely no connection whatsoever between the quality and the price of a record. There are brilliant expensive records, brilliant cheap records, terrible expensive records and terrible cheap records.

Great artist. His song "Televison" is very sharp and witty. One of the best tracks of the nineties.

Get a train into city from the airport (although you will need exact money, and I'm sorry but can't remember how much it is) rather than a taxi as it was about 4 Euros on train whereas taxi is about 40. I'm sure a website somewhere will give the details. Also, if you go to the Reichstag building (which you should do) you need to book in advance AND (crucial, this) take your passport with you for ID when you get there or they won't let you in, even if you have pre-booked. Its also free to get in if you do this. Great city. Try eating the pork knuckle somewhere. But I don't think you will find any record shops of any interest.

I couldn't hear the last question about the Temps but think it was incorrect. Didn't it ask who replaced Eddie Kendricks AND Paul Williams ? Clearly if so, the answer wasnt David Ruffin.....

Poor bloke had a nightmare....