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I thought i'd start a new uncluttered topic which hopefully answers some of the questions in the OP above. Two groups; Ivor (Sheff) & The Ibids & King Curtis & The Nobel Knights make up the King Sound Interpreters. Mostly from Charleston High School, West Virginia. Two of the female (lead) vocals on 'You've Got Soul' are Linda Davis & Joyce Laurie of Lower Donally Hollow. They are two of an original four female vocalists 'backed up' by the 'band'. The KSI manager was Bill Cain. King Curtis & The Interpreters would often back up James & Bobby Purify, and The Tams & The Tips...hence 'Hi Note' credit. That same year May 1967 three West Virginia bands tied for 1st Place in a contest sponsored by Vox (amplifiers, etc) for the chance to win a movie contract with American International Films. The three joint winners recordings were made and sent to Hollywood, California. The bands were The King Curtis Caravan of Stars (Charleston), The Majestics (Charleston), and The Explosive Dynamiks (Huntington). An 'unfound' (I think) record by The King Sound Interpreters may exist called 'I Can Be Happy' but i've never tracked it down...unless it became a later reincarnation (1970) by Don & Debbie on the AMOS label? a fancyful idea i know! The King Sound Interpreters line up;Curtis Price lead guitar,Ivor Sheff organ,Morris Hambleton sax, Billy Hambleton Trombone, Steve White trumpet,Roger Ledbetter drummer,Kai Haynes bass guitar.

Spent my birthday 29 Aug looking towards Messonghi, Corfu

I don’t agree with those that say No Motown - No Northern. There was plenty of label action that would have taken us there. and in general it’s Coke or Pepsi / McDonald’s or Burger King.

Today, I saw Little Ron & The Esquires up for sale on Steve's site and popped on Discogs to check some discography stuff. Discogs has other Charade label artists listed (discogs: label connected with Ray Baradat (Raymond A. Baradat) saxophonist of The Charades ). Well...that (connection) might be (but i seriously doubt it). Little Ron & Esquires Charade label of 1963 was the first AND ONLY Release on the label until 1987. We all know Discogs can be so wrong...but equallly very useful (so no attack on it/them/contributors) and I wouldn't normally bother...but i was there.

Northern Soul Connections #29 - Murphys Law - The latest in this now very long running series of soul connected connections Tap to view this Soul Source News/Article in full

@BrewerytownBeats i think you just needed to let us know that earlier. people understand. It's the 'not knowing' that people hate. and yes i'm on the list.

Same cut-No it’s a richer sound

he was the first unsigned artist to play Live Lounge at Radio 1.

anyone who writes about Northern Soul gets my vote...but what i'm not looking forward to is the rush (once the book has been received) of people telling me thay bought this that and the other from the lists for 2 woodbines and a brown-split with bitter.

https://eu.freep.com/story/entertainment/music/brian-mccollum/2022/07/17/motown-cover-song-contest-25-000-grand-prize/10069902002/

Vicki Baines Symbol Records, "sweeter than sweet things" label time =2:35. It is infact 2:46/7. Certainly not 12 seconds missing.

dug these out from (file) Afro American, Oct 28 1967. sorry a bit untimely ( been away) she was quite something...

reminded of this due to a recent auction item. To …Too

congrats…25 years of anything takes some doing.

Chortling club…maybe Brown’s?

I think I was agreeing … but now I’m not so sure

Some releases were “ labelled “ as race records…and as we now all know they were targeted at what was a “race record chart” before it became an R&B chart. so maybe ‘pop’ as in Popular was an unlikely target

Had quite a few contacts with Red. R.I.P

The view of the beach at the back of Vic & Al’s place Isle of Wight.

I guess typical YC’s weren’t entry to Soul for us, ( me) but maybe bizarrely to some on here “nights” out in Church premises put on as YC type “do’s”. My Memory plays tricks but a few I can think of we’re St Bernadette’s, St Kentigerns. Also, as has been on topic before, the small “ clubs above Burton the Taylor’s and many others”. Including pubs…yup pubs. we would never go to a “table tennis” sort of YC.

Sooty,It seems the surrealism of your posts into the topic “Is this really the state of our scene” has jumped (shape shifted) to this thread too.

As much as I’ve tried to follow the OP’s take and the subsequent posts, it’s all too surreal for me.

I may have misunderstood you… if so sorry. Tim always describes his auction items really well and you can make a bid if you wish. You can’t expect him to repeat that once the items are sold. Surely the buy price and artist is all that’s needed.