Biggordy

Great news this Mark, best soul show on radio.

Walking Up A One Way Street is one of the top 10 greatest records ever made, period. My condolences to his family and friends. R.I.P.

Not Northern but there's a spaced out "dubby" instrumental to Syl Johnson's "Different Strokes".

That's just people that are fans of the show mate. You just add them to your friend list and the more fans you get, the higher up the rankings you go. I'm currently no.50 for ALL music podcasts and there's over 1000 on there! Gordy

www.podomatic.com 10 dollars gets you 100GB a month bandwidth mate, 20 gets you 200. They've also got a PayPal link button so people can send you donations if they like the casts too. It's where I have mine at. Not many Northern ones on there, so go for it. It's the top site for podcasting, all you have to do is do a mix then upload it to their servers. Gordy

Cheers Catriona, will do. Oldies/Motown will be spot on as my cousin and her fella are newbies to the scene and getting them started on oldies is probably a good idea. It's where I started as a 25 yr old newbie some 12 years ago now! Gordy

He reminds me of a reggae producer called Mad Professor who's always banging on about how reggae nights in London are full of white middle class 40 somethings. Well I happen to go to a lot of reggae events around the country and they're more often than not split 50/50 between black and white people. He probably went to one skinhead do and based his "facts" on that. He should try going to a do such as "Mash It Up" in Islington where it's all about the music being played and not image or where people come from. As for Northern, well I think it's just a case of when things took off in the early 70s the places integral to the scene such as Wigan. Blackpool, Stoke, et al, didn't have much of an Afro-Caribbean community. Also the people from the Afro-Caribbean communites often preferred to have parties around each others' houses. known as "blues dances" and thus never went to venues. Gordy

Apologies for being a lazy git, there's a Charity do on at the Athletic Club on the 7th September! Note to self: read the events calendar in future. Right, any decent pubs in Kettering that play soul on the jukebox/CD player? Cheers Gordy

Thanks so far peeps! Gordy

Get well soon Etta. THE greatest female singer on the planet. (IMO of course). Gordy

I'm going to be spending the week with my cousin and her partner in Kettering in early September (from Monday 3rd to Sunday 9th) and I know the area's a soul hotbed. Can anyone please let me know what's on, on the Friday & Saturday nights 7th & 8th in the area? Also are there any pubs I can go to during the week that play soul (or reggae or both)? Doesn't have to be in Kettering itself, Northampton/Rushden etc too. I'm going to convert them to Northern as they already like mainstream regular soul such as Aretha, Otis, Marvin etc. Cheers! Gordy

Don't know about having wild parties, but if anyone's ever passing through Northumberland they're more than welcome to drop in for a cuppa and a listen to some of my few hundred cheapies Gordy

Mine Was Real is one of the greatest soul records ever made period. I'm lucky enough to own two copies on Clintone now. First one's a VG- copy kindly given to me by a fellow soulie from London a few years back and then I found a near minter about 18 months ago for quite cheap TUNE!!!!!! Gordy

I'm not sure which Jamaican sides would be big on the soul scene nowadays as I haven't been out for a wee while, plus I don't have titles to go on, but obvious artists to look out for would be: Beres Hammond Dennis Brown Derrick Harriott (lots of funky and soulful stuff by others on his Crystal label too) Jackie Opel Alton Ellis Phyllis Dillon Marcia Griffiths King Sporty Chosen Few They all recorded tunes in a straight soul style. As for soulful ska and reggae, well just have to look at the "skinhead reggae" thread in the media section for some good pointers! Sorry I can't be more of a help with specific tunes. What I think may be a good tune for the soul scene may be another person's piece of crap worth about a fiver. That's why I'm a reggae DJ not a soul one!!!! Gordy

The Motown anniversary double album in the brown gatefold sleeve. Bought in a sale at HMV in Newcastle in 1991 for a fiver.

YouTube is now big business and they don't give a flying one about us lot mate. It's obviously some 20 something white boy in a suit who hasn't got a clue what Motown is who's taking down anything that looks "black and old"

Sorry to hear this Ady. My deepest condolences go out to you. Gordon

Ah yes, I remember hearing of a few ska things being played at nights in Belgium. I'd totally forgotten about it, my apologies.

Not dissing Popcorn BTW, but it's not R&B. It's 60s pop with a good beat.

Great tune. Agree with the comment above that a lot of popcorn is classed as R&B these days. This is proper full on R&B. I'd play it alongside things like "Mean Ol' Frisco" by BB King, "Storm Warning" by Mac Rebbenack(Dr John), "Crazy Mixed Up World" by Little Walter and lots of other records that are too "proper" to be played out

I'll look forward to your mid 70s reggae podcast next mate Gordy

A copy of "Mine Was Real" by Rozetta Johnson on Clintone in EX condition from a mate. I had a VG- copy a kind soulie had let me have for free and it was great to find one in almost perfect nick. My favourite tune of all time, classy production and soulful vocal. Regards Gordy

If you're talking about the lovely Ms.Huq mate then I think she comes from a Lebanese family or summat like that. (I said Lebanese, not lesb......) Regards Gordy

Loads of jazz records. Bobby Timmons' "Soul Time" from 1960 springs to mind. Regards Gordy

I'll check that out mate cheers, I love ALL soul (except 2 step modern lol). Regards Gordy