Sean Hampsey

Wow David! A recent pic of The ice Man. How is he doing? Catalogue number is Columbia DB4743, by the way. Might help with the hunt! Sean

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Found a Kindred Spirit, Mark? Agree. Welcome DanDare! Sean

Soon as I heard this I knew I'd heard it before. Found myself singing along before the chorus kicked in! Its a cover of the Jim Hurt "Scotti Brothers" 45 from 1980 (Covering 'summertime' songs not unusual on the Beach 'scene'). Quite nice though! Infact a good deal better than the original (IMO)! Sean

Yes Cliff, and pretty Hammered in my neck of the woods as a New Release too! I always remember Dave Godin saying how he much prefered "Time Will Tell" to 'This Could Be A Night' at the time. Got to agree - a much better (and far more Soulful) tune. Also worth investigating is "All Of My Life" from the LP. Sean

No... you're right, Cliff. We don't know!

Tasty tuneage there Tank! The Syreeta is on a UK TMG 45 (Flipside to "Harmour Love") incidentally. I included it on the recent CD swap. Just an Incredible record. Sean

No... we're still thinking!

Massive tune at my local DISCO in 1970. Back then everybody danced to it just the same as they did to Boogaloo Party (a raging rarity at the time). The Northern scene's obsession with obscurity has always been a total nonsense to me. If it's good, just play the damn thing... rare or otherwise! We just wanna hear good music! Don't we? Sean

Fascinating. I was aware that a guy from Preston had taken some LP's to sell. So about these 6 x 45's?

Either of you remember when Adrian was known as AJAX? He was always the 'quiet man' of the Soul scene. (Guess that's why he's not on Soul Source)

Close mate... William Bell did "Headline News" on Wilbe in 1986. Also came out on the UK on Absolute... and was a decent seller! I have a nice pic cover 45, somewhere! Google "William Bell" and you'll get lucky! Best Sean

Hi Sid, Very interesting this! I don't know of anyone that 'inherited part of Dave Godins collection'. Because nobody did... officially. Dave gave me a copy of this 45 many, many years ago and it's true, he had more than a few copies in the house, but unless this lad was given these items before Dave passed away I'd be very interested to know how he got them... as an 'inheritance'. Not saying for a second that you're not telling the truth as you understand it but I'd really like to know how this lad got his hands on these six copies. Sean

Brett & Rich are dead right - Jim Russell, still the best spot in New Orleans. A top Bloke too (in the Irish Quarter) he was a Radio DJ in the late 50's early 60's in NOLA. Got himself in serious trouble with the law and the station for playing 'Race Music' and ended up Barricading himself in the studio playing the music full blast... ...like a scene from Shawshank Redemption! A true Soul Rebel and a real lovely guy (introduced me to the Dixie Cups while I was there) you just never know who'll drop by cos he's held in such high esteem in the area by our beloved NO artists! Sean

OMG Malc.... did you have alphabetti spaghetti for lunch again? TTFN S

Or you could try just adding a nought! That'll shift it!

Agree. Was always one of the very 'hardest' Arctics. If it takes off again supply will certainly not satisfy demand.

Big 'Philly Groove' Disco hit after "Armed & Extremely Dangerous" and "Smarty Pants". Personally, I'd rather hear "One Step Away" - the flip of both "Smarty Pants" and "This Is The House" - played again... but a nice reminder of a Philly classic, nonetheless!

Yes, same song, as is the Major Lance version "I'm The One". Great tune! Sean

No, but The Stairsteps "I'm The One Who Loves You" comes pretty close as a 'soundalike'. An awesome tune... for around 1% of the cost! Sean

Yep, it's all Just Soul, Cliff... (...Except that 'Modern' stuff... ...that's just Disco!) Some interesting comments on the 'Todays People' thread, don't you think? Somehow, in '76, uptempo NEW stuff was generally accepted on the Northern scene. Sure, we'd had the Boby Franklin issue at the Casino, but that was cos it was deemed too 'funky' rather than because it was 'new' or 'Modern'. The examples from Pete: Johnny Williams 'Kinda Mellow', Creative Source "Don't Be Afraid", East Coast Connection "Summer In The Parks" were definately just seen by the regulars as 'Northern' for that period. They certainly weren't (in my recollection) tagged as 'Modern Soul' - as a genre. Personally agree with you that over the past 30 odd years we've all allowed it to become complicated and that has restricted some listeners to only the stuff that 'pigeon holes' nicely into a particular style, genre or period. Guess that's the magic of Soul Essence. Everything SOULFUL from all eras, all tempo's and to suit all tastes. Can hardly wait! Sean

Right Ian... so Newies were George 'Bad' Benson, Gil Scott-Heron, Marboo, Ronnie Walker etc... But Carstairs, Montclairs, Anderson Brothers were called 'Modern'... ...cos they were older! Thank Fcuk it's all Just Soul to me! Sean

Touche! Teach me to brag about me bargains!

Yeh... and you're still bloody arguing about it . Could it be that things were all so different then?.... Or has time rewritten every line? All I know, Ian, is we used to call those things 'newies'. The titles you mention were definately classed as 'Northern Soul' at the time. I don't doubt that you called 'em 'Modern' but I didn't. And I don't recall anyone else doing, at least in deepest South Yorkshire (as I'm sure Mr Mannion will verify). Sean

I'm sure you're right, Ian. What's more, it will almost certainly have been used by Norman Whitfield and the like when the Temptations moved from "Aint Too Proud To Beg" to "Papa Was A Rolling Stone" etc. I was referring to never having heard the expression in reference to the cultural split on the scene itself, which will definately have been late 70's / early 80's. When Levine, Curtis and others (inc your good self) started playing newer tracks on the Northern scene, they were still classed as Northern records, to the many - They were Modern Soul records, of course, but only later did we hear about "New York Disco" creeping in and then 'eventually' the breakaway 'Modern Soul' scene coming about, spearheaded by Soul Sam, Arthur, Richard etc. in 79 / 80. Sean