Sean Hampsey
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Ha!
Looks as if Pete beat me to the answer, but I beat him to putting up a piccy!
Sorry...
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That's... The Impressions "Keep On Pushing"
So what's my album?
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Watch this space!
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I remember Chris following me on at Bradford Allnighter, one night. Don't know and can't remember if he did it regularly or if it was a one off. He kicked off with Detroit Soul "All Of My Life" followed by Don Gardner "We're Gonna Make It Big" off the LP (we all thought it was album only back then). I remember thinking they weren't natural tracks to link together, but he kept the floor busy and I had to applaud his good taste and 'perception' for the Gardner track as I'd been playing it up there and elsewhere for months without much success :0) lol
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Think you might be right Steve.
Never thought about looking for one until last night.
Seen a few online at silly prices but thought I might put a want up on here, shake the tree, and see what drops out!
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Hope you're well matey.
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That's right Steve. Back, even in the early 70's, the one that Sue collectors wanted and needed was The Lamp Sisters "Woman With The Blues". I don't imagine things have changed much. Still a very hard record. Everyone had the Elbert's and Tommy Duncan's, Phil Upchurch and Fascinations etc. but 'Lamp Sisters' was the toughie.
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Might be willing to give a copy of this 45 a good home.
PM please with your most reasonable price and stating condition.
Many thanks,
Sean
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Syl Johnson 'We Did It' - Funny that you should mention it!
Sleevenotes from my recent Syl Johnson comp should give you a clue as to what the record means to me!
Backbeats Artists Series — Sleeve Notes - Syl Johnson - Mississippi Main Man
It's 1972 and a very typical Saturday night. I'm out with a bunch of mates, in the hottest club in industrial South Yorkshire, a shady haunt known as The Charade, tucked away on the outskirts of Rotherham.
We were the young, gifted and hopeful. Barathea Blazer, Prince of Wales Check and Windsor tie. Too cool for school; I’d left that summer. Money was more important than education. A weekly wage bought you the gear, the glory, the records and a genuine feeling of belonging to something significant.
The DJ at the club, Dave Growns, plays classic soul, as he has for many years. Music coming from the previous decade, entwined with the new. He’s admired and respected by all that attend. A ‘visionary’ DJ. Finger on the pulse and records to die for. With a legendary status in our part of the world, tonight he drops on us his latest find. A brand new ‘import’ release from the little known, Syl Johnson.
This may have been its first public airing, beyond the USA. Even the famous Blackpool Mecca hadn’t yet cottoned on to this style of Soul. Still hot from the pressing plant, the rasping horns are a clarion call to the dancefloor, and then those gloriously intense vocals, “It took a whole lots of doing, but we did it”. I gasped. I still do. This record was something special. A record of triumph over adversity. The opening track, in the compilation, ‘We Did It’ took the definition of ‘club-soul’ to an entirely different level. It set a new benchmark for 45’s, to earn a place in the collection. And it provided all the motivation I needed to be a VDJ like Growns (something, after 40 years, I’m still working on).
Hi 45-2229 was a gem of a record. The feel is punchy and defiantly optimistic whilst hanging on to a heavy measure of Memphis grit. I just had to own this cookin’, shufflin’, horn stabbin’ slice of genius.
Soul record collectors should always play ‘b’ sides. On acquiring 45-2229 I discovered the exquisite bonus on the flip. “Any Way The Wind Blows” reveals the underlying ambivalence that can sometimes taint a long-term relationship. Emotionally charged lyrics and superbly handled production result in, probably, his finest mid-pacer.
When Willie Mitchell and the Hi Rhythm Section (Leroy Hodges on bass, Charles Hodges on keyboards, Howard Grimes on drums) entered Royal Studios, to capture this tour de force, they started a 40 year chain of events which came full circle for me today, with this collection of great recordings.
While Johnson may have been new to the Soul crew in Yorkshire, England, he was no stranger to the music business in the USA. Born in Holly Springs, Mississippi, he moved to Chicago in 1950 where he sang the Blues with many of Chicago’s finest; recording in 1959 with Jimmy Reed for VeeJay and then for Federal Records of Cincinnati. In 1967, after a while with 3-4 independent labels around Chicago, he got heavily involved with Twinight Records where he enjoyed several R&B hits that have endured the ages and are still always in demand. He scored with the novelty dance track "Come On Sock It To Me" and the ‘social conscience’ album "Is It Because I'm Black?" which explored African-American identity and social problems. The record reached Number 11 in the R&B charts in 1969 and earned Syl a reputation, at home, as one of the most distinctive voices in Soul.
Anyone who makes vocal comparisons with Hi stablemate Al Green simply isn’t listening! Johnson has a raw ‘masculinity’ in his voice and a dynamic range heard best on the deeper of these sides, such as ‘Could I Be Falling In Love’ ‘That’s Just My Luck’ and ‘Come On Home’.
His time recording with Willie Mitchell spawned four excellent Memphis Soul albums which yielded the fine selections here. And as you take the deep dive in you’ll soon discover that ‘We Did It’ is not a solitary gem. You’re bound to find favourites of your own, from funky grooves and deep soul balladry to the ‘back to the roots’ harmonica blues of ‘I Only Have Love’ and Johnson’s biggest hit ‘Take Me To The River’.
So considering this particular artist had such a major part in the development of my own musical taste, causing me to make the long trip, a few years ago, from deepest Rotherham to the Memphis studio where the tracks were all recorded, I consider it a huge privilege to have been asked to select and compile my most loved Syl Johnson sides from those fruitful Hi years.
It’s been one helluva journey. I hope they give you at least half the pleasure they’ve given me.
Sean Hampsey
Buy it now for less than a fiver!
https://www.amazon.co...58956076&sr=8-1
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Ko Ko Taylor - Wang Dang Doodle!
Crackin record!
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Travis Wammack 'Scratchy' had a bit of a mid 70's revive Keith. Even got bootlegged at the time, as I recall.
There were many old Wheel Sounds that came back during the following decades, but as for Round Robin I think the bird had flown for good.
Shame. Always had a soft spot for it... and still own it on three different labels!
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Ok.
We made it to 120.
I think that about wraps it up.
Thanks everyone for all your input and your superb contributions.
Happy New Year and Happy Hunting.
Sean
Soul Source — Top Tips 2013
1.The Soul Survivors — Mama Soul — UK Atlantic2.Eddie Jay & Ray — Keep Smilin — PPL3.The Chateau Band — Feelings - Quiet Storm4.Ishola Muhammad — Open Up Your Heart — Guess Records5.Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson — Willing — Arista6.The Joneses — Love Contest — Spring7.The Ascots — She’s So Indifferent To Me Now — Crazy Cajun8.Lee Williams & Cymbals — Get It Together — Black Circle9.The Bottom Line — That’s The Way To Go — Greedy10.Lee Williams & Cymbals — A Girl From A Country Town — Rapda11.Ruby Andrews — You Got To Do The Same Thing — Zodiac12.The Fabulous Denos — I’ve Enjoyed Being Loved By You — King13.Tal Armstrong — Got To Let Go — Love Records14.Larry Reynolds — Take Away The Big Hurt — Tri Spin15.Casino Royale — To Be My Girl — Key Loc16.Willie Dale — Let Your Light Shine — Lovie D Records17.The Originals — Nothing Can Take The Place Of Your Love — Motown18.Les Femmes — Closer — Power Pack19.Jimmy Radcliffe — Lucky Old Sun — Shout20.Major Lance — Sweeter — WB21.Dynamic Superiors — You’re What I Need — Motown22.Odyssey — Our Lives Are Shaped By What We Love — Mowest23.Brethren — Can This Be Real — Teen Town24.American Standard Band — Morning - Starizon25.New Love Ltd — So Much To Talk About — Giant26.The Players — Get Right — Minit27.Syl Johnson — I Take Care Of Homework — Twinight28.Doris Duke — I’ll Make A Sweet Man Out Of You — Beantown29.Andrew Brown — Let’s Get Together — Four Brothers30.Jack Jacobs — I Believe It’s Alright - Libra31.Skull Snaps — Didn’t I Do It To You — GSF32.Hot Ice — It’s Time To Leave The Disco — Rage33.Independent Movement — Slipping Away — Polydor34.Mike James Kirkland — Together — Zay35.Fat Jack Band — Hey It’s Summer - ?36.Sun & Rain — This Is Love — Forcast37.Helen Curry - I Want You I Need You — Ja-Wez38.Lou Pride — Your Love Won’t Let Me Be — Black Gold39.Randolph Walker — Forty Love Street — Chant40.Billy Stewart — Count Me Out — Chess41.Four Tops — Still Water — Motown42.Rena Scott — I Finally Found A Love - Epic43.Bobby Taylor — Blackmail — VIP44.Bluesbusters — Love Is The Answer — Minit45.Miles Jaye — Let’s Start Over - 4th& Broadway46.Point Of View — I’m Superman — Instant47.Coming Of Man — Sunny Day — Right Kind48.Joe L — (I’m Not Gonna Be) Worried — Clissac49.Rex Garvin — Believe It Or Not — Atlantic UK50.Cheryl Johnson — It’s Not Too Late — Bugs51.Billy Sha-Rae — Do It — Spectrum52.Mary Wells — He’s The One I Love - Motown53.Verble Domino — Faded Memory — Toi54.El Dorados — Looking In From The Outside - Paula55.Little Sister & The Echoettes — Up Above My Head — Su-Ann56.United Sounds - It’s All Over (Baby) — United Records57.Tommy & The Derbys — Goin Back To Houston — Kool Records58.Shirley Finney — Every Day People — Jas Records59.Voices Of East Harlem — Take A Stand — Just Sunshine60.Othello Robinson — So In Luv — Babylove Records61.Billy Gee — In The Name Of The Bag — Joye62.The Loveseed — Loveseed — Amestay63.Mike Jemison — I Want Some Satisfaction — Geneva64.Johnny Griffith — Do IT — Triple B Records65.June Jackson — You’re Welcome — Musette66.The America People — Give It Up — Attack67.Jack Harden — She’ll Be Back — Star Shot68.Rod Keith — It’s Over And Done — Preview69.Voices Of East Harlem — Amazing Love — Just Sunshine70.Jimmie Braswell — Some Changes Made — Gene71.The Caffey Brothers — Make Me Over — Aura72.The Round Robin Monopoly — People Do Change — Truth73.Nancy Wilson — Now — Capitol74.Valentine Bros — Taste Of Your Love — Expansion75.Margaret Moss — Don’t Let It Be Too Late — Three Stars76.Arthur Prysock - (I Wanna Go) Where The Soul Trees Grown) — King77.Upbeats — Let’s Get Together — D&A78.The Platters — Love Must Go On — Musicor Records79.Billy Guy — Foxey Baby — Chalco80.Gary Ferguson — Mamma Come See ‘Bout You Daughter — Mothers81.Los Vampiros — I Can’t Understand You - ?82.Lady — Money — Truth & Soul83.Roy Roberts Experience — Beehive — House Of Big Brother84.Sherlock Holmes — What An Argument — Brunswick85.Edwin Starr — Don’t It Feel Good To Be Free — Motown86.Le Tre Femme — Open Up The Safe — Uptight87.Unique — Here We Go Again — Col-la-soul88.Enchanted Five — Have You Ever — CVS89.Double Trouble — To Live Is To Love — Pilot Master90.Indigos — Rest Of My Days — Wildfire91.Cooperettes — Win All Your Love — IDB92.Caesers - I’ve Got To Know — Both Sides93.Emanuel Lasky — Just The Way — Music Now94.Elements — Hey Lady — Saru95.Benny Hall — Your Love Got Healing Power — Mammoth96.Bobby Dixon — Woman, You Made Me — ABC Probe97.Donald Height — A Mean Thing — Dakar98.Afrodisia — A Fool No Longer — RD Records99.Waltiea Maxwell - Funky Generation - Goodie Train100.Johnny Moore - Call It What You Wanna - Chi-City101.Joey Dees — I Need Your Lovin’ — Blue Dolphin102.Sloan Bey — Look At Your Brother - Jonah103.Monroe Taylor — Proud Guy — Chesapeake104.Two Tons Of Love — What Good Am I — Paramount105.Casper Peters — Find My Way — Enterprise106.Latimore — Theres No End — Glades107.Tavares / Freda Payne — I Wanna See You Soon — Capitol108.Emanual Laskey — Right On — Music Now109.Silver Trumpeteers — Understanding — Calvary110.Sweet Rain — Love Don’t Go Away — RCA111.Johnny Starr — Don’t Hold Back — Eastern112.Bobby Moore — Can’t Get Away — Chess113.Paul Kelly — You Make Me Tremble — WB114.Bobby Moore — Give Me Your Love Right Now — Chess115.Bobby Powell — Childhood Days — Excello116.Inell Young — I’ve Never Considered — Busy-B117.GC Cameron — Strong Love — Motown118.Impressions — Love Me — Curtom119.Impressions — Potent Love — Curtom120.Sir Joe — If You Give Up Your Love — Rujac.-
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Been enjoying playing this out in recent times. Maybe not everyones cup of tea, but if you like your soul mellow with swirling strings n' things this'll certainly please ya!
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Nice 'dated' bit of NOLA I've been pushing around, again for a good few years, finally starting to get the props!
Inell Young - "I've Never Considered"
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This caused a stir first time I played it down at Just Soul... but still a Top Tip as far as I'm concerned!
Bobby Powell - Childhood Days
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Another quality item; I've been playing this for many, many, years and since the early 'Just Soul' sessions it's finally starting to gain the respect it deserves!
From the late Paul Kelly - "You Make Me Tremble"
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Here's a Top Tip of my own. Been playing this for the past year or so and it always gets the crowd's attention.
Previously Unreleased and only available on a scarce Jap album.
Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces feat Chico Jenkins
"Can't Get Away"
Enjoy!
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Saw it on the plane coming back from the States, a couple of months ago.
Best movie I've seen in a long while. Totally uplifting.
Anyone into real music is gonna love it. It's the story of Betty Lavette, Sam Dees, Richard Caiton, Jesse James, Darrow Fletcher, Lorraine Chandler, Mary Love and so many others, worshipped abroad yet unsung at home!
I've watched it 4 times and still found it totally enthralling.
And agree with Sebastian, the albums 'Cold Fact' (recorded at Tera Shirma in Detroit with Dennis Coffey and Mike Theodore) and 'Coming From Reality' are superb.
Whatever you do, don't miss this. And since Christmas, now available on UK DVD https://www.amazon.co.uk/Searching-For-Sugar-Man-DVD/dp/B008CP2E7C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1358599774&sr=8-1
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Yes Dave, "How Big Is Big" "Please Take Me Back" "I Ain't Got To Love Nobody Else" etc. were all recorded at American in Memphis.
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Hi all,
Apologies the update took a while and due to prolonged illness not been on SS for a few days.
Really good response this year. We have 98 Top Tips to date!
I can see we have a big influence and suggestions from outside the UK, which always adds a bit of variety and spice.
Also, a few 'funkier' contributions, as anticipated.
So, here we go with the consolidated list, thus far.
Will be interesting to see how some of these transfer into more and more playlists through the coming year(s).
Thanks everyone for you contributions and continued interest.
All the best,
Sean
Soul Source — Top Tips 2013
1.The Soul Survivors — Mama Soul — UK Atlantic2.Eddie Jay & Ray — Keep Smilin — PPL3.The Chateau Band — Feelings - ?4.Ishola Muhammad — Open Up Your Heart — Guess Records5.Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson — Willing — Arista6.The Joneses — Love Contest — Spring7.The Ascots — She’s So Indifferent To Me Now — Crazy Cajun8.Lee Williams & Cymbals — Get It Together — Black Circle9.The Bottom Line — That’s The Way To Go — Greedy10.Lee Williams & Cymbals — A Girl From A Country Town — Rapda11.Ruby Andrews — You Got To Do The Same Thing — Zodiac12.The Fabulous Denos — I’ve Enjoyed Being Loved By You — King13.Tal Armstrong — Got To Let Go — Love Records14.Larry Reynolds — Take Away The Big Hurt — Tri Spin15.Casino Royale — To Be My Girl — Key Loc16.Willie Dale — Let Your Light Shine — Lovie D Records17.The Originals — Nothing Can Take The Place Of Your Love — Motown18.Les Femmes — Closer — Power Pack19.Jimmy Radcliffe — Lucky Old Sun — Shout20.Major Lance — Sweeter — WB21.Dynamic Superiors — You’re What I Need — Motown22.Odyssey — Our Lives Are Shaped By What We Love — Mowest23.Brethren — Can This Be Real — Teen Town24.American Standard Band — Morning - Starizon25.New Love Ltd — So Much To Talk About — Giant26.The Players — Get Right — Minit27.Syl Johnson — I Take Care Of Homework — Twinight28.Doris Duke — I’ll Make A Sweet Man Out Of You — Beantown29.Andrew Brown — Let’s Get Together — Four Brothers30.Jack Jacobs — I Believe It’s Alright - Libra31.Skull Snaps — Didn’t I Do It To You — GSF32.Hot Ice — It’s Time To Leave The Disco — Rage33.Independent Movement — Slipping Away — Polydor34.Mike James Kirkland — Together — Zay35.Fat Jack Band — Hey It’s Summer - ?36.Sun & Rain — This Is Love — Forcast37.Helen Curry - I Want You I Need You — Ja-Wez38.Lou Pride — Your Love Won’t Let Me Be — Black Gold39.Randolph Walker — Forty Love Street — Chant40.Billy Stewart — Count Me Out — Chess41.Four Tops — Still Water — Motown42.Rena Scott — I Finally Found A Love - Epic43.Bobby Taylor — Blackmail — VIP44.Bluesbusters — Love Is The Answer — Minit45.Miles Jaye — Let’s Start Over - 4th& Broadway46.Point Of View — I’m Superman — Instant47.Coming Of Man — Sunny Day — Right Kind48.Joe L — (I’m Not Gonna Be) Worried — Clissac49.Rex Garvin — Believe It Or Not — Atlantic UK50.Cheryl Johnson — It’s Not Too Late — Bugs51.Billy Sha-Rae — Do It — Spectrum52.Mary Wells — He’s The One I Love - Motown53.Verble Domino — Faded Memory — Toi54.El Dorados — Looking In From The Outside - Paula55.Little Sister & The Echoettes — Up Above My Head — Su-Ann56.United Sounds - It’s All Over (Baby) — United Records57.Tommy & The Derbys — Goin Back To Houston — Kool Records58.Shirley Finney — Every Day People — Jas Records59.Voices Of East Harlem — Take A Stand — Just Sunshine60.Othello Robinson — So In Luv — Babylove Records61.Billy Gee — In The Name Of The Bag — Joye62.The Loveseed — Loveseed — Amestay63.Mike Jemison — I Want Some Satisfaction — Geneva64.Johnny Griffith — Do IT — Triple B Records65.June Jackson — You’re Welcome — Musette66.The America People — Give It Up — Attack67.Jack Harden — She’ll Be Back — Star Shot68.Rod Keith — It’s Over And Done — Preview69.Voices Of East Harlem — Amazing Love — Just Sunshine70.Jimmie Braswell — Some Changes Made — Gene71.The Caffey Brothers — Make Me Over — Aura72.The Round Robin Monopoly — People Do Change — Truth73.Nancy Wilson — Now — Capitol74.Valentine Bros — Taste Of Your Love — Expansion75.Margaret Moss — Don’t Let It Be Too Late — Three Stars76.Arthur Prysock - (I Wanna Go) Where The Soul Trees Grown) — King77.Upbeats — Let’s Get Together — D&A78.The Platters — Love Must Go On — Musicor Records79.Billy Guy — Foxey Baby — Chalco80.Gary Ferguson — Mamma Come See ‘Bout You Daughter — Mothers81.Los Vampiros — I Can’t Understand You - ?82.Lady — Money — Truth & Soul83.Roy Roberts Experience — Beehive — House Of Big Brother84.Sherlock Holmes — What An Argument — Brunswick85.Edwin Starr — Don’t It Feel Good To Be Free — Motown86.Le Tre Femme — Open Up The Safe — Uptight87.Unique — Here We Go Again — Col-la-soul88.Enchanted Five — Have You Ever — CVS89.Double Trouble — To Live Is To Love — Pilot Master90.Indigos — Rest Of My Days — Wildfire91.Cooperettes — Win All Your Love — IDB92.Caesers - I’ve Got To Know — Both Sides93.Emanuel Lasky — Just The Way — Music Now94.Elements — Hey Lady — Saru95.Benny Hall — Your Love Got Healing Power — Mammoth96.Bobby Dixon — Woman, You Made Me — ABC Probe97.Donald Height — A Mean Thing — Dakar98.Afrodisia — A Fool No Longer — RD RecordsThanks a bunch.
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Really good start to the thread everyone. Thank you.
Will give it a couple more days and then I'll do a consolidated list.
And don't be shy posting. Just because someone else already knows the track, or has played it (or heard it played out) doesn't mean it's not right to share with the rest of us.
With so many venues on throughout the UK, we can't all be everywhere, can we!
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Brethen - Can this be real - Teen Town - sounds so right for today - clip on You Tube I think.
Get it cheap while you can!
Really like that Adam.
Right - Who's got one for me?
Thanks,
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Lookin For A Love! Awesome!
:thumbsup: Sean
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What's This Lp ?
in All About the SOUL
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Correct Pete. Caught Up.
Your turn.
Sean