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    Clifton Hall

    in All About the SOUL

    Posted

    How are the Tickets Going Martin?

    Any Left?

    Apparantly they're coming from all over the UK for this one.

    1,000 Pilgrims visiting the Home Of Modern Soul!

    Can you get an extension?... I mean to the building, not the bar!

    :thumbsup:

    Sean

    I Give You Your Next Uptempo Monster Newie

    in All About the SOUL

    Posted

    I like it.

    Sounds as good as (or better than) most of the recent product that I've come across (If more 'Modern' stuff was as good or distinctive and as evidently 'Soulful' as this I'd probably buy more of it).

    I think you're right, in that it sounds like it could be Huge for the dancefloor.

    Not at all bad on the eardrums either (although late Friday nights I normally go for a more mellow mood).

    Thanks a lot for the post.

    Sean Hampsey

    Distinctive Soul Voices

    in All About the SOUL

    Posted

    Johnnie Taylor (and Floyd)

    Joe Simon

    Lamont Dozier

    David Ruffin

    Lenny Williams

    Garland Green

    Bobby Womack

    Willie Tee

    Jackie Moore

    Millie Jackson

    Shirley Brown

    Spot 'em a mile off!

    Some of the finest Voices in the history of the world!

    Love 'em all!

    Sean Hampsey

    Help Me, Rhonda Davis

    in Look At Your Box

    Posted

    Biggest one for me at that time was Sydney Joe Qualls, Mick Godfrey played it me on a tape in the car outside the Winter Gardens, bought the L.P. off him and played it that night. Went big straight away, good old days early 80's.... :D:thumbsup:

    Mick Godfrey, theres a Blast from the past!

    Had a few of bits off Mick that went on to become biggies at the time.

    High Fashion - 'Hold On' on Capitol, Skip Mahoney 'Running' on Abet etc.

    Smooth as a Baby's arse Mick.

    Sean

    Help Me, Rhonda Davis

    in Look At Your Box

    Posted

    Bought this from Soul Bowl in about 1983 on the strength of Sean's review in Black Beat. It was £3. Happy days.

    Hi Gareth,

    So the reviews worked then!

    Been waiting 23 years for some feedback! :thumbsup:

    The record took me a while to break at Sheffield and Clifton Hall etc. but Cleethorpes was a much more open minded scene than most, in order to break absolute unknowns.

    Everything played seemed to go MASSIVE overnight... and most of them have sustained their popularity into this century (I always felt that, in some ways, we were ahead of our time).

    Would be interesting to see what other tracks from the same period (Clifton Hall & Cleethorpes) have gone on to become classics and equally to see which have been consigned to the archives... and possibly due for reactivation.

    You're right. Very happy days.

    Sean Hampsey

    Help Me, Rhonda Davis

    in Look At Your Box

    Posted

    Yes, one I initially bought for the deep side. pleasent surprise when I flipped it :thumbsup:

    Yeh, me too Darren.

    Flipped it over and Whhooosh! a Perfect Ann Sexton 'YBGTL' Soundalike that had been totally ignored.

    I first spun it at Sheffield (KGB) but if you recall, I also played it a few times at Clifton Hall and it was an everplay in my Cleethorpes sets, early eighties, once it had started getting accepted.

    Bound to get a spin at the upcoming CLIFTON HALL REUNION (Plug Plug).

    See you there old chum!

    Sean

    Check Out This Cool Tune

    in Look At Your Box

    Posted

    I DIDN'T READ IT RIGHT..THAT'S THE SIDE I'VE BEEN PLAYING AND I PREFER IT .....BUT BOTH SIDES GOOD :D I JUST SAW EMMETT GARNER JNR AND BANGED A POST ON..THAT'LL LEARN ME!!!!!!!!

    Yup, You should never shoot your shot too soon!

    :thumbsup:

    You're right though, both crackin' sides but 'So Much Better' (an old Thorne fave from about 15 years ago) edges it for me!

    Sean

    Check Out This Cool Tune

    in Look At Your Box

    Posted

    i cant believe with the amount of shit that gets passed around for crazy money,that this slips through the net,this tune has got everything that a NORTHERN soul record should have,these bottom end 45's need spinning,cos theres plenty of em to go at!

    Guys,

    (IMO) The flip side is 'So Much Better!'

    :lol:

    Sean

    Help Me, Rhonda Davis

    in Look At Your Box

    Posted

    Hi,

    Been checking out Eddie Pillars funk and soul show on BBC6 and he was nice enough to play a bit of northern! One record he played was Rhonda Davis - Can You Remember

    Brilliant it was.......... What i was wonderin' is that is this really rare? Can you get a copy easy (nothing on ebay/manships) or is this just another record to add to my lottery wish list...........

    cheers

    ollie

    Hi Ollie,

    It's The flip side of ace deepie 'Long Walk, On A Short Pier' on a Duke label 45.

    It's an old spin of mine from circa 1980 and it is now an acknowledged classic.

    Normally makes about £100 - £120 but has gone for less on eBay.

    Happy hunting

    :lol:

    Sean Hampsey

    Gladys Knight - No One Can Love You More

    in Look At Your Box

    Posted

    Nowt to do with the track ... but went to see Gladys last week in Manchester .... the woman is fantastic and also for her age she's stunning, quite jealous actually ... looks good, moves good and can still sing extra extra extra good :yes:

    Saw her in Vegas a couple of years ago.

    Agree with all of the above.

    Just Incredible!

    Sean

    Across The Board

    in All About the SOUL

    Posted

    I agree Sean but it hasn't always been this way. New releases got played at Wigan all the time e.g. N.F. Porter - Keep on keeping on, and at Stafford too, Atlantic Star, Jeffrey Osbourne etc..

    Maybe it's just a recent thing.

    Agree Matt that 'some' tracks have been played as new releases (I've made a bit of a career of it myself) and infact the Northern scene was founded on records that were either new or only 4-5 years old, but that's why I stated that the scene 'often needs to have' rather than 'always'needs to have'.

    Sadly, though, I think you'll agree, its more often than not that Soul Music itself is way ahead of the 'Northern' Soul scene's ability to absorb it.

    There are dozens of tracks that should have been played when new, snubbed at the time, only to be later 'discovered' or deemed acceptable many years later.

    Good to see the above track getting the thumbs up though in the poll, if only belatedly.

    But dont ya' all just wonder what tracks came out in the last 12 - 18 months... that the Northern Scene should have played... rather than waiting until 2010.

    Sean Hampsey

    Across The Board

    in All About the SOUL

    Posted

    I agree Sean but it hasn't always been this way. New releases got played at Wigan all the time e.g. N.F. Porter - Keep on keeping on, and at Stafford too, Atlantic Star, Jeffrey Osbourne etc..

    Maybe it's just a recent thing.

    Across The Board

    in All About the SOUL

    Posted

    I'm Going all The Way was Huge as a new release at PITCHES, Rotherham.

    I just cant fathom (and never have been able to) why the Northern scene often needs to have a 10 - 15 year incubation period before it can accept a Soul track (see the Al Mason thread - i.e. only just acceptable now!).

    Tragic... but you've heard my rant on this subject before!

    Across The Board... was a phrase first used at PITCHES to mean just that.

    Soul Music... Across the board... all eras, all tempo's for all tastes!

    Sean Hampsey



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