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I agree the raw gritty Soulful RnB tunes should be played but not those with a rock and roll tempo good as these may be they belong on a different scene. I do think tunes such as below should be played with an RnB base but definite Rare/Northern Soul appeal LITTLE WILLIE JONES - YOU ARE WELCOME TO TRY - VRC -

I've mentioned this before but I like F Scott Fitzgerald's description of a woman dancing to jazz in Harlem in the 1920s as "Uptown, ,Downtown, Jelly on a plate" Cheers Manus

Yes Steve onto Rowntree Sounds for a few pints and a little someting to keep you dancing. I remember coming down to Manchester once and getting off the train at about 5pm - Man Utd had been playing Walsall at home in the FA cup and Newcastle (my team) were away at Man City. I hadn't gone to the game I wanted be up for it for the niter - the police had made Man U kick off an hour earlier in the hope this would help avoid clashes but all this did was give the Man U fans a chance to get down to the station and wait for the Newcastle fans after the City game. So I got off the train and the station was packed with Man U fans looking for folk with Geordie accents Later that night I was talking to some Man Utd fans in Rowntrees and they said they Geordies had stood up for themselves and I had a few pints with these blokes and a good laugh. Great days indeed. Gonna be offline for a bit now - have a good Easter everyone Cheers Manus

The Artistics album with Hope we have, I'll always love you etc is packed with dancers, the Darrell Banks is here LP has to be up there with Open the door, Our love, Angel baby , Somebody somewhere all on there as well as the sublime Here come the Tears. Cheers Manus

It could be although I've got a memory of it being played off an LP and it being guitar led - But 36 years is a long time and my main recollection is of Martin Ellis' enthusiasm when he was playing it so I think you might be right. Cheers Manus

Hello Dave I remember going to the Oasis stall once and as we were leaving a big riot kicked off with a group of rastas and the security guards and the police it all got a bit heavy but all part of growing up I suppose and I wouldn't have missed those expereinces for anything. Cheers Manus

Yes it's difficult to believe it's so long ago - I remember a very dodgy instrumental getting played 2 or 3 times there one afternoon off an LP I'm pretty sure by Martin Ellis he kept playing it and then putting it back to the beginning and playing it again- I don't know why that sticks in my mind - we used to come down from Gateshead so it was a great place to go and spend an hour after getting off the train and listen to the sounds being played. All the best Manus

There was a stall in the Oasis market where Martin Ellis and others worked it could get quite lively on a Saturday afternoon and I remember one bloke ( one of the Rowntrees crowd) really going for it dancing one afternoon and Martin Ellis ever the showman clappping away behind the counter and getting an atmosphere going. Cheers Manus

Not sure if this got a UK release - but what a fantastic piece of footage thanks for posting. I've got a US issue thanks to hearing it on the Crossover thread posted by Steve Edgar from Carlisle Cheers Manus

I had a great night out in a Paris nightclub about 20 years ago called the Slow Club ( think that was the name still got a box of matches somewhere with the name on) on the Rue de Rivoli. It was a Jazz club and apparently Dizzy Gillespies favourite Paris nightclub back in the day. It was dark and seedy and underground just like a good club should be. All the dancing was jive or chiroc and it was great to watch all these guys lining up to dance with one particular girl - she did all the dancing while the guys twirled her around. What a place that would be to have a allnighter. Love Paris my missus and son took me there as a surprise for my 50th birthday - there's nothing more guaranteed to get you in a xmas mood than sitting drinking wine ( mulled for my missus) in December in that little square near Sacre Coeur. Cheers Manus

George Benson My woman's good to me

It's actually a thread started by Webby in Freebasing

My apologies - I thought the thread had taken on a bit of a light hearted tone - not often the case at the moment. Cheers Manus

I'll have you know Mr Mooney I'm stricly teetotal Hic Copyright Webby's Ridiculously Fabricated Northern Soul Lies Thread (Freebasing) Cheers Manus Hic

Hello Mike - it's a little known Northern Soul fact that Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull - dropped the Tull from the bands name and moved to Wolverhampton and got into Soul music and started going to all nighters and later went on to record a funky , crossover, R and B tinged, Northern Soul version of Witches Promise cunningly covered up as Footsee. Copyright Webby's Ridiculosly fabricated Northern Soul Lies thread (Freebasing) Cheers Manus

It's got to be true to say that one mans shit is another mans gold. I really like this record - along with a lot of Motown records it takes me back to a time and place and being a youngster with no sophistication or knowledge of much at all. Yes the lyrics are banal but the energy and the vocals give, it in my opinion, that something special that Motown tunes had. Cheers Manus

Hello Steve Spot on "Listen to the music" and get the buzz All the best mate Manus

It's what I like about the actual Crossover thread in Soul Audio Paul - The records posted come from all the decades from the 60s until now with productions reflecting eras and are uptempo , midtempo , downtempo any which way you like tempo and never once has any of the posters or listeners come onto the thread and questioned the genre of a tune - cos the thread seems to have one simple criteria and that is " lets share some good Soul music". Cheers Manus

It was one of the most popular Motown records at our local under 18s Welfare/youth dance in 69/70 when I was about 13/14 - along with things like the Isley Brothers , Four Tops and all - sadly you also had to listen to stuff like Jethro Tull and the like too. Manus

It was on a lot of playlists in the Soul/Funk clubs at the time (75 I think) of release - I remember Big Phil the black american radio DJ on tyneside's radio metro giving it spins - very nice tune Mick with a strong message. Cheers Manus

Rose for my rose - top tune gets me every time. I work in a university library with a small vinyl section mainly poetry but with some music. One of the students took The Motown Story out on loan and I heard him say to his mate - I bet this is really rare - I didn't want to spoil it for them so I kept schtum. Cheers Manus

I'm just going to watch the film and then make my mind up. Cheers Manus

I remember Dave Evison taking a record off midway through at WC and saying " that's the last time I play something I haven't heard before" It was a Gladys Knight tune I think and it cleared the floor and he had been persuaded to play it by one of the punters. Can't remember what it was now but it wasn't too bad I recall. Cheers Manus

Reminds me of Marty Feldman and " I'm just going to put the cat out" Cheers Manus

On a personal level I'm hearing sounds that are new to me all the time too but I think few if any of these sounds are unknown to others on the scene. So I feel there are huge reservoirs of tunes to discover on a personal basis but very few that are unknown if we combined knowledge. Hope that makes sense Cheers Manus Post edited as requested