Djmelismo

For many years been buying the same type of FUJI CD-Rs, never had any problems, bought a packet of TDK CD-Rs now and the first disc I burned skips somewhere halfway through. Strange... Maybe have to go to town to buy those FUJI ones after all, since they have never given me any grief in the past. Any guidelines apart from the obvious - modern soul is mid-70´s and onwards up until brand new releases, I supply tracklisting with year, label and format, and I try to dig a bit deeper and come up with some overlooked gems?! I suggest people make a tracklisting like 1. 2. 3. because otherwise it´s hard to find the right track. Was part of another CD swap, was sitting in the car and wanted to play a certain track and it was very complicated because the tracks weren´t numbered so hard to locate. In case someone happens to supply insufficient postage, especially when there are a few `international´ participants in a CD swap, always a good idea to write "sender" and your address on the backside of the envelope, in case something´s wrong (in some cases the letter may be damaged and the address becomes unintelligible) then the letter will be returned to sender. My local post office would like me to give as much information as possible, so hopefully I can make out which ones are UK addresses, and they even want me to state whether the letters are supposed to go out to England, Scotland etc. Best, Melismo

Niki, posted my comments on your latest show on the EMS forum this time Best, Melismo

Hi Nelly! Very much enjoyed your February 23 show! Thanks for posting playlist + audio. My picks this time: Young Divines - Deep in your heart Linda Perry - All in the back of me now Mel & Tim - I may not be what you want Bobby McClure - You bring out the love in me Brothers by Choice - Take a little more JR Bailey - Heaven on earth Universal minds - For you girl Freddie Waters - Love is a strange thing The Vegas - I need your love Paragons - Con me Lee Williams - I can make mistakes too Mascara - It's Cool C & the Shells - On your way home Cheers, Melismo

Hi all! It´s that time again, here´s MIX #28: A TINT OF DARKNESS - Don't Ever Take Your Love Away (1978) BENNIE CONN - I Don´t (1980) WENDELL HARRISON - Take Time Out (1980) BERNIE WORRELL - Hold On (1978) REDD HOTT - Love Is For Keeps (1983) WASHINGTON - If U Wanna Go (1991) BILI THEDFORD - Reaching Out To Me (1977) 24 KARAT GOLD - I Love The Way You Smile (1978) 4PM - Writing You This Letter (1997) THE GATURS FT. WILLIE TEE - Concentrate (1970) TRU-G´Z - Project Blues (1996) JAMES INGRAM - Mercy (2008) 5AM PRAISE - I Smile (2006) ALL-4-ONE - My Child (2009) VICTOR BROOKS - Your Ways (2006) ZARICK JACKSON - Why (2008) MS. MONIQUE - Mr. Do Right (2006) ZELL - Total Package (2007) 45 FT. STEPHANIE McKAY - I Believe (2009) Links: https://www.zshare.net/audio/731847890ea1b2d2/ https://www.divshare.com/download/10627185-c2e Hope you enjoy! All the best, Melismo

Thanks Cliff, have PM:ed you my address, putting it here in the thread too: Mats Olofsson Torget 1A 264 32 KLIPPAN SWEDEN And just to clarify, I´m DJ Melismo on here, well, it´s the moniker I always use in soul music circles, but as you can see above my real name is Mats :O)

Hi there! Great show from Niki! The B-side can sometimes be the Best-side...LOL... Anyway, I am also a collector of LPs, so I know a few of the more modern B-sides as album tracks as well. Some of my personal favourites from the show: Hodges James Smith & Crawford - I'm In Love Festivals - Take Your Time Jay And The Techniques - Don't Ask Me To Forget Brown Sugar - I'm Going Through Changes Now Sir Wales Wallace - I Wish I Could Say What I Want To Tony Jackson - Secretly In Love Pat & Pam - My Baby & I North South East & West - I'm Not Like The Others Sweet Geraldine - Brain Storm Midnight - Keep On Walking By Skip Jackson - Promise That You'll Wait Dave Love - You Painted Me Blue Big Jim's Border Crossing - Love Built On A Strong Foundation Cheers, Melismo

I would like to be 2nd reserve if possible, in case someone gets cold feet realising that they won´t have time to complete a disc, I can step in. Please let me know if the opportunity arises. Melismo, living on the dark side + Or the techy-minded and computer-literate people can post a zipped/RAR-file for people to download the tracks, thus no need for CD-Rs, stamps or envelopes... +

A very interesting interview with a very friendly and talkative Sidney Barnes - thanks for posting Cheers, Melismo

Hi Bob! Thanks for adding another page/entry into the encyclopedia of soul. As always thanks for caring about our musical education. Best regards, Melismo

Hi Barry! Great show as always! My picks: Pree - Suddenly There's You Harrison Brothers - Standing On The Corner Satisfactions- One Light Two Lights Consolers - Take It To The Lord George Jackson - Walking The City Streets 100% Pure Poison - Bet You Say You Want To Make It With Me Little Ann - Deep Shadows Sweet Singing Cavaliers - There Is No Failure In God Beyonce - I'd Rather Go Blind A long way from the Bootylicious side of things...LOL... Regards Melismo

Hi Ollie! Brilliant mix, thanks for sharing it, my personal favourites being: The TNT Band - The Meditation The Quotations - I Dont Have To Worry Claude "Baby" Huey - Drifting Vibrating Vibrations - Surprise Party For Baby The Ethics - I Want My Baby Back The Voicemasters - Dance Right On Into My Heart Norma Jean - I've Taken Over Stevens And Foster - I Want To Be Love Sir Henry Ivy - He Left You Standing There Cheers, Melismo

Yes, so much so that "Satisfied" (my top tune off the album) has been featured in many of my DJ sets and actually was the second track in my very first podcast posted on the forum: DJ MELISMO SOUL MIX 1 CECIL PARKER – Get On Up (1981) PAT PETERSON – Satisfied (1982) PASSION – Midnight Lovers (1980) FREDA PAYNE – Tell Me Please (1978) PHILLY CREAM – Slow Down (1980) PERRY & SANLIN – Off On Your Love (1980) PARIS CASABLANCA – Dancing In Cairo (1979) POTION – Catch The Feeling (1981) PHILLY DEVOTIONS – Hurt So Bad (1976) RAY PARKER JR – Let´s Get Off (1982) PIECES OF A DREAM – Feelin´ For You (1987) PRESSURE – Fantastic Dreams (1979) THE PERSUADERS – Hey Sister (1976) https://www.zshare.ne...159009ba9d22b5/ You know, "P" as in Podcast...LOL... Best, Melismo

Hi Jason! Thanks for posting, quality selection as expected! Love my California soul and especially the ones listed below: Harold Dickey and The Passions "She Was Always Around" Clay Brown "Everybody's Talking" Moses Dillard And The Dynamic Showmen "Go 'Way Baby" Prince Paul & The Swingin' Imperials "In The Beginning (You Really Loved Me)" Frankie & The Damons "The Man From Soul" Soul, Inc. "What Goes Up Must Come Down" The Nomads "Somethin's Bad" Jessie Woods "For Once In My Life" Eloise L. Jackson and the Bloommanets "Tender Loving Care" Bob Meyer "I Only Get That Feeling" Moses Dillard And The Dynamic Showmen "Pretty As A Picture" The Appreciations "No, No, No" The Funk Connection "Going Our Way" Moses Dillard & The Tex Town Display "We Gotta Come Together" Opus Seven "Hey Big Brother" Manifest Destiny "I'm Missing You" Exit "I Wanna Be Close To You (When It Rains)" Sudden Change "Used To Think We Were Lovers" One-On-One "Why Must (It Be That Way)" Tanger Harris & T.M.S. Band "This Lonely Dream" Toby King "Operator" The Saints "Love Can Be" The Travelers "Love Is A Part Of Living" Dorothy Glass & Dorothy Glass Singers "By The Time" Brown Sugar Inc. "Sweet Love Of Mine" Style "Do You Miss My Love" Babay "In Her Eyes" Harold Dickey "Dance" Nice to hear some of those more contemporary cuts also And out of all the tunes you played this was probably the most breathtaking for me: Brown Sugar Inc. "Sweet Love Of Mine" Stunning vocals on that one, is it one or two vocalists on that track? Best regards Melismo

Hi Bob! Another excellent show, some of my favourites were: Little Mary Staten - Steppin' stone June Conquest - Take Care Sensations - Please Baby Please Mighty Ghetto - I miss you (cause I love you) Bobby Lanz and the Celtics - Accept me for what I am Sky Blue - Friday Night Revelation Funk - Elastic Lover Vernon Young - Closing in on my mind pt. 1 Best regards, Melismo

Great sounds throughout, wonderful selection of tunes!!! Hey, what´s up with all the naked ladies, can hardly visit your page or listen to the mix when the missus is in the room, she will be thinking that I am surfing for porn or erotic/nude art (LOL). Anyways, thanks for posting the link, very much enjoyed what I heard! Best, Melismo

Hi Marius! Thanks for sharing. Great selection of tunes, especially love these: Gold - What About The Child P.J. City - Straight Forward Trace Of Smoke - Treasure Mind Pure Funk - Nothing Left Is Real Funkhouse Express - Strive Gate - Streetman Best regards, Melismo

Hi Jason! Some excellent tunes in there (always loved Maurice Jackson, Everyday People etc.), all of them up for sale? Best, Melismo

Great sounds here!!! I am not familiar with Mixcloud, where/how do I download the mix, and how do I fast forward or go backwards in the player? Best, Melismo

Hi Bob! What a wonderful interview, such a warm and friendly atmosphere in the studio and the fact that Betty was the one who contacted you, made for her having a positive attitude and she was more than willing to talk in depth about her career. The Coffee 7" that she sang lead on wasn´t included on the (two?) Coffee albums, was it?

Hi Barry! Cracking show again, my top picks: Darrell Banks - The Love Of My Woman Chairmen Of The Board - Two Can Be As Lonely As One Catha Morrison - The Leaf Is Just Like Me Satisfaction Unlimited - I Know It's Love Ollie & The Nightingales - A-B-C-D Willard King - I Am Nothing Without Your Love Alton Jackson & Larry Bailey - Believe In Me Pamela Releford - He's All Right With Me Tommy Ellison & The Five Singing Stars - I Want To Be Loved Tanita Gaines - Forgettin' Ain't Easy That Willard King "I Am Nothing Without Your Love" must be one of the most romantic soul recordings around - perfect for Valentine´s Day Tanita Gaines - "Forgetting Ain´t Easy" is my other top favourite from the show - wonderful soul music! Regards Melismo

You are right Jim, the track was co-written by Obie Benson and the general idea of the "What´s Going On" theme of social awareness was partly inspired by Frankie Gaye´s stories from his time in Vietnam, as Marvin himself related in some interviews. And it´s true that Berry Gordy wasn´t keen on releasing this socially concious concept album, he didn´t believe in it, but today of course he is glad that Marvin got his way (LOL) as most music critics seem to agree on "What´s Going On" being one of the greatest (or even THE greatest) album(s) of all time regardless of genre. Best, Melismo

I will keep my eyes peeled. From time to time I am out and about trawling through piles of records, I´ll see if it surfaces, wish me luck (LOL). Blue-eyed soul seems to be having a revival with Richard Stepp - "Caught Up In A Whirlwind" being one prime example, a previously relatively unknown record that started fetching big money and finally was reissued, don´t know whether the value of the original copy increased or decreased because of that, the track gained lots of exposure and lots of people wanted to have a copy, many of course still wanted to possess the original, kick myself to this very day, used to have the LP, but sold it many moons ago, dead cheap of course, not knowing that it would ever become valuable. Have noticed that among my podcasts, the blue-eyed soul mixes seem to be the most popular ones judging by the number of downloads and the messages I´ve received. Thinking of doing another one soon, since I may have just discovered a few other lost treasures I believe, probably overlooked in soul cirlces partly because of the fact that they are white acts, although they have enough soul and musical credibility to justify inclusion in any soul set alongside more obvious items. And they don´t all have to be belters vocally, there are some soft-voiced black soul singers too you know Best, Melismo

Definitely worth reading IMO. Came out more than a year ago. Got it for Christmas (2009, so not even two months ago) from a family member who knew I wanted it, but remember that it was THE Christmas gift of 2008 for many people on here. If you check back there are some old threads about this book where you can get lots of information about it and people´s views on the actual content of the book. Mel

You are right of course, nevertheless I also do believe that for those artists that are still alive and well and ambitious there would be ways of somehow capitalising on their "new-found" fame by doing reissues or selling original copies or acetates for big money, making new recordings, setting up websites (possibly with certain sections being password protected and one has to pay to get access to certain exclusive content or services), doing interviews, writing articles, touring (there are soul venues all over the world), getting together with other oldies acts and former label mates to set something up, or why not sue people who have used their material without permission. Some/many of the artists that we herald as heroes aren´t even alive today, and in some cases though alive and well may not actually be aware of the fact that they are big in for instance the UK due to a couple of low-budget 45s they recorded locally 45 years ago. Just doing a bit of `stream of consciousness" writing here, inspired by your original post, hope you don´t mind, you obviously spawned something here...LOL...

Frankie Gaye´s stories from combat in the Vietnam war was fundamental in his brother Marvin coming up with the idea for the song and album What´s Going On.