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Originally from their Bell LP "Back on top", the same LP was then re-released by Bell as "The O'Jays" in circa 69/70. Then issued again in about 74 on MFP, and 76 on Kory. Looks like the tracks owners were trying to cash in the O'Jays popularity. Superb album in my opinion, although the dubbed on "live" noises is a little off-putting. "Just another guy" was LP only as far as I am aware. The original studio version (undubbed) didn't see the light until the aforementioned Sundazed CD "I'll be sweeter tomorrow, the Bell sessions" in about '02. The song was co-wriiten & produced by sweet soul legend George Kerr. PS. I swear we've had this question before btw.

A if its a cheapie. B if not, C on the rare occassions I have a bit of spare £.

Yes, you can edit the track very easily, there are lots of programs out there to do that. No, you can't "reverse" a compressed file, & if you convert it to WMA for instance, then the sound quality will diminish still further. Anything from 320kbps upwards is normally considered high quality. 192kbps is acceptable, anything below this and the sound quality is audilbly poor. Why would anyone get a carver done anyway? Surely you are then getting an illegal copy made to then play it in a format that isn't original, a double whammy.

Not sure where I should be posting this, but this section seems the most appropriate, feel free to move it to wherever it should be mods. As usual, here are 2 mixes of snippets of my top 100 favourite tunes from the last year. One focusing on the more downtempo stuff, the other mainly picking the pace up a bit. No garage or jazz tunes in this list ("On my way to Harlem would definitely be in my top 10 of the year), and no more than 1 tune from any artist in any 1 mix. Link is to directly playable files, but they are also downloadable and both will fit on an 80min CD if you want to burn it, to listen in the car etc. All tracks are readily available to buy on t'internet. Hope you find a few gems you don't know amongst the more obvious stuff; On The Down Low tracklisting (in order of play) - https://www.divshare.com/download/22813695-8e0 Devi Lu "Shine" Rocky Mountain All Stars "A few kisses ago (now we're so close to heaven)" Donnie Ray "A secret is so hard to keep" Julia Huff "All because of you" Bashiri Asad "Beautiful you" Ms. Monique "Becoming the man I want" Ferry Ultra Feat/ Sharon Phillips "Brown eyed love" Indie Soul United "Call me up" Antoine Dunn Feat. Lola Brown "Can't forget (remix)" Kat Webb "Can't stop thinkin' bout you" Lina "Come to me" Sosha Oshaye "Do you" Angie Stone "First time" 2nd Nature "Fly away" Marcel Anderson "Free in the garden" Tarrey Torae "Get some (part 1)" Vel Omarr "Give me your love" Blackbyrds "Givin' love to you" Soultry Sound Feat. Jeremy Jackson "Head over heels" Homemadesoul "Heartbreak hotel" James Fortune & FIYA Feat. Monica & Fred Hammond "Hold on" Bunny Sigler "How bad do you want it" Keyshia Cole "I choose you" Soul Unlimited Feat. Ellis Blake "I'd rather have you than memories" Jeff Floyd "Jealous lady" J.Poww "Let u go" Vivian Green Feat. Algebra Blessett, Treena Ferebee, Laurin Talese & Leah Smith "Light of the universe" Keith "Doc" Samuels "Makin it last" Valerie Bell-Smith "My favorite things" Eric Benet "News for you" Anthony David Feat. Algebra "Official" R. Kelly "One step closer" Pete Belasco "One" Tatiana Ladymay Mayfield "Real" Staci McCrackin Feat. Gregg Bacon "Since you've been gone" Bill Ortiz "Since you've been gone" Mint Condition "Slo woman" Alvin Frazier Feat. Cassandra "Something to remember" Bridget Kelly "Special delivery" Joy Denalane "Still I'm a woman" Michael Walker Feat. Earl Tee Harris "Sweet swag" Anthony A.K.King "Take me over love" Ty Causey Feat. Lenora Jaye "The limit of love" LaRombe "The ultimate" Faith Evans "Too high for love" Hulon Feat. Howard Hewett "Two in the morning" Gregory Porter "When did you learn" Lafayette Reed "Wish on a star" Kadice "You better be careful" Eddie Levert "You're always there" Feet Tappers and Floor Fillers Tracklisting; https://www.divshare.com/download/22813531-77f Demitri "2 step" TK Soul "A good man" Incognito Feat. Vanessa Haynes "Ain't it time" Feloney Davis "Appear to be" Jeff Calloway Feat. Laura Alford "Breath away" Yolanda R. "Bring ur lovin' home" Kylie Auldist "Changes" Bashiri Asad Feat. Shinda Ewell "Dance with you" Justin Avery "Do or don't" Darryl Anders Agapesoul Feat. Zoe Ellis "Don't say u love me" Leon "Don't stop" Jonathan Butler "Don't walk away" Cocoa St.James "Enjoy the party" Ryan Shaw "Evermore" NYU Testament "Everything you need" Robin McKelle & The Flytones "Fairytale ending" Pitch & Scratch Feat. Alex Prince "Funk is ruling my head" Kon & The Gang "Get it together" Marlon Wells "Hands up" Andreas Aleman "Helplessly in love" Onita Boone "I don't wanna" Tammy Jones "I want more of you" Tina Jenkins Crawley "It comes from you" Roderick Drane Feat. Paul Johnson "Jesus is my friend" R.Kelly "Lady Sunday" Kevin Jackson "Loving me" Quantic & Alice Russell Feat. The Combo Barbaro "Magdalena" Euge Groove Feat. Jeffrey Osborne "Never met a woman (like you)" Jarrard Anthony Feat. Mic-El, P.M., & Don Spigga "Never see her again" Lakecia Benjamin "Smile" T.Nicole "Sometimes" Floacist Feat. Raheem Devaughn "Start again" Andre Lee "Stepping with you" Renee Alexander "Stronger" Big Brooklyn Red "Taking it too far" Groove Stu "Thing called love" Maurissa Rose "Thinking about you" Darryl Miller Feat. Lori Elise, Danielle Mercado, & Moses La Porte "This thing called love" Cody Chesnutt ""'Til I met thee" Brian Owens "Troubled man" Angie Stone "U lit my fire" Promise Marks "Under the moonlight" Ricky Diciotto & Kenny Carpenter Feat. Wendy Lewis "Universal dreamers (Mark Di Meo & Tony Loreto remix)" Quintus McCormick "What am I gonna do?" Dallas White "What more" Cool Million Feat. Peggi Blu "When we loved" Sunburst Band Feat. Darien "Where the lights meet the music" Taylorhyll "Xpression of xoxo (love)" Drizabone Soul Family "You come around" Lee Fields & The Expressions "You're the kind of girl" Other notable mentions for the year; Top 12 albums Eric Benet "The one" Ty Causey "False faces" Leon "Chocolate" Jarrard Anthony "Ready to live" Incognito "Surreal" Ralf Gum "Never leaves you" Angie Stone "Rich girl" Antoine Dunn "Truth of the matter" Big Brooklyn Red "Answer the call" Jonathan Butler "Grace and mercy" Cool Million "III" R.Kelly "Write me back" Top 5 covers Greg Adams Feat. Darryl Walker "What's goin' on" (Marvin Gaye) Tom Scott & Paulette McWilliams Feat. Will Downing "Too hot" (Kool & The G ang) Joss Stone "Pillow talk" (Sylvia) Jarrard Anthony Feat. Lonnie Liston Smith, Patrice Covington, & Monet "I love you" (Weldon Irvine) Amikaeyla "Lovely day" (Bill Withers) Top 3 previously unreleased tunes Oliver Cheatam "Don't pop the question (if you can't take the answer)" Jesse James "I feel your love changing" Darrow Fletcher "(Love is my) secret weapon"

Yes, the Guiness label was a tax scam job (mafia connections too I recall hearing!). I've got a few on this label; Formula 1 "Hold on" (couple of nice tracks, especially "Love, love, love" going rate about £100) Ben E.King "Rebirth" (rehash of some of his earlier releases - very poor) £20 Love People "Sing it again" (awesome sweet soul) £120 Newban & Newban 2 (group that went on to become Atlantic Starr, both LPs are brilliant, at least 1 has been re-issued) £200 & £300 Vilo Perry "Standing room only" (1 tracker, fantastic version of "Uptown lady") £75 Anyone else care to enlighten us on what any other Guinness LPs are like? In the same vein, I think the TSG label was another tax scam one. I've only got 2 LPs on that one by; 1619 Bad Ass band (great name lol), & a group called Spice.

Don't you read my posts? (no of course you don't ) Flip posted above (12" version)

I prefer the mellow flip. Very hard on a 12". NIce LP,

Ortofon's work perfectly with Technics for me, treemndous sound. Ensure you clean your records though, they don't respond too kindly to dirt.

I;m loving "Still Can't Get You Out Of My Heart", and it went down well when played out at the weekend, not feeling the other tunes on the LP though.

The funk guys want it for the flip (the better side for rme too), even so that's far too steep.

I've got an LP from Moses Dillard & the Tex-Town Display from '69 on Tex Town records. Superb stuff, and with the lead vocals of a young Peabo Bryson of course; Bryson stayed with them for a few years and can be heard on the excellent "I Promise To Love You" on Shout.

I always thank the previous DJ, as has been said. I also ask him what is he thinking of finishing his set on, so I can pick out a tune that isn't a massive change in style (going from soulful garage to a 6ts beat ballad doesn't lend itself to a smooth changeover lol). Also, I wouldn't start without anything too obscure, If the floor is dead, than I'd kick off with a classic to try to get some feet moving. P.S. I'm not really a DJ though!

I actually saw this last night, but assumed it was a wind up, evidently not!. The lyrics on "Heaven is..." are inspired, and "Please don't go" is one I often play out, top tune.

Agreed, total 1 off genius. Love all his LPs (bar his last), with "Pieces of a man" right up there with Marvin's "What's goin on" for me.

Mad price. Not much of an LP in my opinion, apart from the obvious.

Pretty sure it's Harrison Crump "Love insurance" (2003 Dust Traxx 12"). That was the original mix.

A large % of my recent ebay sales have gone back to the USA, Other countries with multiple purchases are the usual suspects; UK, France, Italy, Germany, Belgium, & Japan. Sold quite a few 8ts bits to Latvia and Estonia too!

I can confirm it never saw a 7" or 12" release in the USA.

Often in my play box. I agree "Tell me.." is much better than the flip.

Absolutely Kev. I've got more LPs by JB than any other artist. Some of the most soulful stuff in my collection too.

Bootlegging you mean.

Sounds like the Apollo version; "LIVE AT THE APOLLO VOLUME II" (1968 KING - 2 LP) Best tracks - "Think"/"That's life"/"Let yourself go-There was a time-I feel all right"/"Cold sweat"/"It may be the last time"/"Bring it up"/"It's a man's, man's, man's world"/"I lost someone" I'd have to dig it out to be sure though.

No 45 that I am aware. The original instrumental version is from Richie's LP of the same name (77 Muse), the vocal version is from "Keeper of the flame" (79 Muse)

IKE NOBLE "FRESH START" (circa 1981 CONNOWIL LP) (Prod. Ike Noble, Jimmie J.Williams, & Howard Collins) Best tracks - Another star"/"Your love"/"I promise you"/"Love to be loved"/"I'm gonna miss your love"/"I'll love only you" Superb LP, but will set you back about £250

How about this monster; and even better;