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That's a bit an overstatement too, some of the DJs and early adopters of the disco scene were gay for sure, but by no means all of them, and entirely the preserve of a gay scene.....no. They are more broad brush generalisations just like Pete Waterman's ridiculous breakfast TV comment of "everyone into Northern were miners" to conveniently simplify a complex music scene. An underlying theme in the documentary was the change from a ground roots scene in to one of mass awareness and commercial hype that ultimately caused it to no longer be cool, then instigating a new underground scene. That should have struck a familiar chord for many of us.

Ok so you mean Northern and funk with ballad flips.

Northern ballads ??? Funk ballads ??? Ballads are generally down tempo aren't they ......

Herb Reed was directing, but Charles Johnson was on lead vocal......

Exaclty what I thought Sean.

Cheers Chalky, I don't have the CD, and couldn't find anything else on t'internet. Such a waste of great a talent if she dropped out of the music scene altogether.

I was listening to Heaven's Will (flip to You Hit Me) this morning and was struck by what a great voice Alice Clark had. George Kerr could certainly recognise and direct talent, and this track is comparable to Linda Jones at her best. Aside from the Warner Brothers, Rainy Day 45s and the brilliant Mainstream album and 45, I don't know anything else by her. Does anyone know if she had any other releases or what happened to her following her Mainstream album ?

I thought I'd misheard, so I'm glad you posted this.... his voice was awesome ! Great to see Jeanie Tracy throughout the documentaries too.

You can very rarely go wrong with anything that Jerry Butler has sung or been involved with....aside from the great Curis Mayfield penned and produced tunes during his time with VJ, the tunes that came out of his Music Workshop and Fountain productions are just pure class.... If you don't know "Walk Easy My Son", then do yourself a favour.... it's been massive in my house for a couple of years...

It's from her new LP "Soul Time".

... is this where someone has so say "oh yes it is" ? ....bit late for pantomime Mark...maybe not at some venues though, come to think of it....

Which is proabably why Stanley Mitchell's 45 has random vocals.... breaks up the monotony...

I'm inclined to agree on the different press theory especially since the WLP label has the same details as the release thought to be a bootleg. Still good to be able to distinguish between 1st and 2nd presses though.

I don't understand the fixation with needing to know who owns this over-hyped, played and talked to death record..... I'm tempted to start a new thread.. "Who Cares Who Bought KB's Frank Wilson ?"...

Players and Cameo are the same group - same record, so you'd be double counting there.....

Eddie, the Rhythm Rascals and Soul Communicators shared group members, though the lead with RRs was Jerry Hilton who also recorded the Chuck Corby song 'Complete Opposites' for Sonic. Hope this helps.

The flip of the Black Magic 45 is actually Lorraine Chandler, so at least that side was genuine, thought doubt that Lorraine received any payment for it. The flip was probably intended to give the A side credibility, or more likely to save money on studio time.

Are you sure about the Commands on Dynamic ? Their five listed releases don't include 'Please Don't Go'.

I don't think you can underestimate the influence of the last hour's Mecca tunes on the rest of the Northern scene of the day. It was massive and fuelled a great diversity that made great all-nighters like Cleethorpes and St Ives legendary. So many of the plays from the time were great, new or recent releases and it's a real shame that the oldies/revival scene of today seems to have filed under the new labels of crossover, funk or modern soul, and therefore tagged as not relevant.

Agree Joan, any DJ playing tunes they don't like is DJing for the wrong reasons.... If you can't play from the heart.... don't play at all....

Not sure that most DJs would be able or want to play across genres Chalky, most are specialists in one style and have very defined boundaries with very little scope for crossover (and I don't mean crossover as a style)... I thought Soul Sam was brilliant at Lifeline on Saturday... played across all styles without losing the floor...everything from Billy Butler - I'll Bet You to Gregory Porter - 1960 What.... best set I've heard him play recently.

Not so far Jordi, but I'll be surprised if it doesn't get a 12" release pretty soon... I predict this will be huge....