Mick Howard

These 'mags' were very irreverent but always meant to be in fun. Produced by my good friends the 'Elephants of Soul' from Nottingham - Graham & brothers Rick & Rob Scott. Mick

Jimmy Ricks - Oh What A Feeling "You make my liver quiver" Fantastic record and what a singer but that line hhmmm........ Mick

Ooh yeah I remember them very well. Brian in one room, Tim in the bottom room Hearing Brian play Secret Home (an original Wheel spin I believe) Me & Jocko getting very emotional dancing to Wrong Man Being introduced to Trevski Epic memories Mick

Wrote a short article for Howard's Soul Up North about the changes that swept through the US during the 60's. It's attached if anyone is interested but I mention Welfare Cheese by Emanuel Laskey as being an example of a song with civil rights connotations "C'mon Mr President, give me some of that welfare cheese" - tremendous Mick Article for Soul Up North - Aug 08.doc Article for Soul Up North - Aug 08.doc

In the words of a young John McEnroe "you cannot be serious?" Two magical slices of Detroit Soul IMO - in comparison with some of the crap that's been played over the years including the one that this thread is about (I can't even bear to say its name) then absolutely no contest. Mick

Definitely Little Willie John - also on King. It's on YouTube too but I don't know how to upload it onto here. Mick

Breaking Training by Larry Brown Mick

Rob As promised, the article about Sammy/Tyrone There is something (although very little) about the Levine thing in it. Del Larks Story.pdf Mick Del Larks Story.pdf

I have a (knackered) LP on Polydor and it's associated with the NME. I'm at work so can't actually look at it but I think its from about 66/67 & it is very weird because along with the likes of the Who it has The Holidays & Big Dee Irwin! I also have an LP on Track called Liquorice All-Sorts with track by the Debonnaires, Parliaments and the like. It's a very PC album 'cos the title is also in braile. Mick

Very surprised that no one has actually said on this thread that Sammy Campbell of the Del Larks and Tyrone Ashley are one and the same person. I Want My Baby Back is on Phil-La-Of-Soul and is pure class because of Sammy's/Tyrone's Soulful delivery.... I have an article about Sammy which I'll post later. Mick

Slow it may be but at least it's proper SOUL & an 'effin' brilliant unlike the one that this thread is about. Mick

The Eddie Parker & Lorraine Chandler all nighter at TOTW mid 80's. (l to r) Keb, unknown (sorry mate), Rob Mariott, Pete Crampton, Danny Everard (I think) & Lorraine Chandler.

Glyn Sorry, that was ambiguous. I meant is it rare which I now know it isn't. Mick

Turned out a very good gig. To be honest when Marlena came on stage & kicked of with a 'jazzy' version of Wade In The Water I was a little sceptical but each song seemed to get better. The only gripe is that she did'nt do an encore. Didn't manage to get to the Greatstone as it would have proved a bit costly in taxi fares so we decided to go the Salutation but did'nt get there either as we had forgotten the name of the pub. We ended up at Chatham St instead of Higher Chatham St...... Mick

Heard this last night for the first time - rare & how much? Mick

Thanks to y'all for the info. Turns out it wasn't an argument after all - my mate Stuart says that he meant that it never came out as a 45 in the UK..... Mick

Can someone settle an argument please? Did HB Barnums It Hurts Too Much To Cry come out on British? And if so with picture sleeve? Mick

Stevie Sorted. Just me, Ali, Stuart & Gill. Also sent a PM to Mark B about the Greatstone as we're up for that as well. Looking forward to seeing you mate. Mick

I know that this one has been done to death but the question really crosses over into lots of other threads - the one about songs from different ends of the spectrum for example. Back to basics then: Who coined the phrase? Cliff Clifford (alledgedly) in Dave Godins shop in the early 70'sWhy was the phrase coined? To differentiate between the old (60's) and the new (70's) So, whilst soul from the 70's, 80's, 90's, 00's might be good, rare, &/or danceable it ain't Northern Soul if it 'aint 60's. So, forget your Voices of East Harlem, Carstairs, Charles Johnson, Lew Curton et al; good tunes no question but Northern Soul - no! Gettin' ready for the get down? Getting ready for the bullets....... Mick

I befriended Keb in his very early days (anyone remember him DJing at Peterborough Fleet in the side room some time before Stafford?). Anyway, a C/U from that time "Open Your Eyes" or something like that - he showed me under the label but was too far gone to take in what it was (Royal Jokers or sommat....). Anyone enlighten me? Mick

He also duetted with Oma Paige but its got to be Tammi for me too. Such a cute little 'pixie' and a tragic end..... Mick

Just had a thought that perhaps the decline of inner city Detroit isn't as sad as we might imagine. There is something in Gerri Hirshey's book Nowhere To Run where she talks about the South 'pulling' Soul men like James Brown and Otis Redding back and their almost obsessive need to feel the Southern earth running through their fingers once again. Bearing in mind that just about all of our heroes from the 60's originally came from the South then maybe those who 'made' it preferred to get away from the inner cities of the North (Detroit, Chicago, New York and Philadelphia) anyway and although some of the artists and musicians stayed when Motown upped sticks and moved out would I be wrong in thinking that most of these had had their day (in the eyes of Berry Gordy at least)? Maybe I've got too much time on my hands to be so philosophical Mick