Kev Cane

Take it you must have a spare Chalky ? Kev

For years it was a £20-£30 record Dave, last year or so Have seen it listed a few times at £100, on more playlists now, Orwell was a great progressive venue Dave which will have done it justice leading the way for that type of sound Kev

:lol: Snorter Kev

Sorry, but corny record, people (like myself) don,t like reminding of the days when they were flying around in 40 inch bottom trousers and bowling shirts, I know it had to start somewhere but compared to what we know now about the music and then, to some its not worth dwelling on and they want to move on Kev

Long thought the scene has morphed into peoples record rooms who swap CD,s with new acquasitions with like minded people consequently compiling wants lists from the CD,s and feedback received, lot of people now have been around so long that they know what they are looking for and where to find it, however, remember well the days reading Paul Mooneys column in Black Echoes and Rod Dearloves "Voices" (before internet) and being put on to loads of great stuff Kev

Dave Turner tip, Ernie Johnson-You,re about to succeed-Ronn just arrived, beautiful Deep Ballad from 1985 Kev

Great record !!

Still under the radar; Unique-Here We Go Again-Col-La-Soul Enchanted Five-Have You Ever-CVS, maybe starting to get noticed Kev

Fantastic selection Scott, mirrors many of my own faves Kev

Just been getting one, so gonna go with:- Mike James Kirkland-Together-Zay Kev

Been playing this in the house for years, great pick, never heard it out anywhere, theres another 2 or 3 beauties on the LP that could appeal Kev

Thats the one for me aswell Dave, her finest hour Kev

Hi Adrian Its the same backing but different vocals,titles are different, "Wake up and live" and Wake up and give your self a chance" got the 45 aswell, love em both but prefer LP Kev

Rumour has it a boatload turned up Jim, one minute it was £600-£700 next it was £300, agree though, fantastic record and a good price Kev

Brilliant !! Kev

Fingers out Sean and Kev , these playlists are a must read, fantastic cross section of everything soulful again, the lot is in there, missed a great day, roll on 17th Feb Kev

Memories, Philadelphia, 1992, Myself and my mate Gaz Simon were at John Moore's vinyl shop "The House of Harmony", those of you who know John will know he is a Vietnam veteran, a really nice guy, this day we were in going through everything,Johns friend who is also a veteran was also in, we were putting records on, I had the Players "He'll Be Back" which I knew and loved, in my hand, without thinking I put it on, silence, at that John's friend came rushing over looking quite shocked, "do you guys like this kinda stuff" he said, "like it" I replied, "Its the music from the gods" I continued, at that he grabbed my hand and shook it, turning to John he said "can you believe it, young guys from England into the soul ballads" obviously, the perception being we are all over there looking only for RARE Northern, what a great day we had after that with John and his friend fishing out and playing examples of stuff that they thought we might like, best All Dayer we've ever been to. Kev

Hi Boba, edited my post to mention Robert Taylor homes which was also a feature of the brilliant eye opening documentary, I think it was the late 80,s Boba when it was shown, but, such was the effect I remember lots of it to this day Kev

Hi Boba Saw a fantastic documentary many years ago about Cabrini Green, two massive projects opposite each other with two different gangs, one in each project, they were interviewing the local priest and he was telling the story about the gang war shootouts in the land between the projects and the many times he has tried to come between them, resulting in the members from both gangs shooting over him and around him on many occasions, funny and very sad at the same time. Another tough housing project mentioned was Robert Taylor homes, I remember it like yesterday such was the effect it had on me Kev

Last 4 for me Harold Tyler-Reality James Brown-Body Heat LP (People Wake up and give yourself a chance LP only) Willie and Anthony-Groovin CB Overton-Superstar Lady Kev

Two brilliant Vietnam ballads on there Jock, "He'll be back" and "I,m glad you waited" fantastic stuff Kev

Flairs-Where you live/You Got To Steal It-Rap £130 Clean label light mark on vinyl plays immaculate PM If interested Kev

Great reply Mr O,connor, and I can,t think of two better examples of records that I would use to compare what was then, and what is in comparison since, I asked the members of the "Raders" where Lee Jones was when they were at Prestatyn, "driving a truck" came the reply, I felt like crying, point is exactly what the thread asked at the beginning, with the very odd exception, there are no Lee Jones anymore, and his like will set the 60,s and 70,s apart forever. Yes Jock, that year 2K CD was an absolute belter mate Kev NB. Anyone lucky enough to own The Masqueraders "How big is big" flip it over and here Mr Jones at his scorching best(Please take me back), the 80,s onwards didn,t provide enough stuff like this for me. (not saying there wasn,t any, just not enough)

Accents now sold Kev

Simple IMHO, the one fundamental component that sets SOUL apart from any music FEELING,loads of the stuff we like has an unpolished production feel to it due to what you have touched on, lack of studio time, obviously down to lack of finance, but that adds to the appeal, Soul to me is about the feeling and intensity, not neccessarily the quality, don,t get me wrong, for example The Impressions and The Temptations were probably afforded the studio time to get it exactly right and the stuff they churned out is forever in the history books, but, theres a fascination about 4 or 5 guys or gals (or 1 or 2 for that matter) cramped in a ghetto studio trying to get their thing over in the 30 minutes their budget allows, and i can say with confidence theres a lot of stuff in all of our collections that are a result of that scenario Kev