Kev Cane

Like Cliff, I,ve got one aswell,like he says they are out there but must admit I haven,t seen any for sale. Kev

While we,re on the suicidal outlook on the subject, bought Bobby Hutton " Come see" from a well known dealer about 20 years ago, it came broken exactly in half with the card envelope unblemished, the twat obviously posted it like that leaving me to claim insurance, so the postmans knock however a welcome one still is met with some anxiety. See ya on Friday Kirsty and I,ll tell y ou who it was. Regards Kev

How many of you out there have been to a 21st, 18th, 40th or whatever birthday do and the DJ says " now we are going to have some Northern Soul" and then procedes to play "Third finger left hand" or "Nine times out of ten" and someone leans over to you and says the magical words "why aren,t you dancing ? I thought you were into Northern Soul" nuff said. Personally, I like all of it, however people like to categorise it, as long as its "soulfull" Northern, Crossover, Deep, Modern, "The Soul Scene" sounds good to me. Regards Kev

I stand corrected Jock, you,re right, Shotts was unique, it opitomised then, nearly 20 years ago what has become a topic for debate these days, a venue that encourages cheaper underplayed or unplayed gems to be brought to the fore to stand alongside the quality rare tunes aswell. Lowton springs to mind as having a similar mindset. Just ordered USB this morning so hopefully will be able to contribute to the great stuff that the guys, yourself included have been posting. Hope to see ya at the Wilton mate. Kev.

Sorry Pete, but when I saw the Title of the thread I thought it was a wind up, I know that music is a personal thing but "It Really Hurts Me Girl" is one of the most gut wrenching peices of soul you could ever want to hear, one of those records where category ( northern, crossover, 70,s deep) doesn,t come into it, just an awesome SOUL moment. Just a heartfelt opinion mate thats all. Kev

The Larry Marks at 20 quid is an absolute snip Shep Kev

Paul Mooney, a man with impeccable taste in REAL soul music and a wealth of knowledge on the subject. Regards Kev

Hi Jock Hi Joan, correct me if I am wrong but was it our mate Ady Harley who was the guy responsible for airing this gem at Shotts. Kev

From the "Communication" album Bobby "The Master" Womacks absolutely sublime" Monologue", starts with Bobby talking about how he went to a record company to audition for the label, and basically when he gets through "Doing my thing" you could hear a pin drop the President then says " I like you and I,m not saying you can,t sing" and as they all started to leave the conference table "but you,re not commercial" Bobby basically then says "f--k you now I,m gonna sing something I wanna sing" and then procedes singing "Close to you", I know its a standard but The Man absolutely tears it apart. The intro gets hold of you then the man as nearly always DELIVERS. Kev

I love this aswell, you,re right, written, produced and arranged by our hero and you may have a point, I have got it on right now and if it aint him someone is doing a great job of sounding like him, I wonder if someone out there like Boba can put the record straight. Kev

I forgot to mention " I just wanted to make her happy" from the "Fully exposed" album.

Great artist, producer, writer and aranger, defo one of my favourite men in the business. Loads of scope to pick fave tunes from, here,s mine:- From " Ode to my lady" album " Just another day", "Talk to me", his rendition of "The way we were" and saving the best till last, the incredible ballad "Since I found you everythings alright" ( Jock, if you are going to put sound clips on please put this on). From the "In tune" album, a track "Bully Boy" made me aware of " Easy does it" From the "Fully exposed" album "Can.t get ready for losing you" ( deserves plays) and finally the B side of " Shake it shake it " "We can make it" Kev

Theres a few that spring to mind Alan for different reasons, for the reason that it is so bloody good The Young Brothers "Baby" on Soul Power and for the reason that it is so bloody good and only a cheapie where the DJ has had the vision and balls to play it The Enchanted Five " Have you ever" on CVS and The C. O. D,S "Pretty Baby" on Kellmac. There are thousands of top quality tunes out there that cost nowt and deserve to be played, lets hear em. Kev

Sam Dees "After All". If the missus left you and you stuck this on, it would either sort you out or finish you off Mark Kev

Agreed, Kirsty has great taste in music, what do folk out there think of the other side,personally I think it aint that far away from perfection. ( Get yourself together) Kev

Tough one Chris cos I bet everyone who has answered has remembered someone else later on, anyway there is my excuse in early, here goes Bobby Womack David Ruffin Marvin Junior, Chuck Barksdale and Johnny Carter from The Dells Lee Jones ( Masqueraders ) Teddy P Willie Hutch Lamont Dozier Leroy Hutson Rance Allan Paul Williams ( Temps ) Lenny Williams ( some of the ballads from his albums are breathtaking ) Marvin Gaye And the girls Shirley Brown Aretha Linda Jones Gladys Knight Millie Jackson ( check out Lovingly Yours album amongst others ) Laura Lee There goes, like I said probably think of others later Kev

I think its one of those Nev that due to demand disappear from the face of the earth. As Kirsty said there is a thread on this, the last 2 copies reportedly having gone for £135 and £200. Kev

Fantastic description Paul, must admit "Just as long as we,re in love" comes a very close 2nd for me after "Do what you gotta do babe" and I agree, some of the greatest 70,s soul ever recorded. Regards, Kev

Does anyone out there know this album or own a copy. I have asked around a lot of soulfull folk and drawn a blank everytime. I know it is a bold statement considering the volume of quality that they have put out but in my opinion this is their finest hour. From 1972 this LP cotains 6 ballads of gut wrenching effect with the "Jewel in the crown" being the life changing " Do what you gotta do babe". Any Dells buffs out there, if you don,t already have this, search every inch of the globe for it, If you haven,t heard it I envy you the thrill.

Here here Sean, "The Bullmeister" has been flooding myself, Gaz Simon and PJF with top quality CD,s for a while now. Crossover, 60,s, 70,s 80,s and Deep stuff, no categorising, just simply SOUL MUSIC. Myself and the aforementioned have been listening to and collecting SOUL MUSIC for over 30 years and if you add the stuff he has put us onto there is another 30 years of listening and collecting to be done, I think his inspiration comes from what all genuine Soul lovers have and that is once they hear something that blows you away, you just have to share it with like minded folk. Keep em coming Bully Boy.

The reason I am replying on Joans quote is because I can remember 20 Years ago talking to Joan about the record I am going use as an example for this thread. It was at the 100 club and I was talking to her about The International Kansas City Playboys version of "Quittin Time" on Wheelsville, what do you know a few moments later it comes on, I am straight up, within 20 seconds I could feel the imaginary "shepherds crook" around my neck dragging me off the floor, "big big mistake".

Saw Buddy Guy and Junior Wells in Newcastle in 1987 and they were absolutely brilliant. I saw Aretha at the Victoria Appollo in 1978 and she stank the joint out. She didn,t want to "get down" at all. She never got out of 1st gear, instead singing M.O.R. like Streets Of London. I must admit though I had been warned that she was very temperamental. I am probably setting myself up here but the Masqueraders ended up being a let down for me at Prestatyn. The reason I say this is because Lee Jones was not there and for a long time I have considered him as right up there with the best as far as Male vocalists are concerned. It was a bit going to see the Temps in their day and finding out David Ruffin wasn,t there. Phil Perry in the modern room at Prestatyn though was magnificent.

How are you doing Daz If it is still there, keep the Bunny Sigler for me, should have had it ages ago, let me know. See you soon Me and Gaz are on at Joes on Friday if you fancy a beer and a chat.

Music from the gods mate. I have The Icemen, Lew Kirton, Soul Children and Mckinley Mitchell ( I think you made a slight slip on the keyboard) the others I will be looking out for if you say they are anywhere near as good as the aforementioned, hats off to you mate , great taste. Kev.

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