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Tracks That Just Make People Smile

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There are some tracks that we all take for granted so are never played out. In most cases their worth is very little maybe a few £'s.

A few months ago I was in Bamberg with Malayka and we went into the record shop, the guy always has a bunch of nice 70's picture bag 45's, sorting through I pull out a few that I think 'thats nice in a picture bag'. Once back home all get the standard one spin on the decks before being file away on a shelf hardly ever to surface again. But one brought back memories of the mid 70's, good happy soul and made me smile. So instead of filing it, it stayed by the decks and has been played nearly everyday since and every time it makes me smile.

Now when ever I get to play at an event I really love doing I try and find and cheap as chips, nice soul record, that may catch everyone a bit by suprise, last year in Bamberg it was Earth Wind & Fire-Get away, the room just loved it. A room full of smiling faces, some dancing, some singing along. So for this years trip to Hip City in Berlin I thought I'll take along my new find.

When I played it and the whole room smiled as one, some danced, some sang, some did both, there was a collective moment, when almost the whole room went back to a time when they first heard it or a time when it was being played and we all smiled. So common a record that it gets over looked, shame on us all it's not even in the Refo section, well it is now, just stuck it in there.

So, question, what is the track that just makes you smile, cheap as chips, good happy soul music.

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have you recently heard a record that had the same effect on the room you where in

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what a difference,esther p,:unsure::ph34r:

The same time as that

This - George (Bad) Benson "Supership"

this takes me back to ......:chinstroke:

:thumbup::hatsoff2:

At The top Of The Stairs - Formationsthumbsup.gif (gets me singing every time)

P:smile:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHfQHcqh40U

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God that's fairground music...brilliant stuff...March 74? thumbsup.gif

Close. July '73. All aboard the Dodgems.........

Ian D biggrin.gif

Great feelgood factor...I often sing this to my credit card. :shhh:

And I often sing this to my giggidy! :laugh:

Ian D :D

OK. It's just gone 1am and I'm full of red wine and I know that I am going to regret this but here goes:

Whilst I would never attempt to take on more knowledgeable folk than I, and I certainly wouldn't wish to piss on such a positive thread, and I am willing to listen with 'open ears' but, am I missing something here?

Most of what has been posted on this thread (and all are great feel good, make you smile records) would have been scoffed at by this scene 30 odd yrs ago as mainstream, chart, pop/disco records, would they not? :unsure:

Oh bollocks to it, Hawaii 5-0 makes me grin from cheek to cheek!!!! :rolleyes:

My nomination is:

Back Street..Edwin Starr.

:thumbup:

KTF.

Drew.

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OK. It's just gone 1am and I'm full of red wine and I know that I am going to regret this but here goes:

Whilst I would never attempt to take on more knowledgeable folk than I, and I certainly wouldn't wish to piss on such a positive thread, and I am willing to listen with 'open ears' but, am I missing something here?

Most of what has been posted on this thread (and all are great feel good, make you smile records) would have been scoffed at by this scene 30 odd yrs ago as mainstream, chart, pop/disco records, would they not? :unsure:

No, the records posted on here are in the main great Soul records that were hits or near hits, some like THE FORMATIONS and JIMMY JAMES crossed over onto the Northern scene and stuff like THE TRAMMPS, BLACKBYRDS, INTRUDERS, CANDI STATON, HAROLD MELVIN, EVLYN CHAMPAGNE KING and others are absolute classic Soul records in their own right. Just a bloody shame you can't go into commercial clubs or fairgrounds today and hear such blinding records blasting out of the speakers! Most of the people I know who were into Northern love all that stuff too, it was the other side of the soundtrack to our youth. (Like I said, I remember DAVE playing 'Shame' at Yate) There might have been some people with their ears up their arse but most real Soul fans loved all this stuff - which is why this thread has been so popular...:wink:

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I have to say you have all done us proud, big smiles and props out to everyone for gettting in the groove with this one, what better way than to start the year with a big smile

Dave

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This always gets me & mine beaming thumbup.gif

Razzy - I hate hate

And if I knew how to post refosoul clip..................?

BETTY WRIGHT - WHERE IS THE LOVE -

BETTY WRIGHT - WHERE IS THE LOVE -

From the same LP "Love Doesn't Grow On A Love Tree"smile.gif

I still love these records, after all these years:

Freeez - Southern Freeez

Herbie Hancock - I Thought It Was You

Tony Etoria - I Can Prove It

Southern Freeez is brilliant!! :shades:

Can anybody post it up,please cos l am technically challenged!!TA!!! :thumbup:

MB

As cheep as chips! I know it was from a bit later in most soul lives but this track above any gets me on the dance floor with a big smile on my face Manchester Ritz i close my eyes when this is playing and i'm back there on a Sunday afternoon! bloody fantastic thumbup.gif

https://www.youtube.c...h?v=p-uxEWGHvGk

Steve J

great shout Steve, mine would be Spinners - could it be i'm falling in love and Emotions - Flowers

this takes me back to ......g.gif

First hearing for me razor sharpthumbsup.gif

First hearing for me razor sharpthumbsup.gif

"Cowboys to Girls" great record also done by Gene Chandler and by a group in the 70s Sweet Blindness I think I've their name right.thumbsup.gif

No, the records posted on here are in the main great Soul records that were hits or near hits, some like THE FORMATIONS and JIMMY JAMES crossed over onto the Northern scene and stuff like THE TRAMMPS, BLACKBYRDS, INTRUDERS, CANDI STATON, HAROLD MELVIN, EVLYN CHAMPAGNE KING and others are absolute classic Soul records in their own right. Just a bloody shame you can't go into commercial clubs or fairgrounds today and hear such blinding records blasting out of the speakers! Most of the people I know who were into Northern love all that stuff too, it was the other side of the soundtrack to our youth. (Like I said, I remember DAVE playing 'Shame' at Yate) There might have been some people with their ears up their arse but most real Soul fans loved all this stuff - which is why this thread has been so popular...:wink:

Fair enough. thumbsup.gif

KTF.

Drew.

smile

This certainly makes me smile : I loved it the first time of hearing it in 1962 , and still do .

Malc Burton

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How good was that?? :shades:

Wasn't she the same Linda who was with The Funky Boys and appeared at Wigan in Jan 77 with their big hit 'Climbing The Steps Of Love' or is this an urban myth!?

...Anyway l've just googled Linda & FB....AND THAT REALLY MADE ME SMILE!!

Spot on mate , but there were two Linda's .

The Original Linda was ......

Linda Carr teamed with producer Kenny Nolan to record her debut album , 1975's " Cherry Pie Guy " . She and her group - now called Linda Carr & the Love Squad - and her first real success was the Kenny Nolan penned " Highwire , which peaked at number #15 in the UK charts . other singles were taken from the album , " Cherry Pie Guy " , " Dial L for the Love Squad " and " Mama's Little Corner of the World " . All these failed to make an impact . She managed to make a comeback the following year , with another single ( again written by KN ), which was " Sold My Rock ‘n' Roll ( Gave It for Funky Soul )" , released under the name Linda & the Funky Boys .

The Linda who appeared at WC was Linda Fields , who replaced LC fronting TFB .

Malc Burton

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The track that does it for me,

bought it the week it was released in 1967 and what a tune.

jay and the techniques----apple, peaches,pumkin pie. 2mins 41 sec's of pure magic

played it at the last oxford soul night,and will probably play it at the next.Feel good factor allover.

maz

oxford soul club

always loved it and the b side

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4ZXi5jNbSc

kev

and this one though i prefer the clem curtis and the foundations version, if any one could post it up , i have it but will get round to sorting my usb out one day. kev

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