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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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a couple from the isleys,living in the life,i havent noticed that the girlie dancers got no pants on,whistling.gifwhistling.gif

and tell me its just a rumour was so cheap in the mid 70s but brilliant imo,unsure.gifph34r.gif

For last last summer . Its jaunty thing , his accent (not to mention the crushed velvet suit) the soaring strings and its optimism and groovyness - Vigon : Baby your time is my time -

two more from me,brass construction live on soultrain,whos the geezer doing some great splits at about 30 secs into the vid ???,i just love the old soul train dancer vids,unsure.gifph34r.gif

https://www.youtube.c...feature=related

and wilbert longmire,black is the colour,

Prince Phillip Mitchell "Im So Happy"

Prince Phillip Mitchell "Im So Happy"

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One that makes me always feel good and cheap as is Rimshots -- Do what you feel ---loved to have been around when this first got played out

One that makes me always feel good and cheap as is Rimshots -- Do what you feel ---loved to have been around when this first got played out

When The Rimshots was 1st played I hated it, but f**kin love it now.thumbsup.gif

C'mon let's paaaarty........

Ian D biggrin.gif

Good shout----------the dogs have just looked at me as if I'm a loony dad dancing to this..................................................

Good shout----------the dogs have just looked at me as if I'm a loony dad dancing to this..................................................

:hatsoff2:DITTO EX+ :boxing: I HOPE TED DOES NOT TELL ME OFF:ph34r: DAVE(I WOULD IF I COULD)KIL..........................BUT I CANT

Can't believe nobody has mentioned "Happy"-William Bell

Could somebody please do the honours and post it up...Maybe Ian D or MBarrett??

Thanks a miliion!!! thumbup.gif

I was just thinking of this and of The Temprees 'At Last' both great bouncy tunes.....

Can't believe nobody has mentioned "Happy"-William Bell

Could somebody please do the honours and post it up...Maybe Ian D or MBarrett??

Thanks a miliion!!! :shhh:

My pleasure!

The original

and an updated version courtesy of Mr Levine.

MB

Jeff Perry " Love Don't Come No Stronger" I thought I had posted a clip of this but nothing happened? Guess I need some help, still this one just gets my feet tapping and sounds as fresh as it did when I first bought it 35 years ago. It should have been a massive hit.

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I was just thinking of this and of The Temprees 'At Last' both great bouncy tunes.....

TEMPREES - AT LAST -

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Great thread :D:D

bOUGHT THIS ON REALEASE, AND NEVER EVER EVER GOT TIRED OF THISthumbsup.gif

p:smile:

Me too,love it as well!Feel good tune if ever there was one :thumbup:

Great tune - memory is not what it was, but wasn't "Don't leave me this way" also on this album. Was a bit surprised when it was played at Wigan ( coulda been Thelma Houston?).

Big smiley tune for me is "Stoned out of my mind" The Chilites - " I was just a back street driver in the car of love.............." classic.

Bit of topic - but Shades of Rhythm "Sound of Eden" anyone?:yes:

https://www.soul-sour...my-way-5min-mix

Bugger.

This technophobe/lazy sod still hasn't found out how to add refosoul clips.

Cameo - 'Find my way' - Chocolate City, BTW.

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Kin loved Shades Of Rhythmn...that made me smile a lot...but not as much as Rozalla's Everybodys Free in a massive marquet in Scotland in 91 and crying with happiness as l danced to it...Mind you those tablets!! :rolleyes:

Anther recording that gives me great pleasure , and just hearing the intro is guaranteed to make me smile ....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqCE1gvQg14

Malc Burton

Anther recording that gives me great pleasure , and just hearing the intro is guaranteed to make me smile ....

https://www.youtube.c...h?v=CqCE1gvQg14

Malc Burton

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As a 15 year old Londoner 1year away from discovering the magical scene that was going on up t'north

This was the tune that had us tearing up the youth club and school disco floors.

Tom The Peeper - Act 1 - Spring

Still makes me smile & sing along.

Thought it was longer though ?

TTP - Massive tune on holiday in Majorca in '74 thumbsup.gif

Anyone who's got this on Spring, or Mercury (UK), and never flipped it over "Goodbye Love (We're Through)" great soulfull song, completely different to "TTP" thumbup.gif . Had this 35 years and can't remember ever having listened to the flip. Just goes to show you should always give both sides a spin!

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TTP - Massive tune on holiday in Majorca in '74 thumbsup.gif

Anyone who's got this on Spring, or Mercury (UK), and haven't flipped it over "Goodbye Love (We're Through" great soulfull song, completely different to "TTP" thumbup.gif

Goodbye Love is greatthumbsup.gif

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Another one I never tire of .......

Malc Burton

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Youth club special....looking at the posts on this thread, even the mainstream charts were ace in the 70's for soul music, we never had it so good.

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Kin loved Shades Of Rhythmn...that made me smile a lot...but not as much as Rozalla's Everybodys Free in a massive marquet in Scotland in 91 and crying with happiness as l danced to it...Mind you those tablets!! thumbup.gif

How many of us had a second childhood (second wind?) with House? Would Wigan have worked with those tablets?thumbup.gif

Is it a coincidence that the vast majority of the above mentioned have nothing at all to to do with Northern Soul.... whistling.gif

mr webby,im trembling my door is knocking is it the soul police or what,???unsure.gifph34r.gif

How many of us had a second childhood (second wind?) with House? Would Wigan have worked with those tablets?thumbup.gif

Ya, why not.yes.gif

YES IT IS!!But we've have some crackin' tablets and we're gonna give you a f**kin' good kickin'...sorry l mean a f**kin' good kissin'......The choice is yours!?! :thumbup:

hic,:unsure::ph34r::ph34r:

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