Cracking tune..

But it's not really Northern Soul as we know it,is it?..

Not really Psychadelic Soul...

And not that funky to be called FUNK.....

Is it a tune that covers every genre'...

Is it the perfect Soul record that was ever made! ?

Cracking tune..

But it's not really Northern Soul as we know it,is it?..

Not really Psychadelic Soul...

And not that funky to be called FUNK.....

Is it a tune that covers every genre'...

Is it the perfect Soul record that was ever made! ?

I don't care, it's brilliant and i dance to it every time i hear it.

Curtis Mayfield was a genius.

Cracking tune..

But it's not really Northern Soul as we know it,is it?..

Not really Psychadelic Soul...

And not that funky to be called FUNK.....

Is it a tune that covers every genre'...

Is it the perfect Soul record that was ever made! ?

It's just a cracking tune mate, regardless of what sub section it falls in to. Curtis Mayfeild's genius

Think that l might have found the perfect 'Danceable Soul Record' here..

But don't forget Pans People danced to it. on TOTP......Which to me makes it even better.....

Cherry Gillespie....... (pans people) she could dance to anything and still look good

She always looked good on the end of my knob...

and my knob..............the slut

Absolutely great track. The album version has my my favourite break of all time.

Curtis at his best.

She always looked good on the end of my knob...

We had door handles in our house...what was she doing on your door knob? I thought that was reserved for Sisters of the Holy Consumption

And as for Move On Up, I agree it is perfect soul and interestingly enough it always gets the young ones up dancing at Seattles Emerald City Soul Club.

We had door handles in our house...what was she doing on your door knob? I thought that was reserved for Sisters of the Holy Consumption

And as for Move On Up, I agree it is perfect soul and interestingly enough it always gets the young ones up dancing at Seattles Emerald City Soul Club.

I heard somewhere that this was the first ever record,Dave Evison played at at the Casino

and it packed the floor out.

An absolute classic. And i do not no anybody that has a bad word to say about this record.

Mr Mayfield at his absolute best.

I absolutly love it.

Stu.

I heard somewhere that this was the first ever record,Dave Evison played at at the Casino

and it packed the floor out.

An absolute classic. And i do not no anybody that has a bad word to say about this record.

Mr Mayfield at his absolute best.

I absolutly love it.

Stu.

I think he was covering someone (Kev?) while he wwent to the loo. The other record ended and he pulled the first record he found in his sales box. Everybody looked at him for a moment and started dancing.

Or that's what I've read.

I think he was covering someone (Kev?) while he wwent to the loo. The other record ended and he pulled the first record he found in his sales box. Everybody looked at him for a moment and started dancing.

Or that's what I've read.

" MOU " never dates to these ears , and the conga playing of Henry Gibson on it is masterful .

Malc Burton

Edited June 10, 201015 yr by Malc Burton

Cracking tune..

But it's not really Northern Soul as we know it,is it?..

Not really Psychadelic Soul...

And not that funky to be called FUNK.....

Is it a tune that covers every genre'...

Is it the perfect Soul record that was ever made! ?

THANX 4 THE BIRTHDAY WISHES.WD.....THIS RECORD....ONE OV ME ALL TIME FAVOURITES..AN DANCE RECORD..AV THIS ON 3 DIFF LABELS....TAKE A TRIP..U MIGHT FIND....X.

Fab tune!!!! Always gets the feet tappin'

agree with every body on here. its a mega ace tune one o the best always will be !! still dose it for me after all these years

RIP curtis one of the best

Edited June 10, 201015 yr by steptoe

" MOU " never dates to these ears , and the conga playing of Henry Gibson on it is masterful .

Malc Burton

I have just searched the internet for information on Henry Gibson , and found that his contribution to soul / black music is more extensive than I thought .

Henry Gibson ( percussionist )

" Master " Henry Gibson ( August 9, 1942 - December 18, 2002 ) is the world's most recorded percussionist , appearing on about 1200 albums, spanning a career of four decades.

Born in the United States, Master Henry began playing on the streets of Chicago. While a young man he performed for Operation Push with Rev. Jesse Jackson. Later he became an integral member of Phil Cohran's revolutionary Artistic Heritage Ensemble. Later Gibson played and recorded with the popular jazz ensemble Odell Brown and the Organizers. Gibson spent a lot of time in Chicago recording studios, which allowed him to be noticed and picked up by professional musicians who took him on tour. One tour led to another, and soon he was playing and recording with artists such as Donny Hathaway (Everything Is Everything) and Curtis Mayfield. Gibson chose to go on the road with Curtis Mayfield and this led to his success and national recognition for his artistry on the bongo and conga drums.

While performing at the Hard Rock Cafe in Stockholm, Sweden, he met and later married his wife Anne, and made Stockholm his base. He died in Stockholm of a heart attack at age 60. His last concert appearance was with Khaled Habib and Zak Keith at the Lydmar Hotel in Stockholm.

His distinctive style can be heard among other recordings, on Curtis Mayfield's "Pusherman." An unsung Soul artist, Henry felt he had more than paid his dues. In his later years, he was less and less content with being a sideman and began asserting himself as the main attraction, placing his percussion at the forefront of shows. He was known for getting upset with audiences in noisy venues " after demanding their silence and full attention, he would instantly regain his focus and proceed to put on spellbinding performances on the bongos.

Months after his death in 2002, friends and musicians got together to organize a tribute concert at the Fasching jazz club in Stockholm. His music can still be heard daily on the radio, especially on recordings by Curtis Mayfield.

Recordings

Sonny Stitt And Bennie Green (My Main Man 1964)

Odell Brown & the Organ-izers (Ducky 1967: No More Water in the Well, Tough Tip, She's Coming My Way)

Ahmad Jamal (Poinciana Revisited, live 1969: Poinciana; Ahmad 1975: Superstition)

Donny Hathaway (Everything Is Everything 1970)

Kool & The Gang (Live At P.J.'S 1971: Dujii)

The Rotary Connection (Hey Love, 1971: If I Sing My Song, Sea & She, I Am the Black Gold of the Sun)

Eddie Harris (Instant Death 1971: Instant Death, Little Wes, Zambezi Dance, Children's Song, Carry On Brother, Don't You Know The Future)

Roy Ayers (The Boogie Back 1974)

Leroy Hutson (Hutson 1975; Hutson II 1976: Love the Feeling, Situations, I Do, I Do, All Because of You, I Bless the Day, It's Different, Paradise, Closer to the Source 1978: Where Did Love Go?, Closer to the Source)

Natalie Cole (Natalie 1976)

Ben Sidran (Free in America 1976)

Ebony Rhythm Funk Campaign (Watchin' You, Watchin' Me 1976: Giving Me Less Love, Understanding, Watchin' You)

The Staple Singers (Pass It On 1976: Real Thing Inside of Me/Party, Take Your Own Time, Sweeter ...)

Curtis Mayfield (Short Eyes 1977; Live at Montreux 1987: Introduction, Ice 9 Instrumental, Back to the World; Live in Europe 1987: Introduction, Ice 9, Back to the World; Never Say You Can't Survive/Do It All Night 1999; Curtis Mayfield & Linda Clifford 2000: Rock You to Your Socks, Right Combination, I'm So Proud)

Loleatta Holloway (Loleatta 1977: Hit And Run, Is It Just A Man's Way?, We're Getting Stronger)

Aretha Franklin (Almighty Fire 1978: Almighty Fire (Woman of the Future), Lady, Lady, More Than... )

Walter Jackson (Good to See You 1978)

Minnie Riperton (Minnie 1979: Memory Lane, Lover and Friend, Return to Forever, All Of It, Lonely Girl, Happy New Love)

Paulette McWilliams (Never Been Here Before 1979: Don't Let Love Go, I'll Never Make You Cry, Main Squeeze)

Zak Keith (Sessions 1989: Shaw 'Nuff)

Nohelani Cypriano (Around Again 1995: Livin' Without You, Moon Of Monakoora, South Sea Island Magic)

Tyrone Davis (Best Of 1996: Let's Be Closer Together, In The Mood, Heart Failure, Close to You)

Bob DeVos (Breaking the Ice 1999: Breaking The Ice, Walk On By, You Don't Know What Love Is)

Gball da Godfather ("G"Street Remix 2000)

Stanley B (All For Love 2002: This Is 'B', Do You?, All For Love)

Charles Earland

Phil Upchurch

Kenny Burrell

Earth Wind & Fire

Red Rodney (Shaw 'Nuff)

Gypsy Kings

.......and about 1,170 more albums !!

Malc

i would put Jackie Wilson Sweetest Feelin in the same catergory as this . timeless soulful records that cross many scenes and genres, and radio 2 play them both quite often.

Fantastic toon I too dance to it whenever i hear it out which isn`t very often but do play it a lot at home

It's a cracker,Julie,innit!!

Tis indeedy Phil love the Impressions too

What Bobby Davro and Les Dennis?

What you like

Cracking tune..

But it's not really Northern Soul as we know it,is it?..

Not really Psychadelic Soul...

And not that funky to be called FUNK.....

Is it a tune that covers every genre'...

Is it the perfect Soul record that was ever made! ?

"Move On Up" It is one of those sounds from back in the day that those of us of a certain age remember along with the likes of

Jackie Wilson - Nothin But Blue Skies,

Jimmy Conwell - Cigarette Ashes,

Inez & Charlie Foxx - Tightrope,

Platters - Sweet Sweet Lovin,

Edwin Starr - Back Street,

Fascinations - Girls Are Out To Get You,

Impressions - Youv'e Been Cheatin, (which should always be racked up for playing along side The Poets - She Blew a Good Thing),

Bob Brady - Everybody's Going To A Lovin

the list could go on & on. Music that set the feet tapping. Not classics, as have been set up by the "Wigan-ites" of later years but for those of us who were around before those "classic" records were brought to the fore the likes of "Move On Up" were the staple diet and classics in their own right.

Dance tunes for dancers. Two foot shuffle records they ain't. Dance tunes they most certainly were and still remain so today.

DAVE.E AT THE CASINO YES.....GREAT VERSION ON 12" AS WELL BY SOME OTHER ARTIST CIRCA 80 CANT REMEMBER NAME

Got to shake his hand and say "hello" to him on his UK when this made the charts, at the Bournemouth

Chelsea Village. We knocked on his door some H U G E bouncer type came out and said "Not tonight lads"

and off we went just at that moment he came out and my mate Nigel shouted "Hey Curtis" he turned

and wrong footed his bodyguards and me and Nige got to say "hello"

Devestated when the Impressions broke up (well when he left anyway) "You've been cheatin' " was

our gangs theme song

Jackie Wilson - Nothin But Blue Skies,

Jimmy Conwell - Cigarette Ashes,

Inez & Charlie Foxx - Tightrope,

Platters - Sweet Sweet Lovin,

Edwin Starr - Back Street,

Fascinations - Girls Are Out To Get You,

Impressions - Youv'e Been Cheatin,

These are icons from a time when songs were carefree, joyful and free of any malice, halcyon days

Add :

Gene Chandler - I'm just a fool for you.

Doris Troy - I'll do anything

Dobie Gray - Out on the floor

This list is endless...........

First heard this out side Wolverhampton Bowl after the Cats 1971 .Matchie popped it in my discatron saying "listen to this, its just out in states yu cud play it at niter tho?.Although northern soul was know about ,it was still embedded in the pages of magazines in text form only .a niter was just a niter to us so it got played as a niter toon not northern soul