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Soulful Midtempos & Big City Beat Ballads
Northern Soul is about many different styles nowadays. Many of us who've reached a certain age just can't manage to bomb around the floor to The Jewels or Terrible Tom anymore - well not without serious repercussions health wise - so around 25 years ago, midtempo and so-called beat ballad sounds began to infiltrate playlists. Nowadays they're accepted as 'the norm' whereas back in the old days, you'd only really hear them played at the end of an evening. But for listening purposes - I love 'em. So here's a nice selection of beat ballads and midtempo sounds to chill out to. There's the Spector soundalikes from The Knickerbockers (never seen a stock copy of this) and Butler Brothers, early Detroit sounds from Dusty Wilson and The Ster-Phonics, some top class Motown and of course some major label big productions from the likes of Gwen Stacey and Linda Lloyd (sorry about the sound quality on this one by the way, it looks like it came out of a skip but does play through ok).
I hope you enjoy this one!
Pete
Gwen Stacey - Ain't Gonna Cry No More (RCA) /
Deena Johnson - The Breaking Point (Wild Deuce) /
Anita Bryant - My Mind's Playing Tricks On Me Again (Columbia) /
Dusty Wilson - It's Going To Be A Tragedy (Mutt) /
The Pageants - Are You Ever Coming Home (RCA) /
Jimmy Radcliffe - There Goes The Forgotten Man (Musicor) /
Johnny Maestro & The Crests - I'm Stepping Out Of The Picture (Wand) /
The Wanderers - Somebody Else's Sweetheart (Cub) /
Jimmy Mack - Go On (Palmer) /
Carolyn Crawford - Forget About Me (Motown) /
Liz Lands - Midnight Johnny (Gordy) /
Doni Burdick - I Have Faith In You (Sound Impression) /
Linda Lloyd - Breakaway (Columbia) /
The Magnetics - Count The Days (Sable) /
The Knickerbockers - Wishful Thinking (Challenge) /
Joan Baker - Everybody's Talking (Diamond) /
The Honey Bees - Never In A Million Years (Wand) /
Gino Washington - Rat Race (Washpan) /
The Ster-Phonics - Don't Leave Me (Mas-Tok) /
Mark Loyd - When I'm Gonna Find Her (UK Parlophone) /
The Butler Brothers - Reputation (Academy) /
Johnson, Hawkins, Tatum & Durr - Your Love Keeps Drawing Me Closer (Colsoul) /
Willie Tee - Walking Up A One Way Street (Atlantic) /
Marva Jones - I Got Your Number (Ski-Hi) /
Frankie & Johnny - I'll Hold You (From acetate recorded for ITV, 1966)
The Carmel Strings - I Hear A Symphony (World Pacific) /
Roy Roberts - I Know What To Do To Satisfy You (Tina)
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you can click the RSS Feeds button to download specificallt to iphone, ipod etc
Soulful Midtempos & Big City Beat Ballads
Northern Soul is about many different styles nowadays. Many of us who've reached a certain age just can't manage to bomb around the floor to The Jewels or Terrible Tom anymore - well not without serious repercussions health wise - so around 25 years ago, midtempo and so-called beat ballad sounds began to infiltrate playlists. Nowadays they're accepted as 'the norm' whereas back in the old days, you'd only really hear them played at the end of an evening. But for listening purposes - I love 'em. So here's a nice selection of beat ballads and midtempo sounds to chill out to. There's the Spector soundalikes from The Knickerbockers (never seen a stock copy of this) and Butler Brothers, early Detroit sounds from Dusty Wilson and The Ster-Phonics, some top class Motown and of course some major label big productions from the likes of Gwen Stacey and Linda Lloyd (sorry about the sound quality on this one by the way, it looks like it came out of a skip but does play through ok).
I hope you enjoy this one!
Pete
Gwen Stacey - Ain't Gonna Cry No More (RCA) /
Deena Johnson - The Breaking Point (Wild Deuce) /
Anita Bryant - My Mind's Playing Tricks On Me Again (Columbia) /
Dusty Wilson - It's Going To Be A Tragedy (Mutt) /
The Pageants - Are You Ever Coming Home (RCA) /
Jimmy Radcliffe - There Goes The Forgotten Man (Musicor) /
Johnny Maestro & The Crests - I'm Stepping Out Of The Picture (Wand) /
The Wanderers - Somebody Else's Sweetheart (Cub) /
Jimmy Mack - Go On (Palmer) /
Carolyn Crawford - Forget About Me (Motown) /
Liz Lands - Midnight Johnny (Gordy) /
Doni Burdick - I Have Faith In You (Sound Impression) /
Linda Lloyd - Breakaway (Columbia) /
The Magnetics - Count The Days (Sable) /
The Knickerbockers - Wishful Thinking (Challenge) /
Joan Baker - Everybody's Talking (Diamond) /
The Honey Bees - Never In A Million Years (Wand) /
Gino Washington - Rat Race (Washpan) /
The Ster-Phonics - Don't Leave Me (Mas-Tok) /
Mark Loyd - When I'm Gonna Find Her (UK Parlophone) /
The Butler Brothers - Reputation (Academy) /
Johnson, Hawkins, Tatum & Durr - Your Love Keeps Drawing Me Closer (Colsoul) /
Willie Tee - Walking Up A One Way Street (Atlantic) /
Marva Jones - I Got Your Number (Ski-Hi) /
Frankie & Johnny - I'll Hold You (From acetate recorded for ITV, 1966)
The Carmel Strings - I Hear A Symphony (World Pacific) /
Roy Roberts - I Know What To Do To Satisfy You (Tina)