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Guest Andy Kempster

The type of funk being played on today's northern scene certainly wasn't being played back in the day.

i wasn't around back in the day, but have to say some of the funkier stuff getting spins now is just fantastic

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i wasn't around back in the day, but have to say some of the funkier stuff getting spins now is just fantastic

Yeah funky northern is my thing too, along with mid tempo 70's, oh and modern!

Ste.

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As a lot of this stuff seems to have just exploded in the popularity stakes in last few years, you might struggle to get a really good compilation cd. Although suggestions so far are good.

My advice would be try and track down set lists from guys like karl heard et al and make your own up for use around the house. Amazing tuneage

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As a lot of this stuff seems to have just exploded in the popularity stakes in last few years, you might struggle to get a really good compilation cd. Although suggestions so far are good.

My advice would be try and track down set lists from guys like karl heard et al and make your own up for use around the house. Amazing tuneage

you'll be bloody lucky to get a set list off karl, and to be fair i dont blame him, he is churning up some seriously up front dancers at the moment and there is no comparison in the country imho

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Can you give us a couple of examples,mate that l can listen to on youtube....or anywhere else for that matter...Cheers! :sweatingbullets:

OK then Webby, I'll stick my neck out with these three :-

Rudy Love - Sufferin' Wrath

Billy Byrd - Lost in a Crowd

Ricky Allen - Cut You Loose (the version on Tampoo)

Last two are definitely on Refosoul, and that nice Mr Croasdell has put Rudy Love on Kent's recent "Northern Soul's Classiest Rarities Vol 4", along with a more mid-tempo funky tune Salt & Pepper's "Man of My Word"

All top tunes, IMHO!

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Would love to hear what's been played around now as I'm getting more and more into these funky sounds.

Would the Stratolines on Federal qualify as funky northern?

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Dont know if any of these are representative of todays 'funky' northern, but they're certainly working for me !!!

Inell Young - Next ball game

Ralph Young - cool off the floor

Jack Jacobs - I believe it's alright

Rudy Love and Company - Suffering Wrath

Mixed Sugar - It's a bad feeling

Joyce Hopson - I surrender

Bobby King - Don't give up hope

Jimmy raye - That'll get it

Bobby Dixon - Woman you made me

Christine Adams - Lonliness is always around

Little denise stephenson - would it be me

Don't know why this isn't a monster. Such a marvelous record! I read HeWhoShallNotBeNamed listed as a personal fave, but did he ever (or someone else) spun it on a regular basis? The flip is great, too.

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Guest Polyvelts

Don't know why this isn't a monster. Such a marvelous record! I read HeWhoShallNotBeNamed listed as a personal fave, but did he ever (or someone else) spun it on a regular basis? The flip is great, too.

And 4 seconds longer than the Trey J's !!! VFM !!!!

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Nice one, prolly more funk than northern, though.

PS Listening to Chalky's podcast from Andy Dyson's playbox and there's some fine examples...

any chance of a link ?

thanks M

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Guest Andy Kempster

Come down to Leicester Revolution bar tomorrow (Sept 11th, 8pm till 4.30am) and you'll here plenty. :sweatingbullets:

Jordi

be at rugby. looking forward to the freestyle room, hopefully here something a little different from paul sadot

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Kae Williams - Our Love Is Dying - Unissued

Danial maddison - It Doesn't Matter Baby - Transnational

Sir Joe - Nobody Beats My Love - Ru-Jac

Ralph Jackson - I Can't LEave Your Love Alone - Rajac

Joe McKeever - Dance With Me - AMS

Jimmy Jules - The New Year - Jim Gem

Hopkins Brothers - Shake Sheri - Magnetic

Eddie Daniels - Is He Better Than Me - Boots

Emory & Dynamics - Lets RTake A Look - Peachtree

Four Dynamics - Things That A Lady Ain't Supposed To Do - Peachtree

Tommy & Derbys - Don't Play The Role - Swing

Johnny Praye - Can't Get Too Much Love - Sidewalk

King Cobras - I Thank You Baby - Sen Town

Proffs - I Look At You - Curr

Proffs - There Was A Woman - Curr

Thelma Wilson - Do You Understand - Lou Neita

Tiaras - Surprise/Foolish Girl - Op Art

Soul Sounds Unl - The Word Called Love - June

Sensations - Demanding Man - Way out

Harvey Scales - Trackdown - Magic Touch

Richard Marks - Did You Ever Lose Something - Tuska

Roy Roberts - So Much In Love - Sugar

Wally Coco - Message To Society - Florentine

Cosmos Universal Band - Third Eye - Atteriam

Clay Brown - Why You Want To Change Part 1 - Florentine

Promatics - Think I'm Gonna Let You Go - Brown Door

Grooms - Slow - Shiptown

Icemen - (You've Got A) Style Of Your Own - Vest

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Kae Williams - Our Love Is Dying - Unissued

Danial maddison - It Doesn't Matter Baby - Transnational

Sir Joe - Nobody Beats My Love - Ru-Jac

Ralph Jackson - I Can't LEave Your Love Alone - Rajac

Joe McKeever - Dance With Me - AMS

Jimmy Jules - The New Year - Jim Gem

Hopkins Brothers - Shake Sheri - Magnetic

Eddie Daniels - Is He Better Than Me - Boots

Emory & Dynamics - Lets RTake A Look - Peachtree

Four Dynamics - Things That A Lady Ain't Supposed To Do - Peachtree

Tommy & Derbys - Don't Play The Role - Swing

Johnny Praye - Can't Get Too Much Love - Sidewalk

King Cobras - I Thank You Baby - Sen Town

Proffs - I Look At You - Curr

Proffs - There Was A Woman - Curr

Thelma Wilson - Do You Understand - Lou Neita

Tiaras - Surprise/Foolish Girl - Op Art

Soul Sounds Unl - The Word Called Love - June

Sensations - Demanding Man - Way out

Harvey Scales - Trackdown - Magic Touch

Richard Marks - Did You Ever Lose Something - Tuska

Roy Roberts - So Much In Love - Sugar

Wally Coco - Message To Society - Florentine

Cosmos Universal Band - Third Eye - Atteriam

Clay Brown - Why You Want To Change Part 1 - Florentine

Promatics - Think I'm Gonna Let You Go - Brown Door

Grooms - Slow - Shiptown

Icemen - (You've Got A) Style Of Your Own - Vest

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I have been trying to sort of compile a funky soulful playlist in my itunes because I quite like the funk variation in tempo withing soul and I have come up with these on my travels through the genre so far :

I am still waiting for Mr Sadots CD .... hint hint

I loved the tunes Ih eard played out by George in Manchester, couldn't tell you what they were sorry

Deloras Ealey - I've been looking

This is a superb example of in your face soulful funk first heard by me listening to a guy connected with Jazzman records whome I have forgotten the name of now . Ian Wright I think ? It was on a show with Keb Darge a few years back where he explains its a real beat up copy but took him ages to find. I only know of one other person that has it and his is MINT ! Steve Hiscock.

Step it up - The Bamboos Featuring Alice Russell

One that really got under my skin last year

Sly & the Family Stone - Dance to the Music

Golden oldie Sly could open a whole can of stuff for you

Marve Whitney - Unwind yourself again another artist along with James Brown that could have a whole bag of stuff worth looking into.

Curtis Mayfield - Superfly

Absolute Funkin Class !

Avarage Whiteband - Pick up the pieces

Again club funk but still a great dancer

Manifesto - A case of time

K-Jee - Night lighters

Isley Brothers - Is this your thing

Real sassy soulful funk

Bobby Byrd - I know you got soul

10/10 for Pat Bleasdale for throwing this into her play mix

Ria Curry - Everythings gonna be alright

Spanky Wilson - Kissin my love

And finally my very first funk influenced soul tune bought at Notre Dam 10 years ago was Koffies - You put a wall between us. Picked it up for 30 quid ! off Tommy Potts

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I have been trying to sort of compile a funky soulful playlist in my itunes because I quite like the funk variation in tempo withing soul and I have come up with these on my travels through the genre so far :

I am still waiting for Mr Sadots CD .... hint hint

I loved the tunes Ih eard played out by George in Manchester, couldn't tell you what they were sorry

Deloras Ealey - I've been looking

This is a superb example of in your face soulful funk first heard by me listening to a guy connected with Jazzman records whome I have forgotten the name of now . Ian Wright I think ? It was on a show with Keb Darge a few years back where he explains its a real beat up copy but took him ages to find. I only know of one other person that has it and his is MINT ! Steve Hiscock.

Step it up - The Bamboos Featuring Alice Russell

One that really got under my skin last year

Sly & the Family Stone - Dance to the Music

Golden oldie Sly could open a whole can of stuff for you

Marve Whitney - Unwind yourself again another artist along with James Brown that could have a whole bag of stuff worth looking into.

Curtis Mayfield - Superfly

Absolute Funkin Class !

Avarage Whiteband - Pick up the pieces

Again club funk but still a great dancer

Manifesto - A case of time

K-Jee - Night lighters

Isley Brothers - Is this your thing

Real sassy soulful funk

Bobby Byrd - I know you got soul

10/10 for Pat Bleasdale for throwing this into her play mix

Ria Curry - Everythings gonna be alright

Spanky Wilson - Kissin my love

And finally my very first funk influenced soul tune bought at Notre Dam 10 years ago was Koffies - You put a wall between us. Picked it up for 30 quid ! off Tommy Potts

Couldn't agree more

and whilst on the subjects of Soundtracks, this guy took inspiration from Shaft (I think)

sweet daddy floyd - i just can't help myself [part one] -

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Guest Matt Male

be at rugby. looking forward to the freestyle room, hopefully here something a little different from paul sadot

Karl played a blinding funky soul spot at the last Move On. Here's Paul's spot from July's Move On.

DYNAMIC CORVETTES - Keep Of The Grass

EL POOKS - I Could Do The Impossible

SACRED FOUR - Somebody Watching You

BERHARD CALVIN - Greedy pt2

HITCHIKERS ft Mighty Pope - Mr Fortune

86 PROOF - You Aint That La-De-Da

L.A. CARNIVAL - Color

RAY LUGOS with ROXIE RAY - Love Me Good

THIRD CREATIon - Puppet on A Chain

THE BLACK SMOKE BAND - Ill Keep Searching

WINDJAMMERS - Poor SAd Child

FABULISTICS - Nothing But Determination

GAMITH - Darkness

DORonDO PULLIAM - How I Got Over

JOHN HARRIS & the Soul Sayers - Hangin In

SIR GUY - I Need You

WALLY COCO - Message To Society

SOUL SUSPECTS - Funky Drop

SPIRITUAL FOUR - If You Think Your God Is Dead

GRACE - Inside Your Dreams

PARISIANS - Deep South c/u

SOUL CHARGERS - My Heart Beats Fpr You

Sacred Four absolutely fantastic, and his Parisians cover up. Maybe he'll play it on Saturday at Rugby. :hatsoff2:

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Think Johnny Taylor started it all with 'Who's Making Love' and 'Friday Night'... :hatsoff2:

massive tune back in the day , can remember it being played two or three times a night the last years of wigan

also - soulful strings - burning spear - the same ,

steve cato played it at leeds driving beat a few months ago and i heard it played at burnley months ago too , might have been karl heard but not sure

still sounded great and well funky

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Hello everyone...pretty much new to posting thing on here but a long time forum reader...so here goes my picks.

Inovations - stay on the case (hit sound)

Tommy Bryant - I wanna come home to you (t-neck)

Virgil Henry - I'll be true (colossus)

Infinity - get on the case (fountain)

The Blue Notes - hot chills and cold thrills (uni)

thanks

Aret

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