Among all the different genres the Northern Soul scene has on offer, my favourite one is Beat Ballads. Big productions, full orchestra with the kitchen sink thrown in, heart-wrenching lyrics, great voices, the lot.
This podcasts incorporates the whole spectrum of beat ballads: Big fully blown productions like Roy Hamilton, Jimmy Beaumont or Little Anthony, bordering midtempo dancers like Patty LaBelle or Wade Flemons, blue-eyed stuff like Peggy March or Dick Hafner, wrist slashers like Big Maybelle and what have you.
24 tracks, as usual all recorded from original vinyl only.
Rocky Roberts . If he could . Durium (Argentina)
Arthur Prysock . Before you break my heart . Verve
George Smith . I've had it . Turntable
The Trends . Not too old to cry . ABC
Deena Johnson . The breaking point . Wild Deuce
The Epsilons . I'm so devoted . Shrine
Big Maybelle . Oh lord, what are you doing to me . Scepter
Patty LaBelle . You forgot how to love . Atlantic
Joe Tex . Next time she's mine . Michelle
Dobie Gray . No room to cry . Charger
Kenny Carter . I've gotta find her . RCA (Germany)
Tommy Tate . I'm taking on pain . Okeh
Peggy March . Losin' my touch . RCA
The Love Potion . This love . TCB
Jackie Taylor . Walkin' back . Jubilee
Walter Jackson . My ship is comin' in . Okeh
Dick Hafner . Go 'way tears . Valiant
Dee Dee Warwick . I can't go back . Hurd
Jimmy Beaumont . You got too much going for you . London (UK)
Roy Hamilton . The panic is on . MGM
Wade Flemons . That other place . VJ
J.J. Jackson . It seems like I've been here before . Calla
Roy Hamilton . The sinner . MGM (UK)
Anthony & Imperials . Lost without you . Veep (LP track)
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New podcast for July:
"Beat Ballads and Slowies"
Among all the different genres the Northern Soul scene has on offer, my favourite one is Beat Ballads. Big productions, full orchestra with the kitchen sink thrown in, heart-wrenching lyrics, great voices, the lot.
This podcasts incorporates the whole spectrum of beat ballads: Big fully blown productions like Roy Hamilton, Jimmy Beaumont or Little Anthony, bordering midtempo dancers like Patty LaBelle or Wade Flemons, blue-eyed stuff like Peggy March or Dick Hafner, wrist slashers like Big Maybelle and what have you.
24 tracks, as usual all recorded from original vinyl only.
Rocky Roberts . If he could . Durium (Argentina)
Arthur Prysock . Before you break my heart . Verve
George Smith . I've had it . Turntable
The Trends . Not too old to cry . ABC
Deena Johnson . The breaking point . Wild Deuce
The Epsilons . I'm so devoted . Shrine
Big Maybelle . Oh lord, what are you doing to me . Scepter
Patty LaBelle . You forgot how to love . Atlantic
Joe Tex . Next time she's mine . Michelle
Dobie Gray . No room to cry . Charger
Kenny Carter . I've gotta find her . RCA (Germany)
Tommy Tate . I'm taking on pain . Okeh
Peggy March . Losin' my touch . RCA
The Love Potion . This love . TCB
Jackie Taylor . Walkin' back . Jubilee
Walter Jackson . My ship is comin' in . Okeh
Dick Hafner . Go 'way tears . Valiant
Dee Dee Warwick . I can't go back . Hurd
Jimmy Beaumont . You got too much going for you . London (UK)
Roy Hamilton . The panic is on . MGM
Wade Flemons . That other place . VJ
J.J. Jackson . It seems like I've been here before . Calla
Roy Hamilton . The sinner . MGM (UK)
Anthony & Imperials . Lost without you . Veep (LP track)
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