Lets be having your nominations for some full on, mental, northern soul.

The sort of stuff that nobody outside the scene will ever get there heads around.

Wailing, seering soulful vocals & crashing percussion.

No arguments & no sitting on the fence.

My offering is the Cissy Houston masterpiece.

Cissy_Houston___I_Just_Don_t_Know_What_To_Do.mp3

what about the nightwatch-lips to your heart ?

or isnt that northern white folk aren't they ??

does that count

Soul City - Cold Hearted Blues - Goodtime ..... definitley mental ..... and a bit good ..

what about the debonairs come back baby soulclick thats slightly menta l or the no 1 meental full on sheer power sixties uptempo hard driving northernsoul ....the royal cinders ,,you sure is funky hip time l ...............................................................................

Another one full of mayhem ..... Vanguards - Thought of Losing Your Love - Lamp.

This blokes voice just blows you over ....

check the drummer out ....

Edited March 20, 200619 yr by jumpinjoan

cant remember title,but the one by "Spencer",stafford thingy?

what ''searching for love '' ?

I nominate Hermon Hitson's cut of Love Slipped Through My Fingers as a benchmark for full-on, abandoned, Northern Soul. Just on the right side of chaos.

Also, The Mello Souls must take some beating in this respect, surely. Not for the faint-hearted, and for those who don't get NS probably something of a racket. A full-on masterpiece for the initiated, though.

Forgetting titles and artists this morning, too much clean living is killing my brain cells, but Tricky Dicky in his old days was partial to a few full on sounds, before Rushbrooke took the torch.

A couple or 3 from the only time period I seem to be discussing at moment (first sign of Alzheimers is forgetting the current but remembering the past, I know, my clean living even involves watching Coronation Str.) can someone remind of correct titles and artists

No Second Chance - Phantom Janitor c/u (Deadbeats???)

and not sure if confusing the same record. Playing The Part of A Fool - Embers c/u and Like I Never Did Before - Chessmenc/u.

F**k me I cant remember these properly and I wasn't within a million miles of sand at Prestatyn or the abuse that no doubt went with it.

Think I need to find a sport other than marbles!!

Yours confused and confusing

Jock

OK think I just remembered, am I being slow, Embers Part Of A Fool is this really the Royal Esquires on Prix, if so what a Prix I am,

also the Chessman wasnt that Combinations, I assume is still a super rarity, cmon somebody put me out of my misery, has my memory came back!!

Edited March 20, 200619 yr by jocko

jean stanback if i ever needed love need to run to keep up with this one.mental

Can't you tell that i've just figured out how to do this ...... here's another ...

How about Eric Mercury's 'Lonely Girl',now that's a mental tune!

also the Chessman wasnt that Combinations, I assume is still a super rarity, cmon somebody put me out of my misery, has my memory came back!!

Yes ..... I think you are having a bit of a lucid moment Jock ... in fact Carl Fortnum played it Saturday night ... absolutely fantastic

Sounded immense....

These are not mental Northern tunes but proper ones to me...

Even the Nightwatch was a laugh, watching people try to dance to it.

No Ifs, no ands no Buts-Karate..........(can't remember who its by, mental though)!!

Combinations-Whatcha Gonna

Jerry Fuller-Double Life

Carl

You Don't Mean It by Towanda Barnes and Love You Baby by Eddie Foster. How could anyone off the scene grow to like these?

Oooops! Eddie Parker. Thanks Pete. (Been away this weekend, so haven't been able to pick the tapes/CDs up from the PO. Thanks again).

Brian

These are not mental Northern tunes but proper ones to me...

Hi Russ,

Survived another one then i see ... great to see you as always!

... and yes you are quite right .... just proper one's to me too ..... the mental bit is me

I'd just like to say thank you for the downloads....

First post, but been lurking a while. Kind of been into r&b and northern stuff for the past few years, but find it difficult to pick out the ones I like. My eductaion continues..

Just need to learn to bl**dy dance properly now..

Cheers,

chad