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Good stuff. After Carl Holmes got played at Middleton by Flanny and took the roof off I went and looked for some more by him, bought a Carl Holmes LP blind, but it was all rock and roll...

Seems Carl was the band leader and other people sang I think.

Who is the guy on the piano in this clip? Is that Carl Holmes?

Holmes plays the guitar AFAIK

Carl Holmes & The Com,maunders according to Soul Harmony Singles is Carl Holmes of course, Marco King, Sports Lewis, Tommy Howard, Calvin Irons and John Holmes. Who plays what it doesn't say.

Just found this... https://funky16corner...n-pots-hot.html

He formed Carl Holmes and the Commanders in the early 60’s. Featuring Holmes on guitar, Marco King on vocals, Sports Lewis on sax, Fats Howard on electric piano, Calvin Irons on bass and John Holmes on drums,

So, we can take it as 'gospel' now that all Arctic releases featuring black lettering are reissues/boots?

While I'm not sure if or not Gorgeous George was Georgie Boy on SSS International he definitely wasn't Birmingham George on Marsi

Birmingham George was George Conner

Suprised about jesse slaughter , struggled to sell it for £35 on here 18 months ago !!!!

Suprised about jesse slaughter , struggled to sell it for £35 on here 18 months ago !!!!

Fantastic number.

Fantastic number.

Evening Sir Prof Turnip

I fully concur. Proper, driving beat - trad noth!

Regards Nice.

Evening Sir Prof Turnip

I fully concur. Proper, driving beat - trad noth!

Regards Nice.

Good evening Nice how's it swinging old boy? Yes a great tune , by the way we're off to Amsterdam soul club next month fancy a bit of Dutch ? trying to get an east midlands posse together regards Prof.Turnip (indeed)

Good evening Nice how's it swinging old boy? Yes a great tune , by the way we're off to Amsterdam soul club next month fancy a bit of Dutch ? trying to get an east midlands posse together regards Prof.Turnip (indeed)

Side to side Sir, side to side. Not bad here mate. Hope all good with you.

Peter

Suprised about jesse slaughter , struggled to sell it for £35 on here 18 months ago !!!!

I'm not surprised mate it's mediocre in my humble opinion, and the Carl Holmes thing is just rubbish. It's such a shame that people are so desperate to play something different that they forget about "Quality"

Bob Riley was a major Nashville songwriter so I think that backs up the Nashville rather than Florida origins of Reatha. Clarence Reid would have recorded for Dial in that city too and it's Tree publishing from Nashville and Dot recorded hundreds of records there so a bit of a no-brainer really.

So, we can take it as 'gospel' now that all Arctic releases featuring black lettering are reissues/boots?

not quite right as there are some real west coast arctics on styrene with black text..of course they have the delta stamp starting with a 5 6 7 or 8 tho

Wilson Picket also actually sang Soul Dance # 3. His was credited to Jerry Wexler, Carl Holmes is to himself.

I'm not surprised mate it's mediocre in my humble opinion, and the Carl Holmes thing is just rubbish. It's such a shame that people are so desperate to play something different that they forget about "Quality"

must say phil, you are right on both. I have the jesse slaughter since ages and remember deciding quite fast against ever playing it out as it just didnt made it thru quality control. the bonus of the good flipside safed the 45 a place in the collection whereas carl holmes had to leave Berlin after only a handfull of spins in the hot summer of 2007. remember seeing the same title on blackjack credited to another artist...was it pervis herder ?

I don't know Marc. I've never pretended to be a collector, or even a soul music fan per se. I love a certain style of music that makes me feel good, and want to dance. Most of it seems to have been made in the sixties, and performed by black artists. I still call it "Northern" because it just has that special something [je nais se quoi] that makes it stand out from all the other styles.

I admire the way you proper soul fans have such deep knowledge of all the genres and the artists, producers etc. I struggle to remember the tunes I do like, never mind the ones I don't. I remember Johnny Beggs [very knowledgeable, and bloody nice lad] playing me a record. I said sorry Johnny I don't like it. He then proceeded to tell me everything, and I mean everything about the 45. I eventually had to stop him and say.............yes Johnny but it's crap. Why would I want to know it's entire history?

I don't even care if the singer is white!!! as long as it moves me, then it's "northern"

If only more people had a quality control Marc. I would love to hear some new "quality" northern. Unfortunately they don't make it any more, and 99.9% of the good stuff has been found and played already.

not quite right as there are some real west coast arctics on styrene with black text..of course they have the delta stamp starting with a 5 6 7 or 8 tho

I think Tim was referring to Mike and Ike and not all Arctic with black text, that's how I read it.

Must have a few " Arctic " second pressings in my collection then ........... Oh. Bugger !

... remember seeing the same title on blackjack credited to another artist...was it pervis herder ?

as I said earlier...I remembered seeing it credited to someoneelse as well. the other release is credited to one pervis lavawn, sadly I nly found this weak scan on the net but you get an impression. also found matt finewine mentioning this release on his show so maybe he can upload a proper scan

lol and just found these old threads

https://www.soulsides.co.uk/philladelphia/BLACKJACK.htm

I think Tim was referring to Mike and Ike and not all Arctic with black text, that's how I read it.

i was just replying to post 6 and the arctic releases in general, i havent had time to read the article in full as yet

Standing At A Standstill. Is this the same Holmes? Carl?