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Northern Tracks That Don't Fade Out

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Hey soul fans,

 

I'm a newbie so I hope this hasn't been done before.

 

Now, when I look at my records or think about when I used (I know, I know) to go dancing, 99% or more of them fade out, as did most 2 or 3 minute singles of the 60s and 70s. There are a few significant tracks that don't fade out that I can think of:

 

Nothing Can Stop Me - Gene Chandler

Come On Train - Don Thomas

Scratchy (!) - Travis Wammack

Night Owl - Bobby Paris - My London reissue comes to a clumsy stop but the original Cameo version fades out

Afternoon Of The Rhino - Mike post Coalition

 

Now, it's getting a bit late and I'm knackered - I'm sure i've missed loads of obvious ones.

 

Anybody want to add to this list and make me kick myself?!!!

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    Yep - same with slow starters! - I'm thinking Get Out, Beatin' Rhythm, Keep Marchin On (Mockingbirds) - that one takes FOREVER to start.

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Of course! I'm already starting to face palm! cheers R

Manifesto - Case Of Tyme. Annoyingly slows down too. You have to be a clever dancer to look cool. 

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Manifesto - Case Of Tyme. Annoyingly slows down too. You have to be a clever dancer to look cool. 

Yep - same with slow starters! - I'm thinking Get Out, Beatin' Rhythm, Keep Marchin On (Mockingbirds) - that one takes FOREVER to start.

Move On Up and One Wonderful Moment finish with a crescendo.  What about songs that fade out, only to fade back in again, such as You'd Better Believe It Baby?

Dee Dee Sharp - Deep Dark Secret.  Crashing intro and abrupt ending.

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Edited by Dave Ward

I'm always moaning about records fading, it's just a cop out, isn't it. You've gone to the trouble of writing:

 

intro verse chorus verse chorus middle section verse chorus verse chorus.... and? Why not just write a proper end?! Love a record with a proper stop finish, so much more dynamic and makes changing tempos and styles while deejaying much easier.

 

couple which spring to mind:

 

Evie Sands "Picture Me Gone"

Hector Rivera "A Chance For Romance"

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There Was A Time - another Gene Chandler - great abrupt stop.

Billy Prophet "What Can I do?" SUE.

Billy Prophet "What Can I Do?" (SUE)

 

High Voltage "Country Road" (COLUMBIA)

Manifesto - Case Of Tyme. Annoyingly slows down too. You have to be a clever dancer to look cool. 

 They used to abort the end of the record, before it slowed......it wouldn' t have gone down otherwise.

Two People - Stop Leave My Heart Alone

Royal Five - My Baby Cares For Me

Charles Mann - Hey Little Girl

Freddie Scott - Mr Heartache

King George - I'm Thru' Losin' You

Marty Thompson - Whirlpool

The Deadbeats - No Second Chance

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Ronnie and Robyn "As Long As You Love Me" (SIDRA)

"Sidra's Theme" Instrumenkal.

Ronnie and Robyn "As Long As You Love Me" (SIDRA)

"Sidra's Theme" Instrumenkal.

 

Slow start AND slow finish!!!!!!

They DON'T fade out.....I think that is the criteria.

Could be wrong though.....my memory is fading!

Billy Prophet "What Can I Do?" (SUE)

 

High Voltage "Country Road" (COLUMBIA)

 

I thought Billy Prophet did fade, albeit a bit quick.

My Lewis Clark... "Green Power" annoyingly fades out well before the end,

I wondered if all the copies are the same, if so, why didn't the publishers

bin them all and try again.... costing I guess!

You must have the very rare edited version....the last ad lib goes;

"...just what i'm talkin' bout lil girl..." there is then a sax burp and the music ends....dead!

You must have the very rare edited version....the last ad lib goes;

"...just what i'm talkin' bout lil girl..." there is then a sax burp and the music ends....dead!

 

Ha ha. My records and "rare" don't really go together. :thumbsup:

Never mind, you aren't the only one.

Arthur Willis and the Soulful Dynamics The Hurting Is Over Mars-La Tours  one of the best endings ever and what a record

Who could forget Russ's biggie

Smoky and The Fabulous Blades "Jerk Baby Jerk" (DORÉ).

Dosen't one of the releases of Syl Johnson's do you know what love is just stop at the end ?

Hey soul fans,

 

I'm a newbie so I hope this hasn't been done before.

 

Now, when I look at my records or think about when I used (I know, I know) to go dancing, 99% or more of them fade out, as did most 2 or 3 minute singles of the 60s and 70s. There are a few significant tracks that don't fade out that I can think of:

 

Nothing Can Stop Me - Gene Chandler

Come On Train - Don Thomas

Scratchy (!) - Travis Wammack

Night Owl - Bobby Paris - My London reissue comes to a clumsy stop but the original Cameo version fades out

Afternoon Of The Rhino - Mike post Coalition

 

Now, it's getting a bit late and I'm knackered - I'm sure i've missed loads of obvious ones.

 

Anybody want to add to this list and make me kick myself?!!!

Cant Stop Loving You Baby - Ray Charles on ABC  is another

Chuck Jacksons Love Lights.....wtf happened there? Fades out and comes back in as if to say " Hey, we aint finished yet!".

By that time, they've left the floor.

Isley brothers - Behind a painted smile

One of the greatest endings of a Soul record!

Dosen't "The Spy" Guys From UNCLE (Swan) have a cold/dead finish????

I may be wrong!

Yep - same with slow starters! - I'm thinking Get Out, Beatin' Rhythm, Keep Marchin On (Mockingbirds) - that one takes FOREVER to start.

 

June Conquest - Almost Persuaded. love it. Can still hear Guy saying - wait for the beat. :thumbup:

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Do you love me - Contours - fades out fades in fades out.

 

i'm not a DJ and would like to know - Which is the WORST record to cue in or finish off?

Gloria Hill "Be Somebody" Deep.

 

Ha was just thinking of this one Tony ,  great crash of cymbal :thumbsup:

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I knew there'd be more than I could think of... ...about 300 times more! - loads I haven't heard - thanks a lot everybody.

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Dosen't one of the releases of Syl Johnson's do you know what love is just stop at the end ?

 

They all stop at the end don't they?

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