Recently I've been fascinated by the tunes brought to my attention by another thread on this site entitled 'Spacey Female Detroit Soul', to quote the post, "records that have a specific 60s female detroit sound, that sound 'airy' or 'spacey'", specifically records such as The Debonaires 'How's Your New Love Treating You', Juanita Williams 'Baby Boy', The Gambrells 'Find A Love', Lonette 'Mind Intruder', and one that doesn't get a mention there but to my mind is very 'spacey' (and also very commercial I guess, but nonetheless a great sound), "Reflections" by The Supremes.

 

The original 'female' thread can be found here: -

 

 

(and if anyone wants to add to it I for one won't be complaining!)

 

Anyway, I enjoyed the suggested tunes so much that I thought I'd start a new thread entitled "Spacey Male Detroit Soul" as this new found (to me, at least) 'genre within a genre' is intriguing me to the extent that I'd love to find out as much as possible about records that have this type of sound ... and if they're reasonably affordable then so much the better! 

 

Same rules apply as the original 'female' thread, i.e. they don't specifically have to be from Detroit (but all the better if they are) ... as long as they have that specific sound.

 

To get things started (and give a rough idea of the type of sound I'm looking for - I intend to put a playlist together on YouTube) I'll post a few that I think fall into the category quite nicely. And I await all further suggestions with much anticipation. Ok, here we go: -

 

Starting off with an expensive one, The Masqueraders 'How'

 

 

Followed by three that I've recently added to my own collection, the first being Eddie Hill 'Nothing Sweeter'

 

 

On the same label, Louis Curry 'A Toast To You'

 

 

And finally, a highly recommended cheapie (grab one while you can?), Friends 'No You No Me!'

 

 

 

Get those suggestions posted up folks! 

 

Cheers, and thanks in advance.

John.

 

 

 

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Edited February 24, 201411 yr by HensTeeth

POST REMOVED

Edited February 24, 201411 yr by HensTeeth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZO5A_508Zj0

 

 

 

If anyone would like to listen to my selection of the 'best of' all of the aforementioned male 'spacey' soul tunes in this thread I've set up a playlist here: -

Enjoy! 

Edited February 24, 201411 yr by HensTeeth

"She's Alright" by Reggie Milner, written by Reggie, released on Ron Murphy's Ron's Records, is listed as copyright 1967.  But, it has a wonderful earlier 1964-65 sound.  Ron was a good friend of mine, and usually gave me copies of his label's releases.  I never got that one.  If memory serves me right, that was pressed in 1971.  He did record some local Detroit artists, himself, singing songs they wrote.  But, he also got hold of (bought the rights to) some earlier recorded ('60s) master tapes, and released those on his labels.  I think this is one of those (maybe recorded as a demo for Milner, in 1965, but, for some reason, not published by a music publisher until 1967, and not pressed up until Murphy did it in 1971).

 

I wish I had heard it and asked him about it and obtained a copy years ago.

 

Does anyone here know the story of this recording and what group is backing up Reggie on this cut?  Clearly (based on the writing style and sound, it was recorded before 1967, and before Milner's recordings by Ollie McLaughlin, that were leased to and recorded for Volt Records.  That's a great tight sound by his backing group.  I'd bet they were a professional group that appeared outside the studio, rather than just a studio group or random collection of back-up singers.

Edited February 24, 201411 yr by RobbK