As a constant gardner of knowledge and opinion of the learned soul source members, please consider the below and please give your input:

 

In your humble what have been the biggest and best Nighter tunes of the last ten years. It's not a poll simply a genuine question.

For me:

 

Parliaments

Primers

Nancy Wilcox

 

Love em.

 

Regards,

 

Dave

Oldies scene or upfront?

The ones in Butch's play box. 

Mighty lovers C/U for Butch. I know I bang on about this but it is pure quality Northern Soul.

The ones in Butch's play box. 

not always

Mighty lovers C/U for Butch. I know I bang on about this but it is pure quality Northern Soul.

 

Trouble is Byrney, only a small proportion of the people on the scene will have even heard it. I agree though it's fantastic, I always ask Butch to play it.

Trouble is Byrney, only a small proportion of the people on the scene will have even heard it. I agree though it's fantastic, I always ask Butch to play it.

 

True, I still haven't heard it, would love to

True, I still haven't heard it, would love to

 

Get yourself out sometime Peter, then you'll hear it

Well here's ten just of the top of my head....will post more later, but here's some bangers to be going on with...

 

Parliaments - Rainy Day

Ishola Muhammed - Open Up Your Heart

United Sounds - Its All Over (Baby)

Willie Dale - Let Your Light Shine

Tiaras - Foolish Girl/Suprise

Precisions - My Sense Of Direction (Is Blown)

Hopkins Brothers - Shake Sheri

Sir Guy - Nobody Beats My Love

Tommy & The Derbys - Dont Play The Role

Kae Wiiliams - Our Love Is Dying

Edited March 28, 201411 yr by Russ Vickers

Get yourself out sometime Peter, then you'll hear it

 

Nah, think maybe I can live without it.  Besides, I don't wear the right sort of trousers.

True, I still haven't heard it, would love to

 

Pete, I can send you a "live" recording I did at the first Lifeline Allnighter. Pretty poor quality, but you can get the gist of it. Let me know if you are interested mate.

It's down to personal choice I suppose. How about:

 

Mixed Feelings - Sha La La

Lil Major Williams - Girl You're So Sweet To Me

Tiarras - Foolish Girl - thanks to Paul McKay for playing these 3 last night at Masters Of Soul

Joseph Webster - My Love Is Strong

The Poets - Wrapped Around Your Finger

The Vanguards - Good Times Bad Times

Salt & Pepper - A Man Of My Word

Billy Byrd - Lost In A Crowd

Chico Lamarr - What Do You Think

Two Plus Two - I'm Sure / Lookaround

Tommy Knight - Don't Bring Back Memories

The Ravins - Your Love Is What I Want

The Sensations - Demanding Man

Angela Davis & The Mighty Chevelles - My Love Is Strong

Willie Coco - Message To Society

J T Parker - If You Want To Hold On

Sag War Fare - Don't Be So Jive

Doc Peabody - Here Without You

The Four Dynamics - Things That A Lady Ain't Supposed To Do

The Mello Souls - We Can Make It

Margaret Little - Love Finds A Way

Sandy Golden -  Your Love Is Everything

Arthur Willis - The Hurting Is Over

 

plus my favourite Butch cover ups

Jean Carter - I Wanna Know

Martha Jean Love - That's The Way The Story Goes / Old Time Lover

 

Sorry it's a fairly long list but these tunes fill the dance floor at the nighters I attend. 

Is Margaret Little - Love Finds A Way in the last 10 years? I'm useless at time frames.

 

Possibly the biggest tune of the last 10 years.

 

Tobi Bowe's version of I can feel him slipping away had its 5 minutes in the sun as well. Maybe hasnt stood the test of time as well as Margaret Little tho.

It's down to personal choice I suppose. How about:

 

Mixed Feelings - Sha La La

Lil Major Williams - Girl You're So Sweet To Me

Tiarras - Foolish Girl - thanks to Paul McKay for playing these 3 last night at Masters Of Soul

Joseph Webster - My Love Is Strong

The Poets - Wrapped Around Your Finger

The Vanguards - Good Times Bad Times

Salt & Pepper - A Man Of My Word

Billy Byrd - Lost In A Crowd

Chico Lamarr - What Do You Think

Two Plus Two - I'm Sure / Lookaround

Tommy Knight - Don't Bring Back Memories

The Ravins - Your Love Is What I Want

The Sensations - Demanding Man

Angela Davis & The Mighty Chevelles - My Love Is Strong

Willie Coco - Message To Society

J T Parker - If You Want To Hold On

Sag War Fare - Don't Be So Jive

Doc Peabody - Here Without You

The Four Dynamics - Things That A Lady Ain't Supposed To Do

The Mello Souls - We Can Make It

Margaret Little - Love Finds A Way

Sandy Golden -  Your Love Is Everything

Arthur Willis - The Hurting Is Over

 

plus my favourite Butch cover ups

Jean Carter - I Wanna Know

Martha Jean Love - That's The Way The Story Goes / Old Time Lover

 

Sorry it's a fairly long list but these tunes fill the dance floor at the nighters I attend. 

 

Take me Geoff. Sounds like perfection.

(No politics mind   )

Oldies scene or upfront?

 

Don't like to discriminate but I'd say those tunes that generally became the biggest and best in the opinion of the good people of SS over the last ten years or so - so re-activated tunes would be included but not 'nostalgia' tunes as good as many are.

 

Had a couple of really good responses so far but would love to hear from more members.

Edited March 28, 201411 yr by ClearVinyl

It's down to personal choice I suppose. How about:

 

Mixed Feelings - Sha La La

Lil Major Williams - Girl You're So Sweet To Me

Tiarras - Foolish Girl - thanks to Paul McKay for playing these 3 last night at Masters Of Soul

Joseph Webster - My Love Is Strong

The Poets - Wrapped Around Your Finger

The Vanguards - Good Times Bad Times

Salt & Pepper - A Man Of My Word

Billy Byrd - Lost In A Crowd

Chico Lamarr - What Do You Think

Two Plus Two - I'm Sure / Lookaround

Tommy Knight - Don't Bring Back Memories

The Ravins - Your Love Is What I Want

The Sensations - Demanding Man

Angela Davis & The Mighty Chevelles - My Love Is Strong

Willie Coco - Message To Society

J T Parker - If You Want To Hold On

Sag War Fare - Don't Be So Jive

Doc Peabody - Here Without You

The Four Dynamics - Things That A Lady Ain't Supposed To Do

The Mello Souls - We Can Make It

Margaret Little - Love Finds A Way

Sandy Golden -  Your Love Is Everything

Arthur Willis - The Hurting Is Over

 

plus my favourite Butch cover ups

Jean Carter - I Wanna Know

Martha Jean Love - That's The Way The Story Goes / Old Time Lover

 

Sorry it's a fairly long list but these tunes fill the dance floor at the nighters I attend. 

quite allot of those Geoff are over a decade now, I know,  its frightening isn't it....

how about Henry C Country Girl Andy Dyson has been hammering it, Emeralds on Vick both sides proper northern, Mighty Lovers the best of the lot. Ruby Andrews Its beautiful absolutely fantastic. 

Edited March 28, 201411 yr by Ted Massey

how about Henry C Country Girl Andy Dyson has been hammering it, Emeralds on Vick both sides proper northern, Mighty Lovers the best of the lot. Ruby Andrews Its beautiful absolutely fantastic. 

Ted

Can't believe you didn't mention Charles Johnson,certainly one the best for me.

Cheers

Martyn

Very kind of you Martin not one to blow me own

Just to repeat whats already been mentioned, for me the top ones have been

Mighty Lovers c/u ( the best of the lot )

Jean Carter

Parliaments

Primers

 

Top class as good as anything ever played IMO

Pattrinel Staten . Little love affair. Think was about 10 years back when I first heard it. Steve

Add Rudy Love into the mix.

Pattrinel Staten . Little love affair. Think was about 10 years back when I first heard it. Steve

 

At least 2001 was being played at the 100 Club, but these things do take time these days...brilliant record too...

 

Best Russ

Phil started a thread recently, some thing like where have all the big lads gone, meaning the classic rareities, well IMHO most mentioned on this thread so far could be placed in this category, its not just about the classics, altho some of these I think of as classics now, as good as many played in the golden era & better in some cases.

 

Best Russ

At least 2001 was being played at the 100 Club, but these things do take time these days...brilliant record too...

 

Best Russ

Thanks Russ. Think it was Bretby I first heard it, could have been slightly before, not sure. Definitely later than  2001 for me . Steve

Pattrinel Staten . Little love affair. Think was about 10 years back when I first heard it. Steve

 

 

Was long time ago as it was Keb who found it with John Manship, not sure if Keb played it first or moved it on to Butch or if Butch found another copy.

Some cover ups...

Butch Little Ceasar, Jesse Davis and his Joe Adams Stop acetate.

 

Andy Dysons Up The Hill cover up, not sure if he has given it an artist?  And his Joe Cook cover up, I think that is what it is covered up as.

Celebrities - I choose you .

ike and tina turner .........STRANGE........big sound for Danny

 

melvin davis ......lucielle      big sound for Karl heard

One thing is for sure, there's been some great records played in recent times as this thread shows.

A nice antidote to the one show bollox and what the scene should be about, pity it won't get as much attention.

The right people and the right venues are out there 

One thing is for sure, there's been some great records played in recent times as this thread shows.

A nice antidote to the one show bollox and what the scene should be about, pity it won't get as much attention.

The right people and the right venues are out there 

 

Revitalised - Judy Stokes.

 

Emory & dynamics - lets take a look.

Celebrities - I choose you .

 

Kevin, YOU DIDN'T TELL THE TRUTH

Maybe last 13 / 14 years but surely Hamilton Movement - She's gone - worth a mention for feelgood and floor friendly dancer!

 

Adam

how about Henry C Country Girl Andy Dyson has been hammering it, Emeralds on Vick both sides proper northern, Mighty Lovers the best of the lot. Ruby Andrews Its beautiful absolutely fantastic.

Henry C is a great tune Ted I've also played it out a few times, not well known though but proper northern and I'd I also throw Bernie Moore in to.

These two certainly not the biggest tunes of the last 10 years but two of the best.

Cheers Darren

Well here's ten just of the top of my head....will post more later, but here's some bangers to be going on with...

 

Parliaments - Rainy Day

Ishola Muhammed - Open Up Your Heart

United Sounds - Its All Over (Baby)

Willie Dale - Let Your Light Shine

Tiaras - Foolish Girl/Suprise

Precisions - My Sense Of Direction (Is Blown)

Hopkins Brothers - Shake Sheri

Sir Guy - Nobody Beats My Love

Tommy & The Derbys - Dont Play The Role

Kae Wiiliams - Our Love Is Dying

What a great list of records. The bbc would have performed a more valuable service if it'd fucked the one show off and filled the half hour playing these instead

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vivian jones

One thing is for sure, there's been some great records played in recent times as this thread shows.

A nice antidote to the one show bollox and what the scene should be about, pity it won't get as much attention.

The right people and the right venues are out there 

arn,t we glad it don,t get the same attention

Add Rudy Love into the mix.

 

You meaning 'Suffering Wrath' Kev?

 

If so, then I think there was spins of this little Canyon beauty some time before - possibly Butch.

Morning all.

 

Iv'e scanned the whole lot quoted so far.... some damn good tracks, but for me (which i think is missing) is the cream of the crop.....

 

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They don't come much Bigger & Better ???

What about Sam's Tommy Dent.... "Soul Thing".... awesome through venue speakers!

 

 

melvin davis ......lucielle      big sound for Karl heard

 

reactivation, Dean Anderson first.

 

 

Emory & dynamics - lets take a look.

 

Don't forget the other one, Things That A Lady.  Take A Look goes back to the mid 80's though.

Here's my input...agree with most that have been posted:

Little Suzie c/u - big Karl heard spin

Sacred Four - somebody watching you

Jimmy Phillips - she belongs to me

Only heard these in the last ten years (i'm sure someone will put me right if they were played before that)

 

Joey Irving - There's a man/Can you handle me

Susie and Soul Serenaders - Can You Win

Sunrise Movement - Running Wild

Rudy Mockabee - Sweet Thing

Unfortunately quite a few of the 45's being lauded in this thread are very poor records. Just my opinion of course. The Little Suzi tune isn't really a cover up, it's a Sue Rainey 45 with the wrong label on it. Played by Cliff Camfield for a year or so until Karl persuaded him to sell it. Never did anything for me personally.

 

Tommy Dent was being played by Richard Lewis long before Sam. Again does nowt for me.

 

The Sir Guy thing is ghastly.

 

The Precisions is very messy and another example of rarity over quality.

 

Just my humble opinion, and the reason I don't bother going out anymore. 

Then maybe ya should, ya miserable git, both the Precisions & Sir Joe rammed the floor at Lifeline lol 

 

Hope ya well mate

 

Russ

You meaning 'Suffering Wrath' Kev?

 

If so, then I think there was spins of this little Canyon beauty some time before - possibly Butch.

Was played at the Mecca originally.

 

Russ

Unfortunately quite a few of the 45's being lauded in this thread are very poor records. Just my opinion of course. The Little Suzi tune isn't really a cover up, it's a Sue Rainey 45 with the wrong label on it. Played by Cliff Camfield for a year or so until Karl persuaded him to sell it. Never did anything for me personally.

 

Tommy Dent was being played by Richard Lewis long before Sam. Again does nowt for me.

 

The Sir Guy thing is ghastly.

 

The Precisions is very messy and another example of rarity over quality.

 

Just my humble opinion, and the reason I don't bother going out anymore. 

 

Yes Tommy Dent a New York tune.Sam snagged the one frm JM's auction.Get yourself out Phil.!!

Was played at the Mecca originally.

 

Russ

 

I've heard this said before Russ,have no recollection of this myself.A Cliff Steele spin,but wouldnt be suprised if had been tried before.I put this on the thread because of the reaction in the last few years.

Unfortunately quite a few of the 45's being lauded in this thread are very poor records. Just my opinion of course. The Little Suzi tune isn't really a cover up, it's a Sue Rainey 45 with the wrong label on it. Played by Cliff Camfield for a year or so until Karl persuaded him to sell it. Never did anything for me personally.

 

Tommy Dent was being played by Richard Lewis long before Sam. Again does nowt for me.

 

The Sir Guy thing is ghastly.

 

The Precisions is very messy and another example of rarity over quality.

 

Just my humble opinion, and the reason I don't bother going out anymore. 

 

You don't like Sir Joe either Phil.

Mystiques - Put Out The Fire

Wanda McDaniel - Gangster Boy

Grey Imprint - Do You Get The Message (re activation)

Wally Coco - Message to Society

Scott Three - Running Wild

Fourth Level - Deep South

Charles Simmons - Save The World

Double O Demingos - Colour One Tear Black Pt 2

Superbs - Wind In My Sails

Butch's Vessie Simmons Cover Up

 

Almost too many to mention that Ady plays at the 100 Club from acetate, virtually all bangers....