Mal C Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Totally besotted with the Voices again, happens every 6 months... Love all their music, and that clip on you tube of their appearance along side BB King back in the seventies... Raw and sublime it is! I've realised how little I know about the group though, lots of members, tons of releases, anybody got the low down on how they came together... And maybe members can put up their favourite tracks... come on you seventies nuts, let's be avin it! Mal ---- *Remember don't reply to a clip post unless you delete the link, kills the thread! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
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Guest MBarrett Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Mal If it's any interest I saw them live at the Isle Of Wight Rock Festival in 1970. The one they call the British Woodstock. I've always had pretty broad musical tastes so a long weekend of rock was fine with me. (We are talking Hendrix, Doors, Who, Moodies and many more) But suddenly on to the stage came this band of kids I had never heard of (i.e. Voices of East Harlem) and they absolutely blew me away. Now the date on that You Tube film says 18th August 1970 so I saw them definitely within a fortnight of that - maybe not much more than a week. I bought the vinyl album - Right On Be Free - as soon as I could get a copy and somewhere along the line replaced it with a CD. I was due to start a college course shortly after that festival and kept trying to tell people about this amazing group I had seen but I couldn't get the message through. I think it was seeing them live in the middle of all those pretty heavy rock acts that absolutely knocked my socks off. I was just a punter at the IOW so have nothing specific to the VOEH but I did keep a few bits of memorabilia from the festival which are up in the loft. I might drag them out in a bit and remind myself what is there. And a bit later I might play the whole ROBF album through from beginning to end. It really is a superb album. Anyway that's my contribution to the thread. Hope it is of some interest. Mark Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Northern295 Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 a very topical topic for me. I haven't listened / bought much from this group, but last week heard their "Gotta be a change" track on the ROBF album - now in the box ! alan 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Mal C Posted August 31, 2016 Author Share Posted August 31, 2016 48 minutes ago, MBarrett said: Mal If it's any interest I saw them live at the Isle Of Wight Rock Festival in 1970. The one they call the British Woodstock. I've always had pretty broad musical tastes so a long weekend of rock was fine with me. (We are talking Hendrix, Doors, Who, Moodies and many more) But suddenly on to the stage came this band of kids I had never heard of (i.e. Voices of East Harlem) and they absolutely blew me away. Now the date on that You Tube film says 18th August 1970 so I saw them definitely within a fortnight of that - maybe not much more than a week. I bought the vinyl album - Right On Be Free - as soon as I could get a copy and somewhere along the line replaced it with a CD. I was due to start a college course shortly after that festival and kept trying to tell people about this amazing group I had seen but I couldn't get the message through. I think it was seeing them live in the middle of all those pretty heavy rock acts that absolutely knocked my socks off. I was just a punter at the IOW so have nothing specific to the VOEH but I did keep a few bits of memorabilia from the festival which are up in the loft. I might drag them out in a bit and remind myself what is there. And a bit later I might play the whole ROBF album through from beginning to end. It really is a superb album. Anyway that's my contribution to the thread. Hope it is of some interest. Mark Wow, that's the kinda stories we love... Always thought you had to see them live, that kinda group... thanks Mark..:-)) Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Mal C Posted August 31, 2016 Author Share Posted August 31, 2016 39 minutes ago, northern295 said: a very topical topic for me. I haven't listened / bought much from this group, but last week heard their "Gotta be a change" track on the ROBF album - now in the box ! alan Killer Allan, you can pretty much buy blind with them, they didn't make a crap song... Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest MBarrett Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 (edited) Luckily I know my way round that loft so here are a few bits and pieces 1. Flyer that somehow went home with me and survived 2. Newspaper format programme that somehow went home with me and survived 3. Little bit about the VOEH. This is the bit that might be of interest to you Mal. Association with Hendrix etc. etc. It might be him who got them the gig there, but I'm only guessing. 4. My tent and Lammy. Look at that crazy mod I did. It was a 300 mile round trip so I needed a bit of extra comfort. Cobbled together a seat out of wood, foam rubber and vinyl and coupled it with a rear back rest!! I remember going across on the ferry. At least 100 motorbikes accompanied by some fairly heavy dudes . . . . . . . . and me! LOL! To be honest I couldn't give a stuff. I thought if something's going to happen let it happen. And amazingly it didn't. Anyway don't want to take over the thread (or get it moved to Freebasing!) so that's me done. Hopefully I've added a little something!! Mark PS Should have said. 18 days after his appearance here Hendrix was dead. What crazy days they were! Edited August 31, 2016 by MBarrett Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Kris Holmes Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 not much to add except the previously unreleased stuff on the Right On Be Free CD reissue is pretty damn excellent. 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Popular Post Jstarr Posted September 1, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted September 1, 2016 Could of picked any number of tunes Mal, but this always does it for me. 7 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Mal C Posted September 1, 2016 Author Share Posted September 1, 2016 (edited) That's just blinding isn't it... I'm sure there is another version, I asked this of John Browne, he didn't know, I thought Ian Levine said he had another version of this track, can't remember who by, was on one of his shows... m Edited September 1, 2016 by Mal C Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Mike Lofthouse Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 18 hours ago, MBarrett said: Luckily I know my way round that loft so here are a few bits and pieces 1. Flyer that somehow went home with me and survived 2. Newspaper format programme that somehow went home with me and survived 3. Little bit about the VOEH. This is the bit that might be of interest to you Mal. Association with Hendrix etc. etc. It might be him who got them the gig there, but I'm only guessing. 4. My tent and Lammy. Look at that crazy mod I did. It was a 300 mile round trip so I needed a bit of extra comfort. Cobbled together a seat out of wood, foam rubber and vinyl and coupled it with a rear back rest!! I remember going across on the ferry. At least 100 motorbikes accompanied by some fairly heavy dudes . . . . . . . . and me! LOL! To be honest I couldn't give a stuff. I thought if something's going to happen let it happen. And amazingly it didn't. Anyway don't want to take over the thread (or get it moved to Freebasing!) so that's me done. Hopefully I've added a little something!! Mark PS Should have said. 18 days after his appearance here Hendrix was dead. What crazy days they were! Mark - that line-up is fantastic - it makes Glastonbury look even more lame! Miles, Jimi, Joni, Sly, Who, Doors,!!!!! 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Soul Shrews Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Quote Quote 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Soul Shrews Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 From my favorite LP of theirs nice with the male lead. Cheers Paul 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Soul Shrews Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 From the same LP. Couldn"t find ""March Across This Land" also on the LP on the tube but there was Linda Cliffords version Cheers Paul 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 (edited) And there all-time Northern Soul classic deserves a mention! "Cashing In" - Just Sunshine Records. If this record was rare it would sell for a very high price! Edited September 1, 2016 by Guest Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Arthur Robinson Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Yes Solid Soul great seventies!! Quite rare on the demo. Regards. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Tommy1 Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 On 31.8.2016 at 21:15, Mal C said: Great tune! No 45, only LP track? 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Mal C Posted September 2, 2016 Author Share Posted September 2, 2016 16 minutes ago, Tommy1 said: Great tune! No 45, only LP track? yep LP only... :-)) Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Tommy1 Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 9 minutes ago, Mal C said: yep LP only... :-)) Damn. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Citizen P Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 Remember seeing them on the Old Grey Whistle Test, must have been around the same time as I.O.W. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Chris Turnbull Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 Bought 'Can You Feel It' LP ages ago for 'Take a Stand' but hadn't appreciated all the other top tunes from it posted up here - Amazing Love, Rare so Rare, Just got to be myself - will be digging it out for another play 'Take a Stand' an absolute blinder for me. Remember seeing it on Allanton playlists from late 80's - bet it sounded good there. Don't recall ever hearing it out myself. 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Chris Turnbull Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 Worth another look at this - awesome Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
John Benson Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Love this group myself, here's another good track "Wanted dead or alive" 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
John Benson Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 For the Soul Shrews Paul, "March across this land" 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
John Benson Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Not forgetting the flip side to "Cashing in" 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
John Benson Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Also done by Leroy Hutson, but this isn't too shabby either, "Could this be love" 2 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
John Benson Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 I'll leave this here for now and let someone else have a go, but there's lots more worthy tracks by them, "New vibrations" - an old Blackpool Mecca spin: 1 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Johnny One Trout Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 On 31 August 2016 at 20:19, kjw said: My favourite by them love it!!!!! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Tattoodave Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 I foolishly gave this away shortly before my computer crashed with the download on, the image was still on my camera. I think I remember who I gave it to, but you know how it is. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
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