Hi Folks,

I know plenty of people enjoy reading play lists, but rather than just peoples' play lists, thought it would be of as much interest if people post their top 5 sounds that they hear played out over a weekend (and where you heard them)

So, take your 'Little Black Books' with you (ok, your phones!)  and please share with us what made you take notice / or simply enjoyed hearing once again this weekend.

I'll look forward to reading them next week.

Have a great night out wherever you go 

All the best,

Len 

11 minutes ago, stevegods said:

He's really good live ...doing a PA at Koko club in Camden ..sold our really quick ... and " Am I wrong " is a beltin tune    

 

So I read

https://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/music/anderson-paak-tour-review-multitalented-star-takes-his-rightful-place-in-the-spotlight-a3516741.html

 

Saturday night 

WHITE BULL GISBURN

THRU WAY TRIAL & ERROR

MARTIN LYNDELL.    ?? Was great can't remember title ( help required)

Seashells Quiet home

George Smallwood  Hey Mamma

Lil Major Williams Girl !!!!!

twas some great tunes played

5 what I remember cos I love em👍

 

Good to see this venue in action again  was last there in 2009 

Last time Sam was there 👍

He really enjoyed it & so did we

fantastic stuff played & different

in  good way 👌

Five from the weekend 

(1) "Lower Vibration " Media Univseral Trade Orginisation.

(2) " Passionfruit " Drake 

(3) " On the Board " Formation 

(4) " Slipknot " XXXTentacion ( love the backing track, talented new young rapper .

(5) " Wibble Wobble " Soul Understated 

 This weekend I went to Portsmouth with some pals on Saturday evening for a  Soul gig at the Scene Nightclub. 

     Here's five that had the thumbs up from me     

     Lenny Williams - Choosing You 

      Al Mathews - Fool 

     Towanda Barnes - You Don't Mean It 

   Etta James - Can't Shake It 

    Fascinations  - Girls Are Out To Get You 

 

Went to Soul Giant in Haggerston yesterday, a very enjoyable alldayer, although I did leave early due to stuff to do at home. A good mix of styles with these five as my picks.

Janice Christian - Just A Bad Thing
Chuck Ray - I Don't Mind
Cynthia & The Imaginary Three - That's What I Am
Betty Moerer - Speed Up
LaShawn Collins - What You Gonna Do With My Love
 

'Lenny Williams - Choosing You' 

'LaShawn Collins - What You Gonna Do With My Love'

Great tunes! 

Len 

Pershore  Saturday night,  five that made me smile

1 Honey Child                               Johnny Williams

2 My Love                                      Betty Eevrett

3 I Can't Wait to See Baby's Face   Montecellos

4 What Have I Got Now                  Darrow Fletcher

5 Arabia                                           The Delcos

6 hours ago, Geoff said:

Went to Soul Giant in Haggerston yesterday, a very enjoyable alldayer, although I did leave early due to stuff to do at home. A good mix of styles with these five as my picks.

Janice Christian - Just A Bad Thing
Chuck Ray - I Don't Mind
Cynthia & The Imaginary Three - That's What I Am
Betty Moerer - Speed Up
LaShawn Collins - What You Gonna Do With My Love
 

 

Just now, diddy morgan said:

chuck ray ........nice

 

Well Saturday night I was back in a local Royal British Legion club that I was a regular dj in for 27 years just playing mainstream sounds. 

  So nice for me to get booked for the second time this year back in the club to play some proper music 

        Here is five I had requested, 

        Barbara Lynn - Movin' On A Groove 

         Jeff Perry - Love Don't Come On Stronger

           Four Tops - Shake Me Wake Me 

         Dena Barnes - If You Ever Walked Out Of My Life 

         Jerry Butler - Moody Woman   

At the ever brilliant Carlton Club Prestwich last night,

1 Lavern Baker /Jimmy Ricks           You're the Boss

2 Fried Scampi                                 The Masked Phantom

3 Mighty Tyhpoons                          Comin' Home

4 Jackie Edwards                              Keep on Running

5 new release from Cannonball records played by Vance early doors, didn't catch title.

Hard to pick a top five from Bamberg this weekend as it's still going on at the moment...Butch, Marc Forest, Thorley, Soulful Jules, Lars, etc...

6 hours ago, Twoshoes said:

At the ever brilliant Carlton Club Prestwich last night,

1 Lavern Baker /Jimmy Ricks           You're the Boss

2 Fried Scampi                                 The Masked Phantom

3 Mighty Tyhpoons                          Comin' Home

4 Jackie Edwards                              Keep on Running

5 new release from Cannonball records played by Vance early doors, didn't catch title.

Razz-Ma-Tazz  On the Disco Floor Bill

On Sunday 30 April I went to a local Soul gig here in sunny Dorset that ran from 4pm until 10pm here's five that caught my ear's and had me dancing round like a bloody lunatic!  

          Cliff Nobles - My Love Is Getting Stronger

          Del - Larks - Job Opening

          The Shakers - One Wonderful Moment 

          Dana Valery - You Don't Know Where Your Interest Lies 

          Eddie Foster - I Never Knew 

                  

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On a Sunday! - Blimey! 

Len 

Soulful House event Sauff London 

(1) " Fool " Beaten Soul 

(2) " Running away " Miguel Migs 

(3) " Clap " New Machine 

(4) " Change - bring it " Beaten Soul 

(5) " Dance for me " The Sunchasers 

Sunday Afternoon event in Chatham:

 

Louie Vega Starring...XXVIII - Heaven Knows

The Main Ingredient - Evening of Love

The New Jersey Connection feat Cynthia Wilson - Red Light, Green Light

Sheree Hicks - Experimental

Michael Wycoff - Looking Up To You

 

Looks like a nice mix of styles there Dave  Jealous once again 

26 minutes ago, Mickey Finn said:

Looks like a nice mix of styles there Dave  Jealous once again 

Yes Mickey. It's the 3rd monthly event as it's a lovely way to spend a Sunday afternoon. Especially when it's so close to home

On ‎08‎/‎05‎/‎2017 at 12:42, daved said:

Sunday Afternoon event in Chatham:

 

Louie Vega Starring...XXVIII - Heaven Knows

The Main Ingredient - Evening of Love

The New Jersey Connection feat Cynthia Wilson - Red Light, Green Light

Sheree Hicks - Experimental

Michael Wycoff - Looking Up To You

 

Michael Wycoff, not heard that for years, great tune.

Portobello 6th May

 

Brand New Faces - Brand New Faces

Eddie Billups - Ask My Heart

Mr Soul - What Happened to Yesterday

Court Davis - Try to Think What You're Doing

Charles Brandy - I Can't Get Enough of You 

I had the pleasure of being asked to play the music for a Gent's 60th Birthday bash on Saturday Night 13/5/2017 here are five spins I had requested  

           Booker T & the MG's - Time Is Tight 

           Millie Jackson - House For Sale 

            Philly Devotions - I Just Can't Say Goodbye 

            Isley Brothers - I Guess I'll Always Love You 

            Velvelettes - These Things Will Keep Me Loving You   

                 

  

Made a CD for a friend yesterday morning - nice to pull a real mix of stuff off the shelves including some stuff that I had not played for a long time - O'Jays - Deeper in love -  springs to mind - one of first records I bought in 78 / 79 - still sounds great - anyway here is track listing!

1.        The Volcanos – (It’s against) The laws of love – Arctic

2.        The Mighty Marvelows – Talkin’ bout ya, baby – ABC

3.        Sister Sledge – Love don’t you go through no changes on me – ATCO

4.        Barbara Lewis – Love makes the world go round – Atlantic

5.        Lou Johnson – Unsatisfied – Big Top

6.        Jackie Wilson – Whispers (Gettin’  Louder) – Brunswick

7.        Hector Riviera – Do it to me - Barry

8.        Aretha Franklin – Rough lover – Columbia

9.        Bobby Valentin – Use it before you lose it – Fania

10.     Otis Leavill – Why, Why, Why – Dakar

11.     Bobby Womack & Brotherhood – Home is where the heart is – Columbia

12.     Carol Anderson – Sad Girl – Fee

13.     Reuban Howell – You can’t stop a man in love – Motown

14.     The Vibrating Vibrations – Surprise party for baby – Neptune

15.     The O’Jays – Deeper in love with you – Neptune

16.     Bits,N Pieces – Keep on running away – Nasco

17.     The Montclairs – Hung up on your love – Paula

18.     The Invitations – Look on the good side – Silver Blue Records

19.     Sam Moore – Plenty good lovin’ – Expansion

20.     Bobby Taylor – There are roses somewhere in this world – Sunflower

21.     The Volumes – That same old feeling – Impact

22.     Cody Black – Going, going, gone – Rambrock

23.     Wilson Pickett – How will I ever know – Wicked

24.     The Falcons – (I’m a fool)I must love you – Big Wheel

25.     Aretha Franklin – One step ahead – Columbia

Sorry 25 - not 5!

Adam

          

Soul party NW8 

Bobby Womack " How could you break my heart " 

The Emotions " Flowers " 

The Vibrations " Gonna get along without you " 

The Tempos " Countdown "

Stevie Wonder " Creepin " 

 

Tanika Charles - Endless Chain

Ronnie Dyson - We Can Make It Last Forever

238's - The Itch

O'Jays - I'm So Glad I found You

Lee Fields - Make The World

 

12 hours ago, Bruv said:

I had the pleasure of being asked to play the music for a Gent's 60th Birthday bash on Saturday Night 13/5/2017 here are five spins I had requested  

           Booker T & the MG's - Time Is Tight 

           Millie Jackson - House For Sale 

            Philly Devotions - I Just Can't Say Goodbye 

            Isley Brothers - I Guess I'll Always Love You 

            Velvelettes - These Things Will Keep Me Loving You   

                 

  

Birthday cake wasn't bad either.....   

Five I played last night at 'The Sunday Soul Session' Stanwick Northants -

Ray Gant & Arabian Knights - Don't Leave Me Baby - Jay-Walking

The Sophisticates - I Need You - Mutt

The DeVons - Wise Up And Be Smart - Mr G

Regina Sherard - Helpless Baby - King

The Ster-phonics - Don't Leave Me - Mas-Tok

Have a good week folks 

Len 

 

 

Change of plans led to Farnworth Friday night, five that pricked my ears

1 The Embers    Where did I Go Wrong

2 Carolyn Cooke     I Don't Mind

3 Sunliners              All Alone

4 Joe Douglas         Something To Brag About

5 Kenny Gamble      The Jokes on You

Ann Sexton " You've been gone too long "

Betty Boo " Say it isn't so " 

Betty Everett " Getting mighty crowded  "

Oscar Tony Jr " Ain't that true love "

Vibrations " Surprise party for baby " 

 

private soul party Watford 

On ‎21‎/‎05‎/‎2017 at 17:17, Twoshoes said:

Change of plans led to Farnworth Friday night, five that pricked my ears

1 The Embers    Where did I Go Wrong

2 Carolyn Cooke     I Don't Mind

3 Sunliners              All Alone

4 Joe Douglas         Something To Brag About

5 Kenny Gamble      The Jokes on You

Would've been Chris de Luen playing Kenny and the Sunliners  ;)

Kinda hard to pick a top fifty tunes out of last night's offerings at a brilliant 100 Club let alone just five ...  ... but a few that stuck in my ear.

1. "Force" - "Holy Moses" -  Streaker ... Colin Law    (should have taken more notes from his superb sets , hopefully he'll post a playlist as they were pretty much all new to my old ears ...  )

2. "International Four" on Diane ... Colin again ( guessing it was Equal Love as it's the only thing I could find by them online , if anyone has a soundfile they could post (SteveG ?) I'd be eternally grateful as I don't know when I'll get to hear it out again)

3. "T.S.U. Tornadoes" on Ovide , instrumental  ... ???   ... Butch 

4. Kitch's Alice Clark - Heartbreak ??? ... Will pester Alan for a playlist too as they were like Colins ,  two great sets of stuff that had me scratching my head.

5. "Wooden Nickels" - "Nobody But You" - Omen , can't remember who spun it ... ?

 

 

 

 

Five from the marvellous Carlton Club Prestwich last night, great work by all the Dj's, cracking first set by Andy, nice mix of styles by guest Gibby,

1 Scratch My Back                            Slim Harpo

2 Are You Fooling                            Lil Gray

3 Seek and You Shall Find                Isley Bros

4 Yes I love You Baby                       The Dynamics

5 Stranger in My Arms                     Lynne Randell (opening lines still send a shiver no matter how often I hear it)

meeting with family and friends on a bank holiday always gets people talking about topical records, their favs etc plus those sounds that suit this time of year, here are my five for this weekend...

 

On 28 May 2017 at 09:05, WoodButcher said:

Kinda hard to pick a top fifty tunes out of last night's offerings at a brilliant 100 Club let alone just five ...  ... but a few that stuck in my ear.

1. "Force" - "Holy Moses" -  Streaker ... Colin Law    (should have taken more notes from his superb sets , hopefully he'll post a playlist as they were pretty much all new to my old ears ...  )

2. "International Four" on Diane ... Colin again ( guessing it was Equal Love as it's the only thing I could find by them online , if anyone has a soundfile they could post (SteveG ?) I'd be eternally grateful as I don't know when I'll get to hear it out again)

3. "T.S.U. Tornadoes" on Ovide , instrumental  ... ???   ... Butch 

4. Kitch's Alice Clark - Heartbreak ??? ... Will pester Alan for a playlist too as they were like Colins ,  two great sets of stuff that had me scratching my head.

5. "Wooden Nickels" - "Nobody But You" - Omen , can't remember who spun it ... ?

 

 

 

 

International four was tune of the night for me ! 

At the Soul Bag do in London on Saturday, I heard loads of brilliant  records including:

 

Sebastian Williams – Get Your Point Over

Greg Henderson – Dreaming

Arnold Blair – Finally Made It Home

Ivan Neville – Dance Your Blues Away

Luther Vandross – Sugar and Spice

 

And a great live performance from The New Jersey Connection.

On 28/05/2017 at 09:05, WoodButcher said:

Kinda hard to pick a top fifty tunes out of last night's offerings at a brilliant 100 Club let alone just five ...  ... but a few that stuck in my ear.

1. "Force" - "Holy Moses" -  Streaker ... Colin Law    (should have taken more notes from his superb sets , hopefully he'll post a playlist as they were pretty much all new to my old ears ...  )

2. "International Four" on Diane ... Colin again ( guessing it was Equal Love as it's the only thing I could find by them online , if anyone has a soundfile they could post (SteveG ?) I'd be eternally grateful as I don't know when I'll get to hear it out again)

3. "T.S.U. Tornadoes" on Ovide , instrumental  ... ???   ... Butch 

4. Kitch's Alice Clark - Heartbreak ??? ... Will pester Alan for a playlist too as they were like Colins ,  two great sets of stuff that had me scratching my head.

5. "Wooden Nickels" - "Nobody But You" - Omen , can't remember who spun it ... ?

 

 

 

 

For me it was Johnny McCall - I need you, it's a special song for me and the Mrs 

My top 5 from the weekend -

‘The Parliaments - Heart Trouble’. Played by Andy Dyson in the main room at The Bury All-nighter - It really ‘hit the spot’

‘Enchantments - I'm In Love With Your Daughter’. Played by Denny Johnson in the main room at the Bury All-nighter. Again, just ‘hit the spot’ (A great DJ is Denny)

‘Jackie Beavers - Come back my love’. Played by Gibby in The Kenwood Suite at The Bury All-nighter.

‘Billy Stewart - Count Me Out’. Played by Simon Ingham in The Kenwood Suite at The Bury All-nighter.

‘Tommy Frontera - (You're My) Leading Lady’. Played by me in The Kenwood Suite at The Bury All-nighter.

Nothing ‘super new’ on my list, but sometimes a record just sounds so right 

All the best,

Len 

Select 5 from R&B night in Shoreditch

 

Rhemi ft Hanlei " Fallin "

Erykah Badu "Back in the day " -  (live explicit version) 

Jill Scott " The Way "

YesYou Ft La Mar " Through Your Eyes " (Benit Remix)

Opolopo " Candy Coated Perfection " ( Pezzner Remix )

 

A good night and great tunes       

• Celeste Hardy - you're gone
• Bobby Reed - time is right for love
• Unissued Mark IV (absolutely stunning, from Raoul and not the ones he's just released)
• Force - Holy Moses
• Gloria Scott - a case of too much love making

 

All over the weekend at SSW7 in Silloth

2 hours ago, R Soul said:

• Celeste Hardy - you're gone
• Bobby Reed - time is right for love
• Unissued Mark IV (absolutely stunning, from Raoul and not the ones he's just released)
• Force - Holy Moses
• Gloria Scott - a case of too much love making

 

All over the weekend at SSW7 in Silloth

Is "Hang Up" the Mark IV song?

Not sure of the title but I know it's not getting released until next year, not the ones that came out last month 

Hiya,  Sunday soul at the prince of Wales, Hinckley .  Could do a big list  but here's a few- Barbara long- we called it love, johnny Gilliam- find yourself another, the shadows- my love is gone, Barbara long- take it from me, guitar ray- gonna wreck my life.  And one I requested  ' frank Hutson- old man me'  some great records through the day / night. Cheers

On 11/04/2017 at 18:54, Bruv said:

I had never heard it played out Len myself at any Soul nights I have managed to get to in recent years,

    I couldn't believe it when it came on, made my night it did.   

Bruv. You need to get out more mate  one of my all time favourite records

Steve 

3 hours ago, Winsford Soul said:

Bruv. You need to get out more mate  one of my all time favourite records

Steve 

Yes your right Steve, I get more free time these days than I use to as I was always tied up every weekend doing mainstream dj-ing (lets all have a disco  ) stuff, so nice for me to get to the Soul nights now and enjoy listening to what I have loved since a youngster,just like your goodself.  

Hard to pick just five from Manchester Soul Weekender but here goes

 

1. Tonny Hymes - time ain't gonna do me no favours
2. Sag War Fare - girl you better change
3. Glen Miller - where is the love
4. Billy Garner - you're wasting my time
5. Henning's C/U

The quality of music from start to finish was outstanding, one of the best weekenders I've been to and also had the added pleasure of playing

Bit fuzzy after Boogaloo Soul in South London last night but these stuck out;

Nick Brown playing The Utopia's, Warrens Minnie Jones and Timi Yuro and two from Steve Clegg that I din't know but were great!

 

Dave

 

five from the Burnley sauna

radients that'll git it

soul Africa black sweat

chuck jones booties

limitations I'm lonely I'm troubled

al Robinson sho bout to drive you wild

 Here's five I had requested to play on Sunday night back in a pub where I use to do a Northern/Tamla/Classic Soul gig every month, I think the landlord secretly likes a bit of Northern and has missed it.   

     Jerry Williams - If You Ask Me   Calla 

     Velvet Satins - Nothing Can Compare To You   General American 

      Timothy Wilson - I Must Love You  Sky Disc 

       The Voices Of East Harlem - Cashing In   Just Sunshine Records 

        The Temptations  - Girl (Why you wanna make me blue)   Gordy 

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