You know what its like: late at night after a few drinks too many and probably a row with your partner. You reach for your favourite sad record to wallow in and play very loud.

Maybe a bit of Walter Jackson or Luther Ingram or BB Kings the Thrill is gone if its really bad. Just recently been hammering William Bells LP this is where I live. But for the depths of despair I go for something by Little Anthony like hurt so bad.

Of course it doesnt make you feel any better for very long

Whats your go to sad song?

 

Dave Banks

 

 

for anyone having problems with youtube embedding

https://youtu.be/bVsoH1P1TEM

The Don. 

Kenny Shepard - what difference does it make now

Kenny Lynch - Movin Away

Grover Mitchell - what Hurts

all 3 are instant tearjerker for me

possibly this, as the mountains are crumbling down I'm crying for my baby...ohhhhh - heard this played out recently got good reaction

 

Curtis Mayfield, thank you so much... 

On 11/12/2017 at 20:20, soulatthedale said:

 

How can you describe this, impossible

Another deep classic thanks to Vietnam

2 hours ago, soulatthedale said:

Another deep classic thanks to Vietnam

One of my favourite records, and the other side is quite simply divine

Nite all. 

The great man just roars through this. Soul as sad as it gets.

"Oh you beat me to the the punch before...." Big up Kev Moore for putting me on to this un. 

So unbearably sad. Have a wallow. 

As my mate Kev would have it "Foot dragger? It would take half an hour to get to the bar with that un" 

Here’s a few

 

 

On 24/11/2017 at 09:11, soulatthedale said:

The great man just roars through this. Soul as sad as it gets.

That’s absolute class my friend. Never heard it before. Edwin was so underrated - I was a late convert. He was laid to rest in the same cemetery as my mum. God bless them both. 

Pete

 

Wow! 🎶🎶🎶👏👌👍🎶

On 24/11/2017 at 10:11, soulatthedale said:

The great man just roars through this. Soul as sad as it gets.

 

1 hour ago, Ahoy Sailor said:

Here’s a few

 

 

Great selection Cap'! Eddie Holman one of my all time fave along with 'This Can't Be True'( I've got i Love You on LP is it true that it was never released on 45?) In My Heart,  another corker. And what can you say about 'Didn't i'. What an Artist and probably the coolest guy on the planet 

Sorry just looked up Eddie Holman I Love You and it came out on ABC and Action in UK, not cheap tho. Anyone out there with a copy going??? 

Nick. 

Not read the whole thread so apologies if this has been posted already. Absolute class Philly Soul from the great, late Teddy Pendergrass. One of the first albums I ever bought and one of my favourites.

 

This.... 

 

 

Love Jerry's version but this just kills me. 

 

And on the femme side...

 

Brenda Holloway - You've Changed Me  

 

Nearly died when Butch played the acetate at the niter. Had it for ages, never played it. 😩

 

13 hours ago, themroc said:

Sorry just looked up Eddie Holman I Love You and it came out on ABC and Action in UK, not cheap tho. Anyone out there with a copy going??? 

Nick. 

flipside to I Surrender Nick

4 hours ago, Ahoy Sailor said:

flipside to I Surrender Nick

Oh no wonder it's dear. Four Walls is another killer. Cheers Cap'

Just now, themroc said:

Oh no wonder it's dear. Four Walls is another killer. Cheers Cap'

I’ve got four walls on another one of my CrAcKpiPe mixes, number five I think. Can’t beat a bit of Eddie 

17 hours ago, mattbolton said:

This.... 

 

 

Love Jerry's version but this just kills me. 

 

And on the femme side...

 

Brenda Holloway - You've Changed Me  

 

Nearly died when Butch played the acetate at the niter. Had it for ages, never played it. 😩

 

I know it's nearly impossible to make a slower version but this one kills it for me! See you tomorrow nite mate, 

Nick. 

Sod late at night! I'm getting ready for a nighter playing that shit! 

Edited December 2, 20177 yr by themroc
I'm an idiot

  Two versions of this one and I ain't got it 

 

Dammed if I'm gonna let this thread go if I'm the only one keeping it alive. Great Saturday nite at the 100 Club, let the cumdown begin. Ray Charles underplayed and underestimated. 

38 minutes ago, themroc said:

Dammed if I'm gonna let this thread go if I'm the only one keeping it alive. Great Saturday nite at the 100 Club, let the cumdown begin. Ray Charles underplayed and underestimated. 

When it comes to the sad songs,you're the only miserable old git out there,at the moment........

tho I must say,I do prefer the other side to that Inverts disc

"time will change"......

Edited December 3, 20177 yr by MGM 1251

19 minutes ago, themroc said:

Dammed if I'm gonna let this thread go if I'm the only one keeping it alive. Great Saturday nite at the 100 Club, let the cumdown begin. Ray Charles underplayed and underestimated. 

How good is this vid - absolute magic. Loads of different artists have done this. My favourite Nina Simone is just top trumped by this video masterpiece. Sammy Davis Junior - Mr Bojangles. Beautiful.

 

15 minutes ago, Peter99 said:

How good is this vid - absolute magic. Loads of different artists have done this. My favourite Nina Simone is just top trumped by this video masterpiece. Sammy Davis Junior - Mr Bojangles. Beautiful.

 

All suffered the same epitaph - Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole, Ray  Charles and Sammy. Just jobbing musicians with a family to support.,yet denigrated. 

The greatest thing in life to learn is just to love and be loved in return. 

On 11/14/2017 at 18:49, themroc said:

 

Im always playing this full blast through my wireless headphones. You cant beat a bit of Van. 

 

Hello again to all!

(I have been years without writing here; I was here under the nickname of "Manny" and I should have to login again with another name)

When I think in "sad" or "mellow" soul tunes that can made cry a marble statue... these are the ones that comes to my mind:

- "The Coldest Days Of My Life", The Chi - Lites

- I knows somebody have posted "First Time Ever I Saw Yor Face" by Roberta Flack but, what about the cover by the Chi - Lites?

- A great collection of mellow tunes by Ron Banks & The Dramatics, from "In The Rain" to the 90's one "For Your Love" (from the "Mellodrama" album) passing trough "Just Shopin'"

- "Breakdown And Let It All Out", The O'Jays

 

A Great Salute from Valls (Tarragona, Spain)

Edited December 3, 20177 yr by josep manuel concernau robles

'How much can you give and get nothing in return'..........

Eye watering! 

3 hours ago, soulatthedale said:

'How much can you give and get nothing in return'..........

Apparently £75 plus p&p 

 

 

I'm an emotional wreck listening to all these records of woe. Some wondrous choices. Here's my two beginning with a Florida obscurity followed by a Nashville cut from Joe Simon.

 

 

 

 Another Brilliant weepie from the awesome Little Anthony And The Imperials with the magic of Teddy Randazzo  - Never Again         

No nothing about this tune can't find it anywhere my mate sent me the link and I can't stop playing it??? 

Reminds me of an all time classic.... 

...poor old Jimmy...

...but as the title suggests....I think it worked out alright,in the end..............

 

The one that got away! 

On 30 de noviembre de 2017 at 23:34, Peter99 said:

Not read the whole thread so apologies if this has been posted already. Absolute class Philly Soul from the great, late Teddy Pendergrass. One of the first albums I ever bought and one of my favourites.

 

Great one! In fact, Teddy sang many other "sad" or "mellow" tunes. My all time favorite (as a "mellow song" and in general as, IMHO, one of the best in the "songbook" of the entire Philly Soul) is "Cold, Cold World" from his second Lp "Life Is A Song Worth Singing".

Cheers to All

Came across this tune on the TV series Treme. A great bit of HBO programming and a must for anybody interested in deep southern music. In the episode this appears in he says that it's the Nightingales backing Gary Walker but it's always credited to The Boogie King's, any ideas? 

Anybody anywhere know anything about this label Lebam??? 

https://youtu.be/9p5u4KnSTSk

I don't well understand the lyrics (my english is not enough fine), but this tune make me feel mellow every time I hear it. One of my favorites by one of my favorite vocal groups, The Dramatics. I purchased "The Dells Vs. The Dramatics" album when I was 15 years - old and  since on "Tune Up" and "Don't Make Me Promises" are for me indispensables!

 

After struggling for many years with drug addiction and being shunned by many people in the industry following his marriage to Sam Cooke’s widow, the King was back. His comeback albums Poet 1 and Poet 2, in the early 80’ are surely two of his finest. So, from the first album, the stunning, Just My Imagination. Bobby at his best. More to come from this album over the coming days - sticking to the sort of one pick a day!

 

Edited December 26, 20177 yr by Peter99