Soulful House / Garage Picks

[Mickey Finn 878]

And while we're on the Afro tip, how about this from Hugh Masekela all the way back in 1984:

 

[Mickey Finn 878]

And back to Italy for this recent release (2011) from Orlando Johnson, off an album that is mostly reworks of his 80s tunes but this seems new to me:

 

[Mickey Finn 878]

Better finish with this, absolutely brilliant 1995 stormer from Rochelle Fleming:

 

[modesixty 11]

wow! rochelle fleming. i hammered that on a roger sanchez cassette mix but never knew what it was. and larry heard missing you must be one of the great records as far as house goes. this one came out mid 2000's, it's pretty nice despite the slightly dubious poetry (i think that was a bit of a thing at the time), seems to channel the feeling heard had with the gherkin stuff.

and i always thought this one would be popular with a modern room type crowd, yep, its that arnold jarvis again!

on another note, I've never seen that darryl pandy/farley jackmaster video, its incredible! which reminds me of something else, has anyone here ever watched the new dance show? was a successor to the scene, which was sort of a detroit only soul train. for early stuff in context its pretty fascinating, sure it was probably watched by teenagers after school, but being as I didnt grow up in detroit, it looks pretty cool. there's tons of it on the internet, with lots of early-ish house/hip house and euro stuff mixed with with detroit electro/early techno, new jack swing and whatever else was happening at the time. it's a really nice time capsule, very low budget and quite awkward in a way. club culture never seems to look that great on the telly, but this might be as good as it gets..

 

Edited July 23, 2018 by modesixty

[Guest Spain pete]

Great thread some fantastic posts, 3 from me can't post them up ,TAKE ME AWAY / MASS ORDER, CRITICAL/ WALL OF SOUND, FOLLOW ME /ALY US big plays in the basement at various venues

[Rick Scott 888]

As soulful as it gets a spin of mine from 7/12/04 and still loads of copies out there and as cheap as chips * Enjoy* (best played at minus 4)

 

Edited July 23, 2018 by RICK SCOTT
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[Mickey Finn 878]

2 hours ago, modesixty said:

club culture never seems to look that great on the telly, but this might be as good as it gets..

 

Hey, not so fast ...

 

[Mickey Finn 878]

52 minutes ago, Spain pete said:

Great thread some fantastic posts, 3 from me can't post them up ,TAKE ME AWAY / MASS ORDER, CRITICAL/ WALL OF SOUND, FOLLOW ME /ALY US big plays in the basement at various venues

The original version with Loleatta Holloway

[Mickey Finn 878]

1 hour ago, Spain pete said:

Great thread some fantastic posts, 3 from me can't post them up ,TAKE ME AWAY / MASS ORDER, CRITICAL/ WALL OF SOUND, FOLLOW ME /ALY US big plays in the basement at various venues

Wall of Sound:

 

[Mickey Finn 878]

1 hour ago, Spain pete said:

Great thread some fantastic posts, 3 from me can't post them up ,TAKE ME AWAY / MASS ORDER, CRITICAL/ WALL OF SOUND, FOLLOW ME /ALY US big plays in the basement at various venues

Aly-Us:

 

[Mickey Finn 878]

And since we're on a Strictly Rhythm tip, what about this from 1994 by Logic:

 

[The Yank 1,638]

 

[The Yank 1,638]

 

[Mickey Finn 878]

That Mass Order tune reminded me that Loleatta Holloway had a significant role in the early days of house, usually as an uncredited sample. She chased Black Box for royalties, and while she was in the UK recorded this with Ian Levine in 1989. Her voice was not in the best condition, but it holds up quite well otherwise:

 

[Mickey Finn 878]

Before that, Loleatta had recorded with Farley Jackmaster Funk in Chicago. There are various versions of this - the original is by far the most traditional and even has echoes of Skyy's "Call me" and Powerline's "Journey":

Then it was given a minimalist makeover:

 

[Mickey Finn 878]

Might as well include the Powerline track, all the way from 1981 - the roots of house are clear:

 

[Mickey Finn 878]

Staying with the early house, I only ever heard Radio Clyde soul jock Segun play this - in 1987:

 

[Mickey Finn 878]

Moving into this century with Farley Jackmaster Funk, still doing it in 2004 - first heard this courtesy of Steve Jeffries:

 

[Mickey Finn 878]

Back a year for this great remix of Sara Devine:

 

[Mickey Finn 878]

Onward to 2013 for another Louie Vega collaboration with Sara Devine - another Garry Williams play:

 

[Mickey Finn 878]

Back to 2008 - Tony Monson hammered this amazing tune by Sterling Ensemble:

 

[Mickey Finn 878]

Polish house? If it's like this, why not - Phil Kingswood put this on at Whitby 3 years ago and the floor went mental - Loui and Scibi given the DJ Meme makeover, from 2010:

 

[Mickey Finn 878]

Rounding off with this for now - classic 1995 floorfiller from Urban Blues Project with Michael Procter:

 

[Chris Turnbull 1,082]

47 minutes ago, Mickey Finn said:

Polish house? If it's like this, why not - Phil Kingswood put this on at Whitby 3 years ago and the floor went mental - Loui and Scibi given the DJ Meme makeover, from 2010:

 

Just catching up with some of the posts while I'm supposed to be working lol - love this 

[Chris Turnbull 1,082]

2 hours ago, Mickey Finn said:

That Mass Order tune reminded me that Loleatta Holloway had a significant role in the early days of house, usually as an uncredited sample. She chased Black Box for royalties, and while she was in the UK recorded this with Ian Levine in 1989. Her voice was not in the best condition, but it holds up quite well otherwise:

Like that one - touch of the Hit Man & Her's about it but none the worse. You are right about her voice though, nothing like in the 70's

[The Yank 1,638]

 

[modesixty 11]

don't think we had any moodymann yet did we? lots of his stuff is a bit ethereal (but brilliant) there are a few straight hits, first one has a syl johnson sample

 

[Neiljon31 144]

just to chip in with a Moodyman 12

lovely !

[Neiljon31 144]

a little more recent, 2016 and this was the top selling house /dance 12 at Juno in that year, repressed once or twice. Its an absolute belter I reckon.

Wonky disco - creeps up on ya"

[Kev John 2,904]

Always an old  fav of mine  !!

[Chris Turnbull 1,082]

Enjoying the Moodymann tracks - here a favourite of mine - love the ending:-

 

[Mickey Finn 878]

10 hours ago, modesixty said:

don't think we had any moodymann yet did we? lots of his stuff is a bit ethereal (but brilliant) there are a few straight hits, first one has a syl johnson sample

 

That Amp Dog Knight tune is terrific. Thanks for posting 

[Mickey Finn 878]

All this Moodymann stuff reminds me we haven't yet posted anything by Ron Trent. This from 2016:

 

[Chris Turnbull 1,082]

5 minutes ago, Mickey Finn said:

All this Moodymann stuff reminds me we haven't yet posted anything by Ron Trent. This from 2016:

I love this one:-

 

[Mickey Finn 878]

Not normally a follower of the singer, but the remix on this takes it to another level completely. Would love to hear this played out, instead of Gregory Porter yet again (good as that is) - Opolopo meets Mario Biondi:

 

[Mickey Finn 878]

Back to 1992 for this by the Watergates:

 

[Mickey Finn 878]

More Ron Trent goodness, this time with Jill Scott:

 

[Mickey Finn 878]

Something now from Germany - Raw Artistic Soul, from 2007:

 

Edited August 9 by Mickey Finn

[Mickey Finn 878]

And back to 1991 for Joey Negro's rework of Symphonia:

 

[Mickey Finn 878]

More Grant Nelson, from 2011:

 

[Mickey Finn 878]

So many mixes of this Spencer Morales tune floating around - this by John Morales:

 

[Mickey Finn 878]

Back to 1996 for this Bobby and Steve production: Breakpoint feat. Jon Banfield (ex. Pasadenas):

 

[Mickey Finn 878]

Back to 1993 for this classic floorfiller by Victor Simonelli:

 

[pilgrimsoul 149]

I had a brief foray with this a few years back but didn't get much dance floor reaction,I still think it's great though (this short version is the only video I could find)

Just found the longer version

Edited July 25, 2018 by pilgrimsoul

[Kev John 2,904]

MAW ft Patti Austin --  Like  A Butterfly (main mix) from 2001

Legendary  soulful house !!!

 

Edited July 25, 2018 by Kev John

[Chris Turnbull 1,082]

1 hour ago, Kev John said:

MAW ft Patti Austin --  Like  A Butterfly (main mix) from 2001

Legendary  soulful house !!!

Great shout Kev - enjoyed that

A couple more top class items from the same stable of course:-

 

[The Yank 1,638]

 

[Kev John 2,904]

Just found another outta me old play box this one is from 2007 

 

[Mark R 1,174]

Only just found this thread.  I'll be back..........

Cheers,

Mark R

[Mickey Finn 878]

6 hours ago, Mark R said:

 

6 hours ago, Mark R said:

Only just found this thread.  I'll be back..........

Cheers,

Mark R

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