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updated june 2025

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Acid Jazz notes

We’re thrilled to announce a brand new single from Dee C Lee, out now on all digital platforms 👆.

‘Walk Away’ was written by Dee and former fellow Style Councillor Mick Talbot, who brings his distinctive piano and Wurlitzer playing to the track.

Walk Away · Dee C Lee Walk Away ℗ Acid Jazz Acquisitions Ltd. Released on: 2024-01-04 Composer: Mick Talbot Composer: Dee C Lee

 

Edited June 18Jun 18 by Mike
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17 hours ago, Mike said:

Another cover from Colemine Records

This time around it's Frank Beverly and The Butlers - Love (Your Pain Goes Deep) written by Billy Jackson 

Release notes below from youtube

 

Pre-order Kelly's upcoming LP 'A Lover Was Born':

https://colemine.lnk.to/clmn12046

'Love (Your Pain Goes Deep)' is a moving piece of soul music that hits all the right spots. An uptempo northern soul shaker built off a cement rhythm section churning while horns and strings bounce around Finnigan's pleading vocal. With this newest release, elite arrangements and production have become Finnigan's calling card over the last 5 years.

 

 

thoughts?

It's good. I always liked the original, though I only had it on the Inferno UK release. 

Decent vocals

Nice instrumentation.

And then......................."uptempo northern soul shaker built off a cement rhythm section"

No need. wont' be checking his other outings.

 

Are record companies running out of ideas, if it all doesn't sound the same it is inferior or no better than the original covers?  Where is all the new dancers, it all seems to be walking pace low rider material or white acts trying to be black.  Has all the unissued material dried up?

Edited August 23, 2024Aug 23 by Chalky

1 hour ago, Chalky said:

Are record companies running out of ideas, if it all doesn't sound the same it is inferior or no better than the original covers?  Where is all the new dancers, it all seems to be walking pace low rider material or white acts trying to be black.  Has al;l the unissued material dried up?

Some of his stuff is really good and sounds original , but is this meant just to be another cover , aimed at a much younger audience who perhaps have never heard the original? Or an homage to the original? 

Or has Chalky asks have have they run out of ideas , be interesting to ask Kelly .

1 hour ago, Chalky said:

Are record companies running out of ideas, if it all doesn't sound the same it is inferior or no better than the original covers?  Where is all the new dancers, it all seems to be walking pace low rider material or white acts trying to be black.  Has al;l the unissued material dried up?

Fair comment. I did think Michelle David & the True-Tones hit a decent pace with 'Good, Good, Good' a couple of years ago:

 

one thing I noticed with these release notes was the lack of any mention/credit of the original versions artist or indeed the writer (Frank Beverly and The Butlers / Billy Jackson ) in any of the bumf doing the rounds, that's a bit off imo

 

 

https://www.coleminerecords.com/products/kelly-finnigan-a-lover-was-born  

Very strange it claims "Love ( your pain goes deep ) as deep soul ! unless I'm reading it wrong 

a clutch of recents

Paul Kelly --you make me tremble --on Soul for real  sounds a bit like Lenny Williams

Glass Pyramid --stop it --on PPU an obscure eighties boogie track

The Entertains-- I'll answer you with love --on soul junction

Montefiori Cocktail --gypsy woman --on groove culture-- ital jazz funk

Erica Falls --up / makings of love --both sides sublime from those Izipho guys

Woodfield road allstars-- Big shot --for a bit of retro Reggae

 

 

On 24/08/2024 at 09:48, Mike said:

one thing I noticed with these release notes was the lack of any mention/credit of the original versions artist or indeed the writer (Frank Beverly and The Butlers / Billy Jackson ) in any of the bumf doing the rounds, that's a bit off imo

 

 

https://www.coleminerecords.com/products/kelly-finnigan-a-lover-was-born 

It does mention his influences, but not the artists originally involved, which I find very strange, but nostalgia plays a major part in this project.

blurb

'Magic in Threes are back with a mind mending, strings-laden disco masterpiece, "Liquid Start Duster". On the flipside we have "Sippin' After Midnight", an auditory tale of late night shenanigans. These two majestic bangers make up a hard hitting 7" 45 out on G.E.D. Soul Records.

 

 

link for preorder

https://www.gedsoulrecords.com/product-page/magic-in-threes-liquid-star-duster-b-w-sippin-after-midnight

out yesterday according to Soul Up North advert

Herbie Ross / don't try to change me NBS0010BL

 

MARSHAL AND JONES - sometime maybe

7 hours ago, Mike said:

out yesterday according to Soul Up North advert

Herbie Ross / don't try to change me NBS0010BL

 

MARSHAL AND JONES - sometime maybe

Marshal & Jones , very special is it previously unissued ? , Herbie Ross great funky track too , well done North Broad St. 

durand jones & the indications private space / sea of love

The A Side features the album’s title track and is a laid-back, string-enhanced, smooth progression where guitarist Blake Rhein plays minimal but on-the-money strokes.

The flip is an uptempo, drum heavy beat with lyrics depicting heartbreak and longing. “Sea of Love” delivers on that smell good, look good, feel good ’70s synth sheen arrangements, lavish string charts, and double-down confidence from a band who gets to move their core expertly into a different decade.

TRACKLIST:
A. Private Space
B. Sea Of Love

I Can Never Get Enough / Comin' Up by Dylan Chambers

 

i'd forgot i ordered this...arrived today.

Not everyone's cuppa but i love it.

https://thelatintones.bandcamp.com/album/lies-lies-ill-never-forget-her

 

B side so much better  whent down a storm at jersey weekender just gone

On 14/09/2024 at 11:45, Mike said:

blurb

'Magic in Threes are back with a mind mending, strings-laden disco masterpiece, "Liquid Start Duster". On the flipside we have "Sippin' After Midnight", an auditory tale of late night shenanigans. These two majestic bangers make up a hard hitting 7" 45 out on G.E.D. Soul Records.

 

 

link for preorder

https://www.gedsoulrecords.com/product-page/magic-in-threes-liquid-star-duster-b-w-sippin-after-midnight

like her ???

 

21 hours ago, Algsoul said:

B side so much better  whent down a storm at jersey weekender just gone

Are we talking the Latintones here ? 

 

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Great new release from izipho waited a long time for this one ,cd only track from early 2000’s Chestnut Brothers Travelin on

 

Edited March 29Mar 29 by Smudger

Agree on Chestnut Brothers.  One of the best from Izipho. Think early April for release.

a big 3 month gap...

ho hum

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40 minutes ago, Mike said:

a big 3 month gap...

ho hum

Contemporary releases make up about 20% of what I buy Mike and in the past I've bought several posted on this thread. I subscribe to several on line retailers and regularly trawl Bandcamp for new releases. I've found the last few months a bit of a wasteland for my own particular tastes with a lot of releases sounding very much the same.

There have been a lot which I've found ok and would have no problem listening to in a bar etc but few i would want to purchase. Personally I wouldn't post a tune up if I wasn't buying it myself. Maybe I should rethink that stance .

I could well be wrong, I often am but I do think that people who don't dip their toes into new contemporary tunes would be surprised at the volume of releases out there.

This must be an oldie now then , very nice though I think it his lastest release anyway,https://youtu.be/DC1vJ4eyvH4?si=SXzEfe1BbIQ2ohEN

Junior Scaife , Nobody Gets My Love , Penrose

Edited June 18Jun 18 by Happy Feet

The Way You Walk by The Tuxedos

This is now available very enjoyable me thinks https://youtu.be/NjRayuqv4oY?si=HvGPVWEKaZAeH

Cheers Mike

THEE SINNERS , IF WE TRY

Edited June 25Jun 25 by Happy Feet
nice one - have added embed

man alive! Sunday morning repeat plays here

It's such a good album. Their best yet.

A standout from the new Durand Jones and the Indications album 'Flowers'.

This has an early 1970s uptempo Soul sound similar to Major Harris, The Artistocrats, The Originals etc. Sounds more full and powerful on the album than Youtube will represent.

Darn it, just saw that Mike posted the same track earlier. Feel free to remove this duplicate post, I cannot see a delete option.

Edited June 29Jun 29 by Thinksmart

2 hours ago, Thinksmart said:

A standout from the new Durand Jones and the Indications album 'Flowers'.

This has an early 1970s uptempo Soul sound similar to Major Harris, The Artistocrats, The Originals etc. Sounds more full and powerful on the album than Youtube will represent.

Darn it, just saw that Mike posted the same track earlier. Feel free to remove this duplicate post, I cannot see a delete option.

Nah, no real need, plus it deserves double expoure,

On 16/01/2024 at 16:22, Seano said:

This one arrived today from North Broad Street:

 

Penned by Jessie plus also recorded by The Intentions and released on US Philips in 1967.

On 29/06/2025 at 15:20, Thinksmart said:

A standout from the new Durand Jones and the Indications album 'Flowers'.

This has an early 1970s uptempo Soul sound similar to Major Harris, The Artistocrats, The Originals etc. Sounds more full and powerful on the album than Youtube will represent.

Darn it, just saw that Mike posted the same track earlier. Feel free to remove this duplicate post, I cannot see a delete option.

I can certainly hear "Shake It Up" by The Vibrations in "If Not For Love". Just listened to whole album today and it's very good.

Out on 18th July and pre order 4th July.

The new 7:45s album 'Spinning' out a couple of weeks ago has three songs that are very Northern Soul in style that I'll embed below.

I'm always in two minds about this, I'm generally more comfortable when an artist is not trying to deliberately create the NS sound but I'm also grateful for new releases carrying on this aspect of Soul Music.

The first track here evokes it well, but is it 'too on the nose'? I could see it being played out at some venues but the Youtube channel is definitely trying to make a direct association. We know that for some it causes some discomfort when music is specifically targetted towards and promoted inwards to the scene.

Also 'We Will Be Friends' is brass-led midtempo 80s-style modern. 'The Music's Always There For You' is Disco Soul

Edited July 3Jul 3 by Thinksmart

On Gina Sedman's new album 1972, the song 'Like A Whisper' stands out, a gentle mid-tempo song that doesn't try too hard and is all the more powerful for it.

Edited July 3Jul 3 by Thinksmart

I've only heard this one once on Solar Radio and nowhere else or again there. It's from end of last year. Definitely not one for NS purists, it's kind of an update to 1970s Modern Soul style with nice Soul claps and definitely danceable. It has quite a distinct sound and a deliberately odd ending.... it intrigued me enough to buy it download and it often appears in my head, so embedded itself there. I like that it evokes but doesn't copy any particular style.

Edited July 3Jul 3 by Thinksmart

On 30/06/2025 at 20:11, J C Orritt said:

Penned by Jessie plus also recorded by The Intentions and released on US Philips in 1967.

Nice enough but Jessie's vocal is too high in the mix, at least in the online play. Is it a demo? What's the Yvonne Baker on it? I'd buy it on legal download (as I do a lot) but it seems to be vinyl only.

Nice quality track. Eddie was pretty active in Detroit circles in the seventies. Is this from the Tortoise label? Hard to date on listening.

2 hours ago, Manfromsoul45s said:

Out on 18th July and pre order 4th July.

1 hour ago, Thinksmart said:

Nice enough but Jessie's vocal is too high in the mix, at least in the online play. Is it a demo? What's the Yvonne Baker on it? I'd buy it on legal download (as I do a lot) but it seems to be vinyl only.

Agreed. the mix is.... something of a let down

6 hours ago, Thinksmart said:

Nice enough but Jessie's vocal is too high in the mix, at least in the online play. Is it a demo? What's the Yvonne Baker on it? I'd buy it on legal download (as I do a lot) but it seems to be vinyl only.

Yvonne Baker, I Need Love , ( but she sings You Need Love ) same backing as The Cooperettes, Shingaling .

18 hours ago, J C Orritt said:

Nice quality track. Eddie was pretty active in Detroit circles in the seventies. Is this from the Tortoise label? Hard to date on listening.

Around the same time, maybe slightly later. I also have different takes of some of Legacy's releases on Tortoise International.

21 hours ago, Thinksmart said:

On Gina Sedman's new album 1972, the song 'Like A Whisper' stands out, a gentle mid-tempo song that doesn't try too hard and is all the more powerful for it.

Sounds a bit like Stephanie Mills

1 hour ago, Manfromsoul45s said:

Around the same time, maybe slightly later. I also have different takes of some of Legacy's releases on Tortoise International.

Excellent

Really liking this one at the moment, came out about 6 months ago but I didn't hear it until recently:

KSR & Konny Kon - Part Of The Plan

Edited July 5Jul 5 by Sebastian

The debut single from The Womack Sisters , If You Want Me , Daptone Dap 1114-A due around 22/8/25 , is worth a listen , can't find a way to share but I'm sure some one will .

https://www.firstexperiencerecords.com/product-category/vinyl-singles/vinyl-singles-soul-rb-jazz-house-7-singles/

This is as good a link as I can find .

Mods remove if unsuitable.

Edited Thursday at 20:595 days by Happy Feet

Out digitally now. 45 is out July 25th.

The Altons return with a one-two punch of sublime summertime sounds. Featuring the ever-soulful Adriana Flores on lead vocals, "Love You Like That" finds the group exploring a funkier, crossover sound that masterfully blends the infectious hooks of classics like Foster Sylvers "Misdemeanor" with the feel-good bounce of contemporary R&B. On the flip is "I Try I Try" - a floaty, mid-tempo banger off of their smash debut LP on Penrose,

On 17/07/2025 at 18:37, Happy Feet said:

The debut single from The Womack Sisters , If You Want Me , Daptone Dap 1114-A due around 22/8/25 , is worth a listen , can't find a way to share but I'm sure some one will .

https://www.firstexperiencerecords.com/product-category/vinyl-singles/vinyl-singles-soul-rb-jazz-house-7-singles/

This is as good a link as I can find .

Mods remove if unsuitable.

On 18/07/2025 at 14:30, Mike said:

Out digitally now. 45 is out July 25th.

The Altons return with a one-two punch of sublime summertime sounds. Featuring the ever-soulful Adriana Flores on lead vocals, "Love You Like That" finds the group exploring a funkier, crossover sound that masterfully blends the infectious hooks of classics like Foster Sylvers "Misdemeanor" with the feel-good bounce of contemporary R&B. On the flip is "I Try I Try" - a floaty, mid-tempo banger off of their smash debut LP on Penrose,

A pair of very nice releases.

Womack Sisters link from Daptone website ,side A really good mid tempo the sister on lead sounds very similar to her mother,Side B slower but good.

https://daptonerecords.audiosalad.com/?xurl=ef41536d321c549b4253efab5daaebaf175a573b

Since Wednesday this topic has jumped in views 400 from 15.7k to 16.1k , which is what this topic is all about , getting the word out , so both the artists & collectors benefit , keep em coming