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Hi All,
I have been into soul music since the 60's and my greatest love is reggae. I have been dj'ing since 1969 and playing on my brothers Disco set up we played soul and reggae in many places in North London around the Tottenham, Edmonton area. In early 1970 we established a residency at The Swan, High Cross, Tottenham where we successfully played reggae and soul to a mainly West Indian audience for several years.
I then left my brother and joined another sound system that was mainly reggae but I still pursued many love for buying soul records.
In later years I put my own sound system together and was called Black Harmony UK, the name taken from a JA sound of the same name as was fairly usual back in the day. I have now sold my sound but still do regular sessions for Mixcloud both of reggae and soul and they are posted weekly.
I was drawn to this site by my long standing friend of over 54 years, Tony Rounce, a hive of knowledge and a top man to boot.
Regards to all.
Uncle Fee aka Brian Blackharmony.

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Hi Thinksmart and thanks for the welcome.

In the early days I played a lot of Motown and popular US hits but by 1970 I played a cross section of imports that were coming in to my favourite record shop R & B Records, Stamford Hill, so anything could find it's way to the decks. I remember getting Al Green's 'Tired' and as I had never heard it before I tended to play the flip 'Right Now, Right Now' and that was always well received as was 'Men Are Getting Scarce' by Chairman Of The Board. By 1972 I was playing a lot of what I call Southern Soul and stuff like Eddie Floyd's 'Girl I love You' was on heavy rotation. One tune that went down well in my manor at blues dances was 'Long As I Can See The Light' by Creedence Clearwater Revival.
I also bought lots of soul imports from Record Corner, Balham and whilst living in Bounds Green I bought a lot from a shop housed in the tube station.
I'll elucidate further, "soon come" as they say in Jamaica hatsoff2

Excellent reading, yes keep it coming. I was listening to Norman Jay talking recently and he was talking similarly about local Soul selections such as Archie Bell and the Drells 'Don't Let Love Get You Down' with its mid-tempo Philly Groove that were break-out plays for him separate to Reggae.

Interesting about the CCR song too - that's a wonderful, deep song. The Ted Hawkins version is a particular favourite of mine: https://youtu.be/v8UsXFrfq7I?si=R8_XujQUsHHp0LHe

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