In the current issue is the top 40 essential soul singles.

Top of tree is Marvins "I Heard It Through The Grapevine"

I'm a little bit surprised that it wasn't "Whats Going On" at No1 (which is #20).

"Lets Get It On" is No 36 making it 3 singles for Marvin in the 40.

Its probably better to have What's Going On in LP format anyway, but as I am sure you know, most of these list are less than scientific!

In the current issue is the top 40 essential soul singles.

Top of tree is Marvins "I Heard It Through The Grapevine"

I'm a little bit surprised that it wasn't "Whats Going On" at No1 (which is #20).

"Lets Get It On" is No 36 making it 3 singles for Marvin in the 40.

Jeepers I didn't realise Blues & Soul was still going ....Says a lot when they publish an essential top 40 - that's something I'd expect to find in the Observer or Guardian or something.

i was even more surprised to see that 'heard it through the grapevine' came out in 1968, and 'what's going on' came out in 1967 LOL. quite what the point of those 2 pages was is beyond me, got a new distribution deal in outer mongolia maybe and trying to appeal to the local market?

cheers Sutty

quite what the point of those 2 pages was is beyond me, cheers Sutty

QUITE WHAT THE POINT OF ANYONE PHYSICALLY BUYING A COPY IS BEYOND ME !

MARTIN

Just out of interest, which 40 soul records did they list as essential?

Why dont you all buy it, flip it over and play the wonderful Come thru me instead ?

No need to bother found it on the web >>here<<

Just out of interest, which 40 soul records did they list as essential?

a. Those sides ignored for over two decades until used in popular TV commercials or films by

Quentin Tarantino.

b. Items never actually spun at the time on Radio One, but now regarded as de rigeur by the editors

of Men's lifestyle magazines and other assorted yuppies.

c. Lots of things voted for by people under 23 who have never actually owned a vinyl record, but

have downloaded the complete soundtrack to 'The Blues Brothers' onto their ipod !

(Actually, they're all good sides, but ones most Soul people will surely already own, if not from first time around then on a hundred and one different compilation albums - so what exactly are the point of these listings?)

Edited April 10, 200718 yr by mel brat

It looks like the track listing to one of them there NOW, what ever they are up to now CD's although i do own every track on vinyl. i wouldn't make a point of going out now to buy any of them......