Seminal Moments

Listened to Richard Searling earlier on Smooth FM in his Cellar full of Soul slot and he played the Originals "Suspicion".

He said something like " it's one of those tracks that everybody can remember when they heard it for the first time"

I know it's been discussed on here before and Mikey has referred to his first hearing of it as being something memorable.

Ady C has referred to the first playing of the Magicians as a special event, built around the anticipation of the track.

But what other defining moments are there for the scene?

Not necessarily the first time at an event for somebody, nor the specific personal hearing of a sound for the first time, but something that stands out as a seminal moment in the scene's history.

For me it would be, amongst others, the first time I heard Earl Van Dyke "6 x 6", Linda Jones "I just can't live my life", the Montclairs "Hung up on your love" and the Del Larks "Job opening", each for very different but, for me, obvious reasons. Each track seemed to emphasis the different elements of the music that we have embraced and they each represent a defining moment on my personal journey. Apart from Earl Van Dyke I reckon I heard the other tracks at the beginning of their introduction to the scene.

Away from the rare soul scene I would pick out the first time I heard Mllie Jackson's "Caught up" as another seminal moment. Although there would have been plenty of stuff that had gone before that defined the anguish of elicit relaionships, this was the first album for me, that expressed it in such powerful and emotional tones.

So, what is it for you, that makes up that "I was there moment"?