Posted April 7, 200817 yr After reading a thread on here the term "fairground soul " was mentioned so anyone like to add tunes to a list of farirground soul that reminds them of the fairground I will start by adding Wherever I lay my hat / Marvin Gaye Be my baby / The Ronettes Homely girl /The chi-lites Edited April 7, 200817 yr by Madmandy
October 12, 200816 yr TAVARES - HEAVEN MUST BE MISSING AN ANGEL. great song to be sick to after to many turns on the waltzer. chris
October 12, 200816 yr I had just bought Fire by The Ohio Players,on my way home I went through the fair ground,(Hollands,)I went on the Waltzers and asked if he would put it on,he did liked it and wanted to buy it off me,I never sold it,but he said he would get one. Kev Edited October 12, 200816 yr by good angel
October 12, 200816 yr Author I had just bought Fire by The Ohio Players,on my way home I went through the fair ground,(Hollands,)I went on the Waltzers and asked if he would put it on,he did liked it and wanted to buy it off me,I never sold it,but he said he would get one. Kev Was just listening to smooooooth radio Young gifted and black came on still reminds me of the fair Mand
October 12, 200816 yr the tune that reminds me of `tuckers feast` when it came to the village is mel and tims backfield in motion. also i remember certain prizes given away from stalls were MGM/VERVE/20TH CENTURY cut out 45s... i can recall winning lou christie `rhapsody in the rain` on mgm righteous brothers on verve some country music crap on 20th century which at 9 years old i just was`nt ready for dave
October 12, 200816 yr Hiya Frank!! OOO runaway ..loved that tune ..have it on vinyl somewhere and who sang that tune listen to "the rythmn of the rain" lyrics go "listen to the rythmn of the pourin rain tellin me just what fool Ive been" and what becomes of the broken hearted / jimmy ruffin ah sweet memories!! I bought the big wheels of motown LP that had some class tunes on it Mand Rythmn was The Cascades from 62/63..........too slow for the waltzers
October 12, 200816 yr Brenton Wood - Gimme Little Sign Trampps - Hold Back The Night Brothers Johnson - Stomp LAST RIDE , LAST RIDE , SCREAM IF YA WANNA GO FASTER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
October 12, 200816 yr Great Topic! Not soul records but I remember from our local fair (Hurst Green; Black Country / Bham border) Lazy, Crazy Days of Summer - Nat King Cole + Paper Sun - Traffic. What a contrast...but striding out in "stiff as cardboard" Levis and a off white zip up wind Cheeter, what memories- Ade
October 15, 200816 yr Author Hiya Frank!! OOO runaway ..loved that tune ..have it on vinyl somewhere and who sang that tune listen to "the rythmn of the rain" lyrics go "listen to the rythmn of the pourin rain tellin me just what fool Ive been" and what becomes of the broken hearted / jimmy ruffin ah sweet memories!! I bought the big wheels of motown LP that had some class tunes on it Mand Rythmn was The Cascades from 62/63..........too slow for the waltzers Yeah but it was usually and end of night smoocher LOL
October 15, 200816 yr Author Great Topic! Not soul records but I remember from our local fair (Hurst Green; Black Country / Bham border) Lazy, Crazy Days of Summer - Nat King Cole + Paper Sun - Traffic. What a contrast...but striding out in "stiff as cardboard" Levis and a off white zip up wind Cheeter, what memories- Ade I had a bright yellow and black also a black and lime anorak style jacket at the time got them from the army and navy store yeomans I think
December 23, 200816 yr Author I had a bright yellow and black also a black and lime anorak style jacket at the time got them from the army and navy store yeomans I think OMG just listened to Gary Puckett and the union gap...young girl hairs on the back of my neck stood up to attenshun!! anyone else hear anything recently??? Mand Edited December 23, 200816 yr by Madmandy
December 23, 200816 yr Fairground Soul Fook me, for a minute I thought we might all have another room to go to alongside the Northern, Motown, R&B, Modern rooms
December 23, 200816 yr it was 'mouldy old dough' and 'Johnny reggae' in banbury, and ironicly the fair was owned by a guy named Bob Wilson
December 24, 200816 yr Author it was 'mouldy old dough' and 'Johnny reggae' in banbury, and ironicly the fair was owned by a guy named Bob Wilson I remember johnny reggae ..that was a tad blue ..guess thats why the lads liked it back then Minit ...I just named the thread that because I saw the name coined in another thread WEe havent invented another soul room YET Mand
After reading a thread on here the term "fairground soul " was mentioned
so anyone like to add tunes to a list of farirground soul that reminds them of the fairground
I will start by adding
Wherever I lay my hat / Marvin Gaye
Be my baby / The Ronettes
Homely girl /The chi-lites
Edited by Madmandy