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A new comp from those Numero Group types Afterschool Special: The 123s Of Kid Soul - Various Artists - Numero Group US The title sort of gives the game away slightly! Yep its a re-visit to the formula that was used a few years back.with the Home Schooled comp. The read and listen bits follow, its available in double lp, cd and download formats and looks a good one Preview via Juno Player Company Blurb School is back in session! A decade removed from our acclaimed Homeschooled compilation comes a new class of talent show titans. With enterprising parents, neighbors, and teachers turning play dates into recording dates, groups like Magical Connection, Little Man and the Inquires, and Five Ounces of Soul emulated the Jacksons, who'd made grade-school stardom appear easy as ABC. Afterschool Special: The 123s Of Kid Soul contains 19 tiny tunes ranging from bilingual D.A.R.E. anthem, to James Brown bio, to young love and life beyond the playground. Company Video The Tracks 1 I'm a Special Kidby Bethlehem Center Children's Choir 2 Runnin' Wild (Ain't Gonna Help You) by Scott Three 2:25 3 Guessing Game by Jimi Hill 4 You Got Me Believing (Dreamin' 'Bout You) by Leonard (Lil' Man) Kaigler 5 I Love You Still by Cash 6 Because I Love You by Brighter Side of Darkness 7 Every Where You Go by The Next Movement 8 I Want a Little Girl by The Bennett's 9 Simon Says by The Future Kind 10 I Am Free, No Dope for Me by The Dynamics 11 The Revolution Will Not Be Televised by The Brother's Rap 12 We Don't Dig No Busing (The Busing Song) by The Greer Brothers 13 Funky Breakdown by Little Man & The Inquires 14 Love Got a Piece of Your Mind by Five Ounces Of Soul 15 Girl Why Do You Want to Take My Heart by Magical Connection 16 It's Time for Love by Soul Emotions & Co. 17 Losing My Girl by Brotherly Five 18 The Other Guy By Mighty Mustangs the lp and guess the download versions as well has 19 tracks seems the extra is billed as Nancy Dupree with a Group of Youngsters - James Brown

As reported in the forums by member @Kris Holmes Clifford Curry passed on very recently. The Knoxville Mercury marked the sad news with an article about 'one of its great voices' Sweet Clifford: Remembering Knoxville Soul Legend Clifford Curry In Inside the Vault, Music Stories by Eric Dawson September 9, 20161 Knoxville lost one of its great voices when soul singer Clifford Curry died on Wednesday, Sept. 7, at the age of 79, after a stroke several days earlier. Curry never achieved widespread fame, but he had a solid, consistent career that it’s hard to imagine anyone replicating in today’s music world. His recording career stretched from his teenage years to 2015 and covered more than a dozen labels. He wrote songs for everyone from obscure Knoxville acts to the Oak Ridge Boys, found popularity in Europe, sang soul, gospel, and country, and experienced that rare thing in the entertainment business: a second act. The full article can be read via this link http://www.knoxmercury.com/2016/09/09/sweet-clifford-remembering-knoxville-soul-legend-clifford-curry/ forum thread

We are now hitting week 4 with the newly launched members feature - Select Sales. Late August saw both the launch of this feature and with it the special opening offer of a flat fee of £1 for every soul 45 listing. Its good to be able to say that the launch has gone fairly well. But as we are now coming up to the end of the first month then it make sense to have a look at every aspect of this feature. As part of this landmark the one off special opening offer will be ending come Monday 19th Sept. So if you are one of thosee types who like to get max bang for your bucks record trading wise then you may well want to take advantage of this opening offer while you can! You can view the latest auctions on offer here (some ending today) and easily add your own sales via the "auctions" link in the top menu or the link below https://www.soul-source.co.uk/offers/