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3 Kent Town Double Header Soul 45s Out Now - March 2012 View full article
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The month of March sees three new double headers from the Kent records label imprint "Town", as always a classy selection of soul and all available at a straight up price. The full details and clips of the Town releases follow below, and as this month also sees three 45s on the sister imprint "City" quick look at theses will be along shortly Eddie Whitehead / Mary Saxton JUST YOUR FOOL Eddie Whitehead LOSING CONTROL Mary Saxton The master tape to Eddie Whitehead's 'Just Your Fool' was a big bonus for Ace among the Fraternity tapes from Cincinnati. The sheer quality and building rhythm of the music, allied to Eddie's tormented vocals, made it another mega-bucks item. The flip is Mary Saxton's pounding 'Losing Control', a veritable Wigan monster of yore. CATALOGUE NUMBER TOWN 146 LABEL KENT listen to clips of both sides via clip below http://youtu.be/iAjSykonlWc Jackie Day NAUGHTY BOY/GET TO STEPPIN' Jackie Day has been a Kent staple since the very first "For Dancers Only" LP 30 years ago. We were very proud to produce a CD of all her recordings last year and we've chosen two highlights from her career for a 45. 'Naughty Boy' was one of the key records in reviving the Northern Soul scene in the 80s and has remained a £1000+ trophy ever since. 'Get To Steppin'' is another on-the-fours dancer that has only graced a 100 Club anniversary single prior to this release. CATALOGUE NUMBER TOWN 145 LABEL KENT listen to clips of both sides via clip below http://youtu.be/zLfbSJKiwDw Dave Hamilton / The Barrino Brothers PISCES PACE Dave Hamilton THE BAD THINGS (YOU SAID TO ME) The Barrino Brothers Dave Hamilton continues to influence the rare soul scene. Imaginative DJs have picked up on his rare TCB 45 'Pisces Pace' which brims with jazz, blues and funk but maintains a steady irresistible rhythm that has made it a dancefloor winner in recent years. We've included a similarly funkified gem from Detroit legends the Barrino Brothers which was the third track from their TCB waxing, not released until the third of Kent's Dave Hamilton CDs. CATALOGUE NUMBER TOWN 144 LABEL KENT listen to clips of both sides via clip below http://youtu.be/VY8ufokFXo0 avail now from all regular suspects inc amazon and http://www.recordshack.org (source of clips above) article photo from Jackie Day Kent CD news item http://www.soul-sour...t-cd-kent-r2276 -
Soul Junction - Hopkins Brothers 45 Out Now View full article
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The Hopkins Brothers; Left to Right - Frank Hopkins, Sylvester Hopkins & Arthur 'Count' Hopkins The latest release from Soul Junction, press info follows below, you can read a more in depth look at the Hopkins brothers along with other artist bios via the Soul Junction website (link at end) available now at all the regular sources The Hopkins Brothers Side A - Shake Cheri Side B - Kiss of Fire The Hopkins Brothers "Shake Cheri" can lay claim to be one of the most current in demand 45's within the UK and European Funk and Northern Soul scenes. With only a handful of DJ's being able to boast of ownership of a copy. The Hopkins Brothers, Frank, Sylvester and the late Arthur (aka Count Hopkins) were part of a larger performing family dynasty from New Haven, Conneticut which began in the doo-wop era of the 1950's and early 60's. The brothers and at one point their father Lyman Hopkins Sr featured in the line up of two of New Haven's most notable R'n'b vocal groups the Chestnuts and the Scarlets who later became known as Fred Parris & the Five Satins. Following the break up of the aforementioned groups during the early 60's brothers Frank, Sylvester and Arthur formed the family group known as the Hopkins Bros. As the Hopkins Bros they recorded the solitary vanity release "Kiss Of Fire/Shake Cheri" in February 1970 which was released on the local custom Magnetik label. Although a popular record in the New Haven area it never gained any greater national attention. The official A-side "Kiss Of Fire" later became a popular collector's item with Sweet Soul aficionado's but it is the more quirky flip side "Shake Cheri" that is currently more popular with Northern and Funk fans throughout the UK and Europe at this moment. For this current release we have promoted "Shake Cheri" to the A-side with the B-side now featuring the original previously unissued full length version of "Kiss Of Fire" which we found upon receipt of the original master tapes. A more in depth biography can be found in our new artist biography section of our website: http://www.souljunctionrecords.co.uk -
closed by thread starter (as said a fair few times if going to close threads can you post up that done so to avoid confusion/misunderstanding) thanks mike
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the idea is when someone asks to drop the off topic then you drop the off topic not drag it out further with some sort of mr angry post....
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my fault i thought the delete was quick enough you can edit the pm or delete it before the other john reads it if needed
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am sure there's a dvd of this out there under title of blues train or similar possibly here are wikip says... Although the signage for the 1964 Granada Television 'Blues and Gospel Train' show said 'Chorltonville' the railway station used for the show was the nearby Wilbraham Road.
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have had a request to reopen this thread as some wish to carry on the general sort of discussion on nighters so have retitled thread to try and avoid any confusion and ask members to use the relevant event posts for specfic event talk rather than here thanks mike
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heres the link here can read/post views on the last kings hall nighter via that link can understand the confusion so to try and avoid further if it seems that no one wants to carry on the more "general" discussion on allnighters then will close this shortly
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yep here's a link/post that adds a different slant to it and may explain why it wasn't more of a success /index.php?app=forums&module=forums§ion=findpost&pid=549027 if they dropped cecil w from radio due to riots then maybe did the same ?
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interesting it (world is on fire) shows in 13 May 1967 billboard as a prediction to hit the top pop 100
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yep there is a general generic type statement terms and use link can be found at bottom of every page its always been the policy if want to use content be it words or images or what ever on here then members should ask the members first of course there's a element of sharing with all images etc webwise but if they are obviously a members own work and can be recognisable as such then surely a request would be the done thing?
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dont think you "get it" andy idea being a thread that may (or may not) come out with some odd bits of "interesting" trivia etc wasnt really going for a thread full of well known classics chart clips
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was thinking more along the lines of flips or other connections to the million sellers rather than the actual million sellers themselve sort of inverse to rarest of the rare if get me
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talk in other thread about million seller gave me a saturday thread idea thread about northern related tracks that have some relation (the stronger the better) to a well known mainstream chart 45 that sold a million ? eg my first thoughts would be major harris -after lovin you the flip of love wont let me wait wikip grab... and here's the flip after loving you any one care to add to the list ..... ?
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flip of millon seller moon river yep ? like yourself only "aware" since days of net etc there's a later version by the impressions on lp. can't recall lead details etc think also a reggae version out there
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yep maybe not, but does sort of fit in with same time frame also am fairly sure ian d mentioned something about simon soussan and cameo/players or maybe writer johnny melfi in a past post and would guess simon soussan had something to do with its inclusion in film so a sort of connect to the "love you baby" showing on similar acetate.. maybe ? (reread earlier posts and see that other connections to acetate already been said so my post is a bit surplus)
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ascap shows paul anka did a version on a lp Life Goes On Release Date: 11/01/69 cant hit a soundclip but its the only other artist apart from the 3 listed
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on acetate this is interesting as same type of acetate https://www.northerns...il.asp?id=15932 and there is a simon soussan connection as "find my way" was later featured in the film "thank god its friday" which also had simon soussan tracks
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maybe the actual selling mechanics would be better answered by someone else but i would guess the focus would be on "northern" as it may have been "too hard" to sell boots of "hit" records due to outlets etc as said guess the actual scale as in the number of boots for each run would give a better idea
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are there any "official" figures on the % of royal mail stuff that does go missing ? (eg that they know about and owe up to)
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when was looking at the back issues of billboard noticed that the uk soul bootlegging side does get a few mentions which may give an idea of the scale etc has the actual amount of issues that the major boot released individually got ever come up yet ? i know tainted love has had some high figure mentioned be interesting looking back at just what was the actual scale... maybe?
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suppose could be worse... aint seen anyone using the worlds number 1 mini-allnighter.... ... yet
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same question, why bother all they do is just bump up the thread and bring in a negative vibe i'd say its a useful term when used a certain way like at past lowtons as it let ya know if was a normal or early hours finish suppose same as any other term on here , more it gets used the wider the meaning