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News and details of a new weekender being held on the Essex Coast Sep 5-7th. Plus a look at Barbara Gaskins career (the voice of Ecstacy, Passion and Pain and Barbara and Brenda) Here's the details... A new WEEKENDER on the Essex Sunshine Coast SEPTEMBER 5-7 Join us for a great Weekend away at the Seawick Holiday Park, Beach Rd, St. Osyth nr. Clacton-on-Sea, Essex just off the A133 Sat nav; CO16 8SG Approx 1 hour London, 30 minutes; Colchester. 2 Great dance floors featuring the cream of Modern Soul, Tent Anthems and a touch of Soulful Garage and the very best in Northern Soul. DJs include; GARY DENNIS, ANDY DAVIES, TERRY JONES, SHAUN ROBBINS, MICK H, JAMES TROUBLE, TIM BROWN, NEIL JONES, DEREK MEAD, SOUL SAM, ANDY JACKSON, COLIN CURTIS, RALPH TEE, NIGE BROWN, KENNY BURRELL, ANTON LUDWIG, SEAN CHAPMAN, KEV ROBERTS plus more to be added. in 2 rooms plus the PUB FOR CHILL-OUT GROOVES. And not forgetting our star attractions; LIVE....BARBARA GASKINS (the voice of Ecstacy, Passion and Pain and BARBARA and Brenda) with full LIVE Band plus PAs from ANGELA LEWIS BROWN, GEROD HARRIS Plus more to be added. Call centre for tickets or book on line 0845 815 9797 SEPTEMBER 5-7. Stay the WHOLE WEEKEND from only £29! Our special LIVE Act from the USA Miss BARBARA GASKINS - Barbara and Brenda/Ecstasy, Passion and Pain The 70's produced some excellent groups and up there with the best of them was the relatively short-lived Roulette Records act Ecstasy, Passion & Pain. Althought they only released one album and a handful of singles for the label, their impact was to be felt well into future decades. Formed in 1973, in New York, it's seemingly fluid membership of between 5 and 8 persons was entirely dominated by Barbara (Gaskins) Roy. We'll come back to Ms. B. later, let's explore her colleagues first, all of whom were instrumentalists (as was Barbara with her jammin' big guitar) which allowed the group to perform as a self-contained unit. The other members included Althea "Cookie" Smith, rare for an unusual young lady in that she was the group's drummer, while the remainder of the percussion work on their recordings came from Carl Jordan, later replaced by Alan Tizer. Joseph Williams Junior provided musical support on bass and Jimmy Clark was co-guitarist (with Ms. B.) for their entire Roulette recordings. Then there was keyboardist Ronald Foster... Billy Gardner took over keyboard duties later from Foster. It should be noted that any contributions by the group members, other than Roy, to the actual recordings were nullified by the presence of Philly star muscians "M.F.S.B." who were given credit on the original releases. Barbara, as well as commanding her jammin' big guitar, was the group's lead vocalist, nominally supported on backgrounds by other group members but more 'properly' supported by those "Sweethearts Of Sigma Sound"- Barbara Ingram, Evette Benton and Carla Benson. She was also responsible for writing much of the group's material. Barbara, born in Kinson, North Carolina, began her career as one half of the duo Barbara & Brenda, Brenda (Gaskins) being her niece. Together they recorded three singles for the Heidi label, "Hurting Inside," "Special Kind Of Love" and "One More Chance" before coming under the guidance of Luther Dixon and moving to Musicor's subsidiary, Dynamo. Another trio of singles were released by Dynamo, "If I'm Hurt You'll Feel The Pain," "Never Love A Robin" and "Don't Wait Up For Me Mama." A further recording, "That's Enough" remained unreleased until it's appearance on a 1997 compilation "Kent's Magic Touch." With their lack of success Brenda decided to quit the business. Made of stronger stock, Barbara hung in there from her New York base and began playing guitar for Inez and Charlie Foxx ("Mockingbird") and on various recording sessions in New York waiting for another break. In 1973, Ecstasy, Passion & Pain was formed and shortly afterwards, through manager Phil Braxton, the group had a recording contract. Getting a deal with Roulette Records, Ecstasy, Passion & Pain recorded roughly 28 sides that included demos and finished masters. 10 cuts made it to their one and only album, several were single-only releases and 13 had to wait 25 years to be released! A stream of hits started with their first release "I Wouldn't Give You Up" from late 1973 which hit #-17 on the R&B charts. Next came "Good Things Don't Last Forever" #-14 R&B, #-93 pop. The follow-up "Ask Me," regarded as a classic, hit #-19 R&B and went to #-52 on the pop charts. A side note; the song was such an underground classic that Nigerian-born Canadian disco legend Carol (Uchenna Ikejiani) Jiani cut a version in 1982 that swept the club scene and landed her a worldwide hit. "One Beautiful Day" followed hitting #-14 R&B and #-48 pop. The next release 1975's "There's So Much Love All Around" was first an A-side single and then the b-side to two later releases proving Roulette's faith in the song and the group. Thanks to legendary mixologist Tom Moulton's handy work on "Touch & Go" it became their signature tune as well as an enduring classic. The highly sought-after 12" single is their only Roulette release to be cut on a 12" single. Two more releases in 1977 "Passion" and "Dance The Night Away" failed to match the success on "Touch & Go". By the end of 1977 just as disco was entering it's golden age E.P. & P. disbanded. During the years 1977 to 1981 Barbara continued with session work and formed her own successful label, Roy B. Records. As a label owner she had a string of hits with Pizzazz's "I Heard It Through The Grapevine," Soccer's "Dancin' Game," Melody Stewart's "Get Down, Get Down / Action Satisfaction" and culminating with a reunion of E.P. & P. for the 1981 club smash "If You Want Me". Another chart/recording hiatus ensued from 1981 to 1986. Her label had folded and E.P. & P. never really managed to stay together after the brief reunion. By 1986 Barbara had surfaced on RCA Records with the release of "Gotta See You Tonight" followed by another 12" single "Gonna Put Up A Fight" in 1987. However their was no album forthcoming. As of 1989 she was still signed to RCA when she recorded her part for the studio group, Togetherness, assembled to support Paul Simpson on the song "We Are The Ones" from his Simp-House / Cooltempo album, "One". The Togetherness group consisted of Barbara "Ecstasy, Passion & Pain" Roy, Will Downing, Rochelle Fleming, Loleatta Holloway, Toney Lee, Ray Simpson, and Fonda Rae. An incredible line-up to say the least! Sadly Barbara's career seems to be on-hold after this point. Thanks to sampling she can be heard on the 1990's hits: "Son Of A Gun" by JX and "Just Wanna Touch Me" by Fidelfatti, and by virtue of re-release the entire E.P. & P. catalogue can be heard on the U.K. Westside c.d. "Good Things (The Roulette Recordings 1973-1977)" For more details http://www.goldsoul.co.uk -
LAs Crenshaw District RnB Venues of the 50s and 60s - Dumb Angel Blog View full article
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The overall effect during the '60s led to a full-color, Mod L.A. soul scene that produced incredible, unique sounding records A great read and some tip top photos as well Been up for almost a year old but thought its still worthy of a pass on. Its a sort of travelogue both through time and the Crenshaw District area of LA . While not as famous or well known as other similar city areas, there was certainly a lot going on there during those now far off decades as this great piece shows. Photos, flyers and more... Clip from the site As black musicians became more common in Hollywood, the avant-garde and psychedelic music scene in turn gravitated to spaces in this district surrounding Crenshaw Boulevard. The overall effect during the '60s led to a full-color, Mod L.A. soul scene that produced incredible, unique sounding records. This travelogue is not meant to be definitive documentation of all the artists who broke from here during that time, but will give you a good idea of the kind of action that was going on.... Get over to the Dumb Angel Blog for the full wack http://dumbangelmag.blogspot.com/2007/07/south-central-los-angeles-r-venues-of.html Once over there rest of blog is worth a look over as well
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Rob Moss delivers his view on the recently broadcast BBC4 TV programme Motor Citys Burning - Detroit from Motown to the Stooges read more https://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SoulSourceR...ng-bbc-4-by-rob
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Lifeline Wolverhampton 26th April - Sheffield May 4th Events View full article
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Lifeline floods the defences with a spring tide of Quality Rare Northern Events An April Allnighter at Wolverhampton in April and an Alldayer at Sheffield in May Yep, news of two events upcoming from the Lifeline people that may just ring your bell. Wolverhampton Allnighter April 26th 2008 THE LIFELINE SOUL CLUB present The Real Deal Rare Soul All-Nighter At The Brookfields Club (The Stables), Cannock Road, Shareshill, Wolverhampton, WV10 7LZ. (Directions: Just off the M6 junction 11, A460 towards Wolverhampton then 400 yards on your left). April 26th 2008. 8.00pm till 6.00am, a tenner gets you in! Resident rascals are the Countries TOP Rare Soul DJS Butch, Andy Dyson, Mick H, Cliff Steele, Soul Sam & Chalky With this months special digging deep into his collection to pull out the records he rarely gets the chance to spin one of Nottingham's finest Rob Smith Plus the three before 11 (Collectors chance @ Lifeline) Adam Topping, Phil Richards & Ian McManus As for the music the emphasis will be on the 60's but as usual Lifeline will feature the very best in 70's and crossover. In short all Dj's playing the very best in the rare, obscure, forgotten and underplayed soul music!! For further information see Shefield Info below Mick H's words on the Sheffield Dayer Sun May 4th Sheffield Dayer Sun May 4th Ok people,fast approaching (may bank holiday sunday 4th ) and Lifeline is putting on a something different on the soul front, for this may bank holiday sunday Kicking of 2pm and running till 2am Downstairs the best in 70s funk, also 70,s & 80,s grooves & not forgetting a touch of old Northern too Upstairs rare & underplayed 60,s if you have a oldies pacemaker fitted .then please stay at home but if you want to leave it at home and venture to a world of rare soul that might convert you then this is the place to be for sunday your djs for this 12 hour marathon Mick H, Andy Dyson, James Trouble, Steve Cato,T ony Free, Mick & Mo , Chalky, Andy Riley, Sean Turner. and we have a couple of slots for our turn up on the day with your box so if you fancy a early doors slot email me at trentsoul@aol.com for more info phone Mick 07968030464 Andy 01302744927,chalky 077743863523 door tax before 7pm £3.00 after £5.00 So on behaif of the Lifeline team see ya on Sun May 4th Mick H Lifeline Website -
Site News - Site Search and Refosoul now off the ropes View full article
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Was a bit of chaos over the last couple of weeks on here regarding refosoul and the site search. Changes in the background meant that had to rewrite from scratch some of the custom parts of site. This did take a lot longer than first thought and as it was a 'live' upgrade some of the features went walk about for a while Hopefully the back is broken now and though a few minor things still need sorting, the main features are all now back up and fighting. The search engine is now fully open to members and as before offers fast full site wide searches It searches the full soul source site content (over 700,000+ items) in less than a second Refosoul is back at almost full strength, the upgrades and such should mean its faster and more solid than previous. The main parts such as player and uploading are solid and now in a postion where approaching full final version at long last ( a few misc bits such as the improved playlist feature outstanding) The upgrades and such also have a effect on all other site features and should mean that site is in a lot better state both performance and feature wise than at any previous time. Thanks to all members who assisted with testing, feedback and such Cheers, best foot and all that mike
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your over the top posts have already forced one thread that may have been of interest to some to be temp unapproved now you are posting links all over the site to more of the same elsewhere you give yet another name no brainer what happens next all other posts deleted account closed as per the terms of use
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sorted aint watched all but looks like its from the soul brittania series
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blank post as was just testing the youtube embedd feature out seems somethings up with it
thread was closed as said due to objections about the content before reopening feel theres a need to pass the below on news - if going to post news and such then normally there should be no problem however if its "heavy" stuff then there are some points that should bear in mind if should be factual - fairly obvious but if it is "heavy" then do need to make sure that it is and its important that do have facts/source to back it up it should be via a solid id - sorry but if aint prepared to put your real name to serious accusations then you shouldn't be making them on a public forum if its news, its better to post your personal views on matter seperate if at all legal - once aware of any concerns about content of any post the site may have certain legal responsibilites if it fits the above criteria then it should not be a problem if it doesnt then there is a good chance that site may need to step in as per the terms of use can find the terms of use at bottom of every page regarding unapproved thread will post once sorted
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please use email in post joe dunlop glenavon, hope mountain, wrexham, ll12 9hh, tel 07748714718 email joedunlop@btinternet.com steptones lonley one vg+ diamond jim 200 lee andrews iv'e had it wdj' ex crimson 150 johnny robinson gone but not forgotten wdj' vg+ okeh 300 rose batiste i can't leave you wdj' ex thelma 250 accents you better think again ex one-derful 250 ken williams come back wdj'' ex okeh 250 kel osborne quicksand wdj'' ex titanic 400 little jimmy scott it rained 40 day's & night's vg+ giant 250 bobby garrett i can't get away ex mirwood 75 burning bush keep on burning wdj''' vg+ mercury 175 ambassadors too much of a good thing vg+ pee vee 300 derek martin you blew it baby ex buttercup 8 howard tate how come my bull dog don't bark ex verve 5 buster brown two women ex serock 25 moment of truth helplessly wdj'' ex roulette 6 sam dees say yeh wdj'' ex polydor 5 touch of class you got to know better wdj'' ex midsong 5 whirlwind don't let him get the best ex roullette 5 phil medley orch snap it ex pyramid 5 shirley lawson one more chance vg+ uk soul city 100 esther phillips just say goodbye ''ydj'''' ex uk atlantic 175 bessie banks i can't make it p&s dj'' ex uk verve 100
would have been 69 today An excerpt from the recently released DVD of some of Marvin's greatest live performances on TV and film, "Real Thing: In Performance 1964-1981," This live performance comes from the long out-of-circulation 1973 film, "Save The Children" with James Jamerson on bass
very sad news always enjoyed the chats and such had with him thoughts and condolences go to all his family and friends mike
Just a quick driveby post can read great article on Mike Terry amongst many from Rob Moss on front part of site
yeah yeah i know, am sick of it as well going down at 11pm uk time for some needed work in place stuff hopefully not for long
News from New Century regarding weekends upcoming allnighter read more https://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SoulSourceR...ntury-wolverham
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ARTIST TITLE LABEL £££ 1 ernest mosley stubborn heart la cindy 500 2 carpets i just can't win (lables reversed) v-j 800 3 cecil washington i don't like to lose prophonics 1200 4 baby jane if you wanna stacy 150 5 appollas mr.creator ''w.dj''''' warner bros 150 6 garland green ain't that good enough ''''demo'''''' revue 150 7 tommy frontera (your my) my leading lady hi-lite 250 8 joey dee It's got you ''wdj'''''''' jubilee 50 9 n.f. porter keep on keeping on '''wdj''''''''''' lizard 50 10 leon haywood baby reconsider ''wdj''' fat fish 500 11 celebrity four honey tell me trc test pressing 150 12 christine cooper heartaches away my boy ''wdj'' parkway 350 13 roy hamilton cracking up over you ''wdj'''' rca 150 14 wilson love funny money n s 300 15 jj barnes lonley no more mickay's 500 16 erma franklin gotta find me a lover '''ydj''''' brunswick 25 17 black & blue what i got ''''wdj'''''' mercury 150 18 kel osborne quicksand ''wdj''''''' titanic 400 19 gerry & paul the cat walk fat back 15 20 doris troy face up to the truth gdj capitol 150 21 ann heywood crook his little finger hondoo 200 22 jock mitchell not a chance in a million ''wdj''''' impact 450 23 doug banks i just kept on dancing argo 100 24 dutch robinson can't get along without you ''wdj'' united artists 50 25 epitome of sound you don't love me Sandbag 100 26 betty everett unlucky girl uni 20 27 drifters baby what i mean atlantic 10 28 randolph walker ''shindy butterfly'' black prince 20 29 debbie dovale hey lover wdj roulette 15 30 toni lamarr just in the nick of time buddah 10 31 tony hestor watch yourself vg+ karate 100 32 the cleftones there she goes wdj''' gee records 20 33 paul anka when we get there ''''issue'''' rca 75 34 dee clark crossfire time constellation 15 35 otis clay messing with my mind echo 10 36 classic sulivans paint your self in the corner kwanza 20 37 ernie andrews where were you capitol 20 38 nancy butts youre gonna need somebody ''wdj'' flaming arrow 20 39 ray charles hide nor hair abc 15 40 billy butler i'll bet you brunswick 20 41 artistics what happend (to the love we had) brunswick 15 42 ruby andrews gotta break away zodiac 10 43 ruby andrews casanova zodiac 15 44 ruby andrews where have you gone zodiac 20 45 ruby andrews help yourself (lover) zodiac 15 46 chapter 8 how can i get next to you beverly glen 20 47 the classetts the guy's in love with you ultra class 25 48 dennis coffey getting it on sussex 10 49 gene chandler & barbara acklin from teacher to the preacher brunswick 15 50 major lance um um um um (pic cover) okeh 20 51 gene chandler good times constellation 15 52 classetts iv'e got to space ultra class 25 53 steve alimo every day i have to cry checker 25 54 ray agee you hit me where it hurts shirley 20 55 ray agee leave me alone celeste 30 '' USA IMPORT MOTOWN 1 mary wells you lost the sweetest boy motown 6 3 eddie holland just ain't enough love '' 30 4 satintones tomorrow & alway's '' 200 5 spinners i'll alway's love you '' 10 6 david ruffin my whole world ended '' 10 7 carolyn crawford when somones good to you '' wdj 120 8 ''' '' my smile is just a frown '' '' 120 9 dynamic superiors deception '' '' 3 10 willie hutch i never had it so good '' '' 5 11 '' '' we gonna party tonight '' '' 5 12 supremes you're my driving wheel '' '' 33 13 ' '' '' let yourself go (2) '' '' 3 14 gc cameron you're what's missing in my life '' '' 5 15 devasting affair you don't know '' '' 5 16 dynamic superiors nowhere to run '' '' 5 17 oc smith love changes '' '' 5 18 3 ounces of love star love '' '' 5 19 syreeta & cameron let's make a deal '' '' 5 20 liz lands midnight johnny gordy 75 21 edwin starr 25 miles '' 5 22 21st creation tailgate'' ' '' wdj 10 23 kim weston take me in your arms '' 8 24 ' '' a thrill a moment '' 50 25 '' ''' helpless '' 10 26 jr walker tune up soul 10 27 jr walker take me girl i'm ready '' 5 28 jr walker shake 'n' finger pop '' 10 29 earl van dyke how sweet it is '' 5 30 jnr walker you ain't no ordinary woman (2) '' wdj'' 3 ''UK MOTOWN DEMOS''''''''''''''''''''''' 1 supremes you can't hurry love 'r&w' dj tmg 575 150 2 '' my world is empty without you ''r&w dj'' '' 548 100 3 '' i hear symphony ''r&w' dj'' '' 543 100 4 marvin gaye pretty little baby ''r&w dj'' ''sm''' '' 524 50 5 '' '' one more heartache ''r&w dj'' '' 552 150 6 stevie wonder ain't that asking for trouble ''r&w dj'' '' 570 100 7 billy eckstine had you been around ''r&w dj''' '' 533 100 8 four tops loving you is sweeter than ever ''r&w dj'' '' 568 100 9 marvellettes danger heartbreak dead ahead '''r&w' dj'' '' 535 100 10 '' the hunter get's captured by the game ''g&w dj'' '' 594 100 11 isley bros got to have you back ''g&w dj'' '' 606 100 12 temptations it's growing ''r&w' dj'' '' 504 200 13 shorty long your love is amazing ''g&w dj'' '' 600 50 14 '' '' function at the junction ''r&w dj''' '' 573 100 15 miracles save me ''g&w' dj'' '' 584 100 16 gladys knight i heard it through the grapevine ''g&w dj''''' '' 629 40 ''UK COLLECTORS ITEMS'' 1 vala reegan fireman ''''''DEMO''''' atlantic 300 2 art freeman slipping around '' 200 3 esther phillips just say goodbye ''ydj'''' '' 200 4 jackie wilson since you showed me how to be happy ''demo''''' sic'''' coral 40 5 lynn randell stranger in my arms ''wdj' cbs 250 6 etta james & sugar pie desanto do i make myself clear chess 30 7 bobby mcClure you got me baby '''wdj'''' '' 50 8 candy & kisses the 81 cameo parkway 150 9 jimmy jones walking columbia 50 10 jerry jackson it's rough out there ''wdj'''''' cameo parkway 300 11 barry st john everything i touch turns to tears ''r&w dj'' sm;;'' columbia 60 12 friday brown 32nd love affair fontana 200 13 soloman burke cry to me ''ydj''' london 225 14 5th dimension another day another heartache ''g&w dj''' liberty 15 15 '' '' too poor to die ''g&w dj'''''' / '' 50 16 timi yuro it'll never be over for me '' 800 17 frankie & the classicals what shall i do Philips 400 18 roscoe robinson that's enough ''wdj''' pye int 200 19 bobby freeman the duck ''wdj''' '' '' 50 20 chuck jackson any day now '' '' 25 21 mitch ryder too many fish in the sea ''g&w dj''''' stateside 15 22 bob kuban the cheater '' 20 23 mary love Lay this burden down 'g&w dj''' '' 150 24 incredibles there's nothing else to say ''g&w dj'''' '' 400 25 rufus lumley i'm standing '' 400 26 shirley lawson one more chance Soul city 150 27 danny white keep my woman home sue 100 28 fascinations girls are out to get you '' 40 29 debonairs headache in my heart track 100 30 al 'tnt' braggs earthquake volcalion 30 ADDITIONAL US LABELS 1 archie bell & the drells a thousand wonders (pic sleeve) atlantic 250 2 Jerry Butler (2) Good times Vee Jay 10 3 Tyrone (wonder boy) Please consider me vg Four Bros. 20 4 Danny Woods You had me fooled vg Correc-tone 200 5 jimmy castor magic saxaphone smash 15 6 Billy Butler Right track Okeh 50 7 Sheppards Stubborn heart Mirwood 200 8 denise chandler i'm walking away lock 20 9 Johnny Robinson Gone but not forgotten wdj Okeh 300 10 major harris Call me tomorrow (canadian) epic 300 11 gene chandler there was a time brunswick 30 12 denise chandler yes' i'm ready lock 20 13 Ron Butler Peace and love playboy 50 14 james carr coming back to my baby goldwax 20 15 '' '' that's what i want to know '' 30 16 martha carter then i'll believe ron 25 17 '' '' nobody knows (how i feel about you) ron 20 18 Bobbettes mr lee atlantic 15 19 Bobby Byrd I know you got soul wdj King 25 20 Bobby Byrd Write me a letter Smash 20 21 Bobby Hebb My pretty sunshine / Ooh la la Philips 5 22 Tangiers Excuse me for living wdj Date 25 23 Twilights Needle in a haystack Capitol 15