Steve Myers

Almost any record by Jackie Wilson Works for me every time.

Started thinking on those lines but maybe on something perfectly flat like a sheet of glass, I will let you know when I have completely fooked it up

Not sure if I've posted this on the right board, but here goes: Has anyone succesfully straightened a warped record ? I have a Four Tops single, not rare or valuable by any means, which I was going to have a go at flattening, I had thought about clamping it between two pieces of Mdf and putting it somewhere warm ? Any thoughts on this anyone ?

I Like it Forget the politics, and enjoy the music for what it is, there are enough styles and genres within the Northern Soul scene to suit whatever your tastes may be, and each to there own.

My opinion, For what it's worth O'Jays, Drifters, Impressions and many other groups trancended boundries and maybe started as "Doo Wop, Vocal groups, or R&B" (Here we go with the labels again) but there was a shift to the term Soul being used around the early 60s as the perfomances and recordings became more sophisticated and possibly aimed at a more white market, Not always the case, but well documented in the case of Motown.

Totaly agree.............. As soon as anything has been given a label, wether its music or otherwise, it's almost as If its sending out a signal to tell people what they should be allowed to like. If we open our ears, we can hear the wonderfull rich history of the music that we now call "Northern Soul" going back decades before the Sixties, how anyone can just dismiss all that preceded, as rubbish is beyond me.

Sometime in the mid 70s I had a copy of Backfield in motion, Mel & Tim (Now theres one you dont hear now) I had agreed to swap it with a local DJ for, Thank you baby, Soul Brothers Six. On my way down the attic stairs of the flat I lived in it rolled out of the sleeve and hit the stair tread and chipped a perfect semi circle about an inch in to the grooves. Needless to say I didnt do the swop, and still to this day dont own the Soul Brothers Six, although I have still got the Mel & Tim

Wikipedia Says.................. Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s.[1] The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a heavy, insistent beat" was becoming more popular.[2] The term has subsequently had a number of shifts in meaning. In the early 1950s and beyond, the term rhythm and blues was frequently applied to blues records.[3] Starting in the 1960s, after this style of music contributed to the development of rock and roll, the term "R&B" became used to refer to music styles that developed from and incorporated electric blues, as well as gospel and soul music. By the 1970s, rhythm and blues was used as a blanket term for soul and funk. In the 1980s, a newer style of R&B developed, becoming known as contemporary R&B. To me however R&B is the early 50s Vocal groups, Orioles, Cadilacs, Heartbeats, Penguins, etc etc..........through to the early soul sound of, Joe Tex, James Brown, Percy Sledge, Jackie Wilson.........etc, etc.

Ruby Turner Ooh Baby Baby In Fact....Just about anything by Ruby Turner.....pure class

Five of my current favourites, well under 50 quids worth. Jimmy Ruffin - Everybody needs love. Jimmy Cliff - Give and take Dells - Hallways of my mind Stevie Wonder - Contract on love Tams - Laugh at the world Should have enough left to buy another 5

Ooh yeah completely forgot about that one.

I would agree, I never heard the term Soulie back in the 70's. Soul boy/girl was widely used though, but you can't really refer to a 50 odd year old bloke as a soul boy can you ?

Trouble is people keep turning up telling us what we should be thinking, what we should be liustening to and even what we should call our scene and ourselves. Soulies is only naff because some trendy twat says it is. Bollocks i say. Well said

Has any body ever considered what the collective name for the people involved in our scene could be ? Soulie's ? - recently derided on here for being a bit naff, Northern soul fan ? - doesnt really do it justice, Past youth cults have had descriptive names which to some degree describe the lifestyle eg Mods, Skinheads, Rockers, Hippies, the list is endless. We were the rare soul scene and then became the Northern soul scene but what were/are the individuals described as

Had a phone call at work this morning from the Missus at home, "the postmans just delivered a massive parcel of records, what the f*****g h**ll do you thinf your playing at, how much have you spent this time" I quickly explained it was 50 cardboard sleeves for 15 quid. Luckily she didnt think to ask what I was going to put in them

Correction..........................There must be 14 signs. I'm a Virgo..........................Wifes a Psycho....

Echoing the sentiments of many on here. A legend and a great loss to soul music, and what a voice. Saw the Four Tops twice in the early 70s. Absolutly spine tingling vocals. R.I.P.

Absolutly love the Persuasions, in fact anything accappella, especialy of the soulfull variety. Check out some early Doo Wop accappella by a group called the Shells. Their version of bad girl is spine tingling.

Bloody gutted I am, its me me birthday Saturday, while I was trying to decide which local event to go to, the parents have decided to organise a family evening (pie and peas and dean martin) Yawn.

Remember it well,never missed a soul night there, downstairs dance floor was held together by gaffer tape, If not the whole building. Introduced my wife to northern soul there, Happy days

1969,14th birthday and I'm in a record shop with some birthday money I chose to buy Too busy thinking about my baby, first record I ever bought and loved anything by Marvin Gaye ever since. Then had to have Motown Chartbusters Vol 3, Not long after that started going to the Heartbeat club "rare soul nights" , which eventualy became Samanthas and all nighters about 72/73 I think. Remember hearing Creation "I got the fever" about this time. The lyrics summed up for me how the music made me feel inside. Iv'e still got the fever

Only my pillow knows how many tears Ive cried, Only my heart knows the awfull hurt I feel inside. Little Darlin, Marvin Gaye