Rick Scott

The fact the instrumental was laid down at all tells us something, it was made maybe to Loan Out to other record Labels to put theire own vocals on which was done quite often in those days as you all know OR, it was done that way when 'Thank The Lord For Love' was conceived to use until they got the vocals laid down how they wanted them. Other examples of this are, Frankie And The Classicals - What Shall I Do (CALLA) 1966 Honey Townsend - The World Again (MALA) 1966 Laura Green - Moonlight, music, in you (RCA) 1967 The Subway Riders - After The Session (MOON SHOT) 1969 Then there was another track with Farm yard Animals over the instrumental too but Glad to say i can't remember Who Did that one, Ha Ha There are Loads of Songs out there that Share The same backing tracks, And maybe there are Some out there STILL waiting to be Discovered, now THAT WOULD Be Something!

Yes, Very Nicely Put, Went Once Too, Dusty concrete floor to dance on, Acoustics Appalling, Only good Thing Was Seeing The Acts that Turned Up, Oh, and leaving the building at the end for the journey Home

Would seem so Alan and thanks for that Video of her, looks fairly recent and you are right not a lot around about Her, She must have been Quite young when she recorded "Don't Say no" and she has still got a good Voice, of course this is all goes work on my part. Wonder if that Music Store she is in is owned by Her or She Just works there and Took the Opportunity to Knock a Tune Out, nice to see she is keeping an interest in music by the look of things 🎺🙂 Cheers for that Alan.......Rick

Was playing this at the Weekend and thought what a nice Raw Funky record it is, called "Don't Say No" Released Twice On RE-Cord Record Label Jan 1975 No. 1- WB Which States A Side - Don't Say No Vocal & B - Oh Darling No. 2 -WB Which states A Side - Don't say No Vocal & B - Don't Say No (Inst) * I Own The Vocal And Inst. Release * Can't find Sound Bite For Oh Darling To Confirm If This Is A Different Song ? Does't Always Crop Up In Good Nick These Days But certainly sounds good to me. Rick

You and me both my friend, It all just works fine for me, love it, Cheers

"John Edwards" was the version i used to play but chased the "Satin" One like everyone else at the time only the Voice on the other end of the Phone always Said, Sorry Rick, It's Gone, Hey, So many Great versions of this Song and All Belters, James Phelps, Magnetics. Probably heard Satin The First time at The Canal Tavern Thorne....Could have been earlier, It's all a Blur 🙃 And Yes the Mystery ? Men Plot Thickens And More to it Than meets the Eye, Thanks!

Yea! Tell me about it 🤣

I Actually posted this up in "New Releases" Post back in January around The 19th And didn't get ONE Bite, Not a Nibble This was a 7" Single Put out by The Preservation Project Record Label in the USA on a 7" Single and was supposed to be unavailable for sale outside the USA although some made it to the uk but disappeared almost Immediately. Both sides Un-Released Before and Both Sides Artists unknown Top Side 'Suddenly' - 'B' side 'Just Another' (which is a very good ballad) Cost me Grand Total of £17.49 with p&p In UK Sound Quality not the best but Hey... A Great Tune I Put in My Original Post that 'Suddenly' Put me in mind of 'Set Me Free' By Ralph "soul" Jackson Hope This Has All Been of Some Help Rick

Sorry I just dug the box out with it in and yes you are Correct "PINK" is the one i own. Think my Brain Cells are on the way out😜 😃 Would have been a rare one if it was Orange

I Have The Pink Label Copy of "Thank The Lord For Love" Which i played at The Cleethorpes Pier All Niters and Cleethorpes Winter Gardens Dayers And All Niters Circa '75 To '78 Onwards, It was Massive at The Blackpool Mecca also as mentioned Earlier and other venues too

Good Question as can't find a sound sample anywhere 🙄 Seems like this one is comparable to the 'Subway Riders' "After The Session" When you bought it back in the day, you never knew if you were going to get the Instrumental to 'Moonlight Music In You' Or Not ?

Went up to Soul Bowl every couple of weeks or so never offered one to my knowledge, and had lots of Soul Bowl Soul/Northern soul Packs back then and don't remember getting a copy hence this Thread, But john sent out loads of those packs as Clear outs as much as anything so maybe someone will shed some light

Here's One one of those records that really makes you wonder about and just who were, The MYSTERY ? MEN Of course we all know this record as the Instrumental to Living color - Thank The Lord For Love (Madhatter) 1971 Cleethorpes And Mecca Classic The MYSTERY ? MEN Release is 4 Years Later (1975) but was not picked up on as far as i am aware in a big way Was issued on the 'B' Side of 2nd issue of Thank The Lord For Love (Chicago Sounds) but these were all very Off Centre

Thanks Guys for ALL your comments, interesting info gleamed along the way and a few laughs thrown in also. What i love about records like this and has me going back to them time and time again is Nick went into the Studio and recorded the Song the way He Felt it needed to be, Raw Honest To Goodness Soul, Warts and All Lets face it i would rather have it That Way, Not All Spit And Polish, Great records Don't Have To Be Perfect but just has that something to Grab You, It makes me think about records like Little Richies "Just Another Heartache" With That "Duff" Trumpet Note that Everyone Joked about at the time , Yea we all Knew it was coming while we were on the dance floor, and yes Richie could have asked for a Re-Take but Hey, we would have been Robed of a Great Talking Point. On Top Of That Makes you wonder how Much Leg Pulling the Horn Player got for that Famous 'Bum Note', this is just what music is all about. Rick 🎺😱

And arrived Safe And Well this Morning, Nice One , Well Happy

Anyone Received Theirs Yet ?

And That's the nice thing about Record Collecting, being Honest about How you hear a record and how other people may hear them are two different things, we can't all have the same taste which is the way it should be, And As The Saying Goes, One persons Junk Can be Another Persons Treasure 😃

I dug this of my shelf a day or two back and put up in the Favourites 2021 Thread and a Fellow Member recommended i put it up here so, here it is, quite a hard single to come by by all accounts Enjoy a Wonderful Slab of Soul Music Of the Highest Order..... Rick

And the 'Must Have' Arrived for me this morning Despite the Snow and Ice 🏂

Country Singer/Song Writer Jim Weatherly, Better Known in Soul Circles for Writing Gladys Knights Wonderful "Midnight Train To Georgia" Has Passed Away Aged 77, Condolences to His Family, Friends, and Fans The World Over

*WOW * Seriously Funky And he's 79 Years old, He Would put a lot of young Pups to Shame. And the Band deserves a mention too, tight as you like and then some, a Must Have for Me.

"Suddenly" By Unknown Artist (The Preservation Project) 7" PP009A * B Side not Bad either, another Unknown Artist "Just Another" I know the sound quality on this single Is not the greatest but the more i play "suddenly" Ralph "Soul" Jackson Of "set Me Free" fame comes to mind Vocally and production wise

Now here's the thing, any one you are trying to put off Northern Soul who has never heard of it is more likely to be into POP Music which judging by the poppier end of Northern Soul records mentioned in the thread are going to be right up their street or am i missing something 🙄 just a thought

New Release from now and again records of unreleased tracks On Lp And CD By 'The Music Makers Band', The LP will Knock you back best part of £50 (and More) in the UK but the cd more affordable with extra tracks Some Extended/remixed, Love this Track "You Can Be" Instrumental Tasty Too, Play It & Love It... Rick

"Hang Up Your Hang Ups"*** Smile A Lot*** And Please Don't Forget that Long Lost Friend Or Family Member , Particularly Those Who Live Alone That You Haven't Spoken To For A While, But Most Of All Stay Safe And Enjoy Yourselves. Have A Soulful Christmas And A Funky New Year One And All And If You Don't Have Too Much Falling Over Juice 😉 Don't Forget To Take The Dog For A Walk🐕