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A bit of a repetitive, boring Chic take off I'm afraid 😀

I quite agree. There's plently on non soul music I like. I think it just demonstrates what Spotify's (and probably other streaiming services) definition of soul is. It's proably determined by a programme of some kind.

It's not a soul record.

The mid 90s onwards was great for me. Some very good modern rooms alongside northern room at allnighters e.g. Bretby, Stoke and Winsford. In London, there were a lot of soul nights including These Old Shoes, Capitol Soul Club & Scenseville where the northern, I think, was pretty fresh. There were also lots of new CD compilations to help further my knowledge.

Ah yes, you could well be right Neil. I wonder if Ian Dewhirst will feature 😀

Back in 2002, I compiled my first CDR on my new home PC. This is a mix of those newies and oldies I compiled 17 years ago including Jill Scott, Rahsaan Patterson, Angie Stone, Angela Johnson, Maysa, D'Influence, Bobby Womack, Jean Carne and John Edwards. They all still sound fantastic today.

I saw the first episode yesterday and thought it was quite good. Who are the trio supposed to be?

That's just your own interpretation.

I know this was popular back in the day but this is seriously bad 😂

Yeah, I really enjoyed them too. This should be great.

On the whole I agree, but I do like this version of Fantastic Johnny C, Perhaps it works better with 70s records

Bob Sinclar. Total rubbish.

RIP James. The Quincy Jones stuff was the best but he continued to collaborate with the en vogue producers like Teddy Riley and MAW.

What did I tell you?😀

Not that I know of. There's a couple of good ones in Feb.

No surprise. I predicted this last year. We should've had a refund then. Very disappointing. At least the Louie Vega gig is still on at end January.

I didn't know she covered it. Interesting - thanks for putting it up. Her version is much better though.

I wouldn't have thought there was much overlap between Blackpool Mecca and Studio 54.

Here’s a short tribute I did for her last year.

Soft & Gentle Ways is a brilliant piece of music

Love Starved from the posthumous Beautiful album is fantastic. Also, First Class Love which was also released posthumously and included her previously unreleased pre 1979 Motown material, mostly produced by Ronnie McNeir, is well worth checking out.

But surely not everyone who wants to own this 45 is a DJ? Even one that will play records only.

I kinda agree. It's readily available on all sorts of formats at decent prices so there's easy ways for everyone to listen to it whenever they like. Why pay big bucks for a very recent 45? It's not worth the price difference. Also, personally, I think there's much better recent stuff out there on 45 that you can get for a decent price e.g. Super Disco Edits

Yeah she did lose her way a bit in the 80s/90s but she was bang on form again with her albums in the 2000s. La Dona, Sapphire and Congo Square are all excellent.