Daved

I still buy CDs fairly often. The last two though weren’t the best. The James Hunter Six is mostly rubbish imo. I don’t mind the 60s retro sound but some of his is taking it too far back. I’m not a big jazz fan and I can only take it in limited doses. However I bought the Colin Curtis Jazz Dance Fusion 2CD because I have a great admiration for the man. Unfortunately, I soon got bored and couldn’t make it to the end in one hit.

I don't expect it will happen now. Rescheduled gigs seldom take place. It's purpose was to promote a new album and the momentum will be lost in Feb. Unless they bring out a box set of his solo stuff and he promotes that 😀. Unlikely. At least the promotor keeps the money for another 10 months 😬

All that fuss .........

It wasn't a re-recording. It was a different song with the same title.

Great choice. I'll give them that

I've played this a lot at home over the past 5 years or so. I never got into it originally. It could also be a good choice for the vocoder thread

I might have chosen For Once in my Life too. A song of great optimism. Instead I’ll go for Mon Cherie Armour which I still think of as a really happy love song. In terms of sad songs, they don’t get much sadder than Lately.

This is great recent use of it by Robert Glasper

I'm sorry but that's bloody rubbish, even with that piano sample. Her voice is appalling

Marlena Shaw

This could also go on the Feel Good Friday thread. The late, great Luther Vandross - Are You Using Me

I like this. Tail end of 2017 - new style music

Can you imagine going home after work and quoting the first line to your wife on Valentines day?

A fantastic record. One that does not need editing down or tampering with at all.

Now that would be fantastic to hear

The third one is a recent release that has nicked the riff from Cliff Nobles. Can't remember who it's by.

The Snake on a Lambrini advert

Now for something a lot more recent. Tune! 😀

I like this and it's recently been reissued

RIP Denise. Lots of great songs over the years but this is my favourite

My favourite previously unreleased record of the year - Split Decision Band

I'm going. I've wanted to see him for years and hope that when I finally do that he'll play a reasonable amount of his 70s/80s solo stuff.

The best do I’ve been to are the Saturday all day sessions at The Soul Bag in London. I had no idea what to expect as I didn’t know any of the DJs but I went along as I was at a rare loose end on their first do in March and it was brilliant. The May event with The New Jersey Connection playing in a small pub was excellent as was the July do. The Saturday Soul Affair in Piccadilly is also well worth a visit. They’re doing a combined event on 29 Dec which should be good.

This is my favourite Soul Junction release of the year

I never bother when playing 45s. Just press play and fade it over 2 or 3 seconds later.