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RIP Frankie. Far too young. This is one of my favourites of his. "What's Going On" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ya6l7lmFTlc

The two extra mixes aren't very good Alan. Not worth the wait or extra dosh imo.

I'm surprised nobody has put up what I think is track of the year so far: Paul Johson - Better Than This

Chuck Jackson definmately deserves to be in it. Ronald Isley is in it #12

No Leon Ware either. And out of the new breed, Jaheim.

Otis Redding should be in the top 10. I don't really have too much argument with the top 8 although not neccessarily in that order. Some strange ones in there too (Mario Biondi, WTF?) and some obvious ommissions, some of whom have already been mentioned plus Willie Hutch springs to mind.

Nice one Russell. are you still local? I went with Jo to one of the Margate do's at the Scout Hut but it got closed down by the police even before it begun. I also recall an allnighter at Charing, near Ashford around 1985.

Graham does still run Rocollect records in Strood. I bought a couple of Kent CDs from him recently. I think Bogarts was before my time - early 80s (pre 83). I never went but gather there waere many punch ups there or outside there. My first do was the King Charles Hotel mod nights on Thursdays in 1983. At first I thought it was fantastic because I'd never heard a lot of the songs before. After a while it got my nerves hearing the same songs in the same order every week. Keith & Jo also did Sunday nights in Churchills, Chatham for a while around 1985-6. They were good nights.

I saw this and enjoyed it a lot. I didn't expect to see interviews with Mitty Collier, Sugar Pie Desanto and Chuck Barksdale

Yes that's right Steve. That music had been been very popular before then but wasn't getting played in the modern room at the weekender.

I prefer Darrell as I heard him first. It was one of the first proper records I bought.

The Tent was great. Used to hear stuff like Gene Townsel, Chuck Cockerham, Bessie Banks, Gene Chandler, Bobby Rich, etc there. There was no Tent CD but many of them have appeared in other comps like the Goldmine Modern Soul series. The Togetherness CDs tend to focus on the modern room and new stuff.

Is that how you dance to Sad Girl? Lol Actually I thought it was ok. Soundtrack was brilliant . I've seen worse real life documentaries over the last ten years

Great song. No original 45 to the best of my knowledge aside from a recent release

Yawwnnn! Give over!

RIP Floyd. When We Touch is a great song.

BTW, I actually thought Bruno Mars was quite good last night doing an early 80s soul influenced number in a poppy way

Ok thanks. Yeah I know that but the link is a bit tenuous isn't it. Someone even mentioned William Bell in a thread about the song two months ago.

What's Velevet Hammer got to do with it?

Now that's proper

Donny Hathaway - Memory of our Love

Ben E King - Gettin To Me. I never tire of it

I remember the performance at The Dome too. Weren't The Flirtations on the same night?

It was crap the first time round

Not Lisa Stansfield!