Daved

In terms of allocating artists to labels, I gather there wasn't any system or raionale behind it.

Did Johnny Bristol really sing at the Orwell? When was that?

Thanks Mark. Great no. 1 in the soul chart. No Elements of Life "You came Into My Life" featured? I guess the CD has so many great tracks.

My 15 year old son loves that stuff too. He will be impressed when I tell him what I've learnt today

Aren't the Deep Intentions nights held at Kings Cross? What's the South London conection?

Yeah I don't particularly like that song either but Mary has done plenty of other good ones. The Xmas album is the first one I didn't buy. The two before that were awful. Jill Scott, however, goes from strength to strength

There was actually a lot of great soul music released in 2001. Not much of it features here though with the exception of the wonderful Jill Scott, Sunshine Anderson, Mary J. Blige and Joe.

I didn't see Stephen Fry but wondered why Steve Coppell, in the mac, was there.

What a strange choice. It sounds like a cross between Nutbush City Limits and Lady Marmalade

Haven't heard for years. I still like it.

Why? They're different somgs which just have the same title? Also, it sounds nothing like William Bell

It's incredible how quickly things changed. As you said the top 50 is full of pop/chart hits and the big club sounds are much lower down the list like Jocelyn Brown, Temptations, Rose Royce & Terri Wells. Even Luther Vandross and Bobby Womack didn't make the top 100.

I've got it too but it's still a boot and pretty worthless IMO. For a scene that prides itself on playing originals then it would have to be the CD that would played out.

Really? That's a bold statement. She's a quite a good pop singer.

So are they just a sort of semi professional kind of CDR? I agree the track listing looks great for the example above but quite a few of the tracks have appeared elsewhere.

A couple of my faves are: Northern Soul Satisfaction (although I can't believe the price) https://www.amazon.co.uk/Northern-Soul-Satisfaction-Tracks-Golden/dp/B000024L70/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1387529242&sr=1-1&keywords=northern+soul+satisfaction King Northern Soul https://www.amazon.co.uk/King-Northern-Vol-1-Various-Artists/dp/B00004TS8B/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1387529368&sr=1-1&keywords=king+northern+soul There's hundreds of brilliant CDs out there

What are these CDs?

I'm surprised Russ hasn't claimed that Al Green used to visit the Casino!

Agreed. I've always said that if an alien visited us and asked what soul music is, then the best way to answer them is to play an Otis Redding record.

All Dressed Up In Love was great!

Great thread. Keep it coming lads

I think it’s important for a night or an allnighter. It adds to the experience as you described. Another important point is that they must be coherent. I’ve lost count of the times that I’ve never understood a word.

I heard Bobby Hebb's "Love, Love,Love" in M&S yesterday

Which CD is that Steve?