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Thanks both. Mickey, yep lots of other good stuff out there too. I enjoyed the Will Downing and Kim Tavar albums too. THere's so much great UK soul out there at the moment and my mix has mostly UK acts, which wasn't deliberate. I dodn't bother with the Sheree Brown after hearing the first single. Mal, yes quite. I'd like to see her wear it live 😅

Now that we've finally reached May almost after a seemingly never ending lockdown, I was thinking about the great music I've enjoyed at home so far this year. Some of it is brand new like Myles Sanko, Stone Foundation, some released on a 45 for the first time like the wonderful D.C.R., Sean Oliver, Natasha Watts, some remixed like Teena Marie and Incognito and others previously unreleased like Phillip Ballou. None of them played out loud and live at an event. Hopefully, it won't be much longer.

I've had to listen to this a few times before I really appreciated it, but this a really classy CD from beginning to end. Although I knew the Isaac Hayes track from the Sweet Taste of Sin CD from 20 years ago, hearing it again sounds an absolute deep soul classic to me. You can't help thinking, when you hear songs like this, that he really must've been going through this anguish in real life. The pain is so evident in the last minute or so. I'm Gonna Have To Tell Her - YouTube

It's pretty good. Personally, I think the vocoder effect when you sing "why..." will put quite a few soul fans off, but overall I like the vibe. Good luck with it Beth.

It's also available on iTunes

This is quite brilliant. 365 is a stand out for me. The whole package is such a good reminder of how great she was.

The best song I've heard on an advert recently is Candi Staton's "A Little Taste of Love" which featured on a short lived Sainsbury's ad.

I'm getting a bit confused now. Mine has the star and U4KM-901-1C-A1A in the deadwax. Which one is it?

Some good tunes there. Cookin' on 3 Burners came out in 2009.

Loving all the clippings posted.

I saw the show in Greenwich and it was amazing. I would never have thought that even 5-6 years earlier that the subject could be successfully made into a stage show, but it was so well done. Much better than most tv/film efforts.

I went a couple of times in 2001/2, mainly for the modern room. Really enjoyed it. Well worth the trip up from Kent. On fact quite a few of us southerners travelled up on both occasions.

Back in the early / mid 80s, I was surprised when the occasional new record started to get played in the northern soul rooms. Although it took a bit of getting used to at the time, these sounds soon became the most popular of the night. Some got mainstream recognition, some became anthems and others not really discovered until over 15 years later. This mix includes some big well known names like Harold Melvin, Detroit Spinners and Gladys Knight, northern soul stalwarts like Chuck Jackson, Barbara Lynn and Mary Love to the usual obscure artists that nobody has ever heard of since.

Album of the year imo is Ledisi's - The Wild Card featuring this dancer. A real solid album with lots of great tracks. She's been pretty consistent for 20 years now.

They never played together in the UK, but they did in the States. I saw Luther 3 times and Anita twice during that period and they were separate gigs.

Sweet Things is the much better record imo. Proper uptempo Detriot Northern.

Of course. Thanks Mark. 😀

I've been trying to think of the sample on this for 30 mins now. I've got the tune in my head from verse to chorus and still can't think what it is. I know it's very well known. Somebody help me please? I'm going to kick myself.

Jimmy James & Vagabonds is it - thanks. It's a really good version, I think. Also I had no idea that B.J. Thomas was before Chuck's.

Many years ago I had a tape with a version of Chains of Love on it. Not Chuck Jackson or B.J. Thomas. It sounded 70s. Any idea who it would've been?

Some of the latest vinyl I've bought via mail order during recent semi lockdown. Starting off with some northern soul, modern soul, early releases from a very young Grace Jones and Luther Vandross and finishing with some uptempo new releases (downloads)

It's good to see this given a new lease of life. She's a talented singer. Her first album in 2003, Maya Who?!, was one of the best of a crop of great independent CDs around that period.

Also Modern Soul Vol 4 on Goldmine, along with the flip

54. I'll Keep Running Back

Some excellent sets there. Even in 2000, you had to get out to hear some of these records as they weren't on youtube or (for a lot of them) on CDs. I remember the Andy Rix CDR which was given away on this site which contained a load of goodies featured in the 6 Pac sets.