Soulsmith

It wasn't working last night either.

Rupert Murdoch bought My Space a couple of years ago & he admits to being concerned about the amount of people joining Face Book.

Here is my take on it....... Nicole Willis track def has an under produced sound to it. Most Levine tracks sound over produced. Sometimes, less is more.

I remember hearing him speaking in an amusing way about northern, along the lines of...all the records sounded like they were made by 3 black guys stuck in a toilet. Sounded quite funny at the time.

My refusal to consider racism is based on pesonal experience. From my locality it was a 5 hour coach trip up north & I sometimes sat next to a young lady who was black and lived with the guy who organised the coach trips. They are still together & I still see them occassionaly. If there was even the slightest bit of racism during the night I am sure that we would all have been aware of it. Instead of casting aspertions in a style akin to McCarthyism, why don't you pick up the the phone to Jazzy B & find out what actually went on? I'm sure he can't be that difficult to track down. You also try Lenny Henry because I know he also went. Come back with some facts. I'm sure you'd enjoy a moral crusade, but frankly you are just going to make yourself look ridiculous.

My opinion is that it doesn't really matter.

Shame that one. I saw her on stage mid 80s at some w/ender in SW England.......and she was awesome.

Thanks for reply. Appreciate your thoughts are earnest, but still can't find myself close to agreeing with you. Assuming that of course Jazzy B did actually make it to the Casino (theres no proof, ancecdotal or otherwise) maybe there were other reasons why people didn't like him? Let me float this one past you......maybe it was because he was a southerner. At the time there was a massive South/North divide.....perceived Have/Have Not. Northern soul to me is a primarily celebration of black music & to a lesser extent black culture. I refuse to wrestle with my conscience if just one person couldn't get there head around it.

The bloke is either confused, economical with the truth or possibly both. Just listened to to the documentary again. "Northern soul , there ain't a black person there"............thats not true. "I remember trying to go up north & be involved in these parties, you just weren't welcome"........whats he really talking about? When have you ever heard a northern soul do called party? You can't please every body all the time. Nor can you rely on one persons opinion to to be a truthful recollection. Here is something that you may wish to analyse........The BBC could have interviewed 2000 people who did go to Wigan, but they chose the one person who probably didn't go. Why would they do that?

I was expecting some sarcastic comment from you, but that actually made me laugh.

Can't you just accept it for what it was? Just a lot of young white people & a few black people all getting on well & having a good time. Why analyse the hell out of it?

Cheers for that Neil (and Keith) really enjoyed that.

Where are you getting your new vinyl from? I use Crazy beat...https://www.crazybeat.co.uk/ They are across the board & dont deal with unofficial pressings. Service is excellent & they stick up sound files of new issues, which is essential for me. Would appreciate your replies. Col.

Best thing I've heard for ages.

Not sure its quite that cut n dry Pete. Couple of modern dos that I frequent, Monumental & Chi Soul often throw in a few 60s tracks. All seems to work out fine.

You were spot on with the pitching up

Maybe an album track, but I've just bought it on a 45, def called 'Breaking My Back'

Thought that I'd heard that quote before, but no it was something completely different - "That guy impressed me, and I'm not easily impressed. Oh my god, a BLUE CAR!" Homer Simpson.

Lou Rawls - Breaking My Back Is this track known? Any idea on price? Here's a snippet Not bad eh? 02_Track_02.mp3

Not that I can really recall any cover versions of Marvin Gaye tracks, but was just wondering if there were any successful attempts. By successful I mean almost as good as the original.

Well since you ask, the moment for me was seeing Martha & The Vandellas live at Wigan '77ish Never looked back. I'm just in awe of live soul in the right settings.

Pete Kelross (Bisley promoter) part of the Soul Patrol on Johnny Vaughn show.

Local general 'collectors' record shop took a few staff to states mid 80s. Trawled through a massive wearhouse full of vinyl, found loads of rare stuff but no northern. After about 3 days they had covered the whole floor & just had one suit case to look through. Opened it up & found a note......"Ha, Ha No Northern In Here"

Dear Slim, Unless I'm mistaken.... You should upload your mp3 into Refo Soul, where it can be listened to but not downloaded. At the moment people can download your track to their hard drive. If loads of people post up in a similar way it will cause copywright issues for site owners.

You've uploaded an mp3 If my previous history of uploading mp3s is anything to go by.....you're in a bit of trouble