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This is an excellent compilation; Kent always come up with the goods, as their decades-long record (no pun intended) illustrates. I listened to the sound samples, and had to add it to my extensive collection of Motown and NS, in various formats. Not least because of the songs I had never heard done by The Undisputed Truth, on the CDs...

WHAT!-(thanks for the info, since it makes me feel quite good, as I had the presence of mind to buy it a few years ago). The TV Programme: Very good to hear all tose tracks, but: As someone's already pointed out, Frank Wilson's DILYIID was a cover up; was it even known about then? The Swimming Pool Scene: 'Lets get it on' was not recorded then, was it? The dancing: where was the sense of rhythm? I wish I'd known about this episode, because I, and many contributors to this site, could have done a better bit of dancing (as extras), to these tracks. Chuck Woods-'7 days is too long', for a start! ..apart from that, good soundtrack....

I always recall a conversation I had with a former '60s Mod; he commented that many of the records that started Northern Soul were thought to be, at the time, 'crap' (his words). I don't particularly like Frank Wilson's version of 'Do I love you'. It's rarity has become a fetish, far exceeding, IMHO, the artistic merits of the recording. We all have different tastes, and since many of the tracks that make up Northern Soul were rejected, by their original audience, there's going to be a fair bit of aural crap in there, along with the absolute gems; that's life....

Sad news; I heard it whilst listening to Andy Peebles, by chance (he did play the Funk Brothers-Nowhere to run). I'm surprised othe soul/music sites haven't relayed this, sad, news....

As a post 'Post Wigan' fan of NS, I also enjoyed this write-up; interested to see PM's Top Ten; great choices,; (I've even got one of those.!) One thing that did rather upset me was the mention of punch-ups; I thought the idea was to appreciate the wonderful music-Hi ho! Despite that, great little piece of nostalgia; thankyou Paul Mason!

Thanks to everybody that contributed to this appeal; bearing in mind the economic times we're enduring this generosity shows what ordinary people can do, to support their own. Also, and of equal importance, this event shows how awful things can be, in the richest country in the world, if you are poor, or without work. America is an awful country, where the homeless sleep in tents, and people die for want of medical care, because it's a vast cash empire, where many people are crippled by the bills; some right-wing nuts even criticise our, as they call it, 'socialised medicine'. With the passing of another artist, from the Rare Soul Scene , we lovers of this kind of music should always remember the prejudice African Americans faced (some of them even moved to the UK). The tracks we all love are wonderful artistry, produced in what, in many ways, is an awful country, which claims to be a beacon of freedom and democracy, but, frankly, is anything but. Finally; I wonder of anyone's ever added up all the money paid for the records we've all bought, and that have been traded, since the start of the Rare Soul Scene; perhaps there should be a levy on these transactions, to assist the artists who produced these wonderful tracks(!)

By coincidence, I was listening to my vast number of NS Compliation CDs; one of the last tracks I listened to was 'The Bottle'; sad news, but at least we've got something to remember him by.....