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has anyone seen this film? about a group of aboriginal girls in the 1960s who want to form a singing group to perform for US troops in Vietnam? it is pretty entertaining. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1673697/?ref_=nv_sr_1 best line? "90% of all recorded music is shite...the other 10% is soul"

thanks!

i have this track on the "philadelphia roots" comp on soul jazz. was it ever re-issued/booted as a 45? (i didn't see it listed on "soulfulkindamusic" as an official release) thanks!

thanks for the tip - just got a copy for less than 5 dollars... https://www.ebay.com/itm/181243277660?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

played the andre odom version last night. just like a baby bird..... cheap-cheap!

what? you may have me mistaken with someone else? my name is Leo... do you know me?

Dude, in Monterey, California, i AM the scene!

yes! that is why i started the other thread on disco. i thought i hated disco....until i learned otherwise by stumbling on some tunes. now i just put on my miner's tin hat, turn on the head-lamp.... and away i go!

i am right there with you! i am so ignorant of soul music compared to most of the people on this forum, it is crazy. i just cruise ebay/youtube and find songs i like and bid 10 dollars here, 20 dollars there, but they are almost all new to me (was born in the 70s and never was on a soul scene, so just plowing through it all now - learning and loving every minute of it). in a way, it is perfect for me to DJ here in california, because the people at the venue know less than i do. i just play anything (mostly 60s soul, a bit of 70s crossover/funk) and if they like it they dance or at least bob their heads and ask me what it is. it's all very low key. ...that's why i am always posting threads with questions about the dynamics of the british scene, because everyone over there seems to be so laser-focused and knowledgeable about soul, it must be a way different vibe.

hey, i live up in Monterey. I had an old girlfriend whose mother lived in Ojai. I almost got bitten by a black widow there. Very beautiful (the place, not the spider)

i, of course, just spin for fun here in california - so i play just whatever strikes my fancy. something i got for $2 dollars or $200. no one cares because no one in my crowd knows soul any more rare than "baby love" by the supremes. at the "big" events in england, however, do the DJs ever spin cheap/common records mixed in their set? (like i mean super cheap/common - like "right back where we started from" by maxine nightingale, or "be thankful for what you've got" by william devaugh) or is everything rare and pricey? what are the most cheapie/common things "top shelf" DJs play? do you ever get hassled for it? just curious!

Just curious... Are you west coast in the US? Always seeing who is out and about for soul stuff on the California mid to northern-coast...

oh my....i actually started doing all these moves in my kitchen and spilled my coffee on myself! the guy in the vid looks like Anthony Hopkins in "A Bridge too Far"!

just picked up a copy of this.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcHP5c-R6YA

yes! somebody shared this with me and it is AWESOME! ...it is shocking to me that i am liking this stuff! i guess tastes do change....

what does "stepper" mean? i've heard people say it, but don't know what it means...

dude - your guess is as good as mine. let's put it this way, 5 years ago i had never even heard anything from after 1972 (i was in diapers in the 70s, and up until a few years ago only listened to gritty 60s stuff). to my ears, things like pointer sisters "send him back" and sister sledge "love don't go..." sound super disco (and i really like them now!), but maybe i am way off base calling them disco. anyway, i am just enjoying all the tunes people are putting up!

love it! and i want a huge poster of this LP cover up in my office!

awesome thanks!

thanks all - good start!

I don't normally listen to disco, but have recently watched a couple of videos on youtube that (*sigh*) really made me wanna dance. sister sledge - love don't you go through changes on me (1974?) hodges james and smith - since i fell for you (197?), etc are there some other good (cheapies) like this i could pick (45 only)? probably only female vocals... thanks to all the disco queens out there! if you leave a comment only to make fun of me....i don't blame you!

excellent response! we call this the "proportional reduction in error" problem in statistics. comparing correctly predicted variance to either guessing the modal category, or relying on random chance (as in this case). you should be a social scientist! (maybe you are?) you would be surprised how many researchers report results that are WORSE than random chance as being "significant"...

i am assuming this one with (yum yums) https://www.ebay.com/itm/Yum-Yums-Holly-St-James-Big-Thing-Thats-Not-Abc-Demo-2nd-/121191784407?pt=UK_Records&hash=item1c3797dfd7

another that (too me) just "sounds expensive"... love the dramatic organ in the intro before the band kicks in! Leona Dunn - baby don't play around

Nice - i just played Liz Lands at my monthly gig (in July, I believe)