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question of terminology: what does 'club soul handbaggers' refer to? never heard this before. thanks!

sometimes you just don't hear the bass well enough in many soul productions. one song in which i LOVE the bass recording is the break in the middle of 'stop you're hurting my heart' by dee andrews (1:00-1:12). sounds like the guy is playing right in your living room! (anyone know who was on bass on these Tangerine sessions?) DEE ANDREWS - STOP YOUR HURTING MY HEART - TANGERINE PROMO -

anna king - come get these memories. subtle but distinctive james brown production.

i would shell out bucks for a nice (well done) poster of a soul lp cover. i remember being in college in SF in the early nineties and the record stores all sold these MASSIVE posters of old jazz lp covers (trendy things like Coltrane's 'blue train' or miles davis 'birth of the cool'). these things were HUGE (like 8 feet high). that would be awesome to get an eight foot tall Brenda Holloway greeting you every morning over the coffee cup!

yeah, such a great bassline the Jam ripped it off for 'town called malice'!

i can sort of agree... to a point. besides soul, i have a huge collection of hardcore, grindcore, black metal, crust and related stuff (think bands like 'kiss it goodbye', 'born against', 'man is the bastard', 'torches to rome', 'antioch arrow', 'second story window', 'wounded knee', 'blown-apart bastards', 'luzifers mob', etc). i'm sure most folks on here would find this stuff un-listenable, but it is undeniably very primal and emotive music, but not really 'soul'.

that's ok, i usually get my spinning down pat after a few drinks. or maybe its the room spinning... don't know which!

awesome, thanks!

this thread got me thinking...i should move to italy and get a job in a post office and wait for small, square, flat, packages... easier to build my collection that way!

just wondering if strong love was a cover. if so, who did the original? thanks!

great info! i have some cap-toe oxfords that are somewhat comfy. would love to get some of the nice looking loafers i see on tv/movies from england - but can never seem to find here in the states!

been watching lots of videos on youtube about wigan, etc (never been, as i was in diapers and living in ohio at the time!). two questions: - what kind of shoes did people wear? sometimes it looks like hard sole dress shoes (wingtips, oxfords, etc) and some people look like they are wearing bowling shoes? what did people look for in a dancing shoe? that dancing looks SO INTENSE that it seems like those shoes would kill your feet. - what were in those gym bags? records? ok - just a couple of silly questions from an outsider!

lucky! wish i could find it cheap!

i know! i've seen it on federal, but soulfulkindamusic has it listed as an alternate release on dimension. just didn't know anything about it. ps - still love your show!

the jewels alternate release Dimension 1048 "but i do/looky looky". is this rare? anyone know the price?

yeah! i played "pigtails and fairytails" by chairmen of the board and they really dug it. thanks!

johnny sayles - the concentration dee dee sharp - let's twine (another twine effort!)

awesome suggestions/help from everyone. always know i can rely on this crowd to help out a DJ in need!

DUDE.... you are a genius. in the US they had this company called K-Tel that would release comps like that called the "Superbad" series. i bet i could get those cheap. and some motown comps. i'd be in business for about 30 dollars!

ha ha. be much obliged. right here in sunny Seaside California. you'll know you are there when you hear the gunfire and police sirens!!

what strikes me about what you say is the tempo! these folks really don't care for anything uptempo! why is that? so much R&B and soul was fast - but since 1970 there hasn't been any uptempo black music (that i can think of). its kind of weird!

just found this list of categories on wikipedia... gonna do some digging! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs

that's a great suggestion AND leads to a bigger question i have been thinking about. Billboard ranks for categories like "pop" "country" etc. But some categories come and go (like isn't there a "hip hop" category?) question is... back in the 1960s-70s, was there a "soul" category?

my southern/deep stuff is the ONLY thing saving me there! irma thomas/johnnie taylor/robert parker/sam&dave/jimmy hughes/etc are the only reason they haven't asked me leave!

precisely.... can you name some? (not being flippant - i really don't know anything about this stuff!!) i mostly know about the early end of the 60s and know more about girl-group and R&B than i do about the smooth early 70s stuff. or some temptations tracks that will please them? (i don't have any temps singles after get ready/fading away). the closest i have is: 1) delfonics 'i was there' on cameo (which i think is from like 1967 anyway) 2) manhattans 'million to one' (deluxe) man, i am lost on this stuff! i think my problem is that i was born in 1971, so i don't even remember this stuff from listening to the radio. it's just totally alien to me.