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Kenny Carter - Showdown - The Complete 1966 RCA recordings Review 30 years after recording, Ady Croasdell unleashed the unreleased masters of RCA upon the famed 100 Club dance floor. Amongst them Kenny's What's That On Your Finger. 2020 sees the complete 22 tracks Kenny laid down in those sessions finally released. View full article

This weeks Sound Of Soul ™ with Dean Anderson and a tribute to Wigan Casino on what would have been its 47th Anniversary (plus one day) and a whole lot more besides.

I've just had a play on the decks and put together a mix of recent releases from Kent, Cordial, Cannonball, Shotgun, Hit & Run, Soul Junction, Soul 4 Real and more. Darrell Banks - It’s Not Fair To Me - Cannonball Roland Johnson - Can’t Get Enough - MD The Soul Sensations - Baby I Love You PT 1 Hodges, James, Smith & Crawford - What Made You Think - Kent Select Bobby Burn - I’m A Dreamer - Diggin’ Deep Jerry Williams - Oh Lord What Are You Doing To Me - Soul 4 Real Rikki Aaron - Say What’s On Your Mind (Ourra Mix) - Cordial Impulse - I Really Love You - Kandi Elbowed Out - All Men Don’t Love The Same - Soul Junction Jo Jo Benson - Your Losing Me - Hit & Run Syl Johnson - Try My Love Again - Hit & Run Johnny Baker - It’s Your Night - Expansion Bill Brown & The Soul Injection - Dreamworld Fantasies - Brownstown (Super Disco Edits) Bernard Drake - The Natural Thing - Hit & Run Teddy Pendergrass - We Got Love - Shotgun The Hyperions - Why You Wanna Treat Me The Way You Do - Ace/Kent Carolyn Crawford - Ready Or Not Here I Come - Kent Select Bill Brown & The Soul Injection - Stay Off The Moon - Brownstown (Super Disco Edits) John Edwards - Tin Man - Kent Select Bobby Burn - I’m A Lonely Man - Diggin’ Deep Teddy Pendergrass - Should I Go Or Should I Stay - Shotgun Bill Brandon - All You Need Is Here - Hit & Run Woodward Avenue Players - Fire Him Hire Me - Cannonball Detroit Denise & Abe - Ain’t That Lovin’ - Westbound (Ace) Jo Jo Benson & Co - (If You Need Someone) I’ll be The One - Hit & Run Arthur Alexander - You Better Listen To Me - Chant (Ace) Servicemen - Connie - Ace/Kent

Think Mick got a dub off Mark Hanson bit later. Any roads, tow superb sides for a tenner, one of the best releases in a while, 15/16 year old Teddy Pendergrass, who'd have though he had a slice of magic like this in the vaults.

Not to forget the excellent flip side too 👏

Don't think Mick played it, not that I remember, definitely Andy. I got alternate take of the Delegates of Soul and an unissued Aristocrats from same batch of unissued stuff. Most of it was to play out and promote the unissued Uplook Records material which would later come out on CD.

You can get the original Gladys Lp for a tenner or so 🙄

Bury is the only one I will get involved with. I have no interest whatsoever in doing a live stream and most I’ve heard the sound quality is piss poor.

But Jobete own the publishing, that wouldn't go anywhere else would it even if Motown didn't record it. If Frank Wilson and Marc Gordon were staff writers wouldn't the song be registered with Jobete straight away rather than those two sell it to Jobete?

Surprised me that, it wasn't on DFTMC website and not sure why a recording for Tollie would be with Motown? Realise there is a lot of Jobete material from the West Coast office out there on other labels, Paris "Sleepless Nights" and Sandy Wynn "Touch Of Venue" two examples on Doc. I assumed Toast To The Lady was simply one of those of no interest to Motown and Frank did it himself as Eddie Wilson. I wonder if there is a Motown recording artist doing Sleepless Nights?

Bit lax of late so just catching up with Dean's shows from the last few weeks and the good news is he is back in the studio now, no guests allowed yet but hopefully soon.

Frank Wilson – A Toast To The Lady Is this from the Motown Vaults or is it the Tollie Recording? It might be a Jobete publishing but surely thats as close to Motown as it got?

Nick Stevenson has three copies at Lifeline.

Terrible quality, sounds like its recorded in a toilet

One of Sam’s cover ups, John sold three if memory serves in last few months via auction, maybe he has quantity, maybe they belong to others?

Another Bee Vee and Honey, thats three now auctioned isn’t it?

But if you look at the info it is UMG on behalf of Motown, if you are going to promote a label leave the UMG out of it and push the brand. like you say nice enough voice but it is nothing different to any other mainstream black artists out there. They need to look what companies like Timmion, Big Crown etc are doing with black music.

Are any labels how we knew them? I would think most are owned by conglomerates with no identity anymore. Given the history I’m surprised though it has taken UMG so long to make use of the name in the world of black music.

Yeah just read that, alongside the US talent. Call me a cynic but is this exploiting the situation with BLM’s with black music being more in the spotlight recently? Not a bad thing by any means but why has it taken so long for the premier black music label to get its act together once again?

Is this to milk more money from the same old same Motown or to explore its vast catalogue? Maybe they have seen what good the reissue labels like Kent etc have been doung?

How do you get round the Dj and music when there isn’t supposed to be either? Music should be background and quiet, so quiet no one has to raise their voice or lean in to tne other to hear?

That’s him mate, had some laughs with him.

Yep as long as space allows as many as you can get in. But we all know all those in attendance know each other, are mixing and no social distancing. Enough phots on social media to prove this. as you say puzzling how they get away with it especially as they are running an event with more than 30 in attendance. 50 lots of 6 eating out or having a drink in their own bubble aren’t attending an event.

You can have thirty in a pub, but in groups of 6 only and plenty of space between the tables. But I would imagine this is meant for eating out or just a group of 6 out for a drink, not 40 or 50 etc out for a soul night. That is how I read it

It should be nothing more than background music, not a full set of decks and a DJ.