Chalky

Hello and welcome to the site, glad to see you are making yourself at home. Do you kind posting a brief introduction about yourself juts so that everyone knows a bit about you, who you are, where you are from etc. Members Shouts and Intros I hope you enjoy Soul Source.

Oh dear, more blame on my part for turning someone to the dark side Seriously though, thanks Mark and Mark and others for the kind words regarding the podcasts and glad people are enjoying them. It is good they are helping some appreciate soul music after 1969 as there is a mountain of quality soul recordings post 60's out there. Check out the links and recommendations others have mentioned, my modern soul (if you can call it that) is pretty much restricted to the 70's and 80's although I do listen to and collect new stuff.

Anyone know if the web site has moved to another host? The old one has expired it would seem.

I fail to see what the fuss is all about

I asked Blues and Soul other day if they were join g to get with the times and offer the mag as a download, I like to get my reading on the iPad now, they said they are looking for a company to produce the download version so hopefully that will be available soon. There is a download/online one called soulm8 which is a good read although basically new soul. https://www.soulm8online.com/

The technical explanation from wiki, not sure how accurate this is as I haven't checked sources or elsewhere... Beats per minute (BPM) is a unit typically used as a measure of tempo in music and heart rate. The BPM tempo of a piece of music is conventionally shown in its score as a metronome mark, as illustrated to the right. This indicates that there should be 120 crotchet beats (quarter notes) per minute. In simple time signatures it is conventional to show the tempo in terms of the note duration on the bottom. So a 4/4 would show a crotchet (or quarter note), as above, while a 2/2 would show a minim (or half note). In compound time signatures the beat consists of three note durations (so there are 3 quavers (eighth notes) per beat in a 6/8 time signature), so a dotted form of the next note duration up is used. The most common compound signatures: 6/8, 9/8, and 12/8, therefore use a dotted crotchet (dotted quarter note) to indicate their BPM. Exotic time and particularly slow time signatures may indicate their BPM tempo using other note durations. Beats per minute became common terminology in disco because of its usefulness to DJs, and remain important in the same genre and other dance music. In this context the beats measured are either crotchets (quarter notes) in the time signature (sometimes ambiguously called down-beats), or drum beats (typically bass-drum or another functionally similar synthesized sound), whichever is more frequent. Higher BPM values are therefore achievable by increasing the number of drum beats, without increasing the tempo of the music. House music is faster around 120-128 bpm (from regular house music to UK Garage), Trance Music ranges from 125 to 150 bpm,[3] and Jungle music generally ranges between 150-180 bpm. Psytrance is almost exclusively produced at 145 BPM,[citation needed] whereas Speedcore and Gabber music exceed 180 bpm.

according to the lthe BPM counter on Djay it is 107 BPM and listening I would put it a bit above a beat ballad but slower than mid tempo Beat ballad it is Pete Andante " at a walking pace (76-108 bpm) Andantino - slightly faster than andante (although in some cases it can be taken to mean slightly slower than andante) Moderato " moderately (108-120 bpm)

I take your word for it Pete. I wouldn't have classed Gene McDaniels as a beat ballad in the class as Roy Hamilton you mention.

Les Cockell at the Wheel, it might not have been called the "Northern Soul Scene" then but it was still essentially the same music. The Drifter played back then and probably continued to be played, it was Les's favourite record so I've read. Are you telling me it didn't get played again until after 1978 when Gene McDaniels was played? I doubt it somehow. I bet there was other beat ballads although the term wasn't used, played frequently long before 1978.

As far as Airports go you also have Robin Hood Airport which is about 50 minutes from Cleethorpes and loads of folk passing, might be an idea?

I'm sure I have his autograph at home on a Cleethorpes program but can't look till tonight or tomorrow.

Wow, great news. The acts seem to get better every year and I for one can't wait. Trying To Love Two a big spin for Dave Thorley back in the 80's.

Cheers folks, like I said keep checking the site as plenty More to come. I'm working on one for Ady Pountain, hour and half of sounds, hopefully this weekend. Two or three podcasts for Adam then I will start on Robin, Pat and the 60's Mafia. Others will include George Sharp, Jimmy Wensioa hopefully, Dean Anderson, Steve Smith and Butch.

Wasn't The Drifter an early 70's play?

Sam's played it I think.

Beats per minute measure tempo, we deal with basically three, up, mid and ballad but other use different terms such as Joan. But the proper definitions are.....This will really confuse you now and give it all a whole new meaning (from Wikipedia) Basic tempo markings All of these markings are based on a few root words. By adding an -issimo ending the word is amplified/made louder, by adding an -ino or -etto ending the word is diminished/made softer. The metronome marks are broad approximations. Note: Metronome markings are a guide only and depending on the time signature and the piece itself, these figures may not be appropriate in every circumstance. Larghissimo " very, very slow (20 bpm and below) Grave " slow and solemn (20-40 bpm) Lento " slowly (40-60 bpm) Largo " broadly (40-60 bpm) Larghetto " rather broadly (60-66 bpm) Adagio " slow and stately (literally, "at ease") (66-76 bpm) Adagietto " rather slow (70-80 bpm) Andante moderato " a bit slower than andante Andante " at a walking pace (76-108 bpm) Andantino - slightly faster than andante (although in some cases it can be taken to mean slightly slower than andante) Moderato " moderately (108-120 bpm) Marcia Moderato " moderately, in the manner of a march Allegretto " moderately fast (but less so than allegro) Allegro moderato " moderately quick (112-124 bpm) Allegro " fast, quickly and bright (120-168 bpm) Vivace " lively and fast (¢°í"¹" 140 bpm) (quicker than allegro) Vivacissimo " very fast and lively Allegrissimo " very fast Presto " very fast (168-200 bpm) Prestissimo " extremely fast (more than 200bpm) Additional Terms: A piacere " the performer may use his own discretion with regard to tempo and rhythm; literally "at pleasure"[4] L'istesso tempo or Lo stesso tempo " at the same speed Tempo comodo " at a comfortable (normal) speed Tempo di... " the speed of a ... (such as Tempo di valse (speed of a waltz), Tempo di marcia (speed of a march)) Tempo giusto " at a consistent speed, at the 'right' speed, in strict tempo Tempo semplice " simple, regular speed, plainly [edit]Common qualifiers

He got it from John Vincent didn't he? Remember John telling me he offered it to Richard Searling who said it was too good for the Northern Crowd or words to that effect.

I have a recording of an alternative take of this somewhere at home.

A ballad is walking pace, really down tempo, basically it isnt in general a dancer. A Beat ballad is what it says, a ballad with a beat and cause it has a beat it could be a dancer. Mid tempo Is neither fast nor slow so a mid tempo track would be too fast for this topic in reality.. Many of those mentioned are mid tempo.

I would say the vinyl carvers are just as if not thicker than the Timmion discs.

https://www.madonnacatalog.com/guides/acetate.htm

The type with lacquer on metal. Vinyl carvers are what they say vinyl. All I've had sound dull compared to the ones from Timmion.

Timmion are the old style acetate and sound quality is better than Vinyl Carvers. There's the Music House or whatever they are called in Tottenham.

Sounds like the Just Brothers - Go On And Laugh. One of Butch's records. One off acetate I believe.

Sir Caesar "Show me the time" on Ride. First record I paid a three figure sum for.