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Chalky

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  1. Having been away with work I've only managed to look and listen to this fantastic compilation today as I've been away with work and I've got to say what a great package. Superbly packed in a hardback book with the CD's in holders within the book there are some 80 odd pages telling the story of this iconic recording studio and the musicians behind so many great records. There are 75 tracks for your listening pleasure but there could have been many more and it must have taken some hours of thinking and listening to select the chosen tracks. The tracks begin in 1961 and take us up to 1973. Comiled by Tony Rounce, Dean Rudland and Alec Palao. Kent have released some superb compilations this year and this is another essential release that all should have. here's what Alec has to say on the Kent/Ace records site. The acronym is F-A-M-E, but it may as well be S-O-U-L. ¨ ¨ It was a full half-century ago that the recording studio, record label and publishing operation originally known as Florence Alabama Music Enterprises established itself and its trademark sound with the hit recording of 'You Better Move On' by Arthur Alexander. In the fifty years since, FAME Studios and its idiosyncratic founder Rick Hall have been at the forefront of the Muscle Shoals Sound. FAME begat the process whereby a little known Alabama backwater would evolve into the very crucible of southern soul, a holy place to where musicians, singers and fans still make a very specific pilgrimage in the hope of experiencing a little bit of the magic behind so many hit records: 'I'm Your Puppet', 'Land Of 1,000 Dances', 'Tell Mama' and countless others. ¨ ¨ Rick Hall is now a grand old man of the music business, but back in the 60s he was more akin to an enfant terrible, with an unbending will that helped him make it against almost insurmountable odds, matched by an attention to detail that bordered on obsession. There have only ever been a handful of truly self-sufficient producer/engineers in the history of popular music, and Hall is pre-eminent amongst them. Atlantic, Chess and so many other legendary labels flocked to FAME to avail themselves of the sound, the players, the material, and most importantly the vibe that Rick Hall had created. ¨ ¨ The FAME Studios Story 1961-1973 is an exhaustive three CD set derived from two years' worth of excavations by the intrepid Ace team at the hallowed FAME vault. The result is a full programme of FAME-related releases slated for issue on Ace, Kent, and BGP over the next couple of years, but the lynchpin is this definitive anthology that focuses upon the halcyon days of the studio and the label. It's an open-minded, celebratory overview that, across 75 tracks, spotlights both artists and records that are either acknowledged greats, or lesser known - yet no less worthy - entries in the lexicon of soul. ¨ ¨ The line-up is a virtual Who's Who of 60s soul, and includes Otis Redding,Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Etta James, Arthur Conley, Irma Thomas, Joe Tex, Joe Simon, Lou Rawls, Spencer Wiggins and Otis Clay. Deep soul fans will recognise names such as The Blues Busters, Billy Young, Maurice & Mac, Willie Hightower, Bettye Swann, James Govan and many, many others. Special attention is paid to those acts closely associated with the Fame label - Candi Staton, Jimmy Hughes and Clarence Carter - as well as its inestimable stable of writers, producers and players, including Dan Penn, Spooner Oldham, George Jackson and the Fame Gang. And the programme also includes several of the notable pop hits recorded at the studio by the Osmonds, Tommy Roe and Bobbie Gentry, as well as more obscure recordings by the Del Rays, Mark V and Terry & The Chain Reaction. ¨ ¨ With unprecedented access granted to its tape and photo archive, well over a third of the contents of The FAME Studio Story 1961-1973 are new to CD, and of those, over a dozen tracks are fully unissued - including previously unheard rarities by Otis Redding and Arthur Alexander. The heavily-illustrated package with an 84 page book comes laden with two informative essays and extensive track notes, all of which are based upon fresh interviews with many of the principals involved. ¨ ¨ If you know anything about soul music, you know FAME, which is why The FAME Studio Story 1961-1973 is an essential purchase. ¨ ¨ By Alec Palao ¨ ¨ The FAME STUDIOS STORY was mastered by Nick Robbins at Sound Mastering Ltd
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  3. Chalky replied to a post in a topic in All About the SOUL
    According to wikipedia (which is often wrong)... Written by Penn, a professional songwriter and producer, and Moman, a session guitarist at Phil Spector's Gold Star Studio, the song is the lament from an adulterer to his illicit lover, told from the adulterer's point of view. They continue their sin, "hiding in shadows where [they] don't belong" because their "love keeps coming on strong." At the climax of the song, the narrator fears "they're gonna find us some day." In the summer of 1966, while a DJ convention was being held in Memphis, the song was written in about thirty minutes. Penn and Moman were cheating while playing cards with Florida DJ Don Schroeder.They wrote the song while on a break. "We were always wanting to come up with the best cheatin' song. Ever," Penn said. The duo went to the hotel room of Quinton Claunch, another Muscle Shoals alumnus, and founder of Hi records, to write. Claunch told them, "boys, you can use my room on one condition, which is that you give me that song for James Carr. They said I had a deal, and they kept their word."
  4. Chalky replied to a post in a topic in All About the SOUL
    Good choice. I'll add Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come to the list and one I've been listening to today, Tommy Tate When A Fool Takes His Turn.
  5. Same here Greg, I bought (I think) Guy's copy whilst still covered or just after uncovered.
  6. I've never seen that record clear the floor, the opposite if anything. One of my all time faces as well
  7. A disclaimer is about as much use as the paper it will be written on in a court of law when a case comes up before the beak where someone has slipped and done some damage because of the talc was on the floor. Beer on the floor isn't a deliberate act and sometimes can't be avoided, talc however is deliberately put there, can be avoided and if the management do nothing to stop it then they are liable, probably alongside those who hire the room as well...regardless of whether they put a disclaimer up or not.
  8. I was told (by Levine I think) 40 were pressed so anything between 3 and a few hundred depending on who you believe....
  9. Great shirt collars Nice one Dave, I thought Grey Imprint were black too. Can't listen right now but look forward to listening in a bit. I did see your attempt on FB saying you'd been sent this, think you'd had a few
  10. Berry Gordy will be in for a shock if he does
  11. Guides are a very useful tool but don't forget you have some amazing knowledge on here, so if in doubt, no matter how trivial you might think the question is ASK!! Don't let anyone put you off either with some of the comments some who are still learning the game get.
  12. You are welcome, plenty more to come so keep checking, just need to find another few days in the week
  13. Hi Dave, I used the track you e-mailed me. But I found it on another website but under the flip's name? I will double check over the weekend though, send you the link and will amend the playlist and re-record if necessary
  14. Two topics covering the same record merged.
  15. Bobby Sheen probably considered over played now. Played up and down the country for over 25 years.
  16. well it is played because it is by somebody else but it is a good somebody else vocally much better IMO.
  17. No Martin I think it is crap, doesn't mean anyone else has to be of the same opinion, music is all about opinions isn't it (and debate) everyone has one. If some like the record, then good for them. To me it is bland and as I said weak both vocally and lyrically. But if I had to hear records like this for a large part of the night then I think I would pack it all in. Pete is right, at one time of the day you would have been laughed at or something like. Records like this, the Tornadoes, Sacred Four just highlight the lack of new quality 60's soul for most DJ's, there's stacks of cheap soul music that is ignored that is far better than this. As has been said many times, each to their own, it would be boring if we all liked the same music and we would have bugger all to argue about.
  18. Got to agree in retrospect Pete having refreshed the grey matter and having another listen....not that great is it, still better than the JC though although I care for hearing neither out.
  19. Hi mate, try right click and download linked file or something similar
  20. wasn't always Modern down there, they had 60's at one time, well at least for one night
  21. Anyone got a copy of this? Anyone know a price? Shame it was never released some good tracks..... Yesterday, Today, & Forever - Holland Dozier Holland 1977 Jobete publishing promo-only sampler - 37-tracks - 3LP's - by legendary and unique songwriter- and Motown production team made famous by . Vinyl are presented in custom "Yesterday, Today, & Forever" inner sleeves and double gatefold picture cover. Tracklisting: Side 1: 1. Lionell Ritchi, Jr. - Bernadette 2. The Originals - Please Mr. Postman 3. Sterling Harrison - Reflection 4. High Inergy - I hear a symphony 5. Virginia McDonald and Arrival - Baby I need your loving Side 2: 1. Edward Holland - Reach Out I'll be there 2. Sterling Harrison & Eloise Laws - Forever came today 3. Eloise Laws - You keep me hanging on 4. Sterling Harrison - Nowhere to run 5. Sterling Harrison - Standing in the shadows of love 6. High Inergy - I'm ready for love Side 3: 1. Deborah Holland - Just a little bit of you 2. Edward Holland - Only You (Can love me like you love me) 3. Wali Ali - We're almost there 4. Edward Holland - I can't go on living without your love 5. Virginia McDonald and Arrival - You're what's missing in my life 6. Edward Holland - You're my driving wheel Side 4: 1. High Inergy - I'm gonna let mu heart do the working 2. Sterling Harrison - Get the cream off the top 3. Edward Holland - You gave me something to believe in 4. Sterling Harrison - Take a trip to my tomorrow (Let's encounter for the first time) 5. Edward Holland - Let yourself go Side 5: 1. Edward holland - Magic touch 2. Darnell McFarland - You're my heaven sent 3. Margo Michaels - Take my everything 4. Sterling Harrison - Get on the right track 5. Wali Ali - (Oh I) need your lovin' 6. Aja - Help me to sing my song 7. Virginia McDonald and Arrival - Travelling with love in my mind 8. Sterling Harrison - Showin' off Side 6: 1. Edward holland - Run for cover 2. Kathy McFarland - Memories (They dance with me) 3. Wali Ali - I want her 4. Virginia McDonald and Arrival - Can't wait for your love 5. Adrienne Williams - It can never be the same 6. Family Affair - You can't stop my loving 7. Adrienne Williams - (There you go) testing my love
  22. It's a terrible record IMO, vocally and lyrically very poor. Might be rare but another case of Emperors New Clothes. The Sacred Four mentioned is just as bad, it's not the sort of music I got into this scene for, and I do got to decent venues (IMO) and I don't need educating either. Grey Imprint p*sses all over the pair of them, dunno how you can compare them though to be honest. If Joel is right in is assumption that it is the mod scene that prefers it then good let them keep it. Luckily it is that rare won't be hearing it too often!!! And Joel, Marty Thompson a decent track, I can't hear JC in it though.
  23. I've more of the Bailey Suite in the garage i think (I DJ'ed at one of them but don't think I have that flyer) and others from around that time. Here's flyer for the Chapel All-Nighter and Travellers Rest

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