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    On 12/11/2023 at 08:45, Happy Feet said:

    Always played both sides of every record I ever purchased , and this one I came across about 79 ish , don't think Low rider was a genre back then , but over the years I suppose 50% of my collection was a Low rider and on occasion better than the side I bought it for . On reflection I was to busy looking for the unknown 100 mph. stomper , floorfiller , obscurity, in most cases the b- sides and ignoring the most soulful slowies as we called them .Now in the second half of my 60s and my ears and tastes have matured would love to hear more of this style out and about , legs have gone but still got soul in abundance. 

     

    Hope Ruben doesn't see your post because - as you can see from the title of his book - low rider music and culture in the US goes right back to the 50's. And it was very much an active and thriving music culture and "genre" (as you refer to it) by 1979 !

    The irony is a number of tired, jaded old people in the UK (not referring to you Happy Feet!), who've become disillusioned with the northern scene, have now hijacked low rider music in the last decade and been paying ridiculous sums of money for records they would have literally chucked in the bin back in the 70's and 80's !

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    There is a public Facebook page for the Australian National Northern Soul Weekender 2023 in Melbourne with all the event details you need to know. Here it is:

    https://www.facebook.com/events/229046933014523?ref=newsfeed

    Shaping up to be a huge event and Melbourne is a great city, so many great things to do there.

    And for all the latest news on the Australian Northern Soul scene including the National, as Pete says, join the northernsoulinoz Facebook group here :

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/558231134233187

     

    Hmmm ... the vocals on Stevens & Foster don't remotely suggest either Chaka Khan or Taka Boom and, sure, while musicians often move around geographically during their careers, neither Chaka nor Taka appear to have ever had a musical connection to Miami or Atlanta in the 70's;  TK Records in Miami distributed the Jerri label which was apparently based in Atlanta. 

     "Gerald Alston the lead singer of The Manhattans remembered us doing their backgrounds"

    Really ? Gerald Alston only joined the Manhattans in 1970 ... seemingly well after the time period the subject of this topic ...

    New Zealand group Jamie & the Numbers are for all intents and purposes a soul group with a strong focus on northern soul. They've been active for several years now and have released an LP and a number of 7" vinyl releases including very creditable covers of You Don't Love Me, If This Is Love I'd Rather Be Lonely, The Magic Touch ... the following clip includes a personal introduction by Robert Palladino, the man who wrote You Don't Love Me ...

     

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    On 24/02/2023 at 04:15, Robbk said:

    Was The Lillie Bryant shown on this "Shades Of Soul" Detroit-themed issue in error, because, at that time it was rumoured that Bryant was a Detroit artist, because her Tayster record was still being covered up, and it was not known that she was a n East Coast artist , who recorded for Tayster Records on The East Coast, as Tayster was a New York label?  It never sounded like a Detroit recording to me, and all the credits are East Coast people.  Or, is there some documented Detroit connection I know nothing about?

    The Discogs entry states : 

    "Founded in Harlem, New York by Jack Taylor, a purported gangster, it initially operated as a soul and R&B label from 1957 to 1972, primarily in New York, but also in Detroit, Michigan after OC Tolbert joined the label during the late 1960s."

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