Sunnysoul

https://www.rivetingriffs.com/Beverly%20Bremers.html Interesting recent interview with Beverly Anne / Beverly Bremers in which she makes specific reference to the northern soul scene. Beverly is of course well known to northern soul fans for records such as You've Got Your Mind On Other Things and He's Coming Home on RCA , and Get Smart Girl on Scepter.

No photo of Keb in the article. Did they think his image might scare young readers ?

To begin with, he arranged and conducted two of Patti Austin's northern monsters : I've Give All My Love and You're Too Much A Part of Me. Songwriter and music director on both those records was Fred Tanner. Related persons perhaps .... or one and the same person in light of the producer's name being Jekyll & Hyde ... Appears to have had a more than casual link to Decca / Coral records as he was also involved on Sam and Bill's I'll Try and Tryin To Get Back To My Baby. Also Fred Tanner was responsible for Chuck Cockerham's Have I Got A Right.

Wasn't the US Liberty LP released before the UK Liberty 45 therefore making the US LP the original vinyl issue ?

Would be interesting to have Bob and RobbK's thoughts on this but if a record only made it as far as the "promotional" copy stage people in the US would tend to refer to that as being "unreleased" wouldn't they? Whereas in the UK and elsewhere , collectors would say a promotional copy constituted an "actual" release. Perhaps those Solid Smoke liner notes should be read with this in mind.

Do any other Karen releases have this label design ? At least 6 sales on popsike in the last 6 years ranging from $436 US to $1064 US.

Some kind soul out there should have one for me?

I'm after a M- original please. Thanks

Are there any Virtue discographies other than Dave Rimmer's? https://www.soulfulkindamusic.net/virtue.htm

The Virtue label numbering was all over the place and the label operated for a relatively broad time period, not surprising that it could still throw up something like this. Although I must say this tune sounds like an Irish lounge crooner auditioning for the Love Boat.

Did Chris Farlowe's very creditable version of Garnett Mimms' classic only appear on a 7" on this French EP ? Never on a 7" in the UK or anywhere else ? And for those who haven't heard it

Would love a clean original please, thanks.

I don't know Bob. How about "Manifesto" for a newborn's first aural experience ?!

Just take him along to the next major allnighter...

Anyone have a clean copy of this please?

No problem Mike. Happy to retract that comment.

Well said and it should always be remembered that no one is actually born to be into soul music although no doubt more than a few on here would make that claim. Everyone has to start somewhere.

What do you mean by adventurous?

Perhaps label owner Joe Evans simply just kept recycling existing tracks on subsequent releases to save money on recording new tracks to use as flip sides. This extract from the Carnival list of releases (from Dave Rimmer's site) indicates that I Wanna Be, Hearts Were Made To Love, Just You Wait & See, What Is Love and Sweet Potato Gravy were all used more than once ... Carnival 548 - I Wanna Be (Your Everything)* / Sweet Potato Gravy (Instrumental) Carnival 550 - I Call It Love / Feelin' Good*- 1970 *Flip By The Carnival Kings. Carnival 552 - I Wanna Be / Hearts Were Made To Love - 1970 Carnival 554 - What Is Love / Sweet Potato Gravy (Instrumental)* - 1971 *Flip By Maurice Simon & The Pie Men. Carnival 556 - Hearts Were Made To Love / For The Rest Of My Days — 1972 Carnival 557 - I'm The One Love Forgot / What Is Love - 1973 Carnival 558 - Just You Wait And See / I'm The One That Love Forgot — 1974 Carnival 559 - Just Be Yourself / Just You Wait And See — 1974

Top tune ... and let's shoot all those lazy DJs who say they "couldn't be arsed" to carry around LP's.

Regarding the "crack". If the record is styrene perhaps the buyer was referring to the styrene "join" which we've discussed on Soul Source a number of times over the years. Many insist that the join is in fact a complete crack in the record ... and just as many say the opposite, that the join is a natural part of the styrene record making process.

Please tell us more about the circumstances surrounding Edwin Starr's collection - were his personal belongings just thrown out in the trash ?

The Blackberries were originally Sherlie Matthews, Venetta Fields and Clydie King ... and later Carlena Williams. Released two 45s on A & M.

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Duffy, Joss Stone and the like all leave me a little cold I'm afraid when put up by some as "soul' or "soulful' artists. But this young lady who recently emerged on the music scene, she can really sing. What do you think?