Sunnysoul

Are you sure Baz ? Bobby Miller yes, but Bobby Sanders ? Which Dells' sessions were recorded in LA ?

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Dee Dee Sharp !

"You Don't Know Where ... " was a pure pop record but a good one to dance to and therefore served a purpose on the northern soul scene. The rare Australian only version of the song by a mysterious girl called Fia Karin on the Spin label is even better than Dana's version. A Festival Records Australian studio engineer mentioned to me many years ago that Fia Karin was in fact Lynne Randell ! Thereby adding another northern soul connection to the tune .... At the time of "You Don't ... " , Dana was an out and out pop singer and there is a fair bit of info on her on the web. She had a mildly successful entertainment career in the US and is now known as Dana Catalano and is an energy healer and minister of the universal life church : www.dana.catalano.com Of far more interest to real soul fans is her LP on Brunswick from the late 60's in which Brunswick re-invented her as a genuine blue-eyed soul girl. It contains the fabulous dancer, the Curtis Mayfield written "You Babe", the unreleased instrumental of which Kent released on a various artists northern comp LP. Basically its the greatest song Young Holt Unlimited never recorded. A dreamy atmosphere like California Montage with vocals ! Now can someone explain how that fabulous Curtis Mayfield tune only ever appeared on that LP ? I'm trying to think if I can recall ever seeing any other Curtis Mayfield written tune recorded on the Brunswick/Dakar labels ? Was it something to do with the Okeh vs Brunswick split when Carl Davis left Okeh for Brunswick in 1966 ?

Any info on this LP? Obviously by the ubiquitous Big Dee Erwin. UK only. What is the source of the tracks? Label & session info? Any some refosoul clips would be nice

Interesting, except for the Intruders and the Formations, precious few local Philly acts on the playlist ..... the kind of programming that in 15 years time would prove to be the death of soul music ....

Did you see the one that finished on ebay a couple of days ago, Aussie seller ?

Well is it Aussie only then ? Or UK as well ?

What is also interesting is that Mojo Magazine, whose musical agenda is one that several generations of Northern Soul enthusiasts could relate to in a broad musical sense, has never attempted to cover the Northern Soul phenomenon ...

Is Mr Levine aware of Nicole's work ?

Yes , that's right Pete and you should also mention the one known copy of the AUSTRALIAN release of Billy Woods on A & M , a demo with the famous Aussie red bullett sticker , got released by Festival when it did a rights deal with A&M/Sussex in the USA and Festival proceeded to release ALL the early numbers in consecutive order ....

Very interesting your comments about the LP's. Can you give more details of what LP's were issued on the label ? I have the Quinn Harris LP which is excellent but I'm curious about any others ...

And of course the superb, turbo charged version by none other than Jackie Lee on his Mirwood LP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You beat me to it Tony, no prizes for this quiz though , it was easy ..... Let's continue this thread on a different tack , how about worthy cover versions of "Harlem Shuffle" ? I'll start with the Traits version on Garrison also released Down Under on a beautiful Scepter 45 (PS Please nobody mention Mick Jagger ... )

Sorted thanks !

In an instrumental frame of mind at the moment ... and in my humble opinion this was one of the greatest instrumental dancers ever !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Anyone got a nice 45 for me ?

As a matter of interest Tone, and without doing a google search, I am sure that Joe Tex had a Dial/Atlantic released LP called "Live and Lively ", '68/69-ish , yes ?

What , then , are the rough current market values for the two Human Encounter 45's on Capitol ?

Is the Tony Clarke an original , and is it Mint or EXC + (without cue burn and not jocked to death) ?

Yes, these may have been factors, but also the label was nearing its end and in retrospect LeBaron Taylor was possibly not in a position for business reasons to push and promote the last few releases. While Darrell Banks had kicked the Revilot label off well at the start with his straight ahead Detroit soul , it would have been the funkier psycho soul of the Parliaments that shortly would have been foremost in the label head's mind in terms of sales. Generally speaking too, the music industry in the US was experiencing massive upheaval around the summer of '67, and in particular the sound of choice amongst black america was quickly evolving. Motown now had some serious competition, and the funkier sounds of Stax, not to mention Sly and the Family Stone (Dance To The Music) and the Impressions (We're A Winner) were setting milestones of change in black music taste at that time. Sweet mid-tempo Detroit soul, like Jackie Beaver's effort, simply may not have been what black kids on the street in the US at that time were buying .....

"Every Fella's Girl" is of course the LP only track that is played off this LP. Or is it ? Does anyone know of that track appearing on a 45 ? And is this LP as rare as many people keep telling me it is ?

Yes, and I agree with all the aforementioned posts, Love For My Girl is a super dancer !

And the phrase was very famously used in the Coasters northern classic " Crazy Baby " on Atco.

Glad to hear it's known Steve, but perhaps only in limited circles within the scene, those with good taste and good sense. Was it big at any particular venue and at any particular point in time ? (PS: I also note it's not listed at all in Mr Manship's price guide, for what that is worth)

The seller though is Breck Bunce, a well known ebay seller from Detroit who more often than not comes up with quality soul records, for example I was totally over the moon about winning this Jimmie Delphs 45 from him just a few days ago, I guarantee this will be an absolute monster record once it becomes well known in the right circles, if not already known, listen to the clip below ... .......................... Jimmie Delphs - 'Do You Know What I Mean' b/w inst - Detroit Street Service Inc( I-70)1977. Obscure downtempo soul on the 'Detroit Street Service Inc' label - "Dedicated To The Economic, Spiritual, Mental and Physical Salvation of Humanity" - great mellow production & soulful vocal - audioclip from actual record below. DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN