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My only "red". Sadly someone decided drilling the label would be good idea.

Personally I think the purple is a big plus and aesthetically, with the label, I think it'll look pretty good. (wthout seeing the actual shade).

Within record collecting there's alway been a market for re-issues. it's only within the rather narrow confines of northern soul that re-issue is a dirty word. which is a pity really.

There's no such thing as "overplayed". Ask any classical music fan who's listened to Beethoven's Symphonies thousands of times over the course of a lifetime. Or an Elvis fan who plays Heartbreak Hotel every day for fifty years. Or the Beatles fans who play their catalogue over and over and never get tired of it. You mean you personally are tired of hearing it. Who's going to buy it? Anyone who wants an unusual legitimate format of a very rare record is a good starting point. Add other indicators such as "soul" Motown" etc.

Despaireth not brother for if thou observe that what I actually wrote you will see that your despair truly is in vain - for the second time on this thread . Me in the first post: " Yes gospel had a huge influence on 60s soul music ".

Roburt - didn't realise you were still looking. So that's almost half a dozen of nearly and almost tracks now? Almost two months later.

I clicked on the link to the dt site and Avast tells me a threat has been detected. No surprise there. Proceed with caution. Strange how the OP replies to one point raised in the Support Forum but ignores my post here on the actual topic. and the very pertinent point I highlight. But not really surprising. For the record, soul music is secular music. It isn't anything to do with christainity per se. All the early rock'n'roll stars Elvis, JL Lewis, Carl Perkins, Chuck Berry etc etc went to church, usually southern Baptist. They even sang a few hyms in the Sun Studios. Yet no one in their right mind would say Rock'n'roll owes a lot (or indeed anything) to christianity (even though in some cases their music ability was honed in a church environemnt). It's ridiculous to even suggest it. Let's have a little reflection and restraint.

It's not soul music. It's pre-soul mid-50s rhythm and blues. That's not being picky. Is Johnny B Goode by Chuck Berry soul music? Is That's Alright by Elvis soul music? Somehwere down the line you've got to actually draw a line.

Not really what I was looking for. I Got A Woman isn't a soul record. it's mid-50s rhythm and blues. Sixties soul? I'm sure there might be some. But they don't roll off the tongue do they?

I'm not really asking anyone to agree with me. I'm giving my opinion. In fact you are agreeing with me with regard to the inluence of gospel (probably without you realising it.) Can you give examples of gospel songs that had their words changed?

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Slightly uncormfortable reading in my opinion. The opening sentence is quite disturbing. "Given how much influence christianity and gospel music has had on the music we all love". Yes gospel had a huge influence on 60s soul music but to implicitly forge a link to christianity is absurd, The influences are more musical - harmony and chord prgressions etc. What the article in a roundabout way is saying is that soul music is in effect christian music which it is not. Yes some soul performers had stong religious beliefs. But there were probably just as many who did not.

To be honest, as an academic paper (if that's what it's aim is) I found it pretty poor. It's full of supposition. Nothing is clearly explained. The intro section on "music sub-culture", which should provide the basis of what's to come, is vague and rambling. For example, the authors talk about "music subculture" yet there's no real definition of what they mean. No clear examples. This leads to problems from the start: For example "music sub-culture" suddenly becomes "youth sub-culture". The two are not the same thing, In fact to give a real critique would take a long time. Almost every paragraph yields something that is contentious.

Brilliant, particularly Pain In My Heart.

Superb records. I was in Sister Ray (Berwick Street) on Saturday and saw these in the racks.

Why not say it? It's true. The two Grapevine tracks leave a little to be desired in terms of what could have been. This track shows they could have been much better with a stronger vocal. I like this track but the only (slight) downside (imo) is that the lyric content gives it a slight novelty value that a different lyric would have avoided. Still pretty good though and very worthy of release.

From my own record buying the one that stands out is Ral Donner. I bought that "blind" having never heard it before when it came out on Inferno, just because I'd bought the other first four releases. I still can't work it out. What exactly is it? It isn't a soul record. Is it an Elvis "movie period" record? How do you dance to it? Has anyone ever danced to it? Also I think a worthy contender for top spot would be the Casino Classic release of Green Onions. which came out during the mod revival/Quadrophenia era. I think it was by the All-Night band and the label had words to the effect: "This song featured in the film Quadrophenia". It doesn't really get any more cynical than that.

I agree it's a good film. It terms of entertainment it ticks all the boxes. There are some excellent performances, notably from the British cast members. Excellent cinematography and good direction, As has been noted in the media there is some controversy regarding historical accuracy. I agree with some of these points and there were some elements (fabrications, omissions, etc) that I felt either detracted from the film or were unnecessary. How significant this is to a large degree depends on how much one knows of the actual events. I'm not sure whether it's appropriate to mention these here. It's probably best to let people make up their own mind.

Excellent documentary. Really brings home the power of his live shows. Similar to Standing In the Shadows recognition is given to the band members who contributed massively to the emerging funk sound, Pee Wee Ellis in particular. How "fair" it was as an analysis of JB the person is difficult to assess. It paints a picture of a flawed individual, his personality the result of his traumatic early life experiences.

My top 6 Reach Out Shake Me Walk Away Renee I'm In A Different World The Key Simple Game

There's also another film/documentary called "Keep On Keepin' On" that's recently been completed. This one is an American film about jazz legend Clark Terry. Not sure how much confusion this will cause among the wider population. Again ,this looks like a very interesting film. This is a trailer from the American jazz KOKO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1n2svMSqjk