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Minding my own business repairing a shutter at work today when this little fella flew into the back of the wagon, perched itself on one of the parcels and decided to sit on my shoulder, lucky for me the apprentice was stood outside the truck and just had time to take the photograph before it flew out... and no not as someone has said I'm not wearing a new wig of overdone it with the Grecian 2000 it's a wooly hat

First time at the Ukranain Club Ashton, brilliant night with far too many tunes new to me to pick out one though as a prodigious downloader they played a fair few I knew as well, wonderful to hear them played out at a venue instead of a cd or laptop. Managing to dance to three records on the trot for the first time after my heart bypass, sadly not managed it since. Rediscovering the joy of playing vinyl at home . (downside reading the "what system do you have" thread and finding I'm probably ruining my records on sub standard equipment, just as well I have nothing of any great value as the funds aren't there to upgrade.

On the subject of demos don't know if this adds anything to the pot or will even be of interest, in the early seventies I dated for alas too short a time lass who's older brother was a Dj at the Nevada in Bolton. She knew I collected Soul records and on my one and only visit to her house she let me into the caravan her brother used in the garden, can't remember why the caravan was there but that's by the by, the floor of said caravan was littered with demos of all genre's of music, literally hundreds of records. She told me to help myself, not having dated her for too long I showed admirable restraint thinking I would get a second chance of picking some stuff. I came away with several JayBoy Demos, a few Motown green and whites and some deep soul stuff by the likes of Dee Dee Warwicke and Irma Thomas on Atco and Atlantic respectively. From memory the Nevada was a general dance hall and skating rink so whoever sent out the demos wasn't concerned with sending out just the potential pop hits of the day as I think it very doubtful either Dee Dee or Irma would have got played there.

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Bit of background and a lot of rambling before getting into the soul,I love music, always have done from an early age, we always had brass instruments in the house as my Dad played in several brass bands, one of big regrets not learning to play myself even more so as my uncle was bandmaster in the local Salvation Army and used to teach, watching variety shows on Tv with my mum, I used to enjoy Petula Clarke oddly especially when she sang in French, Frankie Vaughan, Tommy Bruce, Dusty etc. Having older brothers and sisters who listened to the pop music of the day and bought a few records introduced me to the Small Faces, Kinks etc. Got a guitar for my tenth birthday and like a lot of things in my life I just didn't have the will to progress further than pissing about, always been a problem applying myself with any conviction to anything. Reading this thread before setting off on my walk to work one morning this week then listening to my mp3 on the short walk several tunes came up that brought me back to this thread, strangely one in particular which also took me back over fifty years was from Mireille Mathieu singing in French, hadn't a clue what she was singing about but the emotion in her voice was magnificent followed by Bettye Swanns slow version of This Old Heart Of Mine in which in her spoken intro she says something along these lines (we all know this song but do we really listen to the words) this led me to ponder on how much attention we pay to the lyrics in a song or is the emotion enough, and what it is I love about a particular tune. Is it the voice, the instrumentation, a particular section of a tune, by this time my head was full of what I was going to write in reply to this thread. Days later most of that has gone. So what is it I love about the music. It would be easier to say what I don't like, there's tunes from every facet of the music I love bar one, I can't explain it very well but it's a particular group harmony sound that just does not do it for me. What does it for me, where do I start, the brass, not only the sound but seeing a brass section in a live band swing from side to side , up and down (you know what I mean) has always brought the biggest smile to my face. Only the other night switching the tv over and catching the end of Nigella cooks something or other my ears pricked up, could that be Jr Walker, don't know that tune, out with Shazam, Tally Ho, must have that somewhere and I did, it was like I'd won the lottery (well not quite). On my walk to work Earl Wright ,not heard it in ages then comes the Sax break, brilliant. Julian Covay, the whole thing, music, lyric, voice, a record I've never owned but always loved and maybe that's another thing I love about it all, the wanting, no doubt over the years I could have obtained the record scores of times but does the not owning increase the pleasure of hearing it, (proper rambling now). Basically I could have answered with one word EVERYTHING, apologies for rambling and possibly not even answering the bloody question. No doubt I'll be back to press the edit button.

Finally back to work after long illness so still have to be careful with the pennies hence this cheapie dropping on the matt this week

Satin for me, like Scootboy I prefer the absence of the LaLa's in the backing, anyone tell me which was the original release and why the Satin one is titled differently and why the variations on writing credits other than Floyd Smith.

I have,think Joey has a couple too

Cheers Joey, the one you mentioned is probably the one I was thinking of, as for not lasting long that has jogged my memory, seem to remember my mate foolishly wearing his on a scooter ride thinking he'd look cool , yes it rained with predictable results, cheers for the reply.

Question not just for Joey ,this has bugged me for years as no one else seems to remember these, probably a memory thing and age related, does anyone remember Levi's bringing out a white jacket, could have been a similar style to the denim ones but not sure ,the fabric though had a feel and texture akin to paper, damn sure my mate bought one from Stone Dri in Bury, Thompsons Arms Ken, I remember going in there after seeing The Temptations at the Free Trade Hall I think, waiting for the bus home, a very nice young man came round selling a paper, my girlfriend at the time asked what's he selling bless her, I told her I'm pretty sure it Isn't the War Cry.

Mixed bag from me.not strictly Youtube..some from various threads on here over the last year or so, some from various podcasts, none of which I own but would love to so for now it's just the laptop . Betty Harris I Don't wanna Hear It Ivy Joe I Can Feel the Pain Soul Searchers Save a Soul In Every Town Gloria Walker and the Chevelles You Hit the Spot Yvonne Daniels Spread the Word .Oscar Toney Jr You Can lead Your Woman to the Altar. Toussaint McCall I'm Gonna Make me a Woman Johnny Matthis Evil Ways Sally Stanley I'll Have To Let You Go .Marion Black Who Knows Brenda Parker Help Me Find a Good Man Lou Pride Your Love Won't Let Me Be ..Arthur Prysock All I Need is You Tonight Magnificents I Can Fly Willie Tee Baby Don't Get Caught Performers L.A Stomp The Chandlers Your Love Keeps Drawing Me Closer Sugar Pie Desanto Be Happy Barbara Acklin Raindrops Sunlovers My Poor Heart Jimmy burns.... ..Can't Get Over

Just spent a wonderful hour on youtube going through some of Chucks output hoping it would bring me to a decision, so many great tunes to choose from, still no wiser, going to plump for These Chains of Love....for this hour anyway

Hecky pecky, that's going to take some thinking about, easy to do off the top of my head but I know I'd then remember countless others I'd rather have included, time to put the thinking cap on and go through the tunes on the laptop.

Great name for a dog, he looks a very happy chappy 😊

Squirrel Club/Moses Youth Club in Bury, any amount of Motown, Mitch Ryder, Brooks and Jerry, one of the leders Dave Brown had a fabulous soul collection.

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My mate was a leader at Radcliffe Youth Club, not sure of the dates but it must have been close to those dates, I'm currently tasked with selling some of his records, could well be some of his you heard being played.

Some photos from todays walk of the remains of Cheesden Lumb Mill built in 1786 in what is called locally the Forgotten Valley, looking through the window back down the valley I've just walked up, this is at the start the sides get steeper the further down you go, the valley travels for some miles and has the ruins of ten or so cotton mills along its length showing not all our industrial heritage is found in towns and cities, the area I live in for those bothered to get out in the hills and onto the moors is rich in industrial archaeology. The small waterfall falls into what was once the Waterwheel Pit which provided the power for the mill.

Who else could put this much soul into la lala la, R.I.P Aretha, you've broken a few hearts yourself today...

Can't get better value for money than the pair I found in the sale at TK MAXX £12, haven't worn them yet but will be back dancing soon, looking forward to trying them out after your comment, hope they are a good replacement for my current brogues which will now be used for general wear unless the Weejans don't match up.

I was gifted Turn Back the Hands of Time on Stateside last week, delighted to find this on the B side

I think I may have overthought this 🙄Tough one, didn't know the tune prior to the poll, not at all keen on the screaming back up vocals on the Douglas Gibson version though I like his vocal, prefer the backing tracks on both the Gibson and Harrison Bros, liked the vocal on the Harrison Bros version but again not the backing singers, overall voted for Luther's version, perfect for me would have been the backing track from either of the first two, the backing singers from Luther's and the main vocal from Douglas Gibson.

This is in a batch of records I've been asked to sell for a mate

Some snaps from yesterdays walk, hope they are of interest, trying to be creative taking picture of windmills through hole in an old stone gatepost, men at work, wheel ruts in the old cart track on the moors, ...… Major Lance?, must have been a long walk/limp home.

This has cheered up many a dull day at work for longer than I care to think about when it comes on the radio, provoked many a "shut the f**k up Smithy" as a merrily sang along