Soulstu

Artist A-Z (surname or group name) for me, regardless of label (Motown and subsidiaries included - it's all northern to me). Then each artist is filed in chronological release date order. I'd save Philip Mitchell and Prince Philip Mitchell together under 'Philip Mitchell' (M) Backed up on an Excel spreadsheet along with matrix information etc.. and a small photo of each label saved on my hard drive. 2nd issues and pressings kept separately For example if I did it by label then Major Lance's records would be spread around my collection (OKeh, Dakar, Curtom etc) instead of all together. I'd find that troubling. If that way of filing is OK for John Peel then it's OK for me.

To me it's always sounded like a rough demo, certainly not fully rehearsed. You can hear the musicians feeling their way around the song gingerly rather than playing definitely rehearsed lines and notes. Maybe 'L', Leonard, Larry or whoever turned up with a sketch for a song and they just jammed it for a couple of minutes with the tape running and as it didn't sound too shabby, left it at that. The bit in the middle where it goes funny sounds to me like the drummer and bass player getting a bit lost and not knowing when to come back in for the singing. I've done that plenty of times in my dark music playing past!!!

Hmmm ADT.... Alan Day Taxis? 'Carrying the Torch for Quality Travel'

I'm sure the Bowie/Jones of the mid 60s would have been aware of and influenced by the early soul scene in London back in the day, for sure he would have been checking out the likes of Georgie Fame at the Flamingo and US acts on tour....all well before his 70s Philly obsession. Correct me if I'm wrong as I'm a bit sketchy on pre- Oddity Bowie. What I'm trying to say (badly) is that surely his obsession with soul music wasn't a sudden fad, it would have been an integral part of his musical upbringing and timing and circumstances brought it to the fore.

Picked this up a bit ago, a nice loping very late 60s dancer, great vocals...ooh look - Gerald Sims, Fred Smith, Eugene Record, Sonny Sanders - that'll do for me!

PM'd you, bro

My copy arrived this morning - both sides are nice and clear sounding, love it! it's archetypal Popcorn (with a capital P). For the price of three pints you get some proper northern in your box!

Don't know if anyone on SS knew this but Jerry Ganey died last summer. Nice tribute site here by his family https://www.facebook.com/jerrygeeganey You Don't Love Me is a fantastic slab of big city northern soul and that record alone is worthy of this post, thanks for that Jaygee.

Most of Ollie Jackson The Day My Heart Stood Still Really frustrating record for me cos the backing track is fantastic and his voice is pretty good....but..... "hey ding dong would you believe that a seal could play ping pong" etc etc, bloody hell, I love our music to bits but that don't half stretch my patience. This would have made a brilliant instrumental.

'Distributed by the Florida Record Pool' - I'm a doctor - I can decipher anything!...NEXT!

I'll kick it off Mike, surely 6am has to be a bare minimum? Isn't that the point of a 'niter? - sun streaming through the gaps in the venue's curtains as the normal world are waking up? Any earlier and it's a glorified evening do! That's my opinion as a punter.

...to Barbados, oooh palm trees palm trees - that may as well have played that!

What's with the frickin' jiving (00:40) - not what I signed up for.

Thanks guys, hope this isn't going to be the start of a a Kev/Chalky scrap!

Looks like the Kent one is the 'safest' option as expected!... Thanks for clearing that up Stu!!!

Hmmm... done some more digging - so the Torch one is '98, Soul Series is???? and Kent is '09..? Any ideas on which is the 'proper' first official press?

Quick question chaps, Spencer Wiggins - trawled SS and the web but any idea what label it came out on first - Soul Series? - was this legit? or was it a Kent pressing?, Torch records? Can't seem to find out. Manship has a single sided SS promo for sale - is that the one to look for? atb Stu

This one does it for me, just look at this face, in the zone or what! If it was on my wall it would remind me what it's all about - uptempo soul!!!!!

What Rob said!.... with bells on.

Petula Clark - I Couldn't Live Without Your Love - Tony Hatch, our very own Bacharach!

Willie Hutch in Lucky To Be Loved by You gives a sneak peak into his 90s rave lifestyle '...been introduced to pure ecstasy' !!!!!!!

Don't know if this has been done but what about the whole of Two For The Price Of One by Williams & Watson... Always cracks me up "Sweet shazam a puff of Cadillac smoke, he's just an old love bandit!" what a pair of love gods!!!!

Yep fantastic record, a white band from Omaha - gets played out where I go, sounds absolutely brilliant. https://www.nebrocks.org/chevrons.htm

original vinyl...NO!