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Although a different scene, quality soulful disco / boogie (late slower disco) has a strong market. Soul Brother Records in London is worth a chat with, they buy and sell relevant vinyl of the era. https://www.soulbrother.com/

I'm looking forward to this!

Jay & The Americans 'Living Above Your Head' on TB now.

I have wondered this myself. I listen to a lot of NS influenced Modern Soul now and wonder how it will all compress into one scene and mutate onwards. The sound of 50s R&B is so different to later soul that I'm not sure that span will ever reconcile into one dancefloor. But it won't be our ears at the events and forming the playlists. Although I appreciate that many like the purity of 1960s based NS events, I'm personally a fan of fully across the board playlists which spread the overplayed classics out amongst music old and new to me from across the eras. Doesn't always work but enjoyable to hear when done right. A major worry outside the control of the scene that I foresee is the removal of sprung wooden dancefloors over the decades.

This Tony Blackburn show is good, being done live it seems. Songs that were popular but outside UK charts. Some I know, some I don't. Good sound on it. Love TB acknowledging he has made a living being annoying. Dion and The Fortunes sounded good. Love are on now.

Good spot, thanks.

Yes it's great so far.

Private Number on now. Not sure why but a nice track. Enders next surely. Show seems to be more about Texas in last quarter hour. So a welcome show, glad it was done. Fun to comment on. A bit more care needed on ensuring right versions. Hopefully it will inspire more. Actually that's it... No enders. Happy new year everyone.

But this is the area of interest for the forum. It's kind of what it is for...I'm sure she and Radio 2 won't be worrying about some view here. The only complaint I have is playing the Levine versions. Happy otherwise and it is welcome.

Self promotion time. Texas 'Black Eyed Boy'. Oh well.

The Radio 2 brief was probably to mix some recent hits in. If the show inspires something further investigation it is a good thing. 15 mins to go. Billy Butler Right Track f*cking awful Levine synth version. Destroys the value of the show along with FW. Why didn't someone check? It is Radio 2 FFS. Why didn't Sharleen herself do a listen through? No excuse ever for this. Genuine sacrilage. How can you say you love the music then play this shit version?

Yvonne Baker YDSAW. Can Chubby Checker YJDK be far behind? The Velvets. Get your soul clapping on! On a Velvet theme... How great would it be to have Velvet Satins next?

Indeed. Another was mentioned recently in another thread. Something like Tell Her could put people in hospital.

Not sure if this is sarcastic. I play Modern Soul more than Northern these days at home. It's not the concept that annoys here, it is the selections. But as said earlier, it is a pop show really.

Its hard now to get across how important Landslide was. Just a monster. Seems slow here to me and definitely lacking dynamics. Not playing it off a decently mastered CD. It's The Beat now kids!

Bob Brady EGTTL-I. Blue eyed Smokey Robinson style hippy homage from the early days. Love that piano. Landslide and more Major Lance coming.

I know but there will be casual readers of the forum today who may not pick up on that.

Going back to Sweet Things, it is incredible that stomper s are too fast to play now. In fact they may clear some floors. That's what I went out to hear, faster the better when I was a youth. Get on some Dean Parrish or Bobby Paris and get yourself running to the floor.

I think no vinyl at all. They are all CD rips. There are multiples off the same few CDs.

John Newman. WTF! To show continuing influence play something like The Revelations version of'Why When The Love Is Gone' or Jo Stance 'Hey Girl'. I don't really hear it here. Plan B, oh f-ck off. How long before Duffy? What is she on about with this foot slipping thing. A foot movement does not genre alignment make!

Sweet Things. Drawing off the Soul Time CD volume 1 CD for a few tracks today.

'John Newman and Plan B coming soon'....?

Little Richard. Three off one Okeh CD now...It's Okeh Up North I think. If he hadn't felt bad before he joined Okeh he would have after her intro 'career in a downward spiral'. I'm still surprised a record paid in 2013 for Texas to record a video in Detroit as she said earlier.

Takes me back to back to back plays with Jimmy Frazer. Needed a rest after those two. Lorraine Chandler 'I Can't Hold On'. Must be a day time mainstream radio first play for many of these.

Hold On To My Baby. Proper. Marvin Gaye now with Love Starved Heart. Tore me up along with When I Feel The Need in the 90s.