Johndelve

Glad to see some responses regarding her - excellent - solo work as well as what she did with Charlie. R.I.P.

Yes, very sad. She was always very underrated and her work on Stax was brilliant. Many people will be aware that she was the sister of Little Willie John but less well-known is that two of her sons, Joel Webster and Lim Taylor, both cut records for Ray Charles' Crossover label, with Taylor's LP being in particular demand.

Hiscox will do it without much hassle: they are insuring my records.

Its been a bad week for losing greats of soul music...saw Impressions live in 2012 at Jazz Cafe....the harmonies, kicked off by Sam that night, are the best I have ever heard from a live act...RIP..

yes, very sad, as said above his legacy is incredible...a true giant of soul music...rip

I'm pretty sure he was the driving force behind the raising of funds to erect a headstone for O.V. Wright's grave. For that great gesture alone he deserves to be remembered.

Very sad. One of the greatest high tenor singers - and writers - soul has produced. R.I.P.

I can't speak for venues "up north", but anyone who is feeling disillusioned should make the effort to come to a) John And Tracey Browne's fantastic Soul Kitchen in Tunbridge Wells and /or b) The annual Uckfield soul night run by Keith and Maxine Woon - which took place Friday before last. The friendliest audiences you can imagine; I simply cannot conceive of anyone being made to feel unwelcome at either venue. Fabulous music, too, of course.

Yes, a very decent LP; I hope it does well for Kent/Ace.

There were also LP soul packs, in amounts of ten I think, although given it was about four decades ago I'm not 100% sure these came from Soul Bowl but quite likely; what I AM sure about is that I got a George Scott "Find Someone To Love" in one such pack.

Am interested in a decent copy of this. If anyone has one for sale please pm . Thanks

No, don't have it, just did a discogs search... Cheers!

It's this one I think, mate..

Thanks for this, which does seem to suggest that I got it wrong and there IS a link between the two MAM labels, but it still is all a bit odd... the UK single gives 'music direction' credits to one Laurie Holloway, a British guy with very 'straight' pop credentials (but no songwriting credits) whereas the US version gives songwriting credits to Lorraine Chandler and Jack Ashford on one copy I have seen and Magnificent Montague and Jack Ashford on another.......

Surely the MAM label ( which was formed in the U.K ) that put out the J R Bailey LP and the U.S. label that put out the Eddie Parker are entirely different labels...not only do they look completely different but they just don't feel related to me....

Indeed, very sad, he was a master.. just listen to him on this..

In terms of pure sound, as distinct from lyrics, these two have always struck me as being astonishingly ahead of their time : Recorded in 1973 but could just as easily have been cut in 1993 Recorded in 1971 when using a drum machine was genuinely inventive, over a decade before the bloody things were used all the time, ruining countless records....

One of the best ever LPs. I have it in at #27 of my all time favourites in my second book...."All my friends call me a fool" is absolutely lovely, with a strong Curtis Mayfield influence....

Ray, Goodman & Brown - Gambled on your love Isley Brothers - Winner takes all Quadraphonics - Betcha if you check it out Dells - Betcha never been loved like this before Dazz Band - Gamble with my love And, of course, Kenny Gamble and his Gamble label....

Finally, if an album would have sold 200,000 copies it would have showed up on the Top Pop/Rock charts or the Soul Album charts. The Silhouettes album never charted. Indeed. Moreover, then, April 1968, was a time when 'black' LPs were not taken very seriously by record companies. Even Stax, Atlantic and Motown were still heavily fixated on singles. This wasn't to change until "Hot Buttered Soul" did so well in the summer of 1969. And, the 200,000 figure was claimed for just sales ! And given, clearly, any record produced in volume isn't going to sell out (unless it is a huge hit, which this LP obviously wasn't) then even MORE than 200,000 must have been produced - by a record company that had no longevity and no track record. I suspect, at best, a typo has crept in and for 200,000, read 20,000.

A few bits on this from me: 1. As has been said shrink wrapping was definitely used on LPs in the sixties 2. I am highly sceptical about the LP selling 200,000 copies. That would have made it a huge success. 3. A review of the LP in Billboard from April 20th 1968 does not mention the single at all. (Even though Billboard reviews were never particularly helpful, I would have thought it warranted a mention had it been part of the 'deal')

Agreed. "Northern soul" is just the most extreme end of inflated record prices, but so may other genres have jumped hugely in price too, and you give some good examples. But it's not just 'soul' at all. The price of prog rock LPs (not that I give a toss about that type of music) has also gone crazy. Thousands of pounds per LP in that genre is far from uncommon....there is no doubt that there are a number of very wealthy young collectors out there who didn't exist in the past, and that fact, combined with other things such as covid, the worldwide reach of discogs etc. has changed collecting over last few years out of all recognition. And I agree again, it isn't going to change any time soon.

"Last time i heard apparently the film "Northern Soul" was number 3 on Netflix in the US. If that's true?? then that's a vast amount of potential new interest in Northern Soul record collecting. " Incredibly unlikely. Not least because film is seven years old. Doubt if it barely caused a ripple on U.S. netflix.

I'm going to have to disagree with this. I believe that "rare" and "in demand" are two different things. Cecil Washington is clearly in demand but it isn't rare. On the other hand, there are plenty of genuinely rare records - ie not many pressed up and even fewer in circulation now, that no one wants and are thus not in any demand at all.. John