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Ken Williams, the one person who could probably have helped identify his musical partner's vocals, sadly passed away last Summer. Ken Williams a-dish-a-tunes website still stands giving a partial (not full) discography and thirty second introductions to some of his songs, including Big Jim's Border Crossing and J.R. Bailey's take on Sweet Music, Soft Lights and You, which I hadn't heard before. https://www.adishatunes.com/full-discography

Is the second part " Let us not get too convivial"?

Here's the B&S 168 (Sept 1975) and Black Music (Oct 1976) and the notes to the Soul Brother CD. My collection is bound so not so easy to scan or photograph.

Just been listening through the various tracks mentioned above. Great, great vocals (especially on That's Her (That's The Girl For You)), but one wonders what impression (pun intended) his Jerry Butler-style (or clone) vocals created on Curtis Mayfield, when Curtis' former group-mate and friend was performing at his peak in the late sixties/early seventies, albeit contracted elsewhere (Mercury). I do not have the "gimme some mod jazz" compilation, or the original 45/album, so can't check the liner notes/credits, but is Mission Impossible our man? He is described as a bassist above and a guitar-player and musical director elsewhere, but neither instrument comes to the fore on the Hammond-organ driven canter through this oft-recorded film music.

Here they are.

You have to put in J.G. Lewis (not J G Lewis), then it comes up with three titles.

Let the Music Play (as J G Lewis) on Super Duper Love (Mainstream Hits and Rarities 1973-76) - (CD KEND 457) You Make Me Feel Like Someone on Kent/Modern's Serious Shades of Soul (CD KEND119)

Hold On by Sam Cooke

Much better in its natural form, without the scratchin', or whatever it is called

Another sad loss. Sincere condolences to his family and those close to him. Here is Barrett describing the creative process, before launching into "I Heard It Through The Grapevine".

Chairmen of the Board toured the UK in the Summer of 1971, in October 1972 and again in September/October 1973. The first tour - the show you probably remember - was criticised in B&S (see attachment from B&S #62). There had been a lengthy article on the group, following their poll win as the "most promising new act", in the previous issue. I saw them perform at Pickett's Lock, Edmonton on 4 October 1973. Great show, but three very different musical personalities, with Harrison Kennedy being more of a rock than a soul performer. It was good to see General (Norman) Johnson sing live for the first time. Incidentally, the former member was Eddie Custis. https://www.thatphillysound.com/copy-of-johnny-caswell

Sincere condolences to his family and those close to him. Here is one of my favourites from 1975.

More typical of the great man, Christmas Without A Tree from his Slippin and Slidin album

This Christmas - Donny Hathaway. And a Merry Black Christmas by the late, great Roy C (but not one of his best) from his Stella Lost Her Groove Again album.

Sublime. Must be the BBC's season for Motown as the label came up on last night's Only Connect (Supremes 4/5 albums in 1965) and University Challenge (tracks on which James Jamerson played bass). Too easy for anyone on here, but the students did well.

Here is a link to "Dr" Otis Williams of the Temptations, speaking on BBC Radio Four's Sunday programme about their 1980 version of Silent Night (36.42 minutes into the programme). https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001fvn8

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Here it is

I was wandering, lonely as a cloud, in the Wordsworth memorial garden at Grasmere, when I came across this inscription on one of the paving stones. Is this the "Get Involved" man and his wife?

If you have a spare forty minutes or so, listen again to these four spoken intros/outros: Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes I Miss You. Rapped outro begins at 3.35, stay with it to the very end five or so minutes later. Tyrone Davis I Had It All The Time Lenny Williams Where Did Our Love Go The story continues with Lenny Williams Somebody Else

I bow to Robbk's greater knowledge and superior listening skills! If I can, I'll forward the Mamie Galore track by pm. It was featured on the Doris Duke and Friends LP on UK Manhattan, which famously did not include Doris Duke, nor any of her friends (as far as I am aware).

Could it be a guide backing track for (You Better) Do It Right Now by Mamie P. Galore - Sack 4361/No Right To Cry released in 1967? https://www.discogs.com/release/11373966-Mamie-P-Galore-Do-It-Right-Now-No-Right-To-Cry/image/SW1hZ2U6MzgwMzI3NzQ=

Great article. It triggered a memory of a short piece in Black Wax Magazine (#4 page 17) from May 1973. It was much harder to join all the dots in those days.

The whole performance by the Gabriels, which lasts about 40 minutes, is now available on BBC I-player. https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ej34mb/play/avqn6q/p0c8yk3s A great variety of styles, but well worth watching to the end, with Jacob Lusk giving a powerful performance of The Way We Were (best since John Edwards, Willie Hutch and Gladys Knight of course); a medley with "You Were Supposed To Love Me"(?). And here is his American Idol version of You're All I Need To Get By from 2011.