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A sad day. The sad loss of a musical genius who wrote, produced and sang so many great songs. My particular favourites are "New Breed Kinda Woman" from the Invictus days and Margie Joseph's powerful interpretation of his "All Cried Out". Sincere condolences to his family and friends.

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.

So £500 plus postage for a rare pair? PM to me, please!

And belatedly here is Volume II, which I am playing now.

Thanks Rick. Perhaps the sleeve notes will reveal all when the CD arrives later today. Decisions like this send discographers and completists (like me) crazy! Still it has got us talking about a very good series of CDs.

I have all of these from Soul on the Real Side #1 to #12 and have just ordered #14 from Amazon. Anybody know what happened to #13?

And lest we forget, here is the Temptations album cover that also offended Mr Godin. Overreactions methinks.

Here it is - blues and soul 191 #page 25 (May 1976) - run out groove.

Even when Reet Petite was the UK Christmas number one in 1986, Bobby Womack was reportedly trying to raise money for a headstone for Jackie Wilson's grave, so presumably few royalties from 700,000 vinyl sales either. Glad to say the grave does now have a headstone. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/2261/jackie-wilson

With dread? Long Shot Kick De Bucket by the Pioneers was one of my earliest introductions to Reggae and was about the demise of a racehorse mid-race at Caymanas Park.

BB King - Gambler's Blues (Blues is King) Bobby Bland - If I Weren't A Gambler (Soul of a Man) Marvin Gaye - Life Is A Gamble (Trouble Man) Velvet - Bet If You Ask Around (Perception 543) Sam Dees - Roll Seven (Lovers Do)

I haven't found an alternative view of Otis' performance at the Manchester Odeon, but here is a review of the concert at Tiles, which took place the following night (16 September 1966, not 15). Altogether more enthusiastic, it was printed in Home of the Blues #6 (the forerunner of Blues and Soul). HoftB #5 showed the itinerary for the tour. t

Following the various Carstairs threads, here are the earliest references I can find in B&S: #128 p18 (February 1974) - Sale, Mecca; and then in #135 p17 (May 1974) - Radio Piccadilly, both by Frank Elson. Ian Levine made no mention in his column in Black Music, which began at the start of that year, but Tony Cummings did in his much-discussed NS article in BM June 1974, following a visit to Whitchurch. Wigan Casino began listing the Carstairs in its adverts in B&S #131 (March 1974), but made no mention of a particular track.

Here is the Corsairs discography promised at the end of the article above. It was included in Home of the Blues number 8 (March 1967), the first of the glossy issues.

And here is an interview with Lou, conducted by Steve Hobbs on Soul Bowl, Jazz FM (#11 May 1990). It is in two parts and the interview is interspersed with tracks Since You Said You'd Be Mine, What The Doctor Prescribed, What Should I Do, Didn't I Tell You, Making Love, Thank You Father, Just For You (Bobby Jonz) and Romancin' You. Soul-Bowl-11-Part-One.mp3 Soul-Bowl-11-Part-Two.mp3 Thanks to Mike for the technical advice. (I hope it works.)

A good article in Blues and Soul at the time of his May 1990 visit to the UK. Condolences to Lou's family. Kevin (in Chester)

I was only re-reading this article from Rolling Stone earlier in the week. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bill-withers-the-soul-man-who-walked-away-111535/ The beauty of his music was its simplicity. I recall seeing him live at the Rainbow, Finsbury Park, back in 1974(?). In an era when shows tended to be extravagant, e.g. James Brown, Earth Wind and Fire, Kool and the Gang, Ohio Players, Philly tour, Isaac Hayes (with no fewer than 62 people on and around the stage with him) etc, Bill just had a few musicians alongside, including Melvin Dunlap (bass) and James Gadson (drums). Bill provided a relaxed spoken intro to each song, back in the day when a rap was a rap. Evidence that less can be more, a great performance, one of the best concerts I attended. Too many favourites to list, but Who Is He And What Is He To You and Let Me Into Your Life (both covered by Creative Source) stand out. Here is Blues and Soul's first introduction to the great man, along with some of his Sussex labelmates (#64 - 1971).

Here's 15 of my top 10: Brother, Doctor, Sister, Nurse - Latimore Temperature Rising – General Johnson Fever – Darrow Fletcher Headache in My Heart – the Debonaires Life and Breath – the Moments Staying at Home Like a Woman – Lynn Varnado I Just Don’t Know What to Do With Myself – Chuck Jackson I’ll Go Crazy – Don Bryant Shop Around – the Miracles And I Panicked – the Dramatics Grits Ain’t Groceries – Little Milton Givin’ Up Food for Funk - JBs Roll Seven – Sam Dees Slow Roll It – Roy C/Lady Mary What Does the Future Hold? – 24 Karat Gold

And this two-stepper on Preacher Rose c.1990, which was championed by Steve Hobbs on his Soul Bowl show on Jazz FM at the time.

Here is an mp3 (if it works). My album is also Frankford/Wayne with distribution by Chess. Mastering by Frankford Wayne is etched into both sides In addition side 1 has NLPS 202 XCSV1422 142635 scratched into the run out (and 18299 scratched through with two lines) Side 2 has the same, but with #18532 [2] and a rather more professionally XCSV142636-1B etched into the plastic. Kevin in Chester Audio003.mp3

I am spending the New Year playing all of my vinyl albums some of which, I confess, haven't been out of their sleeves for years. One curiosity (to me) is that according to the track listing on the O'Jays In Philadelphia (Neptune NLPS 202), tracks 4 and 5 on Side One should be "I Should Be Your Lover" and "Looky Looky (Look At Me Girl)" respectively, whereas the record plays "Losing My Touch" at track 4 and then "I Should Be Your Lover" at track 5. "Looky Looky" is not there. Now I must have noticed this forty or fifty years ago, when I first acquired the album, but I can't recall the discrepancy or find a reference to it elsewhere. I do not suppose my album is unique, so I wonder how many were issued, before the mistake was rectified? Did later re-issues have the correct tracks and running order?

One of the most wonderful Motown tracks (forever)

Here are jpegs, but not transcriptions, of pages 2 and 3 of the article. Hopefully they are legible. B&S gave good coverage of Doris; she was also featured in issues 75, 93, 132, 204 and 322.

Floyd Smith?