soulfulsaint

Yes its based on academic writing by former York/Wigan boy Andy Wilson. I'm also in the London studio with him too. If any Soul Sourcer would like me to sneak in an obscure reference, make your suggestions below. Keep them clean and within the bounds of broadcast law.

Rod, I'm sure I saw you dancing to it at the Mecca and you stayed on the floor for Del Reys Incorporated and Boby Franklin - so when did modern soul begin to really suck? .

What a shower of sinners you lot are. Okay Jock here goes - Donald Lawrence 'When the Saints Go Marching In' - best gospel 12" its '90s and and has a great Scottish football sub-text. Davie - what about Clara Ward 'Right Direction' '60s, gospel inspired and old northern. I even tap my toes to Andre Crouch and the Disciples ' We Are The Christian People'

Just been sorting through some cheapies and played Annette Thomas's 'You Need A Friend Like MInd' on Truth - a Stax Gospel subsidiary. Great Frederick Knight dancer. I also like 'Baptise Me In Your Love' by the DC Three. Have you a gospel dance favourite - must be a gospel record which already has or possibly could crossover to the northern scene? Why is their no smilie for praying? :angry:

...Not a big fan of her over-raunchy stuff either, especially the album where she's sitting on the toilet having a dump.... mind you I do love 'If Your Not back In Love By Monday'

Jocko Its time to confess. When i worked at NME I went to interview Curtis Anderson in Baltimore. He gave me a copy of a local Baltimore indie 45 called 'She Devil'. I had no way of playing it there and then. Later that day, I went to a local record shop and bought another four copies. It was only when I got home I realised it was shite. So really sorry, it looked good, it seemed rare and it should have been brilliant but it wasn't. It happens to the best of us. How many times have you gone to a Hibs game believing they are the new Brazil? Sorry it was my fault. Sam is innocent. I blame the Jocks

...Chalky Rob Grant has copies at least he did a few weeks back...

...always been a fan of Sure Shot with those firing pistols....

And what are those sounds effects on Love Factory? Weird techno noises.

For all you fans of the telephone system. Forget Johnny Baker's 'Operator Operator', or the Light Drivers or Tony and Tyrone. The real deal must be Gene Faith's 'Call the FBI' you hear the money going into the phone box, the full dialled number, then the operator before he even gets through to the FBI to report his baby missing. Brilliant.

I've always had a soft spot for the school bell that rings at the beginning of Ronnie McNeir's 'Sitting in My Class' - what's your favourite sound effect in a soul record?

The film is being produced by a young Newcastle producer called Chrsitine Alderson who has made a couple of low budget films, and has worked for Channel 4. She was on the fringes of the soul scene but by her own admission is more of a Newcastle party girl. These things are hard to pull off. When it comes to northern we are obsessive whereas the audience they want to reach is is much more mainstream. So when it comes out go to along with that in mind - a movie that would please the Soul Source forum is impossible to make. Even the soundtrack is doomed - cue dreary disputes about oldies versus modern versus R&B... .

And Reggie Garner was a real tiny tot too. Cubie of the FIve Stair Steps possibly?

If anything, the presence of 'other scenes' has had an inflationary effect on the rare soul scene. Take a record like Mixed Emotions 'Gold of My LIfe' formally a cheapie at the Mecca. But thirty years have increased its scarcity, the modern northern scene has increased its value, the 'B' side is very collectable funk track, which has pushed its value further. So in effect, more people have a reason to collect it - but supply has not increased. So if demand increases and supply stays the same, then just like oil, the prices rise. That's basic economics. The emergence of the gay disco scene has made Philly and NY Disco more collectable, the rare groove scene has made JB and Street Funk more collectable, the rare funk scene has made Ohio labels the 'new Detroit' , the R&B scene has its effect on prices too. The Japaneses collectors market has made small southern based labels much more expensive than they were in the days of Wigan, where they never really 'competed' with Detroit and Chicago releases. We often assume the inflation in the market is about the rare northern scene and 'people paying daft prices' but there are probably more people in Japan bidding for records like Don Varner 'Tearstained Face' now than there are northern collectors. There are definitely more US buyers for indie funk. Even the evolution of our own scene has played its part in the demand curve. A great current example is Ollie Jackson. Old school collectors around in the '70s would not part with ' The Day My Heart Stood Still' despite the more recent demand for the flip side 'Gotta Wipe Away the Teardrops' . So if copies are scarce, and there is a new demand surge then the price goes up. ....and there is more to come, the two biggest populations in the world the Indians and the Chinese have yet to catch the soul collecting bug... Great.

Great tunes Hammy - I knew you were a Saints fan at heart.

Sorry to break with the dominant thinking but I'd go with the following dream team: Frankie 'Love Man' Crocker E. Rodney Jones Rufus Thomas Curtis Anderson Jimmy Bishop All DJs who have released northern soul singles. Good mix of oldies, modern and R&B too.

Forget 'Shameless' lets talk Paul Sturrock - but that's off topic I'm afraid.

Its the producers but they are encouraged to make the soundtrack relevant to the drama but to use music that can add to the series. Sometimes they hire musical advisers. Our commerical development team want music that is not easily available in the charts so the the CD is also attractive to viewers. Its for that reason that northern soul is so attractive, upbeat, feel good but not a chart hit. ' No Angels' is more soul, 'Shameless' is more indie. But that's more to do with the characters and the drama.

Glad you like it. It is produced in Leeds and forms part of Channel 4's production quota out of London, which is 30% of original programming or £115m of annual investment in talent across the UK. .....Okay so I was caught reading Soul Source when I'm meant to be working on Channel 4's programmes outside London. Cheers Stuart Cosgrove PS Made Leeds but is it authentic - I've never seen Pat Brady selling records in a scene yet?

Scottish club St Johnstone has a captain called Kevin James he is 6' 7" and nicknamed 'Le Freak'. He often takes the field to the sound of Chic.

Gasher it went for £269. (cheap if you ask me) The snow is still thick. And Aberdeen got horsed by Celtic. Stay where you are.

Carol Anderson's 'I'll Get Off At the Next Stop' - especially the bit when she's getting off the bus, on Lonely Street. Painful brilliance.

Agreed last item i wanted on gemm was long gone - and Garry O'Connor is going to Moscow.

Agreed Paddy I got one yesterday at my work - exact same. Sent it on to PayPlay and they confirmed its a phishing scam. They hope you'll reply to the email giving confidential information about your account.

My favourite strange song is Keanya Collin's Version of 'Love Bandit'. For years I thought Barnabus Collins was her husband, turns out he's a vampire from a cult TV show. I quote: "Soap Operas don't come much more bizarre than Dark Shadows, in fact its safe to say that it was probably the worlds first supernatural soapie. Intended to be that way from the start the series began with Victoria Winters arriving in the town of Collinsport, Maine to act as a governess for David Collins at the family home of Collinwood. The show really picked up with the arrival of Barnabus Collins on 14 April 1967, Barnabus just happened to be a centuries old vampire of course and with his coming the show began to move into the realms of time travel with for months sometimes the action shifting to the 1700's. " Best version too.