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Italian ....."Tema Del Lupo" a music theme (funk, disco)

Spot on Thread here

No.......scene Belgium's 'Popcorn': the last underground music scene in Europe https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/feb/05/belgium-popcorn-underground-music-scene-europe-northern-soul

Apologies if this has been covered before (Please direct me) I was looking at the 2 singles my Mel Heuston and nothing came up until a search revealed this (RIP). "Mell was born on December 23, 1941 in Toledo, Ohio to James and Lee Anna Hueston. Mell joined the Army in 1960 after completion of Boot Camp; he was deployed to France where he spent most of his six years, in Special Services, which included the Honor Guard. Mell was a man who enjoyed entertaining, be it singing, spinning records as a D.J. and hosting many gatherings with friends and family at home. He was blessed to have the opportunity to tour with Bobby Purify as James Purify, performing such songs as “I’m Your Puppet” for about ten years. Mell was a Fourth Degree Knight with the Knights of Columbus. Mell worked for Costco in Goleta from the time they opened until 2013." https://www.independent.com/obits/2019/07/18/melvin-hueston-obituary/ My issue is that WIKI states Although "I'm Your Puppet" was their biggest hit, they had several further successes on both the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B chart in the US in the late 1960s, including a revival of "Shake a Tail Feather", originally by The Five Du-Tones, and "Let Love Come Between Us". Oliver's cover of the twosome's 1968 hit "I Can Remember" reached the top 25 of the Billboard Easy Listening Chart in the mid summer of 1970. The duo continued to record and tour together until 1971, when Dickey retired from the music business for health reasons and returned to Tallahassee, where he worked as a city maintenance supervisor as well as singing and playing guitar with his church and as a member of the Bethlehem Male Singers. James Purify then worked as a solo singer until 1974, when Penn introduced him to Ben Moore (James B. Moore, born 1941, Atlanta, Georgia). Moore had previously worked with Otis Redding, James Brown and as a member of Jimmy Tig and the Rounders, before forming half of the duo Ben and Spence, who recorded for Atlantic Records in the 1960s. Moore adopted the stage name "Bobby Purify", and the duo toured together until the 1980s. They re-recorded "I'm Your Puppet", which became a number 12 hit in the UK in 1976, and an album, Purify Bros.. I will leave it to the experts to help with correct info please as well as confirm if Mel is same singer in the singles

Careful now, before some people state that the Belgian Popcorn Scene is a "genre" too. I wonder if they have stickers on the back of their cars stating "Belgian Popcorn Is A Way Of Life"

We had this discussion before Northern Soul does exist as a Scene and that's it (apart from a few pop records made for the wonder that was Wigan Casino) no record was recorded as a Northern Soul record, it was just an invented name by my mate Dave Godin (RIP) when came up North and named it so

Jazz Funk is both a genre of music and was/is a scene too, I attended both as a youngster in the Midlands and Manchester Colins words are good https://www.electrofunkroots.co.uk/electrospective-event-colin-curtis-interview/

It's just a time thing and Dj's moving on by playing newer stuff and always looking for records "not played" on the scene which they could if the dance floor demanded it. The rave seen has changed in a similar way since it started too (but not yet as long in the tooth) I always liked the mish mash and laugh when any one tells me they have some Northern Soul records

Northern Soul is a "scene" that happens to play records from all over the shop (sometimes pinched from other scenes) It's just a name R&B, Soul, Funk, Reggae, Boogie, Disco, Latin Jazz, Boogaloo, Garage are many of the genres

VG+ with noise is a rubbish grading, more like VG

I hope you release then as "The New Sound" and not "Sounds" as they were called "The New Sound"

This could do with a press

I had no idea who he was until this thread, what a character !!!! John Hilliard aka "Motorcycle John", seems he slept with records (my type of guy) This may or may not help (seems to have some stuff not mentioned here) http://www.g45central.com/forum/index.php?threads/merced-memories.1641/

Thanks Mike I thought my old friend had gone 😀

I started a thread ages ago and as Madlad's sites has gone, I can't remember

Supplied to me

Did you not mean 500 people, as I got the impression from John's write up that it was a huge success ? If it was 5 as you say then thats now £1000 per dancer

Not the price some thought then £17 increments 😀 In John's excitement (he will blame his secretary's typing skills), did you spot that Richard Searling "Unleased" it on the Wigan Crowd

It was £3.99 (every penny helps)😀 brilliant buy

You might want to see this 😀

I have been involved in a wonderful thread with some proper knowledgable folks Anyway and I hope none of you have seen this (I apologise if you have and please direct me if it has been on here before) Please watch the (wish it was much longer) video embedded in this link, the place is amazing and I suspect we all want to be this guy searching through. Sadly this was 10 years ago and the store is no more (new owners) According to Discogs James Bennett, the owner (he even sings). Producer and songwriter based in Jackson, Mississippi who recorded blues, gospel, and R&B acts for his LaJam Records, J&B Records, Traction Records, Retta's Records, MT Records, Big Thigh Records, and “T” labels. Johnnie Mae Matthews chief writer.....you tell me, this made my day. Anyone know what happened to the amazing Mr Bennett ? Thanks to Graham Finch who sent me in this direction !!!! http://portraitofarecorddealer.blogspot.com/2011/04/james-bennett.html http://portraitofarecorddealer.blogspot.com/2011/04/james-bennett-2.html I wonder if someone can contact the new owners for any more info http://thedeltareview.com/albums-2/bamas-record-shop-jackson-ms/

Perhaps J.P. Bennet may have been James who sang lead with JMM in the Daps and Ida related to him ?

You have contributed more about soul than I ever could Rob and I have made lots more mistakes than you (Most days) ☺️ (Google says it's this emoji)

VG+ to me means marks, but no noise It's with £40 max and you should wait One sold a few years back for £15 Contact him and ask him if it's wrongly priced by mistake 😀