Soulfusion

As mentioned by someone earlier "Motown" is the overarching name of a number of record labels based in Detroit owned by Berry Gordy whereas "Northern Soul" is a term coined by Dave Godin, whilst at Soul City in the late '60's, to differentiate the current music buying tastes of London and South East soulies and soulies from up north. At this time the northern buyers would almost certainly have been buying records from the Motown stable of labels and Motown, as others have stated, would have been played at The Twisted Wheel. As the '60's became the '70's the definition of Northern Soul evolved to describe a certain type of soul sound initially recorded in the 60's with a certain beat but which did not gain an official UK release at the time of its US release and was therefore unknown and so did not include more popular Motown sounds.

Recently picked up a copy of "Murderer's Home" which is an Alan Lomax field recording of various incarcerated prisoners at a Mississippi Penitentiary in 1947

And don't forget the Blues; Leadbelly famously had his prison sentence commuted because his playing abilities so impressed the warden.

Some great photos on here Steve. I guess that you have been asked this many times before but what equipment are you using to get such great wildlife pics? Steve

Another one that always get the hairs on my neck moving is Sam's original (and best) version of A Change Is Gonna Come.....

Hairs go up on the back of my neck everytime I hear that tune on the accompanying soundtrack album. By the way the Joan Osborne vocal on Broken Hearted from same album is immense and, in my opinion, betters the original. Steve

Arrived Friday, no. 638

Sad new indeed RIP PY

Still waiting but there was something like a 1,000 to sign and post out, that's a lot of franking for two people!

The horn section, it grabbed the teenage me and has remained ever since. Even the simple harp raises the quality to your average blues tune. Real instrumentation on wax is timeless. Steve

Hi All Been lurking on here for a week or two now and thought it was about time I introduced myself. Sixties baby found black music through EW&F and The Crusaders at the tail end of the Seventies. Been a (general) DJ in the past and doing some (low end) vinyl trading at record fairs. Interested in most genres of black music, hence the moniker. Despite a general interest in 60's/70's soul through Stax, Chess, Atlantic, Motown and Philadelphia et all my understanding of Northern (the Scene moreso than the music) would benefit from some education. Looking forward to making a contribution. (Another) Steve