Jaco

Incisive commentary but somewhat lacking in depth of analysis.

Of course it was different to JB but vanilla pop is so not an appropriate term to use.

One minute in and I fear the worst. "Motown - vanilla pop" By who's definition?

Really? London/Stateside pressings are contemporaneous. Does this make Revilot "more" original?

And if you really need this explaining to you, then you seriously do not get it.

Rich Chorley collated it but lost all of the info when he had some personal difficulties. You'll know he's not on here anymore.

Nobody's mentioned what would have been a holy grail record in 1971 - well it was for me. The thunderous "6 x 6" - just about everything including the proverbial kitchen sink thrown in.

103 posts and nobody's mentioned "Condition Red" Or maybe there's a reason why............................... Anyhow I've always loved "Scrub-board" - the merits of which the vocal has been discussed here recently.

Think I'm with Rick on the timeline of this. Less than a year I would have said. Pretty sure Levine played this at Sale Mecca for the first time before Blackpool. Surely using 're-issue' implies an issue had already taken place which appears not to be the case here.

Respect the passion but the 'If you're not with us, you must be against us' stance is puzzling. Having said that it's not a unique stance is it?

Beautiful track. It's Ronnie Walker isn't it?

Essential, as is making sure you've got enough time to get back to Bremen for the return flight. Which I didn't.............. Oh and I bagged a 110 euro speeding fine in the process. An interesting trip all round.

Wonderful city, Godz. Went last year and will have to dig my guide out to remind me of the places we ate at and drank. There was one particular funky bar with a good vibe but I just can't remember what it was called. Didn't do any music gaffs but am sure others will come good. The amount of unlisted - as not in the guides - of substantial and historical buildings is mind blowing. Did a tour round the city on a canal barge type thing which was worth it. Postamerplatz is worth a view at night and we went on the fastest elevator in Europe in the Kollhoff Building there. Usual sightseeing stuff is definitely worth doing - Holocaust Memorial, Checkpoint Charlie, the Wall, Reichstag Building, Brandenburg Gate etc. I also did the Bauhaus Archive and the Museum fur Naturkunde which are my type of thing. Word of warning - if you are flying, which I guess you are - don't book the flights and then pay for them, only to find you've booked and paid for flights to Bremen instead! Not me, I'll add, my other half. Anyway that 400 mile round road trip was worth it.

Good to see there are not too many dissenters. Maybe those that distance themselves from the notion of being a 'Northern Souler' are so because of the more recent representation of the term/scene by the media. And yet even the most progressive elements of the music scene via the ideology and ethos of the 'Rare Soul Scene' still comes under the general banner of Northern Soul. And that ought to transcend any negativity associated with the identification of a Northern Souler.

You're right mate. I knocked about in Burnsworth for years and never saw her once.

Perhaps the question ought to be - What's the relevance of your question?

All of the reviews, in the main, are positive. There are 6 votes for 1 star so it would be interesting to have a critique from somebody who felt it only deserved that. Purely from a sense of balance, mind.

Seriously? If so it's to be hoped that only Middle Earth hobbits are in attendance at The Battle of the Five Armies.

Saw it at the Cornerhouse in Manchester which was sold out. The review essentially splits into two halfs. The first an objective view from a cinematic stance - the direction, the storyline, the acting, the pace etc. This was a reasonable success so the cinematic experience was a good, solid one. The acting was good all round, the portrayal of 70's life in the industrialised North was excellent, the characterisation was, in the main, spot on and the direction offered a clear basis for the characters and the storyline to develop. Some cliched elements detracted a little, the cockney geezer for example, and did every single person in the queue at Wigan have to wear a long leather coat? Well that's how it seemed. Maybe nitpicking but that's what you do when a film attempts to portray a subject matter that the reviewer has a first hand experience of. The second part of the review, for somebody who was on the scene in the early 70's, focuses on the music and associated content that created the magic and emotion that came from the era, whether it be that first night at Wigan, those first opening bars to the Salvadors, those first bombers etc. This was achieved in a very positive manner because that sense of excitement about the scene was definitely captured. It matters not if tracks were played out of any real timeline, the blending of the selected tracks with the plot worked really well. The drug taking was not overdone in my opinion though the transition from pills to jacking up seemed a little hasty and perhaps could have been avoided. I enjoyed it, would recommend people to go and see it and hats off to everybody who made it happen. I went with somebody who has absolutely no experience of the soul scene from any era, other than knowing that the Snake is a northern track! And they enjoyed it so it works from that perspective too. And finally it received a decent round of applause from the crowd so that tells you something.

Fastest finger first. Godz.

Guitar Ray - You're gonna wreck my life. Shagg

Excellent stuff, Chalky, as always.

Normal? What spectrum are you using to define what's normal. Forget the beer swilling badge wearing, KTF mob. What about people who have no interest in soul music but might actually want to go and watch a film? You know, like normal people do.

So if I've got this right, if you don't like soul music or listen to soul music, but want to go and watch this film, you are a moron?

Yes please. More of the Keith Barrow type will do it for me all day long.