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Significantly under-rated group in my book but great to see a very worthy compilation. "We don't" and "If tears were pennies" are stone cold classics. Good work.

Thanks chaps.

Just can't remenber who this is, so help needed.

Theres already a thread about this in Look at your Box titled "Anyione know anything about this rather expensive item"

The Torch sometime in '72. Honestly can't say what the first record was but I'm sure Mamie Galore and Wendy Rene were played early on.

Good choice for No.1 - played it in the car today as it happens. Great to have you put the effort in on this and all other podcasts, Pete.

1020 The Grand Prees - "Sit and cry/Jungle fever" 1021 The Christian Harmonizers - "The day has passed and gone/The Lord will make a way" 1022 The Might Wonders - "All my troubles will be over/God called Moses" 1023 Edwin Johnson & Silas Philer - "You gave me love/Gotta find my baby" 1024 Nat Miller & Santio's Premiers - "She still my baby/Unknown" 1025 The Vibra-Tones & George Johnson - I'm begging you baby/Willies dream" 1027 Evangelist Mattie Lewis & Travelling Gospelettes - "The Lord is my shepherd/The rest of my days" 1029 Ruth White & the Continentals - "Give us your blessings/Dog time" 1030 The Humble Gospel Singers - "Long way to the city/The rest of my days" 1026, 1031 and 1033 are the aforementioned Empires and Maurice Williams tracks.

Simsy, I think you'll find that this is boba interviewing the band members (unless you already knew that)

Marvin Gaye - Manchester Apollo 1976? Gladys Knight - Manchester Free Trade Hall 1973? Bobby Bland - San Diego - 1986 Bobby Womack - Manchester International - 1991? Millie Jackson - Manchester Apollo - 1975? Junior Walker - Stoneground, Manchester 1973 Edwin Starr - Bury Basement Club -1972 Cannot specifically remember the years in some cases but definitely remember the concerts.

The true power of the internet.

Would have thought it was a mistake. The excellent DFTMC site shows ony recordings by the Isley Brothers and the Supremes.

I was putting this up at roughly the same time as Pete Smith was posting about Johnny Fingers. Had I seen Pete's thread it would have been featured in a category all of it's own - something along the lines of MOST INSPIRED GESTURE IN TIMES OF HARDSHIP AWARD and would once again have demonstrated just how unique this society, to which we all belong, truely is. First class effort from Pete and all those who have supported John so far.

Greetings to you all from a wintery Bolton! I did this last year and on the basis that nobody seemed to violently object to it then, here we go again..... First off I'd like to say that it was a strange year in some respects - the scene appears to be as healthy as ever for the major events - Burnely, Lifeline, 100 Club etc but perhaps the proliferation of small local events is putting some strain on the paying punter to keep such events going, particularly in light of the continued economic strife. The music continues to inspire the DJ's who are out there attempting to keep the ethos of playing original uptempo (in the main) 60's rare or underplayed sounds but there continues to be, what appears to be, an ever widening gap between this movement and the oldies (in the main) only crowd which on the big stage ie Blackpool continues to pack them in. And so the debate goes on as to which type of music scene can drive the Northern scene on into the next decade. Maybe both, maybe neither - only time will tell. It's all interesting stuff nonetheless. From a personal perspective I've never heard as many quality tracks as I've heard this year, courtesy of the breadth and depth of music available via Refosoul and Bob's weekly radio show from Chicago - it's truely mind boggling what sounds people have in their collections that we have available to us to listen to at the click of a mouse. More power to the internet. Anyway down to business. Soul Source got a new (unelected) headmaster when Chorleysoul announced himself in grand style across the various forums, lecturing us in all manner of subjects ranging from Michael Jackson's funeral to the cultural influence of Black American music and how it was stolen by those pesky white boys in the UK and the war in Afghanistan amongst many others. His style of posting was suggested to be patronising and condescending but his INTERMITTENT USE OF capital letters WAS ANNOYING to say the LEAST . But to be fair to Chorleysoul he stuck to his principles, argued his corner in elequent fashion and seemed to ease down on the somewhat superior tone as the year progressed - gosh, I even look forward to his posts now. SPAT OF THE YEAR Nothing came close to the Levine/Trouble punch up from 2008 though it continued to rumble on in the early part of 2009. Just when it seemed to have finally run out of legs Trouble steamed back in with his Manifesto editorial rant which kicked it off all over again. Trouble also gave Ian Dewhirst a verbal bashing over the Tim Brown sales issue and Beeks had a bit of a ruck with a few over his R & B cover up but nothing came close, in my opinion, to the considerable perplexity caused by Nordic Soul's opinions on race, multiculturalism etc on the "Political Parties With Extreme Racial Views" over in Freebasing - 7188 views and 623 posts made mostly by Nordic Soul and those that vehemently opposed his opinions which I admit did not sit too easily with me and many others. EVENT OF THE YEAR So not a musical event as such but two events probably dominated the year, one unconnected in real terms to the rare soul scene, the other, for some, representing the scene in it's very essence. Firstly the death of Michael Jackson was probably THE global happening of the year and whilst there was some debate on here about his musical contribution, lifestyle etc it was probably something that we observed from a distance. The second event was the sale of Kenny Burrell's copy of "Do I love you" for £27k which certainly was the biggest Northern Soul happening of 2009 even if the record completely polarises opinion. For some the interst remaind acute until the bidding ended, (possibly somewhat short of what was expected) whilst for others it was just one big yawn about an over-hyped and overplayed track.Some national press coverage propelled it into the mainstream and we may never see such dizzy heights in terms of money for a Northern record ever achieved again THREAD OF THE YEAR An early thread from Trouble - "Twisted Oldies" was enthusiastically received and "Northern Soul Snobs" caused a stir as did Kens' "Deep Funk and N/Soul". Considerable angst was portrayed in the "Souled Out Film" thread but a favourite of mine was the "Greatest Record Finds of All Time" thread which has ultimately led to a late shout for the "Who Discovered What" thread which gets my vote because it always been one of the things that has intrigued me over the years, particularly for those sounds discovered after the Wigan era, but in a lot of ways also relevant for those classic sounds of the early 70's when they were being discovered by the bucket load. DEBACLE OF THE YEAR Only one winner, for which there were no winners at all, the Little Anthony gig fiasco. A salutory lesson for those with promoter aspirations. Enough said. POST OF THE YEAR There were many humorous posts within the main forums that caught the eye. The wit and humour of the likes of Godzilla (especially in the Picture Quiz threads), Modernsoulsucks, SteveM and Theresa in particular continued at full tilt throughout the year but the award goes to a beauty from Mark S on 19 August in the "6 Million People Can't Be Wrong" thread : "James mate stop being a girl find Levine either fuck him or fight him and get it out of your system lifes far to short" WEBBYDUBLIN THREAD OF THE YEAR With so many to choose from this was a real toughy but ultimately I went for the one that epitomises the depth of pyschoanalysis that Webby is attempting to fathom from the SS members: "Which sock do you put on first when you are getting dressed?" A real killer that one for sure - so much controversy, so much debate. Ok so I made that one up but you get my drift, dontcha? MEDIA POSTER OF THE YEAR Once again Baz Atkinson continued in a rich vein when it came to Media threads and posts ably assisted by Brett F, Gazman, Kev Cane, Kev Moore, Ken, Okehdokeh, Les F etc etc. The Crossover thread has now been running for nearly 2 years with approaching 7000 posts and nearly 100,000 views. Significant stats have been achieved for the "Sixties Soul Sunday" and "Sweet and Deep" threads - tremendous achievements by all those involved. MIA Notable absentees included Winnie, Stuart T, Baz, Dan (perhaps for good?). John Manship posts less frequently these days after some criticism was levelled at him regarding his auctions - a real shame as John is right up there with the doyens of the scene as far as knowledge is concerned.Tony Rounce appears to be on sabbatical, Trevski appears quiet of late, Barry had a self imposed(?) exile during the year but reappeared remarkably lucid and therefore did not qualify for the next award..... THE SAMUEL K AMPHONG "What the f**k is that all about" AWARD This goes to DtheDrug whose posting style is immpenetrable due to a complete lack of punctuation, grammar, sense made worse by a jammed CAPS LOCK AND BOLD FONT. OVERSEAS POSTER OF THE YEAR Nobody comes close to Bob Abrahams when it comes to our foreign representative - his weekly radio show an absolute must for any discerning soul fan. OTHER NOTABLES Pete Smith crashed through the 20,000 post barrier - you always get full value with a Pete Smith post - Paul Kyser and Cecil Washington became members, once again highlighting the power of the internet and Mark Bicknell gave up jocking (I think he mentioned it once) only kidding Mark but sadly notable deaths included Richard Pegue, Ted Jarrett, Johnny Carter and Sunny Munro along with some dearly loved scene members. So there we go another year of opinions, counter opinions, truths, half-truths, lies, statistics, detail, information - the bedrock of our scene the platform for which is provided to us for free and for which Mike and the moderators at Soul Source are to be thanked wholeheartedly. Best wishes to all on Soul Source for a splendid Christmas and a prosperous and Soulful New Year. Mike Jacques (if you were not offended), Ian Levine (if you were) PS A final note regarding Imberboys offer of an ear to listen to anybody's troubles at this time. I don't know him and some on here do but that really is a very special offer and one that goes to the very heart of a community of like minded people who are prepared to help out others. Well done to him.

I wondered when Tony Rounce would get a mention. He would be able to fill in a few gaps from the early 70's for sure.

"Ian Levine's 1965 discovery they banned" They being who?

I would be very surprised if Levine wasn't credited with discovering Linda Jones and Ann Sexton, but you never know.

Thought this was one of Rod Shard's finds?

Yes, indeed.

3 on ebay this year - $154, $193 and $302.

Maybe / You don't need him ~ MOJO 103 (early 70s) Hand in hand / What you gonna do ~ BOBLO 313 (early 70s) All work and no play / Put my loving on you ~ TASK (1977) Put my loving on you / Pickin' up where she left off ~ SOUND GEMS 106 (1977 From Sir Shamblings Deep Soul Heaven site.

Yeah I get that but aren't they able to make the choice because they have the product that other events don't have. If everybody had access to the same tracks via CD everybody could make the same choices. This would mean that there would be little to distinguish one event from another, surely?

One through ebay last year for $50 if that's any use to you.

This doesn't seem to make sense. If Burnley was based on a CD policy how would it be different from anywhere else?

What's the night promoted as? If it's an oldies night then the sounds will fit in even if they have been done to death.

Why is it a stupid statement? It's a valid question isn't it? If the answer is that they are all legitimate why get steamed up? You answered "Of course not" which confirms the point. If Goldmine/Anglo are out of business does that stop the question being asked? I was simply asking whether or not the legal licencing of tracks for which A la Carte is being taken to task over also applied to other CD sellers.