Djmelismo

This guy has put up some 280 tunes on Youtube! https://www.youtube.com/profile?user=phatasssfunk

Cheers for posting Tommy. Tracklist looks great, will download as soon as I get home from work. Your previous show is still on my laptop, didn´t want to delete it! Best, Melismo

Dear moderators, double-posted by mistake, can you delete the other one please?! Right now watching (and listening to) the Damon Harris interview. Here´s the direct link: https://www.corner2success.com/damon%20harris.wmv So, Damon Harris´ first love was classical music, he was raised in an area where most people where white and Jewish, not Afro-American. Cheers, M

Exclusive interviews performed by Amie Jo for her show. She does in-depth interviews with for instance Damon Harris (Temptations), Candi Staton, Little Anthony, Bobby Rush, Earl Turner, Morris Day... https://www.corner4success.com/i_television I found this very interesting, hope you do too. Best, Melismo

Cheers guys! Much appreciated. I prefer the ones where Donny´s voice is prominent. Mr. Hathaway is my all time favorite male soulsinger. How many duets did they cut together, only those two? Best, Mel

Interestingly, the Waller Family is still in the business, performing live and sometimes recording. They´ve recorded as the Waller Family, The Wallers, and some of the members of the extended Waller family have released solo material also. More info to be found over at https://www.pkrecords.com/ but no mention there of their oldest recordings, only the more recent ones. They are a very popular live act over in the States, mainy performing covers of soul standards, but also some of their own original material. Best, Melismo

Sadly also one of the main reasons why Aretha Franklin despite a long and very successful career (understatement...LOL) for a very long time refused to visit Europe, or any other continent for that matter, because she´s afraid of flying. And since 7/11 and the ever prevailing terrorist threat, even more soul artists (as people in general) have refused to go on international flights for fear of hijacking (skyjacking) and terrorist attacks causing planes to blow up... We live in a world of fear somehow.

Hi Mark! I´ve asked one of our forum members (Tad, who is from Japan) about why soul music seems to be so popular in Japan, don´t really remember now exactly what he answered, but don´t think he had any one explanation as to why rare soul seems to be so popular over there. But he agreed that whenever you search the net for some very rare and elusive soul cut, you´re bound to end up on a page put up by a Japanese soul enthusiast! And whenever you hear that "someone just visited the store and bought 10 copies of the same album", well, that´s often a Japanese guy who has come to your country to buy some items that may be a bit easier to find in your country, but very rare in Japan. I remember once I sold a European-only Gwen McCrae album to a Japanese person, who was willing to pay any sum of money in order to get it. Anyway, as a whole I guess the Japanese are into soul music for more or less the same reason(s) as the British/European punters, whatever those reasons may be... Yes, the Jappies own the rights to some of the very obscure stuff they put out, but there are also quite a number of bootlegs and cases where no mastertapes are used, instead copies being made of vinyl records that are digitalised. Maybe not of much help, but at least I tried Best, Melismo

Leonard Julien III - Reflections Of Soul https://cdbaby.com/cd/ljulien Leonard Julien III has toured with Millie Jackson, he sang the David Ruffin parts in the tv mini-series about The Temptations, he´s the saxophone player on Outkast´s "I Like The Way You Move" etc. An interesting CV I must say. Here are two of the tracks: The Love I Let Slip Away https://cdbaby.com/mp3lofi/ljulien-04.m3u I Wanna Get Close To You https://cdbaby.com/mp3lofi/ljulien-01.m3u ................................................................................ ................ Also worth bringing up is the Lee McDonald AKA Cleveland Parker album, a reissue and remixed version of the Sweet Magic album plus some previously unreleased tracks. Take a listen here: https://cdbaby.com/cd/leemcdonald ................................................................................ ................ Best, Melismo

Cheers for posting playlist and download link, Tad. Enjoyed your selection as always, for instance Home Boy´s "A Love Connection" and La Voyage´s "Never Looking Back". Carolyn Franklin´s "Deal With It" and David Morris Jr´s "Midnight Lady" are two of my all time favorites. They were on several of my mixtapes back in the day. Brings back some memories Best, Melismo

Sound files wanted please. Does anyone have the early duets that June Conquest and Donny Hathaway recorded together?! Thanks in advance Melismo

A Happy New Year to Everyone on Soul Source!!! Melismo

The links provided above are excellent and I´m sure you know of the Boogie Times CD comps too, including loads of rare tracks that are in-demand on the French boogie/rare groove scene. BTW, there´s a new comp just out!. You can post about individual tracks here, and also on EMS, where there are a number of people who are into the modern soul and boogie type of black music. When I was a record dealer back in the day I sold to people from all over the world. All my happy-go-lucky uptempo boogie-soul went to the French guys )) Best, Melismo

Wayne Henderson - Dancin´ Love Affair Lead vocals handled by Ron "Dramatics" Banks, no less. Cheers Melismo

A Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year to Everyone on Soul-Source! The Christmas threads over in the Media section have put me in the right mood, have enjoyed all the nice Christmas tunes from the likes of Lonnie Hill, Randy Brown, Margie Joseph, James Brown, Clarence Carter and many more. All the best Melismo

Isopropanol, as mentioned, is suitable for cleaning vinyl, and is what I´ve always used to clean the recording head of my tape recorders. Best, Melismo

Hi Jens! I wasn´t quick enough to download those mixes of yours, so please let me (us) know once they´re up again! Cheers Melismo

So, Tony Free = Souljazera, same person?! Posted comments on this mix on another forum on which Tad supplied the link. Great selection, really enjoyed the mix. Cheers Melismo

Good luck with the new soul/funk night! Lycka till! Har jag v¤garna f¶rbi s¥... Cheers, Melismo

Yes, think so too, because Larry Braggs was the guy who handled the lead vocals when I caught the band live some years ago. He is a great singer. In connection with the concert I also bought the group´s (then) new album, which featured some really nice cuts ably vocalled by Larry Braggs. Cheers, M

...and "Bittersweet Soul Music" (sung by Michael Jeffries) is one of their best ballads, an amazing tune methinks. It´s from their 1978 LP We Came To Play, later reissued as a CD. Cheers M

Urban Renewal album should be fairly easy to find - on vinyl as well as cd - and a cheapie. I saw (and heard!) TOP live 3-4 years ago. Great concert. They´re so amazingly tight, funky and soulful. Always interesting to see who the current lead singer is. There´s been a long string of lead singers since the group started, Lenny Williams probably my favourite. Don´t remember the name of their latest recruit, but he is a competent enough vocalist. Best, Melismo

I´ve used Western Union before, for sending as well as receiving money, and it works a treat. The one who is sending money has to provide you with a code. You go to a Western Union outlet (around where I live there are in particular many kiosks and small shops to choose from - there´s a list on the Internet), you supply the code, show your id (such as a driver´s license), and you get the money in cash. If the sender hasn´t made any mistakes you get the exact sum of money that you´d expected. The only thing is that if you don´t know the customer, of course you must ask them to pay before you can actually post the record... Hope this helps Melismo

Cheers Helena for posting! Enjoyed those two mixes, both yours and Sebastian´s. Hope to see you soon, since I live not too far from the Function do. All the best, Melismo, Sweden.

Hi there! Thanks for posting a link to the mp3. As expected, great selections from all djs involved! Enjoyed the show Cheers Melismo