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I knew it was Gwen Owens ! .... it sounded very fresh last week too fast for us geriatrics to dance to it , but boy did we wiggle to it.

OMG .... its that tune that Charlie played at Bambury which had been bugging all week ..... I lost a good thing ? please tell me what is this ! I know it from the past but have not heard it played out , think Brian used to have it . This sound is calling me

Next on my list to listen to Marc ... now if I return to Germany I am going to go for 7 sausages with my Katofle salad !

I am getting a bit of a gritty gutsy R&B feel Andrea's which I must say I likeee

I am sorry I disagree with you both ... I can't see how anyone could police this and make such a statement , well not unless they had eyes everywhere ... maybe God ? Lets stay positive I want to hear more from the European guys , no need to compare , reflect on what goes on or doesn't go on here ... its just opinions at the end of the day

Thanks Andreas , I really enjoyed listening to your tracks , love the needle in haystack tune . I too own a Fenton Robinson and have loved it with a passion for some years , and yes Europe is on bucket list next years ...oh there is more excellent ! thanks again

I am really trying very hard biting my lip ..... but yet again a sweeping statement that appears to speak for everyone , how can you possibly know where every dj is in the country on a particular night ? I know of many Dj's that go to venues where they don't DJ please don't give people a false image of the facts. You know its statements like you have just made that stop people wanting to go to an upfront night ... you really are not helping in making people welcome in these silly statements you quite often make.

I would like to see a current top five plays from our European players if anyone would like to share ?

I didn't know Gary but would like to pass my condolences to his family and friends , it reads like his life was filled with much love and respect , I am sad for his family today x

Sounds like its Lars only , must say I am glad cause i want to hear his faster stuff too

Lars started off saying we, and also saying they are on for two hours so perhaps they are doing an hour each? I must say its a lovely start to Sunday lovely tracks selected Lars I don't normally listen to these slower cuts and maybe I should more, I was only discussing the flip to Papa bear , you're the sweetest thing this side of heaven which should be heard ... but where ?

Lars is warming up nicely at the moment enjoying the groove very much . I do hope I can download this stuff for another listen, really enjoy the select tracks I am hearing

Simon if we look at this objectively concidering how many soul do's are happening every weekend the likelyhood of violence is very small. There are drunk and sometimes just plain aggressive people without a drink in all walks of life , even of the "soul scene" yes we are not all whiter than white . I think in the years that i have been souling I have only ever seen a fight once ! and that involved two women ... I hasten to add the men did not seperate them because they were enjoying the spectacle. I would imagine that a lot of self policing goes on , there are some strong fella's on the scene that don't have to shout the odds to make their mark. So in answer to your question... NO its always been there , you just never noticed it IMHO

As I was saying only the other saturday ... not all that keen on "out of the in crowd " can't see its attraction but then .....I have been known to change my mind a few years down the line...sometimes

Really pleased foy you , look out for "Its about time I made a change " Funky and nice

If you want to appeal to the younger generation follow apples lead and call it simply .......SOULPOD

I do hope you you eventually receive it . Has the same seller listed the one that is on ebay at the moment ? I think its a little strange if its the case that he has two copies of a record for sale in a matter of weeks when Flynny says he has only seen 3 copies in 20 odd years ?

Great stroke of luck for you , love this record its so today

I don't think we are getting daily deliveries anymore In the flats where I Iive we have days where no post arrives and then on the saturday we get loads of stuff ?

I will add full credit for the effort it creating podcast and really putting his head on the block for what he believes in , it is easy to judge not so easy to put the effort in and produce something to debate and lay yourself wide open to an alternative view . At the end of the day its our own personal opinion on whether he hits the spot for us individually. As always I would l aways advocate make your own mind up.

I listened to some of these in the car on the way to York last night and i am afraid i must rank low on the taste ladder because i didn't find the tracks I heard in the car at all soulfully inspiring i counted around 3 tracks that were to my taste on pods 3 and 4. There is no doubt Ian has a great passion in what he plays ,and he delivers the sounds to his audience exceptionally well , but I am afraid this time around the standard of the tunes selected in the main that i heard on pods 3 and 4 were not for me at all. But the upside was that it made what i eventually heard played at the York soul club sound like heaven to my ears , sounds more to my taste that were elevated even more so after having two hours of what was to me not up to the very high bench mark that is progressive soul as i personally know and perceive of it today.

i think you will regret selling it ... its pricless

Wondered if many of you have ever started out not liking a record and then eventualy liking it ? I had a problem with Guitar Ray years ago I found the record so depressing I just could not appreciate it at all , kept thinking of someone going down into the cellar and hanging himslef with the laundry .... but I now really like hearing it and watching so many others always singing along to it . Do you have one that made you turn around so to speak ?

Great thread , don't you find that so often we are caught up in between mega rare nights and the obvious known stuff that most will only dance to that unfortunately we miss out on these cheaper cuts ,there are so many of these great sounds that get over looked by most.

june conquest - all i need