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Sorry but i don't have a Pop chart this time to compare.But look out for local hits, southern oul and plays from th North And note the singer who had her own series on BBC TV WBOK 1230 New Orleans, LA Week Ending September 7, 1967 1 Believe in Me Baby--Jessie James 2 Cold Sweat--James Brown 3 Hypnotized--Linda Jones 4 Baby, I Love You--Aretha Franklin 5 Eloise--William Bell 6 Higher and Higher--Jackie Wilson 7 A Woman Will Do Wrong--Helene Smith 8 It's Got to Be Mellow--Leon Haywood 9 I'm Coming Home--Otis Redding 10 Make Me Yours--Bettye Swann 11 Casanova--Ruby Andrews 12 That's How it is--Otis Clay 13 Everyday of My Life--Augustine Twins 14 Groovin'--Booker T & MG's 15 Nine Pound Steel--Joe Simon 16 Heart and Soul--The Incredibles 17 Nothing I Can Do--Mike & Sensations 18 Funky Broadway--Wilson Pickett 19 Walk on By--Lou Johnson 20 The Hard Way--Howard Tate 21 A Woman's Hand--Joe Tex 22 Everybody Needs Love--Gladys Knight 23 Love is a Good Thing--Eddie Floyd 24 The Sweetest Thing--Chris Bartley 25 High Heel Sneakers--Jimmy Hughes 26 I Was Made to Love Her--Stevie Wonder 27 Dirty Man--Laura Lee 28 Sock Boogaloo--Bobby Rush 29 You're My Everything--The Temptations 30 Something to Be Proud of--Willie Gray 31 Ode to Billie Joe--Bobbie Gentry 32 Memphis Stew--King Curtis 33 Let Me Be Good to You--Otis & Carla 34 As Long as I Live--Fantastic Four 35 Sweet Soul Medley--Magnificent Four 36 I'll Turn to Stone--The Four Tops 37 Patty Cake Shake--Guitar Ray 38 Missing You--Luther Ingram 39 I Take What I Want--Bobby & James 40 My Life--Timmy Thomas 41 There Goes the Lover--Gene Chandler 42 The Chase is on--The Artistics 43 Sweet Lovin' Daddy--Fontella Bass 44 Different Strokes--Syl Johnson 45 Soul Man--Sam & Dave 46 Baby, I'm Lonely--The Intruders 47 The Windows of the World--Dionne Warwick 48 That's How Strong My Love--Sweet Inspirations 49 Never Love a Robin--Barbara & Brenda 50 The Power of a Woman--Spencer Wiggins 51 I'm Glad to Do it--C.L. Blast 52 I'm a Drifter--Lowell Fulson 53 We Forgot About Love--Jimmy Holiday 54 Expressway to Your Heart--Soul Survivors 55 She Ain't Gonna Do Right--Clarence Carter 56 Fall in Love With Me--Bettye Swann 57 You'll Lose a Good Thing--Kip Anderson 58 The Creeper--Little Sonny 59 You Can't Run Away--Judy Clay 60 Then I'll Be There--Barbara Favorite Big Boss OK Super Soul Twin Pic-Hits of the Week! Soulsation--The Capreez Fumigate Broadway--Chris Kenner ------------------------------

I'd love to see his Good grading definition "sits on deck nicely after you tape the pieces together"

Colin Law Played it Reflections earlier this year. His playlist is here Colin on reflections or listen to the show here Archive 21 05 2005

We have our first guest of the new season on reflections on northern Soul this Saturday afternoon (3rd September 2005. It's DJ, collector and self opinionated, well dressed Dundonian Davie Hudson. He runs the new night Basics at the Spiders Web on the second Saturday of the month and run a weekly gig in Dundee on A Saturday night. We've featured his live sets before but this is his first visit to the studio. We'll be chatting about Original Vinyl Only policies and of course music , clubs and maybe even clothes. Send your questions to studio@radiomagnetic.com. Tune in Saturday 2:30pm to www.radiomagnetic.com for reflections on Northern Soul. If you're in Glasgow tonight don't forget Goodfoot at the Riverside Club in Fox street from Midnight with me, Fraser Dunn and guests. The Friday street crew are in McChuill's in the High Street before that. On Saturday night it's the Spiders Web in Haymarket Edinburgh with an early set from Fraser Dunn. Check our gig Guide on tomorrow's show for more details about guests. Also on Saturday there's a mod night on at McCoy's in Paisley. Fraser Dunn also has his own show Refractions Soulful Allsorts on www.radiomagnetic.com on Sunday afternoons from 1:30pm. FrankM

At one pub where I DJ i am asked "would you like a drink?" and it's followed buy "Do you ant to pay for it now or shall I take it out of your money later?" The coffee's free though. At another they are still surprised when I ask for a pint of cold water rather than take a couple of free bottles of Budwar. At this bar there's usually a bunch of live acts on upstairs, a name band and a couple of local groups in support. The locals are usually accompanied by their aunties , uncles and anyone else daft enough to pay a fiver to catch their prodegies. So one often finds oneself standing beside bunch of men of a similar age to myself. On the first night I thought time for a pint and waited till the uncles were served. The venue bar is a traditional office pub during the day so has a full range of beers. They were all drinking pints of Heavy and each had to endure the question from the harassed barmaid "Are you taking this upstairs?" I had to explain to them that if they were taking a pint upstairs it had to be poured into a plastic tumbler in case they were tempted to throw it at the band. Then i got asked the same question when requesting a pint of Tennant's . Naw i'm taking it over to that pair of hot decks where I've been playing records all night. She had the grace to bush and offered me a more expensive pint. Venues hate people taking drinks in and on works' nights out I hate it when colleagues (usually females) haul bottles out of bags. It's that obvious when the round consists of unadulterated spirits. Of course at the end of the night the licensee finds the empty bottles foreign to their bar. So a hard and fast rule is introduced and applied to all functions. No bottles to be brought into the bar. However they should serve you a glass of water.

I am on an aircheck list where people post top 40's from their local radio stations from the last forty years. The Billboard and Cashbox charts were national and only of interest to Radio stations and the Music business. Every station had its own chart which allowed for regional hits from local artists. The contributions are usually from top 40 pop stations and during the sixties they played a lot of Black music. However this week someone submitted a 40 for Philadelphia's Pop station WIBG and a local Black music station WDAS. Compare and Contrast and note the well known British R&B outfit on the Soul chart. WIBG (Philadelphia) Survey: 8/27/68 WIBG'S BIG 30 RECORDS IN PHILADELPHIA PREVIEWED AUGUST 27, 1968 TW LW 1. Girl Watcher - O'Kaysions 2 2. People Got To Be Free - Young Rascals 1 3. I Say A Little Prayer/House That Jack Built - Aretha Franklin 3 4. Harper Valley P.T.A. - Jeannie C. Riley 4 5. 1,2,3 Red Light - 1910 Fruitgum Company 5 6. You're All I Need To Get By - Marvin & Tammi 9 7. Light My Fire - Jose Feliciano 12 8. Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf 13 9. I've Gotta Get A Message To You - Bee Gees 24 10. Hip City - Junior Walker 17 11. Love Makes A Woman - Barbara Acklin 18 12. My Special Angel - Vogues -- 13. Listen Here - Eddie Harris 25 14. Please Return Your Love To Me - Temptations 8 15. Sunshine Of Your Love - The Cream 11 16. Sealed With A Kiss - Gary Lewis 7 17. Alice Long - Boyce & Hart 19 18. Slip Away - Clarence Carter 15 19. Hush - Deep Purple 28 20. You Keep Me Hangin' On - Vanilla Fudge 16 21. Mr. Businessman - Ray Stevens 21 22. Halfway To Paradise - Bobby Vinton 23 23. Slipping Away - Barbara Mason -- 24. Tuesday Afternoon - Moody Blues 29 25. The Fool On The Hill - Sergio Mendes 26 26. Special Occasion - Miracles 27 27. Sally Had A Party - Flavor Return 28. I Can't Dance To That Music - Martha And The Vandellas 30 29. Break Your Promise - Delfonics -- 30. M'lady - Sly & The Family Stone -- BIG HITBOUNDS Hey Jude/Revolution - The Beatles Hey Western Union Man - Jerry Butler I Met Her In Church - Box Tops WDAS (Philadelphia) 8/28/67 WDAS Soul Sounds Week of August 28, 1967 1 Higher & Higher--Jackie Wilson 2 Cold Sweat - Pt. 2--James Brown 3 Casanova--Ruby Andrews 4 You're My Everything--Temptations 5 Tell Him--Patti Drew 6 I'm So Lonely--Intruders 7 Expressway--Soul Survivors 8 Apples, Peaches--Jay & Techniques 9 Funky Broadway--Dyke & Blazers 10 Hypnotized--Linda Jones 11 Baby, I Love You--Aretha Franklin 12 Knucklehead--Bar-Kays 13 Go On--United Four 14 Funky Broadway--Wilson Pickett 15 Pay the Price--Al Kent 16 Made to Love Her--Stevie Wonder 17 Karate Boo-Ga-Loo--Jerry-O 18 Whiter Shade--Procul Harum 19 Everybody Needs Love--Gladys Knight 20 Touch of You--5 Stairsteps 21 Dirty Man--Laura Lee 22 More, More Love--Bob Brady 23 There Goes a Lover--Gene Chandler 24 Come On, Sock it to Me--Syl Johnson 25 Learned the Hardway--Howard Tate 26 Go Away--Harold Melvin & Blue Notes 27 Unchanging Love--Marvin Gaye 28 Make Me Yours--Bettye Swann 29 Get On Up--Esquires 30 Nothing Can Do--Mike & Censations Sure Shot: Shout Bamalama--Mickey Murray

It previously appeared on 1993 Deram 844 014-2 As Years Go By Halfway To Paradise Billy Fury I Got My Mojo Working Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated Diamonds Jet Harris & Tony Meehan Do You Love Me Brian Poole & The Tremeloes Secret Love Kathy Kirby Shout Lulu & The Luvvers Long Tall Shorty The Graham Bond Organization Like Dreamers Do The Applejacks Hello Stranger Elkie Brooks I'm Gonna Knock Your Door The Pete Best Four The Crying Game Dave Berry Oh Mom (Teach Me How To Uncle Willie) Zoot Money & His Big Roll Band I'll Cry Instead Joe Cocker Good Morning Little Schoolgirl Rod Stewart It's Not Unusual [Original Version] Tom Jones Concrete And Clay Unit Four Plus Two You've Got Your Troubles The Fortunes The Wizzard Marc Bolan Mirror, Mirror Pinkerton's Assorted Colours Ramblin' On My Mind John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton All Or Nothing Small Faces The Elf Al Stewart Matthew & Son Cat Stevens The Laughing Gnome David Bowie Bend Me, Shape Me Amen Corner Beggin' Timebox One In A Million Giles, Giles & Fripp So-Called Loving David Essex And even if you have The Elf, The Laughing Gnomeand The Wizzard as I'm sure you do this might also be worth getting in case there's a northern gem on it. Seriously it looks as if he only released two singles on Decca and he was on Phillips, Pye and UNI in the sixties so he was moving around a bit. THAT TAKES ME BACK/Lost Without Linda Decca June 1969 THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL/Is It So Strange Decca September 1969 So called Loving is one of two tracks that remained unissued till 1993.

Jocko Is this one of your earlier essays? Searching for the Young Soul Rebel Are you Kevin Rowland in disguise? FrankM

More than a few people heard that for the first time at Goodfoot and definitely quite a few had their premier listen at The GoGo in Edinburgh. The GoGo has a particularly young crowd who attend not necesarily for Northern Soul but can tell a good record by the beat. The GoGo's great for digging out personal faves knowing the Soul Police are down a flag stoned cellar bar enjoying each other's company I put on The Isley Brothers version of Take me in your arms which has a great percussion drive intro and was thanked by a fellow DJ as he'd only heard Kim Weston's version.

It's a film thus its intended audience will be aged 14 to 25 (35 at a stretch). So that rules out most of us till it crops up after midnight on Channel 4 and we can persuade a grand wean to set the Betamax. If they can make Braveheart in Iireland and Batman in London they can make a film with a Northern Soul backdrop (pun intended) in Dublin. They have made Northern soul records in the UK you know. here's the Director's previous Shimmy Marcus Jeff Williams wrote it as a play a few years ago. Did anyone attend a reading or a youth theatre production?

The thing is most Motown records did bomb first time out in the UK. Mary Wells , The Supremes had hits with early records but The Tops had to wait tll Reach Out, The Temptations until Ain't too Proud to beg, Martha got to #21 with Jimmy Mack, The Miracles did not even get that far with I second That emotion. The Isley Brothers had left Motown by the Time they had a top twenty record in the UK.Marvin Gaye had his first hits in 1967 with a series of duets in 1969 with a series of re issues. Gladys Knight had her first hit in the same year with Take me in your arms. Most Motown records were big in the clubs, formed the backbone of set lists of beat groups but were lucky to last a week in the bottom of the top fifty. Then in 1969 Motown hit the Big Time chart wise with a series of re issues and new releases propelled by Radio 1 especially Tony Blackburn and the move from groups playing pop covers to rock originals.

Persil are definitely using be Young Be Foolish Be happy for their Girl next Door and Life is a mess ads but there is another ad with a Northern/Motown sounding instrumental theme. It's being shown on the Scottish Region. What is the product? It does sound like a made up track.

SPOOKEY Who's Taken The Lid Of This Affair Decca F13877

possibly Meet the Supremes Then maybe not

thanks Geoff I'm almost there. FrankM

Can someone supply track listings for the above albums?

Tamla Motown presents The Isley Brothers On Ebay Now Nobody has done an MFP discography although I'm pretty sure Mick Fitzpatrick had a lot of these albums on his Nightowlclub database. Do you think we could put one together.

Because it's ballads they really want to play. They sound great in their single end but they know they'll have to play uptempo records as they won't get another gig. When the dancers' faces are the right shade of red on goes the beloved ballad. Success it clears the floor and the DJ can later boast of how the audience were more of an Oldies crowd and not up to his progressive msuical taste

Drawers that can take the weight of vinyl are rare and given the cost of existing set up for clohing will be highly expensive. I have a habitat open shelving unit for my 45's and keepsome ogf them in strong cardboard boxes from Ikea. I need more shelving units for me and my two DJ sons and Habitat is definitely nore expensive than Ikea. Check out Habitat If this were 3cm taller So I use these and Ikea shelving The modern stuff goes in here

I'll vouch for the quality of the tracks on these CD's . they are played regularly on reflections on radiomagnetic. Last Saturday The Four Tops I'm Grateful caused a flurry of e mails. Originally from their Second Album and played off Soul Satisfaction 4. FrankM

I play this at Goodfoot occasonally as I have a dearth of midtempo Motown. Great track.

Jimmy Saville has a good claim on it. Live bands played and there were smaller groups playing in between the headlining act so as they could go to the nearest pub for a pint. Jazz fans were importing discs as far back as the twenties. Clubs twigged after the success of midweek and lunchtime gigs that DJ's could pull a crowd. In the late sixties bands went heavy and clubs went disco. The Mecca ballrooms still had showbands playing live but they too eventually ended with DJ's. Below is the scene when the Modern and Wigan fans declared a truce.

I read it enjoyed it and am now reading How to DJ. I am hoping to get a City and Guilds at the end of it.

and congratulations to seranne on her ploy to get the most jaded Northern soul fans to visit her sales. Is there a record without a bid since the original posting regardedin Bedazzled?

no it wasn't. it was recorded in Detroit ). Never-Before-released Masters from Motown's Brightest Stars was released in 1986 5380ML Buy it here Never before or here released Masters or here Motown's Brightest Stars's I play it occasionally. FrankM