Gay Jamison – Stay Another Day – Turntable 714
Surfing round some Belgian popcorn sites listening to tracks, my jaw hit the ground when I heard this one. An absolutely awesome, haunting mid-tempo tune. [caption id="attachment_284" align="alignright" width="200" caption="Gay Jamison - Stay Another Day - Turntable 714"][/caption] Obviously I'd never heard it before and in my ignorance knew nothing about it. Knowing my unfailing ability to go for expensive records I reluctantly reached foe JM's guide to see what the damage would be. Oh dear! He books it at £200 and also has it in his "Rarest of the Rare" section of his web site. I had a quick search on ...
The Diplomats – Honest To Goodness – Minit 32006
An in-demand record at the moment, this is a proper uptempo piece of Northern Soul, it has a suggestion of latin with just a hint of R&B. In fact it sounds almost garage-like! [caption id="attachment_256" align="alignright" width="200" caption="The Diplomats - Honest To Goodness - Minit 32006"][/caption] The diplomats were a group from Washington DC who had a number of label changes and group line-ups. This is essentially the same group that put out "Cards On The Table" on the Arock label. Eventually they became the Skull Snaps. I was fortunate enough to meet them when Ady Croasdell brought them down to "These Old ...
Frank Howard – Judy – Excello 2291
A record that is right up my street; mid-tempo, male voice, great vocal, great backing and so, sooo soulful. [caption id="attachment_208" align="alignright" width="200" caption="Frank Howard - Judy - Excello 2291"][/caption] Yet another Stafford play (Oh for a time machine!) that just oozes soul. Frank didn't think a dream could happen, then one came along - Judy - He loves her and he's going to keep her. His life is just one sweet song ..... Pass the bucket Frank! Click [here] to hear the tune. Frank and the Commanders were a house band at The Stealaway club in Nashville according to an article on the Brown ...
Sonny Daye – Long Long Road To Happiness – Power 008
A piece of Detroit magic that hails from Hollywood, LA. At least that's my take on Sonny Daye's beautiful tune "Long Long Road To Happiness" on Power 008. [caption id="attachment_181" align="alignright" width="200" caption="Sonny Daye - Long Long Road To Happiness - Power 008"][/caption] Just listen to that introduction; it sounds just like Mike terry on saxaphone and the whole record has a Detroit "feel" to it. Click here to listen The probable reason for this is that Sonny Daye is really none other than Frank Wilson of "Dee-Da-Doo" fame. Frank had teamed up with Sherlie Matthews and they wrote some songs together. This ...
Willie Small – How High Can You Fly – Jessica 401
Something a little bit different for today's featured 45; this is Willie Small - How High Can You Fly - Jessica 401, evidently this was a Stafford spin in the 80's for Keb Darge. The Stafford connection is probably why I like it; although I never went, nearly all the tunes I hear that are known Stafford sounds seem to be really good. It's hard to find out much about the label or the artist, but the track is written by Eddie Silvers; presumably the well known Chicago R&B personality who was involved in One-Der-Ful records. The label says it was ...
Betty Everett – Nothing I Wouldn’t Do
Todays offering is a lesser known cut from soul diva Betty Everett. I first heard this played by Dale, early doors at The Riley Smith Hall, Tadcaster. Jo Wallace and I had spun some tunes at the earlier warm up and were sitting on the balcony having a listen when this one made us sit up and applaud. Dale told us later what it was and despite Jo telling him we'd both got it - Oh no we hadn't! Betty's backing singers tell us "She can work a miracle, she can do the impossible" and then Betty tells us in no ...
Patti Austin – He’s Good Enough For Me – Coral 62455
Just back after a refreshing holiday touring the churchyards of Cornwall researching my family tree and to my wife's dismay there is a sizeable pile of 7" square brown parcels behind the door (plus a couple of cards from the post office) welcoming us on our return.One of the cards produces a box which is 7" x 6" x 3" and contains across the diagonal (ask Mr Pythagorus) this beautiful record wrapped in newspaper with no other packing! Quite how it has survived a transatlantic crossing in this flimsy packaging eludes me but thankfully it has.As beautiful a mid-tempo female ...
Cam Cameron – They Say – Capri 101
This is one of those records that is quite difficult to find any information on. I don't know who Cam Cameron is or where the label is from; googling Cam Cameron brings up loads of references to the offensive coach of the Baltimore Ravens!I first heard it when rummaging through John Weston's play box after he DJ'd at "These Old Shoes" soul club in London and stayed at my house afterwards. His copy was on the red label variant of the Capri label.It actually took me another 3 years to find one, but it was worth the wait. Starting with ...
Ramblings
Gay Jamison – Stay Another Day – Turntable 714
Surfing round some Belgian popcorn sites listening to tracks, my jaw hit the ground when I heard this one. An absolutely awesome, haunting mid-tempo tune. Gay...
The Attic, Mansfield – Play list
A rare outing with my DJ box to The Attic in Mansfield on Saturday Evening. Accompanying the Lovely Jo Wallace, we double decked from 10:15 until about...
The Diplomats – Honest To Goodness – Minit 32006
An in-demand record at the moment, this is a proper uptempo piece of Northern Soul, it has a suggestion of latin with just a hint of R&B. In fact...
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
Not one of the least known songs on youtube but this is my favourite video of Marvin and Tammi doing this classic. There is another video of this tune...
These Old Shoes
This week I renewed the domain for These Old Shoes and it made me all nostalgic! Awww! So I thought I’d do a little retrospective on the club if...
Frank Howard – Judy – Excello 2291
A record that is right up my street; mid-tempo, male voice, great vocal, great backing and so, sooo soulful. Frank Howard - Judy - Excello 2291 Yet another...
Yellow Label Podcast
Yellow Label Podcast Inspired by a thread on Soul Source, I had a look in a 200 box for records with yellow labels. I came up with over 25! Its not the...
Sonny Daye – Long Long Road To Happiness – Power 008
A piece of Detroit magic that hails from Hollywood, LA. At least that’s my take on Sonny Daye’s beautiful tune “Long Long Road To Happiness”...
Changing the look of the blog ….
Just changing the look of the blog a bit (for those who know what I’m on about – I’m changing the Wordpress theme) so things will change...
Featured Videos
The Impressions – Its Alright & We’re A Winner
Good quality footage of the original Impressions with Curtis Mayfield is quite hard to turn up on You-tube. Here’s them doing the classic Its alright:
Hope you enjoy it.
The one I wanted to post here is a really good quality one with re-synced audio, but unfortunately the poster has disabled embedding so all I can do is put a link up to it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLMRzDFMvEo
Ah well!
