It is over 3 years since I posted on this blog! The simple reason for this is that I’ve been unwell and my illness has distracted me from pretty much everything. Details can be found here: http://tryingtobeatcancer.org.uk/ The good news is that I am almost recovered and so I’m emerging from the haze. The bad […]
20 Personal Favourites – Detroit Soul
There are so many Detroit soul records to choose from it was tough to whittle this down to 20, so tough in fact that there are actually 21! All from my personal collection and all original vinyl. 20 Personal Detroit Soul Favourites by Paultp on Mixcloud
A Fine Example Of Motown Choreography
With the recent death of Maxine Powell, Motown’s etiquette instructor, I thought I’d find an early example of Motown’s constant strive for excellence. As well as a finishing school, Motown also employed a choreographer to make sure the dance routines were slick and polished. Here are The Temptations on a very early film of their […]
Enough To Make A Grown Man Cry
Taking a step away from my play box this time I’ve decided to indulge myself. What I really like is male voiced mid-tempo and beat ballads, if there’s kettle drums then that’s an added bonus! Here’s 20 tracks that illustrate man’s joy and pain from start to finish, all recorded from the original vinyl: Enough […]
The O’Jays – Back Stabbers
Its quite rare to find one of these Soul Train videos where the embedding feature hasn’t been disabled and I’m quite pleased I can put this one up here as it is one of my favourite tunes and takes me back to my youth every time. If the intro doesn’t get the hairs on the […]