Special mention in dispatches for Barbara Redd’s I’ll Be All Alone, which potentially may raise a few eyebrows. – By Dave Timperely – Ace Records You may also like… The Flodavieur label is one of the west coast’s rarest imprints and we’re proud to present its two most collectable items. The sheer brilliance of the better known Antellects ‘Love Slave’ as atmospheric a soul dancer as was ever cut and deserving of its thousands of pounds price tag; nobody quibbles with that. The lesser-known Inconquerables single should have been dubbed as by the Unobtainables so few are its sightings. Oliver Dassen on Top 50 Christmas Songs of All Time 🎅 Merry Christmas 2024 🎄 The Best Christmas Music Playlist The general equation runs something like this: rare, in Northern Soul parlance, is generally qualified by the number of known copies of each 45 being in single figures. Ergo, demand far outstrips supply and the ensuing clamour between the cognoscenti of hardcore collectors & DJs usually creates a price far beyond the means of mere mortals! Holy Night on Top 50 Christmas Songs of All Time 🎅 Merry Christmas 2024 🎄 The Best Christmas Music Playlist

For instance he also found the original master tape to Ty Karim's super-rarity You Just Don't Know that Ty's husband Kent Harris had lovingly looked after while awaiting a proper deal for the licensing of his superb Romark label. So now listen to the clarity of that cascading piano, crisp cymbal work, haunting organ and Ty's fabulous, rich, deep brown vocals on a song that epitomises all that's good about mid-60s, soul-soaring music. For dancers who enjoy varied Northern soul tempii. Must hears include Johnnie Taylor’s Friday Night on Southern Stax 1970 and big-voiced Difosco (aka Dee Irvin/Big Dee Irwin) on Sunshine Love." High-quality dance records from across the Northern Soul spectrum – floor-fillers, chin-strokers, the esoteric and the sometimes obvious. Turning tradition on its head and commencing with an ‘ender’, and a side that was first spun by Randy Cozens at the very early 6T’s sessions and also championed by Eddie Hubbard via his Slow And Deep column in Shades Of Soul, Dan Folger’s – The Way Of The Crowd is a real gem. Well-produced, heavy on sentiment and nostalgia it is a positive delight of strings…things…and everything else that makes for a resplendent and emotive big beat ballad. First time on CD too.

Kent Records latest release Northern Soul's Classiest Rarities Volume 7 Cd is out today, The seventh in this long running series hits the streets running, with a right old varied mix of styles rarities and classics. Big Northern hitters include Terri Goodnight’s ‘They Didn’t Know’, a super-rare stomper that has evaded collectors for decades. Mary Saxton’s ‘Losing Control’ also commands top dollar, while classy Chicago numbers by the Steelers and Roy Wright aren’t remotely cheap. The relatively common ‘Wrong, Wrong, Wrong’ by Ray & Dave is flavour of the year again, as is the Ballads’ ‘Butterfly’. ‘That Same Old Feeling’ is a quality Detroit 45 by the Volumes which could have been conceived for this compilation, like the less-pricey but equally wonderful ‘Two Loves Have I’ by R&B giant Big Joe Turner. Also included are vocal groups, a hint of modern (Darondo’s brilliant debut single appears on CD for the first time), a Wheel classic and piles of soul for collectors who appreciate the good stuff. Christmas Songs on Top 50 Christmas Songs of All Time 🎅 Merry Christmas 2024 🎄 The Best Christmas Music Playlist

The best Christmas Music on Top 50 Christmas Songs of All Time 🎅 Merry Christmas 2024 🎄 The Best Christmas Music Playlist This latest episode of the high-quality end of the Northern Soul world is as varied as the scene has become, featuring manic funk, Detroit grooves, doo wop-inspired ballads, neo-Motown and pure soul stompers. Santa's gift on Top 50 Christmas Songs of All Time 🎅 Merry Christmas 2024 🎄 The Best Christmas Music Playlist Endless Christmas on Top 50 Christmas Songs of All Time 🎅 Merry Christmas 2024 🎄 The Best Christmas Music PlaylistOur “Northern Soul’s Classiest Rarities” CDs have showcased high quality 60s and early 70s records beloved of collectors and dancers. The series has proved much appreciated by the soul cognoscenti, making this new vinyl edition a necessity.

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Preview Why You Wanna Treat Me The Way You Do (aka Why You Wanna Treat Me Like You Do) - The Hyperions For instance he also found the original master tape to Ty Karim’s super-rarity You Just Don’t Know that Ty’s husband Kent Harris had lovingly looked after while awaiting a proper deal for the licensing of his superb Romark label. So now listen to the clarity of that cascading piano, crisp cymbal work, haunting organ and Ty’s fabulous, rich, deep brown vocals on a song that epitomises all that’s good about mid-60s, soul-soaring music. Country Music Hits on Top 50 Christmas Songs of All Time 🎅 Merry Christmas 2024 🎄 The Best Christmas Music Playlist Bethany Fish on Top 50 Christmas Songs of All Time 🎅 Merry Christmas 2024 🎄 The Best Christmas Music Playlist We also have one of the best Mirwood sound-a-likes in the Originals Of Sight & Sound’s ‘Long Boots’; a raver of a record that Larry Williams and Johnny Watson would have been honoured to cover. An Atlanta super-rarity is featured in the girly soul sound of the Flowers’ ‘Got To Get To Know You’, the only uptown sound from Bill Haney’s great southern Chant label.

R&B Punker – THE BRITISH WALKERS – Diddley Daddy [EQ] – PYE INT 7N 25298 UK 1965 Mr Dynamite Sue GrpIn the crowded marketplace of northern soul compilations, the release of a new volume in Kent’s Classiest Rarities series still manages to turn the heartbeat up. For obsessive connoisseurs and occasional dabblers alike, this is as satisfying a soul collection as you’ll find." ★★★★★ The "Classiest Rarities" series tries to represent all the facets of the Northern Soul collector's world and to us the little nuggets that we play at home are just as valuable as the monsters that draw dancers to the floor like moths to a flame. Records like Danny White's Miss Fine, Miss Fine on the Frisco label out of New Orleans are within most people's spending limits but are as downright dirty and soulful as this music gets. Having Isaac Hayes and David Porter write and produce the single in Memphis undoubtedly made the session happen and Danny rose to the occasion. In a similar bag is Billy Keen's smoother soul sound I Finally Got Wise cut for Galaxy and featuring the sort of big Ray Shanklin arrangement that Cliff Goldsmith used to such success on Little Johnnie Taylor's recordings.