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Hi folks,
Just to remind you that if you are in Brighton tonight I shall be spinning the vinyl at the Northern Lights from 9pm till late -


Jazzy D is in the house!

That was my tagline for the Feb 11,2012 gig.

Peter King – Ajo



Bishop Norman Williams – Hip Funk



Thelma Houston – Baby Mine



Tamiko Jones – Pearl



Patrice Holoway – Stolen Hours




Had to play some northern soul as some lads and lassie came in wanting to hear it. Luckily I had a small box of twenty such rare gems. Takes me back to my Northern Soul Days back in the 70s!!

ENJOY
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Another selection - this time from The Quadrant in April 2009.

Bar-Kays - Son Of Shaft



Manu Dibango - Soul Makossa



Sugar Pie De Santo - Soulful Dress



Tammi Lynn - I'm Gonna Run Away From You



Mel Torme - Better Use Your Head




The last three remind me of my Northern Soul Days back in the 70s.

ENJOY
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Inspired by that meme -

Nina Simone - Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair



Cilla Black - Alfie



Scott Walker - Joanna



Dave Brubeck - Take Five



Al Wilson - The Snake




ENJOY
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More grooves for the last Sunday of June -

Dusty Springfield - I Don't Want to Hear it Anymore



Moses Smith - Girl Across The Street



The Five Stairsteps - Ooh Child (Things are Gonna Get Easier)



Relevant for today too I think.

The Impressions - People Get Ready



Irma Thomas - Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand)



Enjoy.
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More classic toons!


Moses Smith - Girl Across The Street



Carrie Cleveland - Love will set you free




Gene Chandler - There Was A Time




Dobie Gray - Out On The Floor



Enjoy.
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Time for some dancers -

Bobby Goldboro - It's Too Late




Jackie Lee - Darkest Days



Darrell Banks - Open the door to your heart



Enjoy.
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Some soulful and groovy tunes this morning - more tunes I spun at the Northern Lights and Hampton Arms back in the day, and occasionally at The Quadrant.

Billy Butler - Right Track



Robert Parker – Barefootin'



Jackie Wilson – Just Be Sincere



Patrice Holloway – Stolen Hours



Della Reese – Compared To What



Thelma Houston – Baby Mine



Enjoy - and yes you can dance, back flip and so on!
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Another music post you lucky people -


MFSB - Sexy



More music here )
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[Poll #2085542]



Gloria Jones - Tainted Love




Soft Cell - Tainted Love

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Some old Northern Soul grooves today -

Ann Sexton - You've been gone too long



More Northern Soul )
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Here is just a few more all time soul gems from those days.

Frank Wilson - Do I Love You (indeed I Do)



The Fascinations - Girls Are Out To Get You



The Poets - She Blew A Good Thing



Darrell Banks - Open The Door To Your Heart



Bobby Bland - Shoes



I think is enough for now.
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Yes, going down memory lane again -

Starting with this classic soul track

The Sensations feat. Yvonne Baker - I Can't Change



The Ringleaders - Baby, What Has Happened To Our Love



Barbara McNair - You're Gonna Love My Baby



A real classic rare floater!

The Flirtations - Stronger Than Her Love



Linda Jones - Just Can't Live My Life



and finally  a stomper -

The Vibrations - Cause You're Mine






Enjoy!
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Off to Rainham again today, so here is another selection of stompers, floaters and floorshakers.

Yvonne Baker - You Didn't Say A Word




Joe Cato - I'm So Glad



Bobby Hutton - Lend A Hand



The Ambers - Potion Of Love



The Sharpees - Do the 45



and finally

Maurice Williams  - Being Without You






Keep the Faith!
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Here is a classic old clip on the Northern Soul scene, and a look at one of the meccas of the scene ,The Wigan Casino.



Been there once way way back in the 70's.

Then there is this documentary clip -

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Today's musical selection is full of those dance grooves from the Northern Soul scene.

The Dells - Run For Cover



Don Thomas - Come On Train



Sam Dees - Lonely For You Baby



Betty Everett - Getting Mighty Crowded



Gene Chandler - Nothing Can Stop Me



Al classics. Great memories.
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Listening to this double CD. Some great soul tracks when i was a Northern Soul devotee in the early seventies!




Then followed by this one -

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For your delectation folks, a Northern Soul classic from Dusty Springfield , on the excellent compilation Spot gave me, What's It Gonna Be.




Next up Bobby Bland, and a rare item called Showa.



Complete with original vinyl scratch.


Enjoy.
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And finally, a couple of my all time fave Northern Soul records that i use to have on original vinyl -

Lee David - Temptation Is calling My Name (Columbia promo) - paid £5 for it in 1974



That is what we called a stomper

and here is one which was more mid tempo from the beginning of the Northern Soul scene,

Darrell Banks - Open The Door To Your Heart (Revilot) - another fiver for this bought in the same year.



Enjoy.
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A comment from [livejournal.com profile] ba1126 has prompted me to view the Culture Show special "Keeping The Faith" on Northern Soul, a genre of soul i was deeply into in the early to mid seventies and as a fan of the music I use to travel far on weekends to dance the night away. Wigan, Blackpool, Manchester, Birmingham (which was the closest at about 30 miles from Rugby) and Stoke.I was never an energetic dancer like some of the guys and gals but i could do a few moves and the backflip.

Here is a very old Granada TV doc on the Wigan Casino, so i apologize for the poor quality video from You Tube.



Here is a more recent documentary on the club and the scene from a BBC documentary this year.




Keep the faith!
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So from the Four Tops to another top tune from the Northern Soul scene with the sweet falsetto voice of Robert Knight and Love On A Mountain Top.



Enjoy.

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