Northern Soul's Classiest Rarities Volume 6

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Other prized items include Ty Karim’s ‘You Just Don’t Know’, Eddie Whitehead’s soulful floater ‘Just Your Fool’ and the poppy stomper ‘Losing Control’ from Mary Saxton, a white teenager with a voice like Tina Turner. The Imaginations’ more sedate ‘Strange Neighborhood’ beat ballad, like the Eddie Whitehead record, hails from Cincinnati.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." Special mention in dispatches for Barbara Redd's I'll Be All Alone, which potentially may raise a few eyebrows. Jit Jit on Top 50 Christmas Songs of All Time 🎅 Merry Christmas 2024 🎄 The Best Christmas Music Playlist

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. Endless Christmas on Top 50 Christmas Songs of All Time 🎅 Merry Christmas 2024 🎄 The Best Christmas Music Playlist 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. Our “Northern Soul’s Classiest Rarities” series seems to be settling into a familiar groove. We feature a handful of big money items, some were “cheap but have tripled in value” numbers, a pair of old school, Northern classics, some tips for the top and a couple of previously unissued recordings.

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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. Bethany Fish on Top 50 Christmas Songs of All Time 🎅 Merry Christmas 2024 🎄 The Best Christmas Music Playlist Alec also managed to find the master tape of Troy Dodds masterpiece ‘Try My Love’ from the tiny El Camino label which was part-owned by Wilt “The Stilt” Chamberlain, a famous basketball player of the day. Melvin Davis recalled how the owner of the similarly small and unsuccessful KeKe label’s dad owned a “coupl’a steel mills”. Producer Dave Hamilton managed to employ an accomplished brass section for the date and the sax solo is so skilful that I’m thinking “maybe Sonny Stitt?” 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. The best Christmas Music 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. Whilst there can never be a substitute for owning the original 45s (anyone with a spare copy of Dan Folger for sale?!!)…a CD such as this goes a long way in easing and catering for that desire, and all without having to remortgage the house! Rarity often means big price tags in the Northern Soul world. Here those are commanded by the Servicemen’s almost mellow, uptown dancer ‘Connie’, Don & Ron’s offbeat and insidious New Orleans rarity ‘I’m So So Sorry’ and a great LA stomper, Ty Karim’s ‘You Really Made It Good To Me’. That was released on Ty’s husband’s Romark label who also supplied the old Northern classic by Larry Atkins ‘Ain’t That Love Enough’. Both are taken from master tape and have never sounded better. They will be covered by Ty and Kent Harris’s daughter Karime at this years Cleethorpes Northern weekender; which should be some show.There is always an imaginary musical pot bubbling away at Kent with contenders for the next volume of this fine series. Many leads are followed, the most spectacular of which this time was following the Salt & Pepper story on the Soul Source internet forum. It’s the tale of how six GIs stationed in Thailand managed to form a group, gig regularly around the country, compose their own material and record a great double-sider of a 45, all within their allotted year’s conscription. FLYING OVER CANADA (4K UHD) – Soothing Music With Stunning Beautiful Nature Film – Video 4K Ultra HD