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Re: Northern Soul recommendations

Postby Count Machuki » 19 Oct 2018, 03:52

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And yes, G, it's just sweet soul. Low Rider is just a name to put on comps.
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Re: Northern Soul recommendations

Postby GoogaMooga » 19 Oct 2018, 04:22

The Modernist wrote:I've never heard of the genre Low Rider. I've googled it and I can't find much on it at all.


I wrote about it here: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=140752
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Re: Northern Soul recommendations

Postby The Modernist » 19 Oct 2018, 07:53

GoogaMooga wrote:
The Modernist wrote:I've never heard of the genre Low Rider. I've googled it and I can't find much on it at all.


I wrote about it here: http://bcb-board.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic ... 1&t=140752


That seems to be a different thing though.

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Re: Northern Soul recommendations

Postby Georgios » 19 Oct 2018, 10:58

I've got this, on what is almost certainly a bootleg.


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Re: Northern Soul recommendations

Postby GoogaMooga » 19 Oct 2018, 12:49

The Modernist wrote:
GoogaMooga wrote:
The Modernist wrote:I've never heard of the genre Low Rider. I've googled it and I can't find much on it at all.


I wrote about it here: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=140752


That seems to be a different thing though.


Well, I write about the two strands of Latin soul - Boogaloo and Lowrider
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Re: Northern Soul recommendations

Postby Count Machuki » 19 Oct 2018, 16:17

The Modernist wrote:
GoogaMooga wrote:
The Modernist wrote:I've never heard of the genre Low Rider. I've googled it and I can't find much on it at all.


I wrote about it here: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=140752


That seems to be a different thing though.


https://open.spotify.com/user/121684761 ... Pkrvf3d18Q

Don't know if you mess with Spotify, G, but here's a killer playlist of the East Side Story soul bootleg comp series. It's this kind of stuff. Googa and his pigeonholing ways are attempting to lead you astray.

And here's an interesting article about the scene.

L.A. Weekly link

...East Side Story, the classic, unpolished 12-volume series of lowrider oldies. Originally released in the late 1970s and early '80s, East Side Story represents a distinctive vein of horn-laden R&B and soul music, mostly from the '60s — think The Four Tops or The Delfonics.


translation: nothing to do with Latin music at all
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Re: Northern Soul recommendations

Postby GoogaMooga » 19 Oct 2018, 16:26

and what about Sunny and the Sunliners, then?
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Re: Northern Soul recommendations

Postby Count Machuki » 19 Oct 2018, 16:29

GoogaMooga wrote:and what about Sunny and the Sunliners, then?


yeah what ABOUT Sunny and the Sunliners?!
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Re: Northern Soul recommendations

Postby GoogaMooga » 19 Oct 2018, 16:39

Latin/Chicano soul -- Lowrider, no?
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Re: Northern Soul recommendations

Postby Count Machuki » 19 Oct 2018, 16:42

Sure, man.
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Re: Northern Soul recommendations

Postby The Modernist » 19 Oct 2018, 16:56

I'm not signed up to spotify, but thanks anyway. I'll have a read of the article later..cheers!

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Re: Northern Soul recommendations

Postby Polishgirl » 19 Oct 2018, 21:35

Many thanks for all the suggestions- I’ll work my way through them over the weekend x
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Re: Northern Soul recommendations

Postby Ranking Ted » 19 Oct 2018, 22:26

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Actually produced in the UK, too (I think)



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Re: Northern Soul recommendations

Postby Ghost of Harry Smith » 20 Oct 2018, 21:26

On the rare occasions I DJ these days, I still play my 45s of the Flirtations and R Dean Taylor. Mighty tunes.

I also really like Betty Everett’s ‘Getting Mighty Crowded’. And isn’t Al Wilson’s ‘The Snake’ some kind of classic of the genre? Which gives me an excuse to share this, filmed in a shopping centre in Bolton in 2014.


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Re: Northern Soul recommendations

Postby Georgios » 20 Oct 2018, 21:45

Nobody will ever admit to liking The Snake within the scene from what I understand. Same thing with that Joe 90 Theme.

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Re: Northern Soul recommendations

Postby naughty boy » 20 Oct 2018, 22:16

I love the Joe 90 Theme almost as much as life itself, but I can't imagine people dancing to it
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Re: Northern Soul recommendations

Postby Polishgirl » 27 Oct 2018, 19:54

Finally managed to listen to the suggestions - really enjoyed them, and it's been a bit of a revelation to me. Will be investigating more - thanks everyone. You did good work getting me out of my comfort zone! :D
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Re: Northern Soul recommendations

Postby Leviathan » 02 Nov 2018, 21:44

I have loads of compilations. Rule of thumb is generally that if they are released by Ace or Kent then they will have a couple of excellent tracks minimum. The Talcum Soul series was excellent and worth collecting all 5...or was there a sixth? But, as a primer, the recent 3 disc Move On Up set was actually really up there.
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Re: Northern Soul recommendations

Postby The Modernist » 08 Nov 2018, 16:53

If any of you fancying getting me a birthday present, there's a few here I wouldn't mind getting..

https://www.raresoulman.co.uk/vinyl/rare-soul-vinyl/northern-soul-original-45-s.html

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Re: Northern Soul recommendations

Postby Robert » 08 Nov 2018, 18:47

Georgios wrote:Nobody will ever admit to liking The Snake within the scene from what I understand. Same thing with that Joe 90 Theme.


The Snake became massively popular because it’s on the Big Lebowski soundtrack.


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