Dare I ask? Does anyone like Motown?
 

Anyone like Motown or are you all going to say "too commercial""?
Don't care, I love it
Junior Walker&the allstars-How sweet is is..Live - YouTube

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I used to...but I sort of grew out of it.

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Love it myself and always have done, although what I really like is the more deep down Southern Soul groove like this... :cool:

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The great thing about Motown like so many other classic American record labels is that even the records that didn't make it when they were first released are superb, like this one... :cool:

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Or this... :cool:

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And then there's this... :cool:

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I've always liked it Sue and still do

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This was never released Wyn, (on original Soul label) only three copies in existence.

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ya got one KTF:D

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Quite right, mate, it wasn't. 500 copies pressed and most of 'em trashed when Berry Gordy decided that Frank Wilson would be better as a Motown producer/songwriter than a performer, thus creating an instant rarity!

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Aye, a bit of Diana Ross (solo or otherwise), Marvin Gaye, The Commodores, The Temptations, The 4 tops & even a bit of R.Dean Taylor.

Some classic Diana Ross

Touch Me In The Morning Diana Ross - YouTube

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The four tops Reach out was one of my favorites from the sixties, Simple Game from the early 70s

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always loved motown, too sodding owd to change.;)

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I like it too and i'm not as old as cashy, welcome back by the way as count bassi said there are only two types of music good and bad motown is definitely the former.

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So much good stuff on Motown... :cool:

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In fact, even the stuff you don't know is good... :cool:

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I love Motown Music and still have the Old Vinyl LP's up in the loft

I have of course replaced them with the CD's and my favourite Motown Record of all time has to be

Way Back Home by Jnr Walker - every time I hear it great memories of that time come flooding back

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Another unknown classic... :cool:

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I'll second that:D

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Instead of correcting homework, I've spent the time listening to all this music!! Thanks so much to everybody.Keep posting please

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More Motown magic. :cool:

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...and another. :cool:

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...yet more. :cool:

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Currently in demand, hard to find classic from Gladys. I gave 25p for a mint copy at a 2nd hand record shop in Blackburn. It was going then for around £50, I rocketed out of the shop before he got the chance to ask any questions as to why I was trembling. It's the B side of TMG 864 "Take me in your arms and love me" re issue.


GLADYS KNIGHT EMPRESS OF SOUL - NO ONE COULD LOVE YOU MORE - YouTube

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Wynonie, why can I remember this one??
Marv Johnson - I'll Pick A Rose For My Rose (1969) - YouTube

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Somebody just sent me these on Facebook so want to share,
R.DEAN TAYLOR.....GOTTA SEE JANE - YouTube

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Just received this one and it really brings back memories of the Twisted Wheel
The Velvelettes - "Needle In A Haystack" (1964) - YouTube

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Susan, probably because it was on the Blue Dahlia jukebox. :)

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Oh! yes, that's right, what a blast from the past. I can remember drinking coffee in there with Paul Mackey and Tony Palmer and begging for lifts every time we wanted to go to the Wheel

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Susan, Tony Palmer and his brother, Dave Bickerstaff are still around. See 'em regularly on the Stanley.

Dave is a member on here, under the name "Bicky".

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Yes, thanks Wynonie, he's already become my friend on FB. He used to go out with my best friend Susan Hodgman(Wolstencroft) who also lives here in Sicily.

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OK, Susan, I know the lads are still soul/rhythm 'n' blues aficionados after all these years! :)

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This reminds me of Jimmy Lightbown, what a dancer!!
Edwin Starr - (S.O.S.) Stop Her On Sight (Original Stereo) - YouTube

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Great thing about Motown is there's always something new to discover...like this one! :cool:

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Just received this one
Soul Brothers Six - Some Kind of Wonderful - YouTube

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Brilliant choice, a huge floorfiller at Accy Disco during the summer of '67.

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A great "double sider" Wyn with this on the A side

Soul Brothers Six I'll Be Loving You - YouTube

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Wynonie, can't decide if this reminds me of Springhill Youith Club or the Ossie Empire. but it's definitely before my Accy Cavern days. Any info?
Ben E. King and The Drifters - Dance With Me - YouTube

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Ben E. King - Don't Play That Song (You Lied) [Atco] - YouTube ;) 62 this i think.long before Aretha did it.

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Susan, "Dance With Me" is a real oldie even older than Cashy's selection and "Save The Last Dance For Me". I'd say 1959, so definitely pre-Cavern!

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Only just seen your reply, thanks so much

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Yea Susan, Jimmy was a top dancer, and a very sharp dresser. Where is he now?. Was he an only child ? he was a bit of an enigma.

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I have no idea Alan but I'd love to know (he was my first 'love'!!!) but as you say a bit of an enigma

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Not really motown, but I love it
Sam & Dave - Under The Boardwalk - YouTube

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Here's another memory jerker!
Roy C - Shotgun Wedding - YouTube

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Roy C...a class record and one that got into the charts back in '66, largely on the strength of club plays.

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That record was always played when i worked on the gaff, cashy on the Speedway:D

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Blimey Susan, where did you find that, another I havent heard of for yonks, they used to play that a lot at Blackburn mecca in the lunch breaks when we wwere at Blackburn Tech. It was free & the DJ played a lot of soul for an hour.

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Can't take all the credit Alan, I'll send you a site through Facebook where I find quite a lot of 'oldies'

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Just received this which was one of my favourites and they used to play it just before they through us out of the Wheel!!

Willy Nilly - Rufus Thomas - YouTube

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Last memory of Jimmy was going to a house up West End Ossy the morning after an all nighter at I think Ace of Spades Whalley,another guy with us was nicknamed Cronnie(possibly Cronshaw).We all wore Crombie coats...

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Would that be the Cronnie,who's dad owned the joint?

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That`s right Cashy

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Only just seen my spelling mistake,!! I meant threw us out! ( am I forgetting my English or is it just old age??)

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What year are you talking about Steve?

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Hi Susan,purple hearts and black bombers were around in those days and if I had taken them it would probably account for my not being able to recall the year-but I kept away from that scene so I am just going to guess at 1970 and say my memory is wearing cos I`m 59!

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Saw Bill Haley @ Comets yon around 70,think it was.;)

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I think Jimmy was out of the mod scene by 1970, might have been out of Accy by then.

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Thinking back Alan,1970,71,I was down the Lodestar for sure so it was probably late 60`s

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Yea Loadstar evey friday night, then up the Cav.

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the Speakeasy Discotheque,lose 5 bob at roulette then watch the headline act,then walk home,great days.(later on,the room with the go-go dancers in,was that where the casino used to be?)

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Anyone remember this one??
Ruby And The Romantics "Our Day Will Come" (1963) - YouTube

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Doubt if anyone forgot that un sue.:);)

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I was trying my best to.:hehetable

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I don't recall it at all :eek:- until I heard Amy Winehouses posthumous cover release. :D

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Here's another
Edwin Starr - Agent Double O'Soul - YouTube

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Memories of the Wheel again, better get off to bed, !!
I SPY FOR THE FBI - YouTube

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Nice one, Susan. Also, played at Accy Disco, Blackburn Stax Club, Burnley Mecca and all points North!

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Yeh but yeh would be too young kestrelx.;)

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Do you remember this smoochy one?

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This was always on the jukebox at the Lodestar

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Big, big sound back in the day. :cool:

CHUBBY CHECKER - (At The) Discotheque - YouTube

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four tops at their best

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I like this one better than the James Brown version
Etta James - It's a Man's Man's World - YouTube

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If you want an afternoon of Northern, Motown, 70's crossover, R&B and modern soul, get along to the next "Heaven In The Afternoon" at The Grand in Clitheroe on 29/1/2012.

If you look closely you'll spot a couple of Accy faces on this clip!

Clitheroe Soul - YouTube

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Oh! who's the fellow in the yellow checked shirt dancing alone, his face is so familiar

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It's Dave Law.

Dave's still on the Northern Soul scene, guest DJing at various venues up and down the area.

He's one of the Accy faces I thought you might have spotted in the clip.

Lew Kirton - heaven in the afternoon - Alston - YouTube


I thought it only appropriate to accompany thi clip with Lew Kirton.

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Thanks but his name doesn't ring a bell

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Memories:
Eddie Floyd - Knock On Wood - YouTube

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and another
The Falcons - I Found A Love (1962) [HQ Original Audio] - YouTube

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Keep 'em coming, Susan! :cool:

Bobby Wells Lets Copp A Groove - YouTube

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Don't know what happened to the Falcons video but here's another golden oldie
the Drifters There Goes my Baby - YouTube

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and another Frankie Lymon - Why Do Fools Fall In Love (tragic 1965 clip) - YouTube

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This is fantastic
Frankie Lymon - Doo Wop - YouTube

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what about this? Jr Walker & The All Stars - What Does It Take (1969) - YouTube

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Oh! yes Steve, this used to be played just before we were thrown out of the Wheel

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hi Susan,never got thrown out the Wheel cos I had to catch the last bus back at 11ish,saw some great performers there though,Robert Parker,Edwin Starr.I had 2 ,membership cards 1 red and 1 green with the wheel on the front (and back).

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Had a good night last night at the Arden Inn, it was a soul/motown evening. Looks like it's a regular thing the 2nd Saturday of the month.

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You're probably talking about later years Steve, I remember the all nighters (69-70 I think. We used to leave Accrington about 9.30 pm Saturday night and return Sunday morning on the first bus out of Manchester. Now that I think of those times, I realise just how crazy we were!!

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Nice to see someone talking about the current Soul scene, Sara. It makes a change from all this nostalgia!

Pip does a great job at The Arden, nothing too deep, just nice run of the mill stuff suitable for anyone who just wants to have a drink and hear some decent music. You never know, it might be enough to tempt some new blood onto the scene. If we are to keep our Northern Soul/R&B scene alive,it's about now, not 50 odd years ago.

KEEP THE FAITH

The Ringleaders - Baby, What Has Happened To Our Love - YouTube

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Even I don't go back 50 years Mr. Keep the Faith, and I would love to attend the Northern Souls scene but I live thousands of miles away and the Sicilians were never into this kind of music, so for me 'nostalgia' will is here to stay!!! and I think some of us on here do our best to keep this kind of music alive by sharing our favourites, so try to bear with us, will you?

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Be off with all yer new-fangled modern stuff and leave us old folk in peace with our memories! :D ;)

Northern Soul - The Showmen - The Wrong Girl - YouTube

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Susan,I was only 15 when I first went to the Wheel,so 1967/8 was the start of the `crazy years` for me!

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Like Dobie Grey said Susan, Other guys imitate us, but the originals still the greatest, Dressing fine making time.

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I'm not saying I was one of the originals, not by a long chalk, but I first got into the Mod/Soul scene around 1967/68, as anyone who knows me on here will verify. And I'm not trying to upset anyone either.
What I'm merely trying to point out is that "It'll never be over for me" or many others of a similar age to us, (Many ex Wheel, Catacombs, VaVa's, MoJo's etc) who if circumstances allow, still regularly attend Soul Nights and all nighters up and down the country, not so much as a trip down memory lane but to celebrate a vibrant, thriving scene, where they can enjoy listening and dancing to "Oldies" "Current" "R&B" and "Ultra Rare" Soul music, with the added bonus of the odd "New Discovery" thrown in. Also many of these events offer the opportunity to purchace an odd 45 or two from record dealers or fellow collectors.

Yes, there will always be a certain amount of nostalgia, but at the moment, the soul scene is probably bigger than it ever was, but still retains a certain "underground" status, not having been hijacked by the money grabbing national media etc.

Long may it last. Keep The Faith!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TVRk9Sqg_Q&feature=fvst

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I agree, Long may it last, and I wasn't really upset, just thought you were a 'youngster' getting a bit high-handed. I'm not an original either ( no where near Wynonie's level!!), just was around at the time this music was being played in some parts of the UK. Loved it then and still do, and I'm glad you are able to be part of the revival you mentioned. Keep posting!!

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That owd gets no youngster susan,i assure you.:D

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Made me laugh that Susan,Keep the Faith a `youngster.` This next track ktf would have travelled miles to buy it. Bunny Sigler - Let the good times roll - YouTube

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I'll never catch you up though will I????