O/T Best of British Northern Soul

[CTMilller]

Here you go CT.
http://www.davidstjohn.co.uk/groups8.html

A great read. You will find (IVOR TOMLIN) about half way down but read it all mate you will enjoy it.

Thanks, Big Lad. You're right that was an excellent read all the way through. It's just amazing how close people like Tomlin were to the big names in music in the sixties - but didn't quite make it, so went back to their day jobs. I remember playing in a small band when I was about 12 or 13 and did a couple of fetes and things but left the area shortly after. The band didn't go anywhere but the drummer, who was really good, went on to be a founder member of Picketywitch and you can still see him on old reruns of Top Of The Pops performing "That Same Old Feeling". (He then replaced the original drummer in Gerry and The Pacemakers and eventually moved towards jazz drumming and is still a professional musician living in Finland.)

[BigLadonOS]

Thanks, Big Lad. You're right that was an excellent read all the way through. It's just amazing how close people like Tomlin were to the big names in music in the sixties - but didn't quite make it, so went back to their day jobs. I remember playing in a small band when I was about 12 or 13 and did a couple of fetes and things but left the area shortly after. The band didn't go anywhere but the drummer, who was really good, went on to be a founder member of Picketywitch and you can still see him on old reruns of Top Of The Pops performing "That Same Old Feeling". (He then replaced the original drummer in Gerry and The Pacemakers and eventually moved towards jazz drumming and is still a professional musician living in Finland.)

Here ya go CT have a look at the full site. You can quite easily lose yourself for a few days on the site as it has so much quality and interesting stuff. http://www.davidstjohn.co.uk/sitemap.html

[BigLadonOS]

Actually that's a very good point. An anachronism to talk about Northern Soul in 1968 - so what we saw may have been accurate for the times. I watched a couple of You Tube videos of dancing at the Wigan Casino in the seventies (to get a sense of what you were talking about) and it was REALLY lively!

There was something else that was bothering me from the program that I couldnt put my finger on so I watched it again to see if I could figure it out and then BAM! I got it. The Frank Wilson record (Do I Love You) did not appear on the scene until the mid to late 70's

[BigLadonOS]

I have mentioned this record on another thread but it is a great bit of Brit Northern Soul.

[BigLadonOS]

The Senate were Garnet Mimms Touring' band when Mimms toured the UK.

[BigLadonOS]

Nice bit of mid tempo Brit Northern Soul. Marilyn Powell has many records out there and is the first female to ever record a Beatles cover.

[BigLadonOS]

Another very nice mid tempo piece of Brit Northern Soul.

[BigLadonOS]

A very strange one this one. I have only ever heard it played out once but it got a good reception. Cliff and Northern Soul!

[mikemiller]

Saw Zoot Money live, when he was part of Kevin Ayres backing band, but they weren't playing Northern Soul. I think that ZM is still playing live gigs! (Sadly, Kevin Ayres died fairly recently - RIP)

[CTMilller]

Saw Zoot Money live, when he was part of Kevin Ayres backing band, but they weren't playing Northern Soul. I think that ZM is still playing live gigs! (Sadly, Kevin Ayres died fairly recently - RIP)

Zoot Money like Alexis Korner was one of those seminal names from the early sixties. Andy Summers, of The Police, got his start with The Big Roll Band. They evolved into a psychadelic outfit as Dantalion's Chariot and had a hit with 'Madman Running Through The Field' in 1967, a record I really liked and a favourite of the pirate radio stations.