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RogerFoster 30th Jun 2022		CD Album The Originals - California Sunset	Added the two pages from the CD Booklet for the tracklisting and credits. (images #3019658 & #3019660)
RogerFoster 30th Jun 2022		CD Album The Originals - Portrait Of The Originals	Discogs (excuse my French) has the release date of this as 10th February 1992, which seems to fit in with what we already have here so I've added that as the date of issue.
RogerFoster 5th Jun 2022		12" Single David Williams - Come On Down Boogie People	The "A" side ... [YouTube Video]
RogerFoster 28th May 2022		12" Single Freda Payne - Band Of Gold	I imagine that this was released in January 1981, the same date as the 7" version of this release.
RogerFoster 16th Feb 2022		12" Single Cissy Houston - Think It Over	Also available, with an edited version of "Think It Over", on a 7" single.
RogerFoster 3rd Dec 2021		CD Album Frank Wilson - Do I Love You	Review This little curio is definitely one for Goldmine Soul Supply Completists and/or Motown/NS fanatics and I think completes the full set of Goldmine CDs here at 45Worlds (I could still be proven wrong of course). As stated in the notes section, this was released to coincide with the publication of Kev Roberts' "Northern Soul Top 500" book in 2000 and tracks 1 and 3 have Frank Wilson being interviewed about his early career and the events surrounding the withdrawal of his proposed single release of "Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)" on Motown's "Soul" label back in '65. Track one has instrumental versions of "Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)" and "My Sugar Baby" playing in the background whilst Frank Wilson is being interviewed by Kev Roberts, Track three is entirely spoken word. Track two is Frank singing a version of his song "My Sugar Baby" (a tune that became an NS anthem when the version by Connie Clarke started to get plays in the mid '70s). It should be noted that it is NOT the same version of the song that came out on the "Cellarful Of Motown" CD in July 2002 but one that uses the same backing arrangement as the Connie Clarke version. Maybe it was specially recorded for this release using the original backing-track? [YouTube Video] Unsurprisingly, the booklet notes by Frank E Wilson are essentially the same essay that appeared as the foreword at the start of the "Northern Soul Top 500" book. 6 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
RogerFoster 20th Nov 2021		Vinyl Album Kiki Dee - Kiki Dee	The LP is essentially her Motown LP, issued in The UK on Tamla Motown STML 11158, with her versions of "Oh Be My Love" and "I'll Try Something New" added as replacements for her versions of "More Today Than Yesterday" and "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me".
RogerFoster 20th Nov 2021		Vinyl Album Smokey Robinson And The Miracles - The Fantastic Smokey Robinson & The Miracles	The Discography in Sharon Davis' book "Motown - The History" has the title of this release as "I Heard It Through The Grapevine". It'll be interesting to see, when some scans arrive, what the label and cover say.
RogerFoster 15th Oct 2021		Vinyl Album The Kelly Brothers - Too Much! Soul	"Live" rendition of "You're That Great Big Feeling" .... [YouTube Video]
RogerFoster 8th Oct 2021		Magazine Blues & Soul	I've added an image of page 29 of the magazine (Image #2770626). The page contains the very first appearance of the magazine's "Disco Dozen" chart, which I believe to be the earliest attempt to publish a chart compiled from disco play.
RogerFoster 23rd Sep 2021		Vinyl Album Various Artists - Cruisin' 1965 Featuring Robert W. Morgan KHJ, Los Angeles	It has just appeared in its entirety on YT ... [YouTube Video]
RogerFoster 10th Aug 2021		12" Single Motown ® Sounds - Space Dance (135 BPM)	"Bad Mouthin'" is a funky dancer with lots of strings and things .... [YouTube Video]
RogerFoster 21st May 2021		Vinyl Album Various Artists - The Tamla-Motown Sound	This collection comprises of 14 of the 16 tracks that were included in the 1967 UK Compilation "British Motown Chartbusters". The two tracks omitted, that were included in The UK release, are "I'm Losing You" by The Temptations and "Take Me In Your Arms And Love Me" by Gladys Knight & The Pips.
RogerFoster 17th May 2021		CD Album Various Artists - The Shades Story	Review This is one of Goldmine's more unusual compilations and doesn't use the label's normal numbering sequence. The lack of any barcode or songwriter credits and the note on the cover that it is "A special limited edition pressing for RightTrack Merchandising" all point to it being something pressed up privately for Northampton based Promoter/D.J. Paddy Grady. Does anyone out there know the full details? For those who are wondering "The Shades" was a nightclub that operated in Northampton between 1969 and 1974 and was "The Birthplace of Underground Soul" if the cover of the CD is to be believed. In his notes Paddy Grady describes "The Shades" as having been "one of the South's top soul clubs", which I find to be a bit strange as I always thought that Northampton was in The East Midlands!! The BBC website has a brief article detailing the history of the place which can be read here. Musically the CD is fairly representative of what was considered to be "Rare Soul" around 1970/71 (later to be rebranded as "Northern Soul") and maybe Paddy Grady's description of the club as being in the south is a reminder to us all that appreciation of "Rare/Northern" Soul was by no means confined to Lancashire and surrounding counties back in the early '70s and that many "Rare Soul" venues existed throughout The Midlands and The Home Counties at the time. All the tracks on this CD had previously been included on commercially available Goldmine CDs, presumably to prevent any unwanted licensing issues from delaying its production. It is all very Motownesque and a half of the tracks are from the Mirwood group of labels (Los Angeles' own mini-Motown) and most of the remainder are from Motown's competitor labels in Detroit. Musical highlights for me include J.J. Barnes "Please Let Me In", The Olympics "Secret Agents" (a tongue in cheek look at mid '60s TV shows) and The Parliaments "Don't Be Sore At Me", but there really isn't one dud track on here. [YouTube Video] [YouTube Video] [YouTube Video] The CD is certainly an interesting compilation and the notes chronicle an often overlooked chapter in British musical history. 6 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
RogerFoster 16th May 2021		Vinyl Album The Temptations - Solid Rock	The Temptations were on Tour in The UK when this LP was released and B&S 81, dated 31st March 1972, carried a full page advert (image #2647101) promoting the tour, this LP and the single "Take A Look Around" which was taken from it.
RogerFoster 14th May 2021		CD Album Various Artists - Northern Soul From The Ritz Brighouse	Well MM ... Usually, with things like this I use 45Cat as the starting point for sort out the various groups of the same name. So I thought that I would do so with the only Majestics that I know a bit about ... the Motown group, fronted by future Temptation Richard Street, who changed their name to "The Monitors" to prevent confusion with the group from Los Angeles who appear on this CD. The Motown group did have a single due to be released on Motown's VIP subsidiary which appeared on The Complete Motown Singles Volume 4 CD box-set and I knew that there was a connection with the group who did "Hard Times" who appear on the Motor City Soul CD that Mojo Magazine put out a couple of years back. Of course it's not that simple ... over at 45Cat they have the Motown Majestics linked with the "Hard Times" group but not with The Monitors, though there is a note over there that after personnel changes the (Detroit) Majestics did become the (Motown) Monitors. The whole thing reminds me of that scene in "Only Fools & Horses" where Trigger reckons that he has been using the same sweep for years, even though the brush and handle have been replaced a few times. When (if ever) do personnel changes make a group change into a separate entity? Given that no-one has any difficulty in considering the earliest incarnation of The Drifters as being the same group as the line-up fronted by Ben E King or Johnny Moore the answer might be never. . . Anyway, being a bit bemused and bewildered (in a suitably majestic way of course) I've put some images and a comment on their withdrawn Motown 45 over at 45Cat to see what the people over there think!!
RogerFoster 8th May 2021		CD Album Various Artists - Eddy Edmondson's Soul In The Sun	The addition of the entry for this CD means that all 200 of the Goldmine CDs issued in the label's main GSCD series are now on 45Worlds. There are a few promo CDs, apparently issued as giveaways with "Togetherness" magazine, which have yet to appear and I know of one other CD issued by them that bears the "Goldmine" logo ... there may well be a few more. There don't appear to be many copies of this CD in circulation, yet it's a very pleasing compilation that features tracks that found favour at "Northern Soul" events in Tenerife promoted by a certain Eddy Edmondson in the few years leading up to the release of the CD. All but four of the tracks on the CD appear on other "Goldmine" compilations and maybe it was this, coupled with the lack of NS buzzwords like "Torch", "Northern", "Wigan", "Detroit" or "Mecca" in the title of the compilation, that led to poor sales? One curiosity that appears on this CD is the instrumental "Voltaire Pier" by The Chocolate Boys. It originates from Belgium and the mid '70s ... it sounds like something Ramsey Lewis might have recorded around 1965/6 ...... [YouTube Video]
RogerFoster 5th May 2021		12" Single Cecil Parker - Really Really Love You	[YouTube Video]
RogerFoster 31st Mar 2021		CD Album Various Artists - The Complete Satellite Records Singles	This isn't really a "Complete" Satellite Records set at all as it omits the Fred Byler 45 "No Forgetting You"/"Nobody's Darling" issued as Satellite S-102 in 1958 ...... as the liner notes explain, they couldn't track down a copy of the original 45 to dub. The CD is one of those "out-of-copyright" releases where original tapes etc. were unavailable. Satellite was later to change its name to Stax and started off with a few Country/Rockabilly flavoured releases before ending up concentrating on R&B ... it's interesting to listen to the transition on this collection.
RogerFoster 30th Mar 2021		CD Album The Parliaments - Testifyin	Having finally got my grubby little hands on a copy of this, I've added images for The CD Disc, the back-cover and the inlay notes. The essay by Martin Koppel contained in the inlay notes is identical to the essay in the original GSCD 052 release but, being in plain old black and white, is much easier to read and photograph ... much of the GSCD 052 version being printed in yellow type on an aquamarine background .... ugh!!
RogerFoster 13th Mar 2021		Vinyl Album Various Artists - Gold Soul	Added the full page advert for this that appeared in The January 1974 edition of "Black Music" (Image #2585987). The magazine would have hit the streets in December 1973.
RogerFoster 8th Mar 2021		Vinyl Album Various Artists - Gold Soul	I'm completely happy that the release date of December 1973 is correct for this. I distinctly remember buying it as a new release around that time and I was so impressed by the cover that I used a few blobs of blutac to attach it to the wall where I was living at the time. Other "artworks" to grace my room wall at the time included the cover of The Temptations "Masterpiece" LP (another 1973 release). And for those wanting evidence .... the LP entered the "Blues & Soul" LP chart at #22 in issue #126, dated 15th January 1974.
RogerFoster 7th Mar 2021		12" Single Venus Dodson - Night Rider	The "A" side is an overlooked symphonic disco gem ... [YouTube Video]
RogerFoster 24th Feb 2021		CD Album Various Artists - Rare Funk Liberation	Added images from the six page fold-out insert of the tracklisting (#2588029, #2568031 & #2568033) and Fat Albert's notes (#2568036). The other two pages of the fold-out insert are the front cover, as already posted, and an advert for Togetherness Magazine. The collection is called "Rare Funk Liberation Volume One" in the packaging but only "Rare Funk Liberation" on the CD Disc. No Volume Two was ever issued.
RogerFoster 8th Jan 2021		CD Album Various Artists - Motown Chartbusters Volume 1	"With respect to RogerFoster I've replaced (and 'hidden') your CD scan for one with a cleaner centre". Aha!! That would have been one of the very first CD images I submitted, using my trusty phone-camera and Paint.Net to edit the image. This was before I realised the simple and (in retrospect) blindingly obvious fact that if I slipped a sheet of white paper underneath the disc I would get a nice "clean" centre and not give tantalising hints of whatever happened to be underneath the CD!! There are probably still a few similar images hanging around and if anyone wants to replace them please feel free. :)
RogerFoster 7th Jan 2021		CD Album Various Artists - You Got The Power: Northern Soul 1964-1967	Review For a US Release this is surprisingly "International", and I suspect that it is being marketed in many places outside of North America, it's certainly easy to find in The UK. The compilation consists of 20 tracks that had a big impact on Britain's "Northern Soul" scene (so called because it was centred on towns and cities in Northern England) back at the end of the '60s and throughout the '70s. The compilation was produced by Teri Landi, Andy Street and Ady Croasdell with Mr Croasdell providing a lengthy essay in the 16 page booklet detailing the origin of the tracks on display and how they fitted into Britain's "Northern Soul" scene all those years ago. Ady Croasdell is one of the forces behind the Soul releases at Kent/Ace in London and I can't help but think that there was more collaboration between ABKCO and Kent/Ace with this release than is immediately obvious from the packaging. Here are three tracks that are included in this compilation ... [YouTube Video] [YouTube Video] [YouTube Video] There were plenty of other Cameo/Parkway releases that impacted on Britain's "Northern Soul" scene so I'm already looking forward to a Volume 2. ABKCO's press release in June 2020 has the release date as 19th June. 5 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
RogerFoster 7th Dec 2020		CD Album Love - Love	I'm pretty sure that I've mentioned this before, but I think that the issue really goes back to the fact that it looks to me that the CD-World was cloned from the Vinyl-LP-World which itself was cloned from the database of 7" singles at 45Cat ... i.e. assumptions are inherent in the design of the database that make perfect sense if talking about singles and LPs in the '60s and '70s but have been progressively making less sense since the '80s. Anyway, I would have thought that what is important in assigning a "Country of Issue" to any particular CD doesn't really involve where it was retailed but where it was marketed by the record companies. By "marketed by the record companies" I mean promoted to radio stations, magazines etc. with copies made available via the record companies distribution networks in the shops for anyone who wanted to buy. The big international retail chains of the CD era, such as HMV, Tower and Virgin, seemed to have their own internal international distribution networks that operated independently of any record company marketing. Back in the '90s Tower at Piccadilly Circus, London used to have entire sections full of LPs, singles and CDs imported from The USA and that hadn't been released in The UK. I used to shop in Tower, Piccadilly Circus regularly and it would never occur to me to make any of the US imports I bought there "International". Similarly it would never occur to me to insist that any of the US import 45s I bought from UK retailers in the '70s were really "International", not that 45Cat has such a category anyway. I can see that it must be quite frustrating for someone to enter a CD that they bought in Australia (possibly as a result of hearing it on the radio or seeing a commercial stating that it was "available at your local record shop") only for someone to insist that it is changed to "Europe" on the basis that it is identical to a release that someone "knows" to be "European" but adding "flags" etc. to indicate where it was issued may not be as easy as some like to think. In a previous existence, before becoming the lion-poker with time on my hands that I am today, I used to work as a Database-Designer/Application-Developer so maybe I have a slightly different perspective on this.
RogerFoster 5th Dec 2020		CD Album Love - Love	But surely .... since Australia decided to join in the fun filled extravaganza that is The Eurovision Song Contest some of these old-fangled geographical categorisations must have changed?
RogerFoster 4th Dec 2020		CD Album Various Artists - The Essential Northern Soul Of Chicago	My CD has 25 tracks, not the 24 listed here. The additional track being a repeat of Track #1 tagged onto the end as Track #25!! Whether this is peculiar to a particular print run, or applies to all copies of this, I'm not certain, This is the track that was so nice it got included twice (on the disc I own at least) ... [YouTube Video]
RogerFoster 21st Nov 2020		CD Album Various Artists - Ian Levine's Northern Soul Memories Volumes 1 & 2	Review This collection is a reissue of the two Ian Levine "Northern Soul Memories" CDs issued by Goldmine in 1999, GSCD 129 and GSCD 137. The second of those had yet to appear here when I first wrote this review. CD 1, as I wrote in the review for GSCD 129, is effectively a "Greatest Hits" package of Ian Levine "Northern Soul" orientated productions from the mid '70s to the early '90s and contains many of his most commercially successful efforts. CD 2 contains material that, though generally not so commercially successful, Mr Levine seemed particularly fond of. For me highlights on CD 2 include The Trammps "Feet Don't Fail Me Now", which wouldn't have sounded out of place on one of their late '70s LPs, Barbara Pennington's "Fan The Flame" (always liked that one) and L.J. Johnson's "Floating" ... which floats!! CD 2 is actually very enjoyable, and the electronic drumbeats that could overwhelm some of Ian Levine's productions are thankfully kept to a minimum Incidentally, the version of Barbara McNair's "Your Gonna Love My Baby" is a remake, though the arrangement sticks quite close to the Motown original and it's surprisingly very well done. [YouTube Video] [YouTube Video] [YouTube Video] 4 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?

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