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Artist:Various Artists
Title:The Essential Northern Soul Story
Label:  Goldmine Soul Supply
Country:UK
Date:1990
Catalogue:GSCD001
Barcode:5018255000299
Format:CD Album
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Community: 5 Own
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TrackArtistTitleComposerRating
01The InspirationsNo One Can Take Your PlaceIvey, Bell, GibsonRate
02Bobby TreetopWait Till I Get To Know YouK. WilliamsRate
03The Velvet SatinsNothing Can Compare To YouArtie Kornfeld, Trade MartinRate
04The Majestics [LA](I Love Her So Much) It HurtsArthur RoblesRate
05Dena BarnesIf You Ever Walk Out Of My LifeG. Barnes, D. BrownerRate
06Larry ClintonShe's WantedJ. Soloman, E. HolmanRate
07The InticersSince You LeftHarold AndrewsRate
08Herb WardStrange ChangeBishop, Randolph, StylesRate
09Moses Dillard And The Dynamic ShowmenI'll Pay The PriceMoses DillardRate
10George BlackwellCan't Lose My HeadKenneth RuffinRate
11The Bell BoysI Don't Want To Lose YouK. Tarleton, G. DavisRate
12The Group Featuring Cecil WashingtonI Don't Like To LoseBill TuthillRate
13Four PerfectionsI'm Not Strong EnoughSteals, Thomas, StealsRate
14Frankie Beverly And The ButlersBecause Of My HeartF. BeverlyRate
15Yvonne VerneeJust Like You Did MeTony ClarkRate
16Ronnie McNeirSitting In My ClassMcNeirRate
17Sandra PhillipsWorld Without SunshineT. Kemp, G. Kerr, H. MurrayRate
18Little Jimmy Scott [Detroit]It Rained 40 Days And NightsJ. ArmsteadRate
19Patti YoungHead And ShouldersC. Otis, N. DeCoteauxRate
20Epitome Of SoundYou Don't Love MeRobert PaladinoRate
21Jimmy MackMy World Is On FireM. Coleman, C. Bassoline, M. ValvanoRate
22Jackie DayNaughty BoyCyril D. Robert JrRate
23Edward HamiltonI'm Gonna Love YouMelvin DavisRate
24Robby LawsonBurning SensationPaul Kyser JrRate
25John HamptonNot My GirlHamptonRate


Notes

Digitally remastered from original Tapes/45s
Compilation: Kev Roberts
Insert notes: Kev Roberts & Dave Evison

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Comments and Reviews
 
Northern Exile
16th Nov 2017
 Great review Roger, you know your stuff! I too had heard that one of their biggest sellers was a funk CD. I'd love to know which one, as although I have them all I can't say I have enjoyed a single track!
 

 
RogerFoster
1st Jan 2016
 Review
I consider this to be the CD equivalent of Helen of Troy. OK, it didn't quite launch a thousand ships but it did spawn a few hundred Soul Compilation CDs on the famous/notorious (delete as applicable) Goldmine Soul Supply imprint..

This was the very first CD issued by Goldmine, it quite clearly has the year of publication of 1990 on the disc, though strangely the essay that came with their 1993 Sampler CD GSCD 13 claimed that the idea for the label didn't come around until late 1991!!

The idea was quite simple, dub a couple of dozen little-label "in-demand" 1960s "Northern Soul" tracks onto CD, put it out and see what happens. What happened was that it sold well enough for the formula to be repeated with other styles of Soul ... soon there were other "Essential" collections out there and within two or three years Goldmine were bringing out new compilations seemingly every week. Most of the compilations were aimed fairly and squarely at the "Northern Soul" scene, though they used to claim that their biggest seller was actually one of their "Funk" compilations.

The big spanner in the works was that Goldmine had a reputation for (ahem) not always sticking to the niceties of properly licensing the tracks they included on their discs, even though they sometimes involved some of the big record companies and well known 1960s music producers in their projects. This led to a number of irate songwriters and performers wondering why they weren't receiving royalties for what were obviously strongly selling discs and after a run of about 15 years Goldmine imploded.

Anyway ... as to the music on this CD, this is typical mid 1960s NS fare (generally 1964-67) and most of the tracks had become well known favourites among "Northern Soul" fans in the preceding 20 years. About a third of the recordings are from Detroit, with Philadelphia also being well represented. Some of them are quite raw (some might say underproduced), but they all have that driving sound that "Northern Soul" fans look out for.

Hard to pick a favourite, but if pressed it would probably be the Patti Young track at #19, a stomping Detroit recording that seems tailor made for inclusion in a shampoo commercial ....



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