Northern Soul's Classiest Rarities Volume 6

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Kent Records latest release Northern Soul's Classiest Rarities Volume 7 Cd is out today, The seventh in this long running series hits the streets running, with a right old varied mix of styles rarities and classics. The “Classiest Rarities” series tries to represent all the facets of the Northern Soul collector’s world and to us the little nuggets that we play at home are just as valuable as the monsters that draw dancers to the floor like moths to a flame. Records like Danny White’s Miss Fine, Miss Fine on the Frisco label out of New Orleans are within most people’s spending limits but are as downright dirty and soulful as this music gets. Having Isaac Hayes and David Porter write and produce the single in Memphis undoubtedly made the session happen and Danny rose to the occasion. In a similar bag is Billy Keen’s smoother soul sound I Finally Got Wise cut for Galaxy and featuring the sort of big Ray Shanklin arrangement that Cliff Goldsmith used to such success on Little Johnnie Taylor’s recordings. For instance he also found the original master tape to Ty Karim's super-rarity You Just Don't Know that Ty's husband Kent Harris had lovingly looked after while awaiting a proper deal for the licensing of his superb Romark label. So now listen to the clarity of that cascading piano, crisp cymbal work, haunting organ and Ty's fabulous, rich, deep brown vocals on a song that epitomises all that's good about mid-60s, soul-soaring music. Santa's gift on Top 50 Christmas Songs of All Time 🎅 Merry Christmas 2024 🎄 The Best Christmas Music Playlist

The general equation runs something like this: rare, in Northern Soul parlance, is generally qualified by the number of known copies of each 45 being in single figures. Ergo, demand far outstrips supply and the ensuing clamour between the cognoscenti of hardcore collectors & DJs usually creates a price far beyond the means of mere mortals! R&B Punker – THE BRITISH WALKERS – Diddley Daddy [EQ] – PYE INT 7N 25298 UK 1965 Mr Dynamite Sue Grp We also have one of the best Mirwood sound-a-likes in the Originals Of Sight & Sound’s ‘Long Boots’; a raver of a record that Larry Williams and Johnny Watson would have been honoured to cover. An Atlanta super-rarity is featured in the girly soul sound of the Flowers’ ‘Got To Get To Know You’, the only uptown sound from Bill Haney’s great southern Chant label.

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The "Classiest Rarities" series tries to represent all the facets of the Northern Soul collector's world and to us the little nuggets that we play at home are just as valuable as the monsters that draw dancers to the floor like moths to a flame. Records like Danny White's Miss Fine, Miss Fine on the Frisco label out of New Orleans are within most people's spending limits but are as downright dirty and soulful as this music gets. Having Isaac Hayes and David Porter write and produce the single in Memphis undoubtedly made the session happen and Danny rose to the occasion. In a similar bag is Billy Keen's smoother soul sound I Finally Got Wise cut for Galaxy and featuring the sort of big Ray Shanklin arrangement that Cliff Goldsmith used to such success on Little Johnnie Taylor's recordings. Available now from all the usual on and off line suspects and available as well via our very own Source store, details below Music for Christmas on Top 50 Christmas Songs of All Time 🎅 Merry Christmas 2024 🎄 The Best Christmas Music Playlist Jit Jit on Top 50 Christmas Songs of All Time 🎅 Merry Christmas 2024 🎄 The Best Christmas Music Playlist

A new volume in this series is eagerly anticipated and always “on the go”. Northern Soul is a sufficiently broad field to make various styles of records potential contenders. The R&B and modern ends of the spectrum tend to get covered on our “New Breed” or “Masterpieces” compilations, but if the sound has made it onto mainstream Northern dancefloors, it wins its place on “Northern Soul’s Classiest Rarities”. The Flodavieur label is one of the west coast’s rarest imprints and we’re proud to present its two most collectable items. The sheer brilliance of the better known Antellects ‘Love Slave’ as atmospheric a soul dancer as was ever cut and deserving of its thousands of pounds price tag; nobody quibbles with that. The lesser-known Inconquerables single should have been dubbed as by the Unobtainables so few are its sightings. Santa Chill on Top 50 Christmas Songs of All Time 🎅 Merry Christmas 2024 🎄 The Best Christmas Music Playlist Whilst there can never be a substitute for owning the original 45s (anyone with a spare copy of Dan Folger for sale?!!)…a CD such as this goes a long way in easing and catering for that desire, and all without having to remortgage the house!Holy Night on Top 50 Christmas Songs of All Time 🎅 Merry Christmas 2024 🎄 The Best Christmas Music Playlist High-quality dance records from across the Northern Soul spectrum – floor-fillers, chin-strokers, the esoteric and the sometimes obvious. Endless Christmas on Top 50 Christmas Songs of All Time 🎅 Merry Christmas 2024 🎄 The Best Christmas Music Playlist

Santa Collection on Top 50 Christmas Songs of All Time 🎅 Merry Christmas 2024 🎄 The Best Christmas Music Playlist This latest episode of the high-quality end of the Northern Soul world is as varied as the scene has become, featuring manic funk, Detroit grooves, doo wop-inspired ballads, neo-Motown and pure soul stompers.Producer David Blake and label owner Bob Callili have been incredibly helpful in getting their master tapes of soul artists to us. Consequently we’ve been able to include and extra 15 seconds or so of the Quotations magnificent ‘I Don’t Have To Worry’. Whilst there can never be a substitute for owning the original 45s (anyone with a spare copy of Dan Folger for sale?!!)...a CD such as this goes a long way in easing and catering for that desire, and all without having to remortgage the house! Special mention in dispatches for Barbara Redd’s I’ll Be All Alone, which potentially may raise a few eyebrows. – By Dave Timperely – Ace Records You may also like… This latest episode of the high-quality end of the Northern Soul world is as varied as the scene has become, featuring manic funk, Detroit grooves, doo wop-inspired ballads, neo-Motown and pure soul stompers....