A tasty new Etta James CD release from Kent is on the market – Who's Blue? Rare Chess Recordings Of The 60s and 70s. If you fancy it, you can check out a review on this very site first. It;s by Mark Raison of the excellent Monkey Picks blog. Check […]
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R&B Hipshakers volume 2 album
Big thanks to Mike Knight for flagging up the arrival of R&B Hipshakers volume 2 (aka Scratch That Itch) on the Vampisoul label. Like the first volume, the disc is compiled by Mr Fine Wine (of Downtown Soulville fame), plundering the King/Federal/DeLuxe catalogue for some early soul and rocking' R&B, […]
Various Artists – Double Cookin’ (Kent)
Northern soul instrumentals have been around as long as the northern soul scene itself, but rarely are those tracks celebrated in their own right.
The School – Loveless Unbeliever (Elefant)
Mark Raison reviews the 60s-style pop of Loveless Unbeliever.
Various Artists – Northern Soul: 20 Original Classics (Spectrum)
To site alongside the ‘starter pack’ of mod tunes (see 20 Original Mod Classics), the same label has done a collection of northern soul, specifically with Northern Soul: 20 Original Classics.
Various Artists – Northern Soul’s Classiest Rarities Volume 4 (Kent)
Neil Henderson reviews the latest instalment in the Northern Soul’s Classiest Rarities series.
Georgie Fame – Mod Classics 1964 – 1966 (BGP)
Now around fifty years old, ‘Mod’ is suffering from something of an identity crisis. It means so many things to so many people the term is largely meaningless. To some it’s jazz hipsters prowling the Soho streets at dawn looking for a caffeine fix. For others, it’s the amount of […]
Various Artists – Ace Garage Beat and Punk Rock Sampler (Ace)
At first glance, garage beat and punk rock may seem strange bedfellows. But are they really?
