THE 183rd MIX FOR F.S.V.B

Here's the 183rd Mix Selection for F.S.V.B, it Called "Mix Tape #3"  its been Mixed by Fog City Soul Radio and it Features some Great Old Tracks From 60's & 70's by Various Artists, including: Sylvia, Gene Chandler, Leroy Hutson, Four Tops, Jean Carne, J Blackfoot, Ronnie Dyson, Jerry Butler and Mavis Staples!

For a Full Track Listing and Download, Go Here!

THE 174th MIX FOR F.S.V.B

Here's the 174th Mix Selection for F.S.V.B, it Called "Finally Got Myself Together!" and contains Various Soul Artists and Bands from the 60's & 70's, Its been Mixed by HeavySoulBrutha , and it Features some Great Tracks by amongst others: The Spinners, Four Tops, Stevie Wonder, Average White Band, Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, Earth Wind & Fire, Rufus and The Impressions amongst others!

For a Full Track Listing and Download from HeavySoulBruthas Site Go Here!

Finally Got Myself Together! by Heavysoulbrutha on Mixcloud

THE 163rd MIX FOR F.S.V.B

Here's the 163rd Mix for F.S.V.B, Its been Mixed by DJ Toneman, its a Timeless Soul Classic Mix, there's some Great 60's and 70's Tracks on here, Featuring amongst others:Detroit Emeralds, The Blackbyrds, Four Tops, New York City, Fantastics and Jimmy Ruffin.   

For Full Track Listing's and Download Go Here!

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YELLOW VAN & THE FOUR TOPS!

So around the latter part of April 1987, We Moved to Norwich, it was a 3 Bedroomed House with a Large Garden, although the Parking wasn't to Great!


We had to begin Re-decorating straight-away, who we had Exchanged with had not left it too Clean and Tidy, in fact it was a bit of a Dump!


The Person we Exchanged with still Lives in our Town now, some 25 Years Later, and when ever I see Her, I think, how much I Detest Her! (this will become Clearer later on).

Anyway, has I said in Previous Post, at the same time as Moving, I was going Self-Employed at the same time, what I was going to do, if you Read my Previous Posts, you will remember I used to make Pies and Salads for a couple of places/establishments, so I was going to try and Expand this!  


So to do this, I Needed some sort of Transport, now I have tried to Remember how this all Worked out, but I cant!  but Susan says she Remembered that My Father Lent me some Money to Buy a Van, now if this had Happened like this, I'm sure somewhere along the line, one of my Sister's or Mother would have Reminded me that I Owed Money Out, but as None of them Speak now, perhaps it did Happen like this!

What I can Remember is, my Old Man took me to a Car and Van Auction in Norwich, I cant remember Prices etc, but I got an Old GPO Van (Telecom Van with Yellow Paintwork), it seemed alright, it was Paid for and I was to Pick it up the Next Day!


The Van had all Shelving down both sides in the Back, so it was Ideal for what I wanted it for, it was exactly like this Picture, above!


So I went Home that day, Happy and Starting making plans for the Future of the New Van and Business!
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Back in 1981, The Four Tops Released their Fist Single for the Casablanca Record Label, "When She Was My Girl" it was their First  Single and Hit for over 5 Years!


It Reached Number 1 on the US R&B Chart, and Number 11 on the US Pop Chart, it also Charted in the UK at Number 3 on the Pop Chart.

The Four Tops Line-Up at this time was still the 4 Originals Member's, Levi Stubbs, Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Lawrence Payton and Ronaldo "Obie" Benson, they had been Together for over 40 Year's!

The Song was taken from their Debut Casablanca Records Album, called "Tonight"

This was a Great Track and a return to the Top for the Four Tops


The only Surviving Member of The Four Tops now is Abdul Fakir.




Checkout a Live Version and the Studio!



   

THE 136th MIX FOR F.S.V.B

Here's the 136th Mix for F.S.V.B, Its been Mixed by Ray Bausa, its called Lonely Lover, there's some Classic Old Soul on here, featuring, Four Tops, Bobby Womack, Marvin Gaye, Jackie Wilson, & Herb Alpert. 

Press play button below to Listen or to Download and see Full Track Listing's go to Ray's Podomatic Page!


                              

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THE 113th MIX FOR F.S.V.B

Here's the 113th Mix selection for F.S.V.B, Its been Mixed by Vinyl Escape, its called "Play It Again, Will You!, there's some Classic Old Soul from the 60's & 70's on here, including some The Delfonics,Four Tops, Bill Withers, The Impressions  and The Dramatics!

Go to WebPage  to see Complete Track Listings. 

Play It Again, Will You? by Vinyl Escape on Mixcloud

THE 110th MIX FOR FSVB

Here's the 110th Mix selection for F.S.V.B, Its been Mixed by Matthew Africa, its called "2 Busy Saying Yeah - Love Songs, there's some Classic Soul from the 60's & 70's on here, including some Willie Hutch,
Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin, The Impressions  and The Four Tops!

Go to WebPage  to see Complete Track Listings and to Download the Mix!

THE BEST SOUL BANDS / ARTISTS OF THE ALL-TIME # 3...MARVIN GAYE Part 2

This Series of Post's concerns in my Opinion The Best Bands/Artists of all time.

I will write a Short Bio including  the Band Members/Artist, some Facts and figures, their Histories,  Links, Videos, The Tracks they made Famous, Links to Download etc etc

I was asked by my Wife, Susan, to do a Post on "Marvin Gaye" as she likes a lot of his Music, especially around the early to Middle 1970's, her Favorite track being "Abraham, Martin and John"

I will continue the series with the Best Soul Vocalist from Tamla Motown Records................MARVIN GAYE.

About 18 Month's before Tammi Terrell's Death, in August of 1968, MG Released his First Solo Studio Album in around 2 Year's, this was because if his Duet Work with Tammi Terrell.

The Album was called "In The Groove" the Best Selling Single on the Album was "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" so after this was a Big Hit, the Album Title was Changed to "I Heard It Through The Grapevine"


April 1969 saw another Album release, called MPG, this turned out to be, MG's Best Selling Album of the 60's and his First Solo Album to get into the Billboard's Top 40!

It contained 2 Million Selling Singles, "Too Busy Thinking about My Baby" and "That's The Way Love Is"


In January 1970 Tamla Records Released Marvin Gaye's 10th Solo Studio Album, called "That's The Way love Is" and was Produced by Norman Whitfield,  the Title Track was taken from the previous Album release and put together with some Cover Versions of other Motown and Pop Bands of the time, i.e The Temptations, Jimmy Ruffin and The Young Rascals.

The Best 2 tracks on the Album were, a Great Cover Version of The Beatles Hit, "Yesterday" and a Song that was Never Released in US but was a Number 9 Pop Hit In the UK "Abraham, Martin & John" this Song was a Tribute to the Memory of 3 Icons of Social Change from around this period, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King and John F Kennedy!  


After Tammi Terrell's Death in March of 1970, Marvin Gaye again suffered from Depression and Stage Fright, in fact it got as Bad as cancelling Shows etc which led to Marvin Gaye being Sued by various Venues for not turning up!


It was around this period that MG Co-Wrote "What's Going On" with Obie Benson from the Four Tops and Al Cleveland.


It took up until June 1st 1970, before MG returned to work at Motown, he was Hoping to Record the Track ("What's Going On") as his new Single, the Song was based on MG's Brother's experience's in the Vietnam War and it also concerned Police Brutality at a Anti-War Rally in San Francisco!


But Berry Gordy refused to Release it as a Single, stating it would have harmed MG's image with the Record buying Public, because around this time MG was Regarded as a Sex Symbol, and this was an Anti Establishment Song!

Berry Gordy if even went as far as saying the Song was Rubbish!


This caused many Violent Arguments between them and MG Refused to Record for Motown again!


The Argument went on for several Months, until Berry Gordy finally gave in and the Song was Released on January 17th 1971, over One Year after it was Written.


Marvin Gaye was proved Right with "What's Going On" Topping the R&B Charts for 5 Weeks and it was his Biggest Selling Single (to date) with over 2 Million Copies Sold!

On the back of the single's Success, MG Recorded and Released his first Concept Album (of the same name) it contained tracks concerning Poverty, Taxes, Pollution and Drugs, this was something Different and New from Marvin Gaye!


The Album was released on May 21st 1971, it became a Million Seller and was MG's First Crossover Album.


All the tracks were Segued Together, MG also for the first time,  did 2 things differently, He moved away from the "Motown Sound" and never used any "Motown Producers"


All 3 Single Releases were Million Seller's, "What's Going On" Mercy Mercy Me and Inner City Blues, MG was the First Male Artist to have 3 Top 10 Hit Singles from one Album!


Marvin Gaye Won a few Awards around this period:
Album of the Year, "Male Singer of the Year" and Trendsetter of the Year!


DOWNLOAD  SOME MARVIN GAYE!

THE 68th MIX FOR FSVB

Here's the 68th Mix for F.S.V.B, Featuring some Great Soul Music from the 70's. 

Its been Mixed by Ray Bausa, Its called "Always There", there's some classic tracks on here, including Chi-Lites, Lamont Dozier, Leroy Hutson, Four Tops and Natural Four.


Check Out Web Page For Track Listings and Download.

MOTOWN BEGINS!

Around 1972/73, me and my Best friend at that time started working for a local Fast Food Outlet in the Summertime in our Town, This was my first Full Time job so being young, all my money I earned, I spent! And what I spent it on was Music Cassettes, as I had just got a Portable Cassette Recorder, (what at that time was a hip item!) I needed Tapes to play on it.

By this time I was tired of the Pop Music I had been listening to, so as I said before I had heard a bit of Motown around a friends house and other places, so I started buying Motown Tapes and I brought plenty, I can recall firstly buying Diana ross and the Supremes, Junior Walker and the All Stars, The Four Tops, The Temptations, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles and so on! I still have a couple of Diana Ross Tapes in my loft!

During that Summer of work, every opportunity I had I went to our Town Centre and purchased Music Tapes, by the end of the Summer Season, I think I had about 50 different Tapes, aswell as Motown, I brought tapes by other Artists including The Three Degrees, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Stylistics etc.

At that time (early to mid 70's) there was'nt that much stuff available in our small Town, I suppose if I was older there might have been! ie going further afield to find it or Mail Order, (I always remember in the summer of 1974, during the Summer months, "Rock your baby" by George Mcrae, was number 1 in the Pop Charts for weeks!) so around that period until the time I left School (1975) Motown was the only type of Music I brought!