SOUL AND FUNK MUSIC FOR SALE!

A Different Kind of Post this Week, if any you have Read any of my Posts before, you will Know I Brought my First Soul Record Back in 1972!

The 7" Single was "I Get The Sweetest Feeling" by Jackie Wilson, it was Actually for my Dad who Wanted the Record, he gave 50p and told me to go to Woolworths on the Bus to Buy the Single!

That same Year I started Buying more Soul Music, Starting with Cassette Tapes, Mainly Motown, which Most of them I still have in my Loft, this lead on to Vinyl Around 1973/4, Starting with Albums, then 7 inch Singles and Eventually a few Years Later 12 inch Singles.

By the Time I Left School in 1975, I was Spending Most of my Money on Soul and Funk Music, Mostly all on Vinyl by Now, I Remember we had some Great Record Shops in Great Yarmouth, back then, Not like now, I think Apart from Supermarkets there is Only One Second Hand Shop that Sells Music in Town Now!

Norwich is Nearly as Bad, but there again I No Longer Buy Any Music Whatsoever, as for Vinyl, I Stopped Buying them about 1990 and as for  CD's, I First Brought a CD back in 1989, then Brought 100's of them, but now, I Don't think I have Brought a CD for about 18 Months now!

During the Very Early 1990's, I had about 3000 Items of Music, in all Formats, it was then I started to Sell some of my Vinyl Albums, this went on for a Couple of Years, it was Quite Hard to Sell back then Before E-Bay etc, but I Sold a Few, only to Regret this Later, then when CD's Started to become a bit More Cheaper, I Started Replacing the Vinyl Albums I had Sold!

I Eventually Ended up with about 750 CD's at Least, then about 3/4 Years ago I Brought a Couple of Digital Players, i.e a Creative Zen and a Phillips Streamium, and that has Changed my Music Collection Again, I now have Most of my Music on them in Digital Form!

So this has Brought me to the Reason for this Post, I have Sold Quite a few of my Vinyl Records over the Years, but Still have about 150 Vinyl Albums Left, about 200 12" and 7" Singles, I also have about 200 Albums on Tape, not to Mention many Blues and Soul Magazines and some Black Echoes Papers, added to these I am Now Going to Sell all my 750 CD's!

In fact I Started Listing my CD's on Ebay about 3/4 Months ago, to see how they would Sell, in Fact I've Sold Quite a Few, and Last Week I Decided to Advertise them on Discogs, as this is More of a Specialist Site for Selling Music, Rather than Ebay!

Obviously its Takes Time to Put All my Music on there, but its Seems to be Worth at the Moment, I have Sold as Much in 3 Days as I did in about 2 Months on Ebay!

I Hope Eventually to put Everything I have on Discogs, but this will Take Time, I have Soul, Funk, Jazz, Electro, Rap, Disco, Dance and R&B on All Formats, Dating Back from the Mid 60's Right up until about 3 Years Ago!

The Most up to Date Music I  have Purchased is All of John Legend's CD's, Can't say I go to Much on Today's R&B Music, but I have a Wide Choice of All the Great Soul Singer's and Funk Band's from the Past, so Please have a Look at what I have put on Discogs, and Come back in the Future, as More Music  will be Added in Time! 

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THE 167th MIX FOR F.S.V.B

Here's the 167th Mix Selection for F.S.V.B, it Called "Love Seasons" and contains Various Soul Artists & Bands, Its been Mixed by EJ Flavors, and it Features some Great Tracks, including amongst others: Sharon Brown, BB&Q Band, Angela Bofill, Brainstorm, Liz Hogue, Skyy & Rene & Angela amongst others!

For a Full Track Listing and Download 
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DEATH IN THE FAMILY and JACKIE WILSON

So in a few Days (around the 2nd week in June of 1987) were Back Home in Great Yarmouth, in the same House we left about 3 Month's earlier, and with the "Old Boy" still ill in Hospital.

We didn't really know How Bad he was, as I said previously my Mother did not tell us that much, about his illness, we Learned more from the Hospital staff as time went by!

As time Passed, I began to Wonder whether He would ever get any Better, He was saying Strange things to the Hospital Staff, I Remember one time He was saying things about one of the Nurses, being Black, and Saying they were doing things to him, He also Refused to see his Youngest Sister, when She Visited!

I found out Later when my Wife "Susan" Worked in the very same Hospital, that a lot of times, people who are Too ill are just brought back to Life, virtually for the Family too Say Goodbye to them!

This as it turned out was the case for my Family and Father.

I did a couple of things for my "Old Boy" I had never done before in that Last Week of his Life, I Talked to Him, he had never been a Big Talker to me (before) I used take to the Hospital Window , so he could look out, over the Car Park and I actually Shaved him a Couple of Times!

This Week was a Very Busy time for us, as you could imagine, we had just Moved House, so when we was not Sorting the Kids out, we were either Sorting the House out (unpacking all our stuff) or We were up the Hospital.

As it happened my "Old Boy" Lasted Exactly a Week before He Died on Saturday 22nd June 1987 at 15.50pm, and I Remember the Sun was Shining Brightly!

I must Admit his Death Hit me Quite Hard, this was Very Surprising as I Never Really got on with him that Well, as I said previously, He never really Spoke to me that Much, and it Always seemed I had to try to Hard to make him Happy!

As I was the only Son with 3 Sister's, you may have thought I would Get on Better with Him than my Sister's did, this Was Not the case, he seemed to favour all of Them Better than me, and his Particular favorite was my Youngest Sister!

I have always Wondered what my other 2 Sister's thought of this Favoritism, it was never Hidden!

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As for some Music, has I have been posting about my Father this Week, One particular thing I remember about my Father and Music Happened over 40 years Ago, I have posted about this Subject  previously, but its worth another Mention, Under the Circumstances!

Its Nothing to do with Tom Jones, I Remember my Father liking Him as a Singer, the "Old Boy" used to say "that Tom Jones Sounds just a  Black Singer"

Anyway I Remember the Day, back in 1972, the "Old Boy" gave me a 50p Coin and said to me "get the Bus up to Town and go in "Wooly's and get me that Record by "Jackie Wilson" its Called "I Get The Sweetest Feeling"

I got a Copy of that Record and Played Hundreds of Times on the Family's Twin Speaker Record Player, I suppose there was 2 things that got me into Soul Music back then, this was one of them and the other was a Boy who I sometimes went around with, had an Older Brother, who always had Motown playing in his House, whenever I went round his! 

So perhaps my "Old Boy" did do something for me, after all!

Incidentally I still have the Single in my Loft, just like the Record to the Left!

A little bit about the Track, It was Written by Van McCoy and originally Released 4 Years earlier in 1968 across in the USA.
It was Produced by Carl Davis.

The Record was on the "MCA Label (in the UK)" and Reached number 9 on the Uk Pop Charts.

FREDDIE STARR & ENCHANTMENT

Freddie's on the right! don't know who
the other Bloke is!

Now I was Second Chef, I was In-Charge  of the Kitchen at least 3 Shifts Per Week, this had Its Advantages & its Dis-Advantages!


First the Advantages, I used to get more of the Tips from the Customers, but this was always Shared out amongst the Kitchen Staff.


On a Few Occasions, you got Really Big Tips, for Example, if Somebody had Won in the Casino before having a Meal, they Left a Big Tip, or If Somebody Famous had a Meal, I Remember Serving  A Few People like this!


The Best Tipper I Remember was "Freddie Starr" He was Starring at one of the Theatre's in Town, He was on there for about 6 Weeks I think!

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So He came into the Casino on a Regular Basis, & had several Meals, the First Time I remember, He popped his head around the kitchen and said to me "Who's the Chef, who Cooked my  Meal tonite!" I said it was me, and He put something in my Hand, when I looked, it was a £50 Note!


I was Shocked, by the time I looked up, He had gone back into the Restaurant, of course this was later Shared amongst the Kitchen Staff, He came back a Couple of  more times after that, when I was working, I Never see Him again, but He Always left a £50 Note!

He was a Generous Bloke, No Doubt, but as a Comedian, I Never Really Liked him much, & a Couple of £50 Note's never Changed That either! 


I'll tell you the Dis-Advantages Next Time!
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As for some Music, in 1978 The Great Soul Vocal Band "Enchantment" Released the Great Single "Its You That I Need" from the 1977 Album "Once Upon A Dream"


This is what Soul Music is all about, you don't Hear class like this anymore, Real Instruments and Great Vocals!


This track would be in my All Time Top 20 Soul Records!


The Song Reached number 33 on the US Pop Chart and number 1 On the US R&B Chart, with the Album Reaching Number 8 in US R&B Chart, Both the Single and Album Placing's  were Enchantment's Best ever.


The Song was Written and produced by Michael Stokes, and on the Roadshow/Unites Artists Record Label, see Lyrics below! 



Something strange is happening
You don't belong to me anymore
It seems I'm all alone
In my dreams

I just feel so weak
No one knows the pain I see
When I'm all alone
Now that you're gone

My world is cold
My friends are few
Without you here
My joy seems cruel

When you left you took part of me
What can I do

It's you that I need, baby
It's you that I need
I'm lonely
It's you that I need, come back

Something's gone in me
You were my life, my mystery baby
How could you do this to me
Left me holding on to a memory

I tried, I tried to be good
Take you to a place no others could
I suddenly woke and found you gone
Now I sing my heart to you
Through the words of this song

Something happened to me
You were my life, my destiny
My life will never, ever be complete
Come back to me
It's you that I need baby, baby
It's you that I need
Come back to me

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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 106th MIX FOR F.S.V.B

Here's the 106th Mix selection for F.S.V.B, Its a follow on from my last post concerning Salsoul Records! 


Its been Mixed for the Website, Six Million Steps, its called "JJ Smoking Sessions - Salsoul Mix 1" Its a Mix of different Salsoul Track's from the 70's and 80's.

The Mix Features some Candido, Salsoul Orchestra, Loleatta Holloway and First Choice amongst other Great Salsoul Recording Artists!


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THE 89th MIX FOR F.S.V.B

Here's the 89th Mix selection for F.S.V.B, Its been Mixed for the Website, Six Million Steps, its under the JJ Smoking Sessions # 19, there's some Classic Curtis Mayfield Tracks or Songs Written by Curtis Mayfield, and Performed by other Artists including Linda Clifford, Mavis Staples, Melba Moore and MFSB. 

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THE BEST SOUL BANDS / ARTISTS OF THE ALL-TIME # 1 THE CHI-LITES

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 will start with Probably the Best Soul Vocal Band Ever...The Chi-Lites, led by the Great Eugene Record on Lead Tenor vocals,  I brought my First Chi-Lites Album in 1975, "Half a Love" this incidentally was their Last Album for Brunswick Records.
By this time they had already had plenty of Success and Hit records, but after hearing this Album I soon made it my mission to Purchase all the stuff that went before!


Another interesting fact concerning this particular Album, The Chi-Lites Record Label "Brunswick" were in serious Financial trouble around the period of the Album release, so out of the 10 Tracks on the Album, only 6 were New, the other 4, had been Released previously!

The Chi-Lites were Formed in 1959, but originally they were called The Hi-Lites. They had 5 Original Members: Marshall Thompson, Creadel "Red" Jones, Eugene Record, Robert Lester and finally Clarence Johnson.


They Released several Singles on Local Record Labels, then in 1964 they had a Name Change, this time it was Marshall Thompson and The Chi-Lites, they added a "C" in Honour of where they came from "Chicago"


By the end of 1964 Clarence Johnson had left the Band and another name change had happened, they were now called  just "The Chi-Lites"


By 1968 The Chi-Lites had joined "Brunswick Records" and Eugene Record has emerged as the Lead Singer, Song Writer and Producer!

By 1969 the First Hit Record happened "Give It Away" it reached Number 10 in the US R&B Chart, the follow up Single "Let Me Be The Man, My Daddy Was" was only moderately Successful.


They had to wait until 1971 until the next big Hit, "Are You My Woman" was a US R&B Top 10 Record, then after that it was Hit after Hit!

The first Crossover Hit came with 
"For Gods Sake Give More Power To The People" then there were 2 Number 1's in the US R&B Charts with "Have You Seen Her" and "Oh Girl" incidentally "Oh Girl" was also a  Number 1 Pop Hit in the US in the Spring of 1972!


After about another 6 other Single releases, all getting into both US Pop and R&B Charts, the Single "Stoned Out Of My Mind" was released in 1973, it reached Number 2 in US R&B Chart, but this marked the time when several Line-up changes happened!

By the middle of 1974 the Hits were still coming with "Homely Girl" Toby and so on, more Hits followed in 1975, but it was around this period when as I said earlier "Brunswick" were in Financial Trouble, and by 1976 The Chi-lites had left "Brunswick" and Eugene Record had left The Chi-Lites!


During this period The Chi-Lites signed for "Mercury Records"  and had a moderate time by their standards, but by 1980 the Original Members (minus Clarence Johnson) had Reformed and signed to Carl Davis's Record Label "Chi-Sound"


The Re-union did not last long though, by 1982, "Creadel Jones" left again, followed by Eugene Record in 1988!

Over the years their were several member changes and a few minor Hits, but nothing like the early 70's.


Their last Biggest Hit Record was "Bottoms Up" in 1983, it reached Number 7 in US R&B Chart.


My Favorite All-Time Chi-Lites Track is  "Yes I'm Ready (if I dont get to go)  A CLASSIC!


In 2000 The Chi-Lites were Inducted into "R&B The Hall Of Fame" 


For a more In-depth Story (including all the Music, bio's, Chart positions, Awards etc)  of The Chi-Lites....PRESS HERE



The only living Member of the Original Band is "Marshall Thompson" who is still Performing, and one of his current Projects is Joint-Owner of "Mar-ance Records" with Michael Jackson's Father, Joseph.


Press Here to view/hear the Chi-lites Greatest Hits!

Below are the Tracks from the 2006 Album Released on Music Club, 36 Tracks in total, Volume 1 and 2, either just Play the tracks or Download!