tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40115706968727829442024-03-05T06:28:28.721+00:00Deserted Island Discswashed ashore on a lonely island in the seaBillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02147203135995097846noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011570696872782944.post-36384789748295699812015-11-30T18:44:00.000+00:002015-11-30T19:11:17.228+00:00Mark Howard<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">My latest guest castaway to be washed ashore on a lonely island in the sea is DJ and Radio Presenter, Mark Howard.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Mark and </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">fellow enthusiast Paul Homer formed 'Ska-Beat-Soul' in their</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> home city of Chichester and they have supported top acts such as The Lee Thompson Ska Orchestra and The Beat, playing festivals such as 'The Great Skinhead Reunion' and 'Ska Aid' and a performing at their regular residency at Woodies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Mark & Paul present 'Ska-Beat-Soul' as a weekly radio show on ChiSoul Radio playing the best in 60's Ska, Rocksteady & Skinhead Reggae, all on 100% heavyweight vinyl !</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">African-American music and its derivatives featured ever bigger and continue to be the cornerstone of my life: Vinyl records, sharp suits, Lambretta scooters and co-presenting The Ska Beat Soul every Thursday night with Paul Homer... even my career as a restaurant chef somehow feels tied in."<br />
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<br />Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02147203135995097846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011570696872782944.post-31924977041953729322015-10-28T20:08:00.001+00:002015-10-28T20:08:52.895+00:00Tom Glide<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I am delighted to welcome the multi-talented Tom Glide as my latest guest castaway to be washed ashore on a lonely island in the sea.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As well as being a successful record label owner, Tom is an accomplished songwriter, a composer, a remixer, a music producer, a musician and a singer in his own right... he’d taught himself to play guitar, drums, bass and keyboards by the age of 10.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Born and raised in a working class area in Southern Paris, near Montparnasse, Tom's earliest musical influences were shaped by listening to records that were brought from the US </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">in the 50's </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">by his father when he was serving as a French Marine. Mainly jazz, latin, be-bop, calypso, early r’n’b... even Elvis Presley ! </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Other influences from that time were Sydney Bechet, Harry Belafonte, Charlie Parker with strings, Django Reinhart, Toots Tillemans, and Duke Ellington.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Early </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">credits as a producer, composer, arranger and singer include the 2002 Beatcrusher track 'What Da F***', Ilona Mitrecey’s 2005 gold and platinum album 'Un Monde Parfait', and the first release on his own Glide Recordings label in 2008 : 'Yoga on the Dancefloor' by Ekayani and the Tom </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Glide Space.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2010 saw the release of the highly acclaimed album 'In The Name of Luv' by Tom Glide & The Luv All Stars, a collaboration with luminaries including keyboardist Larry Dunn, bassist Alex Al, drummer James Gadson and the acclaimed trumpeter Rahmlee Michael Davis (Jackie Wilson, Michael Jackson, B.B. King, Donny Hathaway, Minnie Riperton). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"Five is a very hard choice and my stay on this island will be short too ! I haven't even managed to fit in George Duke, Pleasure, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Bill Evans, Louis Johnson, Horace Silver and tons of other music . Everyday of my life. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Happy to have been chosen to tell you some memories. Thanks Bill Fordham for the opportunity."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"I discovered Marvin Gaye on a late live Saturday night show on French TV playing this album and bought this vinyl on the Sunday afternoon in a St.Michel shop.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He played at the Palais des Sports in Paris and my friend Didier and I had no dimes to go in. We entered through a back door and found ourselves amongst cages of Lions, Giraffes, Kangaroos, Monkeys and Chimps from </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">the Moscow State Circus </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">who were alternating in the same venue.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Fitz Brown gave Gary an opportunity to DJ at one of the worlds most celebrated clubs, Tramp in Jermyn Street. The pay was poor, but he got to DJ and play at private parties for the likes of, Tony Curtis, The Stones, Rod Stewart, Joan Collins, Georgie Best, Royalty, Tony Hall, Mel Brooks... in fact everybody who was anybody ! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When the record shop closed down, Gary moved on to plugging records and his pushing brought #1 hits with Phyllis Nelson's 'Move Closer', Amii Stewart's 'Knock On Wood' and many others. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ater a few years Gary left Tramp to open his own clubs after working in various other venues around the south. Starting at Maidstones Kent Hall he built up a huge membership and the proceeded to open every night at venues in Orpington, Gravesend, Ashford, Cheam, Weybridge, the Town & Country Club in London and many others. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After meeting Noah Johnson, Gary was introduced to the recording studio and taught how to write and produce songs. His first record release was 'Young Free & Single' as Dee Gee (Disco Gary) which reached #1 on John Leech's Show. He then started Wizz Records (with the first three releases being done with Dave Morgan of Fresh Records) and at the same time running a distribution company : driving around the south creating the buzz with these records and his own white labels. Soon other labels gave us theirs to sell, then we expanded to further vans & telesales,the problem was record shops were not paying, so we used a factor which gave us the money & as the cheques bounced, so they took the money back & soon we had no choice but to close.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After a career change in the pub and restaurant business, Gary </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">started a page on Facebook called 'Disco, Soul, Gold' which has since grown to almost 60,000 likes and a group page to almost 20,000. Then, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">given the opportunity to develop an unheard duo from Newcastle, DSG Music the label started again with 'Listen' by SouLutions being the first release. He arranged for the single to be remixed from their demo started to promote the song. It achieved great success, with the Drizabone remix reaching #1 in the Soul Chart and Amazon's sales chart.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After attending the Camp Soul Festival and hearing 'Your Smile' by Neo, Gary contacted the composer who agreed for DSG Music to release it. This hit #2 on the Amazon Sales Chart and #4 in the UK Soul chart with new mixes to follow. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">McCrei the blue-eyed Soul Sisters from Kent debut single for DSG Music 'Show Me' reached #1 on the UK Amazon Sales Chart and </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and #2 in the UK Soul chart</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Washed ashore on a lonely island in the sea is my latest guest castaway... DJ and Radio Presenter, Lou Pino.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A couple of years after Genova, Italy, we were still trying to understand why a guy like us was shot by the police during the riots. It was during that time that I’ve started to do something to improve this damned society. Along the terraces of my football team Cosenza, my anger was released and transformed into passion and viceversa. It was not just football. Scores were not a big deal and no drama if the team couldn’t make the serie A, even if we were really close. For us what really mattered was to always say something different and do something important for people who were not as lucky as others were. Providing food for the poor, helping people with disabilities, standing up for unemployment raise, supporting project in Africa. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">How many times you were sitting and wondering, how that could be, why I did that. Maybe I would or probably I should. Should what? Should I stay or should I go? OH OH OH what a CLASH in the brain. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Then early in the morning a song came in my mind, enchanting me like a sparrow tweeting. Do you know that “piaf” in argot, the French Slang, means sparrow and that’s why Edith Giovanna Gassion has been named Edith Piaf ?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In my case it was me, completely dressed as myself, listening every New Year’s day, early in the morning. No matter whatever reason this life presents to you on that moment, it is a new start, a new beginning. Somewhere in Italy, they are still celebrating the New Year’s eve throwing old crockery out from the room's window. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Do not worry if you walk past my house, I am just throwing out the past, enchanted by a sparrow tweeting, looking forward to a bright future. In any case, I am living on the ground floor, so your head is safe from the crockery…. "</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"I am a passionate Electronic Dance Music lover for now almost 20 years. I am 32 years old, so the kind of music has been present in my life, on a daily basis, for the vast majority of my life. I remember very well, my friends and I were sometimes looked at as some sort of Aliens from another musical dimension during our teenage years. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"This is simply a masterpiece of Electronic Music... 'Knights of the Jaguar' is the Ravel’s Bolero of Electronic Music. The slow but steady crescendo towards a climax at the end makes it a track you can't stop in the middle once you have started it. The simplicity of the rhythms combined with the soft melodies; a beautiful piece of contemporary music easy for the ears. A track that could convince any electronic music detractor to reconsider their position. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"When I listen to 'Mugwanti' it unravels an immense quantity of souvenirs from my stay in South Africa. Good time with friends, spectacular road trips, parties and parties again. I have been introduced to the very singular sound of House music from South Africa with the rhythms and lyrics of 'Mugwanti'."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My latest guest to be washed ashore on a lonely island in the sea is </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">one of Europe's top reggae DJ's, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">the fabulous </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Madam Scorcher</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Madam Scorcher (AKA Kathy McGrath) </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">is unique in the fact that she plays female vocal only ska and reggae on vinyl. She has DJ'd at many events, as you will learn :</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"<span style="line-height: 100%;">Its funny when you think about it, on speaking to my mother about their musical tastes, as some bits I knew but wanted to delve a bit more, I can now see where I’ve got mine from, cleverly 'amalgamated' from the pair of them : </span></span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 100%; text-align: left;">My father being keen on bands such as Jethro Tull, The Pogues and Ian Dury & the Blockheads. He was also quite good at playing the saxophone, especially The Muppets theme tune. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 100%; text-align: left;">My mother on the other hand would be enjoying the fluffiness of Motown, 70’s disco and singers such as Crystal Gale, Barbara Dickson and Gloria Gaynor.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 100%; text-align: left;">All through my life growing up I’ve strangely always swayed towards female singers, apart from a couple of teenage years where I crossed over to the dark side of heavy metal! but singers like Aretha Franklin, Annie Lennox, Alison Moyet, Bjork, Amy Winehouse and Madonna were certainly a big part of my musical life. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 100%; text-align: left;">So Madam Scorcher is born and it was inevitable that I would play out female only vocals and I think I’m the only DJ that is doing this in the Ska, Rock steady and Reggae genre internationally. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 100%; text-align: left;">I’ve been very fortunate over the last few years playing at many events such as Madness Minehead Weekender, Cambersands Scooter Rally, Isle of Wight Reggae Train, Phil Bush’s Sound & Pressure Weekender, Up the Junction, KlubSkank, Skamouth, Specialized, Folkestone Skafest, Music Mania, Skinhead Reunion, BWM @Santa pod to name a few.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"This beautiful song can only remind me of my partner Darren, who’s love and support has been unconditional, or “until the twelfth of never”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The fact is that before I met him I was just a normal working mother. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I had lost my identity after 15 years of marriage and going through a divorce. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If someone had of said to me back then “Oh by the way you’re going to become a skinhead and DJ all over the place” I would of laughed my backside off!!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Most of my small box of records at that time were either given to me by Darren, (he had a vast collection and I’m happy to say that male DJ’s were overlooking female songs, so he felt no desire to have them) or I was spending under £20, as surely I should not be paying out more then that!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Then this record came up and I really wanted it, I loved it!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But hold on, its going to cost me FIFTY POUNDS!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Okay I’m going to cheat a bit here as I can’t choose a song each for Madness and Rhoda as I’ll run out of tunes. This song is quite appropriate for my past life and “The Liberty of Norton Folgate” is just such a superb album, and the first Madness one I’ve ever bought!!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Madness had not really interested me. I never took much notice of them in the 80’s, in fact I completely missed all the 2tone stuff that was going on, I was far too busy being a material girl. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Now they are part of my life, privileged to know them, play for them in one way or another and being proposed to on their stage in front of thousands of people will always be a cherished memory. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My first gig where it was all women entertainers, so it meant so much to me to be part of that."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"I was raised in a middle-class family in the college town Tilburg in the South of Holland. My parents were not into music at all, and neither were my brother and sister both younger than me, b</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 17.2800006866455px;">ut I was hooked from an early age. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 17.2800006866455px;">The first record I ever bought was Gilbert </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 108%; text-align: justify;">O’Sullivan’s 'Nothing Rhymed' which I bought when I was about ten years old. Or rather, I bought the picture sleeve cover because inside was Dave Edmunds 'I Hear You Knocking', another hit at the time. It was as if someone was pointing me towards R&B from the start. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After that I started buying the lead 45s in the hit parade. LPs were beyond us financially at that time. Then when I entered secondary school it was time to get serious: Deep Purple 'Live in Japan', Pink Floyd 'Umma Gumma' as well as Tom Waits with 'Closing Time' and some of the country rock records by Poco, the Eagles and CSNY. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">No soul records entered my universe until at least 1975. Actually the first soul records I acquired were Motown records: the compilation LP 'The Big Wheels of Motown' and (incredibly) Marvin Gaye’s 'What’s Going On' which I received as a birthday present and which went way over my head at the time."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 108%;">"Then came Punk, which changed my whole musical frame of reference. The Ramones first LP on Philips, Blondie on Private Stock, The Modern Lovers on Beserkley, The Damned on Stiff… I really was a punk before you were a punk. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 108%;">With that territory came (Punky) Reggae, and records by Culture, Steel Pulse, Burning Spear, Israel Vibration, Pablo Moses and the Heptones. At that time I was still not truly bitten by the Soul bug. There was no (Northern) Soul scene in Holland, and there was no access to this music in the Dutch media, or at least I was not aware of anything. However, UK music magazines such as NME and ZigZag did mention soul music and I started investigating here and there. I would like to be able to say there was some sort of revelatory moment where I saw the light but I must admit that my immersion in Soul Music was a gradual affair that took maybe some five years. By that time it was the 80s, possibly the worst era in soul music so it was a small miracle that I ventured that way at all."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 108%;">"When I seriously started clubbing it was the 80s (I was late to the game) and at the time soul and funk were the main styles played in clubs, together with the post wave sounds of things like PigBag and Tears For Fears. You could always count on Marvin Gaye’s 'Sexual Healing', Chaka Khan’s 'Ain’t Nobody' or the live version of Maze’s 'Joy and Pain'. Those really were the records that drew me in. They made me start looking for similar records as well as other styles of soul music I had ignored before, or which maybe had not really clicked in my head. I discovered Kent records and before long I was buying mainly soul music LPs and the occasional 45.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 108%;">In the mean time I had taken an interest in (pirate) radio and the station I was always listening to </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 17.2800006866455px;">(RVZ) </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 108%;">was advertising for new DJ’s. This station was a superb quality non-commercial affair run by a close group of music addicts much like New York’s WFMU. Anything was possible there, as long as it was real. I applied and after a shaky and nervous few try-outs I was accepted, mainly because I chanced on the tune 'Heaven Must Have Sent You' by the Elgins, a Northern Soul classic and a favourite of one of the leading DJs at the station. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 108%;">So that was the start of my radio “career” which has now lasted for nigh on thirty years. Initially I played anything that fit in the broad format of the station (from alternative rock to African music, Black music and Reggae) but at some point I started a shared show “The Soul Squad” with the soul-oriented guys and then my collecting passion fast became black music only."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 108%;">"After a few years the pirate station RVZ was raided by police and that was the end of that. The core group of DJs started a legal local station and after some changes I was asked if I wanted to take over a specialized show with a focus on early sixties pop music called <i>TeenBeat</i>. This show played a lot of late fifties and early sixties pop music, with a focus on girl groups, Phil Spector type sounds and early soul like Barbara Lewis. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 108%;">I did that weekly show for about a year and then a watershed event happened that actually changed my life in multiple ways. We had the great idea to start a nightly show called </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 108%;">Vinyl Junkies</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 108%;"> and invited listeners to apply for a spot. A number of interesting characters applied (people specializing in Indian Ragas, obscure psych, dark wave etc) plus one guy who just wanted to play soul music. That guy turned out to be Harry Van Vliet, and he became a lifelong friend and my fellow DJ for what later became the Fingerpoppin’ Soul radio show, which we still run today. After about 4 weeks of Harry doing his <i>Vinyl Junkies</i> hour and my <i>TeenBeat</i> hour we decided to merge the show into a two hour <i>TeenBeat</i>. Then after a little more time we changed the moniker of the show, to better align with the actual music played on the show. And so Fingerpoppin’ Soul<i> </i>was born.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 108%;">"Once Fingerpoppin’ Soul was underway we initially had to fight constantly to keep it on the air. At that time the legal radio station was run by a set of decidedly “hip” people, without a clue about history or classic soul. Only the latest new imports should be played, and what we were doing was considered old hat and “music for old people”. That is why we had to attend every management meeting just to make sure we weren’t cut out of the schedule. In the mean time we had to feed the weekly radio show with interesting records to play. That meant that rather than just buying records at a relaxed pace there had to be new sounds to play every week. We could not play the same record twice of course. So over time, when the Fingerpoppin’ Soul format got established this led to an acceleration in the acquiring of soul records, and mainly LPs. In that period eBay started as well, giving unlimited access to a wealth of records I never knew existed before. I started a fanatical search for obscure records.</span><br />
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</span></span> <span style="line-height: 108%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The arrival of on line forums on the web, such as Essential Modern Soul, the Southern Soul email group, Soul Source and Soul Strut made it possible to hook into other people’s knowledge and to grow the record collection through their posts and information. </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 108%;">Especially the early Essential Modern Soul forum, blossoming around the year 2000, I believe, was a treasure trove of information as well as a collection of highly knowledgeable and opinionated soul collectors and DJs. I learned an immense amount from the people on that forum."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">To feed my collector’s habit, I have had to expand into other genres like the ones mentioned. Currently for every soul album I find there are at least three other "non-purist" albums flowing into the collection. I do believe however that it ultimately all comes from the same well. My radio experience has shown me that these genres naturally flow together and form a cohesive whole.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"When our friend Tom de Jong played 'The Mirror Cries' by Phil Flowers off his album 'Our Man In Washington'. It blew our minds. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Phil Flowers was the ultimate “journeyman soul singer” and his discography is wider than the Amazon river. Beat ballads, Northern Soul, Heavy Psychedelic Funk, Two Step, Gospel, he did everything and did everything very well. We met him in Washington DC too which was great."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Brazilian soul singer Tim Maia is an enigma. He should have been a superstar. He made this after he left the Racional sect in the mid-seventies and recorded a full album in English, tried to get it released and when he failed threw the test pressings away, making this by far the rarest Tim Maia LP in existence. Thankfully it is on Youtube in full and it was reissued (albeit badly mastered) on CD in Brazil. Almost all of his records are magic."</span></div>
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Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02147203135995097846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011570696872782944.post-79325530340870749842015-04-03T07:00:00.000+01:002015-06-23T13:58:26.679+01:00Markus Kater<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hailing from Schaumburg in Germany, my latest guest to be washed ashore on a lonely island in the sea is the multi-talented Markus Kater aka MaxK.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRyvIKKuJNBxsZGnqQjGBa8yOrTj5jsNt-GCMhyphenhyphenlpJXL6ZKQ14Y2-aqQsGcqsi8DF7CGVnF7moaxR8EoR01hFuybDzH76KfPuj2iIZD950NUi0oa8nN67XjK8nlgvwMMQxgjc9zDL9IBE/s1600/Markus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRyvIKKuJNBxsZGnqQjGBa8yOrTj5jsNt-GCMhyphenhyphenlpJXL6ZKQ14Y2-aqQsGcqsi8DF7CGVnF7moaxR8EoR01hFuybDzH76KfPuj2iIZD950NUi0oa8nN67XjK8nlgvwMMQxgjc9zDL9IBE/s1600/Markus.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Markus is a journalist who has worked as an editor, department manager and editor-in-chief for local and regional newspapers... he is also a writer, DJ, presenter, producer and the recording artist MaxK.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As a boy, Markus grew up musically whilst singing in the schools choir and learning to play trumpet. In the early 80’s his addiction for 'everything that has a soul' began whilst spending hours and hours listening to Luther Vandross, Earth, Wind & Fire, Marvin Gaye and Prince (just to name a few) on </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">BFBS</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Today Markus is behind the decks again and has a passion for internet radio too... he started to edit tunes a few years ago for his sets and these can be heard on internet stations. His big love, though, is remixes and these can be found on </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">itunes, traxsource, amazon and all other download-portals. His</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> own tracks have been released on the Mac Da Knife label in the UK.</span><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Luckily for me, I was probably the only one, who would ever buy a record of Teddy Pendergrass, Luther Vandross, Kashif, Me'lisa Morgan, Raoul de Suza or George Duke there. So whenever I had some money, I brought it there and I still love to go through my vinyl collection.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Earth, Wind & Fire is how it all started for me. I still adore them. It is something like a lifetime friendship, if you know what I mean. I had the great great pleasure to see them live for a few times in the last years and it was... just impressive."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"It was in 1979, when I bought my first Prince record. It took me five more years to find out, that there is a genius. When he came to Germany in 1986 to play some concerts, I got addicted. I confess, I am not a Prince addict anymore, but I can also say that this guy gave me some of the best moments in my Pop Life. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I still get goosebumps when I think of the Dortmund concert of his Lovesexy tour in 1988 or the 22 minutes long 'Purple Rain' solo in Berlin a year later. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On the other side, he really did cost me a fortune. I became a member of a fanclub in the UK and those guys sent me lists and lists of records of bootlegs, most of them on cassettes. So there was some night I was sitting in front of my tape deck listening to a badly recorded aftershow party from Vienna or Paris. It felt good."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Singer, songwriter, performer and all-round entertainer, Natasha has been surrounded by all genres of music, from reggae and jazz to blues and funk. With a DJ as a father and a soul insane older sister, she really had little choice and she soon became familiar with every rare groove and soul track well before her years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">At the age of sixteen Natasha teamed up with Roame Lowrey (percussionist with Maze and Frankie Beverly) who took her to the states to experience recording and develop her as a young artist. Whilst in the states Natasha worked on a stage musical and performed with Kirk Franklin and the Family. Natasha’s talent grew and the inspiration from her current peers coaxed her in new directions and she realised that she had a new found love for Gospel and true RnB. Natasha’s stay in the states ended with the arrival of her son Taylor, which took her out of the music scene for some years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Having always credited her mother, Sandra as her inspiration, the woman who moulded Natasha’s soul and direction, passed away in 2008. Yet, through this distressing and heart-breaking period, comes the life affirming "Time to Shine"... to this day it is still Natasha’s favourite number due to the deeply personal resonance behind it.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Natasha exploded on to the UK soul scene with "Show Me", her first collaboration with Cool Million and featured on the "Cool Million III" album. This was rapidly followed up with the Summer smash of 2012, "Back 2 U" with producer Ric Atari which featured on the "Soul Seeds Vol 1" album. The 2014 album "Future Rare Grooves" saw Natasha featuring with Don-E on the stand out track "Big People Tings".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Natasha is in demand more than ever for her vocal talents and vivacious on-stage presence. A host of well-respected producers have elicited her formidable talents as well as various fellow contemporary songwriters and bands. There have also been gigs at huge events around the world, including IPM, Southport, Amalfi Conference, Moscow, Croatia and Miami, as well as supporting the legendary Betty Wright at various gigs all over the country.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I am a Rare groove junkie and this one of my all time favourite tracks. It always gets me dancing !!!!!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It is my great pleasure to present </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Jim Donovan as </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">my latest guest castaway to be washed ashore on a lonely island in the sea</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>"<i>It's been a long road, and there's no turning back</i>". </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"These are two of my favourite quotations, which have kept me at continuously vinyl collecting since 1959, and DJ'ing since 1962. It also does not look quite so bad if I say that I have bought 3 records every day for the last 56 years rather than type a figure.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">My roots were in modern jazz, morphing into the 60's club scene, 70's Mobile Disco's. I sold out in the 80's/90's, DJ'ing at weddings, parties etc., with 'Top 40', but continued to collect the music, (jazz, funk and soul) that I loved. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">When vinyl virtually vanished in the late 1990's, I packed in the mobile, and 'fell into' bar/club culture... going back to playing the music I loved at nights like Smiler's (Paul Anderson) 'Club Rude' and my own very diverse evenings. For very many years, even back in the 60's, I recorded my sets and the current ones turn up on Mixcloud (<a href="http://www.mixcloud.com/jimbdonovan" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: cyan;">Jim B. Donovan</span></b></a>)</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">. The playlists for these are also on my shop website (<a href="http://justimaginationmemorabilia.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: cyan;">Just Imagination Memorabilia</span></b></a>).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I am sure that everyone that contributes to this lovely page start by expressing disbelief that they cannot choose just 5 tunes. I have had a little experience, however, especially having been involved in a night called Melodies and Memories, whereby I '<i>managed</i>" to distill my 60's faves down to 40 tunes!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"This one was recorded on a primitive tape recorder at Mintons Club. When I first started collecting this influenced me in many ways. It of course is one of the earliest examples of 'Modern Jazz', and, whilst I would have liked to select some Bird or Miles or Dizzy, this has to be the one. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 115%;">However it had a further influence on me as I was well into tape recorders in the early 60's, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">recording from the radio</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 115%;">. When I started DJ'ing in the mod clubs I often took the tape recorder with me to record the bands. Some of these recordings are now having another life. Without this tune and an early recording in 1941 on a portable recorder, it possibly would not have inspired me to do the same 25 years later."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It was the beginning with a life long admiration for the man, and more so because of his soprano saxophone playing, which soon lead me to guys like Don Rendell. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This is a traditional English folk song which should seem out of place on a 'way out' American jazz record, but it works, and is still on my funeral music list! "</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In the early 60’s, Rhythm and Blues was taking over from the trad boom, and what few beatniks were left, were going with it. We were starting to hear British covers of blues tunes, but Pye and John Schroeder (bless him) were putting out the real thing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"This one has to sum up all the music that this list excludes like Ska, Disco, Prog, Drum and Bass, and especially Hip Hop. Also for me it is 'modern'... which is pretty exceptional. </span></div>
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Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02147203135995097846noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4011570696872782944.post-64619541669617304372014-12-12T14:41:00.000+00:002015-06-22T08:09:05.785+01:00Emma-Rosa Dias<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Shipwrecked and washed ashore on a lonely island in the sea is my latest guest castaway, the wonderfully talented television producer, presenter and director, Emma-Rosa Dias.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Emma-Rosa first found fame from having starred as a cast member in the second season of long running British reality television show, Channel 4’s 'Shipwrecked' in 2000. This was the same year as 'Big Brother' launched in the UK, when reality TV was a breakout phenomenon. Viewed as a social experiment by Emma-Rosa, before reality television became a tool for self-promotion, her experience on. 'Shipwrecked' stimulated her interest in pursuing a career in television production. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Her television career started by presenting BBC's factual entertainment series 'Dinner Next Door', produced by BAFTA award winning Alison Miller. Emma-Rosa heralds Alison has a mentor and teacher in her television career.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Taking a year out, Emma-Rosa embarked upon a round the world trip and, while working in Sydney, had an unusual and memorable introduction to actor Hugh Jackman. Impressed by Emma-Rosa and recognizing her talent, Hugh Jackman sponsored her to take a three-month intensive television production course at Actors Centre Australia in Sydney.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Returning from her travels, Emma-Rosa began both freelancing as a television presenter for BBC and UTV, and also began a production career behind the camera at Street Monkey TV, Belfast. Her behind the scenes work developed her experience of commercial production, eventually leading to role as an In-House TV producer and Assistant Creative Director at Ardmore Advertising. Emma-Rosa produced commercials for many companies including Subway, Coca-Cola, Heineken, Stena Line and Northern Ireland Tourist Board.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Drawing on over 13 years of international experience of producing, presenting and directing, Emma-Rosa founded her own company, Afro-Mic Productions, in September 2013 and her first project was ‘Belfast is Happy’, a unique version of the Pharrell Williams music video Happy, which was shot featuring members of the public in Belfast dancing in the street. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"I was truly lucky when it came to my early music education as my mum managed a record shop called ‘Blinkers’ in the students union at Queens University Belfast. From 1978 - 1986 (I was aged 4 - 11) I spent everyday after school in the record shop and as soon as my homework was completed in the back office I was able to explore and help my mum around the shop. Pricing the records, changing the posters, counting the concert tickets, and best of all listening to all sorts of music! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Watching all the customers come and go was an experience in itself at that age - Punks, Skinheads, New Romantics, Goths, Hippies and Mods, it was a place they wanted to come to and hang out so the vibe was always great. My mum brought me up on her own and she really loved that place so I have nothing but fond memories. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I’ll never forget that night because both my mum and Ellis feel fast asleep during the film and I watched the lot! Don’t get me wrong it was a little bit out there and loopy for a 9 year old but the energy throughout the film and frontman David Byrne kept me entertained! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The director Jonathan Demme made the film with such passion during a three-day concert gig at the Pantages Theatre in Holywood and it is still one of the highest rated music documentaries of all time. Therefore my next song is Talking Heads ‘Once In A Lifetime’."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My uncle owned a sound & lighting company and DJ duo at the time David Holmes (Homer) & Ian McCready used to hire his equipment for their ‘Sugar Sweet’ rave nights at the Art College. I’ll never forget the first night they brought ‘Orbital’ over to Belfast, it was simply electric the atmosphere was like nothing I’d experienced before. Orbital’s ‘Chime’ and 'Belfast' are the tracks that bring those memories back for me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Dance music obviously played a big part in my life as my career very much started in the music industry when it was rife. I went from managing DJs to promoting a indie record label to managing bands and club nights. Great times but by the time I was 23 I’d had enough and went home to Belfast! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Even when living in Cologne for those 8 years I used to fly home to Belfast every other month or arrange to meet up with all my friends in London and Glastonbury Festival was a must. I was very much in touch with what was going on outside the dance music scene plus I religiously bought NME, remember the times without the internet! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">From Winnipeg in Canada, my latest guest castaway washed ashore on a lonely island in the sea is DJ Penny Lane : Soul Junkie, Music Nerd, Co-Presenter of 'We Are The Mods' and Host of the mod radio show 'Punks in Parkas'.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Broadcasting live on UMFM 101.5 FM, 'Punks in Parkas' hit the air in the spring of 2005. Hosted by Penny Lane, it strives to play the best of the mod genera, from the original groups who rocked it in the early 1960s to the artists today who are reviving the scene.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Does it get much more beautiful than the Abbey Road Medley? To me, it’s something that perfectly sums up the amazing career The Beatles had and the incredible music they created. The medley takes you from the seriousness of Paul’s songwriting, to John’s sometimes silly yet poignet lyrics, to George’s hauntingly beautiful and almost religious like hymns which is all held together by the steady hand of Ringo’s drums. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">That medley, which starts on a kind of somber note with 'You Never Give Me Your Money', ends with the most perfect and honest statement to ever come out of rock and roll – ‘and in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.’ It’s a journey from a hard place to one of hope, of truth and honesty. How we get there, from this place of break down to this moment of complete understand and peace is just like life, really. It’s not straightforward – it’s a winding path that is filled with humor, hope, joy, anger and in the end, love.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When I have a bad day, when I’m feeling down or depressed or I need something to get me back on track, I listen to the 'Abbey Road Medley' and by the time 'She Came in Through the Bathroom Window' starts, I always feel a little bit better and start to tap my toes. Then of course 'Golden Slumbers' starts and I want to smile and cry at the same time – ‘boy,you’re gonna carry that weight a long time…’ </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Truth in rock and roll."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I think we have all gotten so angry that we have cursed someone under our breath. When I need to release a little build up inner frustration (and come on, admit it, who doesn’t feel that way once in a while?), I put on this song, turn it up and let its nasty and vicious lyrics speak for me. I’m not a violent or evil spirited person but even I get a tingle of some odd satisfaction at some of these lyrics:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"My first introduction to Otis Redding was via the movie 'Pretty in Pink'. There is a very iconic scene where Molly Ringwald’s character is in the record store she works in and her boss puts on Otis Redding’s 'Try a Little Tenderness'. On cue, Ducky (the character who is lusting after Ringwald) enters and does the most amazing lip sync routine I think I’ve ever seen in my life. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My love for Otis Redding just blossomed from there and it was only a handful of years ago that I discovered the track ‘Coffee and Cigarettes'. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">To me, it’s the definitive soul song. It’s passionate, it’s heartfelt, honest and pure. Otis has such raw emotion in his voice, such love and respect that it will always send chills up and down my spine and makes all the hairs on my body stand on end. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It’s something all men and women seem to crave in their life – to find that one person who completes them so perfectly. How many women over the years have listened to this song and wished to hear those words, how many men have listened and wished to feel those words? To me, it’s what love is. It’s being able to want nothing more than to share the most simple and mundane tasks in the world with someone – like smoking cigarettes and drinking coffee. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The first time I ever heard “I’m The Face” was when I picked up a slightly used copy of The Who’s Maximum R & B box set. That harmonica at the start of the track grabbed me and for two and a half minutes I listened transfixed. I found myself constantly humming the song, singing it in my head and I wanted nothing more than to hear that track at Loaded Club and dance to it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When I went to request the song from the resident DJ on my next visit the club, I was slightly shocked when he told me he had never heard of it. I found this happening more and more often... I would discover a fantastic song, have it stuck in my head all week, head to Loaded Club on the weekend, go request the song only to have the DJ tell me he didn’t have it or actually had not heard of it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">With hopes to strike up a friendship with the DJ, who went by the moniker 'The Invisible Man', I made him a mix CD of all of these tracks that I requested and he didn’t know or have. I opened the CD with The High Number’s “I’m The Face.” That CD has now almost become the stuff of legends, with The Invisible Man not only playing the entire thing the night he got it at the club, but it also helping to forge a lifelong friendship with the DJ. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Invisible Man, noting my love for music, insisted a few years into our friendship that I apply for a radio show on the same station he presented his on – 101.5 UMFM in Winnipeg. So in 2005, with his help, I brought 'Punks in Parkas' to the air for the first time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"I didn’t grow up in a particularly musical household. A lot of people find this surprising considering that I work on two music based radio shows/podcasts and that my house is full of records and CDs. This is not to say my parents didn’t enjoy music, it just wasn’t played much, if often, in our house. I have fond memories of listening to late 1950s and early 1960s rock and roll with my dad in his truck and of my mom humming 'White Rabbit' by Jefferson Airplane to herself around the house periodically.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Growing up, I remember this small wire rack that my parents kept in the basement that held about 25 or so 45s. These were dirty, scratched up little records that were missing their sleeves and had obviously seen better days, but as a pre-teen I was fascinated with them. I would escape to the basement, turn on the old Sear’s turntable and play these records. There were the standard 45s by The Rolling Stones, The Beatles and of course, as any good Canadian will attest, The Guess Who. But hidden in the rack was this strange record, this silly song that I remembered hearing and singing as a child. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Did my parents sing it to me? Did they play it to me? To be honest, I couldn’t tell you but part of me remembers being a young child and laughing at this song about putting beans in your ears. It made me laugh as much as a pre-teen as it did when I was little. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Washed ashore on a lonely island in the sea is my latest guest, hip-hop lyricist, singer, songwriter, aspiring actor and radio personality Prem Sharma... aka Rich Beggar.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Currently presenting 'The Story SOUL Far on Soulstice Radio 24, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Rich Beggar</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> is no stranger to the world of radio, having appeared as guest artist, interviewee and talk panellist on many stations including BBC Radio 1, BBC Asian Network, Club Asia, Choice FM and UK Obsession FM. Us</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ing the pseudonym 'Just Prem', </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">his first weekly radio show 'The Watershed Show' was broadcast on yesteryears folded Community Radio and NTL Channel 8 - ACR FM.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Aside from radio, Rich Beggar is an accomplished singer, songwriter, rapper and live performer, with several recordings in genres of music ranging from Hip-Hop, Soul/R&B, Soulful House, D'nB and Asian Desi... receiving critical acclaim, laudatory reviews and chart topping success in the UK as well as Europe, Atlantic Stateside and Asian Music territories alike. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When signed to Universal Music Group, Rich Beggar featured R&B vocals on the Indian No.1 smash hit 'Dil Jaania' - 'Bombay Bronx 2 album'.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Rich Beggar has recently featured on 'Global Music Unites' a digital-only album of exclusive tracks previously unavailable for download on any platform for release as a limited edition. 'Global Music Unites' brings together artists and musicians from the US and UK to raise funds for three charities - SOS Villages in Zambia, Mission Direct (also working in Zambia) and The Hunger Project.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A freelance movie actor, Prem was credited as a 'Heavy' in the 2009 BIFA and BAFTA award nominated feature film 'Shifty' (also featuring on the 'Shifty Original Motion Picture Soundtrack' album alongside other guest artists : Sway, Plan B, Riz MC & DJ Trax). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Moreover, in stark contrast to my last two adored and admired vocalists, I find Gary Taylor’s voice to be more gentler, controlled, comforting, cosy, cushiony, affecting, poignant, patient, effortless, subtle, soothing, sensual, spiritual and even hypnotic to the point you forget your even listening to a singer singing a song on a CD, as he reaches so deep inside your own soul that you feel as if the internal monologues of your inner voice inside of you have now been given a vocal cord & tongue that’s managed to crawl from out of your ears and is now sat on the crown of your head audibly narrating the same sentiments your subaqueous sub-consciousness silently shares, thinks, analyses relates and feels, yet seldom ever announces or addresses them in such a categorically evocative, eloquent and articulate way that Mr Taylor manages to. His allusive lyrics, haunting chords,seductive synth effects and uniquely undertone stylised voice are like a 60 minute mawkish soul cleansing shrink session with profound, philosophical, reflective, infectious, mesmerising & uplifting holistic healing qualities that I always benefit from listening to GT. My all-time favourite lyricist/songwriter on planet earth... hands-down! 'Mature Adult Soul' at its very finest of the highest calibre anywhere to be found, heard, experienced and appreciated.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Our second book, 'The Mumper', has been made into a feature length film, called 'Outside Bet' which hit the cinemas in the UK on April 27th 2012. Starring Bob Hoskins, Jenny Agutter, Calum MacNab and Phil Davies. Distributed by Universal Pictures.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">However, he was also a well known pub/club singer in and around South East London where I grew up and he loved the likes of Sinatra/Tony Bennett/Eddie Fisher and especially Nat King Cole. I would often end up at his venues with him as a kid and was soaked in the standards that he would sing. A group of his pals would always be there and one song that has stuck as a sort of anthem for those days is 'The Best Is Yet To Come' by Tony Bennett, a song I still love and one that reminds me of the old man immediately (Sadly he died in the year 2000). </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I constantly thank him for that musical education."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">'Hello, my name's Vinny, Vinny Hawkins. I'm an old man now, in my seventies and live in sheltered housing, but when I was twenty-one in 1962, I was out and about, ducking and diving. One day I was dodging about in Soho back then and bumped into an Italian hotel porter mate of mine who told me about this world famous actress who was well known for being, shall we say, casual with her jewellery. Always leaving it all over the place she was. Anyway, up a drainpipe I go and I managed to get my hands on some of those gems. This was the best result I'd ever had. These beauties were worth a fortune and would be my pension. Only, things then went all wobbly on me. All going well and then bosh! My 'fence' has a death in the family with his old mum passing over and my gems seemingly going with her... I got my collar felt for a previous job that earned me a ten stretch and me and that jewellery parted company. When I left prison, I went straight, then retired and moved in here. But, fifty years later, those gems suddenly became important to me and I need to get my hands on them again. To do it, to get them back will involve grave robbing and cracking a safe, but you know what? I think I can do it... The question is, do you?' </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I would spend my weekly allowance buying the latest soul 45's from the local department store. It was a ritual that would serve me well for many years to come. Whenever I would go to someone's house, I would always ask if they had records. If they did, I would gravitate toward the collection and study them like textbooks, looking at all the information contained on the labels and covers. I soaked it all up like a sponge, waiting for the golden opportunity to go to the stores and buy my own copies of what I saw.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My mother gave me her old Panasonic. It was a start, but then my uncle came home from the service with his amazing Pioneer components which he still owns to this very day. He boasts about the fact that he hasn't turned them off in decades and they still perform as good as they did when he first took it out if the box way back in the 70's. I would beg him to let me use it, but he said no. Being young and stupid, I would sneak a play or two in when he wasn't home. Of course I got caught, and I got in trouble to boot...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I learned those lessons well. I saved my money and bought some better equipment, and of course, I bought more records. At this time, MTV was a brand new invention which opened my eyes and ears to a wealth of new sounds... I learned about New Wave, and surprisingly, I went back in time and discovered the classics, rock and jazz to be specific . My taste in music matured, and subsequently my record collection grew. Even better, the public library turned out to be a valuable reference point where I could borrow lots of vinyl and make good use of the "try before you buy" credo. Eventually, I got a part time job which allowed me the luxury of buying way more records than my small bedroom could handle comfortably. I didn't care though, I wanted the records, and they sounded great on my equipment. Of course, as luck would have it, I had to have better. I started to learn how to mix records like the Hip Hop DJs I saw on television. Sadly, I only had one turntable at the time, but that would soon change...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I started off with two mismatched decks, a cheap mixer and a reasonably powerful system, most of which was secondhand or donated. My taste in music had continued to evolve by this point. I had all the tools necessary to do it just like the personalities I heard on the radio, and I also frequented the nightclubs too, so I quickly became fascinated by watching the DJs up in the booth... I discovered more new and exciting genres, especially Gothic and Alternative, thanks to the circle of friends I hung out with at the time. Compact discs were also coming into their own, so as luck would have it, I grew a huge collection quickly. It didn't hurt that I had landed a dream job working at a record store! I learned about even more different types of music as a result of that experience; it certainly helped that I could afford buying all these new sounds because I got a great discount.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I immediately bought a machine. I had been making cassette tapes for over a decade by this point. Tapes sounded great, but when I heard my first mini disc recording... WOW! I could manipulate the recordings after they were done to make them sound just right, too?!? Before, if I made a mistake on a tape, I had to start over. That was so frustrating. I am so glad that someone took the time to develop the technology that would carry me into the new millennium and the future...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Call me an armchair DJ, yes. Call me a lover of music, definitely. I've been collecting music in many and varied formats seriously since I was fifteen, but my real education began when I was five. I've told that story more than once, and will tell it again in its entirety very soon. For all intents and purposes, and to seriously limit myself to five records, I will try to choose one tune from each decade that just floored me and changed my life."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"In the 70's the one disc that got me started on my quest would have to be 'Got Myself A Good Man' by Gladys Knight & The Pips. It was just one of the many 45's that were handed down to me by my mom and uncles back in 1973. The funk that emanates from this side still just does things to my soul after all this time. The other side may have been the hit ('The Nitty Gritty'), but good God almighty... "</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"In the 80's, the amount of music I was exposed to was so varied that it is really hard to pinpoint just one tune. New Wave and Goth permeated my very being during this period, so I will have to choose one of my all time favourite tunes featuring my all time favourite singer, Liz Fraser. At that time the Cocteau Twins were basically all I listened to, so 'Lorelei' has to be the obvious choice. From arguably their best album 'Treasure'."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In May 1962 Martin Fuggles cut his DJ teeth at The Carlton Ballroom, Slough when Lou Preagar, dance band leader and the owner, asked him to take on the second half of the ‘Sunday Marathon’ as the afternoon DJ, Phil Jay, had another commitment in Hounslow in the evenings. Then in April 1965 he took a significant pay cut (from £3 to £1 a night!) to make the prestigious move to the Ricky Tick.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 100%;">From its early beginnings in a dark and smoky back room at the Star and Garter in Windsor (where a then unknown band called the Rolling Stones played many times in late 1962 and 1963), the Ricky Tick became an iconic part of the rhythm & blues and mod scene in the mid-60s. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Martin mainly played at the Ricky Tick ‘HQ’ at Clewer Mead then at The Thames Hotel but he also appeared at other Ricky Tick venues in the Home Counties. Martin retired in July 1967 when the Ricky Tick closed and his records were left to gather dust.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">After meeting Paul ‘Smiler’ Anderson a couple of years earlier to provide some input to his excellent book, "Mods: The New Religion" which was published recently, Martin finally gave in to Paul’s persistence and powers of persuasion and agreed to make a guest appearance at a Ricky Tick Special Club Rude! on February 17</span><sup style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">th</sup><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> 2011. After a couple of records Martin felt like he’d gone back in time... although the idea of cueing in records was an alien concept! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“I often used to play Major Lance’s Um Um Um Um Um Um (no British covers for me!) at the Ricky Tick. One evening a guy called Ray Isaacs (although everyone knew him as George) asked me to play the other side. I loved it from the first hearing and still do. </span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Since I retired in 1967 a lot seems to have happened in the music scene including something called Northern Soul. As part of my voyage of discovery of what happened since, Brian and I went on a Soul Cruise with our other halves last year.</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> </span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I am honoured to have </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">washed ashore on a lonely island in the sea, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Singer, Songwriter and Tonmeister, Guida de Palma </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">as my latest guest castaway.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 100%;">Portuguese born, and classically trained Guida de Palma was only sixteen when bass legend and fallen angel Jaco Pastorius hopped on stage to join her during her very first gigs in Paris. Blessed by this almost divine collaboration, Guida went on singing her way onto various stages across Europe. With her crew of Latin Funketeers, she played support to such top performers as Cab Calloway, Defunkt and Gilberto Gil.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Freshly arrived in the UK, Guida featured on the British Electric Foundation's 'Music Of Quality And Distinction' album alongside prestigious names like Tina Turner, Terence Trent d’Arby, Lala Hathaway and Chaka Khan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She also joined Californian sax player Ronnie Laws for his European tour, culminating in Montreux Jazz Festival’s rapturous closing night. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Also involved in production, Guida, a certified sound engineer, assisted legendary producer Juni Morrison of P Funk and Ohio Players fame in recording tracks with George Clinton. After working with Dodge City Production, DJ Dorfmeister, Dzihan & Kamien, DJ Disciple and Boyz from Brazil, Guida has evolved from a pure live performance mindset to one of club culture.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 100%;">Besides her commitment to Jazzinho, Guida also has sung in other bands like Da Lata. She is also the featured vocalist on numerous other albums including Nathan Haynes and Kyoto Jazz Massive. </span></span><br />
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</span></span> <span style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jazzinho (which means “sweet little jazz”) is a mix of Soul, Jazz and Bossa Nova. It is Guida's musical persona. "A part of me is the vocalist Guida de Palma, another part is the musician interested in production, arrangements and that’s my band: Jazzinho. Guida de Palma exists on her own. Jazzinho is the collective part of my work, my team."</span></span><br />
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</span></span> <span style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Guida’s first album 'Jazzinho', released in 2003, is a fusion of jazz, Brazilian, '70s FM soul, and any other sound that evokes the image of congas and sequins. Guida produced much of this album with her husband, Stephan Chalangea, joined by Da Lata mastermind Chris Franck, who wrote several of the songs.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The second album, 'Atlas' was released on Adrian Gibson’s label Freestyle in 2006 and produced in London by Ed Motta. Alongside Jazzinho, the list of special guests features seventies legends like vocalist guitarist Hamish Stuart of Average White Band fame, analogue keyboard wizard Max Middleton from the Jeff Beck Band and Free Jazz flugelhorn veteran Harry Beckett. The album also features a remix by Nicola Conte.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 100%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Their latest album is 'Veludo' a blend of bossa and samba infused sounds that are both introspective and joyfully outgoing. The first track, </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 100%;">'A Seed In You', </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 100%;">was an instant hit with Jazz FM in the UK and features Guida duetting with soul legend Leon Ware... a big fan of Jazzinho and sparked their collaboration which ws released in advance of the rest of the completed project. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 100%;">'Veludo' is a compact collection of eight enticing original compositions firmly rooted in the traditions of Brazilian music sung in both English and Portuguese with musicians who have played extensively with names like Clapton, Winehouse, Incognito and the Brand New Heavies. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 100%;">The second track from the album,'Abraço da Bossa' has been remixed by Bluey, the man behind Incognito and has just been included on the recently released box set 'Brazil Beats'.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"My introduction to Jazz came with Archie Shepp and 'Steam', the studio version by Joe Lee Wilson off the album 'Attica Blues'. Hauntingly beautiful strings and a poignant message."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"This is a wicked song by Brazilian musician Joyce. She's plays a mean guitar and sings effortlessly. It talks about a slice of life in a day of a woman."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Washed ashore on a lonely island in the sea is my latest guest, a guy named Joe... acclaimed singer, songwriter and producer Joe Leavy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Joe is a self-proclaimed romantic with a high regard for love and a huge passion for music.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Internationally influenced in his music, for more than 10 years, the San Diego native worked overseas playing in popular clubs and hot spots throughout East Asia and Japan. He left Music altogether in 2004 and</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> returned to the United States </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">with three kids and his lovely wife. <br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Eight years later 'the itch' returned and Joe went into his home studio and started writing. What came out of that writing was the now critically acclaimed</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> 'A Guy Named Joe Leavy' project. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Joe's musical influences include legendary ‘classic’ artists : Sam Cooke, Frank Sinatra, Mel Torme, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn and Donny Hathaway. “They sang music that is timeless that we still listen to today”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"A passionate plea for patience. As a black man growing up in America this song speaks to my life and hope for better days to come."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"You just said it !" He replied. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"In my mind there is only one record worth talking about: Donny Hathaway! Certain artists you leave alone: Donny, Stevie, Marvin, Aretha, Whitney, Michael... you leave them be ! 'The Untouchables' "</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"The greatest kid recording of all time... along with 'I Want You Back' and 'Never Can Say Goodbye' </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">one of three by Young MJ, the greatest child recording artist ever.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">10 year old Michael was one in a billion vocally."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Joe is working on two new singles right now and has the Robert Brookins Tribute Show on June 14th. He's touring with Club Nouveau July 9th - 11th, then he's off to Japan July 17th - August 4th for Live PA's and five shows and then opens for Angie Stone on August 25th.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">'A Guy Named Joe Leavy' : SoulTrack.com Critics Choice Best Albums Of 2013 is available on Amazon, CD Baby and iTunes... click on the cover below to link.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Washed ashore on a lonely island in the sea is my latest guest castaway, the celebrated songwriter and producer Preston Glass.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="firstHeading"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="firstHeading1"></a> <span lang="en">Preston's list of achievements is breathtaking. Five time BMI award winner, h</span><span lang="en">e has written thirty Top10 R&B Hits and ten Top10 Pop Hits. These include: 'Miss You Like Crazy' by Natalie Cole, '</span><span lang="en">We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off' by Jermaine Stewart and 'Who's Zoomin' Who?' by Aretha Franklin.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 115%;">Among his many production credits are a #1 hit single for Earth, Wind & Fire with 'System Of Survival', a UK #1 hit single for Michelle Gayle with 'Sweetness' and Kenny G's worldwide hit single 'Don't Make Me Wait For Love'.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 115%;">Whitney Houston, Mase, Stanley Jordan, Lionel Richie, Jennifer Holiday, Johnny Mathis, Michael Bolton, Dionne Warwick, Johnny Gill, Patti Austin, Kathy Sledge, The Delfonics, The Temptations, Diana Ross, George Benson, Phyllis Hyman, SoulDecision, Deniece Williams, Starpoint, Philip Bailey, Anita Pointer, Valeria, Lenny Williams, Stacy Lattisaw, Angela Bofill, June Pointer, Larry Graham, Carl Carlton, Margie Joseph, Evelyn "Champagne" King, Tag Team, Ronnie Spector, Narada Michael Walden, George Howard, Pieces of a Dream, The Stylistics, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Ben E. King, Brian Culbertson, J. Friends, The Dells, Norman Connors, Jermaine Jackson, Cyndi Lauper, Kirk Whalum, Jellybean Benitez, Brenda Holloway, Ali Woodson, Imagination, The Dramatics, Alfonzo Blackwell, Freda Payne, The Natural Four, Cindy Herron, Rebbie Jackson, Jaki Graham and Shades of Lace.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“The Stylistics' 'Betcha By Golly, Wow' was the start of my appreciation for Thom Bell as a writer/producer/arranger, and for the whole Philly sound thing”.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My latest guest to be washed ashore on a lonely island in the sea is Sussex based DJ and Radio Presenter, Paul Homer.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Originally a collector of Ska, Rocksteady & Boss Reggae, it was Paul's passion for the music that led him into becoming a DJ, combining with fellow enthusiast Mark Howard to form 'Ska-Beat-Soul'. <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">After the first set in April in the home city of Chichester, other gigs soon followed: Supporting top acts such as The Lee Thompson Ska Orchestra and The Beat, playing festivals such as 'The Great Skinhead Reunion' and 'Ska Aid' and a regular residency at Woodies in Chichester.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">When trying to think of where to start on this journey of 5 tracks, I was trying to think of the song or artist that may have somehow subliminally gave me my musical addiction as a child. My parents, although not musical (in any way!) always listened to “proper music”. There was always Soul (Otis & Aretha especially) playing somewhere in the house. If Soul had a day off, it was bands like Led Zeppelin, The Who, Small Faces that took its place</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I was 16. I had just found the best band in the world – Madness. I was buying their records and playing them in my bedroom every day. My Uncle Dave came round a few days later with a few albums under his arm & pulled me to one side. “If you like Madness, have a listen to these; but when you get to this one (pointing at an album with a photo of a 'raspberry' and a kid outside an underwear shop) for christ’s sake keep the volume down or your dad will kill me!” </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As you can imagine - straight upstairs, straight on to the rude lyrics – loved it ever since!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">“<i>You're wondering now, what to do, now you know this is the end <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">For the next couple of years, I completely immersed myself in 2-Tone. My bedroom was suddenly covered in old Specials tour posters, magazine cuttings etc. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Then my Mum bought home a CD called “One Original Step Beyond, the Story of Ska”. At no point did anyone tell me that these songs I’d fallen in love with weren’t original!!! The Maytals, Prince Buster, Desmond Dekker, The Ethiopians - I couldn’t take it all in! This really was the “life changing moment” when it comes to where I am today in terms of music. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">By the time I reached 18, I was a staunch 'Trojan Skinhead' with scooter, sideburns & my Dad’s workboots! No other music was going to dilute my ears, other than Ska & it’s various off-shoots. Going to various scooter rallies and 'do’s', I was constantly annoyed by these 'Northern Soul' tracks that really didn’t do anything for me at all. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">At a local do, a mate of mine who was DJ'ing made a bet with me. “If you don’t like the next song I play, I’ll never play another Northern Soul song in front of you again!” I don’t think it was even half-way through before I was up on the dancefloor! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I chose this song as influential, just because it constantly reminds me that other music is out there & if I don’t like it now, I might like it later!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I’ve been playing & collecting Ska, Rocksteady and Boss Reggae now for around 20 years but have only taken up DJ'ing in the last year or so. Thanks to the support of some fantastic friends and family, I’ve been fortunate enough to support some of the acts that I grew up listening to all those years ago at the beginning of my love affair with this type of music which just blows my mind every time! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My son is now four years old & we literally can’t go anywhere in the car without him demanding I put this track on and we sing it at the top of our voices! It gets me every time that while his mates are discovering One Direction and 'Gangnam style', he’s asking for an obscure Rocksteady tune that’s about 45 years old! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The other reason for choosing this tune is because Caroline bought me the original Doctor Bird 45 for my birthday, but it didn’t arrive in time, so she drew the actual single with crayon, put it in a cardboard mailer (with stiffeners!) just so I had something to open on my birthday... and that’s why I love them both so much!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Washed ashore on a lonely island in the sea </span></span>is <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">my latest guest, the wonderfully talented Drew Schultz. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Starting at the age of nineteen, Drew Schultz earned his stripes as the drummer, percussionist, archivist, and substitute conductor of the legendary Motown group the Four Tops. During his time with the Tops he also performed with artists including The Temptations, Aretha Franklin, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, The Dramatics, The Miracles, The Contours, Harold Melvin’s Bluenotes, The Velvelettes, Chairmen of the Board, Freda Payne, and more. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"Originally released on the 1964 LP of the same name, Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions' anthem "Keep On Pushing" is one of my all-time favorite songs. Whenever I'm hitting a patch of difficulty and self doubt, this song is always there. It might sound simple, but a line like "I've got my strength and it don't make sense not to keep on pushing" can be exactly what I need to hear at times like these. In my eyes, this tune is the epitome of persistence and motivation. It's fascinating because the lyrics never give an idea of what Curtis is pushing for, and the song never gives closure with a moment of completing the tasks at hand. It just simply says that someday he'll get there, he'll push past the obstacles ahead, and keep on keeping on.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The song starts right into the extremely catchy chorus, and drops into a sullen verse as the horns build up behind some tasteful guitar fills, then smoothly dropping right back into the chorus. Lenny Williams delivers a crystal clear, completely heartfelt vocal while the Tower of Power horn section weaves in and out of each phrase. After the second chorus, a series of hits and vocal riffs just melts into a smooth bridge section before shifting back into a third verse and chorus.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">While all of this is some pretty creative song structure, what happens next is a totally unexpected change of pace. The last section of the song is a completely different groove introduced solely for the fade-out. Williams' vocal improvisations leave ample room for some staccato horn hits while David Garibaldi's churning, syncopated drum beat snakes between them both. On top of this bubbling beat, a subtle clarinet solo by Lenny Pickett enters, only playing for a few seconds before the song begins to fade. This last section feels like a huge tease, as the band had just reached this incredible moment that I could have listened to forever. That final section makes the journey through the song pay off in a huge way only to fade out and end far, far, far too quickly. Whoever made the decision of how quickly to end this song created an addict of me, continuing to hit the repeat button to get that final feeling of the song just opening up into that perfect groove."</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"It's hard to explain, but I feel like this song is just perfect. It was written by an absolutely all star cast of Detroit Soul legends. Angelo Bond, Ronald Dunbar and Greg Perry had collectively written for acts including Shorty Long, Freda Payne, 100 Proof Aged In Soul, Glass House, Honey Cone, and many more. General Johnson was the iconic, pleading lead singer and songwriter for Chairmen of the Board, famous for their smash hit "Give Me Just A Little More Time." On top of it all were the owners of the record label for this release, the powerhouse writing/production team of Holland, Dozier, & Holland. HDH were responsible for countless hits by the Four Tops, Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, and more.</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The 8th Day was a fascinating group - the name was originally used as a vehicle for a one-time release called "She's Not Just Another Woman," featuring lead singer Steve Mancha. That song became a surprise hit, but Mancha had since been assigned to the group 100 Proof Aged In Soul, responsible for the lead vocal on their hit song "Somebody's Been Sleeping In My Bed." HDH was left scrambling to find a new lead singer for a follow up release under the 8th Day name. Upon choosing Detroit drummer/writer/singer/producer Melvin Davis to lead the new 8th Day configuration, they struck gold. Melvin had been a writer responsible for tons of songs recorded on artists including J.J. Barnes, Darrell Banks, Dennis Coffey, Johnnie Taylor, Steve Mancha, Edward Hamilton, and many more. His first group, The Jaywalkers, included future Temptations' lead singer David Ruffin, and you can hear a similarity to Ruffin's gruff phrasing in his lead vocal on "Crawl."</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Melvin's vocal on this song is a powerful display of gritty chops and musical consideration. His past as a drummer with groups like Smokey Robinson & The Miracles and the Dennis Coffey Trio allowed him to apply some creative rhythms to his singing, which frequently switches between a regimented eighth note phrasing and a more conversational cadence. The record feels like a live performance with Melvin giving his all, including the entertaining stage antics that might go with it. The first line feels like he's speaking to an audience, preparing to tell them a story of a woman scorned. The insanely catchy chorus repeats his girl's insistence that he apologetically crawl back to her. The song builds into a fantastic interlude where Melvin finally gives in, breaking down onto his knees, all the while making sure that no one is around to witness him swallow his pride. The song is playful, clever, and incredibly hard to get out of your head. Just by listening to it, it's easy to picture Melvin crouched on stage, bashfully looking around as he prepares to beg for forgiveness. Underneath all of this is another masterful performance by The Funk Brothers, moonlighting for HDH's own label.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The year was 1972, and Motown was moving. The label had been slowly building a presence in Los Angeles with the MoWest label, Berry Gordy's new motion picture efforts, and productions on artists like the Jackson 5 being recorded out west. As the company was migrating away from Detroit some artists followed suit, while others remained in the Motor City. One of Motown's flagship acts, the Four Tops, wanted to stay in Detroit. Deciding to take more creative control of their music, they did not to renew their contract with Motown, and this tune was their swan song from the label that had made them superstars.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The LP that houses this song was one of the few to credit the musicians by name, and it appropriately lists "Bass (Personified) - James Jamerson." In addition to another typically incredible performance by The Funk Brothers, the lyrics on this song always get me. It initially sounds like a sweet love song, with Levi explaining that the love he feels is as natural and inexplicable as the sky, explaining that he'll never leave his woman. However, the very last line of the song turns the entire meaning around. As the song fades, the very last thing you hear Levi say is "why do I feel this pain?" Suddenly it's clear that this love is an unrequited one, and the song is now accompanied by a melancholy weight that might have otherwise gone unnoticed. I'm not sure whether this was a written segment of the lyrics on the part of Frank Wilson and Pam Sawyer, or if it was a simple improvisation by Levi, but it's absolutely brilliant."</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My first guest to be washed ashore on a lonely island in the sea this year is Northern Soul Promoter and DJ, Ann Taylor.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Ann runs a monthly soul club in Teddington and the Dome Alldayers with Derek Mead in Tufnell Park. A resident DJ at Hoodoo Soul Club in Hersham, Ann has also DJ’d at Bisley, Oxford Soul Club, Isle of Wight Soul Club Rally Weekend and at various other clubs around the country.<br />
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"I grew up in Lancashire, loving Motown and other Soul music since the age of about 11 and started going to Wigan Casino in 1974 (and like a lot of people – pretending to stay at a friends house overnight!!). I went to Blackpool Mecca as well as local clubs around, finding new friends who had a real passion for the music and not simply a 'liking' for it. My 'normal' friends thought we were all crazy and never got the feeling we all had.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">When Bill asked me to send him my choices for the blog, I thought 5… only 5 records! That’s so hard to choose. <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My latest guest castaway to be washed ashore on a lonely island in the sea is the wonderfully talented Robin McKelle.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Born in Rochester, New York and influenced musically by her church-choir-member mother, Robin first began to reveal her talent by performing in local R&B groups from the age of 15. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">After being placed an impressive third in the widely-respected Thelonius Monk International Jazz Vocal Competition in Washington, DC, Robin finally begin her recording career – first coming to the public eye as a solo jazz singer with her 2006 debut album “Introducing Robin McKelle” and its 2008 follow-up “Modern Antique”, both big-band swing sessions which would in turn precede the 2010-released set “Mess Around”, which, with its more soul-jazz direction, marked the first hint of Robin’s personal yearning to return to her original R&B roots. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">2012 saw the release of Robin McKelle & The Flytones "Soul Flower", with Robin writing most of the songs. “The Flytones acknowledgment sets this project apart from my solo and previous jazz work, and also stresses the joint effort on this album with Sam Barsh (Avishai Cohen’s former pianist) and Derek Nievergelt (her current bassist). They’re from the jazz world, but they love this music. We worked on the tracks together, some even on stage when we were touring.” The album includes duets with soul veteran Lee Fields and with jazz vocalist Gregory Porter.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"I just love Gladys’ voice. Her phasing and tone is so gorgeous. I could listen to her forever. </span></div>
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</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I also love the lyrics because they speak about life and trying to manage your dreams and relationships. </span></div>
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</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This tune just makes me feel good !"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"I had to include this album because it was the first instrumental jazz record that I really connected to. Jazz is such a part of my musical journey and it’s helped me to become a better musician and shaped my sound along the way. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Washed ashore on a lonely island in the sea is my latest guest castaway, Adam Tadesse of Revival Sound System, San Francisco.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Adam cut his teeth in the L.A. Ska-Punk band 'Grandpa Knucklehead' and then began collecting rare Jamaican 45s before founding the Revival Sound System. </span></span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In addition to his DJ residency with the Revival Sound System at Festival '68 in San Francisco's Make Out Room, Adam plays a wonderful selection of Calypso, Ska, Blue Beat, Ska, Rock Steady and early-Reggae on his entertaining, and very informative, KPOO-FM 89.5 radio show, <i>Wake the Town.</i> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"Thank you so much for including me on this. There are some amazing people taking part in this as I've read on the web page so far. So it's an honor to be among the ranks of those already aboard."<b> </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">With that said, it wouldn't be right to have at least one Impressions tune (could have easily been all 5 picks here) packed."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">One quick fun fact about The Fabulous McClevertys... They were the band that for many performances and a few recordings backed calypsonian "The Charmer" a.k.a Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan. </span></span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Paul has been in love with the Mod way of life since 1979. Throughout the 80's to the present day he has been involved in organising many events, publishing fanzines and running club nights. Alongside Damian Jones he co-compiles and writes sleevenotes for the 'Rare Mod' series of compilations and EP's on Acid Jazz records. In 2011, he presented the biggest ever exhibition of 60's Mod related items. 'Reading Steady Go!' proved to be Reading museum's most successful exhibition to date.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Paul co-wrote 'Circles, The Strange Story of The Fleur de Lys, Britain’s Forgotten Soul Band' which was published in 2009 and is author of ‘Mods – the New Religion!’ which is being published by Omnibus early next year. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">“<span lang="en">It all really started for me around September 1979 when I finally became a Mod after watching it flourish from a distance. I was 14 at the time so I was too young to have been a Punk but I loved New Wave and Punk music, and through The Jam the Mod scene became more noticeable.</span> I was living in Reading (40 miles from London) and there really wasn’t anything more than our local youth club. I was always one of the youngest Mods it seemed, the older lot got scooters and went off to see bands such as Secret Affair, The Chords and other revival bands.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As I got older I too got a scooter and went to bands. By the time I was 18 in 1983, a lot of the older Mods had become scooter boys, so clothing and music became more irrelevant to them as it was more about just having a scooters. I loved scooters and have owned at least one every year since 1982 but it was always clothes and music that took priority to me. Luckily I found a like minded soul in a guy called Richard Molyneux who rejected the local Reading scene in search of something different. In 1984 we went off to London one Saturday night to a club I’d read about called The Phoenix in Cavendish Square. It was fantastic and a million miles away from the local soul nights I had been to up until then (and never felt comfortable at). It was full of sharp suited kids dancing to old R&B, Beat, Soul and Jazz. It was my Mod Nirvana. After that we became regulars at The Phoenix on Saturdays and Sneakers in Shepherds Bush every Sunday. I started getting suits and shirts handmade and collecting vinyl records with a passion. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Around 1990 I was really heavily involved in the scene DJ’ing, running clubs, writing fanzines and helping organise the Mod rallies. I felt that somehow I couldn’t expand any further and felt very limited. I got very into Acid Jazz, and the whole vintage tops and Duffer St George look. By 1991 I was buying things like The Young Disciples, Galliano, Brand New Heavies, A Tribe Called Quest plus seeing bands like these alive alongside the early Manic Street Preachers, Revs and 5.30 bands. I became a regular at Dingwalls on Sundays and various other clubs.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">By early 1992 I literally walked away from the Mod scene. I never stopped being or calling myself a Mod it was just that I had had enough of the actual scene.I sold off all my tailored suits and trousers as well as my hand made shirts. I began wearing Lacoste, Armani, Hugo Boss, Stone Island, Paul & Shark and Paul Smith. Feet were shod in Patrick Cox loafers or Adidas Gazelles. I was riding a 1966 Lambretta SX225 before moving on to a 1964 Vespa GS160 mk 2. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It was around 2000 that I was asked to DJ at a Mod orientated club for the first time in years as I still had all my record collection. I enjoyed myself and although I have never fully immersed myself back into the Mod scene, I began to get more involved with it again. I started to get my shirts , suits and trousers tailor made again. These days you are likely to find me dressed casually in a Lacoste polo, Levi 501′s with 1 inch turn ups and Adidas Italias or Adidas Japans. Dressed up normally in a handmade shirt, tailor made trousers and either Bass Weejun loafers or vintage shoes.</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Prince Buster</span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Cincinnati Kid</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"I'm really into early ska music and there is only one true King... that, of course, is Prince Buster.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">His output is phenomenal and once again it was hard to choose from his back catalogue. He transcended the ska thing through to rocksteady with ease. I was lucky enough to see him live a couple of times and got some of my singles signed but sadly never got to interview him. He suffered a stroke a few years back and I don't think we will see him in this country again. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The spoken word intro on this is brilliant and it seems to draw people to the dancefloor."</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Get Yourself Together (LP Version)</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"I had a great time at Dingwalls during that Acid Jazz period when Gilles Peterson and Patrick Forge played some awesome jazz stuff : Brazilian, jazz hip hop and, obviously, new releases such as Galliano, Brand New Heavies and Young Disciples.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">When the twelve inch of 'Get Yourself Together' came out in 1990 I thought it was a great track but the following year when it was re-recorded as the introduction to the LP it sounded fantastic as they had added the Hammond organ and Carleen Anderson's wonderful gospel type opening to the tune. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I really embraced a lot of new black music during this period after years of only really listening to and playing vintage stuff on the Mod scene. this record takes me straight back there."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>The Googie Rene Combo</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"I thought I should put in an instrumental... but which one ?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">'Green Onions' by Booker T & the MG's is worthy here. Although it's an obvious record it is probably the first true funk record. I could have gone for a rare Jimmy Smith, Jack McDuff or Jimmy MGriff Hammond track or maybe some obscure jazz gem. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">No, it had to be this tune which was first released in the UK in 1966. A tune that brings back memories of sweaty London Mod clubs circa 84/85 when we were truly an underground scene : Handmade mohair suits, handmade button down shirts and basket weave shoes. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The outside world was doing what Frankie said whilst we were gliding across dancefloors to this. I think I made the right choice ! "</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">Paul's book </span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">‘Mods – the New Religion!’ is being published by Omnibus early next year, but you can pre-order your copy on Amazon now :</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">Paul has written the sleeve notes to a great series of CD's 'Rockhouse : How Mods Got The Blues'. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">Check it out on the website shown below :</span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"></span></b></div>
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