loveless
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Post by loveless on Aug 30, 2024 10:28:53 GMT
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Post by Charlie O. on Aug 30, 2024 16:59:38 GMT
I feel like I'm cheating here, but... it was recorded in Chicago (I think), for a Chicago label...
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loveless
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Post by loveless on Aug 30, 2024 17:42:00 GMT
That vocal is incredible!
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Post by Charlie O. on Aug 30, 2024 18:02:03 GMT
That vocal is incredible! The spoken bit just as much as the singing! And JH on guitar (not that it really matters). |
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Post by loveless on Aug 30, 2024 18:02:57 GMT
Oh, yeah - I mean, I'm ready to dive in to this (previously unknown to me) period at full steam.
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Post by rayge on Aug 31, 2024 1:29:36 GMT
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Post by Stacy Heydon on Aug 31, 2024 5:06:57 GMT
I'm stretching the definitions of soul for my next one, but it's always been a track I've loved and Donny was such a talent..
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Post by davey on Aug 31, 2024 6:20:42 GMT
Walter Jackson - Funny (Not Much)
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loveless
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Post by loveless on Aug 31, 2024 10:03:19 GMT
Picking a favorite or representative Soulful Strings track from one of their seven albums (I came in through their absolutely radical Christmas album, which I recommend heartily to all comers) is a lot like throwing a dart blindfolded. You're spoiled for choice, so you've got to just commit and move on. Indeed, the tracks that auto-played on YouTube afterwards were no less spectacular. I love the format (Chicago's grooviest soul/jazz rhythm section with classical instruments funking it up center stage), and I may bring them back before this is all over.
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Post by Stacy Heydon on Aug 31, 2024 10:43:14 GMT
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Post by loveless on Aug 31, 2024 11:10:25 GMT
This is fantastic. I feel like they've uncorked at least another half dozen intriguing records. |
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Post by Stacy Heydon on Aug 31, 2024 12:35:47 GMT
This is fantastic. I feel like they've uncorked at least another half dozen intriguing records. Yeah, I didn't know Evans had done a solo album for instance. Lucky for us that these guys were so productive! |
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Post by Charlie O. on Aug 31, 2024 14:48:17 GMT
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Post by rayge on Aug 31, 2024 15:29:47 GMT
First version I heard of this was the vocal hit by the Dovells, in 1963, and I loved that, although I was instantly converted to the original when I came across it finally on a comp. Because of this original exposure though I kind of assumed that Mr U, like the Dovells, was from Philly, otherwise I might have chosen it myself for this thread.
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Post by Charlie O. on Aug 31, 2024 15:46:02 GMT
(I heard The Dovells first, too - and truth be told, I prefer their take. But they're both great.)
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